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I'm stuck in this place, what do i need to do now and where to go?

SPOILER ALERT!

Remind:
(Briley) I'm sorry, but i have to cast the vision spell again..
(Smokey) Oh,no! Ya not serious, are ya?
(Briley) Er... Yeah...
(Smokey) Oh, wonderful...

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Oh dear ..

AGREDZFVA :D

hmm ..

This is the second time the game prevents me from continuing to play. This time I missed one pcs "Mint Leaves".

I used them to make a few teas.

And there is probably no way to get them.

I solved the problem for me by editing my Save ($ 7e91 amount of mint leaves)

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Rethinking after 9 hours of play in normal mode.

It's not as cool as after many hours of gameplay we will accidentally run out of some key item (which seemed to be an ordinary item at all times) and have to start all over again.
jrpg are not like that.
There is always a way out of such a situation, sometimes tedious, But there is.
The game seems to focus on avoiding fights and using items sparingly. To avoid a situation where there is no way out (no MP -hackfixed by v1.03, or no key item)
I'm going to finish the whole game, but I already know that I will often edit the save file.

Giovi3 years ago(+1)

well... I understand what you mean, I had the same feeling too, sometimes... BUT....

remember, Sarah wrote this thing alone and it run on the C=64, so she had to face with some limits:

1) lack of beta testers (I guess); she's trying to do her best to solve some little problems we can find along the way. If you're a programmer (I mean: professional programmer) you know that you can check everything you can think about for days; but when you release your work, your customers will hit in many and many bugs after just few hours (or minutes). It seems to me the game is quite good, almost without bugs. She did a great work (and a lot of test).

2) she must to pack everything inside an 8 bit, 1983 computer...

3) it's terrible hard to write the rules, get a good rhythm, make everything working and still have a playable and enjoyable RPG game. There are some many rules, some many details....

4) maybe it's her first RPG game, must to admit she did an awesome work, all alone. Maybe the sequel will fix some little problems like that, keeping the game more enjoyable.

I will try to play all the game without cheating (must to be said I'm playing in easy mode... no stress, I'm growing old LOL).

Now I know that I must to be careful using my resources. Lesson learnt.

I'm loving the game. I'm playing it with VICE, since my Kung Fu didn't arrive yet, so I haven't that feeling of a C64 game... it seems a more advanced game than a C64 game.

radius753 years ago

I agree in 100%

I am not a professional programmer.

I know a little bit about commodore basic and machine programming.

I am aware of the limitations of this computer.

Mayhem3 years ago

The mint (and most other herbs) regrow every day, so had you picked EVERY single mint on the map? If not, you could have gone off and gotten some more. But I agree that if the game knows in advance you'll need an item that day, maybe logic check it out and prevent you using it.

SarahJaneAvory3 years ago(+2)

If you run low on Mint Leaves, the game respawns the ones in the forest. There's a back way into the forest so they're easy to get.

radius753 years ago (2 edits)

had you picked EVERY single mint on the map?

Yes, all mint leaves.

maybe if the plants kept returning from time to time.

or better, every certain number of character steps. (possible problem with correct operation of the time clock in c64)

or an NPC item store

or get items in a winning fight

some simple and effective solution.

Mayhem3 years ago

They do return every day. But as Sarah's comment notes, apparently the forest ones respawn

SarahJaneAvory3 years ago(+2)

If you run low on Mint Leaves, the game respawns the ones in the forest. There's a back way into the forest so they're easy to get. I did think about players running out of mint, and also made sure water flasks are always available.

radius753 years ago

I have 3 pcs mint leaves

+1 pcs is needed to cast spell

does the bush appear in the forest in that case?

SarahJaneAvory3 years ago(+1)

Yes, they will respawn if you have less than 4 left.

radius753 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

Forgive me.

My mistake. I didn't try to enter the forest again, my HP and MP were too low. And I didn't want to risk it. :)
I am continuing to play this amazing game

sebby753 years ago(+3)

Come on people... just save every morning after waking up... if your day goes terribly wrong restore last save.. it's not hard... gather important ingredients every day... I have like 30+ of everything plus minimum 5no hi potions and 5no cat boosts and haven't edited any saves... run out of mana once early in the game but restored save and everything went great on second attempt..

radius753 years ago

I just played here like regular jrpg, more fight, and I have now 30000exp

And I should only play like the plot leads and then have 15,000.

Right now I only do the essentials, and have ~ 30pcs miscellaneous items.

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