Well, well, well, what have we here? (an OROW VI entry)

[Cuiki]

I finally present you a polished and more bug-free-than-ever version of an OROW VI entry:

Well, well, well, what have we here?


It's a short game made for One room, one week competition by Ultra Magnus and me, but since it wasn't properly tested and developed due to lack of time, we decided to fix a couple of things afterwards and rerelease it.


A screenshot:


Follow the lead of a mysterious stone lying on the ground and unravel the mysteries hidden under the surface.

Download it HERE.


The making of and special thanks:
Having almost no experience at all with AGS, I decided to enter OROW and finally make a first step towards game-developing. I spent the first six days designing puzzles, graphics and stuff like that, but I barely touched AGS itself.
It occured to me no sooner than the last day that I wouldn't be able to do all the scripting by myself in one day (or in a couple of weeks, for that matter), so I came in touch with Ultra Magnus, who saved me from a certain fail by setting up the entire game out of scratch in only a couple of hours!
He's been of great help to me even after the competition closed; he fixed all the remaining bugs as well as giving me advice on dialogue and puzzle design.

I therefore owe a big thanks to Ultra Magnus. Without you, I could never have made it in time.

I'd also like to thank Oskar for helping me with graphics and the last puzzle as well as suggesting a few really cool dialogue lines when the time was running out. Thanks for all the precious advice, love and support, too. I couldn't have made it without you either.

And last but not the least, thanks to Matic for writing me such awesome music.


Finally, I'd like to apologize to all of you who were getting frustrated with the first version and all its errors. I'd be glad to hear you took time to play it again and hopefully you'll be a bit more satisfied this time.

Any kind of comments much appreciated!

[Ultra Magnus]

Hooray!
Thanks, Cuiki. It's been fun.

To everyone else:
Sorry it took so long to finish, but the two of us couldn't quite get synced, so a lot of time was wasted waiting for me to answer Cuiki's PMs and emails.

[Cuiki]

a lot of time was wasted waiting for me to answer Cuiki's PMs and emails.

Actually, I think it was the other way round.

[jkohen]

Interesting puzzles. I haven't played the original OROW version, but the game seems polished. The only thing I don't like so far is that once the main character starts walking somewhere, you are not allowed to change the destination until he gets there.

I'm stuck now:

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I've recognized the white and black stones in the well as related to the ones in the third stone. However, I can't figure out what to do next. The spiral seems to indicate that something is missing or loose inside the well, or in one row above or below the black and white stones, but after clicking on quite a few stones and having tried several item/well combinations, I gave up. What should I be doing?

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[bicilotti]

Played the OROW version and really enjoye this one.

Downloading.

[Cuiki]

@jkohen:

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You're right, the spiral does represent the well and black and white stones match with the gems. Let me help you with an extra piece of information: each section of the spiral represents one row of stones in the well, the first section (starting from outside of the spiral towards the inside) being the upmost row of the well's base.
I hope this helps you solve the puzzle. I wanted to give you a hint rather than the whole solution, but if you still don't know what to do, post it here:)

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[jkohen]

@jkohen:

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You're right, the spiral does represent the well and black and white stones match with the gems. Let me help you with an extra piece of information: each section of the spiral represents one row of stones in the well, the first section (starting from outside of the spiral towards the inside) being the upmost row of the well's base.
I hope this helps you solve the puzzle. I wanted to give you a hint rather than the whole solution, but if you still don't know what to do, post it here:)

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Thanks, you confirmed my theory. I clicked a bit more and finally found it.

I liked the game, good job!

[Buckethead]

I'm stuck also:

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I can't seem to make the character find out where north is. My guess is that you should compare your watch with the sun or look at the shadows but neither seems to work.

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[Cuiki]

@Buckethead:

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First of all, try to figure out yourself where's the North by observing your surroundings, knowing what time it is in the game...
Then use a rope (it's not hard to find one) on the nail and click on the dent (with rope cursor) that points towards North.
This puzzle probably seems very linear and it may not be the most logical process ever. In "RL" cases like this you could solve such a riddle in hundreds of different ways, but it would be a total waste of time and nonsense to implement them in the game.

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[paolo]

Very nice for a first game. The only thing I didn't like about it was

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that the final puzzle was a bit of a pixel hunt.

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Otherwise, good job!

[Peter Bear]

your short game is amazing, congratulations.

[Cuiki]

Thanks for the kind comments so far.

Very nice for a first game. The only thing I didn't like about it was

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that the final puzzle was a bit of a pixel hunt.

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Otherwise, good job!

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I'm sorry you found it a pixel hunt. I thought it wasn't that unfair because once you knew which stone's the right one, you just needed to click on it (and it's not all that small, I suppose:)) The trickiest part is to actually figure out what the spiral represents, so if you solved the puzzle by guessing, it probably did seem a bit weird.

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Glad you liked it, though.

[CosmoQueen]

I'm stuck too. I've already:

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Uncovered the other stone. But I don't know what to do with the well or how I'm supposed to find north.

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[Ultra Magnus]

I'm stuck too. I've already:

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Uncovered the other stone. But I don't know what to do with the well or how I'm supposed to find north.

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I'm terrible at giving hints without making them either too obscure or too blatant, so bear with me here.

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You need to measure the well, but first you need to find something you can do that with.

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You need to find the rope and wrap it around the well's base to get the measurement.

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The rope is tied to... pretty much the only thing it can be tied to.

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Then use the rope with the second stone.

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The game should let you know if you do it wrong.

[CosmoQueen]

Okay I:

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Measured the well but I tried to wrap the rope around it, it just said that I already measured it.

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[Ultra Magnus]

Okay I:

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Measured the well but I tried to wrap the rope around it, it just said that I already measured it.

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Sorry, I phrased that badly.
If you've already got the measurement you can just move on to the next bit.

[CosmoQueen]

Oh so I don't need to tie the rope to find north? I'm sorry I'm still confused LOL

[Ultra Magnus]

Oh so I don't need to tie the rope to find north? I'm sorry I'm still confused LOL

Not to the well, no.

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Use the rope with the second stone.

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[CosmoQueen]

Okay I understand that

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The spiral and the well are connected but I have no clue what to do with that.

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Sorry for all the questions. I love these games but I can be real slow at figuring them out at times.

[Ultra Magnus]

Okay I understand that

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The spiral and the well are connected but I have no clue what to do with that.

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Sorry for all the questions. I love these games but I can be real slow at figuring them out at times.

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The spiral is really just a clue about the well. Look at what the gem stones represent. What does that mean about the chiselled-out square?

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If you need a stronger hint, check this post Cuiki made earlier.