engine.lol
engine.lol is a tiny tool for making tiny collage-based worlds in your browser. (it plays you, too)
how to navigate: click edges of screen or arrows/WASD to explore
each 'cartridge' holds a sequence of collages made of images, words, & sounds; adjacent tiles can be navigated to. constrained, spatial, intimate.. engine.lol lends itself to tiny narratives.
engine.lol is a mini fantasy console with its own personality, an accompanying original soundtrack, all made in html/js/jquery by a poor programmer... a love letter to early operating systems, creation culture, and what it means when our tools have life, too.
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make games (maybe less buggy): https://engine.lol/alpha
play games: https://engine.lol/gallery
try the experimental txt version (mobile-friendly): https://engine.lol/txt
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other engine games on itch.io
- garden by inchkev
- kill the clocks by rory green
- my brother went to fight the king by rebecca m
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features
- combine words, texts, and sounds to make scenes, and make scenes across your grid
- collages are 5x5 grids, allowing for up to 25 scenes. how you make is how you play and navigate.
- minimalist color palette
- remix other engine games by copying their cartridge code (such as the ones in the gallery)
- auto-saves every 15s
- export to html (and upload your engine games to itch.io or your website!)
upcoming
- engine will develop feelings
- larger grid sizes
- new navigation types: jumping (skip one block), teleporting, dead ends
- add your own images & sounds
- DLC: more images, sounds, and more that you can unlock (let me know if you want to contribute some!)
- there are still some bugs with fonts, assets, and sound (on mobile) that i'm trying to work out.. to come very soon!
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friends.. i dont know why i have to write this but if you make an engine.lol game please credit engine.lol... it is not your "html/css/js", it is mine & the engine's.
this was my college thesis. i am not a big artist/dev. people have no idea what the fuck this is. it would mean a lot if you point it back to the engine & my practice.
