Garfield: Attack of the mutant lasagna - FINISHED!!!!

[IntentInsane]

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How EXACTLY do you get the ball of yarn. And what do you acyually DO with the leg?

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[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Mutants

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<sigh> Nevermind them, that ball isn't the solutiuon to the puzzle. Like Kairus said. And like I quoted.

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Parents

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Use it on the road... but you could have thought it up yourself after reading the "hitch a ride" bit, eh? Or, if it doesn't work on the road, use it on the tree, I disremember which...

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[IntentInsane]

Okay, but WHERE DO YOU GET THE EFFING YARN!

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Get to John's parents house first. Again, this is something you'd know if you'd read previous posts. My replies were to the "mutant" part of the question, just a slight nudge, saying you were barking up at the wrong tree.

And there's no need to shout, I can hear perfectly well.

[ElectricMonk]

OK, I'm stuck at the yarn problem too.

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I've got Arlene and Guido ready to meet me at the TV station, Jon's mother has the ingredients for the soup, and I have both a piece of string and the rope.
My guess is that I need to do something to the string to make it into a ball, but I have no idea how. The spinning machine won't accept it, Nermal won't take it, and Jon's mother won't turn it into a ball either. The clown at the TV show has balls (I thought maybe to steal one and then wrap the string around it), but I can't get at those either.

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[cittymom]

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Did you use cotton and have the switches set correctly on the spinning maching?

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[ElectricMonk]

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Cotton? Hmm... (goes back to the game)

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[cittymom]

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try vet's supplies

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[ElectricMonk]

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Already thought of that, but can't reach the cabinet, can't seem to do anything with the stool, and the stilts are already gone. Strangely enough, I can't even pick up the stool because "I can't reach it", even though I can easily climb it.
Damn, this is frustrating!

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[cittymom]

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It's been awhile since I played it,  but try Action on the stool.  Garfield will push it over.

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[ElectricMonk]

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*slaps himself* MOVE! The one verb that was never necessary before, so my brain completely blocked it out.... thanks citymom.

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[Punch]

Hey Kairus, Just realised I haven't been back to comment since I downloaded the game. I have to say, nicely done. I haven't had time to get very far, but it's pretty cool. I reckon Odie's the best done character so far. I love his animations. Very nice.

The only 'bad' thing I've really noticed so far, and this is purely from the point of view of your game fitting in with the Garfield universe, is the occasional 'Goddamn it' kind of comment. The comics have always seemed inanely pure on this front, they tend to say 'Darn' a lot. I dunno, just something I noticed.

But nice work. I'm pleased you got it out. Maybe I should work on finishing my game one day  

- Punch

[Scummbuddy]

Can we keep the hints into the hint forum... this place has been overrun with questions. I propose we keep this to the possible re-compiling the game, releasing the game under a pseudo-name, and comments on the game.

[Kinoko]

Cute, Scummbuddy Very cute. Great, now I have an uncontrollable need for playdo.

After talking with others, I realise my comments earlier about how Paws couldn't legally touch you were probably wrong. Apparently, companies CAN sue for this sort of thing, which is LUDICROUS! I had no idea they could sue for things like fan art. It's ridiculous. Even more ridiculous is that apparently you can get past the law by making your "fan" work satirical. If you can prove your work is satirical of the original, it's ok. If your work is in loving appreciation of the original, you can be sued. I'm going to make it one of my quiet ambitions in life to see that these laws are changed. I may not do the changing, but I sure hope to see it!

Once again, great game. It'd be a pity to change it but probably even moreso for noone else to be able to play it.

[IntentInsane]

Satirical? Is that mocking?

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Yep. Makes you think, don't it? I wonder if that's why LucasArts allowed Night of the Hermit to exist. Then again, I guess some companies are bigger dickheads than others, since Sierra allowed KQ1VGA and 2 to exist, not to mention my remake of Larry 2...

Couldn't we sign a petition, or something, like is being done for Sam&Max 2?

[Kairus]

Summbuddy:
Those clay dolls are really wonderful! Did you make them? Excellent job! Now will you do a frame-by-frame animated clay version of the Attack of the mutant lasagna?

Kinoko:
I'm aware they can sue me, I've talked to a lawyer whose specialization is about copyright and authorship matters. I don't think my work can be considered as 'satirical', it falls perfectly under the 'derivative work' label and you can't publish such work without the permission of the copyright owner.
I haven't had a reply from PAWS and it's been more like three weeks since I sent my second letter to them. Should I consider this as an implicit permission...?

I'm going to make it one of my quiet ambitions in life to see that these laws are changed. I may not do the changing, but I sure hope to see it!

Yeah, let's start a revolution!!!
But later on some evil people will start making money about other one's work. I really wouldn't like it to happen if it was me who had invented the characters. But I'm just not making any money out of this, you know, I never expected to get any money. I knew this game would only be truly appreciated in these forums and places like it where people still loves adventure games. It can't be commercial.

redruM:
Is it worth trying to gather sings for a petition? I don't think PAWS will allow it if they can't get any money out of it. That's something I told them in my second letter. There's no way to make money out of this game, I used Sam and Max 2 as an example to support my point of view. I offered them to take my game as their own and upload it to their site with the changes that might me necessary. No reply... they won't reply... there's no hope...
Are you sure Lucas and Sierra have allowed those games to exist? Are you sure they are aware of their existence at all? Maybe they aren't.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Is it worth trying to gather sings for a petition? I don't think PAWS will allow it if they can't get any money out of it.

Sure it's worth it! They CAN and have the POWER to decide whether or not you can release your game, but surely someone in there must REALIZE that doesn't mean they have to USE it against a game made out of sheer love. Not to mention that it might increase their popularity, make other audiences aware of it. Just by requesting a link to be added to the readme, you'd be sponsoring them. I mean, look at me! I had NO idea PAWS inc even existed, I though Garfield was dead!

No reply... they won't reply... there's no hope...

They've got a stick the size of Manhattan up their ass. Try flooding them with e-mails, once every two days. That works, sometimes. They may be dismissing you out of hand, but try e-mailing them repeatedly, sometimes with the same e-mail but with a sarcastic post-script.

Are you sure Lucas and Sierra have allowed those games to exist? Are you sure they are aware of their existence at all? Maybe they aren't.

I don't know about NOTH, nor about Larry 2... but I KNOW that Sierra has been aware of KQVGA for a long time. That's even something TIERRA mentioned in an OLD interview for the Inventory! And besides, really, how could they NOT know? It was the game of the year in all amateur adventure gaming communities, and it expanded to several abandonware sites!

My advice is, fight.

[Melia]

I just downloaded this game and spent a good 2 hours playing. I love this game. I loved Garfield as a kid, obsessed over the strip. I nearly peed myself when I saw the old cat from the pound. I've not finished the game yet, but I shall. A wonderful homage to the character, despite the rough language. It was a bit odd to see Garfield think the word 'damn'. Kicking Odie was a delight. I'm going to bed now, but I'm sure I'll be dreaming of the game. You did a good job.

[IntentInsane]

Loved the message about scissors!