Frank the Farmhand Part 1: version 1.03

fovmester · Tue 13/04/2004 10:02:52

Current version: 1.03

Download it here!!

The first part is about 20 rooms big and has handdrawn backgrounds a flash-animated introduction and a lot of puzzles. If you're really good (or lucky) the game'll take about three hours to complete, but hopefully it'll take longer for most of you!

The story goes like this:

"Frank the Farmhand" (which is just a working-title) stars the young farmhand Frank from southern Texas, who one day finds that his physics professor has gone missing, and that some mysterious black-clad agents are looking for the professor. He decides (of course) that he must find him.
What Frank doesn't know is that he's about to unweil a conspiracy more sinister than he could ever imagine. A conspiracy involving the american president, religious fanatics, middle-eastern terrorists and some surfdudes. He will travel around the world trying desperately to save both his neck and the world itself.

There is of course much much more to the story than this, but that is something that is best to be revealed by playing the game.

On my homepage you'll find more screenshots and more info.

Download it here!!!

veryweirdguy · Tue 13/04/2004 12:24:36

Nice graphical style you got there (I loved the intro), but I didn't get far into the game before I encountered a bug.

On the first screen, I looked in the trash (what? any good adventurer should look in the trash first) & this box came up:

The game crashed as well.

But I'll start again, it looks like a good game!

fovmester · Tue 13/04/2004 12:37:33

Hi. I looked into the problem you where having and found it to be a rare bug. I've fixed it now and the download is now the new version. Sorry about that. Hope you enjoy the game though, because this bug shouldn't occur very often.

veryweirdguy · Tue 13/04/2004 13:16:51

I got further this time, & have encountered no more bugs (except the legs spreading open sometimes while he talks, but you mentioned that in the readme).

I like this game a lot. I am (so far) up to the bit with the prof's appartment. But I did notice something which made me laugh that you might want to change.

I tried using the knife on myself (just to see what would happen, if anything) and he said 'I'd look pretty stupid wearing a plain blanket'

Not a major thing, but y'know.

Great game, anyway!

Pet Terry · Tue 13/04/2004 17:47:03

Got this one too today, I'll play it later tonight. Looks really good!

Inkoddi · Wed 14/04/2004 13:47:47

umm... when i try to download i get this 403 error:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /~f02mj/Frank1.zip on this server.

fovmester · Wed 14/04/2004 14:27:25

Oops. Sorry about that.

It's fixed now. It was when I uploaded the new version with some bugfixes that I forgot to change the permissions so that everyone can use the file.

Please try again. It'll work now.

veryweirdguy · Thu 15/04/2004 15:18:11

Finished it. 'Twas fun, but I have one question:

Spoiler

Why do you get the weenies back? They aren't needed again, are they for a puzzle in part two?

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It was a great game, I look forward to part two.

jane · Thu 15/04/2004 15:41:20

Great game.............but BTW I got a bug and error pop up and game crashed when I tried to give coke to cleaning lady.

fovmester · Thu 15/04/2004 19:56:13

Geeze! A lot of stupid bugs i've missed. Sorry about that. But please keep posting any you find and I'll fix them right away. I've tested the game thoroughly but as it seems some bugs I've missed.

The weenies're kept just for fun actually, but maybe they'll be needed in part 2. Who knows, right?

Thanks for the feedback! It's your comments that makes it all worth it, and which will make part 2 even better (hopefully)!

luutje · Thu 15/04/2004 20:00:11

maybe you will help me. what to do with the cat? i posted it at hints and tips but nobody knows.

cittymom · Thu 15/04/2004 21:16:36

Spoiler

The ski makes a great catapult.

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fovmester · Thu 15/04/2004 22:12:40

reply to jane:

QuoteI got a bug and error pop up and game crashed when I tried to give coke to cleaning lady.

I can't seem to get that error when I play the game and give the coke to the cleaning lady. Is there anything else you can say about what you did to get the error?

lordbyrd · Sun 18/04/2004 22:29:16

I got a error message when i combined the twine and the fishing lure.Is there a fix for this?

fovmester · Mon 19/04/2004 10:45:54

I checked my code and I don't think that's a scripting error. I myself has never had that problem and many people have played the game to its end now, so they can't have had the error either.

Could you be more specific about the error? Like saying what kind of error it is and give me the error report that pops up when it happens? Have you tried it several times and has it happened more than once?

Stickieee · Mon 19/04/2004 13:34:22

I tried to use the screwdriver with the cleaning lady, which resulted in the game crashing with

(Global script line 1079)
Error: FaceCharacter: characters are in different rooms

No idea why I tried that, though. The game itself seems rather good, I loved the intro scene. Thus far the characters seem interesting and pleasantly unique. The graphics were better than what the screenshots made me think. Can't say much of the plot at this moment

fovmester · Mon 19/04/2004 19:47:41

Thanks for reporting! It's been fixed now.

Man, I thought I had found all the errors already! Well, this really shows how good it is to have all of you!! Thanks for making Frank the Farmhand even better.

Domino · Tue 20/04/2004 00:53:25

Wonderful little game you got there. I downloaded and played it for a little bit yesterday.

I love it so far!!

Looking forward to more.

Shawn

Duzz · Tue 20/04/2004 06:36:54

I finished this last night, and I really enjoyed it, the puzzles were a nice challenge =)

Spoiler

I needed help with that toolbox puzzle, that was tough.
And I laughed out loud when I scared the KKK away heh heh heh.

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Nostradamus · Fri 23/04/2004 19:43:23

Interesting game. Nice puzzles really.
I need some help:

Spoiler

Can't enter Push's house or find weenies for the customer in the T-Mart. Got the knife from the kid and the lure from his mom.

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Frank the Farmhand Part 1: version 1.03

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