Scayla's Chonkventure, a Text-based Semi-survival RPG

Been working on this little project and got inspired, after I played Noone’s FTAG a few months ago.
Always wanted to make a game, now this dream is coming true.
I’m not the best at coding, just started afterall heh…but I hope you will find some fun in my little game.
You can download it here: Scayla's Chonkventure by Endermite0800

If you have any questions or Bugs to report, let me know here, on Itch or on DIscord.

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What does FTAG stand for?

FTAG is an acronym for “Fatty yext adventure Game”, a game made by a person that goes by Noone over on Itch.io. Fatty Text Adventure Game by noone_fa

FTAG is quite the good game and I liked it so much, that it inspired me to make my own game, centered around similar themes.

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Feels a bit barebones, but all projects have to start somewhere!

Rather than poke about future features I mean to ask: Scayla is transported to a world where dragons are the dominant species, why are the first NPCs we meet human? Feels a bit contradicting, at least for the very start of the game.
Regardless, hope to see further development soon! And hopefully a mutual gain sidestory with Benni (or Benny, however it’s written) the drunk >:)

Thank you VERY much for your feedback!

  1. Yeah I know, feels a bit odd, but that’s what I came up with, and I wanted to include two of my best friends into the game, and I thought those points in the game seemed like good “start” for those two to show up. Don’t worry though, dragon NPCs soon…if I find a good way to implement more NPCs…Maybe I’ll move the two NPCs further down the line, don’t know, hehe.

  2. I only plan for the protagonist to gain weight…maybe some other characters soon? If more people want that sort of thing, I miiight add a side-story.

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im hyped for another dragon game there isnt enough of them. The framing is good i hope this goes far

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it probably will. I always wanted to make a game, and now I have the time AND the motivation. I will make this perfect…well…as much as I can with my limited coding skills.

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New Version available!

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Beta-0.1 is out.
I apologize that it took so long. The game is beatable now. All core machnanics that I wanted up to this point are implemented. Bugs were ironed out, I play tested most of the new features.

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Great update!! There’s a bug of getting stuck at the harbor

Awesome! Will be sure to check it out later.

Fixed it and thank you for playing my game. Means a lot to me that my work is being appreciated ^w^

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I’m late but I loved this game, really. It’s very exciting to see a WG text rpg that focuses on dragons. I especially like how the flavor text and outcomes of some events change as the weight increases, as this is very rewarding and motivates gameplay.

Also, I noticed a few things.

spoiler

that seems like a typo:
When she encounters a Sand Snake, it says “You got into a fight with a sand snke!”

that seems like a setting mistake:
Events in Ocean


Criticizing the gameplay.
Overall, the progress feels slow. Also, later on there is an event where she gains a lot of fullness, but to convert it to a chonk I have to spam take a nap, which is tedious. How about adding a command like “long sleep” to the Inn?

Thank you for your feedback !
I just uploaded the Fixed version onto the game’s itch page.
Thank you for playing my game, means a lot to me. Also, the game is supposed to be slow-paced.

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  1. I seem to miss how to get into the harbor. I can not find the ticket.
  2. Is it right that bread reduces fullness and add chock? It seems to do the same as a nap.
  3. Any tips to the four different endings?
  4. Restarting the game seems only possible by clearing cookies as without clearing cookies “Start” places you in the intro with your former save.
  5. The bug above you mentioned fixing still persist for me. The version 0.1.2 seems to be the update from a few days ago.
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Oookaayy something broke terribly after I added the second nap… Oh boi…gonna fix that in the coming days.

  1. the ticket is somewhere in the desert
  2. there are currently only 2 endings.
  3. yeah that’s what start is supposed to do and I can’t change that since its all in one big file and the saves are stored as website cookies. Probably can’t change that.

OKay fixed the bug, I just had to put 2 sqaure brackets in the new code that I added 3 days ago lol
Beta 0.1.3 out in a few seconds. also, please delete your cookies juust to be safe. When I tested the save feature loading a safe from an older version reverts changes in the code, which iisnt good. idk how itch handles that so it could be different.

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I still need help:

  1. I can leave the desert to the savanne.
  2. I can search the desert for rescources → Mummy fight, Snake fight, found snake skin, found temple, found oasis
  3. temple interaction changes at 1000 chonk.
  4. Oasis -take nap, enter markt
  5. Markt - blacksmith, merchant, leave

Is there a requirement you must have to get the ticket?

You were in the right spot (oasis) but maybe you don’t have enough money. A ticket is very expensive (around 600-700 coins, as a hint).

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