Shifter's Box - Outside In (now with S Pfaller soundtrack megamix available!)

[Puddleglum]

Just another quick congratulations and thank you for a wonderful game Loved the graphics, story and puzzles, although the note one had me a little frustrated!
Great work!!!

[ThreeOhFour]

Abstauber: Huzzah! I have never played the Gobliiins Games but have heard nothing but good things about them. Glad you enjoyed

Puddleglum: Thank you . Good to hear that the note puzzle meant that the game wasn't a complete breeze through . Thanks for commenting .

[rbaleksandar]

Very good! Too short and easy for my taste though.

[vertigoaddict]

I've just completed the game, this was really fun and had really good puzzles

[ThreeOhFour]

rbaleksandar: Thanks. Hopefully I'll get around to doing a medium length game someday

Vertigoaddict: Thank you. Good to hear you had fun .

[Vince Twelve]

Finally got around to playing this game and found it delightful!  You're putting out quality games faster than I can find time to play them.  Fun and varied puzzles, delicious backgrounds and animations, a kind of Zorkish feel to the writing... All around awesome!  Nice job Ben!  Looking forward to more!

[ThreeOhFour]

Thanks Vince!!!

The only reason I put them out so quick is because I make them short, but I appreciate the comment anyway. Thanks for playing and commenting, and maybe I can find some time to make another game for you guys soon .

[Nostradamus]

Very cool game!

I always love to see original concepts and this was very well done. It kept me very hooked in. I honestly can't think of new words to add that hasn't been said in 5 pages of this thread, so just know this was very enjoyable. You really have a lot of imagination and creativity. Way to go and keep on doing interesting games

[Dualnames]

Finished it. Woowish game overall. Very artistic, man I could stare those bgs for ours. Nice puzzles.

[ThreeOhFour]

Thanks guys .

As for making more games, well, I definitely plan to, and I hope I can make the things in there interesting  .

No telling how long the next one will take me but 

[Alla]

I have problem or Bag?
I am wz jelle fish-i cant make light off-it always say-i will live it open-whatever i make combinations-cat is behind me---but light ?
Is it bag?
Thanks

[ThreeOhFour]

Hi Alla,

The light is not supposed to go off .

You need to figure out how to get the:

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Cat to catch the jellyfish

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The jellyfish is scared away by the cat everytime the cat goes near it

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Perhaps instead you can chase the jellyfish towards the cat?

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Direct hint:

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Interact with the cat until it sits (not sleeps) and doesn't follow you, then move to the jelly fish and interact with it once or twice until the cat catches it

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Hope this solves your problem!

[Ryan Timothy B]

Hey Ben.
I Finally got around to playing your newest game.
It's an excellent little gem; just like the rest of your games.

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I got a little upset with the cat and jellyfish, mostly because I didn't know the distance the jellyfish was to the ground/whereabouts of it.  A shadow that would appear on the platform would have been very handy.

I didn't realize she could go try and touch/grab the jellyfish from the very left platform.  Otherwise I wouldn't have been stuck at all.

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There was a minor glitch, when I returned back to the room with the Source, the source stream powering the lamp was shown to be connected, but it wasn't (I think the robot was--so there were two source streams on the ground).


Anyway, excellent little game.  The thing that gave your 'worlds' so much life were all the little animated sprites of jets/cranes and such you had in every background.  Those are the small little touches that help create such amazing environments for the player.  Keep up the good work.

[nihilyst]

That's a nice little game you got here. It has a unique feeling to it, the music is cool and the puzzles really creative.

[Colfree]

Awesome game!

Please make another one.

Music in the game was brilliant.

Great Job!

[kaputtnik]

Now I think it is finally time to say thanks to everybody who liked the music: Thanks!

This is very encouraging, especially because I had very much fun creating this soundtrack and did not think so much about genre restrictions and proper composition and whatnot, but simply played guitar and recorded the parts I liked - and obviously it worked out just fine!

[ThreeOhFour]

Ryan: Thanks dude . Interesting point about that particular puzzle, I can see where you are coming from. I agree that it would have been simple enough to add a shadow in, but was probably distracted by other things and so neglected to do it. Thanks for the bug report, and I'm pleased to hear you enjoyed the game .

Nihilyst: Thanks . I had lots of fun (and frustration) trying to make the puzzles interesting, and it is nice to hear that it paid off. Cheers!

Colfree: Thank you. I plan to. I agree. Thanks .

Sebastian: Hello! Genre restrictions are unnecessary! Fun is important when making things that are meant to be fun for the player! Caboose!

[Ali]

I just completed this game, and found it very loveable. It's nice to see Myst / Zork style puzzles well integrated into a third person game. I particularly enjoyed the Edwardian narrator, that was a great concept and I want to see him in more games.

I liked the music a lot too, and found the end song echoed Dylan singing 'Little boy lost / he takes himself so seeeeriousleeey'. Was that intentional? The story was about a little girl lost, so it sort of works as an allusion.

[kaputtnik]

I liked the music a lot too, and found the end song echoed Dylan singing 'Little boy lost / he takes himself so seeeeriousleeey'. Was that intentional? The story was about a little girl lost, so it sort of works as an allusion.

Yes, it was! Bob Dylan singing "seeeriousleeey" was in fact my starting point for that song. It took me a while to figure out it was "Visions of Johanna", though - I had mixed up the lyrics with "Queen Jane Approximately" in my head, and the line I wanted to allude to was originally: "And you're sick of all this repetition / won't you come see me, Queen Jane?", because I faintly remembered the last line before ended on "seeeriousleeey". Luckily, hinting at Bob Dylan lyrics can never go wrong!

So, there you have it - a good, clean allusion.

[Kweepa]

Great little game - I enjoyed tremendously. More please!