Celtic Chaos - episode one: cold mead (MAGS Entry August '09)

Helme · Sun 30/08/2009 09:53:40

Time to meet some old friends... some really old friends. People who played 'Cold Meat' have met some very oblivious zombies. Celtic Choas takes you back to the year 500 B.C. in the lifetime of the zombies. The hero of the first episode is Nektom, the strong, brave and stupid miner.

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P.S: I know the number of people who played 'Cold Meat' isn't that big, because it's not released yet. But it will be soon.

Igor Hardy · Sun 30/08/2009 10:38:02

Nice teeth!

Tijne · Sun 30/08/2009 10:42:36

Being honest, at first I didn't really like the cone-style of the characters in the screenshots...
....And then I played the game and they just fit in so well and looked good doing it! Really changed my opinion about it!

The puzzles and story were really fun; even the spider-puzzle I thought was done well. I love how it kept creeping up on us. xD! But my most favourite thing about this game was definitely the dialog. xD! Very ..real.. personalities xD!

My one complaint about the game is just a small detail; a hotspot or two and certain item combinations didn't seem to have a message. There was only a handful, and it didn't even remotely impact the game, though. ^_^

Hope you make the future episodes! And now I'm definitely playing Cold Meat when it comes out. ^_^

Helme · Sun 30/08/2009 11:14:29

Quote from: Ascovel on Sun 30/08/2009 10:38:02
Nice teeth!

What do you expect from dental care in the year 500 B.C. ?

@Tijne
Thanks for the feedback.
I don't have an idea for the next episode, yet. But I'm quite certain I will continue it.

Crimson Wizard · Sun 30/08/2009 14:03:22

Liked the game, puzzles were good, I only had some problems with killing the spider, but after 10 minutes of experimenting solved that one.

As I mentioned in another thread, I found speaking animations funny

they are really speaking with some effort there, swinging their arms, like pushing words out

Alla · Fri 04/09/2009 20:29:46

I cant piick up axe-do i have a bag?

Helme · Fri 04/09/2009 20:37:27

You need to hold the left mouse button for 1 second. Than you can choose to look or to use an object.

Alla · Fri 04/09/2009 21:20:52

One could hardly guess ) thanks

tzachs · Thu 10/09/2009 19:08:42

I liked the game, it was fun once I got past the spider puzzle which took me some time to figure out (and I think it has some bugs in it, one time the spider didn't scare me away for some reason and I just cut out all of the webs and the net was left in mid air... ).

Spoiler

I particularry liked the third creature, he was funny and it will be nice if you bring him back in the next episodes with some added character, maybe even a "Revenge of..." sort of episode. I know it was a dream, but still, maybe it wasn't?

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The only thing that really bothered me was the english (I think I even missed some of the jokes because of that).

Helme · Mon 14/09/2009 18:31:59

Quote from: tzachs on Thu 10/09/2009 19:08:42
The only thing that really bothered me was the english (I think I even missed some of the jokes because of that).

I know my english is not on a top level. Unfortunatly my proof reader didn't make it in time.

Crimson Wizard · Tue 15/09/2009 01:17:46

Quote from: Helme on Mon 14/09/2009 18:31:59
Quote from: tzachs on Thu 10/09/2009 19:08:42
The only thing that really bothered me was the english (I think I even missed some of the jokes because of that).

I know my english is not on a top level. Unfortunatly my proof reader didn't make it in time.

was eaten by spider...

abstauber · Tue 15/09/2009 08:07:02

Still for a MAGS game, this one is considerably long. I've been really entertained by this title - but of course I'm not a pro ace speaker myself (and to be honest, far away from getting there

)

Personally I can live with a certain amount of spelling/grammar mistakes - as long as the game is fun.

kaputtnik · Tue 15/09/2009 09:32:49

Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Tue 15/09/2009 01:17:46
Quote from: Helme on Mon 14/09/2009 18:31:59
Quote from: tzachs on Thu 10/09/2009 19:08:42
The only thing that really bothered me was the english (I think I even missed some of the jokes because of that).

I know my english is not on a top level. Unfortunatly my proof reader didn't make it in time.
was eaten by spider...

Come on, that's clearly barbarian grammar.

But just so you know: For the upcoming Cold Meat, I can be held responsible for any typos, grammar flaws and whatnot. So you don't blame poor Helme who did a great job in putting that all together, doing graphics, sound, puzzles, dialogs, story, animations and all.

Yeah, and I'm completely with abstauber here: Within the limits of MAGS, this can almost be considered a full length game, and I also found the dialogs very amusing, even if there were some mistyped words or some shiny happy grammar in between. Take it as a feature!

tzachs · Tue 15/09/2009 18:25:11

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Come on, that's clearly barbarian grammar.

Hmm, I didn't take barbarian grammar at school, so I didn't know that...

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So you don't blame poor Helme who did a great job

I don't blame Helme! If anyone is to blame it's the spider who ate the proof reader...

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Take it as a feature!

Ahh, a feature

...

Tijne · Wed 16/09/2009 01:34:25

I just figured it was barbarian/cave=man grammar~ Which I really liked. ^_^

Leon · Tue 22/09/2009 20:44:42

Man.. you must have been exhausted at the end...

Showing the thingie to Tumtrow:

- tell you, what this thing is and I you will do me a favor.
- I owe Runtor some money
- Should be easy as long as Rontur is drunk and asleep.

And that while the midget's called Nortur.....

Nice game btw...

[edit] Gondur is called Godnur several times... ;-)

Helme · Wed 23/09/2009 10:27:51

Ouch... guess I was exhausted.
Maybe it's was a problem, that all my playtesters are not native english speaker, too.

DrWhite · Wed 23/09/2009 10:34:55

... or because these germanic-celtic names sound all the same

At least they were the biggest problem while proof-reading.

Helme · Wed 23/09/2009 10:47:35

Yeah! The names are even more confusing if you have played 'Cold Meat'.