**updated version 12-6-05**
Project Xenophobe in now updated to version 1.1,
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NEW to 1.1:
-Complete grammar and spell correction by Evan Dickens
-1 new ending scene (4th)
-few bugs killed ;)
please use upper link, if it doesn't work tha click below :).
http://www.stena.pointclark.net/klemen/xeno.zip
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pictures:
(http://freeweb.siol.net/zagar413/KZ/s1.jpg)
(http://freeweb.siol.net/zagar413/KZ/s2.jpg)
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I'll be waiting for a mirror, then.
Yeah, I wouldn't go there. The site has definate adware/spyware in it. (Plus I couldn't get a link to the file.)
I kept getting a 404.
Send it to email if possible ieremiou[at]gmail[dot]com.
Thankyou
EDIT: I'd say they are probably 2 or 3 forms of adware on that site.
So I'd recommend that you find a different site.
darn, i know there is a catch :'( :'( , hmm it was painless and easy to upload, befor that i searched many pages and free uploads pages etc, but didn't find any usefull for the size of 35 mb.. :'(
well if there is someone who is willing to get it on his FTP or site let me know...thnx
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=17618.0
http://www.100webspace.com seems to be the most favoured.
;)
100 web space has on little problem, FILE SIZE IS ONLY 500kb, so 34 MB devided on 500kb, is not NOT nice number :'( , I tried all those pages from http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=17618.0 topic, but are all either not working or have other stupid limits...
Ieremiou, i have sended the e mail, i hope MY provider supports 35 long attachments... :D
1 hour later: .. nevermind, i got response, to big file, cannot send :(, and hotmail limit is too low to.... :'( I HATE THIS STUPID INTERNET !!!!!!
Ah, so THAT was the catch on 100web...
Sektor, you could try http://12.22.230.41/MicroTech/FileHosting.html.
There's a limit - 10mbs. And if your server terminates the session before it's uploaded (which will result in a "That file doesn't exist!") error, you might have to chop it into even smaller pieces so as to upload faster... it might be the best option. That's how I uploaded my own game. Granted, my own is only 5Mbs... but still...
Can't say if there's any catch in it, but Lycos provides 50mb for free.
Quote from: lelev on Wed 17/11/2004 08:32:17
Can't say if there's any catch in it, but Lycos provides 50mb for free.
It is for me, i live in Slovenia, and it is not supported .............
Ieremiou: I will try to send you the game again today, but it will be devided on 2 or 3 different mails....
Thank you Sektor 13.
Great game. Played it and beat it.
I loved the story and the music ambience was cool.
I don't want to spoil any of it so just download it now :P see link below.
I uploaded the game to my website and I have 10 gb of bandwidth per month so I'm not too worried about downloads.
http://ptwu.netrulon.com/projxeno/projxeno.exe
Also, as you can tell the above file is an EXE/Installer which was made with NSIS and compressed with LZMA technology. :) Which did very very well and got it to just under 26 mbs. Also, don't worry about say something like regkeys, shortcuts, startmenu entries, or anything like that (I could have made them though). Nothing is installed except the game files in whatever directory YOU choose and an uninstaller file. That's it. You can delete the directory or use the uninstaller. It's up to YOU. :) (I love NSIS - Nullsoft Installer System)
Btw, Sektor 13 why is the game EXE sooo large? Did you build a release version or a debug version?
(I think there is a size difference there)
about 80 mbs seems out of sorts to me but I'm just curious.
Also the game has at least two? easter eggs in game that I found ;).
If you need any help playing the game let me know.
And yes there is a bunch of spelling mistakes but it isn't too bad to make the game hard just noticable.
I'll see if I can work out the mistakes later ;).
Your Welcome
/Ieremiou
EDIT: I also added another file that wasn't in the one that Sektor 13 sent me which is a Distro file that I made up so that people could read the important things before installing the game. I also added the ability to load the readme file, the setup/run game, or to open the directory after succesfully installing the game. If you open the readme, you can still run the setup. If you decide to run the setup, this bypasses the need to open the game directory part but if you skip the setup you can open the game directory. Or you can bypass all of it by answering No each time. It's all up to you :).
hey, thank you very much ! !!!
I dont know why the exe file so large, background images are in 640x480, so i guess this must be the reason....!? At first I started use DEBUG option, but later turned it off..
(Actually my friend send the file (because he has ADSL and I only have 56k :D, i brought it to him in ordinary ZIP file, guess he changed it, i didn't know that, sorry..)
Yes I know that there are some spelling and other text mistakes, and some bug too :-X.....
:-\ download link desn't work thou, maybe it is just shortterm problem ? :-\
again, thank you very much...
downloading the game right now, the link works....
and the screens look great Sector 13, i like that kind of the games. Sci-Fi is my favorite theme, so i guess i will enjoy it alot.
thats great, but i tried , and still doesnt work.. strange (i tried with Mozzila and IE)... :-\
NEW: yep it is working now...
Yeah, my server is doing some maintance to the server to fix up some issues that some people are having so it should be fixed later tonight I'd imagine. I'm glad Cyberion got it though.
(Wonder what he thinks of it.)
I'm stuck! How do I get past the robot?
Question.. what do you have?
Spoiler..
Spoiler
You probably haven't gotten the keycard yet or something. Look around...
I finally figured it out.
[/spoiler] I had the injection, but not the testubes, so I couldn't put the doctor to sleep. It's weird, because i must have clicked on the tubes about a dozen different times, before I actually was able to pick them up! [/unhide]
Potch you might want to correct your above stuff. It's [ hide] [/ hide] (without the spaces)
Spoiler
I looked at each bunch of test tubes and you find the ones that have stuff in it and I picked it up flawlessly here.
Btw, Sektor 13 what was the bug?
i like the game, it has its atmosphere, although i have to admit that Characters are almost the same look and doesn't look pretty well and detailed, same for Backgrounds... so probably there was no use to make the game in 640x400...
also i got really tired of endless picking up the "look" and "use" functions to do any action, but it's detailes.
In general the game is nice and worth playing for sure. I Liked the theme from StarShip Trooper (ahhh it's my favorite one), i guess it's music3.mp3.
If you do not pretend to see amazing graphics and ready to use not very comfortable control GUI, than go ahead, this game worth the look ;)
Cyb
Bug: One time a testd again, 2 daysw ago, when i used an object on any hotspot, i got proper answer, but than cursor changed into some different pictuer, that shouldn't be a cursor picture... but that happend only once...
oh.. and when you type username and password in game, you must use ENTER, NOT OK button, acctualy my mistake..
BTW: There are 3 different easter eggs in game 8) and 3 different endings (3rd one is accesible of you pick one item...)
Which two did you find Ieremiou ?
God, I'm brainless sometimes. Sorry about that guys... I knew how to do the spoiler thing. i don't know what the heck I was thinking.
I found a couple of bugs myself. Nothing major... just kind of weird. If you go out of the building after getting through the first door, the door reappears, and you can walk right through it! I don't know how long I spent trying to figure out how to open the door again!
Spoiler
If you click on the drawer in the office a second time, he picks up the diary again.... I had two in my inventory!
Spoiler
Never hurts to have more diaries :D
... ,
hmm i don't know about that doors, maybe i forgot to add a variable, must be the same with diary sorry,
Argh.... I'm stuck again.
Spoiler
I'm on the ice planet.Ã, I have the diary, a coin, a gun, a memo, tape and a cup of coffee.Ã, I assume I have to connect the wires in the vent, so I can get into the lab, but i can't seem find anything!
Edit: Never mind. I finished it. I had some stuff that I didn't use. Did I maybe miss something?
The link seems to be broken and I can't download from the 35 mb site. Anychance anyone can reupload? www.gameroom.com has 50 mb, only restriction is that it deletes ur account if its inactive 4 i think 60 days
It's still there. It's an issue with my web service. Something's messing with the http/ftp stuff.
Bandwidth is still good as well so don't worry. Hopefully it will be up later tonight or tomorrow.
Okay, the access is back again. Sorry for the delay. heh, still getting the kinks out of the new server I imagine.
Spoiler
No, coin and the gun and memo are usseles object in game, but you may missed something, first you can open the shaft in the lab corridor (far right in the ice planet) and enter it, you will observe some speech from the doctor and befor that in the earth in laboratory 1, you can walk far left to the glass window and observe what happens :D and you can talk with doctor Monroe about that, there is a little difference when you put that black doctor to sleep with enjection. yellow fluid is virus, you will get different speech when you use it on that doctor, and later , general says 1 sentance more about what you ve done with the doctor, blue fluid only put s him to sleep....
Hi,
I have got past the robot, but how do I..
Spoiler
..get thru the reinforced door?..
Spoiler
You must find a lens and use it on the microscope, you will get the code, when you get to the reinforced doors, he will use the code , the he will said that he needs fingerprints -- go back..... you will see........... LENS IS in second screen in the crack...
Duh! I didn't even SEE that! ::)
Thanks!
Ok, I am too stuck on the ice planet. I have seen the thing through the glass in Lab 1, talked to Dr. Monroe about it, watched the scene through the vent shaft, yet I do not know what to do now. I have no idea as to how to repair the wires. I need help.
Spoiler
You repair the wires with some nails taped together. If you don't have the nails then you need to use your knife on the boards with nails in the storage room. Then tape the nails together and then use those on the broken wires.
Oh dear...
Spoiler
I dont have my knife on the ice planet to take nails out of planks!
Do I pick it up somewhere else?
Spoiler
Yes, you get a knife somewhere on the planet.. I think it's in a locker... did you go back to the beginning part of the ice planet.. there might be somebody there you need to search. (I don't completely remeber for sure if this is correct but I hope so.)
Thank you very much Ieremiou. But now I am stuck once more. I have connected the wires and I have taken off the plate over the circuit box but now it won't let me do anything to the wires in the circuit box until I find some more information. I looked at the advanced version of the lab map on the terminal but that doesn't seem to be enough and I've searched the whole base up and down yet have not found a thing. What do I do now? ???
Thanks. :=
I'm in the same boat.
I have a coin, the hand gun, a memo, tape, a cup of coffee, knife and a grenade. Now what ? :/
I don't have a gernade myself.
Spoiler
you can get information about the curcuit box in the message board in the room where the bench is, you will se a white board next to the TOILET doors, you need to look it 3 times. By thw way, grenade is not necessarily to complete the game, but it gives you the 3rd choice of ending..
Cheers. I've completed it now lookin at each different ending.
The game itself is ok. The background art is very nice, however the styles of the characters don't match the style of the backgrounds.
Also, the plot, I thought, was really bad. A lot of the time it made no sense and seemed like it was made up as you were going a long. The ego seemed to know more than he should or less than he should at times, his knowledge wasn't consistent. Why would an electrical engineer in the army need to read a board before tampering with a circuit box ? Why? He's in the army. In an army base. Cutting a few wires is reversable, and remember: It's an army base, it's designed to carry on running when things break. One moment the character hates the general, the next he's hating aliens and the thing about the nazis.....don't get me started on that! You could have chose something more credible? Why didn't the invade disgused as humans the first time around but not the second time? Why was that character made the commander of the army? It makes no sense!
This was the major let down of the game I think. Let's hope the game with the cave background has a good, logical, plot with decent character scripting.
heey some real criticism, you really got into this :D
ok..As first, i must say, that this is my first game, i was experimenting few things, yes and lot of parts were made up as i was going along.
SOME SPOILERS ALERT !!!
About circuit box, you normaly destroy or disable electronic part by making a short circuit, so there is no possible way to find out what it will do, but as you read a meesage board you found out that local wireing must have a bug, that opens the lab doors... about nazis, i thought it was credible, why not, Hitler attacked rest of the world, he gain his power with speechses , if you look some documentaries you can see that his rise to power was incredible, he almost achived what no man ever dreamed before, like some invisible force drove him, he was phenomena. So i though he will be right person to use. And character got the command of the army, because he knew humans best, he was in human army. Yes there are some things i forgot to mentioned, that he was in the army before he became a spy in the earth, and all aliens knew who he is....
One of the best amateur adventures I have played for a long time - hurry up with the next one please :) ;)
hey, tnx, well i don't think next one will be ready soon, i dont have any story elements .... yet
This is an excellent AGS game in my opinion. Sure, the plot gets convoluted near the end, but that is my only complaint. I thought the graphics were great. Sound and music awesome, the intro was great too! Really an amazing effort. I highly encourage your group to begin work on your next game right now! :P
Quote from: lakerz on Sat 27/11/2004 05:22:56
This is an excellent AGS game in my opinion. Sure, the plot gets convoluted near the end, but that is my only complaint. I thought the graphics were great. Sound and music awesome, the intro was great too! Really an amazing effort. I highly encourage your group to begin work on your next game right now! :P
hey thanks, actually it is not a group, i was alone :D
The guy walks to slow.
Especially considering he saw a scientist jump off a cliff, an alien mutilate a guard.......
Infact, he never actually reacts to those situations...
I don't understand, charater should walk faster because of that doctor and monster he saw ?? What, should he run all the time ? How would you react, every time something happens he says his taughts..
When he sees the doctor, he says "...Did i just saw someone jumping off that cliff... What is happening in this base." or something similliar, so what do you think he should start runing around. Rush into the secret base so the guard will shoot him. I think the main thing is to stay calm.Tell me in which adventure game did you se main character start runing (or walking faster) when something bad happend ? For example when in Fate of Atlantis, the island started to fall apart (walls crack...), Indiana Jones did not run, but walk...
I think you should back up things you are saying...
How many people are calm after watching a monster come out of no-where and eat a guard?
Would you want to stay around in a base with nasty scary monsters? You'd want to do things as fast as possible, shoot as many things as move as possible and general stay safe.
He is an soldier, they are trained to stay calm , you must be carefull, if you start runing around there is greater possibility for others to catch you/kill you. When soldiers loose their friend they dont freak out and start to run all over (yes some do, but maybe ordinary soldiers, not trained marines). And how would he shoot anybody, if he doesn't have a gun.
Soldiers are also trained to carry guns into the field. He shoud have been walking around the end base with his gun out, if you think about it.
Which brings me onto this: why would do what that scientist says? He's a big wide soldier. He should have just walked over to the gun and picked it up, and told the scientist to sod off.
well Pod, Sector has his own percpective view on this... and actually not all the soldiers are stupid and rude... the game's main character actually seems to be very very intelligent person ;)
Quote from: Pod on Sun 28/11/2004 18:00:21
Soldiers are also trained to carry guns into the field. He shoud have been walking around the end base with his gun out, if you think about it.
Which brings me onto this: why would do what that scientist says? He's a big wide soldier. He should have just walked over to the gun and picked it up, and told the scientist to sod off.
not everything is solved with guns, but you still have 3d shooters for this kind of problem :D
Quote from: Sektor 13 on Sat 27/11/2004 08:00:00
hey thanks, actually it is not a group, i was alone :D
Wow, very nice job then! :o
I added Project Xenophobe to medium lenght games, as I finally found that I can do that :D
when i tyoe in the password for the computer my game freezes, actaully my whole computer does and i have to restart it! This has happened twice now......
I've had to give up on this game right near the end as theres another bug.
Spoiler
I fixed the wire before looking at the message board, and now after looking at the message board and going back to the wires, im being told theres a gap in the wires again, so the door to the lab wont open.
It's a very good game, with a very good plot which you've obviously put alot of effort into, however because of the amount of bugs (there are quite a few!) and the bad English, it's been really let down. Next time try and get someone to help you with your English scripting, and get rid of the bugs before releasing and im sure you'll have a really good game. :)
strange about game freete , when you enter the password.. ???
Well for other bugs, i have tested the game few times before releasing it, but as you know it is hard to find all bugs, :-[
I have a knife,lens,injection,test tubes(yellow and blue),keycard.
I need HELP!!!Where can I find the microscope?Is there somewhere a walkthrough?Where can I find a diary?javascript:replaceText(' :\'(', document.postmodify.message);
Cry
:')
Huh!How can I enter in the lab 1?What is username and password?
SPOILER
(i forgot whats the command to hide text ) :S
Go back to that monster who killed guard, and use "wrench" tool, you will get a small KEY you can open a drawer in lab 2 , and take diary, there is password and username written in it.... you cannot get to lab 1
Quote from: Sektor 13 on Mon 31/01/2005 10:11:39
SPOILER
(i forgot whats the command to hide text ) :S
Go back to that monster who killed guard, and use "wrench" tool, you will get a small KEY you can open a drawer in lab 2 , and take diary, there is password and username written in it.... you cannot get to lab 1
I really like this game. But can you help me because I thought I knew what the solution was. I am in the storage room and have short circuited the fuse box with the coffee but I still can't get into the labs. (you would think I could if I short circuited the electrical system...?) I have read the note on the door already..I'm stumped ???
SPILER:
You must recconect thw wires, open the vent, that is closed to the LAB-A doors, than reconnect the wires...
->you can reconect them with two nails that are sticked together, that should open lab doors
Quote from: Sektor 13 on Thu 24/02/2005 14:36:41
SPILER:
You must recconect thw wires, open the vent, that is closed to the LAB-A doors, than reconnect the wires...
->you can reconect them with two nails that are sticked together, that should open lab doors
I did that already. In fact I have the wires patched together with the masking tape and the two nails. But I did this before going into the storage room where I short-circuited the fuse box with the coffee. Did I mess up? ::)
No, that should't be the problem, hmm if you did both thing than LAB-A doors should be opened....hmm ::)
EDIT:
Well i will try the game again, and found out if this is a bug(and fix some other bugs), somebody will rewrote whole script and remove grammar and spell errors from game, and i will upload game as version 1.1 again...
By the way if you did that and doors for LAB-A ar not opened, you can try to walk trought the dors and enter the room as normal, because that is another bug, you can actually enter the room even if doors are closed, i will fix that in v1.1,,,
to hide [ hide ] bla [ / hide]
Quote from: Sektor 13 on Fri 25/02/2005 18:19:49
No, that should't be the problem, hmm if you did both thing than LAB-A doors should be opened....hmm ::)
EDIT:
Well i will try the game again, and found out if this is a bug(and fix some other bugs), somebody will rewrote whole script and remove grammar and spell errors from game, and i willÃ, upload game as version 1.1 again...
By the way if you did that and doors for LAB-A ar not opened, you can try to walk trought the dors and enter the room as normal, because that is another bug, you can actually enter the room even if doors are closed, i will fix that in v1.1,,,
Shoots, I feel stupid. all I had to do was use the walk cursor, (the cross) on the door. What I was trying to do was use the wrench on it(pick up)
I finished the game but sorry to say was a little disappointed that the ending came so soon. I liked it so much I wanted to play longer.
But the doors did open right when you recconected the wires and shorcutten the box. ?
Well yes, it is medium lenght game. It is possible that i will made a sequel, after i am finished with my current game, Stargate Adventure, but that can take a long time :S
I uploaded new version, which has total grammar correction-- SEE ABOVE (1st post) :-*
I think you may also add something like "(updated version 12-6-05)" to the first post's subject, so people will be more aware of it.
Downloading now. :D
Great job, man!
This game is absolutely fantastic! I like the atmosphere, logical thinking etc.
hey thank you. :)
stuck at the robot
[/spoiler]I have a knife, datapad, keycard,key,yellow tube, blue tube, injecter, lens. and I can't find the loacked drawer in lab 2 I see drawers but I can't find a locked one and tryed to use key on all drawers any help will be apreciated thanx[/unhide]
Please don't dig up old threads here, for hints use the hints forum thread (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=24849.0), in which you had posted already, even before this. :P
I can't seem to get into the teleporter room!
IS there anyone that has a walkthrough for the game?
There are many things to be done before entering teleporter room. You need to be more specific !
Try to read trough this topic, I think you should find solution.
And I found walktrough in Google, couple of month ago, but I can't find it now... hmm, try to searc it.
Regards
Quote from: Gateman on Thu 28/12/2006 03:35:28
I can't seem to get into the teleporter room!
IS there anyone that has a walkthrough for the game?
Quote from: Gilbot V7000a on Mon 06/02/2006 06:43:41
Please don't dig up old threads here, for hints use the hints forum thread (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=24849.0), in which you had posted already, even before this. :P
some people dont listen do they
Great game, except IMHO for the ending.. (all four of them) at least it didn't give me a real satifaction of finishing this game, it came to abrupt..
Also -Complete grammar and spell correction by Evan Dickens I guess Evan Dickens his grammar and spelling isn't that great also, there are still a lot of errors in the text (but it doesn't make the game less fun)..
One other thing I found a bit annoying was the controls, I mean having to click on the 'looking glass' or 'Tool' to do something, it would have been better to just make right mouse button cycle through the commands.. but that's about the only negative thing I could come up with ;)
Having also played the excellent Stargate adventure, I'm really looking forward to playing Infinity string, and future projects..
Seeing as though this has been bumped I might as well mention that This game is next on my list, followed by Stargate... I'm currently playing Infinity String and it rules.
Hi there, your screenshot links seem to be dead. Any chance you could get them working? :)
Done :) - two screenies
Excellent game, Sektor 13!!! Thoroughly enjoyed the adventure. Loved Infinity String as well. Looking forward to playing your stargate game. Well done on your solo effort.
Thanx :)
Nice game, very similar to Infinity string, but I like such sci-fi-games. Like someone above already mentioned, the Nazistuff was a bit strange, but that didn't bother me. I really like your artwork (except the aliens, they didn't look that good).
Unfortunately I don't like stargate, so I think I won't play your 3rd game.. but whatever.
Great work! Must have last quite a while to complete those games..
Hi
Yes it took me about a 1 year for each, also Project Xenophobe was my first game, so some parts of graphics are not as good and animation is pretty crapy !
MAybe i will make special edition of PX and remade graphics animations and other stuff...
hehe, I'd rather see a new game instead of a special edition ;)
Hi SECTOR!
Just completed your Project Xenophobe, after playing first string and then stargate. So i played your games backwards, but i have to say - you never disapointed me.
String really made me a lifetime fan of your work, so i tried stargate (i loved the film but hated the series), and since i played it, i'm a regular watcher of the stargate series (cause it reminds me of the game :) ).
Yeah, your games all have the same storyline and settings - someone walking through long hallways, then teleporting to some planet and covering up some alien conspiracy. But i must say - i want at least 2 more games in this style. After that i hope you come up with something new.
So i question: when is the next sector-game coming out. What are you working on? I seriously can't wait.
Thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to play your games!
Hi
Hey, thanks for this big compliments !!!
Hope you like SG1 series, althou i think season 1,2,3,4,5,6 all above are just watchable nothing more.
Well the thing is, that I don't have a lot of time trough the day and currently not enough motivation to start new project by myself.
BUT in the future (a year or two...) i plan to start a horror game about a survival in the forerst cabin with some strange and horific things happening...
Again thanks for compliments, maybe this will make me do my next game faster :).
enjoy
anyone has a working link? I can't find one! :o
under medium lenght games you can find this link to DL !:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=download&game=472
Quote from: Sektor 13 on Sat 20/11/2004 13:51:14
Spoiler
You must find a lens and use it on the microscope, you will get the code, when you get to the reinforced doors, he will use the code , the he will said that he needs fingerprints -- go back..... you will see........... LENS IS in second screen in the crack...
I still can not find the lens.... where is it, please? this is really annoying me
In the crack outside, between the bricks.. (2nd screen)
Hi all.
I downloaded this game and was looking forward to playing it.
But alas I cannot play cos as soon as the game starts I get a black screen. I can hear voices and sound fx but then an error message appears
with this-
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Illegal exception
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An exception 0xC0000005 occured in ACWIN.EXE at EIP = 0x01F0BF50 ; program pointer is +6, ACI version 2.61.747, gtags (766,98)
AGS cannot continue, this exception was fatal. Please note down the numbers above, remember what you were doing at the time and notify CJ on the Tech forum.
(Room 99 script line 6)
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Any help would be wonderfull.
JAY.
Hi
There are some problems with INTRO.AVI movie, just remove or delete this file from games directory, and the game should work fine...
Hi Sektor 13.
Thanks.
I saw the intro AVI by just double clicking on the AVI file. I then deleted it and tried the game and am happy to report
that it is working.
I have only just began but I like the look of it already. I am looking forward to continuing tomorrow.
Thanks again.
Jay.
ooh, that ended quicker than I thought it would! I thought that game was just getting going and then... the end.
Good job though. I liked it a lot. ;D
Hey
Yeah, it was planed to be longer, alien planet should be as long as the first part... but as you know first project and i wanted to release something already, so i made game much shorter as planed...