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That's awesome - huge congrats!

Happy New Year!

If you are in doubt, you can get an old savegame and try and open it.

It doesn't seem to crash the old files, I just worry about the fringe cases with specific actions complete, etc.

I've been playing this game a bit at a time and really enjoying it.

A bit of a strange experience for me because I would usually just keep playing through when enjoying a game but this one doesn't make me want to do that for some reasons.

I'm finding that this is a world I am intrigued by but enjoy best in smallish doses and get tired out a bit by after playing for about 20 minutes.

Don't get me wrong. I totally love the game world but the sensory overload with the graphics, and learning about the ingame world history a bit at a time is enough for me in short bites.

This will always be a game I will come back to because it pulls me in, but I'm finding that quick bites now and then are enough.

I'm OK with that! I don't usually play through adventure games in long sittings unless it's something less puzzle and more drama (like Telltale). My art style is also pretty chaotic, so you have to give the eyes a rest!

Thanks for the advice, everyone! 

I've fixed a walkthrough break in the Knobbly Crook, which was as simple as re-enabling a UI once you've exited a room. Since Steam will push an autoupdate once I patch - is there any chance this will not work with people's current save games? I know a lot of people are playing it right now and it would be pretty nasty of me to wipe out all their progress.

Thank you! Must have more shine. Perhaps a patch with another layer of wax!

I'm currently prepping a patch for a bug, but I thought I'd warn you guys if you're playing the game yet. When you challenge Muz the Bind to a match of Rock, Paper, Scissors, make sure you save first. If he beats you, you're going to be stuck with no UI and your autosave is going to be useless. Whoops. The current work around is TO WIN. Muz takes this game very seriously.

Thank you!

[Putting on moderator hat:]

Congrats on the release! I liked the first episode, good thing you completed the game. Putting on moderator hat: Please create a new database entry for the full game. Otherwise, the download stats, nominations, links from extern etc. would be messed up. Additionally, if you add a new entry, you will be able to participate in the AGS awards 2018 with the game. To make it clear that the full game was released, you can edit the page of chapter 1 and add a note and link to the full game. I have no idea why you cannot update the entry yourself, it looks alright to me. However, I can update it for you, if you want.

For some reason, my text replies show up as empty fields most of the time now. Strangely, I was able to post the thank you below, but any other reply I type will end up wiping out my text and saying I left the field empty. I've tried editing this reply several times because it just shows up as a quote and nothing else to me. Trying again today!

Looks like the problem above may be resolved! Cat - thanks for the advice. I added the game to the database and put a link on the Chapter I entry.

Added a launch trailer:

Knobbly Crook Launch Trailer

Finally it's out! Yay and congratulations on getting this out Bavolis! Downloading now

Thanks! Have fun!

One easy option is having a separate Windows and Linux edition instead of having both of them in the same archive.

Ahah! I see what I did now... I seem to have a duplicate of the data in there. That should cut the size by half! Updating!

My gosh, 2 giga?!? It's huge!

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I was surprised to see it that large too. It's a 1024x768 high color game with a lot of big backgrounds and full voice for thousands of lines. Not sure if there's something I can do to reduce the size without losing quality.

Are you going to put it on Steam too?

I am, but it's been a while since I submitted to Steam, so I need to see what changed. Ideally, I would overwrite Chapter I with the full game, but I'm not sure how much they'd like that. Ivestigating!

Note: I tried to update the AGS game page for this one but it tells me I don't have permission when I submit. I see Bavolis in the permission list and I'm logged in, so I'm not sure where it's having issues.

A special thanks to the AGS community--you folks rekindled my drive to make indie games and were there to help me do it. I'm already thinking about my next AGS game. 

Download the Complete Knobbly Crook Game (Free!)

Description: Enter the surreal, disturbing, and ridiculous world of the Knobbly Crook in this old-school point and click adventure. O'Sirus the Snip is a simple paper farmer driven to epic adventure by a spooky face with a spookier voice. He will ultimately seek to become a Knobbcrookian royal guardâ€"a Guffaloon. Stories of their heroic battles against the fearsome Bogold empire echo throughout the Crook. Unfortunately, they're not currently recruiting simple paper farmers. He's going to have to use every dirty trick in his book to cheat his way to the top and that means YOU will need to understand the key elements of the Knobbly Crook - Rock, Paper, and Scissors. Creatures of stone crush the metallic Knobbcrookians. The Knobbcrookians herd and farm paper animals. Fearsome stone giants fear tiny paper animals.

Join O'Sirus as he's on trial for all the crimes the two of you have not yet committed. Retell his nonsensical story as his journey begins, finding himself a stowaway on a ship that is half horse, half boat, and half whale. Every moment that passes takes you further from your goal--the Knobbly Crook. It's up to you to torment the Drafthorse's unsuspecting crew in an attempt to alter their course. And then your real quest--to find a quest--begins on the shores of the Knobbly Crook.







The Knobbly Crook now contains the complete misadventure from start to finish.

Knee Deep was a great read!

Thanks!

Or maybe you could adapt someone's else novel...

If China Mieville offers up the Bas Lag series to a garage-level indie point-and-click dev, I'm all in!

Sounds great. Are those short stories published anywhere? I'd be interested in reading them.

Short Stories

Knee Deep is the one I'm looking at for the intro chapter. I have a concept that will allow me to go anywhere with it. Jack Steamheel is my serial novel (pretty far along) featuring Jack, who you may have met in the Knobbly Crook's Horse's Ass bar. I might end up expanding on Jack rather than O'Sirus, too. I have a lot of creative options ahead, but may take a few weeks to catch up on other people's games! 8 hours of "AAA" gamedev at work and then 5 hours of indie gamedev at home has eaten up my free time!