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It is simply one of the best graphic adventures I have ever played.
The story is tremendous, the characters are written with great care and the setting is captured in incredible detail. It is a long game with a lot of events and locations, which nevertheless feels fluid at all times thanks to the great puzzle design. It brought back memories of the legendary "The lost files of Sherlock Homes"
In short, a wonderful adventure. Congratulations!!!

It looks great! Coming from the creator of The Castle, it's sure to be very cool. Good luck with the development!

Very funny and with straight-to-the-point puzzles, like a good classic adventure. I especially liked the personality of the kobolds, each one being funnier than the last.

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I thought the Monty-Python-esque ending was great!.

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Hello everyone!
I still can't believe that Trapped On The Balcony won the award for best short game. The level was very high, with very elaborate games both aesthetically and playable, so my greatest expectation was at most to be among the nominees. Thanks a lot!!
I am not a very social media person. I have never posted in a forum as much as in this one (and I am aware that I post little) and I think the last entry on my personal FB was from a trip I took about five years ago  , but this is an incredible community, and it was more than evident in the wonderful ceremony, and I am happy to be part of it. 

Hello everyone. Unfortunately I will not be able to arrive on time for the ceremony. I wish the best of luck to all the nominees!!

Today has been a great day for my game, and therefore also for me
I have seen that Trapped On The Balcony is in the pick of the month (I don't know if I believe it) it has been nominated for best short game of 2023 (I really don't believe this) and just a few minutes ago I was able to solve a bug that could ruin the entire experience my poor little game offered! Thank you very much to the entire AGS community and congratulations and good luck to all the nominees!!!

Thank you for your words!

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In reality, the whole thing with the fire hose was intended to act as a red herring only at the beginning, since throughout the development of the adventure the girl shows (or at least I intended her to show) signs of not wanting to cause problems to others, nor break anything that was not already useless (like the TV lying on the lot or the broken fan on the roof).

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You are welcome! I'm glad that my method can be useful in your games 

There are two separate sprites for each item. When the object is active, the cursor becomes the first sprite associated with the item, but if the mouse is over a hotspot or an inventory item other than itself, the cursor becomes the next sprite. Since sprites have a unique ID, I made the ID of the highlighted sprite the original plus one (for example, if the string sprite is 30, the highlighted string sprite is 31). This way you only have to add or subtract 1 to the sprite associated with the item depending on the situation.

Thanks Rik_Vargard and heltenjon por playing and for the feedback!

Rik_Vargard:
I'm glad you liked the AGS Easter egg idea. The truth is that I was thinking of hiding it again in the next game I make with the engine... But it would be cooler if we all did it 

heltenjon:
During development I was afraid that someone might find the puzzles too easy, or on the contrary too frustrating, so I am very happy with the great reception they have had!

Thanks for playing and commenting! I'm glad you liked it.

[Trapped on the Balcony]

For your consideration:

Trapped on the Balcony

Trapped on the Balcony is a free small classic adventure with a simple premise strongly focused on solving puzzles, although it does have some exploration and dialogue. My goal was to create a compact but fun experience with eye-catching visuals, and the best praise I can give the game is that I think it lives up to those expectations perfectly.

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Please consider Trapped on the Balcony for:

-Best short game about being trapped on a balcony 

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Get the game for free on Itch.io

Thank you so much! I'm glad you had a good time with the game 

Thanks for playing! I'm glad you liked it. 

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I think all washing machines should have a "Blitzwäsche" option 

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I'm sorry you experienced this problem. I have tried all the combinations but I have not been able to replicate the bug.
I also don't find errors in the code.

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The item "pants" has a control property of type INT to indicate that it has been washed or dried. The control property starts at 0 and only increments to 1 if the pants have been washed. If it is dried, it increases to 2. The program logic explicitly prevents that pants with property 1 can be used in a washing machine or pants with property 0 or 2 in a dryer. Since I don't know the reason for this inconsistent behavior, I'm afraid I won't be able to solve it.

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Thank you very much for playing, Khris!

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In theory the game does not have dead ends (except for what happened to Postmodern and which I still don't fully understand...) If you use the ATM again it will return the two tokens you have not used. The character on the other hand will not want to wash the pants twice or dry them if they are not wet.

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Thank you very much for playing it and for your kind words!

Urban Witch Story, Billy Masters Was Right and, above all, the wonderful Nightmare Frames were what made me interested in AGS, so I'm quite embarrassed that this bug happened to you...

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The thing is that the "rope and pipe" item does disappear when you use it on the hatch, and immediately afterward you receive the "rope" and the "ladder" items. I've played about 30 times and the bug has only happened to me once. I think it could be due to an engine error when loading the game since I can't find any errors in the code and the behavior is not consistent.

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P.S.: I'm really looking forward to you releasing "An English Haunting" 

Thank you!

Yes it is. Although I expect to make some minor updates for bug fixing if they are reported.

[A classic adventure about being trapped on your own balcony. This situation will lead you to meet strange people with even stranger issues. Available in English and Spanish.]

A classic adventure about being trapped on your own balcony. This situation will lead you to meet strange people with even stranger issues. Available in English and Spanish.

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Download for free at

https://absurdumcodice.itch.io/trapped-on-the-balcony