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Congrats on the release.

I've completed one task so far.

A couple of bugs:

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- Something changed my baseline in the barber's room. Now, all the walkbehinds are broken.
- I still have the sticky hose after crafting the bagpipes
- The escape key doesn't trigger the main menu. Ctrl+Q works but the main character remains visible. Since there's a picture of Molly in the main menu, that's 2 of them at the same time at different resolutions.

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It's been a treat to play your game after a hard day's work. Lovely stuff   

[Night Witches: Women of the clouds by Slasher and Night Witch by Blondbraid and Crimson Wizard]

Thank you Shadow1000 

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The cloud should play a more important role latter in our game.

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I played all the games:

Night Witches: Women of the clouds by Slasher and Night Witch by Blondbraid and Crimson Wizard

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The game feels right. I found the difficulty to be spot on despite CW's claim that there was no time left to balance the gameplay.
I was shot down on my first tries. Every hit that I took was deserved though. All the ennemies are announced or wait before shooting and the controls are responsive. I was compelled to try again and when I finally beat the game, it proved satisfying. The graphics are great too. Maybe the cutscenes could be a little less spartan.

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Night Witches: Women of the clouds by Slasher

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I think it's a good idea to have the plane further from the player.
After a couple of tries, I was able to reach the bridge screen.
It played ok, although it didn't feel as right as the other Night Witch for a variety of reasons:
- On the one hand it was cool to have some narration, on the other hand I didn't like being interrupted continuously. Specifically, I didn't like having the controls taken away from me every time I was hit.
- speaking of hits: the lightning fast bullets are almost impossible to avoid. It's more realistic but not as fun for the player IMO.
- The movement feels a little jerky and constrained (invisible floor notably).

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Jake's Very Last Journey

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I was able to finish the game on my own. The beginning was a little tedious. I wouldn't say that finding the nut is unfair since the character tells you to be "more specific" when you click on the barrier with the wrench â€" but it's not exactly thrilling. I know that it's not conceivable to code a different action for every nut but why would you need to unscrew exactly that one?

Then I liked every part of it: The annoying neighbour, the annoyed cloud. Very good stuff IMO. I personally love the bit with the cloud. I was so focused on figuring out the answer to the puzzles that I didn't realize that he didn't react to my successes at first. When I  had a couple of good answers in a row, it became quite obvious and things clicked 
The end was funny too.

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No idea but I tried:

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ZTHDZOIEHMFRESEWSLT2ATWYAIMKPMLPCUENSVO QEWDREXGKVAC5WTEHNFNSNJRQMAOSUW3TQWBFNVNSJSGACAZVVHFROZENXMYET5WRSGDFQ


A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   
6   1   3   3   9   5   3   4   2   2   2   2   5   7    4   2    4   5   8   6   2   

V   W   X   Y   Z
5   7   2   2   4

109 characters
25 vowels

Starts with 5 consonnants, 3 vowels, 4c, 1v, 1c, 1v...

Reversed:
QFDGSRW5TEYMXNEZORFHVVZACAGSJSNVNFBWQT3WUSOAMQRJNSNFNHETW5CAVKGXERDWEQOVSNEUCPLMPKMIAYWTA2TLSWESERFMHEIOZDHTZ

Read every 2, 3, 4 or 5 letters nope.

From the beginning -  Letter immediately after: AUIEAPJFINGSFTF...
From the beginning -  Letter immediately before: YSGCYNHDGLEQDRD...

From the beginning -  change 2 letters after: BVJFBQK
From the beginning - change 2 letters before: XRFBXMGC

After number "2" â€" change 2 letters after: CVYACKOMR
After number "2" - change 2 letters before: YRUWYGKINKJNASCLQTM

Chemical elements nope.

Place in the alphabet from the beginning: 26-20-8-4-26-15...

ISO country names â€" unlikely with the numbers

Acronyms nope

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We can split the message in 5 groups of letters between the numbers:
ZTHDZOIEHMFRESEWSLT  2
ATWYAIMKPMLPCUENSVOQEWDREXGKVAC  5
WTEHNFNSNJRQMAOSUW  3
TQWBFNV NSJSGACAZVVHFROZENXMYET  5
WRSGDFQ

Number of letters: 19-31-18-30-7
With their position in the alphabet: S  E  R  D  G > the only 5 letter word is "DREGS".

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There are 2 spaces in the original message. If we split each group:
ZTHDZOIEHMFRESEWSLT  2  ATWYAIMKPMLPCUENSVO
19                                            2                             19               

QEWDREXGKVAC  5  WTEHNFNSNJRQMAOSUW  3  TQWBFNV
12                           5                    18                   3                   7

NSJSGACAZVVHFROZENXMYET  5  WRSGDFQ
23                                5                7

Which gives us nothing:
(A=1)   S B S L E R C G W E G
(A=1, A=27)   S B S L E R C G W E G
(A=26..01)   H 2 H O 5 I 3 7 D 5 7
(A=01)   S 2 S L 5 R 3 7 W 5 7
(A=0)   T C T M F S D H X F H
(A=0, A=26)   T C T M F S D H X F H
(A=26..1)   H Y H O V I X T D V T

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Letters matching the numbers in the alphabet:
2535: BECE

If we add "2" instead of "Frozen" because "Frozen 2" is just out:
25325:
- position in the alphabet: BECBE > no word with these 5 letters.
- position in the alphabet starting from the end:  YVXYV > no word with these 5 letters.
- letters looking similar: ZSEZS.

Letters away after the number: TNWMD
2 letters after "2">T
5 letters after "5">N
3>W
2 letters after "FROZEN" > M
5>D

Letter away before the number: LGSVX
2 letters before "2">L
5>G
3>S
2 letters before "FROZEN">V
5>X

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What else do you want me to try, Mandle? A letter substitution?

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[Jack]

Wow! Great show of different styles. I wish there were more categories.

Playability: Jack. It feels lonely.
Artistic execution: Neil Dnuma. I'm reminded of the Dig. A great atmosphere.
Concept: Kastchey It's the polar opposite of the last backgrounds in the awakening

Lorenzo's picture is nice too. Could it be the planet where Clotilde Soffritti landed?

Abstauber: impressive use of a limited palette.

DboyWheeler: The upper part works but the bottom doesn't match IMO.

Reiter: The brightest picture. I like the pastel colors.

I had a strange crash the first time that I clicked on the big hand in Fernewelten's game:

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But when I relaunched the game I was able to finish it without problem.

I'll write the reviews later.

Thanks Stu 

We've been working like dogs to get it done tonight so I'll post our game anyway:

by Flugeldufel & Creamy

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Poor Vince and Gus. Their parents have been abducted by pirates!

Features:
- Pretty pixels! You won't notice that it's only 320x180.
- Unfinished business (demo).
- Glorious 8bit chiptunes
- No inventory. Don't waste your time looking for it.

Exactly when is the deadline? Midnight of Greenwich time?

Speaking of which: can I ask for an extension?
Flugeldufel and I have been working on something. It could benefit from one more day of development.

Congrats new parents. Gently pats infants. That's why they don't turn bats.

Very cool and colourful entries.

Bravo Slasher. As you said, your entry was more polished.

Nice topic, but I'm still busy finishing up some other projects.

You said too much or not enough 
Is it AGS related?

It's how I intend to improve the game when the MAGS competition is over. But I'll try to think of other clues.

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The cube is just there for fun. You don't have to use it. Its color can be changed by pressing the spacebar.

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My pleasure 

I've rephrased the last sentence:

With a style reminiscent of the best european comics Lorenzo builds a lousy spaceship, yet a solid comedy.

Thanks Shadow and Cat 

Unfortunately, it seems that so far the players who tried this one, myself included, ended up being clued out until it was pretty much a giveaway. I wonder if some tweaking to the instructions would make a big difference.

Feedback when you press the spacebar should help hopefully.

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A crossed out drop of ink when the plane is blank. Different lines of dialog when the wrong picture is chosen.

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On the title screen, I thought the explanation meant that the feature of landing needs to be written (i.e. it is not in the game, yet)
Maybe you could change the text to "Where it matches" or "Where appropriate"

I hadn't thought of that. "Where appropriate" sounds good.

[Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Buy a Used Spaceship]

Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Buy a Used Spaceship

All space travellers will tell you: many merchants are not too fussy about the security of their customers. Poor Clotilde should have read the title of her first adventure!

With a style reminiscent of the best european comics, Lorenzo builds a solid spaceship comedy.

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Once your paper plane is written, you need to :
- find the correct picture that matches the word on your plane
- land on it (spacebar).

Rinse and repeat.

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I think Paper Planes shows a great concept but very little content. I also spent, on several occasions, about 18 minutes trying to find the goal and unless I am missing the point I felt there was nothing to be achieved. 

Then I'll provide more guidance in the next version:

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Try to approach the leaking fountain pens

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I've finished Slasher's game.

Nice dialogs. I like when it's getting musical (even if I'd rather have the music match the melodies).
The graphics are average. They aren't neat or well animated but do the job.
The puzzles are the weak point for me. Ultimately they're a matter of trial and error, which tends to annoy me. But they weren't that difficult either.
All in all an OK game, especially considering that you're busy with Maelstrom Obscura.

And my vote goes to:

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the ballot box

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Love the sign on the bathroom door in the 2nd screenshot.   

Humans> 2 pictograms.
Aliens> 1 pictogram.
Are they hermaphroditic?

Can't wait to play it either.

Late Halloween meme:

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Laura made me want to listen to Chelsea Wolfe. I love this one:

They mixed two versions of the same song.

the tapes I recorded off the radio in the nineties

I didn't record many tapes but I burnt a lot of CDs: