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Got today's in 3, pretty happy with working it out from one correct letter and one in the wrong place.

It's also Kickstarter time!!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1771383285/beyond-the-edge-of-owlsgard

I got today's in 2 as well. Yesterday's took me 6 for some reason... I had it when you have 4 letters but the remaining one could be any of several letters.

If anyone likes Wordle, try Quordle - much harder! You have 9 goes to guess 4 different words.

[The Rat Pack (Full Version)]

To celebrate The Rat Pack (Full Version) receiving nominations in the AGS Awards 2021 for both Best Non-Adventure Game Made With AGS and Best Programming, I've decided to do a giveway. (Also hopefully this means enough people might actually play the game for it to receive some votes in the awards!)

https://captaind.itch.io/the-rat-pack-full-version

[Shoaly You Can't Be Serious (Deluxe Version)]

To celebrate Shoaly You Can't Be Serious (Deluxe Version) receiving a nomination in the AGS Awards 2021 for Best Non-Adventure Game Made With AGS, I've decided to do a giveway. (Also hopefully this means enough people might actually play the game for it to receive some votes in the awards!)

https://captaind.itch.io/shoaly-you-cant-be-serious-deluxe-version

[MAJOR UPDATE]

MAJOR UPDATE

Turn-based mode added to the game - it plays VERY differently to the arcade version so beware! 4 new achievements added as well for this mode.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1285960/The_Ancient_Art_of_Staying_Alive/



Also several other tweaks / improvements:

Full Changelog (v2.15)

New features:

- turn-based mode added
- 4 new achievements linked to completing levels in turn-based mode
- timer bar showing when bonus score still available for staying alive
- music on / off selection added to menu screen

Updates:

- spruced up menu screen
- shinier mouse cursor
- visible pointer for teleport destination and tiny game pause to allow for orientation
- scoring algorithms tweaked - slightly higher scores will be possible
- bonus score added for completing levels in Challenge Mode to aid getting achievements

Bug Fixes:

- Minus scores not possible at start of levels
- enemies and objects can no longer appear outside the arena border (actually not 100% fixed, will resolve this on later update)
- other small background fixes

Haha well I was trying to avoid that sort of issue by having a combined score in 2-player mode. I kind of deliberately avoided adding a high score table for the same reason...

I feel really old now... though I never released anything beyond a really awful demo of my original idea for a Captain Disaster game, my first experience with AGS was c. 2000, possibly a bit earlier, and still the DOS version with the forums on EZ Boards.

Thanks for the comment and for playing, mate! Really I designed this mainly as a game to play with my own daughters (my 7 year-old was my main play-tester and advisor  ) so I'm glad your child(ren) enjoyed it too (I'm assuming from your comment that they did, hopefully I'm right!  )

Thanx, Cap! Very poetic   

Actually it's a take on the lyrics of a song from Grease "You're The One That I Want" 

Retro vibes
They're multiplying...
And I'm pushing
some blocks
Onto targets
Level's supplying
It's electrifying!

Which is all to say, this looks great... 

Congrats Brewton for the win and Racoon for a great little game, also Pajama Sam for a nice idea and entry, and heltenjon for sharing your late entry.

CONGRATS AND LIBATIONS FOR ALL! 

Looks fascinating mate! 

Will I keep my progress if I update?

Yes, I have been careful to avoid anything that breaks the savegame system. On my own tests everything was fine, all achievements etc were still there. As a fail-safe you could rename the savegame folder so you still have access to the old file if needed, but it definitely should work.

@heltenjon - your game was much trickier than I thought it was going to be! Nice idea 

[Bump]

Bump (afraid I have absolutely no idea what the game is but don't want this thread to lay dormant!)

I've made the game half-price for a week and it's also in a bundle with the other two games I have on Itch:
https://captaind.itch.io/the-rat-pack-full-version

[Changes:]

I've released a fairly broad update for the game:

Changes:

• You now see how much Treasure you need before you can give tribute to King Rat and rank up
• Your raiding party will report their status (resting, forming, equipping) before the next Raid can take place
• Random events are slightly less likely now (-10% for mission-specific, -20% for general events)
• The difficulty has been toned down a bit - food consumption has slightly reduced, the threshold at which your rats stop producing babies has been slightly reduced, and the point are which they turn cannibal to survive is slower
• The next turn processes a little quicker

https://captaind.itch.io/the-rat-pack-full-version

Loving those visuals! 

Itch is great, so easy to set up pages for your games, but don't expect to sell much there.