I just thought I'd let you guys in on the progress of the Walkthrough:
Right now I'm on chapter 2(Of the walkthrough). I will have it up for download in a few minutes, and I'll edit this post with a link.

EDIT: ]Download Walkthrough vesion0.25

I have one bug to report. I'm not sure about since it only happened once while I was playing. When I was in the "escape before the jetski blows up" sequence, I died the first time(of course).

Anyway, after the explosion appeared I got an error message that said something along the lines of "Unknown variable x" and "Unknown variable y" constantly. Maybe it was in the step event of something? I'll go back and look at the specific error message again.

The best way to get through that part is to have coffee in your flask, and use it when your health is in red, trust me, it helps.

How do you teleport? Ive activated the stations but i don't know how to teleport...

You have to get the bracelet thing first. I'm not sure how to get it yet, but I'll let u know if i find out.

How do you get better armour? (I think it's there) And PLEASE TELL ME, how do you get the first wallet?

Im uploading another version of the walkthrough.

EDIT:CLICK TO DOWNLOAD WALKTHROUGH

This should have a complete walkthrough up to chapter 3. By tomorow or tuesday the walkthrough should be complete.(I have figured out how to gett bigger wallets and how to get the watch in this version)

Hmmm, it looks great. I'm downloading it right now. 20MBs?! Wow, did you use a compressor like .gif? And by the way, did you do the graphics, or did someone else? If you did do them, what graphics program did you use? Wow, so many questions!

I wasn't expecting this type of walkthrough, I started doing one which was a whole lot more complete. I thought the walkthrough had to be like the ones you buy, with first a big presentation of the game, and author. Then the walkthrough itself Illustrated!, that's exactly what is needed for this awesome game. A complete walkthrough, with images, tips, and saved under a .pdf file. How about you finish typing the walkthrough itself, and someone else snaps some screenshots and then someone whips up a pdf file and voila?

Hey, I don't know if it's just me, but this game runs REALLY slow on my computer. I have Windows XP and all, and my machine should be able to run almost any GM creation. I think the problem may be that my computer can only run up to 45 FPS for some reason, but even then, my games don't run this slow. Does the game run at 60 FPS. Because if so, I think I'd recomend to allow the user to switch between 30 and 60 FPS. I assume all you would have to do is write code that states:

if 30FPS=true
then all.hspeed=*0.5
all.vspeedl=*0.5
alarm[all]*=0.5

You worked hard on thisI think its well worth a download.

I can't find how to find the watch in the walk through...

Oi, you see, the watch is not an optinal item, you'll find it in a dungeon soon, in fact, the 3RD one, ok.

thats good cause Im almost to the third one

Hey, well great game.

But I noticed a glitch in level 3's Boss that makes it imposible to progress....

I know I PMed the creator, but he didn't respond...

He might be busy, but I will post it here just incase he didn't look in his PM box.

When you shoot the Bossbat with 'X' the game stops for a second and then boots you off the game.

In the error log, this appearered...

ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event
for object wing_king:

Error in code at line 29:

if instance_exists(wing_fakebox) with wing_fakebox instance_destroy()

at position 29: Unknown variable wing_fakebox

So this makes it imposible to beat the bat.
Can you fix this please?
I would like to beat INTENT.

It's a really cool game. I voted for it in the 100th cage match.

It has solid gameplay, a fine (but not really original) story and nice sounds and graphics.

But there are some things to complain about.

The text in cut-scene go to fast for me, I'm a slow reader.

The pop-up's or info-boxes or whatever, will not appear nicely in the middle of the screen, when I am in a large room. I can give you a screenshot of that if you like.

And I think some riddles are too unlogical. It took me some time before I knew the teleporters in the first dungeon go like the candles you saw earlier, I had to read the walkthrough to know you could shoot the pillars, etc.

Still a very good game and a lone genre here on the GMC.

Most of the game is supposed to run at 30 FPS. Even though the game is a whopping 20MB, it wasn't too demanding on my system when I played.


I thought so too. I had to remember that the blue text was Kesha and green was the other guy. "Wait, who said what now?"

Only happens in the last room, that. Thanks for dying there. Fixed.




All the graphics are contained in the .exe, and yes, I made them all. I used Paint Shop Pro 6 and AnimationShop 2.



Aagh. I don't believe it. In my efforts to speed up the game's framerate and trim unnecessary resources, I deleted something important. This is now fixed - sorry about that...



If you hold Space (or whatever joystick/pad button you've mapped to the sword) during cutscenes, they'll pause. Conversely, holding Enter or its equivalent will run the cutscene at (I think) triple-speed.

I only found one message box offset problem recently in dungeon 3. However, if there are any more, then yes, please take a screenshot or two so I can identify the problem.

News

All reported bugs have been fixed and uploaded in version 12.06.2006. If there are any more, which I hope I can finally be allowed to doubt, I look forward to hearing about them. Or, nothing at all, which is even better. Enjoy.

Aagh. I don't believe it. In my efforts to speed up the game's framerate and trim unnecessary resources, I deleted something important. This is now fixed - sorry about that...


[yah]Yah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yah

Now I can pulverize your bat.

ugg.... That must seem terrible to you considering how much time you put into it.[/yah]

??? Your quote is messed up.

Oh, I have another minor bug to report. In the library of the first town, one of the NPCs next to the save point actually says the same thing twice. Like this:

*Talks to NPC.*
"Hello!"
*Hit enter*
"Hello!"
*Hit enter*

Or maybe they were in the first building? I'll go check again.

NEW GLITCH!!!


spoilers below just incase you don't want to know the ending

The game shut down (agian) a little after I beat the first form of the heart. Then, I just keep shooting at number 2 form and it shut down giving me this error in the error_log:


ERROR in
action number 1
of Step Event
for object obj_gb_mag:

Error in code at line 18:

prj.x=x

at position 6: Unknown variable


fix that so i can get of this icey rock of a planet.

Didnt get that glitch, I got too the 3rd form before I didnt have a clue how too harm it, so I died.

struggled ALOT on what to do just to get out the village.

the combat was pretty nice and everything else was great

id give it a 9/10 since its a bit confusing at times

Yes it is very hard, but I like that about it.




Well srephog tried to make the game fast and acidentaly deleted some variables or something. So I uploaded the new upload, but the older one is fine,(but not avalible to download any more.)

Off topic, is there a way to spell check messeges?

I have to say I have NEVER played a game quite like this. Even on console.
I don't seem to have any glitches at the moment.
It is a very good game. It is not to easy or impossibly hard either, and it isn't that demanding (it's always at 30 FPS, lowest was 27). The story hass got me hooked to finish this. Now I've done my GCSEs I can stay here as long as I want.
9/10! (I never do 10/10 because no game is perfect)

PS: I cannot seem to get past the water boss after I saved my ship from total destruction. Could someone help me on that?

Oy, I return!...Again!...anyways, i'm playing through, AGGHHH!!In the desert room in the SAT-Bracelet dungeon, the message boxes are not visible.
Also, i can't figure out the third floor in the pyramid-dungeon, i feel stupid too, b/c i could figure it out last time...any hints?

This actually happens in rooms bigger than the view. This includes the lake and New Samsona Village as well as that dungeon. You need to tinker with the messages Sheprog and make sure they remain in the center of the view, not the center of the room.

Yeah I just press enter after using the SAT braclet so I could get through.

But he should REALLY fix that. Its anoying not knowing what choice you selected.

Right, right, yes, sorry.

In my efforts to smooth some things up and cut others down, I did a little too much cutting and a few things went....silly.

Message-boxes are now fixed and properly centred. The game boss glitch is gone. The bat boss glitch also. Due to some very odd situations I haven't actually had the chance to give this a final playtest, but as far as I know the version which has just been uploaded (v17.6.2006) is through-and-through fixed.

Secondly, error message displaying is now off, however log writing is still enabled. If you notice anything weird desite the lack of errors, check your logs - there might be something. Other than that I see no reason why there should be anything more to do. There might be a couple more little problems which need polishing, but I doubt it...

That said, I'm sure you'll find something. Good luck. Sorry about the impassable bugs, by the way - they were supposed to be a thing of the past... Hopefully, they are now. Thank you for your patience.

Uh, just a little note but you put updated "17.6.06" should be 6.17.06

Well actually, if he's british, it's right...

also, anyone figured out how to get to the chest on the cliff in the screen east of the bomb shop?
i think it's a kytri crystal...

Thanks I'll see if I can get through the last boss. I will do the game from the begining after I beat it to make sure theres no more glitches

Thanks

Really nice game. I have beaten the game boss and is proud to prove it (I have a screenie proof, trust me)! I don't know when I'll see another one like this again... most other ones are crap. The bugs and occasional lags bug me, though. 9.5/10!

I have a few questions though, srehpog:
1. Where is the fossil that goes on the lower-left corner space in the library?
2. Is there more than one ending? (the one I got wasn't good, and was really laggy too)
3. Why is the game boss room so laggy? (same with the pyramid boss)

@arao:
- That chest on the cliff is a fake. No Kytri there and you won't get there.
- Pyramid 3rd floor: Lay a mine in the bunch of eye plants. Then rush over to the lower point of the screen, aligning yourself to the two remaining switches. When the mine is about to go off, shoot with the kytri amp on.

@Aquatischurn:
You can get through that game boss. It'll take a long time though; that game boss appears in 3 different forms, one after another when you hit it hard enough. Each has a different set of attacks, and I recommend getting the boss out of the first phase as quickly as possible (wildfire attack, guaranteed hit).

@SonicJay:
To hit the water boss, you need to hit its side, not its face. Get close to him (but not too close), shoot him (with the normal one, not the enhanced ones), wait for the shot to come out, then drive away towards the side so that it looks the other way, away from the shot. It'll get hit, sink, and release a new wave of jellyfish-like creatures.

!! Glitch!!
After finishing the pyramid dungeon, and conversing with Piræus, reentering, and exiting the dungeon will restart the conversation again.

Framerate Plummets
Also, after the conversation, the framerate plummets.
In the parts after the pyramid dungeon (god, it's hard to prevent spoilers...), the framerate is VERY VERY low...like...4-7fps for me...Made the one above the mansion insane.

--All for now, i proceed to finish the last thing, then the boss...and hopefully the good ending!
--Arao

@SonicJay
there's another way to beat the water boss. Shoot it once to get the shield down, then point your ship at it, and run it over. It drops down, and enemies pop out for health/ammo/etc...you need to go pretty fast to get it...Also, the more enemies it drops, the closer to finishing.

The music doesn't play.

Ok.
Did you download the 20mb file? or the smaller one?
Did you unzip the file?

EDIT:

AHHH!!!!!!!!!NO!!!...
Fighting final boss, phase 2...shot one of the things, then swung at it, game crashes...here's log


GAH!

1. I'll find that out for you soon, if you haven't already. I need to consult some papers and room code...
2. Yes.
3. I've tried to speed it up recently (from max. 34 to max. 90 FPS on my own computer), but unfortunately the way the boss is coded is a little.....silly. It's not the sort of thing I can change at this stage any more. If you're not running version 17.6.2006, you should get the most recent file. If you are.....sorry. :/

As for that boss strategy....are you sure that works? As far as I know I only coded it to take damage when you run it over in the AWC-400....



Glitch - are you sure? I just ran that myself and it was fine. That's the cutscene which ends with the presentation screen for Chapter 6, yes? I re-entered the dungeon after the cutscene and the symbol was there, it didn't start again...

Framerate - A while ago I thought execute_string() was a really good idea. I was wrong. Those symbols operate on something similar, so that's why rooms with Intent symbols in tend to lag. The pyramid boss and game boss suffer the same problem, to a (I would hope) lesser extent.



Get version 17.6.2006; that line is gone. If you are on version 17.6.2006, something has gone wrong somewhere. That line of code is commented out on my HDD's version of Ark, so....might need reuploading? I doubt it - check your version.

Thanks for the feedback.

I dunno...that happened to me...I swear ...
No, i'm not running the update...that would probably be why...might be why on the glitch too...don't know...
i didn't do anything...i finished shot the pillar, turned around, went back in, and exited again...(no recall as to why )
i'll get the new version when i get home...

this is a very good game, one of the best gm games ive played. Right now I am trying to get to the water in the East but I need some directions which I dont know how to get.

EDIT: NEVERMIND I FIGURED IT OUT

One ofthe best GM games ever!

I tried both the 20mb version and the smaller one, and unzipped the file both times.
And I've checked that the music is turned on.

Well, the smaller version doesn't contain the OST at all, so it's no surprise the music doesn't play there.

With the 'big' version, though, I don't know why that could be happening. There's a bit of renaming involved, so if your system's preventing Ark 22 renaming the files in the folder that might be why. Otherwise if everything's unzipped together....it should work. I don't know - anyone?

No other news this week, although there'll be a download available, plus a walkthrough and review up at reloaded.org at some point soon - I'll keep you posted.

Erm, This might sound stupid... but....

Could you upload a version that doesn't change the resolution?

My monitor can't handle the resolution you set it too...

really good kinda confusing though... and really big file size

This is one of the best GM games that I have ever played. Professional quality, and a great style. I was hoping that there would be leveling up, but still an amazing game.

graphics:10/10 Perfectly fit the style...
gameplay:10/10 Great (and fiffcult puzzle)
story:10/10 Greatly thought out

Overall:10/10

One of the best (if not the best) GM game made.

Never mind about the music, I still don't know what was wrong, but it seems to be working now.

Great! game you must have a long atention span for your games! unfortunatly i can only make a game for about a week then get bored LOL
10/10!

Lol, I dont think he is surprised by 10/10's anymore, I mean practiaclly every review gave it a 10...

Hi Srehpog. I want yo to know that I posted your game in the forums of a spanish-speaking game maker community(they use other programs more often tough).
Here is the link, check the Game Maker section...the one really really empty .
I hope the forum mods here dont get mad by this...well, I dont see why would they get mad of, but oh well...

http://www.hellsoft-online.net/Foros/

If you all see mistakes in the previous post, please make an effort to ignore them...my first language is spanish .

I just wanted you to know. And I hope YOU dont get mad by this .

This looks like an awsome game but...(im sorry to say but) I do not have 5 and a half hours to download game. sorry dude. But don't worry all those 10/10's will keep you up.