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@desiderio59

The problem of the DOS puzzle is probably more an intuitiveness gameplay issue. The puzzle in itself could be interesting but choosing the good commands to enter is not comfortable. It was a little better in the original ASA, but it was missing the possibility to validate the command lines with ‘Enter’. I don’t think it was possible with the Adventure Maker engine to use the Enter key in puzzles. In Visionaire for the Remastered we tried to simplify and make it more “tactile” but it’s worst now, in my opinion…

I never read Rendezvous with Rama, no. The only books I read from C Clarke are 2001 and 2010, which I liked a lot. I usually don’t read a lot of sci-fi, except for authors such as Bradbury or Hamilton, and usually prefer to read fantasy novels such as the sword of thruth, the wheel of time, etc. I think it is all because of “the books where you are the hero” (gamebooks) such as the Lone Wolf series, that I used to read long ago, and now I still read that kind of thing. I have probably a lot of great sci-fi books to discover, so let me know! I’ll try to read Rendezvous with Rama.

There is not much I can do anymore about the DOS puzzle in ASA, unfortunately But I totally agree with you and I have learned from this mistake. I will never ever do a similar puzzle in a game. We can discuss this when everyone will reach this stage.

Regarding TBT: The Black Tower, it is cancelled but you can learn more and even try the prototype here:
http://www.theicehouse.fr/games-digital—-tbt-the-black-tower.html

If only Square didn’t steal my ideas! ^^
No seriously I’m glad we failed the Indiegogo, because we were lacking of experience and were not ready to develop this (very) ambitious project.

I have no immediate plans regarding a Grim Fandango-like adventure based on TBT, but I have already thought of it. Right now I am seriously thinking of working on a 3rd-person adventure based upon my other project Mon Village est Magique (My Magical Village, aka MVEM) which is currently a cooperative project of comic book (based on a series of novels with a lot of ideas that I’d love to use in a game). This game would feature pre-rendered 3D backgrounds and realtime 3D characters, so we can probably say it’d be a Grim-Fandango-like. But shh! It’s still secret. Let’s release Catyph first.

The MVEM comic book is far from being finished and impressive, but I know it can be great.
http://monvillageestmagique.fr/
By the way I’m currently looking for illustrators if someone’s interested

Simon_ASA - 17 October 2015 05:18 AM

Regarding the 2011:ASA short film:
Please DON’T watch it because it will spoil the end of the game! You’re warned Thanks!

Darn…

It’s the first thing I did when you mentioned it…

Well there are 2 possible ends, so you can still try to see the other one!

giom - 17 October 2015 06:05 PM

So far so good, it’s going to be hard to wait until the 26th to continue the playthrough.

Ahah, that’s always what happens when a game is good :p
So much pleasure for me!

I am sure that Sefir will take the good decisions, and might eventually change the date if everyone’s ready to continue before the 26th (but please wait for the others and try to help them if they need). It’s a bit difficult to tell how many people are really playing this CPT and who has opened the safe already, so don’t forget to tell about your progress. Particularly if you’re stuck, we’re here to help and I’d be happy to answer more questions.
But I bet you all know how the CPTs work… I’m the newbie here! 

Good news: thanks to giom, one of the free keys of ASA Remastered is back, so if someone still wants to join for free, it’s possible again! There’s one free key available. It’s still not too late to join and try to open the safe of the greenhouse before the 26th!

On another point:

Yesterday we were speaking of the softwares I used to create the game. I hope that my explanations were not too complicated and that they were interesting enough (please tell me what you think, or if I talk too much for a CPT!).

In order to complement my explanations about the creation of the graphics of the game, allow me to introduce an artbook that I had created:
Spoilers! ASA artbook (self-published)
It contains almost all of the 900 backgrounds of the game, screenshots from the short film, some work in progress, watercolor illustrations… all presented in a beautiful book with a hard cover.
It’s expensive unfortunately, I know (beacause it’s self-published), but I don’t really make money with these books, it was not the purpose - it’s more a collector object for those who really liked the game. So of course you can also read this book online for free as a PDF preview:
Spoilers! ASA artbook (free online)
But be careful that it contains a lot of spoilers! The reason why I introduce this book today, is in case some of you would like to purchase it already: you need to know that the shipping usually takes at least 2 weeks (because it’s self-published and the books are printed on demand by Lulu.com).
Of course I don’t force anyone, and I hope it is not seen as an advertising. I understand some of you could see it that way, but I really don’t plan to make money with this book and it really is a bonus object (the free PDF exsists for everyone).
It should bring answers regarding to how the game was made. Just be aware that it’s 98% made of pictures, and that there are almost no texts and descriptions in this book.

Made it to the checkpoint and opened the safe. SO FAR a very cool SF Myst-like game. I already know about this games puzzles being fairly easy at first, then getting progressively harder as you progress through the game.

If at any time I ever get stuck on a puzzle, I’ll post in this thread for help.

I have opened the safe, after a teeny-tiny hint from the walkthrough. How embarrassing.   I could not figure out the environmental controls. I thought the second knob controlled volume or intensity, and the on-off switch was just for the control box itself. I have been playing too many casual games and lost my adventure game skills, like trying everything and looking everywhere for the results. The funny thing is that in the meantime I solved the color puzzle. I though it might be related somehow.