Two of a Kind - v1.01

[Dave Gilbert]

Two of a Kind
An Epileptic Fish adventure
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Background
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Over half a millennia ago, a meteor crashed to the earth. It was hardly noticed, and soon all traces of its existence vanished. Hundreds of years later, the town of Bluff City was founded on the same spot.Ã,  It wasn't long before the early settlers noticed something strange happening. Every child born in Bluff City was bestowed with a special power, such as levitation, or the power to turn invisible. These "gifts" were a scientific impossibility, ignoring all laws of genetics. With its heightened popularity, Bluff City grew and expanded.

Tim and Tiffany Walters are fraternal twins, born and raised in Bluff City. After a traumatic childhood (which they don't talk about), they became extremely close and depend on each other for everything. To pay the bills, they have opened a Private Investigator business.Ã, 

Characters:
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Timothy Walters - Special Power: Levitation

Tim acts like an older brother to his sister Tiffany, despite the fact that he was born three minutes after her. He is strangely overprotective of her, and is constantly making sure that she's okay. He is very moody, often depressed, and looks at the world through jaded, cynical eyes. His one joy comes from listening to rock music.Ã,  He is particularly fond of KISS; he has all their CDs and has even met some of the members.

Tiffany Walters - Special Power: Talking to Animals

Tiffany is cheerful, happy-go-lucky and childish. Not only is the glass constantly half full for her, but it's also pink with smiley faces drawn on it.Ã,  She is obsessed with stuffed animals, of which she has many, and believes that she can always get her way by saying "Please!" often enough. Tiffany is always trying to get her brother Tim to have fun, which usually consists of a game of Candy-Land.

Notes
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This game was originally made for the AGS Team Competition, which ran for six weeks in the summer of 2004.Ã,  The team consisted of BerserkerTails, Dart, Scotch, Yoke and myself.Ã,  We managed to make the deadline, but decided that the game was still too empty and full of bugs to justify an official release.Ã,  Three-and-a-half months later, it's sweet and sparkly and ready for public consumption.Ã,  Creating this game has been a fantastic experience.Ã,  We all hope you enjoy it.

Screenshots
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Download Links
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AGS games page:Ã,  http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action-detail&id=462

direct link: http://www.davelgil.com/ags/toak.zip


UPDATES

11-5
A minor bug involving the follow function inside the office is now fixed.

12-11
A number of niggly fixes, and a buffed up closing creditsÃ,  Ã, Matthew Gardener (Wogoat) drew a number of GORGEOUS pictures to display over the ending sequence.Ã,  Well worth re-playing the game just to see them, in my opinion.Ã,  Here's a preview:

[[Cameron]]

Hooray! Good to see this game finally finished. Downloading now.

[Scummbuddy]

This isn't Mittens Kwest?!? 

I'll give this very nice looking game when I'm back at my place.

[edmundito]

Yay!

Bad news, there seems to be something wrong with the switching of characters. Like in the office or outside the story, I try to switch characters and instead of going to the other room, it somehow brings the character to that room! it's really weird.

[TheJBurger]

Yea, i know what netmonkey means. When I switch characters in a room, sometimes the character suddenly appears way over somewhere, off a walkable area.

Also when you have follow character on, and you go back into your office, only one character enters, and the other waits in the hall. I assume this is a bug...

Other than that, it's a pretty good game so far. 

[Gregjazz]

Oh man, this is the game I've been looking forward to!

My homework's going to hate me for downloading this...

You da man, Dave!

[SamandMax]

Dave, you once again proved how much talent you really have. Another great game.

[AGA]

While Dave obviously had a large part in the game's design, bear in mind he was working as part of a team...

[Dave Gilbert]

Yay!

Bad news, there seems to be something wrong with the switching of characters. Like in the office or outside the story, I try to switch characters and instead of going to the other room, it somehow brings the character to that room! it's really weird.

If "follow" is activated and you walk into another room, it takes a little while for the other character to appear.Ã,  If you switch characters during this waiting period, the other character will instantly appear in the current room.

If you activate "follow", the other character instantly apears in the current room to follow you.

Is that what is happening to you?Ã,  It should be explained in the readme file.

As for the office... yes that seems to be a bug.Ã,  It always amazes me that after months of diligent testing when everything seems perfect, hideous bugs are always uncovered within moments of release!

* Dave Gilbert stealthily uploads a fixed version before anybody notices.

[SSH]

I noticed, becuase it was only a 3MB file when I tried to download it first and was corrupt... I guess becuase you were still uploading at the time 


But looking forward to a great game. Can you post all of the contributing team members here (for people who don't want a 10MB download)

[Dave Gilbert]

The team consisted of BerserkerTails, Dart, Scotch, Yoke and myself

And yes, I uploaded the .exe file by accident, which is why I had to start over.  I was wondering why it was taking so long.  Anyway, it's uploaded now.

[Moox]

The group I was in never finished, Im glad to see that you guys did. I look forward to playing it this afternoon. Good Job all of you.

[ggp]

Please help, i'm stuck;

Spoiler

I've got the tv ariel, flower, crayons and smily face. I need to make the flower prettier for the bees, but  cant use anything ive got with it. Do i need the special fertilizer, and if so how do i get it ? If not what do i do ?!

[close]

[Dave Gilbert]

Small clue:

Spoiler

Isn't there someone in town who specializes in increasing sex appeal?

[close]

[Potch]

Hi... I need some help.Ã,  This game is really cool by the way...

Spoiler

I have a sticker, some crayons, a flower, and a honeycomb.  I have no idea what to do next!

[close]

[Chicky]

Yay for the game being finished!

I shall download now.

*edit*

Ok so is it me being stupid, or have you guys missed a big bug?

When i go into Gilberts general (nice btw) i use the door to exit again and i just can't.
I get the general 'what am i supposed to do with it' kind of message without being able to exit.

Lovely game though; the script, layout,story,coding and art are all excellent.

[Dave Gilbert]

You are probably using the USE command.  You want to use the OPEN command to open the door.

[crazyman]

I just finished the game.It's GREAT,the best of all is the ending.Great work.

[Chicky]

heh Dave, i knew i was doing somthing stupid

How come i could use 'use' to open all the other doors though?

[Potch]

Well, I got a little farther.  But, Here is my question...

Spoiler

Where do I find water to give to the bum??

[close]