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wtf!? I don’t get it
Interesting visuals, but I couldn’t figure out what to do. Need some sort of feedback.
There’s only one thing you can do. Hmmm.
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ooh ‘press x’ keeps on screen even after pressing for a particular name. Will fix that when I get home.[ fixed ]The only thing I got from this is that, the language reads from right to left.
I collected them all and nothing happened… just like in real Pokemon. :(
I was hoping God would show up. That’d be pretty sweet.
Very interesting, though unfortunately, if there is supposed to be some sort of message, it has very effectively eluded me.
First, I wanted something to happen after markin them all, but afte ~70, I realized, how much I enjoy just reading the inscriptions in the time before the square moves to the next Name.
I really enjoyed the subtle beauty and ingenious idea. Even as atheist.
Also, around 50 I thought: what would I make happen after marking them all? For example, the first names you marked could unmark before you finish them all, making the process indefinite.
Oh man, this is inspiring. I would love to take this idea further and explore this concept in my own faith.
Nice job :)
What sort of approach do you think you’d have in mind? (without knowing off-hand exactly the variety of what I assume is your Christianity, the main thing that comes to mind is the trinity).
As I have examined the source codes, the only thing that changes after X is the alpha of calligraphic sprites. And I couldn’t find any other script that changes or checks alpha variables, which could mean what we do in game doesn’t change anything at all.
Am I correct?
There’s nothing hidden in the code/dynamics. What’s there is there.
Sometimes, I think these should include disclaimers like:
“Warning! No closure to be found within, but some mindfood awaits.”
Very interesting. @Stephen (With regard to your reply to God at Play): A version for Christianity would be somewhat doable, as just like in Islam there are many ways to refer to God. The issue there would be the “translation of a foreign language” aspect, as there isn’t a “Christian language”. For specific Christian groups that don’t have regular liturgy in the vernacular, then the names could be in Latin, Greek, etc. Or, if names of God were limited strictly to ones that appear in the Bible, then an educated Christian might make a parallel program with those names in Hebrew and Greek. It would be somewhat easier and more appropriate for Judaism, as Hebrew is still the standard for prayer (even to a large degree in Reform services), and the Hebrew (and occasionally Aramaic)names of God – whether from the Torah or later religious works – are considered more “real” or “legitimate” than translated ones.
The goal is not to pick up, appropriate, and condemn, but to see complexity, being perplexed, and pose questions on return from nothingness.
Besides of seeing this in the light of search, of effervescence, of god being everywhere, I cannot help but see it in the light of what I as a westerner see in the typical muslim.
The name, “Ar-Rashid” was definitely spelled wrong. The word you had in there wasn’t even close. I can remember enough Arabic to say that with certainty at least.
Ah, dear. I’ll fix it if I find myself rebuilding this again. Thanks.
My feeling was the same than Gavento’s. Fisrtly, ithgought taht iit was a kind of puzzle game, but after reading names, they inspired me and i just wanted to know what was the next. you just read and think, and that’s it, i don’t need more.
I collected around 60 of the names, having thought that I collected them all, and then headed due Northwest from the Greatest Name.
The whiteness of the surrounding landscape was hostile and yet the urge to find something beyond the beyond pushed me forward. After a period of time, I felt as though I couldn’t bear the feeling of isolation and rushed back to the comfort of the Names. There was a moment when I thought I was most certainly lost and would never find the Names again. As though answering my own thoughts, the Names appeared in the distance, and I could feel a heaviness lifted from my chest.
I wandered around the Names and discovered there were several more that I had not seen before. In time, I collected all the Names I believe exist, and set out due Southeast from the Patient One.
I had a feeling that perhaps having collected all the Names, surely something astounding would occur.
Much time had passed, and still I could not see anything beyond the whiteness of the horizon, nor could I hear anything besides the incessant howl of the wind.
I had made sure this time around to head out in a straight line, so as to avoid the chance of getting lost. With the comfort of this knowledge I was able to head out further than I had before, but it was not long before I could not endure the feeling of isolation and decided to return to the Names once again.
I arrived at the Patient One and rested.
Interesting enough, I suppose, though I would have liked something to happen after I got them all. (Though maybe nothing is something?) Also, ‘The Originator’ appears twice.
when it’s sung in the original, i find it to be quite beautiful. very nice website – i like your “games”
Ar-Rashid is still wrong. In fact, now it’s Allah!
Here’s Ar-Rashid calligraphically written:
http://www.namesofallah.com/eng/html/n098.htm
It’s still wrong because I never changed it. I’ll fix it tonight … thanks for the link :)
Okay, swapped it in. Thanks for getting on my back about it…
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