Melrin: The Dragon Menace

[Joacim Andersson]

The third installment of Melrin is now done and ready for you to enjoy or hate....

This time a rumour has reached the royal court that a dragon is pestering the country side. So the king sends out our hero Melrin to investigate.

The GUI is very simple, Left Click = Walk, Talk, or Interact with. Right Click (on an object or other character) = Look at.
The cursor flashes when you're over a hotspot or character with which you can interact.
Move the mouse to the top of the screen to see the inventory list and to be able to save and restore a game.

If you've played Melrin 2 : The Pendant Quest, you know how to handle the magical spell bits, but if you haven't here's a short explanation:

You have a Book of Spells in your inventory, right click on it to see the magical spells available. Pick one of the spells to read on how you create it.

To actually create a spell you need to put the correct items in your bowl (or couldron). Right click on the bowl to create a spell (if you have the correct items the spell is created) or to empty the bowl (and restore the items to your inventory list).

In this game you also have a magical map on which new locations turn up as soon as you hear about them. Right click on it to have a look at it and click on a location to immediatly be transported there.

This game have more puzzles then the earlier Melrin games. Here's a couple of screen shots:





To those of you that have played the demo version I earlier release of this game: Don't think you will have such an easy time during the first part of the game.... I've made some changes and also added a couple of puzzlesÃ, 

Download from here (~2.1 MB)

Enjoy...

Joacim

[Joacim Andersson]

I forgot to mention that in a couple of places in this game there are items that even though they are in almost plain view they might be a little hard to notice at first glance. This is because the color of the items are simular to the background. But they are all pretty large and the cursor will flash when you're over them so I hope you don't think it's to much of a pixel hunt since that wasn't my intention.

[ggp]

Oh excellent, i love the Melrin games! Downloading now..........

[ggp]

Great so far, but im stuck;

Spoiler

Ive got; Tar, hankercheif, bread, shell, lemon rind, knife, bowl. But where are the berries ? Is it something to do with the well, also where is the string ?

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

The berries are locked inside the garden so you need to find the key (which is well hidden). You have obviously missed an item in the Skoog Forest.

[close]

[ggp]

Spoiler

Ive got the lemons and something else.....cough......and have also fallen down the hole with the little man in. I dont think i have anything on me though to stop his leak ? I though it was the water to milk spell i needed to make, but i havent got the honey for that......am i just completly off track here ?

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

Have a closer look at your hankercheif, you need some of the water though.

[close]

[sdh]

stuck with the dwarf blocking the way to the hairpin

Spoiler

i have knife, lemon, lemon rind, bread, shell, handkerchief
i suspect i need a pipe but can't find one.

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

You don't need to create any spells to get pass the dwarf you just have to give him the correct item.

Spoiler

You have the correct item it's just hidden.... Have a closer look at your hankercheif

[close]

[ggp]

Im right at the very end, but....

Spoiler

How do you sour the cream ?!

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

What have you used before that is sour?

[close]

[ggp]

Yay, ive finished the game, and really enjoyed it.
Didn't find any bugs, thought the puzzles were logical and think it's a job well done 

[luutje]

where can i find the lemon.  i can't get into the well. i have tar, 2 bowls, handkerchief,shell,knife,bread, and a map with only 2 places to go. please help

[Joacim Andersson]

You have probably not talked to the fisherman yet.... Find him

[luutje]

thanks joacim. i went there a couple of times but he wasn't there. but now is is.

[sdh]

oh well. stuck again.

Spoiler

after the dwarf cave

i have garlic bread, bowl of water, rope, string, handkerchief, knife, lemon, lemon peel, shell, piece of wood and the EASTER EGG

i can't seem to find this tar that ggp got so early in the game.

[close]

bugs :

- after u try to use item 1 on item 2 (and fail), the cursor icon still indicates that u are using item 1 but it is actually item 2 that is being used. for instance, after using rope on string, the mouse cursor is still a rope but any left click will have the effect of using string.

- similarly, remove all from the metal bowl seems to make all left clicks be with metal bowl no matter what u actually selected.

annoyances :

Spoiler

it seems pedantic that u have to select the handkerchief and click it on the character to get the wax when simply looking at the handkerchief does nothing. afterall, all other cases of selecting the item and clicking it on the character produces the same result as looking at the item

[close]

[luutje]

sdh: you can find the tar above the well.


i need help again. i know what the dwarf wants. but its to hard. how can i make it soft?......i don't have fire or matches etc.

[ggp]

Spoiler

I ended up with 2 easter eggs!

[close]

[luutje]

never mind.......i've got it soft........i am so

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

If you look to the north of the well you can see that the ground looks a little bit different.

[close]

About the bugs... I haven't tested this yet but if you have selected an item in the inventory list and use it on another item and AGS then change inventory item without updating the icon it might be a bug in AGS... or it's just my scripting that fails...

About the annoyance:

Spoiler

Looking at the handkerchief doesn't and in my opinion shouldn't untie the knot. You have to interact with it to do so... Looking at the book could mean read the book just as looking at the bowl could mean look inside the bowl so I don't consider that to be the same thing. Besides it adds to the puzzles

[close]

Thanks for the feedback....

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

The game actually contains 3 easter eggs

[close]

[ggp]

Spoiler

I did get 3, but 2 were from the same place so i didn't think the 3rd counted.....

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

You shouldn't be able to get two eggs from the same location 

[luutje]

the game is too hard for me i guess. need help again.....i can't find cheese or lemon.  what to do with the bees and i can't get in the well with my rope

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

You'll get information about how you get the cheese when you've got the jam.
There is a place in the Skoog Forest you haven't visited yet, sometimes you must leave the path you're walking on....
The bees are busy creatures.... They need to relax a bit.
The rope need to be anchored somehow... Read the spells and figure out what items you have and which spells you can create now.

[close]

[Khris]

I'm stuck, too

Spoiler

I only need to find the thing to catch my dreams...what is it and where can I get it?

[close]

Thanks

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

You have to combine two things you have to create it....

[close]

[ggp]

Luutje you should use spoilers....you're giving away information and possibly ruining it for others.
Joacim;

Spoiler

I got an easter egg from the grave, then returned to the grave and got another one.

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

Thanks for the info ggp I must have made a misstake there, you should only be able to get that once.... There is one more on another location

[godfreako]

how do i get out of that hole after i helped the dwarf and got the pin?i have lost the map

[godfreako]

ok figured out that now wheress the string?

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

When you exit out into the wood again look carefully around and you'll find a rope

[close]

[godfreako]

Spoiler

When you exit out into the wood again look carefully around and you'll find a rope

[close]

i am asking for the string not the rope

[Khris]

Quite impolite, aren't ya?

Spoiler

use the knife on the rope...

[close]

[Khris]

Spoiler

You have to combine two things you have to create it....

[close]

Spoiler

I have (apart from spellbook and bowl containing sour cream and hotdog): map, translator, feathers, hammer, tar...am I missing something?

[close]

minor glitch:

Spoiler

you can get the hammer over and over again, probably 'cause the script only checks the inventory (actually a bug, because the barrel is said to be empty after picking up the hammer for the first time

[close]

[ggb]

Khrismuc;

Spoiler

Yes you are missing something.......maybe try finding some more rope......

[close]

[zxc]

Spoiler

stuck at the bees.
how do i get the pipe for the spell?

[close]

[ggp]

Spoiler

What are pipes/flutes made from ?

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

khrismuc:

Spoiler

I understand how one can miss to see the second rope... It's on the Island of Gastar so you don't have to go search every screen for it. Look closely...

[close]

About the minor glitch:

Spoiler

That is not a bug... It just happens that it lives an irish leprechaun on that island named McHammer and he comes around every once in a while to make sure there is still a hammer in that barrel. Why? How would I know, he's crazy...

[close]

[luutje]

i am sorry for the other players........how do i use de hide spoiler?

[Moox]

Highlight

[Joacim Andersson]

[ hide ] This text is hidden (well it would have been if I didn't use spaces in the hide tag) [ /hide ]

[luutje]

Spoiler

where can i put the honey in and where can i find milk?

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

You will not find any milk. Look in the book of spells for more information about milk.
About the honey: I guess you still have a white handkerchief? You will need some red silk soon...

[close]

[luutje]

Spoiler

so how can i carry the honey and red silk....is that the jam? i don't know what silk is i am dutch and not good in english.

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

Silk is a fabric... The handkerchief is made out of silk. You have to change its color.

[close]

[AGA]

It's [ hide ] message [ /hide ], only without the spaces.

[Jen]

Ok... what do I do if

Spoiler

I'm already in the hole with the dwarf, but I don't have any water!

[close]

[luutje]

jen:

Spoiler

you don't need water now. you have to help the dwarf then you get water from him.

[close]

[Jen]

OH.... ok, I thought that...

Spoiler

I needed to the water to soften the wax... then how the heck do i spften the wax?? [\hide]

[close]

[Khris]

Khrismuc;

Spoiler

Yes you are missing something.......maybe try finding some more rope......

[close]

khrismuc:

Spoiler

I understand how one can miss to see the second rope... It's on the Island of Gastar so you don't have to go search every screen for it. Look closely...

[close]

I actually HAD the item, must've been the only combination I didn't try

[luutje]

jen:

Spoiler

try the fire near the door

[close]

[luutje]

i am stuck again.

Spoiler

what can i use so i can't get lost in the woods

[close]

[luutje]

yes i finished it. thanks everybody. especially joacim.

[Joacim Andersson]

:-)

[omg]

joacim the tribe has spoken i need  u to bring ur torch

[Joacim Andersson]

joacim the tribe has spoken i needÃ,  you to bring your torch

OK.... If I had any clue of what you're talking about I could bring you a whole burning house if you wanted me to .

[Bee921]

How do you get the sea breeze for translating?

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

In what can you hear the sea when the closest ocean is 100s of miles away? Where would you find such an item?

[close]

[Nansober]

How  do I get past the ghost? and where do I find a feather and a hammer? 

[Joacim Andersson]

To get past the sceleton ghost:

Spoiler

You have to use a spell to shake the ghost up a bit

[close]

Feather:

Spoiler

You have to visit a place you've already been at (or maybe it's where you like to bee).

[close]

The hammer:

Spoiler

You shouldn't even know about a hammer at this point of the game! 

[close]

[Nansober]

 Thanks have another problem

Spoiler

got the ghost and met the boy roasting hot dogs and found hammer how do I get thru the forrest?

Spoiler

[close]

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

You can not get through the forrest maze until you've helped Orvar find his cat.

[close]

[SHE DEVIL]

Dreamcatcher ?? I've tried everything I could think of in the inventory,I can't get it. I know it's two items but nothing works. Thanks

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

Well I don't know how much information I should give you since I don't know what you have in your inventory. Have you been able to get past the sceleton ghost yet?

[close]

[SHE DEVIL]

Thanks for the reply, I'm at the end where I need to make the fire extinguisher spell. I have a lemon,tar feathers, rope, translator,hotdog and sourcream. I've tried every two items in the inventory to make the dreamcatcher and nothing works.

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

You've missed an item! It's on the Island of Gastar and in the room (screen) you've entered this island.

[close]

[SHE DEVIL]

Thanks for your help but I can't find the item. Is the item on the screen with the teleporter? 

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

No that's the hidden island of the hunters. Use the map and go to the island of gastar. Now have a close look around, especially near the trees...

[close]

[Ieremiou]

Great game.
I also found all three Easter Eggs.
The first one caught me by surprise, totally unexpected...
The second one was pretty much out in the open.
The third one wasn't too hard to find.
Below is just when you can access them into the game...
If you want to know exact locations I can tell ya in another post, just ask...

Spoiler

The first one can be found fairly early into the game...
The second one is about early/middle part of the game.
The third is about near end.

[close]

Also I found a few "bugs"? Just incase this may spoil peoples games...

Spoiler

You can go back and get more tar which you don't need.
You can repeatedly make yellow feathers after you made the spell but only one new yellow feather ever gets created in your inventory.
(I think it also said you made acquired a new item in your inventory each time you did it.)
After making the sour cream you can get another unnecessary lemon.

[close]

I think that's all that I ran into.
And you were pretty sneaky in hiding some things... good job.

Thanks,
/Ieremiou

[holly]

help where is the guys cat?

[shy]

Where is the cream and third egg?

[Joacim Andersson]

help where is the guys cat?

Spoiler

On the Island of Gastar... There is a place you can go south where you obviously haven't been yet.

[close]

Where is the cream and third egg?

Spoiler

What is cream made of? Who did you give that to? The egg... Sorry I wont tell you that

[close]

[holly]

where is the third egg?

[shy]

Ieremiou where is the third egg?

[Joacim Andersson]

You don't need the easter eggs to finish the game. Don't spoil the fun for others by revealing their positions.

[shy]

ok do not give me the position but how do i get invited to the feast then?

[Joacim Andersson]

You wont! The feast is for Melrin not for you sorry . It's a joke, congratulations for finishing the game.

[shy]

thanks for all the help.

[Marie Nomad]

How do I get the bread?

[Joacim Andersson]

How do I get the bread?

Spoiler

Have you found the bakery? It's on the Normansdal Island

[close]

[eb]

joacim the tribe has spoken i need u to bring me ur torch

[amc]

Ok, clearly I'm an idiot here...

Spoiler

I can't find either the knife or the key to the berry garden, and can't figure out how to get into the well. What do I anchor the rope to? I have the lemon, bowl of water, bread, garlic, shell, handkerchief, rope, tar, & stick. I've tried every combination of things that I can think of!

I've been enjoying the games, though!

Thx...

[close]

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

Well you need the knife to create a spell to have something that can be used to anchor the rope. The knife are outside the hut on the first island (look closely near the window). The anchor must be made out of steel.

[close]

[amc]

Aha! Thank you!!!! Now if I could just figure out the sea breeze... :~)

[Joacim Andersson]

Sea breeze:

Spoiler

What can you use to hear the sea even though you might be 1000 miles from the nearest sea?

[close]

[jcast]

hello

I have made the dreamcatcher but I do not know how use it or make the spell

regards

jcast

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

The dream catcher is used to create the fire extinguisher. To create that you also need some meat and sour cream. Do you have that? Have you been able to get rid of the sceleton ghost on the Island of Gastar? Have you found the cat?

[close]

[jcast]

hello

Spoiler

I have got the cream and a sausage (after finding the cat), but when I mix the 3 elementes in the bow to create the fire extinguisher it does not work.

[close]

Regards

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

That's because you need sour cream, not regular cream. What have you used before that is sour?

[close]

[jcast]

Hello

This weekend I've finished the game, and really enjoyed it.

Thanks everybody. especially joacim

[hamish20]

Where are the bees? I cannot find them anywhere.

[Joacim Andersson]

Spoiler

The bees are in the Kobhara Wasteland. If you can't find that place you are not yet finished in the Skoog Forest. Do you have the ceramic bowl? If not find that and get the spring water.

[close]

[sunshinegold]

Cannot download game. I get the following message:

This domain is parked, pending renewal, or has expired.
Please contact the domain provider with questions.

[Joacim Andersson]

Try http://www.brixoft.net/melrin3.zip