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I finally got around to playing this last night and I enjoyed every aspect. The gameplay was very engaging, having 3 characters to use to solve different puzzles, puzzles were on the easier side but still fun. Nice art and most of all the humour was AWESOME! I think I spent more time laughing than anything else.

Great short game!

My thoughts after playing:

Tales From a Forgotten Tavern

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Good parody game. It seems like a mashup of many quest-style games that I've played and does a good job capturing the flavour with tongue in cheek humour. I don't like when there is endless dialogue and this is actually pointed out during the game, but aside from that (deliberate) annoyance, a good experience.

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Well... Horror, Naturally

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As the game is described, it's a story rather than a game. The video and photography style works really well for what this game attempts to do. If the story would be strong then despite not being a game, it could be a good experience. However, the story is not really that developed so this entry just feels like a lot of clicking and reading rather than a story or game. I think I felt some Halloween vibes but I'm not sure.

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Forgotten tavern

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I absolutely enjoyed every minute of the game. As others said, the graphics and animation are top quality. Puzzles were on the easier side and things just fell into place intuitively without really getting stuck. In my opinion, the story is outstanding and just keeps getting more complex as you play.

Well done.

I played both games and cast my vote.

The Roadtrip

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This game really reminded me of Jumping Jack Flash from a few years ago. Decent graphics and some puzzles to solve. Overall a good experience.

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Mad Jack

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Awesome graphics and animations! Really funny effects and good idea. I had a good time trying out the different obstacles and seeing the response of the different vehicles. It took about 5-7 minutes to lose interest once I got an idea of the game

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Mad Jack as it has more play value to it

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Wow, Elen! The graphics and atmosphere in this game look AMAZING, like many of your previous releases! I can't wait to play when I get a chance.

Congrats on the release!

Ok, thanks for the help!  I was able to get past that little part and pretty much finish the game.  Except...

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  When I try to shoot the man (I forget his name) who's holding Linda hostage, I end up shooting her every time.  No matter where I aim at him--his head, his shoulder, his arm, etc. I also tried shooting the microphone (or whatever it was) off to the side, and the game says "Cop goes berzerk and shoots innocent bystanders!"  LOL.  Where are you supposed to aim?  Is it just a pixel-hunt type of thing? 

So I'm not sure WHAT the heck I'm doing wrong.  But either way, I'm just happy I was able to get to what was probably the final scene of the game.  It was a good game! 

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aim for the speaker

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Well, here I am yet again, stumped again.

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  I'm in the little town shopping center and I'm trying to get the shop owner to sell me the hat.  So I apparently need a phone to convince him I'm an influencer (I think the phone is in that claw/prizes machine), and I also need to win the jackpot of coins from the Coin machine.  I was hoping the game would let me just kick it or break into it with my nightstick, but no luck. 

I have in my inventory: set of Boules, sunglasses, Marketing book, 2 pence coin, and net.  What do I do? 

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Thanks again in advance!  I hope I'm not missing something obvious...

Shadow 1000, did you happen to do a walkthrough video of this game?? 

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LOL no, I didn't. I just played it and had a great experience 

A few tips:

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Try examining the area close to the machine and I think there is a wedge that you can kick and make the game play in your favour.

Try giving the marketing book to the hat guy

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Ah ha! 

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no, I had not gotten the magnet yet by clipping the donkey's rope...that finally propelled me forward, phew!

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Thanks Shadow!  I finally got past that part on the beach, so we'll see how long it is until I need more help.   

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Awesome! Good luck with the game 

Hello!  I'm on the beach...stumped. 

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  I have the balsamic vinegar (don't know how to get it changed into "regular vinegar" for the elderly couple), the sharp tin can, and the boules.  I showed the badge to the little girl, but she still calls me a stranger; I taped up the Wanted Poster so I can talk to people; I dug up the "treasure"; and I need to get the stuff from the fisherman so I can give it to the seagull & scare the nudist (I'm assuming).  What am I missing? 

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Spoilers welcome!  The more, the merrier 

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I'm not sure if you

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used the magnet on the nudist's radio

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yet

Alright, I voted for

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The Errand. Although The Errand is more of a short story than a game, there's more to do than in 3 Days at the moment. Both games have beautiful graphics. I look forward to playing 3 Days once it's finished.

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So, we ended up not being able to implement like.... 95% of the assets and content we made. We're planning on finishing the game next month and releasing the legitskies version somehow, but we wanted to submit something for the deadline. So here's a little tiny demo of our game, "3 Days to Pandora".

I realize that this release is just a demo but aside from picking up a few items and navigating by "swiping" with the mouse cursor, I couldn't seem to do much. I didn't see any way to use the items in inventory. I'm not sure if I just don't understand the interface or if this is the limitation of the demo.

I played this game last night and I really enjoyed it. My thoughts are similar to what I said about the first three games in the series.

- It seems to me that the puzzles in the first half of the game are much more intricate and have far more steps than they did in the second half of the game. I think that what I enjoyed most was the multi-step puzzles.
- I spent most of my playing time laughing. The humour is AMAZING
- As far as the story, despite having played the first three, I didn't really recognize most of the names or characters and only vaguely recall specifics of the events. There were a lot of acronyms that I wasn't familiar with so while I did understand the overall story, I did find myself not following the details.

I think that I probably spent about 1/4 of the playing time on the

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beach puzzle, specifically getting the vinegar

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Anyway, congrats on another great release!

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Kick the wedge next to the game

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[Police Quest 4 SCI(ish) Demo by GOC Games]

I'm glad to see some entries this month! I just voted


Police Quest 4 SCI(ish) Demo by GOC Games

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This reminds me of many hours spent in the late 80s on text based adventure games, trying to figure out what words the parser recognizes to make slow progress in the game. However, other than "look" and "talk" I spent as much time as I had patience for. I spoke to the other characters and looked at the body and couldn't find anything to do past that

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Splendor Solis (demo) by tbook

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Awesome first game! Only after playing for a while I realized that it was part of a bigger story. Overall, good gameplay and cool closeup character art. Puzzles and things to do are pretty good. I have to admit that I spent a disproportionate amount of time getting rid of the hyenas because I didn't notice a certain item. My suggestion is to not have SO many hotspots with descriptions that are not part of the gameplay. I felt that I was clicking and reading dozens of items that are irrelevant for every item that does pertain to the game

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Splendor Solis because I was able to play it and complete it and I had a pretty good time doing so

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I played this on Monday and I really enjoyed it! The game brings back many memories of games of this genre from yesteryear. Cute story, lots to explore and fun, multi-stage puzzles (generally on the easy side). I think I spent about 10-15 minutes on each world.

There's a lot that can be done with the general idea to expand the game (fighting enemies, levelling up, acquiring more skills, bigger world, etc) . One thing I would recommend is to proofread the captions and iron out spelling errors.

Overall, a delightful experience!

Cheers

I finished this game and really enjoyed it. Good, solid puzzles and pleasing graphics. Well done

I finished playing. My comments are similar to Jon's:

- As far as the remake, AWESOME job! It's close enough to the original to give the player the same experience as the 30 year old Atari game, but with point and click functionality and some improvements.

- For the game itself, I overall really enjoyed it and would recommend playing. Call me contrarian, but I had fun exploring the catacombs and carefully mapping out every room! Maybe it was the nostalgia of playing Bard's Tale back in the late 80s where graph paper was a must, but actually liked that part.
- There are many pixel hunts, and it seems that you "just have to know" what you're looking for.

I confess that I used a walkthrough and I'm glad I did. I don't realistically think that I would have found a few of the items otherwise. Nonetheless, I did solve enough on my own to have really enjoyed the experience.

A big thank you to arj0n for taking the effort to bringing this Atari classic to us AGSers.

I played it again today
I got it when

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Grandad was at the left curtain looking towards the screen. You have to look first !

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It's strange...
Today i got it at the first click, and
it was NOT the updated version ..

Thanks! That worked!

Ok, I give up!! Where did you find the magazines??

This puzzle is exceptionally unfair.

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Like with the shrub early on, you have to position Grandad in the right spot. He needs to be on the far side of the bed, turned around to face it. Clicking on the lower half of the bed should reveal the magazines. Now, this is the realistic position he has to be in to search that area, but there's no way (at least to my knowledge) of knowing there is something to be found in there.

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Hm. I am still not getting it

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which direction is grandad facing?

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I played it to the end, great job, well done. I used a playthrough of the ATARI version :-)

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Never would have found the xxx magazines, they were at a different spot in the bedroom

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Ok, I give up!!

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Where did you find the magazines?? I am pretty sure I know what to do with them but I pixel hunted the room repeatedly and can't find them

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Thanks