Author Topic: Wrong Channel (June MAGS 2015) (Read 7804 times)

xil · « **on:** 29 Jun 2015, 16:14 »

Wrong Channel is a super low res point & click horror adventure. Can you survive? Can you make sure you don't select the… wrong channel!

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xil · « **Reply #1 on:** 29 Jun 2015, 16:48 »

Apologies to those who have just downloaded, I noticed a couple of little bugs. I've updated the download.

Stupot · « **Reply #2 on:** 29 Jun 2015, 23:06 »

Oh boy. Looks awesome, mate. Will play ASAP.

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Just played. Brilliant stuff!

xil · « **Reply #3 on:** 30 Jun 2015, 04:13 »

Thanks for giving it a go Stupot+, I'm glad you liked it!

Mandle · « **Reply #4 on:** 30 Jun 2015, 06:15 »

I found some slight glitches:

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Not yet finished the game, but great atmosphere so far...

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OHHHHHHHH!!! I just finished the game and I realised what was making me hit a "dead-end":

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Anyways, just a heads-up about that thingy. I don't know how many other players will make the same "mistake" as me, and it could even be considered a hidden "feature" that makes the game a little harder maybe...

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GREAT GAME!!! Really enjoyed it heaps!!!

Shadow1000 · « **Reply #5 on:** 30 Jun 2015, 17:08 »

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But the left-over "for"(4) did bother me so I eventually went back and tried 1+5/4 (64) which led me to the graves. At this point I thought the carving had a double-code until I did the grave math and got the result 28. Then I realised that I(9)+S(19)=28 was just a HUGE coincidence and that I was supposed to visit the graves before I visited the weeping-woman. And then I could finish the game.

Aha...that helped where I was stuck.

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I finished the game with that hint.

Really cool and different game.

SHADOW

xil · « **Reply #6 on:** 02 Jul 2015, 18:32 »

Thanks for playing guys, I'm glad you liked it!

It's a bit of a shame I managed to pick a random channel which conflicted but I think I'll leave it as is as it's only a small game

Chicky · « **Reply #7 on:** 02 Jul 2015, 19:51 »

I really enjoyed this xil, you did a cracking job with the low res aesthetic and the game is genuinely creepy! I was stuck for quite some time but I powered through.

Loved the death screen! Made me jump multiple times

Bulbapuck · « **Reply #8 on:** 04 Jul 2015, 23:04 »

Fantastic game! I loved it

I feel that your artistic style really fit in well with the game mechanics in this one, with the game being so surreal the player just accepts the surreal game play mechanics like it's normal.

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Also I made another LP if you're interested:

will upload part 2 tomorrow morning (in a few hours)

Kastchey · « **Reply #9 on:** 07 Jul 2015, 14:04 »

Love the art and the atmosphere, xil.
As a long time horror fan I'm not easily impressed by jump scares, but I must say the game over screen is awesome

The actual gameplay can indeed get random at times, just like a few others I managed to accidentally teleport to the next room without solving the puzzle:

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I have yet to play though to the end now that I have realised how to properly progress, but quite an enjoyable game so far.

Khris · « **Reply #10 on:** 08 Jul 2015, 11:49 »

That was awesome!

Not sure if I actually finished it though,

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Edit: Guess not

Got to the actual end, thanks to Bulbapuck's LP.

Mandle · « **Reply #11 on:** 08 Jul 2015, 11:58 »

Quote from: Khris on 08 Jul 2015, 11:49

That was awesome!

Not sure if I actually finished it though,
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I used the knife on the woman and got a game over screen, is that the regular end of the game?

No...that is not the actual end of the game...

selmiak · « **Reply #12 on:** 09 Jul 2015, 01:32 »

That creepy Gameover message is ace. I just completed it... in its native resolution! A great game with small pixels!

xil · « **Reply #13 on:** 12 Jul 2015, 15:40 »

Sorry Khris I've been super busy so missed this! Glad you managed to get to the end, thanks to Bulbapuck and Mandle.

Thanks for the kind words Kastchey, I do agree it can be a bit random as you technically could guess all of the channels or even brute force it, but I did make sure the ending was only obtainable once you had completed some steps so I agree, it managed to work out ok!

selmiak you must have some insanely good eyesight haha!

Chicky I'm sure in other contexts, I would sound weird saying I'm glad I managed to scare you, but it's nice to know the low-res style can do a jump scare!

Bulbapuck, I loved the playthrough, I had a good laugh when you were explaining about your grandad who was a fisherman as you were googling 'port'

Apologies about the hidden escape button menu, I did toy around with putting a button on screen but because it was so low-res it looked a little awkward. I'll make sure I don't make that mistake again though.

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I'm now off to play the other MAGS games and cast my vote!

MiteWiseacreLives! · « **Reply #14 on:** 20 Jul 2015, 07:43 »

Cool game, but I cannot figure out the significance of the paintings

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Mandle · « **Reply #15 on:** 20 Jul 2015, 15:18 »

Quote from: MiteWiseacreLives! on 20 Jul 2015, 07:43

Cool game, but I cannot figure out the significance of the paintings
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They relate to the books, right? but can't figure a number from it

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Dualnames · « **Reply #16 on:** 20 Jul 2015, 17:47 »

xil, that was nice, very short, but 5-20 minutes well spent <3

Sound design is spot on, and generally very creepy atmosphere and nicely drawn.

Monsieur OUXX · « **Reply #17 on:** 21 Jul 2015, 16:16 »

hey xil, is it the game with the engine?

xil · « **Reply #18 on:** 21 Jul 2015, 19:36 »

@MiteWiseacreLives! - I'll pass you over to @Mandle's post as it's explains everything perfectly!

@Dualnames - Thanks man! Hopefully I can squeeze a bit more free time out of the next few months of MAGS to do something a bit longer.
@Monsieur OUXX - It's not actually using the 2d engine, I cheated and went with a simple locked Y style thing as the walkable areas are identical on all screens. I've got the game using the 2dengine about 50% done but I wanted to do it justice so will be taking my time and releasing it hopefully in the next few months. It is going really well though and looking very slick! In fact I'll put up a games in production thread soon so you can see the progress

sthomannch · « **Reply #19 on:** 03 Aug 2015, 12:19 »

Short, but very good on transferring the atmosphere. Especially with this graphics. Well done!

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Author Topic: Wrong Channel (June MAGS 2015) (Read 7804 times)