Ben X

Phew, finished it! Sorry for spamming the thread a bit. I really enjoyed the game as a whole - the presentation is superb throughout, music, art, acting. And though there are some hiccups in the writing, I think it was generally very strong. Even if the big stuff doesn't always hit the right notes, the small stuff is always great. I think would actually work better for someone playing it as one full game rather than two acts - it would come across more as a storytelling device than, say, reactions to fan feedback. If this had been developed behind locked doors with publisher money, and only announced 6-12 months before release, I think it would be getting huge amounts of love on the internet right now.

Okay, I think I'm about to finish both Shay and Vella. I'm relatively confident that I would have got through it on my own eventually because: Thanks Tanu, your hints were pitched perfectly!

Bah, not quite solved Vella. Will keep editing my spoiler text up there as I progress. Still haven't looked at your hints yet!

Haven't looked at your hints yet, as my edited in guesses I think have led me to solve all Vella's stuff. So I'll do that then take one more walk round with Shay and take a look. Thanks!

Okay, I wouldn't normally do this, but as I want to complete it so I can fully take part in discussions, avoid spoilers and stay current with the backer experience, I'm asking for hints! Can anyone who has completed it please give me one or two very subtle hints, ideally about whether I've missed something or I'm thinking about things in the wrong way, please? EDIT: here's what I was stuck on that the hints Tanu gave me helped with, along with those hints:

Trank's gone.

Of Aldi cheap, groanworthy puns...

I demand a re-count.

Goddamn, this is a LOT harder than Act 1! I breezed through the first part, hardly thinking about it, but this is tough. I'm full-on stuck at the moment, at the stage where I'm wandering back and forth hoping something will click in my head! I'm generally enjoying it, but I think I can guess what the major story criticisms will be (have only skimmed this thread since Act 2 release).

^^Today's gaming audience.

You wouldn't know seeing as you HAVEN'T BOTHERED PLAYING THEM.

Ha, thanks. I figured I could get away with that puzzle as there are so few items in the game. I probably should have made the Look At Jake dialogue include a hint about the moose antlers being big, just to make sure. Once I realised I didn't have time to have Michael Bublé's evil brother Ian Bublé show up, I quickly changed the end of the story and chucked in some tenuous justifications! Until then, Jake was just a background character I put in as I was learning AGS. --Rev

Actually, I think Mangela meant films more like Alien than Jeane Dielman..., ie easier to watch so the whole thing doesn't die on its arse again, so the latter film shouldn't be on the list at all! Gremlins has some mild horror and some fun gloopy gore, nothing the average 16 year old shouldn't be able to handle (I couldn't get through it at age 12 though). Gremlins 2 has basically no horror elements at all, and is basically a live-action Looney Tunes. The only thing to watch out for is the dark story that Phoebe Cates' character tells which is ambiguous enough to be a trigger warning for It's a really weird moment in an otherwise very light film. But I'm pretty sure these films were suggested as a joke, as they don't really have much to discuss re. feminism.

I'm just starting a week on my own without my girlfriend of 6.5 years and am already loving it.

It should really be: King's Field (King's Field (Demon's Souls (Dark Souls (Dark Souls II (Bloodborne predecessor) predecessor) predecessor) predecessor) successor) Mington set a bad precedent.

DF are recommending people replay Act 1 to properly enjoy the storytelling in 2.

Might be worth asking the Trekkies on there for brillo in-jokes and easter eggs to sneak into your artwork.

Yay, thanks!

Cool, thanks

You can find it in most supermarkets.

This is web player only, right? Sadly I can't play it in Chrome (and don't really want to clog up my gaming PC with other browsers). Is it easy in Unity to create a download? And if so, would you consider doing so? If not, I'll try to get my laptop to play it!

I feel like I missed a lot here (what do the on/off things do, what's supposed to happen once I've got all the mats and run out of money? I didn't realise until coming back and looking at gifs that the bigdog could go up the side - maybe that opens new stuff up), but I enjoyed smashing things!

This was really cool, and the difficulty/frustration level was pitched just right.

This is great, very addictive! I got up to 60 pizzas/4400 points. Reminded me of Portal and Stanley Parable in places. I did not donate

This made me chuckle! I especially liked the gag. 58 points woooo! I'm now going to play the other Shoot That Pizza, hopefully the graphics will stand up to this one...