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@DizzyDancer: Aww, I'm blushing.Ã,  I'll remember you if I ever discover a hidden market for those shirts.

@Ali: Thanks for the compliments and constructive criticism.Ã,  I had a look at those diagrams you mentioned, and I'll be sure to incorporate at least some aspects into my next game.Ã,  Whenever I have a spare 8 months, anyway.

@Lexx: Danke schon!

/Edith says: Btw. will there be a german version too? I can read english, thats no problem, but in german it's a little bit more... easyer. :>

Nah, I haven't made any plans for that.Ã,  If I get any offers for a translation, however, I'd be willing to listen. :)Ã, 

By the way, everyone check out Vince's new site, that man is a master of the flash.  And I should know.  He told me.

Does name dropping count when they get your name wrong?

Hopefully these hints will get you where you need to be.  You're super-close to being able to solve the puzzle.

It's a communist party!
...I make joke.Ã,  Apologies to all the hardcore Leninists out there.

Next: Love at first sight.

@Strange Visitor: That's exciting, I like to hope the game has some replay value.

@Sheepisher: Thank you!  This game was definitely a first for me, and I'm glad you liked it so much.  You're right about the puzzles being simple at times, but I was happy to hear you were able to beat it without a walkthrough.  That was pretty much my goal, to make a game that you could solve just by thinking logically.  Oh, and that it would be decently rewarding at the end.  With obscene amounts of sarcasm. 

I just got a gig as a staff writer for a humour paper, so hopefully the jokes will only get better as I get more practice.  :-, 

@skullkid22:  Hopefully the other 21 skullkids are in agreeance with you, that'd be pretty sweet.  I'm considering taking a poll to see if I should do a sequel to this game or something totally different.  More on this as it develops.

@TerricMoonborn: Yep, MSpaint for everything.  I'd occasionally have to take a few days off so my wrist could, um, de-paralyze.  Luckily I have a Wacom tablet now, and I'm just waiting for school to finish so I have time to practice with it.  Future games will hopefully look a lot more polished :-,

The one on the right writes back to my PMs.Ã, 

I didn't know she was on the boards!Ã,  Great, now she'll be after me for tarnishing her good, foreign-sounding name.

P.S. Sorry Matt, I finally got around to replying.

P.P.S. Thanks Krysis...and the rest of you, for making this thread especially magical.

P.P.P.S. Just a general note, I think next year I won't go so "college-y" with my jokes.Ã,  So there's hope for me yet. :-,

Thanks SmootH. :-,
I liked your article even better the second time.

Some good advice from out there, I'll especially have to check out this Scott Adams thing.  I happen to be a big fan of his work...he managed to become one of the most successful syndicated cartoonists in years and all without being able to draw (his own words). 

I'll get back to you guys next year.

P.S. I googled this Ivanova you spoke of, and unless "scary" is the new "hot" I'm not sure that's a compliment.

@Petra: Thanks!Ã,  That's a lot of exclamation points.Ã,  Guess I have to make something else, now. :-,

@Allustar: Glad you liked the graphics, they were fun to do.Ã,  Drawing is so much easier when you're drawing things that don't really exist.Ã, 

Sequel?Ã,  Oy...my free time...we'll see what happens when the school year ends.

@lakerz: That's quite a compliment, thanks very much.Ã,  I'll thank you on behalf of my team, too, since I'm sure they're lurking around here somewhere.

@nihilyst: Cheers, nihilyst!Ã,  It's awesome that you finally got to see the ending.Ã,  I'll see what I can do about "keeping up the good work."Ã,  I still have some ideas kicking around.

@Lyaer: Sorry, I can't help you there.Ã,  Vince took care of all the technical bits.Ã,  Woo Vince!

@Kinoko: Hey, I'd been waiting to hear your response, and I'm happy it turned out positive.Ã,  People have been using our games as an example of "look what girls can do!" lately, and I'm glad to be sharing that designation with you. :-,

Don't tell anyone, but that "gorgeous" ending you saw was something I came up with at about 3am during exam season last year.Ã,  Funny how inspiration can sound like a little voice in your head saying, "Psst, you should find out what Mortia looks like in colour rather than studying for biology."Ã,  I think I made the right choice.

@Inqui: Thanks, hoser.

@Daniel Broooooooks!: Thanks man.Ã,  I like your umlaut.

Thanks to all of you for your comments.Ã,  I basically wanted to share them with you guys, and I'm glad so many ofÃ,  you found them amusing.Ã,  It really makes my day .Ã,  Ã,  Ã, 

I hear what a lot of you are saying about the rigid character stances...one of these days I'll learn how to draw a real human being.Ã,  For now, I'm happy with the progress I made this year and look forward to improvements.Ã, 

At the paper, our photoshop people add the colour/grayscale, so shading options are limited.Ã,  I'll have to learn to use photoshop eventually, too.Ã,  Speaking of the paper, check out this award I got last night:



Well, I was proud of that, anyway.Ã,  Where was I?

Oh yeah, Spleen!Ã,  Thanks for being the voice of dissent, I'm sure there's a bunch of people who read these and just thought "meh."Ã,  I'm fine with that, I don't expect my sense of humour to agree with everyone.Ã,  I do these because our paper reaches thousands of tired, cranky students during the week, and if I can help lighten up their day for them or make class a little more tolerable, cool.Ã, 

And, despite what some of you might be thinking, I'm not just putting these here to have my ego stroked...I've got someone in real life who does that .Ã,  And hey, I really hope that no one out there thinks that as a "chick" I need "points for effort."Ã,  If I did, I think getting shot down by my editors would have stopped me by now.Ã,  I can have SmootH vouch for me on that one.

Cheers!

The porcupine picture made me laugh out loud.  Nice work!

Hey all, haven't posted in a while and kinda felt like sharing something I "actually" do.

These are some comics I did for a humour newspaper, and it was my first time trying anything with serial plot and characters.Ã,  I got to 10 episodes, which was pretty exciting.Ã,  It's called "Casa," and it's about student life in the same way that Terminator II was about a boy looking for a father figure.

Don't worry, the art gets better as you go.Ã,  Enjoy!Ã, 



I introduced the prospector ghost for some spunk.Ã,  It quickly escalated.



Wanton destruction, when used properly, is comedic "gold."



A personal favourite for some reason.



This is the last appearance of the ghost.Ã,  Don't mourn him too much, he was already dead to me.



Check out the viagra ad in panel 5.



Inspired by a true story.Ã,  Kind of.



Now look back at what Steve says in the first panel.Ã,  Oddly prophetic, eh? :-,



Aww, Steve's so cute when he's bitter, i.e. always.



No idea where this one came from.Ã,  Maybe because my family was visiting that week.



A good solid finish.Ã,  I kinda like how the last words of the series are "I hate you."

I hope some of you managed to read through all those...you've just been exposed to a whole lot of awesome.Ã,  Uh, actually...you might want to get tested for awesome, just in case.Ã,  Play it safe, kids!

This confirms my theory that the internet is in fact a vast shapeshifting ocean, and no two sites are in the same place twice.  There go my chances of finding the grail.

"He got nailed by the dog"? HAHAHAHA!!!!! Oh, Ivy must mean nailing in the beaten manner. My bad.

She says "Awesome"! Is that some kind of common word in Canada or just a coincidence that my Canadian internet friend says that all the time?

Language barrier.  In both cases.

Oh gad, SmootH...which friend?

Me, I'd like the ability to understand make plants grow really quickly.Ã,  Why?Ã,  Because fast plants are freakin' scary.Ã,  Come on, you all saw Jumanji.

And I just realized how ironic this sounds, coming from "The Ivy."Ã,  Well, anyway, keep your second-story windows locked, kids.

Sus Aveoformis

Oh, that's horrifically inaccurate!Ã,  If you're going to use the Linnean system for naming this organism, it should be in italics.Ã,  Also, only the genus and not the species is capitalized.Ã,  Whew, sorry, when I see a threat to science, I just have to act.Ã,  Ã,  :

I think I've just carved out a special place in hell for myself.

Damn, that's brilliant.

Hey, I just realized something!Ã,  My family's going to be in the UK/Scotland for about three weeks in July, I might be able to make it for a day or so!Ã,  Ã, 

Heh, speaking as someone who's never left North America, this makes the world seem a whole lot smaller.Ã,  Do you have any more details about the activities that go on at Brittens?Ã,  The operative part of this will be convincing my family to let me go meet strangers I met on the internet.Ã, 

Hey Nostradamus,

Hint#1

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Try thinking of something that would let you reach up that high.

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Hint#2

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The demon mentions that he could sense a tunnel in the fountain "like it was written in blinking lights."

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Hint#3

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Actually, let me know if you're still having trouble after hint #2

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Hope you enjoy the rest of the game!

My avatar is an actual depiction of me. I'm the real batman. You shall have no other batmans before me. Joker will NEVER get me. And neither will Ivy or Catwoman.

Yeah, well, lock your doors tonight.  No reason.

Instead of trying to texturize the blue area, why not make it look like polished marble or something?Ã,  Some lighter wavy lines going through, highlights to make it look shiny...I think it could add a lot of visual interest without making it too complicated.Ã, 

Here's a small example:


Also, you could make the item slots look more like little divots, not just shadows.Ã,  Kinda like in a game of marbles (heh, I must be in some kind of board game mindset today):


Not the greatest picture, but you get the idea.

Hope it helps!