Re: Helter Skullter

[joeb]

At least once ???
Joe.... as far as I remember your The Money Pit used quite a bit of layer-6 stuff... at least I remember dying a lot of unexpected deaths there, due to craetures behind walls, gaps in the floor covered by walls etc.... but it's still one of my top ten faves !!

Or wasn't that yours ??

Yup, that was a Matt and Joe AND

quite a bit...

could be interpreted as

at least once

couldn't it?
I know I'm being a smart alec here.

14297 - Right you are, fixed and there is a

minor

reason.

14299 - Hmmm. Maybe not thru.......... There's 2 OTHER directions in the dark room. Try one of those and BIG HINT: 14299 is key to solving the mansion

14098 - Whoops. I was checking to make sure the lower 2 floors worked and forgot to turn off

moving to start

. And YES you can go back to pull the lever. I leave it to you to figure out how or as Shelock used to say you have everything you need to solve the case.

14298 - You shouldn't be seeing that! I don't!

In going thru the logic here at work I DID find something that I have to ask Vern about. I found a way around it so I'm getting the behavior I want. I've also added a couple of more VISUAL hints so there is no singing in the rain. Just remember this, there is a way to get

back to the top of the stack

. Unfortunately I won't be able to post the fix that I mentioned until I get home in around 7 hours. At work I can't put my Mac on the network.

Thanks for your patience too!!!!!

Joe B

[aquaMat]

Wow, Joe.... that was super-fast !!
Thanks a lot.... will play immediately...!!

[joeb]

Sorry for the ambiguity of my emails but it took me a while to come up with some of the little puzzles that I have in HS but I'm hoping to give everyone the same sort of feeling I got when I was playing This Old Mansion and figured out some of the puzzles, you know the

YEAHHHhhhhh....

feeling. I appreciate the comments I've received back and am glad that it's supplied some enjoyment.
Still looking for the person who's going to make it all the way through, besides me of course.
Now for another question:

What's everyone's feelings on REAL mazes like the one in Mummy's Revenge? I'm contemplating adding one to Search For Jack (actually I already have the structure done). It's relatively small only 9 rooms but it does have the punch of HS (IMNSHO) and some really awesome graphics but no critters.

Thanks,

Joe B

[brell]

I like mazes so go for it!

Regarding HS: When it enters the final list, would you find it in your heart to make 2 versions: One as it is and one slightly easier with a saving point for lesser players like me?

[joeb]

Actually I was thinking 2 save points and I guess I could go easier.
I'll look at it over the weekend.

Joe B

[Toybox]

Almost did it... Had 3 red keys and one blue; I would have managed if I hadn't lost about 10 lives in that dark room...

Did you know that falling platforms don't fall normally in the dark, but just

vanish

? Until they glow, that is (then, they behave normally)

[Psychotronic]

There's a room in ACO that uses that strange falling platform behavior. It's hard to get through the room at first, but as you jump on the falling platforms, they appear in the dark, until the entire path to the exit is revealed. Very strange.

[Freddy]

But do NOT leave the room. Or they are gone again!!

[Toybox]

There, done! Well, almost done: I wonder where I left these last 34% :-?.

Btw: I think you don't really need the red keys (Maybe this answers my previous question )

In room 14297, one skull-spider goes through a brick and ends up sitting on some coins... Is this a deliberate trap?

And I believe you still can get stuck between red and yellow without matching keys.

[aquaMat]

Joe,
after playing your version 005 I discovered a potential JS in room 14298.  Somehow I took a different path this time, than when I last played... and I ended up in the middle caveat with the lever & money bag, BEFORE I had pulled the lever in the lower left corner.

Which results in a Jack-stuck... as the platforms are not yet moving...so you can't get back up again !!
Only voluntary suicide was left as an option.... and although it worked (I was reborn on the upper floor)... I don't think that's particularily nice.

Besides: the game-quit bug in this same room still happens (when Jack rides on a platform until the ceiling).
Strange that you are not seeing it.....

Oh, I wish I could finish this mansion.....  but I never survive the dark room. (I know the way to go is UP....but then what...I still die!)