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Jester

#21 December 09, 2007, 01:43:55 am

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oh, you do get fireballs in the demo? i guess that was just a path i didnt find then

did you have to kill the giant ammonite before you get them?

edit: in case anyone is wondering, you can buy it and get it from that link two posts up even if the mainsite is down. they email you a link and your code etc.

Last Edit: December 09, 2007, 02:17:54 am by Jester

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alphasmart

#22 December 10, 2007, 09:44:05 am

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@Jester: there is a walkthrough in the readme if you get stuck. And no, you don't have to kill the nautilus prime (as it's called) - in fact it's an optional boss, but totally worth it. Hey, if you do beat it without the energy form (i.e. by throwing rocks at it...) it would be quite an achievement.

Also the mainsite is back up and has been for a while.

Kinda off-topic: I also reccomend checking out TIGSource (the indie gaming source, which is run by the artist of aquaria and has a lot of links/reviews of cool indie games as well as a large community.

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Jester

#23 December 10, 2007, 10:05:05 am

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Yeah, I found all that out. I'm at the bottom of the Abyss right now. The game has a pretty good learning curve, going from really easy to man-14-hours-straight-and-i-cant-beat-this-fucking-boss-because-i-am-so-damn-tired.

It'll be fun to talk about this when more people get this far.

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local_dunce

#24 December 10, 2007, 11:13:01 pm

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This actually looks really cool, I'm downloading the demo now to see if it's as great as it looks and as you all say it is.

now is the winter of our discontent

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#25 December 11, 2007, 01:22:12 am

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Quote from: alphasmart on December 10, 2007, 09:44:05 am

Kinda off-topic: I also reccomend checking out TIGSource (the indie gaming source, which is run by the artist of aquaria and has a lot of links/reviews of cool indie games as well as a large community.

I am downloading this right now so I have nothing to say about the game yet, but yes, TIGSource is an excellent website.

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Sarah

#26 December 11, 2007, 01:34:10 am

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I am downloading the demo but god damn those videos look incredible. I'm really pumped to check this out.

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Jester

#27 December 11, 2007, 01:50:08 am

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I think I am fighting the final boss and I have no idea how to hurt it

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edit: I think I have beaten the final boss and man that was a very cool final boss.

Last Edit: December 11, 2007, 02:34:43 am by Jester

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The Penguin

#28 December 11, 2007, 06:26:37 am

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So how long is the game? I don't want to spend $30 on a 4 hour game, yet the demo seems awesome, so I'm considering it.

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#29 December 11, 2007, 12:26:21 pm

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I am so going to download the demo as soon as I get a new computer to replace the rock I've been using for nearly a decade (frailty thy name is ~550MHz). Why do the 2D games of today all of the sudden require more hertz than the 3D games of yesterday... well, okay, of last week?

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Drule

#30 December 11, 2007, 01:39:15 pm

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Because the programmers are lazy.

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Jester

#31 December 11, 2007, 01:47:05 pm

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Quote from: The Penguin on December 11, 2007, 06:26:37 am

So how long is the game? I don't want to spend $30 on a 4 hour game, yet the demo seems awesome, so I'm considering it.

It took me about 15 hours, and I think I found about 80ish% of the secrets.

And it's pretty heavy on the requirements because it has a bunch of effects that make it look really fluid in motion. You can turn them off, turn down the res and turn it to 16-bit and it'll probably run on most old machines. Get the demo and try it, that's what it's there for. (I know you said you were going to do this anyway but yeah.)

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Sarah

#32 December 11, 2007, 04:02:26 pm

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Quote from: Jester on December 11, 2007, 01:47:05 pm

It took me about 15 hours, and I think I found about 80ish% of the secrets.

And it's pretty heavy on the requirements because it has a bunch of effects that make it look really fluid in motion. You can turn them off, turn down the res and turn it to 16-bit and it'll probably run on most old machines. Get the demo and try it, that's what it's there for. (I know you said you were going to do this anyway but yeah.)

haha yeah my demo froze for about 2 minutes every time I saved (afterward) because of something that was going on as it zoomed out.

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UPRC

#33 December 11, 2007, 04:18:05 pm

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Tried the demo for about twenty minutes, it was a very nice game. I'm not going to finish the demo though, I'd rather play through all that and not have to repeat it, or to prevent spoiling myself.

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Jester

#34 December 11, 2007, 04:26:41 pm

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Quote from: Myke on December 11, 2007, 04:02:26 pm

haha yeah my demo froze for about 2 minutes every time I saved (afterward) because of something that was going on as it zoomed out.

They just patched that to fix it, idk if they patched the demo or not but yeah this is fixed in the full game.

UPRC: Demo saves carry over.

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Drule

#35 December 12, 2007, 04:45:42 pm

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I tried it and it was pretty boring. I wish it had more interaction and varied environments but you mostly just explore cave mazes where everything looks the same.

Last Edit: December 12, 2007, 04:47:48 pm by Drule

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#36 December 12, 2007, 07:19:07 pm

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Drule hates everything good //_- ...cheer up emo kid :3

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#37 December 13, 2007, 02:33:11 am

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I agree with Drule. It feels more like a chore than a game.

Not going to stop me from continuing to play it (yet!).

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Jester

#38 December 13, 2007, 02:43:54 am

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why would you play it if you dont like it

just so you can whine about it more or what

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local_dunce

#39 December 13, 2007, 12:55:01 pm

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I decided to give this another shot and it gets better with time I guess. The intro/tutorial level was really drawn out and boring, and I found that if you take a wrong turn in the opening scenes you can end up swimming round long tunnel mazes for a long time and that gets pretty boring. I guess this time I managed to go the right way and I bumped into some more interesting creatures (so far that huge fish swimming below Naija's Home is pretty interesting) and I just got to the point where you turn into firefish and shoot fireballs at things. The charge up is badass. So I'm a little more into this game now than the first time I played it. The game seems to get more interesting with progression and I hope it keeps that up.

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Jester

#40 December 13, 2007, 01:06:51 pm

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Quote from: bunnymgilkgwr on December 13, 2007, 12:55:01 pm

I decided to give this another shot and it gets better with time I guess. The intro/tutorial level was really drawn out and boring, and I found that if you take a wrong turn in the opening scenes you can end up swimming round long tunnel mazes for a long time and that gets pretty boring. I guess this time I managed to go the right way and I bumped into some more interesting creatures (so far that huge fish swimming below Naija's Home is pretty interesting) and I just got to the point where you turn into firefish and shoot fireballs at things. The charge up is badass. So I'm a little more into this game now than the first time I played it. The game seems to get more interesting with progression and I hope it keeps that up.

Man, how do people get lost in the tutorial level? There's a map! And one path!

It's amazing, but somehow you aren't the only one who did it. I guess some people have a negative sense of direction (or eyesight)

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but yeah you get the vision like 3 minutes into the game so if you gave up before that before then prolly shouldnt play games

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