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By the Numbers

by AJA

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Windows version

File size: 19 MB
Downloaded: 4,734 times
Graphics: 640x480, 8-bit (256 col)

Operating System(s):

Windows

Game Genre:

Contemporary

Game Type:

Investigative

Story Type:

Original

Release Date:

3 Aug 2010

AGS Panel Rating:

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Play Length:

Short Game (can be completed within 30 minutes)

Short Game	Can be completed within 30 minutes
Medium Length Game	Takes at least 30 mins to finish
Full Length Game	As long as a Sierra / LucasArts classic
Non-Adventure Game	Using Adventure Game Studio for something else?!
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Content Advisory:

Strong

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Language(s):

English

Public Opinion

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13 people have rated this game so far:

Visual:

82%

Immersion:

80%

Puzzles & Pacing:

60%

Overall Enjoyment:

74%

About this game

Winner of the sixth One Room One Week competition.

The investigation of a wave of kidnappings is going nowhere. One day someone claiming to be an eyewitness to one of the kidnappings approaches the local police department. It's time to find out what he knows...

Features motion-captured facial animation and full voice acting! Just keep in mind that neither of the voice actors are native English speakers.

Additional game download mirror: http://www.mediafire.com/?gk76rmcat476fyx

A short making of video can be downloaded here:

http://koti.mbnet.fi/dima/btn_making_of.avi
MIRROR: http://www.serpentpictures.net/games/btn_making_of.avi
MIRROR #2: http://www.mediafire.com/?7g8bsk5tpzdlnai

See the people who made this game and any other games they've worked on >>

AJA

Almost everything

10 other games: >>

MadReizka

Acting

3 other games: >>

AGS Awards Nominations

Nominated, Best Dialogue Writing 2010

Nominated, Best Animation 2010

Nominated, Best Voice Work 2010

Nominated, Best Programming 2010

AGS Panel Review

"As an experiment in motion capture in the tradition of Another World, By the Numbers shows an exceptional amount of effort on the part of the author. This effort shines through in the various facial features and lip synching of the characters, though it comes at a price: the narrative itself is very gameplay-light and the ending can often be confusing even when you think you've made all the right choices. Overall, though, By the Numbers is a solid example of what can be achieved in just seven days with AGS and some assorted tools."

9 people commented on this game (newest first):

To anyone playing this in 2024 and beyond a reminder that ags3 is backwards compatible, just run it in the latest version of the engine and it should be fine.

2024-08-13 23:42:39 by eri0o

If you try to play it as is, you might notice the audio doesn't sync up correctly. I solved this by using DxWrapper, which you can find here on GitHub: https://github.com/elishacloud/dxwrapper

When you download it, you will want to add dxwrapper.dll, dxwrapper.ini, and ddraw.dll from the "Stub" folder to the folder where the game is located. Make sure you open up winsetup.exe and set the graphics driver to DirectDraw 5. You can use up to 2x nearest-neighbour filter, anything past that might not work.

Once that's done, open up dxwrapper.ini in NotePad or your favorite text editor, and you will need to change a few options. You will need to change the 0 in the following lines into a 1 in order to enable them:

DDrawCompat
EnableDdrawWrapper
DDrawCompat20

Once that is done, the game should run without any speed issues, and you will be able to enjoy one of the coolest games made in AGS. Happy gaming!

2024-06-21 05:20:18 by Metatron

Wow! A rather tense investigation. It can be quite hard to figure out if you are asking the right questions, but I suppose that is true to real life. I wish there were more games like this :)

2014-03-27 22:20:39 by Andy

The animation really is something; it even manages to be quite subtle sometimes. I felt the interrogator's voice acting wasn't great, and it somewhat distracted from the experience. The story was alright; nice atmosphere and use of music.

Still, definitely worth it for the animation alone.

2013-10-10 18:47:02 by FlyingMandarine

Only just got around to playing this just now.
I certainly see what all the fuss is about!

2011-09-13 13:02:25 by Wonkyth (wonkyth)

I have to say when I saw this game I figured it would be interesting and interesting it was! It reminds me of the upcoming game L.A.Noir the way the animation goes with the audio almost seamlessly.

2011-04-23 18:58:55 by Forrest (TheRandomGuy)

Nice dub and animating ...
This is a quite impressive technical short story.

But lowerside is that your 2D drawings look really worse than your 3D animation.

2010-09-02 09:08:45 by Piotr OBKINSKI (leshaussebons)

Very impressive as a tech demo + solid voice acting and intense atmosphere. And all created within a week! Not really a game though.

So now I demand a huge, amazingly playable game using this mo-cap/vector technology!

2010-08-09 21:59:59 by Ascovel

Awesome visuals and atmosphere. Although I didn´t really get what I was doing and it seemed to be more an interactive movie than a game, it was a great experience. And the graphical style is certainly worth to be used for a longer game.

2010-08-03 16:44:11 by DrWhite

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1 Cup	Not serious entertainment
2 Cups	A reasonable game, worth a try
3 Cups	A good game, worth playing
4 Cups	A great game, well worth your time
5 Cups	An outstanding, must-play game!

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