Where's M' Hat Ma ?

[Wretched]

 Well here, at last, after quite a few months of teetering on the edge of diving into AGS I have put together a game. My main interest was to see how the scripting engine worked so to that end this is mostly a script based game.
That said the game features over 100 rooms, 20+ NPC's, 2 3D real time sub-games, simple jigsaw game, 3D Doom like maze game and lots of tarot cards and millions of cowboy hats, and a story along the lines of Mary Poppins meets Barbarella.
I should point out it was a MAGS entry and had a 16 colour palette restriction, and was written in only 3.5 weeks.
The game is pitched at relatively experienced players.

Sorry but there is no music or audio.

Download Here

Some screen shots...







All feedback welcomed. Enjoy.

[Rosie]

Just started this game and all I seem to be able to do is go in yard, and walk along mountain stream....What am I doing wrong....Any hints?>>>  Thank you.

[Wretched]

Rosie,

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You should look more closely at the fence[\hide]

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[Joyce1]

Okay Wretched I'm stuck -  get over to hints and tips and help us out

[Rosie]

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got berries, scared vulture away.  Got stick again and another bowl of porridge.....Now I'm stuck....Been down to see carving of goat on stone....HELP  Please.  Really enjoying this game, but sooooo stuck...

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[fivetrickpony]

I haven't downloaded it yet but I'd like to say that I kinda like the graphic style, especially how the queen looks sitting on the throne. And ... over 100 rooms? That sounds way too awesome.

[sunshinegold]

Wretched I need your help.

I have downloaded the game, start playing it but my screen goes black every time I change screen.

Also I now got the following error message when I was going to quit the game and pressed on the MAIN MENU key:

'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 2.62.772)

(Global script line 437)
Error: MoveCharacterBlocking character is turned off and cannot be moved.

Also could you tell me what all the YELLOW squares you get when you go into the inventory, the yellow button at the bottom of the inventory screen.  What are they for?

Where are the 100 rooms? so far I saw the house, the yard, the river banks, the place where the vulture is standing and then it's a dead end to the left. You can't go to the right.

Maybe I don't have more screens because of the error message, I really don't know.

Hope to get an answer soon.

[macon]

Hi Wretched.

My screens look terrible compared to the screenshots so I thought it might just be a case of me changing resolution within setup. But you have supplied the wrong setup program, it says cannot find g3.exe.

I tried wmhm.exe --setup from the command line and setups runs but it does not save or creates a .cfg file.

Is the game meant to be run at 320x200? Is so then I guess that the graphics are meant to look as they do and I won't need to run setup.

Edit: Just had an idea, I renamed wmhm.exe to g3.exe and everything works with setup and now my screens are looking ok.

Andy Mason

[Wretched]

Yes I noticed this yesterday and have since fixed the .zip if you just want to re-download or just do as you have done.

[sunshinegold]

Yes I noticed this yesterday and have since fixed the .zip if you just want to re-download or just do as you have done.

Will that also fix my problem

Please see/read hint above.

Thank you

[Wretched]

Can't promise it will sunshine, but its unlikely to make it any worse.

[sunshinegold]

Can't promise it will sunshine, but its unlikely to make it any worse.

Thanks I will try it and let you know.

What about that error message

What about those yellow squares (using the yellow botton) in inventory (on the left you have the up/down arrows, on the right the 'look', 'take' 'ok', and at the bottom there is a black and yellow botton)  What is that for?  So far I 'look' 'touch' on each one of them and nothing happens?  And yet I did not see anyone else asking about them

Please try to answer me before I download the game again. 

Thanks.

[Wretched]

Hi sunshine, Sorry about this I wrote you a lovely long answer but must have got distracted before I posted it and it's not here, so here goes again.

The screen should go black between screens, there is a fadeout/fadein effect so this is normal.

I cannot find the bug you referred to, if you can repeat it and tell me from which room the error occured and what the last thing you did was it would help in tracking it down.
However, the game is completable without ever needing to press this MAIN MENU button. There is nothing you can do that makes the game impossible to complete. So if it's causing trouble I suggest you restart the game and don't use this.

The yellow squares will become apparent later in the game when you have collected some of the 22 tarot cards that are in the game, though even then it's only for show and not functional.

The other rooms will become avaliable as you progress through the game solving the puzzles. The game is split into about 9 distinct areas and I have tried to keep the number of rooms per area small to avoid bewilderment.

There is a thread in the hint and tips if you are stuck in the early levels.

[sunshinegold]

Wrenched

Thank you for answering.

I will download the game again and try what Macon did, i.e. rename wmhm.exe to g3.exe maybe this will help.
If it does, I will let you know.  Maybe someone else has the same problem. 

[Wretched]

You shouldn;'t need to do any renameing on the new version this has been fixed.

[Gilbert]

Don't know if this's considered a bug or if it's fixed in the newer version already (I am playing with the old version), it's actually quite minor anyway:

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When I'm in the cell if I fill the cup with (cold) water and then put it below the hot water pipe it became hot water immediately without the need to emptying it first, or interacting on the pipe. Is it intentional that the water was heated up by the warm water on the ground?

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[Wretched]

Thanks Gilbert, I've tidied that little problem up now.

[jane]

Am stuck at the door with numbers..........can't get through the small tunnel, and the other door tried using the acetylene torch absolutely stuck - anyone give me a hint pleassssssse.   

But also is there a bug 'cos after I have tried to burn the bolts - I loose all the inventory , save, load panel etc?

[Wretched]

Jane,

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Sorry about bug, fortunately it shouldn't affect the game. If you can still right click 'til you get the Torch, use it on the door bolts until they are all white, a slow circular motion to get them all hot, then a bit faster to get them all white hot.

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[Stephanie]

I need help witht he locked door with the "numbers"  I don't know what to do here, I assume I need to use the paper from the burnt waxed hand.  I don't know what to do with the button that doesn't work.  Any clues?