Tuesday, December 02, 2008

Tonight I'm uploading a new version of the test game, mainly to solve a bug with saving games in Vista. It will also fix various other things - I'll post more details at the time.

On the subject of testing, here's something I just said in the comments section but it's important for everyone who's testing the game, for the sake of your valuable time and your sanity:

If it ever takes you more than 10-15 minutes to solve a task, or if you ever find some part that isn't fun, please just make a note of it and skip on to the next.

To skip a task, press Ctrl-O to find out what task is next (it's the one at the top of the list if there are more than one), make a note of it (so I know what to fix!) and then press Ctrl-P to enter the "plot pooint screen." Hopefully the creen is intuitive. Use the arrows to find the offending task on the middle of the screen, click the arrow to get to the next task, then click on the task to jump to it. Then use Ctrl-O to make sure the next task is now live.

Note that, for technical reasons, the characters might not have exactly the right costumes or be in the exact right place if you use the Ctrl-P screen, so don't worry too much about that. But if the costumes and positions still don't make sense after 3 or 4 successful tasks then please let me know.

Thanks!

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