Beta 2: Dr Demented's Den

[VernJensen]

Post here for comments for Dr Demented's Den (all difficulties). Please start each paragraph in your message with the room number you are writing about. (Push Command-D to see room numbers in the game.)

[margherita64]

Room 15503 - Normal
Jack arrived from the room on the right and is stuck because of the silver door on his left. He can't go down. In the beta 1 version this door wasn't here  and Jack had no problem.

[VernJensen]

Lol, I didn't even know that the secret room to the right even existed.

Fixed. Good catch!

[Semi-Native]

Finished Normal. I think the difficulty level is good for normal, but the mansion seems a little short.

15501
What is the purpose of that ladder? It doesn't seem necessary to avoid dying because the room's not that hard.

[VernJensen]

I honestly have no idea what that ladder is for. I walled it off in the room below, because when I first played the mansion, I was trying to jump off it. Think I should just get rid of it?

Jacob created this mansion, so I don't know what the ladder is for. It seems to be there just so you can see what's below you if you're curious. Odd.

[Semi-Native]

Yes, I think the ladder should be eliminated. It really serves no purpose and can be confusing to new players.

[hawaii]

16094 - Normal - The red key seems to take to long to appear.  Lucky my cat jumped up on my lap to stall my Jack from leaving the room, otherwise I would have missed it. lolol

16498 - Normal - I am puzzled about something.  When Jack takes the Blue Bat Brick from this room all the way to room 16495, why is there another INVISIBLE Blue Bat Brick (ON THE LEFT OVER THE WATER) in that room to take him back to room 16498, when the Blue Bat Brick he came on can do the job?  I found it by making Jack jump into the water.  THERE IS NO HINT THAT IT IS EVEN THERE.

btw:  I love the Blue Bat bricks (as they are 2-way), and for those mansions that require a lot of walking & back-tracking, this is a real neat tool to use to shorten the long walks.  I hope designers use it as a moving sidewalk.   

16300 - Normal - The GREY Bat Brick, in my opinion, should be a Blue on so that Jack could go back down to explore that secret hidden room, instead of going all the way around again.  The Grey Bat Brick is so close to the wall, even if Jack jumps over the bat brick, he jumps back on it quickly, as it won't come down, then realizes he should have checked for a secret.  hmmm

16704 - Normal - I really think that there should be a way to get down to the lower level from this spot (see pic) rather than make Jack go thru the entire zapper scene & back track all over again. 

Ok, I finished testing this mansion.....but I ended up with 1 yellow key.  I searched the entire map, but could not find a yellow door.  Am I missing something or are there to many keys?

[VernJensen]

Thanks Missy. Some of those changes I'll be making, but some I'll be keeping as-is. I'll make that gray brick in 16300 blue in the easy version, but I think for normal/hard it'll stay gray. Part of the

I found it!

for secrets is sometimes working for it.