-- Ark 22 -- Adventure/rpg; Complete., Updated 08.11.07 Options

[Srehpog]

First, in the overworld theres a place where you bomb these rocks to get to another save place, the rocks wont explode.

Second, how do you dig up things for a museum?

The rocks are now gone. They were a crude system to keep players out of the NW area before they'd finished Dungeon 2. Now they are replaced by dungeon blocks which do exactly the same, it just makes a bit more sense.

For museum items, use your sword.

Great game.. I found a problem though

When the ship was struck I went out the door into the lobby and the person didn't come down. I was stuck off-screen and had to ctrl, alt, delete it >_>

What do you mean? After the cutscene, you got into the lift and went down but it loaded an empty room?

First off, totally amazing game. I just finished the first dungeon satisfied, but [editeditedit] Nevermind, just found the phone. I changed the letters into numbers, but it won't enter in the phone.

Are you sure you changed them correctly? I *think* the phone asks for the right string... the letters start on key 2, usually, no? Try just typing in only the numbers, without even any hyphens. You'll need a bit of luck to work the phone though, it's a complete easter egg. Try it.

This post has been edited by Srehpog: Oct 25 2005, 08:24 AM

[Fizzed]

Aargh! I spend one hour trying to beat that %!@$ water snake boss and now that I've beaten it and got the flask, I see that it's OPTIONAL!

Anyway, what do I have to do after that? It still says about the 'statues almost killed me' thing, even after that optional boss. So I take it that it wasn't referring to that when it said about a new place that opened up somewhere?

P.S. Is it a coincidence that Srehpog is Gophers backwards? =P

edit: Never mind, I got it. Feeling a bit stupid today.. xp

This post has been edited by Fizzed: Oct 25 2005, 02:14 PM

[Nastynoam]

Hurray! I finally finished the game! (am I the first one?)

I really enjoyed playing this, and I sure hope there will be a second part!

Congratulations on this magnifisent game!

[arao]

eh...
what do i do after i go to see the intent swarming out of the pit?

[Nastynoam]

go to the temple at the right

[Go_on]

looks ok
i am gonna down it tomorrow

[Scooternew]

Let me say congrats on being nominated for at least 8 or 9 categories in the Game Maker Awards. (topic in the community forum started by roachofdeath). This is a high honor - it shows people recognize your game. I highly suggest you vote for yourself or just go check it out. I voted this Best RPG.

This post has been edited by scooternew: Oct 25 2005, 07:57 PM

[Mitchell EX]

Great game.. I found a problem though

When the ship was struck I went out the door into the lobby and the person didn't come down. I was stuck off-screen and had to ctrl, alt, delete it >_>

What do you mean? After the cutscene, you got into the lift and went down but it loaded an empty room?

After the cutscene I went into the lift and it loaded the lobby like normal, but the person in the green thing never came, so I was stuck

[Retro]

Are you sure you changed them correctly? I *think* the phone asks for the right string... the letters start on key 2, usually, no? Try just typing in only the numbers, without even any hyphens. You'll need a bit of luck to work the phone though, it's a complete easter egg. Try it. :P

Yeah, I tried a number of different ways and variations... I triple-checked I had the right number, too. I'll PM you to see if I have the right combination so as not to spoil it here.

[arao]

go to the temple at the right

ah, yes, as luck would have it...
i figured it out right after posting, but my internet went down...O_O
hey, where's the guy who wants the batteries?
i looked in all the towns...

[Deadheat]

im glad to see your game is going good. Maybe you should try submitting it to gamehippo and a few other download sites=)
After two years work, alot of people should play this. I havn't played it in a while. I passed the first temple and i turned on the lighthouse and all that. I hopped in that hover craft and now im unsure of where I have to go. I went far east once and some big boss that shot lasers killed me. The other time i went north and i put that password in that machine and that monster blew open the cave. What am I supposed to do? I think i have to get into the temple in the centre of the lake...im not sure...any help??

[Srehpog]

Aargh! I spend one hour trying to beat that %!@$ water snake boss and now that I've beaten it and got the flask, I see that it's OPTIONAL!

P.S. Is it a coincidence that Srehpog is Gophers backwards? =P

edit: Never mind, I got it. Feeling a bit stupid today.. xp

Don't worry, the flask is very useful. It's like an extra life or two...

And no, of course not.

Hurray! I finally finished the game! (am I the first one?)

I really enjoyed playing this, and I sure hope there will be a second part!

Congratulations on this magnifisent game!

Wow, that's brilliant, thanks. Did you like the 4th dungeon? Pre-boss quest? The game boss? You are the first as far as I know. Well done!

Anyone else?

Let me say congrats on being nominated for at least 8 or 9 categories in the Game Maker Awards. (topic in the community forum started by roachofdeath). This is a high honor - it shows people recognize your game. I highly suggest you vote for yourself or just go check it out. I voted this Best RPG.

That's amazing. I hadn't noticed, either. How nice.

After the cutscene I went into the lift and it loaded the lobby like normal, but the person in the green thing never came, so I was stuck

Do you remember doing anything else in the previous room before that?

Yeah, I tried a number of different ways and variations... I triple-checked I had the right number, too. I'll PM you to see if I have the right combination so as not to spoil it here.

Yeah, sorry everyone, Retro's right. The Samosaphone actually wants to hear 1-800-CHEA-ME instead. I accidentally missed out a number. Happy dialling...

im glad to see your game is going good. Maybe you should try submitting it to gamehippo and a few other download sites=)
After two years work, alot of people should play this. I havn't played it in a while. I passed the first temple and i turned on the lighthouse and all that. I hopped in that hover craft and now im unsure of where I have to go. I went far east once and some big boss that shot lasers killed me. The other time i went north and i put that password in that machine and that monster blew open the cave. What am I supposed to do? I think i have to get into the temple in the centre of the lake...im not sure...any help??

The password-tunnel-snake thing is optional, but useful. You might want to wait until you've got the weapon upgrade for the AWC-400 though (and that means a Lv2 wallet and 4-bomb upgrade before it). The laser-axe-statue place is where you want to go. Kill that boss and then head to the temple on the North edge of the lake. After THAT, go to the building in the southwest quarter. I'll write a new FAQ soon, I think...

Thanks for all your feedback, everyone. I can't believe how many mistakes I left in.

This post has been edited by Srehpog: Oct 26 2005, 09:05 AM

[Deadheat]

Yeah well with a massive game like this you are bound to leave one or two things out. I mean after all you did do it all by yourself,right?
I'd be disspoainted if I payed money for it and it was a commerical game and it had this many mistakes, but you did a good job I think!

[arao]

errr...sreh, i'm gonna pm you a question b/c i don't wanna ruin it for those who haven't gotten this far.

But overall, very nice.
A little glitchy.
Umm...several times, i have gone through a screen, landed on a rock of some kind, and been stuck. I would then have to exit, and reload my game file. It can be very annoying at times...
Also, the save file screen (when you use a save point) did not update chapters.
But, despite the bugs, good job!

[Fizzed]

Oh yes, a bug: when you come out of that very,very messy house south of the town northwest of the starting town, the main character never appears. (BTW, getting into that town was VERY frustrating.. but fun. xp)

EDIT: Uh oh. I've just started Chapter 4 (after you beat the bad bat boss. Beh.) and everytime I go into Commander Daska's office, the game suddenly exits with no warning and I'm left staring at my desktop. =p Looks like I'll have to take a break. >_<

This post has been edited by Fizzed: Oct 27 2005, 08:37 AM

[Srehpog]

Umm...several times, i have gone through a screen, landed on a rock of some kind, and been stuck.  I would then have to exit, and reload my game file.  It can be very annoying at times...
Also, the save file screen (when you use a save point) did not update chapters.

See, I need to know exactly where. How am I going to fix these things if all I have is 'sometimes'? I know some rooms do that, but unless I get told which ones and from which direction, I can't fix it.

And what do you mean the save screen didn't update chapters? Was there something wrong with the display?

Oh yes, a bug: when you come out of that very,very messy house south of the town northwest of the starting town, the main character never appears.

EDIT: Uh oh. I've just started Chapter 4 (after you beat the bad bat boss. Beh.) and everytime I go into Commander Daska's office, the game suddenly exits with no warning and I'm left staring at my desktop.

that's odd, because I remember editing the code to fix those. Maybe I didn't save. I'll update the file in the next couple of days.

This post has been edited by Srehpog: Oct 27 2005, 08:22 PM

[Nastynoam]

What's this game doing on the second page??
Come on people! This is a game truly worth playing!

[Srehpog]

Hmm. There's some good news and some bad news.

Bad news:
Unfortunately it appears in my infinite wisdom, I made it impossible for you to fight the game boss. Towards the end of the game there's a pre-final-boss quest where you work with special sybols to open the way to the game boss. You'll know when you've done this, since you need three. When that route is open, the teleport object mistakenly takes you to the ending cutscene, NOT the pre-final-boss cutscene, and so you miss the plot twist and spoil the ending.

For this reason:
IF you have not updated, do NOT enter or even go near the obvious lair of the final boss once you have beaten three symbols. Be patient, and see what upgrades you can collect meanwhile.

Good news:
The download link has been updated. If my suspicions are correct, this version of Ark has NO impasse-bugs. A clean, start-to-finish solid game.

NEW UPDATE: Bug-Free (I think)

Get the full package here, and the replacement EXE file here.

Oh, and it's scaled this time so it appears big and fuzzy in fullscreen. I won't be keeping that though, since the message boxes still display off-centre and some of the graphics aren't clean. But just to sve your resolutions. See how nice I am? Enjoy!

This post has been edited by Srehpog: Oct 28 2005, 10:42 PM

[klaranim]

I can't wait to get power back now since I just got slammed by something named wilma, but when I do I'll dl it.

Oh yeah this new version gives you the option to switch between fullscreen and non-scaled or windowed mode right?

[Srehpog]

Well, it scales everything up in fullscreen mode, so it looks like it's playing on 640x480 (except the message boxes don't scale), and as normal in windowed mode. In the final finished version though, it will resize the resolution.

Now there are no more barriers. The end of the game is in sight. Just remember who's challenging you: Intent Heart. Very nasty.

This post has been edited by Srehpog: Oct 30 2005, 04:30 PM