Hi, I'm very thrilled about your games (I just discovered them today). I especially love the care you took for creating the maps and extras. One thing I noticed: the walkthrough for Act 2 is not in PDF-format and I can't open it.
thanks for enjoying them, the fun for me is to create the maps actually. I need to check thing about the walkthough on part 2 …i hadnt noticed that problem …
One question: Are there real dead ends? I mean stuff like "Oh no! You forgot to take this or that totally inconspicuous item hours ago? Then you're stuck for good and can restart the game". You know, these f*** you!-dead end traps Sierra was "famous" for. ;)
You don´t need to restart any of my games if you are stuck somewhere. It took a lot of "invisible" memory for me to write conditions to make sure that would never happen.
Generally there´s a couple of different paths you can take to solve a problem. I make my worlds free enough that you don´t have to solve a specific puzzle to advance. For example you can solve puzzle A and then B and C, but you can also solve puzzle C first , then A, then B if you want. All my puzzles are confined in small areas with just a couple of them extending the entire game. But if you reach some place and you don´t have a clue what to do , or nothing you try works, that is why you need a specific object that you didn´t noticed was there.
My adventures because of the narrative structure have about three spots where you can only pass if you solved the other riddles in that specific area. You will never get stuck in a place where you cannot go back to where you have been, because I know many people miss my hidden objects. So the goal is always allow people to explore even back to the beginingin of the game if they have too.
For example in this one, there´s hidden stuff right inside room 1 in part 6 of the game. And I know many people start the adventure and then have to come back inside "the Vimana" to retrieve that important object. So there´s always a way to go back to anywhere you have explored already in the game.
Download the game Walkthrough. If you get stuck, search for the solution for that bit in there. ;) Thanks for playing.
Cool. Thank you. And thanks for getting the book too. Don´t expect a literary masterpiece. It´s just a novelization of the game with a few things added like I did for my other game A Terrific Weekend Adventure. As I write my games mostly as books it would be a waste not to create the companion books to go along too.
Leave a review later. Even if you don´t enjoy the book, it does not matter as with Amazon even 1 star reviews help the books contrary to what people may think. It helps Amazon to notice that people are interacting with the book page. So when you see those reviews that take down products and you ever wondered why Amazon is interested in having people talk bad about one of their products its because of that. Any interaction with a book in Amazon will level up the product in their search engine exposing it to more potential clients. So no matter you see 5 stars in there or 1 star, to the ranking system its the same, and to any author is actually the same too. as it helps with the search engine. ;)
And as you have bought the book, don´t forget to download the game too. :)
I'll do some poking around and see whether I can create a transcript of my playthrough. I think I may have found a bug in the enhanced version of Chapter 1 when you talk to the scholars.
Feels interesting text adventure game, thank you. I also added it to my new "Gameplay of New ZX Spectrum games from January 2025" video along with other recently released games. Hope you enjoy the video.
Thanks for trying it out. Tip, exam stuff. Sometimes theres stuff hidden inside stuff. 😁 Theres an important thing to pick up at the beach. 😎 That will get you inside the library when you show your find to the gate guard. 😁😇
I recommend you download the walkthrough pdf. The game is huge so if you follow the first chapter solution you will find your way easier through the second chapter. 😎
Thanks for enjoying it. 👍😎 Download the game walkthrough pdfs , and follow the first part if you get really stuck. If you "cheat" on the first part you will find part 2 easier to navigate. 😁
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Hi, I'm very thrilled about your games (I just discovered them today). I especially love the care you took for creating the maps and extras. One thing I noticed: the walkthrough for Act 2 is not in PDF-format and I can't open it.
thanks for enjoying them, the fun for me is to create the maps actually. I need to check thing about the walkthough on part 2 …i hadnt noticed that problem …
One question: Are there real dead ends? I mean stuff like "Oh no! You forgot to take this or that totally inconspicuous item hours ago? Then you're stuck for good and can restart the game". You know, these f*** you!-dead end traps Sierra was "famous" for. ;)
Ah, no, there are no dead ends at all.
You don´t need to restart any of my games if you are stuck somewhere. It took a lot of "invisible" memory for me to write conditions to make sure that would never happen.
Generally there´s a couple of different paths you can take to solve a problem. I make my worlds free enough that you don´t have to solve a specific puzzle to advance. For example you can solve puzzle A and then B and C, but you can also solve puzzle C first , then A, then B if you want.
All my puzzles are confined in small areas with just a couple of them extending the entire game.
But if you reach some place and you don´t have a clue what to do , or nothing you try works, that is why you need a specific object that you didn´t noticed was there.
My adventures because of the narrative structure have about three spots where you can only pass if you solved the other riddles in that specific area. You will never get stuck in a place where you cannot go back to where you have been, because I know many people miss my hidden objects. So the goal is always allow people to explore even back to the beginingin of the game if they have too.
For example in this one, there´s hidden stuff right inside room 1 in part 6 of the game. And I know many people start the adventure and then have to come back inside "the Vimana" to retrieve that important object. So there´s always a way to go back to anywhere you have explored already in the game.
Download the game Walkthrough. If you get stuck, search for the solution for that bit in there. ;)
Thanks for playing.
Perfect, thank you for your reply and explanations. That's relieving to hear, I'll start playing this evening.
I purchased your book to *The House that wept" btw. :)
Cool. Thank you. And thanks for getting the book too. Don´t expect a literary masterpiece. It´s just a novelization of the game with a few things added like I did for my other game A Terrific Weekend Adventure. As I write my games mostly as books it would be a waste not to create the companion books to go along too.
Leave a review later. Even if you don´t enjoy the book, it does not matter as with Amazon even 1 star reviews help the books contrary to what people may think. It helps Amazon to notice that people are interacting with the book page. So when you see those reviews that take down products and you ever wondered why Amazon is interested in having people talk bad about one of their products its because of that. Any interaction with a book in Amazon will level up the product in their search engine exposing it to more potential clients. So no matter you see 5 stars in there or 1 star, to the ranking system its the same, and to any author is actually the same too. as it helps with the search engine. ;)
And as you have bought the book, don´t forget to download the game too. :)
Thanks
Thanks for making this game. Is there a way to print a transcript to a text file in the Fuse emulator?
Thanks for trying the game. I dont think the fuse emulator has many other options other than emulating the original zx spectrum…
I'll do some poking around and see whether I can create a transcript of my playthrough. I think I may have found a bug in the enhanced version of Chapter 1 when you talk to the scholars.
Feels interesting text adventure game, thank you. I also added it to my new "Gameplay of New ZX Spectrum games from January 2025" video along with other recently released games. Hope you enjoy the video.
Hey man, thanks for including my game in your video. Also, you gave me some great game suggestions too. :) Subscribed. ;)
Had a quick go at this, here. Thanks for making the game :)
Thanks for trying it out. Tip, exam stuff. Sometimes theres stuff hidden inside stuff. 😁 Theres an important thing to pick up at the beach. 😎 That will get you inside the library when you show your find to the gate guard. 😁😇
I recommend you download the walkthrough pdf. The game is huge so if you follow the first chapter solution you will find your way easier through the second chapter. 😎
Thank you for writing this interesting adventure game and making it available.
Thanks for enjoying it. 👍😎 Download the game walkthrough pdfs , and follow the first part if you get really stuck. If you "cheat" on the first part you will find part 2 easier to navigate. 😁