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

Scummbuddy · Wed 07/04/2004 15:05:05

Yeah, I made all the characters from clay over my college spring break, im such a loser.

Vel · Wed 07/04/2004 15:55:15

Kairus: Sierra are neglecting the VGA remakes, and lucas have already closed down two fan projects, and seeing as there are more to come, will most probably close down MI 1,5/ not that I hope so, Im just stating facts - they closed scurvyliver's project for using ripped graphics/.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Wed 07/04/2004 16:00:25

Damn. And here I thought they were nice guys.

Well, here's the hard facts - any games that serve as hommage and are a labour of love must be distributed under the piracy label.

To hell with it, I say. I got MY copy of Garfield, and there's a link everyone can get to, and if that fails, KaZaa and EMule still exist. Thay can't stop us from making them, only openly distributing them. Big deal. It's not as if we wanted to sell them anyway.

BruisedWeasel · Sat 10/04/2004 05:32:29

My sister just came across the now infamous 'walking in place' bug. She was in the market trying to pay for goods. She had gone up to the counter, saved her game, and when she tried to walk, garfield was running in place. She did restart her game, and I asked her to save in a different slot, just in case the original save file would ever come in handy for something. Though that suggestion could have stemmed from my disliking of throwing anything out. THe instant you get rid of something, you find you need it after all.

I'm glad your labor of love has created such a delightful game, Kairus. It was worth waiting for, despite the bug. I now hate PAWS Inc., and shall no longer shell out cash for garfield related merchandise. While I still believe Jim Davis would have no objections to your game being shared with others, it seems the money-hungry commercial beast that is corperation has blah blah rant rant piss moan groan...

Nice selection of background music, by the way.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sat 10/04/2004 06:35:28

Hey, you've got a savegame?? Kairus, get it! See if you can replicate the problem now!

Kairus · Sat 10/04/2004 17:07:23

Yes, Bruised Weasel, please send me your saved games to kairus@adinet.com.uy Maybe I can find out something when it happens... Do you think you can do it?
Thanks.

Nacho · Sun 11/04/2004 00:59:18

Quote from: Vel on Wed 07/04/2004 15:55:15
Kairus: Sierra are neglecting the VGA remakes, and lucas have already closed down two fan projects, and seeing as there are more to come, will most probably close down MI 1,5/ not that I hope so, Im just stating facts - they closed scurvyliver's project for using ripped graphics/.

We'll secretly spread it out before that happens, be sure to order your copy.

BruisedWeasel · Sun 11/04/2004 05:28:15

Kairus, I've sent you two save files. My sister's, which is saved right at the moment the bug takes effect, and my own, which was saved a little bit before the bug takes effect.

Yvonne · Sun 11/04/2004 16:20:43

Spoiler

I can't get the hat. I use the glue on the bench but when I come later with more cat hair, the man isn't stuck to the bench. Maybe an issue of timing?
Also, I got the mushrooms, but Garfield doesn't want to fill the bucket with water from all three streams. One is obviously contaminated with toxic waste, but what about the other two? Or maybe I need another container, and not the bucket?

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Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Sun 11/04/2004 16:35:26

Hmm, I don't know about the first, it sounds like a bug... BUT!

Spoiler

Heh, it's the contaminated water you need. Makes you wonder, doesn't it? I sure hope that woman NEVER invites ME for dinner!

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Kairus · Mon 12/04/2004 04:11:24

Thanks, Bruised Weasel. I have something to tell you all, ladies and gentlemen:

Last night, before I even knew Bruised Weasel had some possibly useful savegames to show me I started playing Garield for quite a while, and it happened. The bug came to me as it came to many of you. I've been tracking it since then and reduced the possible places where it happens, Bruised Weasel savegames seem to be corroborating my hypothesis.

The problem seems to happen only in rooms where there's a change of zoom level. That is, Garfield gets stuck somewhere in between a change from one zoom level to another one. I'm not sure why this happens and I think I will not be able to solve it. I posted another message with more information I could find (or infer) about the bug in the technical forums. I hope Chris can help me with this one, because I think it's a technical problem rather than a scripting one.

BruisedWeasel · Mon 12/04/2004 04:16:45

I'm glad I could help in my tiny, little, miniscule way.

Tomus · Wed 14/04/2004 15:33:31

See http://plnehry.idnes.cz/adventure/garfield.html

Kinoko · Wed 14/04/2004 16:08:51

Could someone please translate that to English?

Jockstrap · Wed 14/04/2004 16:11:09

I agree.

Kairus · Thu 15/04/2004 03:30:45

Tomus: A review of my game in Czech!!! That's made my day

I just hope it doesn't say the game sucks or something

Is that thing on the bottom of the page the score people have given to the game? Wow, it's pretty much

I know I told you I was going to send you the walkthrough soon, but I haven't had time yet to write it. Maybe if I announce it here I might push myself to do it one of these days so:

Coming soon: walkthrough + (hopefully) bug free version of the game

At least the getting stuck bug. If I have enough time I may also add the possibility to skip the cutscenes so you don't have to wait too much to get the progress you've gotten know.
And what about PAWS...? well.. I don't know, they haven't replied...

Kinoko · Thu 15/04/2004 12:24:04

Pff... PAWS... pricks!

Sorry but... PRICKS!

jane · Thu 15/04/2004 17:02:53

Can't wait for the bug free version..............I gave up wth it 'cos no matter how many times I replayed it, I always ended up unable to get out of certain rooms, which was a shame 'cos its a brill game.

Nelinas · Mon 19/04/2004 21:15:23

I regret it very much, but I was forced to delete the game as well without finishing it.
I restarted from the beginning several times praying that Garfield wouldn't get stuck again.
But finally he inevitably got stuck.
It's a great pity really.
Such bad luck for this game - PAWS, the numerous bugs...
And on the other hand - such indisputable high quality.
I am really very sorry!

Raku · Mon 19/04/2004 23:02:42

Wow, it really looks like you put a lot of time and effort in this game. I couldn't get the full version (all the links which were posted are dead) but I did manage to get the demo version. I hope it works out between you and PAWS. I read somewhere that the reason U.S. companies are so protective of intellectual property is that if they are aware of a copyright infringement, and they don't act on it, then they can lose their copyright. In Japan however copyright laws are much stronger, the copyright holder cannot lose it as easily, so fan-based non-profit projects are much more tolerated. (Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, so please don't take this in lieu of legal advice)

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

Yvonne

Raku