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@newwaveburritos wow, that was fast!   I don't know if my eyes 100% know what to make of it, but that's some really dramatic Gotham City lighting (or is it more like Las Vegas?) on the outside and some evocative objects on the inside.  Definitely grabs (and keeps) your attention. Nice work.

Correct!

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Hey all,

For this month's background blitz I was looking through old prompts and really liked both "vertical scrolling" and "you can't get there from here." I seriously considered reusing one of those until someone asked a question on discord about having multiple rooms visible simultaneously. Aha! Now that's a way to combine both prompts!

This month's prompt is BUILDING CUTAWAY. Make all the rooms in a building visible at once by "cutting away" one of the exterior walls. Could be tall enough for vertical scrolling--or not. Could have secret passages or other rooms that you can see but can't get to--or not! Draw whatever interests you.

EDIT: forgot the voting criteria! Whoops! Once we start voting, please evaluate entries based on the following:
-Concept
-Playability
-Artistic Execution

Deadline September 14 followed by a week of voting. Have fun!

Should be simple enough. Under the function where the NPC receives inventory items, you can put the following:

if (NPCname.HasInventory(iFish) && NPCname.HasInventory(iCup) && NPCname .HasInventory(iPlate) && NPCname.HasInventory(iFork)){
  player.AddInventory(iKey);
  }

A little cumbersome but should only trigger once the NPC has all four items.

I made a walkthrough in the hints & tips forum. I'd rather people finish the game then give up in frustration.    Hopefully everything makes sense and doesn't slip into "moon logic."

https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/hints-tips/tunnel-vision-walkthrough/msg636657167/#new

It seems like a number of people are getting stuck in various places, so here's a walkthrough for anyone who finds the game frustrating. The hardcore among you should feel free to disregard. 

I'm also happy to provide hints here if that's preferable.

Puzzle 1:

Spoiler

Patch the stab wound:
1. Use pain reliever and then lipstick on arrow.
2. Pull out arrow.
3. Use hand sanitizer and then tissues.
4. Use tissue wrapper and then phone charger.

[close]

Puzzle 2:

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Open the locker:
1.Use lipstick on poster and on left-side window.
2. Use lipstick/screwdriver on locker door.
3. Use arrow on locker door.

[close]

Puzzle 3:

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Pull out the wrench:
1. Use Windex on wrench.
2. Use fire extinguisher on wrench.
3. Collect crowbar and pliers from locker.
4. Pull lever.

[close]

Puzzle 4:

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Escape the train car:
1. Use crowbar on left seat.
2. Use pliers on left seat.
3. Use locker door on far-right floor hatch (using it on center aisle will go nowhere).
4. Use cushion on locker door.
5. Use wrench on roof hatch repeatedly until it opens.

[close]

Puzzle 5:

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Get down from the roof:
1. Use crowbar on mystery component.
2. Use wires on hatch handle.
3. Use pliers on wires.
4. Use lasso on passing pole with horizontal beam repeatedly until it catches.

[close]

Puzzle 6:

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Open the suitcase:
1. Use crowbar on floor vent.
2. Use pliers or arrow on seat rip.
3. Use necklace on floor vent.
4. Find suitcase in top left corner.
5. Use key on suitcase and collect suitcase contents.

[close]

Puzzle 7:

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Open the door to the cab:
1. Use screwdriver on ceiling electrical panel.
2. Use pliers on ceiling electrical panel.
3. Go back up to roof and use wires on electric sparks.
4. Go back down and use t-shirt on live wire.
5. Use crowbar on flaming t-shirt.
6. Use flaming crowbar on ceiling sprinkler head.
7. BEFORE GOING INTO THE CAB, DO THE FOLLOWING:

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Collect the wires. If you do not do this, there is NO WAY TO WIN once you are inside the cab!

[close]

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Puzzle 8:

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Stop the train!
1. Wedge left window open with wad of cash.
2. Tie wires to lefthand emergency brake.
3. Tie gun or crowbar to wires.
4. Use screwdriver on damage under console.
5. Prop broken brake with gun or crowbar.
6. Pull righthand emergency brake.
7. YOU WIN!! 

[close]

@Creamy thanks so much for playing!

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there's a red herring in this puzzle. You might be falling for it. Kind of evil on my part lol

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Wow. Looks like a huge game!    I wouldn't know how to keep track of it all.

Hey @CaptainD , thanks for playing!

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I'll check out that hotspot and see what's up. And the solution to the second puzzle involves lipstick.

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Minor bug reported with regard to using inventory in a certain situation. Should be fixed in the Windows and Linux versions now, and shouldn't break saves I believe.    Waiting on uploading a fix for the Mac versions in case other issues come up. EDIT: bug fix for Mac versions now uploaded.

Thanks for all the downloads so far! 

Cool! Will do.

What's the status here? Should I go ahead and pick a theme for next time at this point?

THE GAME IS RELEASED!    (And yes, I changed my profile picture. Been meaning to for a while and it felt like an appropriate time).

Here's the announcement thread: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/completed-game-announcements/tunnel-vision/

It's finally done!    I've been working on this game for a year (I started it before both of my MAGS entries), and I'm excited it's time to share it! It's been so much work, but I am very proud of the result. 
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Trapped on a sabotaged train speeding toward a tunnel with a bomb, an heiress struggles to stop the train in time. Save the passengers and escape the train car before it's too late! A first-person game with nostalgic low-res CGA 4-color graphics.

TUNNEL VISION is a first-person point-and-click action adventure puzzle survival game.

FEATURES:
-Multiple animated cutscenes
-All original artwork and music
-Short-to-medium playtime (30-60 minutes)
-Simple one-click interface
-Toggle timed puzzles on or off
-Save points

AGS Database Entry with Download Links

Special credit goes to @Nahuel for very thorough playtesting and MacOS conversion. Huge thanks!

UPDATE: RELEASING AUGUST 20!

Playtesting is done and the game is ready for release! Just a few details to take care of (like preparing the itch.io page) and Tunnel Vision will go out into the world.

Thanks everyone for your interest here, and HUGE thanks to @Nahuel for doing an AMAZING job playtesting as well as compiling the MacOS versions for me!

Stay tuned for a Completed Games thread in the next few days.

Evidently Ctrl+[ is being received as keycode 27 which according to the table at https://adventuregamestudio.github.io/ags-manual/Keycodes.html is Escape. This explains why the game is pausing since Escape is one of my chosen pause keys. But why would Ctrl+[ trigger escape?   

This is 3.5.1.22

Understood. Will try this. Thank you

Thanks. I'm not sure how to print the received code, though. Where would I be able to do that?

Odd discovery here. @Nahuel found while playtesting my game (AGS 3.5.1) that pressing Ctrl+[ pauses the game.

This combination does not even seem to be an option in the drop-down list under on_key_press, and there also doesn't seem to be a game.pause_key listed in the game variables like there is with game.abort_key.

Is this a hard-coded debug feature? Ctrl+P is one of my pause keys in the game, and the [ key is right next to P, as Nahuel pointed out to me, but maybe that's unrelated.

This isn't necessarily a problem, but I couldn't find an explanation for it anywhere, so I figured I'd ask in case it needs to be documented somewhere.

Thanks!

UPDATE: GAME IS FINISHED AND NOW IN PLAYTESTING!      

Nahuel has already graciously offered to test it for me, but if anyone else is interested, just let me know! If so, you will be credited.