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I’m currently playing this game and I must admit to liking it more than I thought it would. The navigation might be disorienting at times and as a consequence I’m not always sure whether I have seen everything there is to see in a room (to be fair, this is a problem I seem to have with practically every first-person adventure), the perspective is weird at times and the English in the game should have been checked by some native speakers to improve it, but all of that doesn’t really matter, because the puzzles are absolutely great.

I really like the kind of puzzles this game provides up until where I am now (still in the ship and have completed about three of its sections). They are never too obscure and require logic to solve. No brute force or any illogical application of items are required (there are some inventory puzzles involved, but they are fairly easy and are definitely not the focus of the game): it’s all about using your brains and knowing how to apply the hints that have been left throughout the ship. I didn’t really need the memory card though that provided hints on how to decipher the language, as I had it figured out already. It was pretty easy to see that one of the words on the Game Fiction 7 computer was “hello” and the text on the login screens was clearly the same as that on the note hidden behind the server pc and from there it was just a matter of filling in the blanks.

So yeah, the presentation might not be completely up to scratch, but the puzzles more than make up for it, and I couldn’t stop playing just now (it’s 6 a.m over here). I really didn’t expect ASA to be that engrossing.

I’m still enjoying the puzzles, but I’m hopelessly stuck at the moment, which is rather frustrating as I feel that I need just one more thing to visit Forte. It’s also an item that I need I think, which I feel are the least interesting puzzles of the game, so currently I’m just running around looking for it, but you can only go through the same routine so many times before going crazy.

So I was hoping that somebody could help me, preferably by dropping some subtle hints in separate spoilers.

As for what I’m looking for (this is towards the end of planet Keppler):

I’ve created a rough cube, having performed the heating/cooling process as well as the grind, but now I need to put it in electrified water to finish the teleportation cube. However, I’m unable to do so, which is probably because one of the cables is missing. And that is the item I’m looking for currently. I think I’ve looked through all the houses on Keppler, I thought of pulling a cable out of the broken teleporter, checked whether there was some water in the Greenhouse etc., but all to no avail. I haven’t been able to open the maintenance part of the Ark yet, which might contain relevant stuff. Still, I’m not sure that I need to be there at this point in the game, as most parts of the game were fairly self-contained and their puzzles relied mostly on items from that particular area (as for the private area, my guess is that I might find the key on Forte in the cabin that’s supposed to be there). You would think that it would be quite easy to find a cable and get a current running through a bit of water, but not in this game. Or I might be missing something really trivial, of course.

Thanks, Greyfuss!

I managed to find it with that little bit of direction. I didn’t notice that you could look to the right on that particular screen.

Which is kind of my problem with these kinds of games and maybe even adventures as a whole in general. I love logic puzzles and using my brain, but when you get stuck it’s often very hard to know whether you just need to think harder or have just missed a barely visible item or spot and therefore miss a piece of the puzzle. Which is also why I don’t really mind the hotspot finders in recent adventures as they can provide a bit of certainty on that matter (I still only use them when I’m stuck). I personally don’t derive any pleasure from hours of searching for items and it’s mostly despite these “hunts” that I enjoy adventures. I love the eureka moments that only challenging puzzles can provide, but I don’t care much for the item hunt as finding that one, elusive item doesn’t really evoke any positive emotions; it’s more as if you’ve finally completed that boring choire and can now finally get down to business. 

I can continue my journey now, however, and hopefully without any similar problems, as I’m still enjoying ASA immensely.

And the music is indeed pretty decent. I’m not in love with it, but it supports the game and its enviroments nicely.

Simon_ASA - 02 November 2012 10:15 AM

ASA: A Space Adventure
Pre-Beta Demo Walkthrough
(demo download : http://bit.ly/SwdGAf)

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DEMO #1 : BEGINNING (teleport station)
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Introduction
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Watch the opening videos and when you can, click at the top of the screen to stand up.

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Teleport station
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Notice the 2 teleport pods in the corridor. One is out of service (sparkles).
Next to it, you can find a memory card on the floor with the 1st part of Forte’s diary. Read it.

You can also find an important paper with explanations on number translations. Write down the Anterran numbers on a piece of paper (in real life) with the corresponding “crossed-squares” numbers.

Go near the bright door. The thief closed it. Have a look at the numeric panel on the right, where you have to enter a code. Click on the up left corner of the poster next to it. It will show the door combination in crossed-squares numbers. Go back to understand these squared numbers : on the left of the wall of the first teleport from the door (outside wall), you can see a small graffiti. It learns you that a crossed-square means 5, 2 crossed-squares mean 10, etc… That’s a way to count : each side of these squares counts for 1, and they’re additive.

Translate the door’s code (from the poster) with the Anterran numbers you found earlier and enter the 5 digits code. The door opens.

Zifnab’s Guide to Adventure Games says: “If you can’t understand even the walkthrough, don’t buy the game!”

Not getting past the first puzzle of the demo with a walkthrough in hand is not a good sign  

I do have a general idea what the balloon puzzle is about though and as for the insects puzzle: no clue when that is going to happen, but I did find three of them earlier on in the game.