Leraux 1.07

[Moderator]

23:20, 11th Nov 2010
ap0calypse: Approved
Update: Giving the map its intended rating from the contest results:

- Opening cinematic well done, authentic dialogue.
- Nice lighting.
- You should warn about turning up your light setting to "High".
- Loved the grue reference.
- Very nice dialogue system.
- Mushroom puzzle was very nice.

Art [x/5] - 4.5/5. Really was wonderful. The use of lighting was great. The main character's portrait model did thow me off just a bit though. Creative, and effective. A wonderful piece of art all round. Also, you left the tooltips on lumber/gold as lumber/gold which was a tad offsetting. However, just wonderful overall.

Gameplay [x/10] - 8.5/10. This was actually a puzzle game, which is something of a rarity apperently. The gameplay and use of common sense in interesting ways was great. The levels of immersion and wonderful dialogue really tied the game together.A little more direction might be needed in some parts of the game. While it is good to have your player confused, what you don't want them to be confused about what puzzle they are supposed to be solving.

Overall - 13/15. This game was marvelous. I had fun, and I felt as if I was engaged. More direction to the player would be a good idea, to keep them more engaged. However, I didn't have too hard a time with it. However, I have played quite a few of these mystery style games, and I think this game would be a hard break-in for a novice player. This certainly doesn't take away from the game in a serious manner, and it was still a wonderful piece of game design. I thoughourly enjoyed playing, and that is what matters.

 

[MagnusREX]

Finally an awesome map...downloading and testing right now...

 

[drakexx]

lol epic map it's hard and funny ,for long play 5/5+rep

 

[Evillizard]

Make moar tips.

 

[Kwah]

I hereby approve this map.



Seriously, I enjoyed it thoroughly. Will give it another play through eventually.

 

[Evillizard]

Contains a tip

After playing threw it a bit more there are clues everywhere, you need to look closely at everything to find them.

 

[3LF]

Great map, though it moves a little slow at times and can be frustrating. In particular, the rune puzzle is VERY tedious. I'm a bit lost as to what to do now, I've got five tiles and have solved the rune puzzle but there doesn't seem to be another puzzle to get a sixth tile and the rune puzzle didn't open anything that I can see.

 

[Beta-Force]

Some tips

seems like everyone got the same problem with the last tile...
its something to be changed the author said at the moment it seems that one have to focus on the wrong thing, the important part is to find the tiles not what you think

i used every item i had on every object to get hints, and there is one for the last tile (but not very obvious...) hmm u shouldnt post solutions so i give some general hints:
- think about how often you used the items you have to figure out what could be used next
- are there objects that didnt do anything until now?
- don't only look for things that are hidden, try the obvious things
- what is the main goal? sometimes the first impression can be wrong...
- search your enviroment what happend after doing something, e.g. pulling switches (dont do everything at once, do it step for step to understand what each object is doing)

when you follow those hints you could find the last tile

edit:

bug lvl3

the conversation with the spirit is bugged if you try to abort speech ("nevermind" or something like this), he says: as you wish and jumps back to where you were before >.<

another thing with it, pls check if the conversation is in the right order, i really got confused at the first part, but could be my mistake...

 

[3LF]

hmh

Actually, I realized what I was missing. I'd completely forgotten about it because it's the first thing the game shows you when you get into that room. Unfortunately, I'm stuck again there. I know I need the egg, I just don't know WHAT to do with it. I've used every item I have left on everything, nothing seems to work.

EDIT: I got it. Oh yeah, i tried everything on everything alright. I just didn't try everything on NOTHING. Didn't even realize I could do that at first.

 

[Sinax]

Might contain a hint

Daaamn, that first riddle just crushed me. Probably thinking too deeply into it. I guess thats what the first hint implied. A second hint would be much appreciated. :[

 

[Anachron]

Can anyone tell me the answer for the first riddle please? I tried 100 things already.

 

[Sinax]

Can anyone tell me the answer for the first riddle please? I tried 100 things already.

Tip

Lol I solved it now, the answer is literally on the screen, you just need to find what it is.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

A map that makes you think?
I'll actually have to give this one a serious playthrough sometime - not too often you find good puzzle wc3 games

 

[Anachron]

Nvm.

 

[Softmints]

I had to get a moderator in to wipe up the mess of spoilers. If you have questions/want hints/want answers, PM me.

 

[Sinax]

Sorry, didnt mean to leave spoilers all over the place. ^^;
Loving the map so far, been stuck in the room with the runes and levers for a few hours now. x.x

 

[Royal_Dragon12]

This map is good, I like them . This RPG is a different with the others. The main character only solves puzzle to archieve his goals and that's all, with some fun and logic. That's the map I need. (anyway can you post a FAQ for us to play in ease plz :-")

 

[Psf_Kurt]

5/5 map. i played when the contest, and its awesome.
If only you could continue it or make a second part...

 

[Rangerdeaths]

Hi! Thank you for the great map, i'm really enjoying it.
However, there are some bugs i found :
-The game crashed once when i activated the very last level of the first part of the game (right before a cinematic).
-When you drop your lantern, take it back and get away, the light still exists where you droped the lantern.
-One item that is "linked" to the water could be stucked so you cannot get the tile... maybe there is a way to get it back but not sure?
-If you save and load during the runes riddle, it won't work

And now a terrible bug for me
I did the rune thing, i have a cinematic where runes disapear and then... the cinematic mode doesnt turn off and i'm stucked. Tried several time but still stucked...

 

[En3RgY_Chacal]

my game bug, i've finish the quest about the 7 blood runes, and after the animation, my hero is block, i can't control him ! can you help me?

does the save mod bug the game ?

 

[kevlamin]

0.o looks awesome. Downloading

 

[Mainy]

Put screenshots on descripition.

 

[Cataract92]

Can sb. give me a hint for the riddle with the four mushrooms and the switches?
I have no idea what i have to do.

 

[GhostThruster]

Awesome map, I love it as much as I like 'mushrooms'...

 

[MagiC_AntO.]

i like the concept , good terrain and ambiance but really hard ...

 

[valhalla]

I'm frustated by the first riddle LOL
Anyway, is the typing is <(riddle)>, <(space)(riddle)(space)>,or -(riddle)?

 

[Geesus9]

Map seems to be good, I'll test it right now!

???

 

[Tanasren]

What is new in 1.07 ?


So if i downlaod 1.07 i must do everything once again ?

 

[mckill2009]

Im not good in riddles, lol! so I cheated!, but what an epid map!, I wonder how much time you did with cinematics...

 

[En3RgY_Chacal]

can you add a "changelog" in your description plz ? do we know what's fixed bug in the new versions...

 

[valhalla]

Okay, now.
How to tipe the answer of the riddel?

 

[-Kobas-]

Okay, now.
How to tipe the answer of the riddel?

 

[Krl70]

we have a

Spoiler

spoiler tag

now, you know?

 

[defskull]

I seriously would like to enjoy this game, but =(
Stuck on the first riddle, please, hint . . .

 

[Tanasren]

it's on the screen...
i give this SUPER hint (lol) cause softmint doesn't answer MPs

 

[supertoinkz]

He answered mine.

 

[mckill2009]

I would suggest you to make a new version of it and instead of riddle, try making trivia quiz for example history/religion/politics etc...coz to tell you frankly, riddles is kinda hard

 

[Tanasren]

or change the map and make it an AOS plz !! riddels are too hard for me plz plz plz ? plz

 

[Krl70]

Well, i think it is a great map. But, i have a couple of questions, does upper and lower case letters make any difference? And do you need to type full sentences, like: I am *Correct answer*?

 

[Tanasren]

no u don't need to type the full sentence
but well i'm stuck at the symbol riddle so i can't help more

 

[Boombladoom]

can anyone tell me how to make the big insect dissapear?i realy need help

 

[creyzi4zb12]

How do you type in your answer to the riddle

 

[Softmints]

People seem to have an issue with this. The answer is a single word, and you type it in lower case like so:

Softmints: banana

If I release future versions, I'll make sure this is more explicit in-game.

 

[creyzi4zb12]

You mean, you just press enter, and type the word? I'm sorry, but i'm a bit of a noob in this stuff.

 

[-Kobas-]

Exactly

 

[lj2831929]

Please let me know, How to choose the answer?

If I am wild ,study me?
.....
.....

 

[Rufus]

This looks like something really good! downloading!

 

[TD_PRO_2006]

It's too dark.
and thats prolly all i will see from this map...

i am not dumb and i walked throug all of the small cell. nothing to find to brake this lantern free.

the game looks very well made, but i am very disappionted that i cant see more of it than the intro.

 

[Kwah]

It's too dark.
and thats prolly all i will see from this map...

i am not dumb and i walked throug all of the small cell. nothing to find to brake this lantern free.

the game looks very well made, but i am very disappionted that i cant see more of it than the intro.

Adjust your light settings to high to allow omni-lights to be rendered.