Professor Neely & The Death Ray of Doom *SPOILERS*

[piperhcombs]

subtle hint:

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Wouldn't it be embarrassing if someone stole your diary and read it out loud?

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okay, maybe not that subtle.

[CaptainD]

Not all that subtle, no, but definitely helpful!    Thanks.

[Ian Moone]

Thanks for the game...it was enjoyable. I thought I had applied every item in the room to get rid of the Doctor. Needed help with that one.

I think I found the "Hidden Game"!

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You can get the hidden game "Egor's Quest" by putting the toaster inside the compartment next to the death ray but now it's saying problem with igor.exe ala Windows BSOD. What did I do wrong? Or is that just what is supposed to happen? I get it when I enter the door at the top of the screen and when I finally reach the "sacred tube".

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[Ian Moone]

Also, the game doesn't end after I get rid of the Doctor. Am I supposed to do something else?

My major suggestion for improvement are more helpful messages when trying to use the items or "suggesting" what needs to happen next. For instance, when I combined two items, it simply did it and didn't tell me it did anything until I happened to check the inventory.

In regards to right-clicking on an item to find out a critical piece of information:

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Also, the right click trick to find the password code was unintuitive imo--although there was a hint elsewhere that he changed it on the 30th. I think it's an interface problem more than anything else.

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Is there supposed to be a use for the curtain in the bathroom?

BTW, everyone loves a good bathroom joke...try and flush the toilet many times in succession!

[piperhcombs]

Also, the game doesn't end after I get rid of the Doctor. Am I supposed to do something else?

Yeah, you may want to retrieve the vacuum tube the Doctor stole from you!

[xelanoimis]

Nice game. Pretty funny.

I was stuck in the lab...

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didn't think about annoying him with the journal.

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Maybe some clues about it would've been nice. Especially since

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there was no indication there are embarrassing things in there. I would've made that note available to read before and Neely could said "Oh, how embarrassing!" Then let him talk to Spliner in the lab but he should ignore Neely, being too busy, until you start reading the journal.

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About tech issues, Egor walks jagged when screen is scrolling.

Anyway, great game! Thanks for making it!

[Ian Moone]

Help---I can't find the last item!

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I must be a tard--where's the tube?

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[Ian Moone]

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What's the alternative solution to entering the front door WITHOUT using the magnet to grab the key through the broken window on the side of the house?

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Is there a use for the shower curtain? BLT? Tin Can?

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[DuncanFx]

What's the alternative solution to entering the front door?

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You can use the credit card to open the front door.

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[Ian Moone]

awesome thanks for the quick response--that also indirectly answers a piece of my 2nd question 

[Shadow1000]

I still don't get how to find the pass code. I read the planner a dozen times. I must be  missing something. Any hints?

[Ian Moone]

I still don't get how to find the pass code. I read the planner a dozen times. I must be  missing something. Any hints?

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You need to read the diary from the day you read in the planner that the password was changed.

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If you are still stuck:

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The planner tells you which day the password was changed. Now go read the diary, and "right click" on that day. You'll read the code and "memorize" it for the door. This one got me too. The right clicking on the day was NOT intuitive.

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[Shadow1000]

Great, thanks!

Finished the game now!

Cheers

SHADOW

[Ian Moone]

Great, thanks!

Finished the game now!

Cheers

SHADOW

So where's the vac tube--I can't find it.? Also, did you find the hidden game (I did-read hint above).

[sonicrumpets]

“The right clicking on the day was NOT intuitive.”

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Just to clear up any confusion clicking the page in question is not what enables the option to look at the diary date simply turning to that date in the planer will do this ( I checked the code)
The comment from right clicking the planer page was just something that was added to confirm that that was Indeed the date when the code was changed.
If your referring to the diary “read the 31st” well it’s a simple dialog so I can’t do to much about it .
I’ll definitely try using some other method for book reading in the future.

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Sorry if this has caused to much confusion , If its any consolation this thread is giving me some good insight in to how I should design things in the future so thanks for the input.

[Shadow1000]

Great, thanks!

Finished the game now!

Cheers

SHADOW

So where's the vac tube--I can't find it.? Also, did you find the hidden game (I did-read hint above).

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use the blueprints on the insidious machine part

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[LauraKat]

Great game Sonicrumpets.

The only part I had trouble with was...

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reading the diary to him at the end.

I had no problem finding the passcode.

I used the credit card to get into the house and the grappling hook to get the painting down. I'm still trying to work out what the other way into the house would have been. Maybe something with the broken window?

Sorry to say I didn't find the hidden mini game.

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[CaptainD]

Other way into house -

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use magnet on the keys you can see through the broken window.

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I never found the mini-game either.

[sonicrumpets]

Step by step guide to the "mini game" ( It's more of a LOZ tribute or a Easter egg than anything else)

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Step one: Get the toaster from the powered up refrigerator make sure that you pick up the BLT in the tray or You won’t get the toaster when you use the panel a second time!

Step two: get into the lab

Step three: get rid of Dr. Spliner

Step four: use the toaster on “Insidious Machine part”

Step five: briefly enjoy playing Egore Quest as It will eventually crash due to Dr. Spliner’s choice of OS.

Professor Neely fun fact:
Originally the toaster was used to electrocute some piranha in a pool in the basement. The broken Jacobs ladder fell into the pool and you had to kill the fish to take it.
However the puzzle was plagued by a number of very unpredictable bugs so it was cut from the game.

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[yipshi]

I have

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mail, credit card, vinegar, baking soda, magnetic pole, disguise, tin can, three keys, curtain, rod and grappling hook.  I can't figure out how to open the electric door or refrigerator.

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