The Family Treasure

[scourge]

Here is my MAGS game (January 2006). I know, I know it's another pirate game, i have no defense against thatÃ,  .

Help Captain Bloodhook Flamebeard find his old family treasure. Forty years of search have brought him close to its hiding place, but his crew abandoned him as they grow tired of this hopeless quest. But Bloodhook is not alone as some others also seek the family treasure.

DOWNLOAD here
MIRROR

[ScottDoom]

Looks and sounds awesome! I'd check it out but I have a paper to write for class.  :'(

[scourge]

Looks and sounds awesome! I'd check it out but I have a paper to write for class. :'(

What? is your paper more important than my game?   

[Derwo]

I know, I know it's another pirate game, i have no defense against thatÃ,  .

I'm glad you confessÃ, 

I haven't seen too much of the game yet (still on the raft), but it looks excellent so far! Seems to be a great month for MAGS.

But there's one problem: I had to rename the familytreasure.exe to losttreasure.exe, because winsetup looked for this name.

[Sinitrena]

The graphics are awesome, but the story is a bit cliche.
The puzzles are a bit easy. I liked it anyway
Good luck with the competition.

[piperhcombs]

Hm... I'm a bit lost as to what to do once you:

Spoiler

make the rudder and fix your telescope

[close]

good game though.

[i k a r i]

I've just finished the game...It was GREAT!
It remind me a bit to the Bernie style..

Can't wait fot the Kludden project now!..

[bosco]

Hm... I'm a bit lost as to what to do once you:

Spoiler

make the rudder and fix your telescope

[close]

good game though.

how to make the rudder?

[Wretched]

Just had a crash when I right clicked on one of the Pirates.

Error: The character 'Tony' could not be displayed because there were no frames in loop 3 of view 46.

[i k a r i]

I'm sure this goes into the Hints and Tips page..but..

Spoiler

To make the rudder use the plank and a piece of rope, then the "stick" (can't remember the name xD)

Once you fix them both use the shovel in any part of the map you want to move

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[vict0r]

Had the same bug as wretched

[bosco]

I'm sure this goes into the Hints and Tips page..but..

Spoiler

To make the rudder use the plank and a piece of rope, then the "stick" (can't remember the name xD)

Once you fix them both use the shovel in any part of the map you want to move

[close]

how can i get the plank?

[Juliuz]

Really cool game, but same as the others, when I click one of the pirates, i get the bug message.

[i k a r i]

I had the same bug...
but then I solve the puzzle fast and there was no error

Spoiler

(when you make them look at the big serpent use the knot fast)

[close]

bosco...ask in hints and tips sub-forum..and also...try a bit harder  :

Spoiler

Use Bloodhook Flamebeard, then use the hook in the "stick"

[close]

[scourge]

thanks for playing.

On which pirate does the bug happen. I tried right clicking on most pirates but no bug? Please let me know which pirate?

I found a bug myself so i am updating the download with a fixed version.

[EDIT] I think i fixed the bug you mentioned in the updated version.

but the story is a bit cliche.

you would say that wouldn't you  wink wink enemy for MAGS comp wink wink

[Mordalles]

superb game, buloght. i thouroughly enjoyed this game! this is definetely in my top 10 of my favourite AGS games. the humour and dialogue are written expertly and hilariously, and the graphics are awesome. puzzles were logical, and the characters were amazing! i could see u spend some time on the animations, which were really good.

other than the game being about pirates, i didnt find anything cliche about it. and i dont mind more games with pirates in them anyway. lucklily i didnt encounter any bugs. 

thx.

ure my vote as mags winner by far!

[scourge]

Just had a crash when I right clicked on one of the Pirates.
Error: The character 'Tony' could not be displayed because there were no frames in loop 3 of view 46.

That bug is fixed I believe and updated in download. Thanks for spotting that, didn't remove idle when talking to Tony ...

Mordalles: Thanks 

I've just finished the game...It was GREAT!
It remind me a bit to the Bernie style..
Can't wait fot the Kludden project now!..

Thanks ikari , that Bernie comment, is that a compliment? 

[TassieDevil]

Just had a crash when I right clicked on one of the Pirates.
Error: The character 'Tony' could not be displayed because there were no frames in loop 3 of view 46.

That bug is fixed I believe and updated in download. Thanks for spotting that, didn't remove idle when talking to Tony ...

Mordalles: ThanksÃ, 

I just downloaded it, I had a similar error "in loop 2 of view 46" - trying to talk to Tony. I just downloaded it and the bug is not fixed. Sorry

It is 2am your time now.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I was really impressed by this all around.  Simple yet very attractive backgrounds, good character designs, and interesting puzzles.  Very well done!

[AlbinoPanther]

Buloght your game is so Monkey Islandish 8) WOW

Just that THANKS

LD

[Khris]

Damn, IE swallowed my post...
Great game, can't wait for Kludden!

Small bugs:

Spoiler

After getting the lens, you can get it again (and again, and again =)
When I played through it the second time, there was a scene with the captain of the crescent voyage. The first time, the game suddeny ended after they had found the treasure, so I though it had hit a QuitGame() and didn't think of it as a bug.

[close]

[scourge]

sorry about those bugsÃ,  , i should have beta-tested, but i don't have any more time to spend on this game for now. I do believe bugs put a bit of a damper on a game.

ProgZ: thanks
LJBUI: thanks

I'll fix it and upload an improved version tonight.

Spoiler

Small bugs:

Spoiler

When I played through it the second time, there was a scene with the captain of the crescent voyage. The first time, the game suddeny ended after they had found the treasure, so I though it had hit a QuitGame() and didn't think of it as a bug.

[close]

[close]

Are you sure you didn't press escape accidentally? I'm pretty there's only one QuitGame called and that's after the ending.

[ildu]

The game crashed after you get kidnapped and you're hanging by your leg on the palm trees with the error saying something about frame 2 not able to be displayed.

[The Last To Know]

A great game, I really enjoyed playing it.

[Bartimaeus]

The game crashed after you get kidnapped and you're hanging by your leg on the palm trees with the error saying something about frame 2 not able to be displayed.

Yep had the same problem.
The art is great though, I love it.

[Stefano]

About the error on the pirates:

Code: ags

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Adventure Game Studio
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An error has occured. Please contact the game author for support, as this
is likely to be a scripting error and not a bug in AGS.
(ACI version 2.70.864)


Error: The character 'Tony' could not be displayed because there were no frames in loop 3 of view 46.

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OK   
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Nice game, so far! I don't mind the "cliches" at all. 

[ManicMatt]

Yeah folks I got that as well so i downloaded the new version bulought uploaded and its works now (Or I was lucky the second time round)

Loved this game! it be great!

[ildu]

Still crashes for me.

[Stefano]

Yeah folks I got that as well so i downloaded the new version bulought uploaded and its works now (Or I was lucky the second time round)

Oh, so the new version is already avaliable? I'll check it out...

[scourge]

no, the fixed version isn't up yet. I'm uploading it right NOW

I apologise, i couldn't find the bug cause i always skip the cutscene since since it work long ago. That's bad of me. Well i finally found it and for those of you with a will to still play (i know i wouldn't, this is horrible game making!) I'll let you know when its uploaded now in a bit ...

[JimmyShelter]

I just finished it without any bugs.

Very nice game! Too short though.

A few puzzles were a bit illogical to me, but most puzzles were logical but not too obvious.

Great graphics, music did get a bit repetitive. Great characters, very funny!

[scourge]

thanks jimmy  i thought the music was the best part since its the only thing i didn't do 

Okay: I updated the link with a fixed version, to knowledge there are no more bugs ... we'll see for how long 

I also downloaded it again to see if it really works, i went past that part with no bugs. So hopefully i won't have to upload again

Sorry. grrr.

[Nikolas]

Just finished it! Great game!

Funny dialogues, a lot of puzzles (considering it was MAGS) and clever ones too imho...

Cliche, but who cares? Graphics, BGs and sprites were excellent!

Well done!

[voh]

And another home run! It's not as long as I'd wanted it to be, but the puzzles were nice, the graphics sweet and the dialogue amazing.

You'd better bring us more games, or I'm hunting you down and stealing your brain.

[scourge]

Nice game, so far! I don't mind the "cliches" at all.

Just finished it! Great game!

Funny dialogues, a lot of puzzles (considering it was MAGS) and clever ones too imho...

Cliche, but who cares? Graphics, BGs and sprites were excellent!

Well done!

Thanks for playing nikolas

And another home run! It's not as long as I'd wanted it to be, but the puzzles were nice, the graphics sweet and the dialogue amazing.

You'd better bring us more games, or I'm hunting you down and stealing your brain.

I'll try my best. Thanks for playing and commenting.

[Petra]

Thank you for fixing the bugs, have tried to download this great game again, but now the download-link does not work for me.

But I really want to play again from the beginning!!!

[vict0r]

Absolutely great! It's just amazing! Except Apprentice I and II, this game and bernies Cedric and the revolution is some of the best ags games i have played!

[scourge]

Absolutely great! It's just amazing! Except Apprentice I and II, this game and bernies Cedric and the revolution is the best ags games i have played!

That's quite flattering  I don't know about that 

Thank you for fixing the bugs, have tried to download this great game again, but now the download-link does not work for me.

But I really want to play again from the beginning!!!

Thanks petra. I just tried the link and it works for me

[Traveler]

Nice game, I just finished (?) it, but it crashes during the ending, while talking to the captain of the Crescent Voyage. I have the fixed version.

Nice game, though. 

[scourge]

Thanks for playing

The game should stop there, it's not a crash, it's the end of the game, quitgame

[Peter Bear]

Very very nice game, as i commented in the game section.

Almost perfect, to me, except it is a too short
Very immersive !

arrrrrrrr

lol

I really like the graphics too, it's amazing what you can do with so few colors, I am covered in shame while using shadows / filters and antialiazing, you master the fine art of pixel drawing, all my congratulations.

( Do you seek any job ? ;p )

[Petra]

Still the download link does not work for me
Server not found....
Grrrr, I love this game and would like to play it again.
I'll keep on trying.

[Mordalles]

just tried it again, and the download works. the problem must be on your side, petra. 
buloght, when is your next game coming out?

[AlbinoPanther]

Mordy you now when now keep it quiet 

[scourge]

Very very nice game, as i commented in the game section.

Almost perfect, to me, except it is a too short
Very immersive !

arrrrrrrr

lol

I really like the graphics too, it's amazing what you can do with so few colors, I am covered in shame while using shadows / filters and antialiazing, you master the fine art of pixel drawing, all my congratulations.

( Do you seek any job ? ;p )

Thanks! Thanks for playing I'm not good with the brushy painty look in bgs so i have no other option but to go plain pixel 
job?  always

Still the download link does not work for me
Server not found....
Grrrr, I love this game and would like to play it again.
I'll keep on trying.

I'm sorry for the trouble. Hmm, the link should work. It's rather small, i could try and e-mail it to you? Is that guest e-mail your real e-mail?

[vict0r]

Absolutely great! It's just amazing! Except Apprentice I and II, this game and bernies Cedric and the revolution is the best ags games i have played!

That's quite flatteringÃ,  I don't know about thatÃ, 

No, seriously! It's only flaw is the length of the game

[TassieDevil]

Well done, I finally completed it. I really enjoyed that game!

The only trouble I had was undoing the knot - must be a timing thing.

[Petra]

Still the download link does not work for me
Server not found....
Grrrr, I love this game and would like to play it again.
I'll keep on trying.

I'm sorry for the trouble. Hmm, the link should work. It's rather small, i could try and e-mail it to you? Is that guest e-mail your real e-mail?

Hey, you would do that???

That's fantastic!!!!
Yes, this is a working email-adress.


Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!11


Hugs and kisses

Petra

[scourge]

I e-mailed you petra, please let me know if you got it

[Petra]

I e-mailed you petra, please let me know if you got it

Hi buloght,


Thank you so much for the game, I have received your email and everything is working fine now

Have sent you an email as well, just to say thank you personally..

Lots of greetings from Germany

Petra

[scourge]

Thanks petra. And all the love to Germany 

[JohnGreenArt]

Drat ! The game was going great until I got this error while the digging for the treasure cut scene was playing:

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An error has occured. Please contact the game author for support, as this
is likely to be a scripting error and not a bug in AGS.
(ACI version 2.71.872)

in Room 7 script (line 46)

Error: MergeObject: unable to merge object due to color depth differences
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I'm playing with the Mac AGS player if that makes a difference.

[Kweepa]

Error: MergeObject: unable to merge object due to color depth differences
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I'm playing with the Mac AGS player if that makes a difference.

Yes, that'll be why it did that. Unfortunately the Mac version always runs in 32-bit, no matter what the original colour depth was, so problems like this will show up with games that were 16-bit and use RawDraw functions and so on.

There is no cure I'm afraid apart from awaiting a new version of the Mac AGS player.

Loving this game, by the way. You make drawing beautiful backgrounds look easy.

[scourge]

Thanks steve, and for explaining that. I didn't know about that.

For interest sake (i'm not very smart), would it help if the game's colour depth was changed 32-bit?

[Kweepa]

Yes, I think it would.

Before releasing a 32-bit version for the mac, you could give me a link and I can check it works. I may have to bug you (or check the hints and tips forum) to test the offending (no offence!) part.

[lakerz]

buloght, this is a great game you've crafted!  Very enjoyable to the end.  The artwork and smoothness of the screens is great.

[scourge]

Thanks lakerz!

Steve: I'll compile a 32-bit one and send it to you first  thanks.

[The Ivy]

Hey buloght, I finally had time to finish this game, and I have to say it was the best I've played all year .Ã,  It's a little gem of a game, totally unexpected, and it kind of felt like finding $20 on the sidewalk.Ã,  The art was practical and cute, the puzzles were mostly intuitive, and it was just long enough to leave the rest of us wondering "Who is this buloght guy?"

Also,

Spoiler

"Here Claws, read my mind!"

[close]

had me laughing out loud for a good while.Ã, 

My only bit of unsolicited advice is about some of the interactions.

Spoiler

For example, I felt like "use shovel on water" should have done something at the beginning, as it's not obvious that you can use it with the map to move around (at least it wasn't to me).Ã,  Later on, "use telescope on cliff" didn't make as much sense to me as, say "use telescope on Captain Bloodhook."

[close]

These are just nitpicky things to think about; like I said the game was fantastic, and it's even more amazing that you got it all done in time for a MAGS.Ã,  Hope to see you around the forums .

[scourge]

Thanks ivy!

I'll remember what you said for previous games.

I am really looking forward to The Spooks!

[vict0r]

I am really looking forward to The Spooks!

And i'm really looking forward to Family Treasure 2! *nudge nudge wink wink*

[Svartberg]

Everything about this game was great !
Even the length was perfect for me, i was looking to play an hour or two at night, and this game proved even longer then i thought

You did a great job buloght, congratz

[scourge]

Thanks!

[Afflict]

Just like Buloght, he goes and creates a game which turns out being near prefection!!

Its got my thumbs up! Well done, and he left a little space for a sequal!

So whens it coming ?

[scourge]

thanks afflict, so kind of you to say a sequel? 

[Afflict]

You cant posibly expect us to accept the fierce Blood Hook
captian handed over his treasure and

Spoiler

detachable hook

[close]

to that other guy?  :o

//Edit - Why is the name blood beard stuck in my head?

[CosmoQueen]

I got this error twice:

[splat44]

I don't recall seeing such error message.

You might want to provide what you did to encounter such errors. I mean step-by-step so some can help you.

[CosmoQueen]

Well I had saved it on the map and I was about to go to where that prisoner guy was and when I clicked on his location, it came up.

But when I used a previously saved game it worked fine for some reason.

[porchbeast]

Still the download link does not work for me
Server not found....
Grrrr, I love this game and would like to play it again.
I'll keep on trying.

i have the same problem. coul you email me also? my email  is correct.
porchbeast

[Afflict]

<Link removed you guys can get it on the games page under mirror1>

Here guys hosted on my website... Kewl
Uploaded and downloaded again kewl.

[scourge]

thanks for trying to download.

The reason for it not working is our entire province's power was down (some problems from the power people) so the server was done too. But the power is back up, obviously since i'm typing this. sorry for that 

[scourge]

Here is the MIRROR

When posting this my game thread was on top, so i didn't bump 

[Nethros]

Sounds cool. I can't download it right now, I'm on the school computer. I'll do it when I come home.

The background on your screenshot seems cool and I suspect there will be other good backgrounds in the game.

The character sprites are nice done and the inventory items seems cool as well.


Now...
WHO IS THE OTHER ONES SEEKING FOR THE TREASURE!?!?!?

[Anian]

welll after spending half an hour figuring out how in hell could I get that lens (for some reason the obvious solution was escaping me) the rest of the game was smooth and very enjoyable

two more remarks: that thing with using the branches and cutlass, didn't quite get it, even though I figured it out and some hotspots weren't actually that easy to find. otherwise the game was really good and fun to play 

[TheMagician]

Thanks for this beautiful game!
Funny dialogs, cool graphic style!

Some notes:
I think the lens was quite a pixel hunt.
Moving around on the map was not as intuitive as it could have been.
And I didn't get why I couldn't just dig up the treasure but had to set up this thing with the wheel and rope.


However, all in all a great game. I enjoyed playing it from beginning to end.
I'm looking forward to a sequel 

[Afflict]

Beautifull game indeed.

I dont know didnt have the pixel hunt problems, maybe the map was a bit wierd...

Research that puzzle it was actually quite kewl when I went looking what the theory behind it was.
Wikipedia it, theres actually a real story behind it.

[scourge]

thanks for playing 

Thanks for this beautiful game!
Funny dialogs, cool graphic style!

Some notes:
I think the lens was quite a pixel hunt.
Moving around on the map was not as intuitive as it could have been.
And I didn't get why I couldn't just dig up the treasure but had to set up this thing with the wheel and rope.


However, all in all a great game. I enjoyed playing it from beginning to end.
I'm looking forward to a sequel

I made so that you don't have to interact with the lense but instead with the crow's nest, sorry i should have maybe made that more clear in the readme

Yes, the block and tackle and sunken ground is based on a real pirate treasure story.

Thanks very much all for commenting and playing.

[Saberteeth]

Great game, I'm still playing it though, but It's good so far...

[Fugu]

YEAH...(doing the moonwalk)!
great little game!
nice feel for the characters and atmosphere. all thumbs and toes up!
and...:o
YOU USED BANJO KAZOOIE TUNES..and it worked so well again!!!!!!!
(cheap trick...but it saved you a special place in my gamers heart!) 

thanks for the fun!

[Czar]

Well, I must say,
After I dug the last treasure, i was left with a kind of a mediocre feeling of the game, with only a small dose of character building, and with some un obvious puzzles.

But then, coming in the very last moment, a last twist in the story just hit the spot. I was wanting for some kind of twist and you really did a great job on sparking interest in the characters and the story at the end.
Very nice!

[scourge]

YEAH...(doing the moonwalk)!
great little game!
nice feel for the characters and atmosphere. all thumbs and toes up!
and...:o
YOU USED BANJO KAZOOIE TUNES..and it worked so well again!!!!!!!
(cheap trick...but it saved you a special place in my gamers heart!)

thanks for the fun!

haha Yes, i stole itÃ,  I'm not a musician and know nothing of it. Next time I'll get musicians to help out (if some are willing)

Well, I must say,
After I dug the last treasure, i was left with a kind of a mediocre feeling of the game, with only a small dose of character building, and with some un obvious puzzles.

But then, coming in the very last moment, a last twist in the story just hit the spot. I was wanting for some kind of twist and you really did a great job on sparking interest in the characters and the story at the end.
Very nice!

hey, i'm just glad people are playing Thanks for trying it out czar

[Czar]

Bulought, now you really are a cool dude.
I think you thanked everyone that tried to play your game in here.
No wonder more people are playing it, he he. 8)
And I also think that most of us like to take the opportunity to play a more quality game when it is around.

Peace and keep it flowing all.

[scourge]

thanks czar 

[Czar]

well, seems like crying time now  .
Heh, i think it's time to stop with these compliments type of talk and to start acting macho:
You almost don't suck punk. You almost. Don't suck. Punk. Now do ya?

[Pet Terry]

Overall nice game with a couple of flaws (or things I happened to dislike).

The graphical style was very nice, simple yet very effective. Nice job on that. I didn't like your choice of music though, I mean, sure it was very fitting and stuff, but I just didn't like the tunes.

I very much disliked the fact that I wasn't able to select walk mode by right clicking. That's one of the things that makes the Lucas Arts interface so user-friendly. I also noticed something strange with the mouse over text, but I can't quite explain what it was. Like sometimes it didn't work or was delayed.

Some of the puzzles were quite eh... silly? Like

Spoiler

getting the plank that is floating in the sea. I tried to use the mast because I SAW THAT IT WOULD EASILY REACH THE PLANK... and I get a message that it's not long enough. I mean come on.

Another one was the levering the rock one. In situations like this I would always make it so that you can use several different items to do the job.

[close]

The ending was a disappoinment, too.

But other than that, nice job. It was a fun game to play.

[scourge]

The mouse goes red while text (speaking) for wait mode.

Thanks for trying

EDIT: Petteri, you mean the Discworld following trail. That part works fine.

I don't know music so i just go on what sounds nice to me  . Sorry you didn't like them. I'll try and upgrade my user-friendliness for future games. Thanks petteri.

[Afflict]

I dont know every one to there own opinions I guess, however selecting walk did suck a little.

I enjoyed the ending just as you thought ah another ags game in the bag...

dum
Dum
DUM

It jumps out at yeah and says "Muwhahaahaahahahaaha"

As for that puzzle idea... I would phrase it a little different

Spoiler

"From its not long enough" to "I cant get no grip on it"

[close]

[scourge]

If it's not long enough it's not long enough, I can't help he didn't have a longer mast, that's just the way it goes, we don't want the old man falling in the water The hook helps enlongate and adds grip ... that's life 

[Chicky]

Duno whether it's already been reported but when i tried to use lantern on bucket of cheap ale by the two pirates i got:

Code: ags

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Adventure Game Studio
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An internal error has occured. Please note down the following information.
If the problem persists, contact Chris Jones.
(ACI version 2.70.864)

Error: run_rep_exec: error -6 (Error: Error retrieving pointer: invalid handle 437
in BackgroundSpeech (line 26)
from BackgroundSpeech (line 45)
) running function 'repeatedly_execute_always'

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OK   
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[Mordalles]

yes, it has been reported.  :

[Petra]

Just to give a great compliment to buloght again..

He must be an artist and his arrangement for all who like his game is incredible!

And his beautiful game is worth a download!

I liked it so much..

[scourge]

thanks petra.

[Petra]

buloght,

you know the real fans are always waiting for more stuff

PLEASE DO IT!!

Greetings from Germany,

Petra

[Petra]

If I just knew how...

I have lost lost my job last week

I was used to be a secretary..

But anything in doing a job with Abventure games would be much better..


Or in the Music production scene..


I have worked for the Kelly Family for so many years and they suddendly decided to close up the company...

It's really bad with jobs in Germany..

[scourge]

That's bad news petra! I really feel sad now. I wish you the best of luck. I am also jobless.

[Petra]

...i Know...

This is not the topic to be posted.


But perhaps someone reads my mail...
And any jobs are apprecited..


But I have to do it from Germany...as I'm the proud owner of 5 Cats, lol

[Petra]

buloght, or should I say J...


I'm very sorry as well..


You are such a nice guy, I hope things will turn out well for both of us in the future!!


Sending you hugs....

[Pet Terry]

EDIT: Petteri, you mean the Discworld following trail. That part works fine.

No, that's not what I mean. The text that displays the name of hotspots. Sometimes I didn't get the name of the hotspot (even though the cursor clearly was over the hotspot), sometimes the text kept blinking and sometimes the text updated slightly after moving the cursor over the hotspot.

[Mordalles]

i didn't see anything wrong with the text and had no problems with it. i think buloght uses the normal ags text functions. so it must be only on your computer, petteri?

[Adamski]

I got the same problem as Petteri too, I think it's down to the cursor trails being characters and not having their 'clickable' property unchecked so they occasionally obscure the hotspots when they move around. Just a little niggle though, nothing game destroying

[scourge]

EDIT: Petteri, you mean the Discworld following trail. That part works fine.

No, that's not what I mean. The text that displays the name of hotspots. Sometimes I didn't get the name of the hotspot (even though the cursor clearly was over the hotspot), sometimes the text kept blinking and sometimes the text updated slightly after moving the cursor over the hotspot.

I don't understand this. It never happens to me. I use normal @overhotspot@ I've played the game through about 200 times looking for things people say and it never happens to me.

I got the same problem as Petteri too, I think it's down to the cursor trails being characters and not having their 'clickable' property unchecked so they occasionally obscure the hotspots when they move around. Just a little niggle though, nothing game destroying

You assume wrong, the trails are each a small GUI. They don't obscure hotspots as they are turned off when the mouse stop. I can't find what you are talking about.

The trail sometimes flicker when you move the mouse very slowly, that happens because i turn them off when the mouse stops and on again when the mouse moves, what's wrong with that?

[Adamski]

Sometimes if you move the mouse in a certain way the trail will shoot underneath it quickly, which will obscure anything interactable for a split second. As I said, it's only a niggle and it happens rarely, but I was just backing up Petteri as I feared his comment would get brushed aside as 'user error'.

Besides that, it's a pretty good game taking into account the time in which it was made! It could definatly benefit from some tweaking here and there but I'm sure you're aware yourself what areas could be improved upon

I look forward to seeing a new original project from you!

[scourge]

Yes, thanks for all the comments. I made the trail so that they don't shoot under the mouse, they always trail behind and are never actually assigned the mouse coordinates, they are removed before they can get to it's location. Well that was the intention, maybe just not a very good scriptor. 

I'll try and improve and take everything into consideration for future games.

[fanton]

sorry for the person who lost the jobs...

i cannot get move the frigging RAFT!!! how do i do that??

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i know i have to use shover with water

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...for shure..but water is not clickable.

and i like your game thus far.

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liked the idea with the detachable hook.

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hey and I want to give you some suggestions
- frist try to make it so taht when you right click on anything you look. (i say this because right click and look buttons give diffrent messages for the same thing)
- after a successful action return the mouse pointer to walk mode

[Alun]

- after a successful action return the mouse pointer to walk mode

Ugh...well, to each his own, but personally I hate it when a game does this, and hope this is not done in a future version...

As for the raft question, by the way (the following is directed more to buloght than to avatar):

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I have to admit, this part I found very counterintuitive as well.  I was pretty sure I had to use the shovel as an oar, but for a long time I couldn't figure out how to do it; it wasn't at all obvious that the map was an interactable screen--especially since using the Interact icon on it anywhere but on the raft didn't give any message, and Interacting with the raft gave the message "I can't do anything to the raft while looking at the map".  I did eventually get it, but mostly just by dint of trying everything on everything.  It might help if there were some message when you tried to use the shovel on the water (something like "I'll need a specific destination in mind"), or when you tried to Interact with a location on the map (maybe something like "I need some means of propulsion to get there"), or, preferably, both.

This is just a minor criticism; overall I thought it was a great game.  But yeah, that raft part was frustrating, and more for reasons of counterintuitive interface (at least, counterintuitive for me) than for the actual puzzle.

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Oh, and while I'm on the subject, by the way, I found a minor bug when I played the game; sorry if this has already been reported:

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Using anything on the (unreinforced) stick gave the message "I'll only need the skin" (or something like that; I don't recall the exact words).  Obviously this is intended to refer to the pointy plants, but it doesn't make any sense if, for example, you try to use your cutlass on the stick and you get that message...

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Hope I'm not coming across as too critical here; like I said, overall I thought it was a great game, and the above two matters are just minor issues.

[Allustar]

I enjoyed the game's story and the references to Monkey Island.

The only issue i had was clicking on objects in my inventory and the action buttons... if i moved over something it would take a few seconds before it was recognized and i usually had to click twice in a sense before i got the right action to happen.

Otherwise I enjoyed the game and the puzzles were alright.

~Allustar~

[scourge]

I think the discworld trail might be causing that as people have pointed out. I think it's best i remove them or make them unclickable (can i do that with GUIs?) I''ll go fix or remove them

[Afflict]

What do you guys mean by discworl trial?

[fanton]

if you play discowrld youll see these sparkles following the cursor (which is a simple corss +). its very cool.

please dont remove it!! yeah yeah i clicked 5 times who cares.. I LIKE THE EFFECT   :o

[scourge]

Thanks fanton.

I have fixed the following (WILL UPLOAD MONDAY):

- made the Discworld Trial GUI's unclickable so now they don't interfere anymore (i'm embarresed to say that i now see the difference than before, i myself had to click twice sometimes, but no matter, now you only always have to click once haha.)
- when you right click on a non-hotspot area the mouse mode switches to walk mode (right click on hotspot it either automatically looks or talks if it's a character, but this was so when i first released the gameÃ,  8) )
- I corrected a few spelling errors.

Just those two first points makes the game a lot more user-friendly in terms of clicking without problems haha and the Discworld Trial still exists but has no effect on the clicking. Thanks for the comment on that. Will upload new version Monday.

AND:

Expect a sequel this year sooner than later of full-length where the story goes deeper and less cliche (hopefully) with more characters and locations and (hopefully) upgraded graphics.

I truelly thank everybody for giving me feedback, negative and positive.Ã, 

[JohnGreenArt]

Might there still be a version in the works that runs with the Mac AGS player? Past the part where it crashes as he's digging up the treasure, that is. I really look forward to playing the rest of the game.

[scourge]

Hey john I compiled a version for 32-bit but today i actually tested it and it crashed for me when in that same part because i saved all the bitmaps for the game in 24-bit so it's of different colour depth and i got some sort of error for that. So i guess i'll go and have to save the pics in that part as 32-bit and compile again, thanks for not giving up on me john haha

[JohnGreenArt]

Awesome. I hate for you to go through the trouble for such a minority of game players, but I guess it's just your fault for making such a great game. 

[scourge]

I uploaded a more friendly-user version of TFT. (like I said I would before)

- right click on non-hotspots change mouse mode to walk
- made Discworld following mouse trail non-clickable so they'll never interfere with mouse clicks again
- corrected a couple of spelling errors
- added a track to make music less repetititititive

Thanks for feedback.

JohnGreenArt: Thanks John, I'll try my best setting that up.

[Allustar]

Yep.. works a lot better now.

One tiny spelling error though.

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The ending sequence there's a misspelling where the Captain says "No if you'll please".. I think that should be "Now if you'll please"

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[scourge]

thanks allustar, i'll fix it

[DutchMarco]

OK this is getting a bit tedious but I really liked it too. Fortunately most of the bugs were ironed out when I played it! Loved the puns re the original MI games, including your take on

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Look! A three-headed monkey behind you!

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I must say that the drawings could be improved upon, they were good but would have been better with more colour (and sometimes, more detail). I suppose if you'd had at least an extra month...

There should be more MI-style games, especially in the drawing style of SOMI. Later editions, including MI2, were not as charming as I had hoped.

You mention that pirate games aren't very original, does that mean that there are more MI-style (AGS) games around that I don't know about? Also, looking forward to playing the sequel to this one!

[scourge]

Thanks for playing DutchMarco. I'll try and make the sequel more detailed since I'm spending way more than month on that The reason i guess for the plain bgs is because i'm not skilled in brushing so i went plain pixel and i find that sometimes doing too much detail with plain pixel is dangerous territory in cartoony games, especially if you're still new to pixel graphics. You could easily create inconsistencies and ruin the cartoony feel. I'm trying to learn brushing

There are a few more pirate games around, and a lot of pirate fangames and MI games have been made. I can think of one that's in production which is a really unique pirate game made by Ali, and then there's also one made by Helm. There is also Return to Monkey Island and Amulet of Monkey Island (though i think the last one doesn't use AGS) I can't think of them all now I guess when one makes a pirate game it's hard to do something Monkey Island hasn't done, but i think there is still plenty of oppurtunity for original pirate games

[Afflict]

Y-I-P-E-E-! A SEQUEL!!! 

[Ionias]

Great game. I just finished it. I loved the graphics and the humor. A couple of the puzzles had me confused, but all in all very well done. Bravo!

[chsma00]

After finding the third map I saved and later came back to the game. When I load my game from that point I get an error saying "An internal error has occurred. Please note down the following. If the problem persists please contact Chris Jones.
ACI version 2.70.864

Error run_rep_exec: error -6 (Error: error retrieving pointer: invalid handle in BackgroundSpeech (line 26)
from BackgroundSpeech (line 45)
) running function 'repeatedly_execute_always' "

[buloght]

Thanks for reporting it I've only had trouble with the bacgkroundspeech module, I think it's because I still use the early unfixed version.

I'll try and fix it.

In which room did this happen, the room where you found the third map or did you exit and enter another room?

thanks

edit
I corrected the background speechmodule with the correct version. It shouldn't crash anymore 'background speech' related ... though don't quote me on thatÃ, 

I still have to get the mirror download fixed with the right version ...

[Largo LeGrande]

Why does this remind me TERRIBLY of Monkey Island 4? On that little shabby island bit with the man with two pirates...

[buloght]

haha, i assure you it's coincidental. A lot of island beaches looks like that. Don't you believe i did it? It's not the world's best graphics haha, I assure you I did no tracing or whatever you are implying.Ã,  :

edit ...  If you don't believe me ...

[bbwanab]

why does largo legrande remind me TERRIBLY of monkey island 2?

[Afflict]

ROFL

The last LARGO I met was I liar a cheat and a thug... and he worked for some wierd evil ghost.

Alas I see the resemblance, the coconuts on the beach the kewl swirly clouds the mountians in the background. But the dead give away is that the kewl curvy island in buloght painting resembles the straight beach front in the MI4 one... Umm wait no never mind...

PS: Ah thats it the stars in the sky is definately the indication...

PS2 : I think ill shut up now.

- your humble and obviously not so observant Afflict.

[Sythe]

I played this right through. It was excellent. I didn't mind that it was about pirates, because it was quite different to monkey island in many ways.

The graphics worked well with the story line. The music was well placed. The puzzels weren't too easy which is GOOD. I absolutely hate playing easy games

It was all very well placed. The only thing I got annoyed with was figuring out you had to use the shovel on the map to move the raft. The rest was very well done.

Character interaction was good and the characters had considerable depth for a fan game.

9/10

[royals10]

This is a great game! I loved the piraty feel and interface, and the option of taking your hook off was pretty neat and original (as far as I know). Good clean backgrounds and logical (for the most part) puzzles. My only criticism is two spelling errors that I saw. I can't remember exactly where they were, but "sais" was used instead of "says", and.......rats, i can't remember the other one...I'll modify this if I can think of it.

I'd consider myself a below average adventure gamer, but I played the game through in about 40 min. It was very enjoyable. Keep up the good work guys!

[buloght]

sythe: Thanks for the very kind comments

royals10: Thanks. I'll try and get them spelling errors out I already fixed a couple, but thanks for letting me know, I thought I had gotten all of them.

[Michael Beck]

For some reason I wasn't able to download this.  The main site didn't respond -- the mirror site gave me a download, but I got the error message "bad zip header" and when I unzipped anyway, the game would not function at all.

[Afflict]

I can remember a similiar error, however I got past it by using WinRAR, not zip or so I think at least. 

[Michael Beck]

I use IZarc, but I'll try WinRar instead.  Thanks.

[Afflict]

Ok Michael, I re uploaded the thing to the server so this should of helped it. Not to sure what was wrong with the other. Let me know if the problem persists PLEASE!