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

[Gnome]

I found a bug when i asked the guy at the table for the sword it came up as error and quited the game
edit:it worked second time

Gnome

This post has been edited by Gnome: Apr 15 2007, 07:39 PM

[DUDE221993]

I love ur game!

[Uries]

Omg I only need to get the 2nd dungeon fossil and kill the last boss and I can get the good ending. Beating the last boss took 3 tries and finding a fossil takes 15? Grrrr can someone post a picture lol.

[cody4camp]

hey this is a cool game, would you allow me to submit to my website: miniclip.com


if so pm me

[Thor The Thunder...]

Great game...Havent played for long time...
I downloaded it months ago but when i finished dungeon 1,beaten the boss and got
back to New Samosa...And got to Chapter 2:Water,I dont know what to do.
Someone could tell me what to do next

[Troncoso]

when you press escape it says to the right:

press esc - back
press enter - info

but what is the third key that you press to select

[Srehpog]

Updated: build 02.05.07

- Minor bug fixes:

• Phase Grounds boss hole respawn glitch fixed. (???)
• Phase Grounds boss room Directive error fixed.
• HGA slot machine card charge fixed.
• Eastern lake edge room transition glitch fixed.
• Game boss projectile reference error fixed.
• Statue City 'air walk' glitch fixed.

Download

I found two glitches:
1. In the dungeon where you get the SAT bracelet, when you are fighting the creature and the blue barrier comes up, if you fall into a hole you will spawn inside the barrier. This causes you to die.

2. If you have the HGA card and you play the slot machine, it lets you play free the first time, but if you say yes when it askes you if you want to play again, you are charged.

Also I have a question: How do you get the crystal at the Cardinal Crossing area?

I can't actually replicate either of these. I think you may be playing an old version, or perhaps I fixed it a while ago without uploading and simply forgot.... could you check what version is listed in the opening fade?

Regarding the crystal there, you need to go south from the room Northwest of there - I think it's the East outskirts of the village room, with the crates. There's a little winding mountain path thing...

CODE

ERROR in
action number 1
of Alarm Event for alarm 7
for object obj_gb_mag:

Error in code at line 3:
 
   with prj instance_destroy()

at position 11: Unknown variable prj

Fixed. Thanks.

Hum I noticed this when trying to find the fossil in the 2nd dungeon.

From here I am able to wander around the outer black area. Might want to recode this a bit?

Also fixed. Thank you.

I found a bug when i asked the guy at the table for the sword it came up as error and quited the game
edit:it worked second time

Gnome

Can you check game_errors.log and paste the result? I can't replicate this.

when you press escape it says to the right:

press esc - back
press enter - info

but what is the third key that you press to select

'Select' in this case just means to highlight with the cursor, so you're probably doing it already - it's the arrow keys or whatever directional axis you're using (gamepad, joystick...).

As ever, thank you all.

Other news:

Ark 22 is participating in the Indie Games Showcase competition. If you've enjoyed (or not) the experience, feel free to rate the game there to let them know.

This post has been edited by Srehpog: May 4 2007, 08:57 PM

[Noir]

This is alive since 2005, and I still love it. Great game.

[monkeyfish25]

Awesome game, love the game play!

EDIT: I love how that guy explodes at the mining-explosives when he says it is perfectly safe.

This post has been edited by monkeyfish25: May 5 2007, 01:10 AM

[seacapn]

i found a bug, but I dont really care as this game is the best I've ever seen done with Game Maker! If this was on a Game Boy, I wouldn't believe you made it! 100000/10

I might just open up a site for this game! O_o

You successfully combined Zelda, Sci-Fi, and Coffee with a great storyline!

I haven't got to the end yet, but I am keeping this game, and I will play it right after I am done posting this.

Oh since this game is soooo good, I didn't want to see the ark22.exe so I put a folder of Ark22 in my program files and made a shortcut!

If you are making a second one, and if you need any help, PM me... better yet, PM me for my email address and I will give you my email!

edit:
Quote the person above me:
EDIT: I love how that guy explodes at the mining-explosives when he says it is perfectly safe.
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yeah I love that little feature too, that was great and funny. I showed that to my bro and he died laughing.

This post has been edited by seacapn: May 13 2007, 06:00 PM

[seacapn]

COFFEE DULUXE!

Coffee Duluxe is a thing that I put together of a way to download Ark22! It is an installer zipped inside a coffeeduluxe.zip file and I have included other notepad documents and a shortcut for your desktop!

Instructions --

1. Download
http://dl023.filefactory.com/dl/f/83ba21//...8c53f0e1bd2a8a/
(that might work)

2. Extract the folder to your desktop.

3. Drag the non-existant shortcut over to your desktop to keep it there.

4. Double click the setup (Linux users may have to click once!)

5. Follow instructions

6. Discard folder and the shortcut from your desktop should work if you have the Ark22 folder in your Program Files.

[dennis woutering]

I have finished the game. Great game! I loved it. Don't know why I only found it until two weeks ago, but it is great. For more, well, I sent you a PM a while ago already.

I just want to say I found three bugs:

1)In the map 1 north and 1 west of New Samosa, the map doens't show properly. According to the map, you are somewhere north of the whole accesible world.
2)In the cafetaria/bar of the village with the lighthouse, you can go out of bounds if you walk to the upper left of the room.
3)The upgrade for your weapon is supposed to do more damage, but it doens't work on the smaller version of the floating, robotlike creatures that teleport (only the small ones. The big ones are okay).

That's all for the bugs. Now, the ratings:

Gameplay:10/10: Nothing to complain on this, except for the 'only approach NPC form bottom'. But that just a small detail.
Graphics: 9.5/10: Very original, very good, and also very creative use of tiles i see . I must say I didn't liked the 'lower walls when inside' if you know what i mean. They are just blocky, while the upper walls all have diagonal corners, the lower walls are 90 degrees only.
Sounds: 9.5/10: Music is too repetetive. Luckily, you can turn it off. For the rest, excellent.
Originality: 10/10: Good story, very original and touching, and it all makes sense. Good storytelling also (we don't know everything yet until the very end), own made (edited?) graphics, original monsters and puzzles. Very good

Overall: 9.8/10: Nearly can't be better. Only, there's not magic. I'm a fantasy jerk, i NEED magic in a game.

[seacapn]

well this is scifi, laser guns for you.

[gnarl]

WOAH! This game rocks! I love it! I love how you overused coffee in this game, because I LOVE COFFEE!

but I like the Zelda/Sci-Fi theme to it, that is not easily achieved with a good storyline. I am at the part where I have to speed in my vehicle to make it in the time limit. HARD! You know, Chapter 2: Water.

[Srehpog]

i found a bug, but I dont really care as this game is the best I've ever seen done with Game Maker!

Thanks, but can you remember where the bug was, or what happened? Everything you find needs fixing...

1)In the map 1 north and 1 west of New Samosa, the map doens't show properly. According to the map, you are somewhere north of the whole accesible world.
2)In the cafetaria/bar of the village with the lighthouse, you can go out of bounds if you walk to the upper left of the room.
3)The upgrade for your weapon is supposed to do more damage, but it doens't work on the smaller version of the floating, robotlike creatures that teleport (only the small ones. The big ones are okay).

1 & 2) Fixing in progress. Well observed.
3) Reshaped the code a little to set the 'life' variable to 0 straight away on contact with the upgraded shots. I'll have to test this a bit more, but from now on it should be one-hit-kills for those. Thanks again.

News

As well as the 'usual' download link, there's now the YoYoGames page for Ark 22 where you can download and rate the game and many others, as you're probably all aware. I recommend it - it's fun.

Secondly, there's still Indie Game Showcase where you could rate Ark 22 if you've enjoyed what you played and you're feeling vote-y. There's more and more games on there every day, including several other GM creations like Clean Asia and AHOVI - vote!

Enjoy.

[yellowsix]

[EDIT]

Oops!
I just found out I posted the wrong reply at the wrong game. I also was busy trying out another game that I saw in someones sig. (BOUNCE2) Sorry, I'm a bit clumsy.

Anyway, I played this game a time ago, and I found this game has the right place in the staff's choices!
I really enjoyed playing it, but after a few hours I got stuck, and lazy as I am, I just quit playing. (I don't like to try things over and over again )
But don't worry, I'll try again.
This game is one of the best RPGs I ever played, and without any doubt the best in GM!
Thanks for this masterpiece!

Yellowsix

This post has been edited by yellowsix: May 22 2007, 11:26 AM

[acra]

Could anyone give me any pointers to a little problem I have? I love this game so far, and reckon it deserves all the positive comments and things, but I've gotten myself stuck looking for directions at the start of chapter 2.
I've gotten the directive to say I need to find the way - gone as far east into the looping zone as I need - and talked to the guy who gave me the map... I can't find his directions though, and I'm sure I've gone everywhere, talked to everyone and looked at everything I can...

[I.Q. of Spam]

I don't suppose I need to tell you that this game could have made you a fair amount of cash had it been commercial...

By the way, what do you do to kill the final boss' second stage? Those weird crab legs that try to stab you - I can't figure out how to kill them. Or does it just take forever?

[Seco Xekko]

acra:
In the room with the guy who gave you the map, move to the southeast side of the room and stand on one of the sheets of paper. I remember that you get the directions there.
Some things to keep in mind though...
- The directions start immediately from the room east to the place with the small booth.
- If you want to get back from the village, you will have to reverse all the directions. For example, if the direction is "N-W-S-E", getting back would be "W-N-E-S". (That's not the real direction for the game, of course, see for yourself!)


IQ of spam:
I admit that the final boss was really hard to kill, but it's possible. The difficulty of killing it is matched only by the pyramid from the 4th dungeon.

First, you'll have to freeze and slash the legs, one by one, until there's none left. There are two ways to temporarily freeze a leg:
- Put a kytri bomb in the leg's path and the bomb will blow the leg frozen for a few seconds.
- Shoot the leg with your pulse rifle. The leg will also freeze.

You can slash the leg and deal damage to it when it's frozen. Be careful though, as the number of legs dwindle, the legs remain frozen for a shorter period of time, so act fast! Besides, save some health for the last part, the boss can live without its legs.


Srehpog:
Let them eat cake! Or better yet, how about if we just keep in touch with each other... PM me, I've got some things to say (and perhaps ask) to you.

Keep it up, you're my favourite GM star. (even more than Mark himself)

PS: All my friends gave up before chapter 5. Oh well.

[PwnageMage]

I am afraid of blood(please don't mock) and stopped shortly after figuring put what to do at the beginning. It looked really good though