Two of a Kind - v1.01

Krys · Fri 10/12/2004 04:20:23

There seems to be a bug that nobody has mentioned, yet it's a real problem for me. Just as you answer the phone call, and try to leave the office (this is in the beginning - and it happens for both Tim/Tiff), the screenshot of the door with 'Walters & Walters' written on it appears - the game freezes and the mouse icon disappears. I've tried the 'Follow' command, turning off the music/sound, both resolutions, and full/window mode. Nothing works.

I'm about to give up on this game...

Any help would be appreciated, thankyou.

YOke · Fri 10/12/2004 11:35:54

Does nothing happen when you press "Esc"?

Dave Gilbert · Fri 10/12/2004 14:25:24

Quote from: Krys on Fri 10/12/2004 04:20:23
There seems to be a bug that nobody has mentioned, yet it's a real problem for me. Just as you answer the phone call, and try to leave the office (this is in the beginning - and it happens for both Tim/Tiff), the screenshot of the door with 'Walters & Walters' written on it appears - the game freezes and the mouse icon disappears. I've tried the 'Follow' command, turning off the music/sound, both resolutions, and full/window mode. Nothing works.

I'm about to give up on this game... Any help would be appreciated, thankyou.

Hi Krys,

Does the music/sound play at all for you? The credits are, I believe, timed to the midi music so if the music is disabled then you might have trouble here. Does the music in the office play?

Dave Gilbert · Sat 11/12/2004 13:35:16

WHOO. Got my home connection working and I'm back in action. Check the first post for update info.

UP · Mon 13/12/2004 11:45:40

Hmm... This is rather interesting... I don't hear any music in the game, but when I have it going and switch back to Windows, it suddenly starts playing... At least in the bar.

And umm...

Spoiler

I've tried to get Dr. Love to do something about the flower, but he just says it'd cost too much... What to do?

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Dave Gilbert · Mon 13/12/2004 14:45:11

hi Not Yet,

Is this with the original version? Or the new one?

As for your problem...

Spoiler

Doc Love is looking to vent out his frustrations on KISS. Surely there's something you can give him?

[close]

Risk · Tue 14/12/2004 03:56:11

very good work... i'm very impressed w/ the graphics too. i haven't beaten the game yet but i just wanted to point one thing-- the menu could be worked on a little bit... idunno i just thought some of the colors didn't look right (maybe it's just my monitor)... anyway. except for that everything looks peachy. Nice job!

Krys · Wed 15/12/2004 03:14:51

Hi again, thankyou for the suggestion, Yoke - I pressed escape and the game carried on

Dave - When I tried to turn on the music/sound, an error occured, something like 'Unable to intialize your audio hardware. Problem: Failed to int. sound driver' I set both music/sound options to my default settings, so...not sure what's wrong with that, I'm just happy I can keep playing, even if there's no sound

UP · Wed 15/12/2004 18:15:59

Quote from: Dave Gilbert on Mon 13/12/2004 14:45:11
hi Not Yet,

Is this with the original version? Or the new one?

As for your problem...

Spoiler

Doc Love is looking to vent out his frustrations on KISS. Surely there's something you can give him?
[close]

It's the old version, I think.

Thanks BTW... I had tried that several times, but I couldn't get the thing highlighted, so I figured it's not important...

Dave Gilbert · Wed 15/12/2004 18:48:37

Quote from: Krys on Wed 15/12/2004 03:14:51
Hi again, thankyou for the suggestion, Yoke - I pressed escape and the game carried on
Dave - When I tried to turn on the music/sound, an error occured, something like 'Unable to intialize your audio hardware. Problem: Failed to int. sound driver' I set both music/sound options to my default settings, so...not sure what's wrong with that, I'm just happy I can keep playing, even if there's no sound

Hi Krys,

Do sound effects play, at least? I am at a loss to explain it aside from futzing with the sound options. Try setting the sound settings to something else and see if they work.

-Dave

Cyberion · Sun 19/12/2004 01:04:19

well i'm not sure if it was posted already, i do not have time to lok through all 7 pages, but here is what i encountered!

When you start the game and in the menu, you choise load game, the load screen appeares, but instead of clicking somewhre there, you select the new game in the main manu, the game begins, but the load screen stays on forever

It doesn't disappeare.

P.S. sorry if you are aware of this problem already.

Cyb

SGK · Mon 20/12/2004 03:22:04

Hey!! I finished the game....!! about 30 secs ago

AWWWWESOME!

liked it all, specially that you can control two players! (its the first ags game ive played with that feature

)

im a musician too, just like to say to whoever composed it that the museum song is the best! the others are a bit common, but works fine for a game thought. Sorry if someone asked this before but: who made the credits song? a member here or its a professional song? :

(lol could be someone in this forums, you never know

)

was a great pleasure playing the game! congrats again!

- SGK

BerserkerTails · Mon 20/12/2004 04:39:12

SGK: I was the one who composed all the music for the game, so thank you! I also composed the end tune, "Itchy Eyes", and recorded it live with my jazz combo. I'm playing piano on the track.

SGK · Thu 23/12/2004 21:13:07

Ow, so its you the BeserkerTails ^_^

lol that sneaky squirrelÃ,Â

EDIT: btw, i dont remember much about the ending song, but its you singing there (if there was some singing, i dont remember...)?

BerserkerTails · Thu 23/12/2004 23:54:19

I hate to burst your bubble SGK... But it's not me singing. Last time I checked, my gender was male, haha. My friend Ida is singing on that track. I actually just saw her for the first time since the game was released last night, and told her about all the great comments I've been receiving on that track.

She says thank you, haha!

cess · Sat 25/12/2004 23:09:40

few minutes ago i played and finished the game tenth time this week..and still didn't get bored!Ã,Â great game.Ã,Â smart, small, cute and very "adventure"!Ã,Â i can't beleive that you did it with such a relatively small team. congragulations
to you all...you're all very talented.
by the way, i also loved the ending song. anybody got the lyrics?

BerserkerTails · Sun 26/12/2004 22:14:44

Here... I'll type them out... Let's see if I can still remember them!

Red, like the blinding of a light
Darker than the coldest night
But nothing compares to the
Hue of Itchy Eyes

Drops, like the rain falls from above,
Like the pain of shattered love,
But nothing compares to the
Sting of Itchy Eyes

But, what of the morning
And the sun's gentle warmings
Bring beautiful rays
But, on these days I feel nothing but

Pain, which does hunt me like a shark,
Let me rest throughout the dark,
But nothing compares to a
Life with Itchy Eyes

There you go. Hahaha, I love how popular that song has become. I mean, I wrote it about my allergies, haha!

linus · Mon 27/12/2004 09:25:19

I finished it and I think it's definetly one of the best games this year.

The multiple character system worked out great and allowed for some very interesting puzzles.

I have played most Dave Gilbert "solo" games before and I liked them all, but this team effort even surpasses them IMO. It pays off that there is a kind of specialist for everything in the team and that there is no part that lags behind. The story, music and graphics just melt into one homogeneous experience. This is truly a great example of team work.

I've noticed one little "bug" that wasn't mentioned before I think: There's a character scaling problem in the mansion's cellar (just walk along the right wall). I might be a bit nitpicky here, but it just stuck out, considering the high quality of the graphics and animations.

And more thing... Could you offer the Itchy Eyes for download as an MP3 file?

Dave Gilbert · Mon 27/12/2004 13:12:49

Ask and thou shall receive.

Many folks requested the Itchy Eyes song. Assuming BT doesn't mind, I made it available for download at my web site.

http://www.davelgil.com

Neil Dnuma · Tue 28/12/2004 13:55:06

I just finished this one, and would like to give credit to the creators for making such a great game. A lot of creativity went into this, and the game kept surprising me.

If anything could have been better, maybe some of the puzzles should have been more connected to the plot - they were connected, but some of them didn't make sense until quite a while after they were completed (at least not to me), so that gave the feeling of "backward puzzles" (It's a bit like ending up in bed with a nice woman but not understanding how you did it). Anyway, they were mostly very good. The music was of high quality also, only thing I wanted was a tad more variation, and unfortunately the tune I liked the least was on the map screen, so it came back every other turn (sorry about the sentence, I'm not english...). Also, animation (esp. walkcycles) could have been more smooth, but what I really liked was that there were lot of work put into animating the heroes while solving different puzzles, and for the cutscenes. You don't see that every day. The story was very good, and that end song was perfect (even if it's about allergia.. np). The whole twins-concept was brilliant, and could even have been explored some more...

To me this one, among with Apprentice 2, Ben Jordan 3, Cirque de Zale and 7 Days a Sceptic, should be nominated for AGS Game of the year. Keep it up guys

Two of a Kind - v1.01

Krys

Krys

cess