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Patchwork is a short fantasy point-and-click adventure. It was a part of the Summerbatch bundle, but now it's coming to a home near you free of charge!
DOWNLOAD IT HERE! (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1642/)
Story:
It's a big day for Daniel - he's about to test a teleportation device he's been building for the last few years.
Will everything go as planned, resulting in a stunning breakthrough in modern science, or is he, as it so often happens in situations like this, going to end up in a parallel universe, where magic and fairies are pretty common, while cell phones and sneakers aren't?
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2159609/patchwork_street_screen.jpg)
(http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2159609/patchwork_wiz_screen.jpg)
Features:
- Two playable characters
- Hand-painted graphics at an astonishingly non-modern 800x600 resolution
- Simple two-click interface
- Minutes of gameplay
- All of the bugs and typos featured in the Summerbatch release of the game
Loved this game even though it was obviously very short. Any chance that you might consider doing a talkie version?
Quote from: CaptainD on Wed 16/01/2013 11:45:05
Loved this game even though it was obviously very short.
Thanks(again)! It's not
that short, though, is it? I mean, it takes about an hour to beat, I've seen shorter games than that. :)
Quote from: CaptainD
Any chance that you might consider doing a talkie version?
Nope. :) A poor talkie can ruin the experience completely, and I don't think I have it in me to make a good talkie. Maybe in the next game? :)
Quote from: Ilyich on Wed 16/01/2013 18:20:35
It's not that short, though, is it? I mean, it takes about an hour to beat, I've seen shorter games than that. :)
Sorry, take out the "very" from my sentence! :P
Just finished playing through this amazingly well made and professional looking little gem. Congrats!
Also, a backslap to Pavel for the atmospheric theme song.
QuoteA poor talkie can ruin the experience completely...
second that.
Any differences or fixes between this and the Summerbatch version?
StillInThe90s - thank you! :)
Quote from: Sslaxx on Wed 16/01/2013 23:23:52
Any differences or fixes between this and the Summerbatch version?
Nope.
Love the artwork! The backgrounds remind me of Studio Ghibli.
I played the game and I really enjoyed it. The art and music were really good, the fairly short plot was cute and the puzzles were fun. I did have a bit of trouble with some of the puzzles but the info on the hints and tips section helped me out.
I hope that Lin does meet Daniel again one day...
Thanks for a great game
SHADOW
Really sweet game. Art was beautiful, although there's some odd scaling issues when characters walk in perspective, but still that's minor.
Puzzles were fun although one thing about confused me a bit:
Spoiler
is pixie dust supposed to be wind element?
Oldschool_Wolf, thanks! Surprisingly, you're not the first to mention Studio Ghibli, although I didn't have their style in mind at all when drawing Patchwork. I do
love their work, though, and take it as a big compliment. :)
Shadow1000, glad you enjoyed it!
Anian, thank you.
Spoiler
Pixie dust is supposed to be wind essence, which is, as stated in the spellbook, a part of any magical wind creature. And pixie is one of those.
So nice! Congratulations
One issue: The game crashes when our scientist
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looks (uses) the spell book and turns the pages back twice
An error has occurred. Please contact the game author for support, as
this is likely to be a scripting error and not a bug in AGS.
(ACI version 3.21.1115NMP)
in "room7.asc", line 38
Eror: SetBackgro*u*ndFrame: invalid frame number specified
:-)
Quote from: Ilyich on Fri 18/01/2013 09:35:10
Anian, thank you.
Spoiler
Pixie dust is supposed to be wind essence, which is, as stated in the spellbook, a part of any magical wind creature. And pixie is one of those.
Fair enough, I missed that.
Quote from: Ilyich on Fri 18/01/2013 09:35:10
:)
Thank you. I'm just wondering why you called the game Patchwork?
SHADOW
just look at the gamenamelogo on the very top of the thread. This explains a lot already ;)
sthomannch, thanks! Sorry about the crash, I guess I'll have to fix that. :)
Shadow1000, yep, what selmiak said. :) Patchwork refers to the way the two worlds get intersected with each other in a patchwork-like manner. That's the official version. In actuality, it's named after a great song by Tindersticks. :)
Playing it right now. Fantastic art from a great artist. Everything else is looking and feeling very professional.
Congratulations Ilyich!
Quote from: selmiak on Sat 19/01/2013 00:32:54
just look at the gamenamelogo on the very top of the thread. This explains a lot already ;)
Wow..I didn't notice that. Good observation.
SHADOW
Thanks for sending me a copy. I'm enjoying it immensely =)
FEATURED
http://www.indieretronews.com/2013/01/patchwork-hq-2d-adventure.html
I really love the art in this game, but I think it has few scaling/perspective issues. In the first room the scientist looks tad too large for the background (or vice versa), compared with the door or the desk, for example. Also, when crossing the bridge in the fantasy world he scales down too fast, in my opinion.
The story progression and dialogs feel hastened. It's like "I will test my teleport now -- boom! -- what? a green-skinned creature??? i must be dreaming - no you don't, i am real - oh? ok then, nevermind, i gotta fix my machine now" :).