MAGS December "Forbidden" (VOTING)

[Kitty Trouble]

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cat food

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Where did you find that?

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In the first apartment, the cat has a bowl of water and food near the shelf, on the floor, on the left side of the room.

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Found the answer to your problem after realizing you could even

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go back to the apartment

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He won't take the food because the cat is watching over it.

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Can you distract it?

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Can you play with it?

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Can anything that you have in your inventory be used to play with it?

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Unfortunately stuck on the next part.

[jwalt]

Unfortunately stuck on the next part.

Thanks for helping me with my Kitty Trouble. ;-) I may now be stuck as well?

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Got past the cop, got both pawns, and solved the map. Took the picture, but then not much.

Also, looks like you can relight the fireplace, get a third pawn, and, apparently, mess up that portion of the puzzle?

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[noblonski]

Dead Phones

Ok, here we go!

Playing through this, this AM. Very impressive. May need a hint, however. Also, a comment:

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Looks like I'm going to need a hint about the cat food? Seems like I'm going to need something to carry it in, but haven't found anything that works. Unless, of course, there's some other way to deal with the crow?

Seems to be a sticky walk path issue, near the bathtub with the body. It's not a game breaker, since scrolling along the bottom brings up the "door" and will allow exiting the room. Everything else seems to work, and how'd you manage to get so much into the game in a month? 

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thanks a lot

to get the cat food:

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try using something you have with the cat to play with it

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oh i didn't even spot that walk area bug yet. thanks for pointing it out. i noticed a few others (when trying to pick up the catfood for example or going inside the front door, when the character is turning a couple of times before doing the action.) it might be due to the character's sprite size. not 100% sure, though.

also, honestly i have no idea how i got that done haha. once i'm in the flow, i get stuff done somehow haha.
hope you like it. if you find anything else that doesn't work as intended, please let me know.

[noblonski]

Unfortunately stuck on the next part.

Thanks for helping me with my Kitty Trouble. ;-) I may now be stuck as well?

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Got past the cop, got both pawns, and solved the map. Took the picture, but then not much.

Also, looks like you can relight the fireplace, get a third pawn, and, apparently, mess up that portion of the puzzle?

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oooh, crap... haha. yeah, that is possible, i guess. i'll fix that. thanks.

after sending the picture

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check your messages on your phone

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EDIT:
i've fixed the fireplace bug and updated the link in the original post.
also, sorry for doubleposting.

[jwalt]

oooh, crap... haha. yeah, that is possible, i guess. i'll fix that. thanks.

after sending the picture

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check your messages on your phone

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Fireplace not really an issue, since there's no reason to do it yet again. Been back to the bathroom several times, and the sticky walk path issue hasn't happened again.

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Edit: Have now played two of the endings. Do seem to have a dead phone in one of the attempts. Not sure why? The two successful playthroughs it has worked fine.
Don't seem to be getting the phone to work as it was before?

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[noblonski]

oooh, crap... haha. yeah, that is possible, i guess. i'll fix that. thanks.

after sending the picture

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check your messages on your phone

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Fireplace not really an issue, since there's no reason to do it yet again. Been back to the bathroom several times, and the sticky walk path issue hasn't happened again.

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Edit: Have now played two of the endings. Do seem to have a dead phone in one of the attempts. Not sure why? The two successful playthroughs it has worked fine.
Don't seem to be getting the phone to work as it was before?

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oh, what's the issue? it doesn't work, right clicking the phone and selecting the first app? the chat might take a second to load though. i couldn't reproduce it on my end.

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[jwalt]

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oh, what's the issue? it doesn't work, right clicking the phone and selecting the first app? the chat might take a second to load though. i couldn't reproduce it on my end.

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Two endings encountered, so far: returning home and buying replacements, and getting caught in the room with the phones. In the saved game that stopped working, the phone screen comes up, but doesn't display any of the four options. It's just dead. Didn't act like that outside that one game. May not be a real problem? Maybe my batteries are dead. ;-)

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Edit 4 of 5 possible endings:

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So, have now played 4 of 5 possible endings, including the "original" one. If that last keypad puzzle is supposed to be working, I note clicking on the ladder up to the final manhole will bypass the puzzle, which I couldn't seem to get to work, anyway. Had the wire cutters and info from the second color chart, but it didn't seem to work the way I thought it should.

Think you should be pretty proud of your game! And I liked the music, as well.

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[Kitty Trouble]

Can I get a hint about the

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cop

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[jwalt]

Can I get a hint about the

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cop

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There's a bathroom in the original apartment. Check out the medicine cabinet for something that might help with the cop. The next issue might be figuring out what to do with your discovery.  ;-)

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[Kitty Trouble]

Okay thanks, I really think

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that could use a visual indicator though

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[Kitty Trouble]

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oh, what's the issue? it doesn't work, right clicking the phone and selecting the first app? the chat might take a second to load though. i couldn't reproduce it on my end.

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Two endings encountered, so far: returning home and buying replacements, and getting caught in the room with the phones. In the saved game that stopped working, the phone screen comes up, but doesn't display any of the four options. It's just dead. Didn't act like that outside that one game. May not be a real problem? Maybe my batteries are dead. ;-)

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Edit 4 of 5 possible endings:

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So, have now played 4 of 5 possible endings, including the "original" one. If that last keypad puzzle is supposed to be working, I note clicking on the ladder up to the final manhole will bypass the puzzle, which I couldn't seem to get to work, anyway. Had the wire cutters and info from the second color chart, but it didn't seem to work the way I thought it should.

Think you should be pretty proud of your game! And I liked the music, as well.

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For the 5th ending:

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Two of the endings basically have repeats with/without the headphones

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[noblonski]

oh no haha. thanks for the heads up. i'll fix that before the deadline ends tomorrow.
(edit: fixed. link in original post updated to database game link)
little hint about the keypad:

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use the wirecutters on the fence downstairs to get the missing part of the colour combination puzzle.

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thanks so much for the kind words. i appreciate it 

[Shadow1000]

I want to report a crash

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I put the pawns where I THOUGHT I was supposed to based on the text conversation but nothing happened and I didn't see any way to do anything else, including try again. So I thought I'd check if I can reread the conversation on the phone in case I put the pawns in the wrong place. I didn't see any way to scroll back so I took out the map again (the chessboard was still loaded) and I took the picture again. The game crashed. I'll have to restore from my last save.

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[noblonski]

I want to report a crash

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I put the pawns where I THOUGHT I was supposed to based on the text conversation but nothing happened and I didn't see any way to do anything else, including try again. So I thought I'd check if I can reread the conversation on the phone in case I put the pawns in the wrong place. I didn't see any way to scroll back so I took out the map again (the chessboard was still loaded) and I took the picture again. The game crashed. I'll have to restore from my last save.

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oh, ok. thanks a lot. i'll have a look and fix it.
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fixed. please redownload.

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as the book is pretty much useless after sending the picture, i'.ve removed it after closing it and sending the pic as it could have caused a couple more issues later on. for me the mousewheel works ot scroll back up in the text messages but now i've added a reminder when you're stuck in the chess puzzle (20 second timer based)

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thanks so much for these reports!

[Kastchey]

Mine's going to be a demo, but I'm going to release it anyway. At least it should be a real, complete demo this time

Working to fix the last few bugs. And maybe add a bit more content before the deadline.

Edit: I'll be uploading in about couple hours.

[Kastchey]

Hues of the Haunt
A visual novel (demo)
Download v.0.5.0.1 here



Following a car accident, a young woman wakes up in a small town, picturesque but strangely silent and still. It turns out that leaving the place may not be so easy...

A game made in the style of the Japanese visual novels, a genre that became popular in the late 90s. I had a lot of fun coding the layout!
I think I have squished most bugs, but had no testers so do save often.

Music on/off and sound on/off buttons don't do anything as there's no music or sound. Single slot save/restore. You can switch between slow and fast skipping style by clicking the bottom left button in the settings GUI (top left corner). Slow skipping is recommended if you have tendency to accidentally double click. Fast skipping is ideal when replaying the game.

Download v.0.5.0.1 here

Edit: Updated the download link with a bug fix.

[jwalt]

Took a quick look at Hues of the Haunt.

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More stunning graphics from Kastchey! Did bumble into a pretty solid lock up. Task Manager couldn't get me out of it, but I was able to get to the Task Bar and reboot. There were some AGS error message thumbnails displayed above the task bar, but I got no access to actually read them. I was clicking around pretty recklessly, so it may have been my fault. Getting a serious vampire vibe, since the kiddo mentioned "sire." Enjoying it and left me wanting more.

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[Kastchey]

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More stunning graphics from Kastchey! Did bumble into a pretty solid lock up. Task Manager couldn't get me out of it, but I was able to get to the Task Bar and reboot. There were some AGS error message thumbnails displayed above the task bar, but I got no access to actually read them. I was clicking around pretty recklessly, so it may have been my fault. Getting a serious vampire vibe, since the kiddo mentioned "sire." Enjoying it and left me wanting more.

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Thanks for trying the game, I'm glad you liked it!

As for the error, uh-oh. I was fairly certain the GUI was immune to obsessive clicking You don't happen to recall where, more or less, you could have clicked or what location you were at? No worries if not, I'll try to track it down.

[noblonski]

Hues of the Haunt
A visual novel (demo)
Download v.0.5 here



Following a car accident, a young woman wakes up in a small town, picturesque but strangely silent and still. It turns out that leaving the place may not be so easy...

A game made in the style of the Japanese visual novels, a genre that became popular in the late 90s. I had a lot of fun coding the layout!
I think I have squished most bugs, but had no testers so do save often.

Music on/off and sound on/off buttons don't do anything as there's no music or sound. Single slot save/restore. You can switch between slow and fast skipping style by clicking the bottom left button in the settings GUI (top left corner). Slow skipping is recommended if you have tendency to accidentally double click. Fast skipping is ideal when replaying the game.

Download v.0.5 here

this looks super impressive. i'll need a few days without any ags related things and will play all other contestant's games next weekend. good luck everyone

[jwalt]

Thanks for trying the game, I'm glad you liked it!

As for the error, uh-oh. I was fairly certain the GUI was immune to obsessive clicking You don't happen to recall where, more or less, you could have clicked or what location you were at? No worries if not, I'll try to track it down.

As I recall, I was rapidly clicking through locations. Don't really think there was anything wrong. I couldn't read those thumbnails. They were AGS error screens, but that's all the info I have for you.