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Riddle Game v0.4

A Riddle Game.
24 challenging levels of riddles for you and your friends.
Use Skip Level skill if you is really stuck in that level (No answers will be given if you use Skip Level)


v0.2
-Changed the music
-Made all neutral units invulnerable
v0.3
-2nd question has 2 answers, both -one/-two/-three/-four... and -1/-2/-3/-4... works
-Fixed no opponent bug
v0.4
-Added 2 answers for Riddle 5
-Added "Skip Level" skill (Only for Red in case of abusers)
-Added kick command
-Added 3 answers for Riddle 17


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Keywords:
Riddle, Riddle Game
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Riddle Game v0.4 (Map)

Reviews
22:36, 30th Jul 2010 ap0calypse: Approved
Level 28
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The first question was rather simple, I thought the second was also simple, but it didn't work.


Riddle:
There were 2 ducks in front of a duck and 2 ducks behind a duck and one duck in the middle
How many ducks were there in total?


My Answer:
-3

Reason:

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Let's say every dot is duck:
- there are 2 ducks in front of a duck (the 2 first dots)
- There are 2 ducks behind a duck (the 2 last dots)
- There is a duck in the middle (the middle dot)
- There are 3 ducks in total (the 3 dots)

So, why is this wrong?

I've tried:
-3
-3 ducks
-3 duck
-3ducks
-3duck

None of them worked.
Give me the reason why my answer is wrong, normally there wouldn't be any typo's (test it 1 time and you've found all typo's)


I will wait untill you've given the reason my answer was wrong.
After that, I will test it again.

Edit:
Maybe you can create a quest per level?
Like this:

Level:
Riddle:
<Riddle>
Answer Example:
e.g.:
-# (Where # is a number)
-Word (Where "Word" is your answer).


Tip for testing

When you test the map, just go through all levels without any cheats (if there are any), type your answers (it takes about 5-10min since you know the answers), if you cannot get past a level, open the trigger editor (it's still on, since you are testing the map), check the answer for that level.
Check if you've copied the typo for other players.
go on with testing
 
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Level 28
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Here's my review, as I have said earlier (thanks for the update, it wasn't really smart of me either, but other people with the same problem will also be happy ^^).

Gameplay

  • It's a Riddle-game without a real 'gameplay'
  • It isn't original, though it hasn't been made a lot (good riddle-maps are hard to find, most of them contain lame riddles).
  • The riddles are very fun to say at least, they aren't of those stupid, dumb riddles, but riddles where you actually have to think ^^
  • There were no quests, which makes it a little bit harder, because you've got to find the answer all on your own
  • There are no hints (maybe show a hint after X seconds, or after X wrong answers)
  • Not an interessting terrain (probably isn't ment to), but a few things to clean it up would make it more comfortable to play.
Triggers

Triggering a riddle-map is very simple, but because it is a riddle-map, I am not going to let this affect the rating.
I assume there aren't any leaks and all triggers are working exactly the way they are supposed to work.
Riddles

  • Riddle 1-3: Easy, but rather fun opening riddles.
  • Riddle 4-5: Good lord, there were so many possible answers :p
  • Riddle 6-7: Idem riddle 1-3 (very easy because of the doodads, though)
  • Riddle 8-11: I already knew (variations) of those, but there are several possibilities as well
  • Riddle 12-13: I have to admit... I googled them (I was really close to 13 though :p)
That's all, I'm sorry :D
Overall

It's a pretty good map, but it needs some work.
I would recommend using "as a substring", not "as an exact match" for some riddles, this will clear some common problems.
A few hints could also be usefull and, as I have already said before, say how you need to formulate your answer.
I will send you my answer of level 5, I hope you can do something about this (you can also make about 5 events per player per riddle, so he has a few options to formulate his answer).

I will rate this map 3/5
Vote for Approval
 
Level 5
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Mar 18, 2009
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Map updated to v0.4, added Skip Level skill (3min cooldown)(only red can use it)
v0.4
-Added 2 answers for Riddle 5
-Added "Skip Level" skill (Only for Red in case of abusers)
-Added kick command
-Added 3 answers for Riddle 17
 
Level 4
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Feb 24, 2009
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Ive just finished the map :)
had to skip 3 levels tho.
i didnt understand the chimmney one, the ant one, and other one.
anyways, take a look at some better riddle maps, and make your self a pro riddle map maker ;)
count with me for testing or whatever, i love riddles
 
Level 17
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Reviewing a map of this genre is quite difficult, but I'll give it a try.

This is my review of Riddle Game v0.4

Pros:
-Required creative thinking.
-The levels were skip-able, so you were never forced to stay very long on a single riddle.

Cons:
-Not really replayable after you complete it once.
-The riddles were taken from other sources which you didn't credit.
-While creative, the idea has been done before.

Rating: 2.5 and recommended for approval.

I don't normally recommend maps with a score below 2.5, but you seem willing to continue updating this.
 
Level 28
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Cons:
-The riddles were taken from other sources which you didn't credit.
I'm sorry to say this, but he has probably taken those riddles from a site.
If he credits the site, everyone will just check the site for the answers, that would ruin the game.

Also, those riddles have been invented a very long time ago, who is to say who invented those riddles?
The only thing I can say is that those sites didn't invent the riddles, they also just "took" them (and most of those sites don't give credits to wherever they got the riddles too).

This isn't a good argument in my opinion.
 
Level 1
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Aug 8, 2009
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Riddle Game

I played the riddle game v0.4, and some of the question got bug. EXAMPLE:
==>Which month have 28 days. Correct answer: "-all / -every" but both won't work.
==>What is the biggest ant in the world. Correct answer: "-eleph-ant" but it won't work.
==>Some of them which you know it can't work. So why you let us wait for 3 minutes for red to use "skip level"????

So, does this creator got problem that he use hacked when testing?!?!

Fun but got bug. I seek your cooperation to attend to the bug.
 
Level 1
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Jul 20, 2011
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Hey magerox if you ever check this plz put new version on makemehost
because its nowhere to be found in alphabetical order.
 
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