A downloadable game for Windows

Game's Discord: https://discord.gg/T6DwYjn

Batch Town is a game coded entirely in batch.

I am currently working on the game, so please report bugs and if you have suggestions, I'd be more than happy to hear them!

StatusIn development
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(7 total ratings)
AuthorGeneral Nut
GenreStrategy
TagsCasual, Minimalist, Singleplayer, Text based
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard
AccessibilityColor-blind friendly, Subtitles, High-contrast

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Batch Town (Alpha Version 0.6.2).zip 24 kB
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Batch Town (Alpha Version 0.5.0).zip 22 kB
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Batch Town (Alpha Version 0.4.0).zip 10 kB
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Batch Town (Alpha Version 0.3.1).zip 8.3 kB
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Batch Town (Alpha Version 0.2.0).bat 21 kB
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Batch Town (Alpha Version 0.1.0).bat 9.5 kB

Install instructions

If you're on windows, just extract the zipped folder and run the Batch Town.bat file!

Make sure to keep everything in the same folder, saves are created in the same place as the game!


I have not made MAC or Linux versions yet, and I'm not sure if I ever will.

Development log

Comments

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Wait, I have windows 3.1

That Advertisement is the most hilarious thing ever. Well done!

Update the install instructions MAC or linux version thing pls pls pls pls

Your game doesn't seem to work, so I got into the file and I think it crashes because there is nothing to do if your name is no Administer 

very good game

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Nice use of Batch and Errorlevel!

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Thanks!

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Can even run on a intel hd at this point lol

-IGN 10/10

Can even run on my calculator lmao

best T_T

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Thanks :)

i alsom made an mod on you're game

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Hop on my discord and we can talk about it!

username?

nvm got it

your username?

hello i am making an game similar to you'rs

do you wanna team up

Actually, I can.  I'm making a game.

One thing I strongly recommend is to try and optimize the scroll screen that comes after assigning jobs. This screen only gets longer as the population grows.

I've been playing with the batch code and found the admin area. Built it into the town menu, lol.

I don't know why, but you had "errorlevel" without it being in %%. The value of errorlevel counted from the highest to lowest number as well. Like 9 to 1.

%ERRORLEVEL% is a default system variable.

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:START
cls
CHOICE /C 12
if %ERRORLEVEL% == 1 goto var1 if %ERRORLEVEL% == 2 goto var2 :var1 cls echo Hello pause goto START :var2 cls echo Hello again pause goto START

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Batch was something I learned the basics on in my IT class and I thought it would be a cool idea to create a game using it.


I don't know all the tricks, I just wanted to share something I thought was cool.


I do plan on trying to optimize the screen after assigning jobs once the population becomes overbearing, but I think the scrolling text is, in a way, kinda mesmerizing.

By the way,how did you make the console beep when a key that has nothing to do with the game gets pressed

Batch automatically beeps when it receives an unexpected input.

I was reading through the source code and turns out if your name is administrator then you will be able to choose how many assets you want to have at the start of the game

I did that just so I would have testing tools and to reward adventurous players :)