Post by: Andail on 18 Apr 2014, 14:48
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Get it here (will be updated with new links):
http://www.samaritanparadox.co.uk/
http://www.screen7.co.uk/
http://www.gog.com/game/the_samaritan_paradox
http://store.steampowered.com/app/283180
http://fireflowergames.com/shop/the-samaritan-paradox/
http://www.zodiac-store.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2&products_id=811
and should be live on Desura later
YOU CAN USE DISCOUNT CODE CHRISJONESAGS FOR £1 OFF THE DRM-FREE (ON IT'S OWN) VERSION FROM THE OFFICIAL SITE OR SCREEN7.CO.UK
Those who pre-ordered, you can use the Steam/Desura code you got for £5 off the single DVD rom copy. Please remove the dashes from your code and it'll work.
Thanks AGS for all your support and encouragement! Seeing it finally announced here is a huge relief. I hope it will bring you joy and excitement, and a fair amount of puzzlement!
Post by: selmiak on 18 Apr 2014, 14:54
Post by: AprilSkies on 18 Apr 2014, 15:31
I really want to play this game!
Post by: SarahLiz on 18 Apr 2014, 15:36
Any plans for a walkthrough? (Yep, I did just go there.) ;)
SL
Post by: arj0n on 18 Apr 2014, 15:39
Post by: Gribbler on 18 Apr 2014, 16:07
Post by: Eric on 18 Apr 2014, 16:09
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Post by: CaptainD on 18 Apr 2014, 16:38
Post by: AnasAbdin on 18 Apr 2014, 17:40
Post by: abstauber on 18 Apr 2014, 18:07
The waiting time is finally over. :-D
Post by: GarageGothic on 18 Apr 2014, 18:37
Post by: Vince Twelve on 18 Apr 2014, 18:40
Post by: on 18 Apr 2014, 19:01
GarageGothic - Thanks. Achievements and trading cards (cough cough choke) included :) And it's live on Steam right now!
Thanks monkey_05_06 for your help with the Steam side of things.
Post by: Stee on 18 Apr 2014, 21:53
Got this:
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Adventure Game Studio
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An error has occurred. Please contact the game author for support, as this is likely to be a scripting error and not a bug in AGS.
(ACI version 3.3.0.1162)
in "GlobalScript.asc", line 193
Error: SetActiveInventory: character doesn't have any of that inventory
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OK
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when
Turns out it happens
Post by: Mati256 on 18 Apr 2014, 22:55
Post by: Stupot on 18 Apr 2014, 23:20
Best adventure news of the year so far. Congratulations Andail on a fabulous adventure game and Mods for bringing it to the adoring masses. X
Post by: arj0n on 18 Apr 2014, 23:50
in "GlobalScript.asc", line 3797
Error: ObjectOff: invalid object specified
repro:
[hide]
place horse on the pedestral, walk to the left and the leave room without taking the horse back. In the next room the gui (that is shown when placing the horse on the pedestral) is still shown. Now click the 'pick up horse' icon. Crash.
Post by: Grundislav on 18 Apr 2014, 23:58
Post by: nihilyst on 19 Apr 2014, 00:03
Post by: shaun9991 on 19 Apr 2014, 00:16
Post by: on 19 Apr 2014, 02:34
Lots of people checked this game. But Arj0n, personally... you know who I'm going to blame for not testing this game..........!!!!!!!!! ;) :=
Post by: ThreeOhFour on 19 Apr 2014, 07:04
Some tricky puzzles here and there (Grundislav and I had to swap a hint with each other at one point) but otherwise I thought it played nicely. You did a nice job of mixing the classic adventure game feel with a slightly more modern design sensibility. The bits where there are danger never feel unfair, very well done on that count.
I liked the graphic style, very readable for low res and some lovely colour choices. I was initially worried from screenshots that the book world ones would stand out a lot from the real world ones, but once in-game I honestly didn't notice. Very impressive that one guy did so much work - and there's one scene right near the end (you know the one) which I recognized from years ago, and it made for not just a nice part of the ending, but a part that made me personally nostalgic.
Interesting writing, the mix between the two worlds, and the range of characters, and a twist that genuinely had me saying "Hahahaha Jesus Christ, Andail" which was, happily, immediately followed by Ord expressing the exact same sentiment. It seems there are multiple endings - and I am pretty happy with the one I got, but there's one element I may do differently for a replay.
Voice acting and music were both very nice, sound was a little sparse but it didn't detract from the experience too much.
But hey, you finished your game, and I enjoyed it, so well done. I've been interested to play this since I first saw it, and I was not disappointed. Know that if you're planning to make more games, I'm definitely a return customer.
Congrats to Mark at Screen7 for getting another game under his publishing belt, too. It felt lovely to be able to buy the game from whichever was my favorite place to buy games!
Thanks guys, good work, and give yourselves a pat on the back. Thumbs up from me! :cheesy:
Post by: Lasca on 19 Apr 2014, 07:52
Post by: Grundislav on 19 Apr 2014, 08:39
I enjoyed it quite a bit. I had a tough time with some puzzles, but once I figured them out they all had a good "aha" moment, especially the walking cane/bunker puzzle. You sneaky, sneaky man, you.
Liked that there were little things you could do to affect the outcome, touches like that are always appreciated.
My only real critique is
Again, I enjoyed it and look forward to seeing what you do next.
Post by: Andail on 19 Apr 2014, 08:49
Ben, seems you (and grundislav) were the first to beat it (outside of testers) :)
Will note bugs for future fixing, cheers.
Post by: ThreeOhFour on 19 Apr 2014, 10:35
Post by: Snarky on 19 Apr 2014, 16:02
Post by: Nikolas on 19 Apr 2014, 18:34
Already paid, already bought, already playing and already stuck! But I will carry on playing, because the premise seems very interesting to say the least!
I won't offer my critique until I'm actually done with the game... ;)
Congratulations Petter and Mark! You are both awesome!
Post by: arj0n on 20 Apr 2014, 19:59
This happened after
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Post by: frenzykitty on 21 Apr 2014, 10:11
Post by: JSH on 21 Apr 2014, 18:19
Post by: piperhcombs on 22 Apr 2014, 20:06
I do agree with Grundislav about it being a bit abrupt though.
Post by: Sslaxx on 23 Apr 2014, 00:34
Post by: SarahLiz on 23 Apr 2014, 03:57
Post by: on 23 Apr 2014, 05:21
Is it just me, or are there problems with some of the soundtrack files on the GOG release (gaps in some of the songs)?
Odd! Or...OGG ;) The OGG Flac version should be fine, I made it for them and have listened to it various times all the way through and didn't hear any problems. Could it be your OGG codec? Additionally, from what I saw they included an MP3 version? I did not make them an MP3 version, there was another version in OGG Vorbis format (original format that comes with the Screen 7 copy). If they've created their own MP3 version then there may be some issue? There's an even higher quality version available from Lannie at http://merlandese.bandcamp.com/
Post by: Gribbler on 23 Apr 2014, 10:55
Quote from: Sslaxx
Is it just me, or are there problems with some of the soundtrack files on the GOG release (gaps in some of the songs)?I also bought the game on GOG and both versions of the soundtrack work perfectly fine.
Post by: Sslaxx on 23 Apr 2014, 11:06
This is what I'm talking about (notice the gap at about 0.43 seconds in). This also occurs in (usually) the first few seconds of most of the other tracks too.
Post by: Andail on 23 Apr 2014, 14:09
And also some kind words :)
Grundislav:
(This contains massive spoilers, so only read if you've finished the game)
It turned out harder than I thought, handling such delicate and mature themes...Post by: ThreeOhFour on 23 Apr 2014, 16:21
Post by: StillInThe90s on 24 Apr 2014, 18:05
Will make a purchase in the near future.
Post by: frenzykitty on 24 Apr 2014, 18:26
Post by: Andail on 24 Apr 2014, 19:07
Unfortunately my Inventory bar at the bottom is always visible :/ and when I hover over it it slides up well over the screen? Anyone know how to fix this?
Never got this reported to me and never experienced it either, so I have no idea I'm afraid. Simply restarting the game won't help? Otherwise you'll just have to toy around with settings and drivers and stuff. But I'll note it down for further bug fixing, thanks!
Ben:
Post by: frenzykitty on 26 Apr 2014, 07:47
Post by: AprilSkies on 26 Apr 2014, 11:27
Great Game! REALLY good work!
I really appreciate that it was localized in several languages †‹†‹from the very first release. I'm really loving the story.
Post by: Snarky on 26 Apr 2014, 19:46
Bug report:
Post by: Snarky on 27 Apr 2014, 23:00
In terms of feedback... (There might be some very general spoilers here)
Praise:
-The graphics are very attractive, particularly the atmospheric backgrounds. There's a wide variety of scenes, and they're all convincingly depicted.
-Lots of solid puzzles, well balanced to be neither too easy nor too difficult. I only got really frustrated a couple of times. You've also come up with a story where some of the more preposterous adventure game logic makes sense (or close enough).
-I think the story is for the most part well told, and you've managed to mix in the different elements surprisingly well (e.g. the conspiracy/thriller component).
-As I mentioned in the post above, I really like how you introduce Ord. I think with the gradually revealed but tastefully backgrounded backstory, how he relates to others (giving him a friend to call just to chat was a great design decision) and how his character is written in general, he's very easy to like. I also like that he knows his own limitations and is happy to hand off certain tasks to others more qualified.
-I also love it in general when NPCs actually behave as people with their own agenda and intelligence, not just passive hotspots waiting for you to click on them. So it was cool that Sara was getting on with selling the estate and packing things up while you were investigating, showing up in different places and rooms. (Though it did seem a bit odd of her to try to have both things done at the same time.)
-The hide-and-seek sequence was properly tense and hard-boiled PI stuff. That felt to me like the climax of the game.
-Sweden! I like when a game is grounded in a real place and a real environment. Even thematically it felt "Swedish" in many ways. I would have enjoyed even more distinctive Gothenburgian details like the trams etc.
Criticism:
-The game didn't feel quite as polished as I think a commercial title ought to aim for. Nothing really big (that I came across), just a lot of small things that felt a bit off: a few glitchy walkbehinds, some awkwardness with the UI (for example, it's possible to have multiple inventory-item closeups on top of each other), missing responses to quite a lot of actions (e.g. if you click/rightclick on Ord, you get some boilerplate response, but if you click/rightclick on Freyja, nothing), hotspots awkwardly placed (sometimes so that the label was off-screen and therefore not visible, more often just too close to the inventory), that thing with music playing for a split second in the middle of conversations (which turned out to be a problem throughout the game), backgrounds that are just a bit larger than full-screen and therefore scroll slightly, as well as scrolling backgrounds with black bars that scroll as part of the screen, a few misspellings ("abbandoned" in one place), different voice actors pronouncing the same names differently (very noticeable with "Ithyn" in the finale), etc. etc.
-The ending was abrupt, yes. In my case, so abrupt that I wonder if there's a bug and I missed something:
-I question your color theory. Green + red = brown, dammit! (As a more general objection, how do you suppose the mixture gets lighter by adding more dye?)
-Oh yes. Swearing. So difficult to do right (both for the writer and the actors) so that it doesn't sound forced and artificial. I think you would have been better off omitting it, because IMO it doesn't quite work here.
-The voice acting was pretty variable, with a lot of good ones and a number that were... not so good. I hesitate to single out individual actors, but the guy playing the shopowner seemed to be in a completely different genre of game from most of the other voices. (I also found myself wondering why the inhabitants of a closed-off village all had different accents.)
-When all is said and done, I don't quite understand the point of Jonatan's secret book, what he was trying to express or why he was so keen on Sara reading it. It's not just that the ending is WTF-y, but that it doesn't seem to fit with the preceding narrative. This guy was a successful author, after all, and I would expect some internal logic to it. Some more/clearer symbolic or autobiographical links to his experiences and interests would also have helped make it seem like something this guy would actually write. As it stands, it feels more like you're just switching to a fantasy game world for a bit, Longest Journey-style.
Overall, definitely a game worth playing. Thanks for having made it!
Post by: Andail on 28 Apr 2014, 06:31
Regarding the ending:
Post by: Ilyich on 28 Apr 2014, 06:44
All in all - an enjoyable and very decently-sized adventure of code-craking and accidental gonzo journalism, thanks and congratulations on the release! Hope to see more from you in the future! :)
-The ending was abrupt, yes. In my case, so abrupt that I wonder if there's a bug and I missed something:That is most definitely a bug, yeah - the ending is much less abrupt and awkward in its actual form. :) Also,
Post by: AprilSkies on 28 Apr 2014, 14:00
Bug:
This happened after
Get down from there Ord! Sorry about that. There was a single other mention of this phenomena in the last few months but we couldn't reproduce it or find the cause. I wonder how your parameters differ to other players.. ???
I found a way to reproduce it:
Post by: Blackthorne on 28 Apr 2014, 14:09
Bt
Post by: on 05 May 2014, 17:41
http://www.samaritanparadox.co.uk/updates/TheSamaritanParadox_UpdateTo1.1.exe
(Above file is for the DRM-free version. Steam update already made, Desura pending)
Save games are not affected, but also not necessarily effective to see the fix in effect. Loading a version 1.0 save game may still produce the error. Playing from the start will ensure you do not run into it.
Post by: Ali on 05 May 2014, 23:09
Post by: on 06 May 2014, 13:04
(http://i62.tinypic.com/30tm0ew.png)
Post by: IndieRetroNews on 07 May 2014, 15:51
Post by: StillInThe90s on 13 May 2014, 01:20
Couple of issues:
Edit: I'm having snarkys' audio problem every time speech plays, i.e. music goes silent. I thought it was a feature...:)
Post by: Andail on 13 May 2014, 08:40
The audio goes completely silent during dialogues if you have lowered the volume to a certain level. AGS lowers the volume during speech in percentage points - i.e. not in percent - so if the volume has already been reduced enough it will reach zero. And that's not very pretty.
Next time I will definitely make sure that all the speech files are loud enough to be played without reducing the music volume at all. You live and learn.
Post by: cat on 13 May 2014, 12:18
- With normal settings, half of the GUI was always visible. We tried different settings, now we change the settings of the monitor itself. It's not perfect (still a bit squeezed) but at least we can use it.
- Every time there is voice acting the music is suddenly turned off.
- The character sprites look weird when being down-scaled. The resolutions don't match at all.
About the early win-game bug - how do I know if I (or my savegames respectively) am affected by it?
Post by: Andail on 13 May 2014, 12:39
The win-early bug shouldn't be a problem anymore, but just to be safe:
As I wrote in the post above, the music should only turn completely off if you've already reduced the volume to below 30-40% or something.
Post by: Snarky on 13 May 2014, 13:57
BTW:
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Post by: shaun9991 on 16 May 2014, 12:56
Post by: on 24 May 2014, 15:28
(sussed for now: possibly an issue with EndCutscene)
Post by: Snake on 25 May 2014, 00:48
;)
Post by: Duztie on 28 May 2014, 21:27
Just a couple of minutes ago I completed the game and must say that I really enjoyed it all the way through. I can highly reccomend this!
Post by: on 20 Jun 2014, 14:07
I'm sure it's not the only AGS game on sale there right now too :-D
Post by: on 15 Aug 2014, 21:22
There won't be a discount like it for a while ;) The Samaritan Paradox is also available as part of the additional digital deal if you don't want hard copies.
Oh, and please remember to doublecheck your address, you only get a few hours to amend it once the order is processed. It takes about 7 days to reach USA and up to 3 weeks elsewhere (sorry, due to US rates - an express delivery option would be about £20 on top of that, grr!) Regards!
Post by: Zeeg on 30 Aug 2014, 23:33
Btw, the faces on dialogue look like Clock Tower: The First Fear. :smiley:
Post by: Babar on 19 Nov 2014, 15:39
5 Video Game Puzzles Clearly Designed by Hateful People (http://www.cracked.com/article_21764_5-video-game-puzzles-clearly-designed-by-hateful-people.html)
Not sure how it reflects on Andail :D.
Post by: Andail on 19 Nov 2014, 21:12
Post by: on 22 Dec 2014, 21:43
http://store.steampowered.com/app/283180
Or get a DRM free copy + Steam + Desura key for just £1.99 from the official website (Deal 1)
http://www.samaritanparadox.co.uk
Post by: The Fool on 25 Dec 2014, 14:59
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Post by: Crimson Wizard on 12 Jan 2017, 09:35
Just got an email from Humble Bundle telling me my Samaritan Paradox order is ready. Finally! ... Though I could've sworn I played this game like two years ago. :-D ;)Same o.o.
Post by: on 15 Jan 2017, 10:04