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Ahoyhoy. I'm so glad you like the game :) (less so that sneaky bugs appeared, but thanks for reporting them!).

Found and squashed the culprits (the first was me forgetting to add the creation location of the mirror in the Shady Wall room, the second was forgetting to remove some old code after I'd created the "Death Screen" where previously the player was only notified of death via the Text Response at the bottom, which no longer shows).

I've also added you to the Special Thanks section of the credits for helping QA test the game :)

The new version (v1.0.5) should work fine with the old saves as they aren't altered, so just install over the top of the old install. I'm using a newer version of GameMaker 2 so hopefully that doesn't cause any unseen hiccoughs...

CryptRat3 years ago

Thanks!

I reached the end, had a lot of fun with the game.

OSTA3 years ago

That's awesome that you finished it. You're now part of a very exclusive club of upwards of 4 adventure-playing geniuses :)

Any parts of the game you really liked/disliked? I may make a sequel some day so any feedback is welcome!

Did you rename any items? That was my favourite feature that I wish more games had.

CryptRat3 years ago

I did not, but a cool feature that people won't use is an even more cool feature.

I think I'm simply going to describe most features :) but what I liked is solving puzzles using various spells (real spells like magic wands), and that there are clearly some cool puzzle sequences (the entire truffle thing, for example). I liked the big inventory which eventually contains many items at the same time. I liked that a real part of the world is available from the start and that the world opens as you play (no self-contained chapters). I've not looked in depth, of course, but it never seemed to me that I had to solve one puzzle after another and I felt that the order was quite open. The flexibility with allocating stats and spending your gold is cool, and the multiple ways to solve some puzzles and defeat some enemies is certainly the mark of a refined game.

OSTA3 years ago

So, what you're saying, succinctly, is that if there were a sequel, that you would like more of everything. Specifically. That is highly doable :)

Most puzzles don't have a sequential requirement and different character builds can skip some puzzles (e.g. an insane strength build character can skip the amulet puzzle). From memory I think about half of the monsters can be defeat via alternate paths.

I've always loved the idea of a rogue-lite adventure, where you could get different parts of the game/story depending on your stats/build, with some sort of procedurally generated puzzle system. Might make that one day, if I can convince my partner that spending several more years on the one game is in our best interests :D If I do, I'll be sure to give you a heads up!

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