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[break loading of savegames]

Hi there people.

Could someone suggest a smart way to test my game which is growing in size?

I have created a certain number of rooms, characters etc. Of course, there is an order in which things have to be done to progress in the game. The usual point&click way.
So far, I've been testing just by playing it, but I've already come to a point that it takes too long to just play it from the beginning every time.
And often, when I find I have a bug (or have just forgotten to implement some part), I have to add changes which break loading of savegames. (not so hard to break, actually)
Then, I have to start over from the beginning. Might be the beginning of a chapter, but still sounds stupid to do it every time.
I keep the information which I need to carry over between rooms in global variables as flags, which I already see is something I'll have to change soon, but currently that's how I do it.

So, can someone suggest a good way to take the game to a certain "story-point" without replaying everything before that?
Maybe creating a script to auto-play?
Using some additional tool to automatically click around? (like an automated UI-test)

There is no way this is the first time someone has come to this problem, but I haven't been able to find a similar topic on the forum so far.

Thanks already! 

[Gnome's Homebrewing Adventure]

Hi there!


So let's get started. Gnome's Homebrewing Adventure is my first AGS game. It's a point&click sort-of adventure, where the goal is to brew and bottle a beer in the gnome's kitchen. Homebrewing is a topic I am familiar with, so I decided to use that as the theme of the game.
The images, sounds and music are all home-made.
Didn't mess too much with the controls, the cursors represent actions: Walk, Look At, Use/Pick Up, you can change the cursor using the mouse right-button or the scroll-wheel. The action panel, inventory link and the menu are on the top of the screen. If you get stuck, try asking the wise cat for instructions.

Here's the DOWNLOAD LINK
I've created an installer for the game, but for those who don't like them, it's possible to skip adding any desktop shortcuts and similar stuff.

Any comments, thoughts and suggestions would really be appreciated.
I hope you'll enjoy the game, and perhaps it might also get you interested in homebrewing.

Cheers!