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Thanks, sthomannch, that is coming in handy.

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Now, I have prepared the porridge, but Manannan has decided to go on another of his journeys, and there was a cutscene. Does him getting hungry again depend on me having the porridge ready, or does he just say that randomly? I hope I don't have to potter about the house for ages waiting for him to come back and get hungry.

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Thanks.

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OK, so I have a "transform another into a cat" spell, but always seem to die when I try to cast another spell.

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So what can I do with that?

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Can you only cast one spell at a time?

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Thanks.

The game has been rated "occasional, mild" for language, but this is incorrect. I encountered one use of strong language. Could you change the rating, please? I'm sure you don't want emails from angry parents accusing you of corrupting their children...

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its the dumbest thing...talk to the door

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Thanks, Da_Elf, but I tried that...

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It just said "Hello? Is there anyone there?" Is something else supposed to happen?

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I'm stuck in the cell.

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I've found the video tape but haven't found anywhere to play it. It doesn't work with the "large box" toward the top of the screen, which I was hoping was a TV but doesn't seem to be.

I also have the book, of course.

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Any hints? Thanks.

I'm available for the following:

Subject to time availability and being given hints or the answer when I get stuck

Don't forget to proof-read your game before you release it! It can make all the difference. I'll happily weed out your typos, misplaced apostrophes, grammatical errors, etc. British or American English (please specify).

Language is one of my hobbies. I can help with translation into (British or American) English from French and Italian, both of which I speak fluently, and to a lesser degree, from Spanish and Portuguese.

I don't claim to know everything there is to know about scripting, but as a programmer by trade, I can help with algorithms, program logic and the like.

I downloaded AGS some time ago and a couple of times have enthusiastically made a start on a game. I start drawing the first room and after a couple of hours have something that still doesn't look much like what I want it to. I then think about all the other rooms and objects (not to mention walkcycles - eek!) that I'll need to draw, sigh, and give up.

This is a shame, really, because my ideas for games end up languishing in my head instead of getting turned into games.

Now, when it comes to plot, dialogue, puzzles, etc, these are pretty straightforward to me. Even the scripting is a doddle (I'm a programmer by profession).

So would any artists out there who love to paint and draw but run a mile at the thought of scripting be interested in collaborating with me on a game? You would be responsible for all the artwork (rooms, walkcycles, objects, and animations if you feel like it), and I would work on the rest. We would take joint credit for the game. If you are interested, please PM me. Thank you!

Guys, please wrap spoilers in (hide) and (/hide) tags, using square brackets instead of round ones - people reading this thread who haven't got as far as you don't want these details to be revealed!

Like Dave Barton, I'm totally stuck too. Can someone help, please?

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I've put the pins and the plate on the conkwogger. The bits of string are supposed to be used to fix it too, I think, but nothing happens if I use them on it.

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It's a shame that this game is so beautiful to look at but is so fiddly to play. You can't tell what is in the inventory. There don't seem to be enough hints to enable you to progress.

[Missy]

Missy

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Try using the shoes on the hairdryer, if you haven't already.

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Hint:

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Where would you find a coconut on a tropical island?

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Answer:

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There's a coconut tree on the beach where you landed at the start of the game. Now you just need to work out how to get it down.

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Ah, at last, I've been able to cast a spell!

It looks like even if you have all the right ingredients, the spell sometimes goes wrong. You just have to keep restoring the game and trying again.

The hints say

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Collect the SPACE SUIT behind the table where Sally lies dead.

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Where is it? I can't find it. Does it mean

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behind Sally's table, or behind the table behind Sally?

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Oh, I've read some more of the hints. The hotspot (in empty space) is not at all obvious. If you have to tell people how to solve your puzzle, is it really a fair one?

Anyway, on with the game...

Fizzii

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Thanks very much. As I am always dying, it must be then that I don't have the right ingredients and equipment. For example, the spoon contains mud, but it needs to contain fish oil to make the cat spell.

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Jon

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I'm only guessing, because I haven't got that far, but when you say "room" do you mean rooms in the house or rooms in the game? I would imagine that you could only cast a flying spell outdoors.

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OK, that makes sense.

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However I can't even put the saffron in the essence: it says "You can't do that now." I tried it in the dungeon and outside the house. Presumably I need to be somewhere in particular to do that.

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Also

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how do I get the chicken feather? The chickens run away if I try to catch them, even when they are eating.

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For the storm spell, I need to put the cup of water in the bowl, but again, it says that I can't do that (in the dungeon). If I cast the spell, it starts to rain in the dungeon and I'm killed by lightning.

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So I still don't get when and where I can cast the spells. This is very frustrating.

Yes, I have that.

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I would put everything back when I have finished if I weren't dying, but I don't get a chance...

Perhaps the wand shouldn't go under the bed?

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Thanks for looking into this, Fizzii.

So, I have:

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From kitchen: bowl, knife, fruit, meat (I ate the bread for some reason);
Items for spell: cat fur, dog fur, snake skin, fish powder, thimble of dew, feather, fly's wings, salt, rose-petal essence, mistletoe, nightshade juice, acorns, pouch, mandrake root powder, fishy-smelling stuff in jar, porridge, cup of ocean water, spoon of swamp mud, toadstool powder, saffron, toad spittle, lard, piece of cactus.
Also: key, wand, mirror, four gold coins, magic map.

In short, everything needed for the spells except for the stone.

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At the moment, Manannan is sleeping.

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I go down to the dungeon and interact at the book. I have all the above items with me. For example, if I click "cast" on the "understanding the language of animals" spell, for which I need the feather, bowl, dog fur, snake skin, fish bone. Gwydion says "Oh no!" and grows huge ears and his head turns to blood. "You're all ears now, Gwydion!" says the game, and that's the end.

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The game executable is timestampted 20 August 2006. I downloaded it this week or last week, and there is a music.vox file in the directory. There doesn't seem to be a voice pack though as I don't hear text spoken.

Thanks.

Yes, I've got everything except for one item for one spell, and I'm not trying to cast that one. Perhaps I need to be carrying just the items I need for the particular spell I am casting - is that the case? I'm going to try that.

Hm, I see that this has been answered at the top of the page. However,

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even though I have all the ingredients, when I cast the spell, it happens to me and I die.

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Lotuspaperboy:

This has been answered in another thread. Please search existing threads for your question before creating new ones.

Please also hide spoilers using [ hide] and [ /hide] (writing these without the spaces in them).

To answer your question:

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You have to touch the darkness while it the shaking is still happening, otherwise nothing happens and you can't continue. If the shaking has already stopped, you'll have to go back to an earlier saved version of the game and then make sure you touch the darkness while the shaking is still going on.

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