Re: a question for jayde
Re: a question for jayde Usually, if you have to ask, "What is" followed by something, you can either use the search feature or google.Examples:What is Hyper Symphonid?What is audio game maker?What is OBS?What is virtual audio cable?What is Coremud? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/623266/#p623266 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: a question for jayde
Re: a question for jayde Yeah, I've definitely addressed all those questions before, but to sum it up:1. I'm intending that the game be for PC primarily. I'm not at a point where I'd want to release it to mobile, as that's a whole other environment.2. I'm intending to sell it, which means that yes, I'd be willing to compensate a coder for their time, but I don't have hard and fast rules on how that would get done. We'd have to talk shop if someone was interested.3. Turn-based JRPG is what we're after here. Movement similar to A Hero's Call.4. As far as complexity, a few points. Entities need to be able to modify their AI based on conditions (i.e., if you use a fire spell on a monster, it can respond with an ice spell, and other such things). Multi-person party that can be changed on the fly (again, think A Hero's Call). Zoning on maps (for instance, a road is safe but the surrounding map has random encounters on it). Rudimentary day-night system, and NPCs (including enemies) which react a little differently depending on whether it's day or night. Skills and spells learned via level-up, some of which have their own interactions (i.e., rage for barbarians, shadows for illusionists, learning certain enemy spells for scholars, etc.). URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/623253/#p623253 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Limited Blind Drive Giveaway! Enter before this Wednesday at 0:30 UTC
Re: Limited Blind Drive Giveaway! Enter before this Wednesday at 0:30 UTC I promise you that Ich is accessible. It's not as beastly as Steam can be. I've used it several times, and never had an issue with it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/623103/#p623103 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: a question for jayde
Re: a question for jayde lol Frankly, I don't even want to worry about sound yet, since I don't have coding lined up. That'd be a lot llike kitting out a car with all the bells and whistles (leather interior, a great stereo with a sub-woofer, sunroof or a pop-top, nice paint job, custom body) without sticking an engine in it. And a car with no engine is basically just decoration. I need an engine before anything will run. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/623096/#p623096 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Crazy party anrena battles question
Re: Crazy party anrena battles question If you use the minor symbol cards, you can fill up your hand with cards of a given type pretty quickly, so you'll eventually get guaranteed level-ups in a specific type every action you take, no matter what you do. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/623095/#p623095 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: a question for jayde
Re: a question for jayde Agent47, aren't you the dude who got banned largely for passing around copyrighted material?I have trouble taking your claim about having bought sounds legitimately seriously after that. I mean, sure, maybe you did, but I'm just not convinced. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/623021/#p623021 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: SEQUENCE STORM help
Re: SEQUENCE STORM help Check accessibility options. You can give yourself generous timing, you can limit the number of note types you're asked to use, you can even limit the total number of notes I think. If you're really stonewalled here, this might be one way to go. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/623014/#p623014 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: a question for jayde
Re: a question for jayde Bingo. I won't even consider sounds or music that isn't legal. I mean, I'm sure if I dug around enough, I could take some Final Fantasy/Chrono Trigger sounds and music and probably end up with a pretty believable soundscape for the game, with a little extra splashed in. But I am absolutely -not gonna do that. This needs to either be wholly original, or, more likely, it needs to be legally obtained and modified.The true hurdle at least so far is code. I understand code logic, sorta kinda, so I generally know what is and isn't possible. But I can't actually do programming. At all. Completely useless in that sense. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622970/#p622970 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: a question for jayde
Re: a question for jayde If you check out the Sable thread, I already asked a question there to see if the sort of things I wanted could be handled. It was demonstrated that the sort of complexity I'm after is well beyond Sable, at least thus far.That doesn't mean Sable is terrible. I'm not against it. It just won't work for what I want to do with this game.And when I say most of my heavy lifting is done, what I mean is, I have design docs for stats and gear and whatever else. Literally all I'd have to do is write out a script, create the proper entities once all the underpinnings were built, then get into the sound side. I have exactly zero experience with sound on my own end, but I am a musician, so I have an idea of what I'm after. Whether that means digging up tracks off the internet and paying licensing fees, or creating a custom sound track, I don't know and frankly I'm not that far along. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622951/#p622951 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: a question for jayde
Re: a question for jayde Short answer: I'd still like to make it.I had a coder lined up back in 2017, but that ultimately didn't work out.I had interest from a coder in 2020 as well, someone who was going to look at using their engine to try and build it. They asked me to provide a basic prototype, something simple to sort of test everything I was looking for. I did that. Haven't heard too much since.So I'd still love to, but I'm getting the sense that if I can't find a dedicated coder and at least one sound-design person, it may never actually come to fruition. Most of my heavy lifting is done already, mind you. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622932/#p622932 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Shadow Rine After Story Puzzle Help
Re: Shadow Rine After Story Puzzle Help My only excuse - and it's more of an explanation, not an excuse - is that this happens a lot. And it's a little close to my heart because I'm big on sharing info and making it accessible to people. What I'm not so big on is re-sharing that info over and over because people don't bother looking for themselves, or make a token effort and then give up. All that does is normalize dependency, and I'm not big on that. I didn't spend dozens of hours of my life writing guides, playing games, writing down findings and, yes, answering questions just so people could keep asking the same things repeatedly. So it bothers me when I feel like folks don't respect that, and just want stuff fed to them after doing nothing more than ask for help. It's a sore spot for me.If info is available in search, I'm going to direct you there. If the info is -easily available in search and you didn't find it, I'm probably going to point that out. My advice: just don't mention that you tried using search if you didn't bother or didn't try very hard.That said, yes, I went too far here, and I apologized. I will endeavour not to do this in future.StarFire, I agree. Nocturnus is usually very calm, while I'm not always calm. I don't feel the need to remain calm at all times, particularly if I feel some sort of emotional response is warranted. The flip side, though, is that even when some emotional response makes sense, sometimes the strength of it doesn't match whatever caused it. This is the thing I'm working on. If you expect me to just remain even and level at all times, it will never happen. However, expecting me to be fair is completely reasonable, and calling me out when I'm not is likewise fine with me. I have thick skin. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622784/#p622784 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Shadow Rine After Story Puzzle Help
Re: Shadow Rine After Story Puzzle Help I was harsh, but in my first post in this thread, I wrote:"I typed "zodiac puzzle" into the search bar. Fourth post down gave me the solution."It bears mentioning that the very act of quoting my own hint, and the mention of that particular phrase, has probably bumped it down the queue to seventh or eighth by now. But it's still there. I just checked.So I gave you a hint to go straight to the solution. If you were unclear on keywords somehow, I just clarified it for you. Instead of just responding with something like, "Oh hey, didn't realize it would be that simple", or even acknowledging in any way that my solution would help you, you just took issue with my harshness.As far as I see it, there is fault on both sides here.Yes, I'll apologize for the extent of my harshness. I do think you only put in a token effort, but insinuating that you might have been lying went too far. That's not fair, and I won't do that again.What I won't apologize for is asking you to use the search feature, and then calling you out for basically not doing so.To answer why I often ask people to do it? Because it's here for a reason, and while we're here to help one another, sometimes the best way to help someone is to show them how to help themselves. Even in post 2, where I was admittedly too sharp, I gave you the help you wanted, indirectly. If you go through my exhortations for people to use the search feature, you'll usually see that I give some sort of pointer or advice along with my admonishment. Take it or leave it, but I'm not just yelling for the sake of yelling, and I won't take blame for asking you to use a tool at your disposal.So sure, I was too sharp. You were too defensive though IMO. Next time it would be nice if you acknowledged the help and maybe took a little more initiative. I will be less critical in future, but I am not going to stop advocating for people to search things out for themselves.And I tell you what. If I ever ask a question with a really simple answer that I failed to search, by all means turn this around on me. You know what you'll get from me? "Oh hell, I'm an idiot. Okay, searching now." Game over. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622698/#p622698 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Shadow Rine After Story Puzzle Help
Re: Shadow Rine After Story Puzzle Help I think the keyword "zodiac" is self-explanatory. You used it yourself.I also think the word "puzzle" is pretty self-explanatory, and I don't think claiming otherwise actually holds any water here.If all you use is the word "zodiac", then yeah, you're going to get less helpful results. But if you do that, then narrow your search by adding another keyword - since this is a riddle or brain-teaser that could otherwise be called a puzzle - the results are straightforward.Seriously, this is not rocket science. If you have played Shadow Line far enough that you even beat the game, then clearly you have the requisite mental skills to 1. set up the game in the first place, 2. deal with choppy translation and 3. get around trickier areas like the temple basement. This presupposes a relatively strong ability to process data, thus lowering sharply the likelihood that some sort of brain injury or intellectual disability is at play here. Now, if it turns out that you played most of this game in the past, and have since acquired some sort of brain injury of some kind, I will happily apologize, because that definitely changes the data.Otherwise though? You're a reasonably intelligent person who couldn't be bothered to use a simple set of two keywords - zodiac puzzle - before asking for help.Thus, in the absence of other information, that's pure laziness. You don't get plausible deniability for claiming that the correct keywords are obscure or otherwise hard to find, because they aren't. There are certain cases where this would be true; this isn't one of them.Please, folks, use the search feature. And if you don't, and I call you out on it, please don't try and defend your lack of use of the search feature, because I know how to follow through on that in a way that's going to make you look even worse. If the thing you're after is ridiculously specific, then the search feature won't be well-equipped to handle it. But for the solution to the zodiac puzzle in Shadow Line, it's a freaking lock. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622683/#p622683 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Shadow Rine After Story Puzzle Help
Re: Shadow Rine After Story Puzzle Help Honest question then. If that's true, why do I never, ever have problems with it unless I try to search something insanely generic?Every time someone has said "I tried using the search feature", they don't say that it acted up or glitched, they just say they couldn't find the info. Yet I can always find it in under two minutes, usually less. I'm sorry, but while I accept what you're saying - search isn't perfect - I just don't see a reason to accept that as an explanation here. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622572/#p622572 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: A problem in Manamon 1
Re: A problem in Manamon 1 If you play with SAPI, the way Aaron wants you to, Manamon 1 is a laggy mess. If you use NVDA, both manamon 1 and 2 are fairly responsive, though 2 is better.Also, fun fact. I made a small mistake in exact box-puzzle directions, and didn't bother fixing it. I haven't played that part of the game in awhile. But guess what? I decided to leave it slightly wrong. Here's why.You know how in the guide I tell people to follow walls? Yeah, people would still email me telling me they couldn't find x. In most cases, the answer is "follow walls". I dealt with this early on the forum as well.People would ask me where manamon x was. I'd tell them to read the guide; it's all there. Then they'd ask about a different manamon shortly thereafter.So on the one hand, I felt it wasn't worth my while to update the guide. On the other hand, I left in something that isn't quite right because while I do want you to follow instructions, I also want you to think and advocate for yourself. I didn't screw you over; the problem is very easy to fix, and if you listen closely in any case, you should be able to see where my guide goes slightly astray. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622548/#p622548 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Shadow Rine After Story Puzzle Help
Re: Shadow Rine After Story Puzzle Help Heads up: I'm about to be really, really blunt.You're either lying through your teeth, or you're lazy.I typed "zodiac puzzle" into the search bar. Fourth post down gave me the solution.So either you didn't look at all (thus lying through your teeth), or you read one or two entries and decided you'd done your due diligence.Either way, try again. I really can't even believe I'm having to say this. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622546/#p622546 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: AHC City Founder Quest?
Re: AHC City Founder Quest? No. Finding the Founders is the one related to the kickstarter. The names of the people in that quest, the ones on the gravestones, are the names of those backers. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622404/#p622404 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: AHC City Founder Quest?
Re: AHC City Founder Quest? With respect, have you played the game and/or explored Farhaven much?Here's a hint. Go find someone who's absent-minded.Here's another hint: he's close to the forest, but he's also sorta kinda close to the graveyard if memory serves.Talk to him, and you should understand a little more. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622397/#p622397 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon Ignoring me
Re: Manamon Ignoring me Fixed. That was me typing super fast and not paying attention to what I was writing. Knew what I meant, but didn't say it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622381/#p622381 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon Ignoring me
Re: Manamon Ignoring me No offense but I thought this was common knowledge. Both the stadium keys/levels and ignoring, and the train points issue.The trick with train points is that you get one per battle. So if you're like 200 points behind at level 99, and you don't have any life tonics left, go and fight weak stuff so you get really awful exp. Tons of fights later, you'll hit level 100 and get a whole truckload of TP. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622374/#p622374 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon Ignoring me
Re: Manamon Ignoring me No offense but I thought this was common knowledge. Both the stadium keys/levels and ignoring, and the train points issue.The trick with train points is that you get one per level. So if you're like 200 points behind at level 99, and you don't have any life tonics left, go and fight weak stuff so you get really awful exp. Tons of fights later, you'll hit level 100 and get a whole truckload of TP. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622374/#p622374 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 Count me as the next person stuck in Helios Station. lolslightheliosstationspoilersI have three functional disguises, including background info. I got inside. I've explored the side rooms. I even have a faceprint, an audio log and a brown-hair template for the big guy. But these three details are not enough, apparently, and I'm really at a loss as to where to find the rest. Am hoping I haven't fallen afoul of a bug.Turns out: nope, no bug. An item I found did the trick. I...am pretty sure said item was not there the first time I tried to look around, but whatever.Now it's rotors and KWH, oh my! URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622362/#p622362 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 Count me as the next person stuck in Helios Station. lolslightheliosstationspoilersI have three functional disguists, including background info. I got inside. I've explored the side rooms. I even have a faceprint, an audio log and a brown-hair template for the big guy. But these three details are not enough, apparently, and I'm really at a loss as to where to find the rest. Am hoping I haven't fallen afoul of a bug. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622362/#p622362 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG If you're planning to make one char and use that char for the rest of your life, then no, don't go warrior-cleric.If you're planning to try the game, test it out, get a feel for the first couple of islands? There is almost nothing better. Warrior-cleric is really, really, really hard to kill before late Archais. It's not something that's going to put out insane damage, and you're absolutely going to have to juggle stats a little. But if you want a class just to get used to things, this is actually what I suggest. No minion upkeep, no obsessive worry about clev and whatnot. Just hitroll, damroll, decent AC, spell up and destroy. Heal if you start getting pounded on. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622172/#p622172 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Olokun Dive Expansion Pack for Sequence Storm backing campaign!
Re: Olokun Dive Expansion Pack for Sequence Storm backing campaign! Lol To anyone who's worried about what he's asking for:I invite you to check out Sryth. The dude's goals were over thirty grand. Twice. And he met it. Twice. And guess which huge expansions he's got finished over the last twenty-four months? Go on, I'll wait.The dev of Sequence Storm is easy to approach and very responsive. He's made clear that he wants to do these expansions anyway, but without some extra funding it's just going to take a lot more time. I think what he's asking for is pretty reasonable under the circumstances.And hey, at least this isn't Three Monkeys. Anyone remember that one? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622171/#p622171 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG Yeah, I dunno, man. AA has class guides, complete with skill explanations. It's got subclass recommendations. It's got strategies for more advanced stuff. It's got newbie quests for the first part of Sloe. It's got...well, a lot of stuff. The only thing I see that you really cover better than AA is equipment, and that's a big deal. I like what you're doing there, since I hear those questions a lot and it's nice to know where to pick stuff up. But as far as the class guides? I think this would be better for you to just link back to them and call it good. AA's class guides are actually what led me to learn how to play necro well, both as a newbie and then later as a fairly good necro player. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622159/#p622159 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG At this point in time, I'd say that the articles on Alter Aeon's website are far, far more comprehensive. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622151/#p622151 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: sci-fi muds, wayfar1444.
Re: sci-fi muds, wayfar1444. Just in case it needs saying - though I hope it doesn't - I'm not making any comments on this dude as an admin or a game owner or whatnot.LordLundin's warning had nothing to do with who he was targeting. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622122/#p622122 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: sci-fi muds, wayfar1444.
Re: sci-fi muds, wayfar1444. LordLundin wrote:"Fuck you, Hawgpadre."I think that's a match.Your acceptance of my warning is neither expected nor required to validate it. Thanks for coming out. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622090/#p622090 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: sci-fi muds, wayfar1444.
Re: sci-fi muds, wayfar1444. Moderation:LordLundin, post 151, you went too far, bro. Personal attack deserves a warning.You have every right to criticize someone. You have no right to personally attack them. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/622030/#p622030 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG You also need to cover necro-warrior as a viable build. I've been on the game off and on since 2009, and a couple of the most successful necros I've ever seen have secondary warrior so they can actually hit from behind their minions. I am not a big fan of the build personally, but it absolutely does work. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621931/#p621931 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Trust me. It gets better.Most nonlegendary manamon stop learning moves by around level 60. Some will learn a move or two after this, but it's not common.It's very rare to see a manamon below level 50 that has no moves left to learn. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621919/#p621919 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Titan of War, please, please use the search feature.I am not going to answer any of your questions. You're super early in the game by the sound of things. Just play and find out. And if you really want info before you'd naturally have it, use the search feature and look up manamon. It'll take a bit to find what you want, but you'll get there.I appreciate that you're enjoying the game, and that's awesome. But please, try and play for yourself instead of basically asking people to hold your hand right from early in the game.Here's one tip I will give you, to get you started:You can find both Daggeetle and Gossolo before you even reach the third stadium, if you want one of them.Also? Dropping a manamon at level 17 because it doesn't get good moves is like listening to a song for twelve seconds, or reading two hundred words in a novel, and deciding you hate it. Most manamon do not get their best moves until later. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621911/#p621911 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG That's actually not accurate.What happens is that usually, classes are five levels apart. All classes except the one you pick on character creation start at level 0, not level 1. So your first five levels (level 1 to level 6) will be in your main class. Then you pick your secondary class. At that point, you'll be trading levels back and forth, keeping your main and secondary five apart, until you reach level 11 in main and 6 in second. Then you pick your third class, and it goes on from there.Now, it's entirely possible, especially earlier on, to swap class order. You'll pay a bunch of experience for it, but you can technically grind up any class you want. If you really, really want a certain skill or spell, and want to bump one of your classes up a little to get it, you can do that. Generally I don't recommend it, but it can be done. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621910/#p621910 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 The only time I have as yet had to use the map view is when I'm trying to do Muffin levels, and you're not there yet, so don't worry about it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621876/#p621876 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal In pretty much every interaction I've had with the word "pissant", it's not just denoting insignificance. It's pejorative, also indicating that whatever you're describing is contemptible.Thus, personal attack.That said, I recognize that you were trying to be sharp without trying to straight-up attack him. Maybe this is regional/cultural? But seriously, I have never, not once, seen someone use that word without attaching negativity to it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621818/#p621818 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Golden Crayon Asset Replacement Project
Re: Golden Crayon Asset Replacement Project I guess what people are saying is, you've made several projects before, and should have figured this out in your first project, not your fifth or sixth or whatever. That it took you this long, and that you resisted this hard for this long, isn't a good look. Yes, it's good that you got there in the end, but it's going to take a lot of time before you're trusted. Don't turn that back on the people who don't trust you. Your only responsibility right now is to do better, and be better. If you can actually do that, and stick to it, then you will earn your trust back in time. Just give it time. The slate is not clean, and you can't expect it to be for awhile. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621799/#p621799 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Golden Crayon Asset Replacement Project
Re: Golden Crayon Asset Replacement Project Tunmi, here's the deal.The time to have been sourcing good sounds (i.e., noncopyrighted assets) was -before you made the game public, not under duress from the community. The reason people are mad at you is because you are dragging your feet.Look, I get that a lot of folks use copyrighted assets. You aren't the only one. No one is saying that you are. Most people, when they're caught, make a strong effort to fix things. Some don't, and those which don't usually end up getting blacklisted. You are making an effort, sort of, and that's a start. But "Hey guys can you help me" is not making an effort, it's passing the buck.There is absolutely nothing wrong with sourcing development if you truly are in over your head. It happens. If I ever make a game, I will need a coder and at least one sound person because this is knowledge I simply don't have. However, you're coming across in a way that's really hurting you, because you don't seem to have a problem with stealing assets as long as you aren't held responsible for it. If this is, in fact, the case, then you're going to roast as an object lesson. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621794/#p621794 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal Moderation:Granny CheeseWheel, consider this an official warning. Too far, bro. Too far. I'm referring in specific to this:GCW wrote:"Let me tell you, you're a pissant in a larger see of other pissants that collectively form something, but you by yourself, you contribute nothing"Personal attack territory.Your frustration is fine. Calling the behaviour out is harsh, but also fine. Calling him a pissant is far enough that you ought to have known better. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621772/#p621772 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Okay...so the belt leading to the teleporter is in the middle. You can go above it or below it by pressing up or down arrow while you're on the belt. There's an item below the belt, and the door to move onward is above it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621748/#p621748 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal Yeah, feel free to taunt and pwn the zombies all day if you want to. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621623/#p621623 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG
Re: New Alter Aeon Section on BSG Warrior-cleric is lovely at lower levels since you hit hard and get good protection spells, but it starts running into problems on Archais. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621608/#p621608 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2 - Trade and Battle Lobby
Re: Manamon 2 - Trade and Battle Lobby This is your first playthrough, right?Why not just catch a lot of this stuff yourself? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621578/#p621578 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Golden Crayon Asset Replacement Project
Re: Golden Crayon Asset Replacement Project GCW, I like your compromise. I think Tunmi bears responsibility and needs to do more than just pass responsibility off to someone else for his screw-up. But at the same time, I don't necessarily think that means he should do 100% of the labour. Doing some of it would definitely give people the idea that not only did he admit he was wrong, but now he's trying to fix it. At that point, everyone else helping him is simply speeding up a process, not replacing his labour for their own. I quite like this.I take this sort of logic and apply it to everyday life. If you do something ugly to someone, and you at first make excuses or won't apologize or won't acknowledge the harm, then I'm not really interested in helping you, giving you second chances, etc. But if you say something like, "Look, I screwed up, and I'm sorry, and I'm not quite sure how to get better", and if I get the idea that the person means it, then I'll meet them halfway. This fits even better with, say, something like addiction, where the behaviour is destructive, but the user feels a compelling need to keep doing it. If you make no effort to change, I have no desire to help. If you make an effort, even if you wobble or you're slow or you're not quite sure, and if that effort is consistent, then that sets up your intent, displays it for all and sundry to see, and while good intent doesn't erase harm, it makes said harm a little easier to come back from. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621554/#p621554 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal That is exactly what it means. And yes, that is as intended.The more time goes by, the more I am convinced that there is something legitimately wrong here. That's not mockery either, just observation.This could just be epic trolling, but it could also be a fundamental inability to understand social cues and their importance and relevancy.God damn my social work background right now. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621307/#p621307 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal Okay, couldn't resist. But this is not gonna be what you think.I am convinced that one of two things is true.1. He's a troll2. There is honest-to-goodness intellectual disability hereAnd the more I see, the more I'm starting to tip toward that latter.I'm just gonna keep my eye on this thread to see how things go for awhile. But I tell you what. If it turns out the second option is correct, you'll get a full apology from me for my harshness. Because while I still think it's important to change your behaviour, if there's intellectual or cognitive impairment happening here - given that you're forty-eight - it's going to be pretty tough to break old habits. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621284/#p621284 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal Here's a pick and spade to dig that hole deeper.When you say "I'm sorry", what you're actually saying is, "I shouldn't have done that and I'm going to try very hard to stop".If you keep having to say you're sorry for the same thing, your apologies are meaningless. Because clearly you haven't been learning.A good apology is a good start. I'll give you that. But you actually have to mean it, and so far you haven't.The word "sorry" does not wipe the slate clean. It merely asks someone to give you a chance to fix your mistake. If you keep not fixing it, and keep apologizing, trust in you is going to erode. That's what's happened here.So there are no objections. Stop flailing. Get busy doing better, or just go away and stop inflicting yourself on communities that would, in your current state at least, be better off without you.Okay. Really done this time. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621262/#p621262 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal Being competitive and wanting to do well are fine. Compete if you want. Get into PVP and pwn all the n00bs if that's your thing.But don't brag about it. Don't brag beforehand, and don't do it afterword. If you know someone well, and they know you, and you want to tease each other, that's different. But some random person does not need your taunting. Taunting doesn't actually prove how good you are; it just makes you a jerk.If you and I wanted to play chess, and I sat down at the board across from you and immediately said, "You have no chance of beating me, bro. I'm going to wipe you right off the map", how would you feel?Because if you did it to me, I would get up and walk away. Literally walk away. I have no interest in your posturing, and I suspect that about 98% of any given community feels the same way.And as LordLundin pointed out, this has reached trolling levels, since the dude started by saying he's not breaking rules. This whole ruse is deliberate. I am done here. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621257/#p621257 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal It's really, really simple:1. You are in control of your actions. Find out which actions piss people off, and stop doing them.2. For instance, stop bragging about all your achievements. We don't care.3. For instance, stop taunting people. It's annoying.4. For instance, stop acting like we give a damn about your skill level. If you want to own a n00b, go own him, and shut up about it.5. For instance, if you want people to believe that you truly don't mean harm, then when you've clearly done harm, apologize. Don't explain. Don't make excuses. Fucking apologize. This isn't rocket science, and I am done being gentle with you. You have no good-faith defense of your actions here.6. For instance, stop making excuses for your behaviour. We don't care about how your upbringing taught you that it's okay to make people angry. We don't care that you're so competitive that all you care about is upsetting people. These are not valid defenses of your actions. In fact, they're condemnations. See point 1.You can't say that you don't mean to harm people, but continue to do the things that harm them. You can't have it both ways. Frankly, right now, and throughout this topic, you have been lying to us and to yourself. One of two scenarios is true.1. You really don't care if you harm people, and you just want community access so you can go on having fun at the expense of other people; or2. You do care if you harm people, but when you do the calculation of the harm you cause vs. the fun you have, fun wins.Stop lying to yourself. Stop lying to the rest of us. If you truly know and accept that what you do causes harm, then just stop doing those harmful things. It's not difficult. At all. If you can't or won't, then you don't deserve to belong to any communities.I'll tell you now. If I owned a game and knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that you'd come on my game today, I'd ban you instantly. You haven't indicated in any way that you're actually going to change. Not yet. That may come, and if it does, that's great. You can come back from this, like I said, but it's going to take awhile. And right now, it's up to you to prove that you deserve to be trusted. It's not up to the rest of us to give you one more final last chance. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621234/#p621234 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal It's really, really simple:1. You are in control of your actions. Find out which actions piss people off, and stop doing them.2. For instance, stop bragging about all your achievements. We don't care.3. For instance, stop taunting people. It's annoying.4. For instance, stop acting like we give a damn about your skill level. If you want to own a n00b, go own him, and shut up about it.4. For instance, if you want people to believe that you truly don't mean harm, then when you've clearly done harm, apologize. Don't explain. Don't make excuses. Fucking apologize. This isn't rocket science, and I am done being gentle with you. You have no good-faith defense of your actions here.5. For instance, stop making excuses for your behaviour. We don't care about how your upbringing taught you that it's okay to make people angry. We don't care that you're so competitive that all you care about is upsetting people. These are not valid defenses of your actions. In fact, they're condemnations. See point 1.You can't say that you don't mean to harm people, but continue to do the things that harm them. You can't have it both ways. Frankly, right now, and throughout this topic, you have been lying to us and to yourself. One of two scenarios is true.1. You really don't care if you harm people, and you just want community access so you can go on having fun at the expense of other people; or2. You do care if you harm people, but when you do the calculation of the harm you cause vs. the fun you have, fun wins.Stop lying to yourself. Stop lying to the rest of us. If you truly know and accept that what you do causes harm, then just stop doing those harmful things. It's not difficult. At all. If you can't or won't, then you don't deserve to belong to any communities.I'll tell you now. If I owned a game and knew beyond the shadow of a doubt that you'd come on my game today, I'd ban you instantly. You haven't indicated in any way that you're actually going to change. Not yet. That may come, and if it does, that's great. You can come back from this, like I said, but it's going to take awhile. And right now, it's up to you to prove that you deserve to be trusted. It's not up to the rest of us to give you one more final last chance. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621234/#p621234 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal No I didn't. Neither did Dark. Neither has anyone else.By talking about all the rules you're not breaking, you're signalling that you think being banned either isn't fair or is, at worst, too harsh for the annoyance you cause.And as far as intention goes? Dude, don't try that, you'll get destroyed.You are in physical control of how you behave.You are aware that the behaviour upsets people.You continue to behave in ways that upset people.When challenged, you try to defend yourself (yes, I see exactly what you're doing) by saying that what you're doing isn't literally against the rules.This is called gaslighting. If you do this to friends, you will soon find yourself friendless. If you eventually do it to a romantic partner, you'll quickly end up single. If you do it to communities, you will get a well-deserved reputation as a first-class troll who does not deserve to participate in those communities, because his sole mission objective is to experience that community on his own terms. You're going to be the dude that no one wants to be around because all he does is piss people off. In fact, you're well on your way already.This isn't everybody else's fault because they didn't explicitly make rules to stop your behaviour. This isn't the fault of other users because they can't just shut you out or ignore you. This isn't the fault of communities at large because they decide when they see you to kick you out before the inevitable trouble. This is your fault. I guess you missed that particular memo from my last message.Your fault. No one else's.Stop talking about rules.Stop talking about excuses.Stop talking about "your way". When you enter a community, you're tacitly agreeing to behave in a way that indicates that you want to remain there. Remaining there means playing nice. If you can't do that, you don't deserve to stay. It's really just as simple as that. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621226/#p621226 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal Okay, let me get this straight.You make a point of knowing what the rules are, then taunt, bait, annoy, troll and generally frustrate virtually anyone who gets near you until you get kicked out. That's pretty much what you said.You aren't characterizing this as something you can't help. You're making it look like all of this is on purpose, with full awareness that you're pissing people off, and with full awareness that the rules of whatever community you're in aren't explicitly designed to deal with you.So first off, let me say that there is far more dangerous behaviour someone can get themselves involved in. Soliciting people who are underage is one of them. Threatening bodily harm and intending it is another. You're not doing that.But you are still basically poisoning every community you touch. And the harm you cause, it's your fault. Every shred of it. Every bit. Own it. Your fault. No arguments. Your fault. No exceptions. Your fault.Have I made that clear yet?Now, you may be asking why I'm so damned harsh all of a sudden. Here's why.There is only one responsible person in this equation.You.Forget everything I might have said about people chasing you around and making your life difficult. Frankly, if someone -is, in fact, doing that, then they're doing communities a favour by warning them of someone who's just showed up there, who has every intention of annoying the almighty snot out of everyone in range until he gets his ass booted out. You get zero sympathy from me on this.You aren't being persecuted here, bro. You are at fault, and you are the -only one at fault.So guess what that means?You, and only you, have to change your behaviour. The next time you go to a new MUD or a new community, make a conscious effort not to do those things, and see what happens.Doing the things you said you do is not competitive, and it's not funny. It's pointless, and antagonistic. You aren't "improving competition", you're just proving that your primary aim is to disrupt communities. This is a really excellent reason for people to want you to not show up. In order for that opinion to change, the behaviour which sparked said opinion has to change, and over a long period of time. You can't just say, "Well I was on mud X for three hours and I didn't piss anyone off, so we're cool now, right?". No. This is going to take months, literally months, to come back from.And it starts with a full, open and unconditional apology to everyone you have hurt, with a commitment to do better. And it ends with a change in your behaviour that stands the test of time.Look, it's totally okay to sometimes (and I do mean sometimes) brag about something you did. It's also okay in many communities to trash-talk a little when you're competing against someone. These things in moderation are still a little edgy but they're not awful. Example: if I'm playing chess with a friend, and he's got a knight in a square I don't want it in, I will move a piece to attack the knight, and I might say, "Fuck off, knight. Go home." or "Yeah, I don't think you're staying there. Good try though". I do this with my friend because we know the sort of teasing and ribbing we can tolerate from one another. It's not mean, it's just another form of play. That sort of thing among friends is fine, it's even common and sometimes encouraged in certain circles. But if you know full well that you're just making people angry, then there is absolutely no question of your path forward from here.Given a choice between option 1 (being hidden, getting help from others) and option 2 (changing your behaviour), it's not really a choice. Nobody should bear any burden for your bad behaviour except you. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621216/#p621216 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: manamon2 ordering
Re: manamon2 ordering You absolutely can get theinstaller. I have no idea why you're having that problem.As far as the manamon 2 thread, what I'd do is just play the game first. When and if you get stuck, look up the specific thing you're stuck on. Master Dyaz, Hyper Symphonid, Lower Catacombs, whatever it is.And right there, I've just given you clues that will let you find the enormous thread I started in 2019 about Manamon 2. Seriously, it's like 5000 posts long now. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621097/#p621097 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: manamon2 ordering
Re: manamon2 ordering See? What'd we tell ya?For future reference, I would say three to seven days is a reasonable response time. If you get one sooner than this, great! If you go past three to seven days with no communication whatsoever, then it's time to take the next step.Also remember that Aaron lives in the United States, so you're in a completely different time zone. That's important. When you came in this morning and said you hadn't heard from Aaron yet, I wasn't surprised; Aaron was probably sleeping, as most people do at night. For you it might have been daytime, but for Aaron it wasn't.Long story short: be a little more patient in the future, but I'm glad this ended well. Enjoy the game.Also? If you're playing the game and you get stuck, please, please use the search feature to try and help yourself out. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621089/#p621089 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal I'm actually gonna go a half-step further than Jack.On the one hand, yes, you're admitting that you've behaved badly. Good start.But in the next breath, you're asking for other people to help you by essentially letting you show up somewhere without being immediately flagged. This is putting the responsibility largely on the people you are afraid will persecute you on sight. And sure, they might be out there, but I think the greater responsibility is to your own behaviour.My last analogy was flimsy, so here's a better one.Let's say you're in a relationship with someone, and you treated them badly for long enough that they left you. Let's say they got a restraining order against you, demanding that you not be allowed within 200 meters of them. That restraining order has been filed and made public (just work with me here). Everybody knows that you have a habit of, say, getting angry for little reason and yelling and throwing things.Okay, so first of all, if you've hit that point, that's very likely on you, or primarily on you. No one, absolutely no one, is obligated to forgive you. Are we clear on this?But most people will, if given time and space, and if provided with proof that you aren't just empty talk. Actions have consequences, and in your case, one of those consequences is that people don't trust you to be civil. It depends on how vile your actions were. So let's keep going.When you come here and ask for people to help you find some MUDS via private message, that's a little bit like asking your victim's friends where your victim hangs out so that you can, say, watch them from a distance, or can show up without them realizing you are there. You want to sidestep your negative reputation.Here's the fact: you have a reputation for being dangerous/undesirable, and by your own admission, you earned it. If you're trying to circumvent that by getting onto games without anyone knowing it's you, and if you're asking the people who come here to help you, you're tacitly stating that you think the greater problem is with your being judged, not with your behaviour itself. To you, the snap judgments made about you by people who might not know you are a bigger factor than the behaviour which instigated those judgments in the first place.This means that, unfortunately, you really aren't owning your shit, dude. Pro-tip: it starts with unconditional, uncomplicated commitment to be better. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621087/#p621087 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 Cargo bayspoilerygoodnessThanks. I know where to access each of these gates, though that took a little fiddling at first. I did not realize you had to lower gates again, but it makes sense I suppose. I will try this.Also, re: dude who likes cinnamon: holy hell I missed another one. I suck, clearly. Ha. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621080/#p621080 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 slightspoilersGate puzzle is absolutely giving me fits right now. Without knowing which gates are where, it is difficult to map a route. I tried listening to Liam's playthrough for hints, but it sounds like he stumbled into it bass ackward, and that's not really something I can easily reproduce.The first three gates were fine. No problem at all. But gates 4, 5 and 6 are the ones getting me hung up. If anyone else has done this, I'd appreciate some help. Thanks in advance. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621060/#p621060 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: an appeal
Re: an appeal Sometimes, your reputation, or your perceived reputation, will precede you everywhere you go, and sometimes that means you might feel as if you're being judged before you have a chance to demonstrate your intentions or set the record straight. Sure, I can buy that.But what you're doing here is asking other people to give you the benefit of the doubt, and modify their behaviour a little, all because it's -your reputation that's been trashed. This isn't reasonable. It's sort of like asking an abuse victim to be your therapist after you made them cry and they told you they weren't going to be friends with you anymore.Let me put this another way. When you screw up, when you end up with a can tied to your tail, you have usually (not always, but usually) earned it. The work should be yours, and yours alone, to fix it.So here, how about this test.There are literally hundreds of MUDs out there. Go check out mudconnector or something, and find one you aren't well known in. Go there with a different name, and try your best to behave. See if you can establish a good reputation there.The goal here is not to convince everyone that they were wrong about you. The goal is to convince everyone that you've changed. Huge, huge difference. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/621034/#p621034 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 You have mail, Mayana. And I gave your post a thumbs-up, too. Will probably +1 a couple of your other posts as well, since they've been helpful too, but right now I'm going to sleep.One quick thing for you to ponder though.slightspoilersFor SQPC2:Conservatives often claim that people should be able to pull themselves up by these. This is precisely what I meant by "you have to know how I think". This was instantly what occurred to me, but is super sneaky if you don't know the _expression_. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620932/#p620932 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: manamon2 ordering
Re: manamon2 ordering Technically, VG Storm satisfies most of the qualifications of a company. Or a business, at least. And your mom saying that all companies should have a phone number is simply not accurate. Most do, but some purely web-based companies do not.If you have trouble with Gmail, you should try to get it to switch to basic HTML view. That's what I did, and it works like a charm. No accessibility problems, no hassle.Aaron is pretty good about getting back to people regarding orders or lost keys or whatever else. He's busy, but he's honest; I've never gotten the impression that he's out to steal, not at all. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620885/#p620885 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: manamon2 ordering
Re: manamon2 ordering Go to http://www.vgstorm.comGet in touch with Aaron Baker using the email address there. If you have a receipt number, please provide it to him. Also tell him the email address for which the game was ordered.He will be able to tell you whether or not it went through. Because one of three scenarios has happened.1. It went through, but there's a glitch2. It went through, and the key is in your spam folder for some reason.3. It didn't go through at all, which means your mom wouldn't have lost any money.So yeah. Just get in touch with Aaron. He will straighten it out. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620856/#p620856 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 Bingo. You just hit on what I've often experienced myself.Fun fact: I used to be the absolute king of "don't spoil it" when developing on a browser-based RPG. I would propose and sometimes build really weird quests and interactions, then either give no clues at all, give really insanely elaborate clues that only made sense if you know how I think, or would get annoyed when people asked for help. It took someone doing for me what I basically just did for you to make me realize that while it's totally fine not to just pour out all the info for nothing, there's a fine line between guiding, force-feeding and just being vague. I have since become overly critical of people who build obscure things purely to screw with folks, so I used that "gatekeeping" phrase. I don't like the practice. I'm sorry if that upset you, because you're quite right about Lerna...I'm not there yet and so I don't have any right to judge how "ephemeral" those hints actually are.spoilerysidequestupdatespoilersSQPC2: Ooh, very clever. Silly conservatives and their dead ends (see, now -there is a weird reference, lol)Induction: I was an idiot, full stop. Totally skipped a document. You were right.Dude who likes cinnamon: Starting to wonder if this is a bug. I know who he is, what he likes, where he went on a trip, and an important date. Six data pieces overall, but can't find any more of them. I've never seen a brute-force attack require this many bits of info, so I'm wondering if even cracking this thing is worthwhile.Weird files and glitchy text: I parsed it. Nice easter egg. Not useful, but I like background info.spoilersendVery obviously, I or anyone who implies, by accident or on purpose, that you have a responsibility to help isn't being reasonable. I am grateful for the hints I do get, and I do try to do it all myself before asking. I will endeavour to be even more careful going forward (seriously, missing docs in plain sight is just bad), but I practically guarantee I'll ask for help again. You have definitely made this process a lot smoother than I thought it would be.I guess at the end of the day, it's a question of motivation. I want people to have fun and enjoy the experience more than anything else. I don't have a strong desire to make them suffer as much as I did, and I don't feel bad if someone lets them blast through an area I would once have struggled with. That said, I can also see the perspective where, when this happens, it cheapens the experience.What I can say, however, is this: I don't intend to start giving out explicit descriptions and spoiler hints based on what I know. Like you, I will guide/nudge instead of just saying "go here, do this". The game is never the same after a first playthrough though, not story-wise at least. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620812/#p620812 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon games
Re: Manamon games Well you have to have NVDA installed, of course. But it's in options. It'll say "switch to screenreader: not recommended". The only reason it says "not recommended" is because Aaron doesn't want you to skip certain things. Playing with a screenreader means you will have to hit Enter more often, but you will very quickly get used to it. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620801/#p620801 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 Hi, Mayana,No, I don't feel like you have been gatekeeping me. I said that in response to other responses I have seen to other users. You are stingy about giving out spoilers. You have every right to do this if you choose, and no one should weaponize it against you. I was saying that I do not like gatekeeping when it comes oo this sort of thing, because at the end of the day, we're here to have fun, not beat our heads against walls.I know you're not an official customer service person - you said as much - but I'm sort of taking you as the local expert, which means you're the first person I'm apt to ask a question of if I get stuck.That said, I do appreciate the extra hints, and will try hard to incorporate them the next time I bust out the game. If nothing else, you should try and take my last message as me indeed asking for extra hints, rather than as me trying to criticize you. We have different ethos when it comes to spoiling people, but not -vastly different. I, too, would rather see someone try hard before just giving them answers (seriously, have you seen how many times I've asked people to use the search feature?), but some of the hints you've given others are, in a word, ephemeral. That said, I'm gonna find out how helpful this was. Thank you for your patience. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620791/#p620791 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon games
Re: Manamon games Want to grind faster?1. Switch to NVDA. Not kidding here; this vastly speeds up gameplay.2. Turn off attack sound effects.3. Profit.A clarification though: experience doesn't flatten the longer you stay in an area. Experience flattens based on what level you are, vs. the level of the opponent. so if for some reason you were able to fight 50 manamon in one area without gaining too many levels, the experience curve wouldn't start to flatten till you started gaining more levels. So in other words, let's say the Fyrates you're killing are giving you 1300 exp per. Now let's say you artificially inflated your exp to level to 20. Before levelling, you wouldn't magically see Fyrates starting to give you 900 experience all of a sudden; that might only happen once you gain a level or two. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620776/#p620776 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 I've been flailing around for two hours trying to find info, and am stuck at a few choke points. This is all side-mission stuff, andslightspoilersbeyond1. There's a computer that requires over six types of info to log into; I have six, and it's not good enough. Tips on where else I might be able to find info about this person would be helpful.2. SQPC2, or whatever it's called. It requires a password, but there is no info on where to get that password. It's tied to an achievement, but I'm using ich.io, so unfortunately the list of achievements you linked to...didn't help a whole lot.3. Induction protocols and such. A tip on where to find the other sheet/other info would be handy. I'm tired of wandering all over looking for it.4. I found a random doc called , and it's full of gibberish. I also found SQL data, as well as various other photos in the archive. Do I need to worry about any of those, or are they red herrings?I am at a point where, while I do not expect anyone to walk me to exactly where stuff is, I'm looking for more than really vague hints. Given that my completion will not affect anyone else (i.e., I'm not actually getting achievements and thus skewing achievement data for others), I'd prefer not to be gatekept here. For example, a bad tip would be, "It's on a computer" or "You spoke to this person once". A good tip would be something like "Find the astronomy teacher's computer" or "the sheet is in one of the labs".Mayana, I know you are not a fan of spoilers, and I get it. But I play for completion, and I've come a ways on my own. As such, I would appreciate a little more direction. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620751/#p620751 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 Okay, good stuff. Apparently I will have to keep looking. I've still got a couple of computers I have yet to hack.slightspoilersI am pretty sure, however, that I heard as part of the story that there were induction and release phrases, but I might be cross-referencing Liam's video here. In any case, I appreciate that tip. Thank you. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620625/#p620625 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 I've gotten considerably farther into episode 1 now. I haven't struggled with any of the puzzles, and haven't used your hints either. The cameras were a little tricky, but if you think of the area sort of like a grid, it makes sense.Anyway, I've got a side-quest question. I will endeavour to be careful, butslightspoilersbeyondI cracked a safe, and found something inside it. I went to where I thought I could use this item, but there appears to be no way to use it. I also went to a place nearby with weird audio where people are gathered, thinking I might be able to get someone else to use this item or the info therein, but again, no. Is this a case where I would have had to do the areas in the opposite order from how I've done them? If so, it seems like silly logic. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620606/#p620606 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 Well, colour me stupid. I fixed the SAPI thing. Turns out you actually have to click "okay" and not just alt-f4. Silly me. I am now about 30% of the way through episode 1, I believe. A couple more questions.First, I found at least one network in my wandering, and maybe two, that required log-in credentials I didn't have even after going everywhere I could find. One of these was very early, and was called something like SPC2.Second, is there any reason to ever go back across the debris field into the area with all the personnel quarters, in case I did miss something? If there is a reason, is there a way, or have I potentially locked myself out of finding out extra details?Third, I'm sort of a completionist. Every time optional dialogue comes up, I usually engage it. I'm not looking for specifics here, but are there ever points where that will get me killed/shut me out of something important/do something else undesirable, or is it just for further background?Fourth, a technical issue. While navigating, if I'm exploring a file tree, and I hit tab to highlight something, and wait more than about a quarter of a second, hitting the backspace or escape key does not bring me to the previous level of the tree. For instance, if I start on a computer that has files, utilities and hardware, and I click files, if I hit tab to reach the audio folder, but realize I don't want to be in this sub-directory, hitting escape or backspace does not return me to where I was before entering that sub-directory. It doesn't bring me back up a level. However, if I navigate quickly (as in, within half a second or so), it works. Is this a known issue, and is there a way to fix it?That's all for now. I've just entered the recreation area, and I don't foresee any problems for awhile. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620459/#p620459 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 Well, colour me stupid. I fixed the SAPI thing. Turns out you actually have to click "okay" and not just alt-f4. Silly me. I am now about 30% of the way through episode 1, I believe. A couple more questions.First, I found at least one network in my wandering, and maybe two, that required log-in credentials I didn't have even after going everywhere I could find. One of these was very early, and was called something like SPC2.Second, is there any reason to ever go back across the debris field into the area with all the personnel quarters, in case I did miss something? If there is a reason, is there a way, or have I potentially locked myself out of finding out extra details?Third, I'm sort of a completionist. Every time optional dialogue comes up, I usually engage it. I'm not looking for specifics here, but are there ever points where that will get me killed/shut me out of something important/do something else undesirable, or is it just for further background?Fourth, a technical issue. While navigating, if I'm exploring a file tree, and I hit tab to highlight something, and wait more than about a quarter of a second, hitting the backspace or escape key does not bring me to the previous level of the tree. For instance, if I start on a computer that has files, utilities and hardware, and I click files, if I hit tab to reach the audio folder, but realize I don't want to be in this sub-directory, hitting escape or backspace does not return me to where I was.That's all for now. I've just entered the recreation area, and I don't foresee any problems for awhile. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620459/#p620459 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Spark Punch is great on Javoltrik. Thunder Hammer is a nice move, but it kind of puts your defenses in the tank eventually. Sparking Tail is nice pure electric damage, but misses a fair bit. Hammer Head is nice fighting coverage but...ahem, again, bad coverage. Spark Punch is absolutely useless on earth types, is resisted by electric/plant types, so it's kind of a mixed bag. Javoltrik isn't terrible, it's just not all that great, that's all. From memory, Dussocket has better coverage, better stats and a better typing...also, no double weakness to magic to screw with. Electric+shadow is only weak to fighting, poison, holy and earth, and it is immune to one of electric's primary weaknesses (magic). On the attacking side, electric+shadow is super-effective against magic, air, water, ghost, while electric-fighting is super-effective against air, standard, stone, ice and steel. So it's not a completely one-sided fight. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620384/#p620384 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 Good news. I beat episode 0.Bad news: I tried that trick to change SAPI speed and it...didn't work. I.e., I changed the voice, changed the voice rate, but it didn't take, for some reason.Good news: tab makes this much, much easier to play with; I feel like I remember a build early on where you had to type in damn near everything.Bad news: While I did beat the game, I feel like I missed something by killing the robot, but I have no idea how to -not kill him.Good news: I found your tips folder. I won't especially spoil myself unless I get really stuck, but it's nice to know that things are there if I get hung up.Bad news: I can already foresee Muffin trouble in my future.Thank you for your help, by the way. Curious though: why are you so closely tied to the game? Are you someone who worked on it, or just someone who really, really liked it and essentially became an expert?I got your PM, and will respond in the morning. It's nearly four a.m. here, and I need sleep. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620377/#p620377 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 Awesome. This will at least help to get things sped up. I suspect I won't mind quite so much hearing certain voices when they're at least at a reasonable speed.Pity we can't use NVDA, or at least Eloquence, for this, but oh well. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620352/#p620352 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Ampanda evolves into Bamboom while holding a yellow star, only after level 30 I believe.Cloritus evolves into Sanctosole while holding a haunted hat, again after level 30 I believe.Sheepit evolves into Lamgurk via trade.Aperishian evolves into Mortrex via trade.Venomander and Grimadent both evolve via trade; Grimadent must be holding Venomous Lance. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620351/#p620351 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Chlorophyll: Furivia into TreezonGunk: Dirroink into Alluppig, Oxinik into Gubbulline URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620335/#p620335 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread I prefer Dussocket over Javoltrik, honestly, but Javoltrik is workable.The rest of your team actually looks pretty well balanced.Yes, Bellaard is better in this game (slightly better moves, fewer double weaknesses). Myaneko can say the same, though Myaneko is still pretty awful because its defenses are trash.Glad you liked the manamon 1 guide though. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620326/#p620326 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: code 7
Re: code 7 I'm bringing this topic back up, since it seems to be one place where people ask questions about this game.I played episode 0 a few years back, watched pieces of Liam's stream and decided to take the plunge and get into this game, since the snips of the story I saw were very intriguing.However, I have several questions.1. Dear god, is there any way to use NVDA over SAPI? SAPI is infamous, absolutely infamous, for mangling the living hell out of in-game text. It's readable, but it's annoying. Would much rather hear NVDA/eloquence do this. I can live with it if I must, mind you.2. Pursuant to point 1, is there any way to speed up the speech? It's very, very slow, and there appears to be no readme or documentation on this.3. Can someone clarify how you're supposed to access stored information? For instance, I'm trying to log onto Compt, I have a list of usernames, yet hitting return (the way the game tells you to) seems to dump me back a screen without doing anything. I've been monkeying with this game for half an hour, and already I am starting to grow frustrated at the interface. Once I get used to it - since I know it does work - I'm sure I'll be fine, but right now I'm really regretting my thirty bucks.4. If there is a place where hints/general game talk is encouraged, is it worth going there for further questions? I am the "explore everything, try everything" sort of player, so I don't expect to ever get completely stonewalled, but still.5. Does this game still have several puzzles where if you're playing in blind-friendly mode, the game will just take over and solve them? If so, how much of the gameplay do they actually make up?6. Again, because there is no documentation, how the heck do you save and resume? I really don't want to have to do the same parts of the game over and over successfully just because I get frustrated and drop it.I appreciate any help I might receive for these questions. This game really grabbed me with its atmosphere, but I'm hoping the hiccups I've experienced don't end up being reflective of the overall gameplay for me. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620319/#p620319 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Manamon 2 beats the holy hell out of manamon 1 in pretty much every way.The second game still has a metric ton of stuff to fix (it's better, but it still falls short), but I've had a lot more fun running it while imposing arbitrary restrictions on myself to make the game harder. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/620297/#p620297 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread I suppose I should check and see if these persistent bugs, moveset errors and whatnot have been fixed? Or if there's a new unknown gift?But that would probably be expecting too much. Quarterly maintenance, after all, is just quarterly maintenance. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/619535/#p619535 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Alter Aeon Island quest guides
Re: Alter Aeon Island quest guides Alternatively, those who are stuck in specific spots, this could be a repository of quest info. I know those islands pretty much inside out. If you have a question, I probably have an answer. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/619119/#p619119 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread It's weird though, because I remember trying to get a Salvahound to evolve this way. I took literally tens of thousands of steps, and the damn thing wouldn't evolve even when levelling. I think that either gaining levels with it over time, or getting into fights with it, might be a part of the variable. Either way, it's weird. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/619116/#p619116 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Sable - A code free tool for creating RPG's (New 1.4 change log added)
Re: Sable - A code free tool for creating RPG's (New 1.4 change log added) Lem, I will absolutely avail myself of beta-testing opportunity for Crimson Eclipse at the first available opportunity. RPGs (writing, game design, testing) are right in my sweet spot, so I will have a ton of fun doing this, and I feel like I can be an asset to that sort of game development.There are a bunch of things I would love my own RPG to be able to do, but one of the biggest is customizable AI. I'll give you an example of what I'm talking about. Could Sable handle this level of complexity?Name: Stoneheart and GemheartDescription: Two small orbs, one made from rock and the other from onyx or diamondNotes: Before battle actually begins, each of these entities essentially summons a construct to encapsulate them; Stoneheart summons Rock Titan, Gemheart summons Crystal Behemoth. When players do enough damage to either of these entities, Stoneheart or Gemheart will be visible again and can be damaged. The fight ends when both Stoneheart and Gemheart are dead.Stats (Rock Titan): significant HP, high attack, extremely high physical defense, modest magic attack, fairly low magic defense, low initiativeStats (Crystal Behemoth): significant HP, modest attack, fairly low defense, high magic attack, extremely high magic defense, low initiativeAttacks (Rock Titan): Stone Fist, Quake, Rock Barrage, Stone Prison, Rampart, Primal Bellow, Deathly CrushAttacks (Crystal Behemoth): Crystal Slash, Inner Glow, Shardstorm, Crystal Prison, Crystal Shield, Prism Flare, ShatterStone Fist: physical attackQuake: Magic spell that does modest earth damage to all targetsRock Barrage: a magic spell which hits random targets a total of 3-8 times for small earth damage on each hitStone Prison: Encapsulates a target in a block of stone; the target cannot move or act in any way until the character is hit by magic; when this happens, the block breaks and the character thus afflicted takes small earth damage from the shards of rockRampart: erects a rocky barricade in front of Crystal Behemoth; this barricade will completely block all physical attacks, but will crumble as soon as it is hit by magicPrimal Bellow: an attack which does no damage, but attempts to cast Silence on one random targetDeathly Crush: If there is a character affected by Stone Prison, this attack will succeed, and will instantly kill them; if not, the attack failsCrystal Slash: normal physical attack; high critical hit chance (+9% from normal)Inner Glow: A buff which lasts till the end of the next turn; boosts magic attack by 12 pointsShardstorm: Magic spell which does 4-10 hits of nonelemental magic damage to random targetsCrystal Prison: Similar to Stone Prison, except that only a physical attack from the outside will break it.Crystal Shield: Erects a barrier in front of Rock Titan which will reflect all magic damage back at the caster. It will shatter upon a single physical hit, howeverPrism Flare: A spell which does no damage but attempts to inflict blindness on one characterShatter: This spell checks for any instances of Crystal Prison on the field; if it finds one, the target is killed instantly, and if it doesn't, the attack failsAttack Pattern: These bosses each use their attacks in sequence, one after the other, and thus act in very tight synergy. They will both cast single-target attacks on the same round, as well as their random-damage attacks, their prison traps, their blind/silence debuffs, and their instant-kill moves if available.Note on Stoneheart and Gemheart: When a player removes all of Rock Titan or Crystal Behemoth's HP, the appropriate entity will be generated.Stoneheart: decent HP, extremely high defense, decent magic attack, low magic defenseGemheart: decent HP, low defense, decent magic attack, extremely high magic defenseEach of these entities has only one attack each.Tremble: Does very low earth damage to all targets; every time this attack is used in sequence, it gets stronger by 10%Rising Shine: Does very low nonelemental magic damage to all targets; every time this attack is used in sequence, it gets stronger by 10%Stoneheart and Gemheart each possess an innate trait, where on the tenth round they're active, they will summon another Rock Titan/Crystal Behemoth at full HP, and thereafter be unable to be targeted. The game will keep track of them, however, and will remember their HP for the next time they are visible.Note: Tremble and Rising Shine's damage is reset to its default level if Stoneheart or Gemheart are removed from play by re-summoning their protective constructs.Now, I know that's complicated, but that's the sort of boss fights I'd love to be able to create. Can Sable do reactive AI and/or patterns based on conditions? Would love to hear your feedback on this. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618599/#p618599 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com
Re: Sable - A code free tool for creating RPG's (New 1.4 change log added)
Re: Sable - A code free tool for creating RPG's (New 1.4 change log added) This is getting me all kinds of interested.I've spoken many times about makign my own RPG, but have lacked a programmer, and can't do that work myself. I can do the writing and design aspects, and would need help with sound. But Sable looks like it's a game maker of sorts, so it might shortcut this.Would definitely have loved to be part of a beta test/build team for something like Crimson Eclipse, too. I have a ton of mainstream RPG experience, and it's my favourite genre by far. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618366/#p618366 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Does anyone have the special item pack for AHC?
Re: Does anyone have the special item pack for AHC? You know what? As someone who was not able to back the game and thus lost out on those items, I'm okay with that.The people who backed the game at a pricepoint where they got the in-game bonuses did so under the impression that the unique gear they got was theirs alone, that it was their faith and not just their monetary donation amount that was being honoured. The faith element has since been removed, so there's just no way to make it even. As such, I support leaving it as is. I know I'll never get the gear, but since the gear is a reflection of a patron's faith in the project they backed, and since I did not provide any such faith (at least not in tangible form), I shouldn't be able to get in on that. I don't qualify. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618351/#p618351 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Does anyone have the special item pack for AHC?
Re: Does anyone have the special item pack for AHC? It is not possible to share these special items, no. Doing so would involve sharing your own game, and even if that's possible, I believe it would break the terms of service. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618262/#p618262 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Sirenea's best stats are special attack, special defense and speed. It also gets Shadow Sphere and Psycho Trick...and while Flood isn't quite as strong as Drench and doesn't have the potential to be as strong as Deluge, it never misses, and that's handy.Caboerain is kind of bad, because it is yet another manamon that is asked to split its stats between attack and special attack. It gets Steel Horn and Aquatic Blitz, which is fine, but then gets Lunar Cannon on the special side. This is a pretty big problem with such limited movesets.Agreed re: Vultair killing itself. In boss fights, it's bad. In tamer fights it works out pretty well. I like Chrono Core on this thing for multi-manamon fights, precisely because it will heal back pretty nicely.I'm...a bit confused about the phone thing. What would be the point of calling Alazza after you fight Hyper Grandlan? What is the purpose of all of this, the end goal? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618201/#p618201 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Golavath is limited because you get to attack with, uh, one type plus Jumpblitz. That's pretty disgusting. And Terramagma makes you attack last on the next turn, basically meaning your foe gets two whacks at killing you. This thing could have been better if it had had a secondary typing (magic, say?) and used that typing to good effect, but as it stands, it's a one-trick pony with little to recommend. Will never use again. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618119/#p618119 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Araknite needs better moves, full stop. It's pretty quick, and it hits decently hard, but it's another manamon cursed to split its train points multiple ways, and I'm not really okay with that when movepools are this limited.Blaze Rampage vs. Torch. The former is better for physical attackers like Blaizond and Garganchan. The latter is better for special attackers like Lantlare.While I'm here, a shout-out for Vultair. Suicide Dive+Gigasinge+Divebomb = ouch! And this thing has the physical attack to put dents in things. Pity it's weak to a crapton of stuff, but still. I've used it to great effect. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618113/#p618113 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Nah. Blaizond's best moveset is probably something like Blaze Rampage, Sharpen, Slash, Daring Comeback, Smoke Shield. Pure physical. And it hits like a truck. It's pretty one-dimensional though.For my money's worth, Lantlare is my favourite flame type in manamon 2. Not the speediest, but still reasonably quick, with good special attack (and yes, it gets Torch). Ghost+flame covers quite a bit.Don't count out Garganchan though. Yeah, it's a bit slow, but flame+fighting is another nice combo, and Manamon 2 gave it some more HP, plus Blaze Punch. It also gets Earthquake when it evolves into Garganchan for better coverage. I believe it also gets a strong stone move to whack air types, although that move is inaccurate. It has its problems, of course, but it can cover a lot of those problems by hitting hard. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/618061/#p618061 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread You can use Glarie flowers to reset train points for any manamon, provided you do it enough times. It's a neat trick. Laborious and annoying, but still a neat trick.Agreed, however. It would be nice to have a couple of different fly points in Quincette. And you should be able to get there from anywhere...you shouldn't have to walk all the way to the plateau. That's just needless, IMO. I feel like I've said this before. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/617947/#p617947 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: talking monopoly
Re: talking monopoly I owned a braille Monopoly set as early as 1996.There are online versions of Monopoly to be found in both the RS Games and QuentinC platform. Both work, and appear to be bug-free. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/617168/#p617168 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Moderation:Keshav, I'm issuing you an official caution at this point.1. Half or more of your posts since arriving have been to beg for one game or another, usually Manamon 2.2. You have used the gifting thread (which is fine), but you've also repeatedly used other threads, including creating your own, to beg.3. You sent me, and god knows who else, personal messages about the subject. I did tell you in my reply that you needed to stop this behaviour, but you're still doing it.Asking once for a game is fine. Use the appropriate thread, if possible, but it's fine. Asking repeatedly, especially after being asked to stop by other users when no one has done as you request? That's not only grabby, it's rude. Any passing thought I might have to want to help you is now long, long gone. This is not the way to get people to be sympathetic to you. It's just going to make people annoyed.If you continue to plead for games in this way (via private messages, your own forum threads or by begging in other threads), this caution will be upgraded to an official warning. I'm of half a mind to make it a warning anyway, honestly, since I've got it on good authority that you've even been pestering people off the site for these games, but I can't very well fault you for behaviour off the forum. All it's telling me is that you really, really don't understand the damage you're doing here; my desire to make this an official warning instead of a caution is to make you forcibly understand that sometimes, actions have consequences you might not like.However, for now, a caution is what this is, albeit an extremely stern one. Stop it. Don't beg anymore. Participate on the forum. Talk to people, get involved with stuff, do whatever else it is you do. Maybe one day, someone will decide to help you out. But right now, it seems to me that the only reason you're even bothering to talk to most of us is because you want something, and a lot of people, myself definitely included, are not okay with that. Not at all. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/617167/#p617167 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: I'd like to do walkthroughs, but I struggle too much with presentation
Re: I'd like to do walkthroughs, but I struggle too much with presentation To address the autism spectrum thing:First off, I have no diagnostic authority whatsoever, so let's be clear on that. But with that out of the way...yes, you tick some of the boxes for me.First up: you're detail-oriented. This is a hallmark of Asperger's Syndrome, among many others. Again, not a bad thing, it's just a thing. You like details; they're important to you. It might be more appropriate to say that you like structure. If you go back and reread some of the posts you've made, you'll see something of a pattern I've noticed. When things buck a trend, when they don't go the way you expect, you seem to get a bit flustered, and seem to feel the need to recalculate to a fairly extensive degree. This is not neurotypical behaviour. Oh, everyone has it a little from time to time, but for you, I'd argue that it's a defining characteristic more than it isn't. That's the first big point.Second, you like to plan for contingencies. Again, everyone does this to some extent. But the very existence of this topic sort of proves my point here. You are risk-averse enough that you would rather have a plan for everything than fly blind, as it were. And based on other threads you've made, I think this is because you don't fully trust your immediate emotional assessments of the world around you as it evolves. This is another trademark of high-functioning autism (and I do mean high-functioning here, since you are aware of it and are actively trying to take steps to help yourself). Your emotional connection to people, and the things they think and perceive, is just slightly out of sync. My biggest clue, actually, came from hearing you discuss the people around you and how they might or might not react if you voted, and went against Donald Trump. These are people you live with and are close to, but you were not only unsure of how they'd treat your decision to vote freely, but you were concerned more about that than you were about voting your conscience. Now, I'm not here to weaponize whatever actual choice you made at the time, regardless of what it was. I'm simply saying that you seem to seek more emotional guidance than a neurotypical person would, which is a common facet of high-functioning autism.Here are a few statements to analyze. I don't need answers, obviously, but see how many of these resonate with you. The more that do, the more likely it is that you are neurodivergent.1. I have very specific, sometimes niche interests, and like to enjoy them and/or discuss them at great length.2. I have sometimes been criticized for the lengths at which I will discuss things.3. I have sometimes been criticized for failing to read social cues, especially where they pertain to conversation.4. I have sometimes been characterized as aloof, cold, "overly rational" or unemotional.5. I sometimes find myself wondering why people react so emotionally, when a little common sense might solve a problem.6. I often find myself at a distance from people - the things they talk about, the things they enjoy, the groups they create - and I honestly do not fully understand why.7. I become uncomfortable if people attempt to touch me when I do not expect it. I generally do not appreciate it when people invade my personal space.8. I can become overwhelmed by too much stimulation (sound, touch, smell, even taste). This will either cause me to lash out or withdraw, depending on my temperament at the time.9. Even supposedly everyday environments can seem overwhelming to me sometimes.10. I am a private, shy or reserved person, who will feel uncomfortable if someone attempts to forcibly draw me out of my shell.Now, obviously, this isn't an absolutely definitive checklist, but if you find yourself agreeing with a lot of these, you're probably neurodivergent. For context, two or three of these apply to me, but I have never tested as being on the spectrum; most do not apply to me at all, and those which do are not definitive of my overall life experience.And to the guide? Bring it on, warts and all. I don't care how it looks. Toss it to me whenever you're ready. Maybe host a dropbox link or something, especially if it's longer than my Manamon walkthrough. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/616940/#p616940 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Please check out the Manamon 2 post-game guide in the articles room. It clarifies a lot of what you can do.That boulder in the catacombs will never move again, and doesn't need to. You moved it on your first trip through there, and now it will let you get anywhere you need to go. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/616775/#p616775 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Auto item gives an ability which will cure status effects automatically as long as you have the appropriate status-healing item in your pack, I believe. Bayowoof can get this ability naturally, I think. I'm not sure if anything else can.My question is: what does auto item and the thing in Ogma's hideout have to do with one another? URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/616767/#p616767 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread What I would have done is put different move tutors in different cities. Maybe a total of four of them.Maybe the first is in Vermacaw, post power plant. Available moves would be something like Holy Water, Dark Gift, Protect, Wind Force, Bubble Burst, Parasite Bite and Speed Kick. Nothing too overpowered. Then move up from there.And not every manamon would get every one of those moves.Of course, this would take some time to set up, but it would definitely improve the experience immensely. Aaron spoke once of maybe having a single move tutor that allowed for some manamon to learn some moves, but it hasn't happened yet. I don't think the other issues on the table are fixed yet either. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/616763/#p616763 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: I'd like to do walkthroughs, but I struggle too much with presentation
Re: I'd like to do walkthroughs, but I struggle too much with presentation A few observations and hopefully helpful pieces for you.I think you being on the autism spectrum is at least a small part of this. You probably care about smaller details more than your average player will. This is absolutely not a bad thing. It's just objective fact, so please don't take it as a criticism. The trick is going to be in hitting the sweet spot between the way you would want a walkthrough done, vs. how you believe others would want a walkthrough done.To that end, I think the level of description should be commensurate with the difficulty and/or the complexity. If you spent five minutes explaining the layout of a set of corridors, and you only actually navigate through them for a minute and twenty seconds, that might be overkill. There's no exact formula to this though.Generally, in my experience, walkthroughs can be of all types. Some are quick and dirty. Others are so exhaustive that no stone remains unturned. I personally tend more toward the latter, but not all the way. My manamon guide is an example of this. I explain almost everything...sort of. I don't tell you exact stats, but I give impressions and outlines of virtually anything you might care about except, like, the various coin-making games in the rocket hideout/casino place.I would love to see your TechnoShock walkthrough, by the way. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/616762/#p616762 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Gubbulline would be decent if it got moves that were better than Takedown and...what, Toxic Tail? Giving it Earthquake might help, for instance. Or Scourge Tail. Or half a hundred other moves that would boost its coverage. It feels like another version of the Rescumo line. Bad defenses and precious little else. I think Gubbulline's attack is serviceable though, at least, and its HP isn't total garbage like Rescumo's is. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/616750/#p616750 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Online is busted. I thought we established that. lolMartiagle also gets Hone Blades, which jacks its attack into realms poor Colavaird can only dream of. It's Colavaird with a v, not a b, by the way.Fury Power is a neat move, and sometimes the defense-lowering thing really will not matter. It definitely has its place. Actually, Ninjarkon with Fury Power+Vengeance Strike+Hone Blades gets freakishly dangerous once it's set up. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/616737/#p616737 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread
Re: Manamon 2: Impressions Thread Colavaird is faster than Martiagle, but Martiagle has higher attack and gets Hone Blades, plus Obscure and Sandy Wind if you're into that. Also, Colavaird's "coverage" comes from Fury Power, which kind of tanks its already low defenses. It's a strong move, true, and it will affect steel, ice and stone types, but you pay the price for it. By contrast, Martiagle's coverage comes from Berserk Branch and, secondarily, Speed Kick (I think?). Berserk Branch covers earth, stone and water types. Martiagle gets Fly, so it doesn't have to sacrifice its HP to do huge damage. It doesn't get Dive Bomb, which sucks, but that also means you can shove Rubber Gloves on it and give an electric type a bit of a hard day.So no, I don't think either of these manamon is head and shoulders above the other. URL: https://forum.audiogames.net/post/616711/#p616711 -- Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/audiogames-reflector
