Daemons in the Attic - a post mortem (?)

[bicilotti]

This popped up in my RSS reader, I wanted to share with forum members who might have missed it, since, well, "What happened to DITA?" has become a FAQ.

Part 1/5, enjoyed and waiting for the rest!

[Stupot]

Oooh. The plot thickens. When's part 2?

[miguel]

Yeah, where's part 2 Ghost? At this rate my OSD game will come up sooner than TITA2!

[Ghost]

Part 2 will upload this night. And part 3 tomorrow night. Do you notice the PATTERN?

Also, I hope you enjoy the read. There's a lot of stuff related to the project and I really will tell it all, so at the end you will know the full plot as it was planned. And yeah, all those little wacky wayside tribe things too. It's fun writing it all up.

[Anian]

Wait, no pictures?! Pffft, this is like the opposite of porn, or something.

[arj0n]

Nice ghost, cool to read stuff from the old days.
waiting for part 2

[Ghost]

Part 2 is up. I thikn at around Part 3 we'll get to the point where there actually WILL be pictures, too.
Thanks for the interest, everone

[miguel]

Then came AGS...

Can't wait Ghost! Keep them coming!

[Ghost]

Yup, updated and, for those who are wondering what the whole thing is all about, I even dug up the original "ditademo" all the way from 1993!

Careful! Ancient AGS! May totally ruin the mistertique!
http://www.mediafire.com/download/kntzvo1v7qu605b/ditademo.zip

[Ponch]

http://www.mediafire.com/download/kntzvo1v7qu605b/ditademo.zip

This isn't Klik N' Play!!

[miguel]

Yeah Ghost, show us the original stuff!
Anyway, I remember playing this gem of a game and getting stuck at the same point as well!
How do I get the lanterns out of the sign? With knife? Bob doesn't let me take it! And the second frog behind the other sign, I can't reach it!

Ghost, it's a gorgeous demo you've got there, do finish it!

[Ghost]

As stated IN THE ARTICLE, the KnP stuff IS lost. It's just no longer there*. I do not have it anymore. And you are not missing out on anything. Just imagine a Windows window with a system cursor, lots of stock graphics and, whenever you click anywhere, an explosion. And maybe something else happening. And by "happening" I mean "bush disappearing", "key appearing". "Owl choking on chigarette smoke."
Really, it was humilitating.

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* I mean it WAS a 3.5' disk. Sturdy BUT not without a shelf date.

miguel: You can't get the lanterns.  But:

Hint1

Spoiler

You need to cut the melon. You can pick up the knife in the booth, and use it there, but never take it away.

[close]

Hint2

Spoiler

You must then roast the marshmallows with matches from wastebin.

[close]

Hint3

Spoiler

Then shove the mallows into the CUT melon to build a decoy frog. Place it in the pond.

[close]

[selmiak]

Sound really interesting, like an arnie goes adventure game game

[miguel]

Thanks for the tips Ghost, I may have given up too fast!

But I think your crowd would love to see TEH EXPLOSIONS OF TEH SMOKING HOWLS!
Would you ever do a remake (using AGS) of that first game? Please?

[Ponch]

As stated IN THE ARTICLE, the KnP stuff IS lost. It's just no longer there*. I do not have it anymore.

Have you looked under the sofa? I lose stuff under there all the time.

[miguel]

I completely missed the pond!
Anyway, the demo left me with the will to play more, so...

[tzachs]

Wait, so actually the game features a girl that's almost dead but just wouldn't die, and in the same fashion, the game itself is almost dead but wouldn't die!

Mind = Blown!

Btw, I had a very similar journey (stealing the term from Baron's thread) to yours.
KnP -> Text adventures -> AGS
The only difference is that I did my text adventures with QBasic.

[Wyz]

This has been a really interesting and inspiring read so far! Thanks for sharing and I can't wait to read the final part!

[Ghost]

http://ghostglimpse.blogspot.de/2014/02/the-story-of-daemons-in-attic-5-of-5.html

Thanks to everyone for joining me around the campfire, guys. It felt a bit odd to write it all up, but now it's out there. A guy seen from the perspective of a game; that is a bit novel at least. Thanks for reading