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Post by sonia (username @eskarina) on Mar 8, 2021 12:45:14 GMT
well, I'm on chapter 3 trying to guide my "thingy" trying to avoid the trees and enemy "thingies" - been through it over a dozen times and always crash... I think it's time for a break (love your smilies, pennmom ) my biggest problem seems to be I miss a move because I have to shift my gaze to have a look at the arrows at the wrong moment - it would be great if the arrow keys on my keyboard would work clicking carefully one move at a time worked! - thanks, pennmom Thank You
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Post by pennmom on Mar 8, 2021 13:16:09 GMT
since everyone is having trouble with these arcade game I looked up some youtube videos
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Post by smitty189 on Mar 8, 2021 13:56:46 GMT
@pennmom Got thru the airplanes in exactly the opposite side stayed to the left but you're right calm clicking wins the day - or one click at a time Chapter 4 is easier folks so deep breath. I'm on the valve puzzle but today is errand day so... But I agree with most that this has been fun and is not normally a game that I would have played Good luck and happy gaming
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Post by pennmom on Mar 8, 2021 14:44:06 GMT
smitty189 , is right, Chapter 4 is pretty easy and there are NO arcade games CHAPTER 4 WALKTHROUGH SCREENSHOTS
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Post by pennmom on Mar 8, 2021 14:50:43 GMT
Here are screenshots of my completed puzzles (I forgot to take a SS of 1 puzzle)
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Post by lurkercat on Mar 8, 2021 20:19:01 GMT
Sigh. I am having absolutely no trouble at all with the airplane in Chapter 3....'cause I cannot even get to that point! I'm stuck on the circles puzzle out on the balcony (trying to arrange the yellow, green, and red segments. Got as close as just 1 piece out of place, but of course getting it in place meant I lost the correctness of a bunch of other pieces. I realize this is probably a snap for anyone with even a modicum of visualization skill, but guess I am well short of "modicum". I normally get these things by just making random moves till I accidentally hit on the puzzle as it should look when solved, but that method is not working at all right now....and it is rarely something explained in detail in walkthroughs. Oh well, I'll give it one more try, but I'm not hopeful & suspect this may be a terminal event for me. joybelle , On the ship puzzle, does your "knowing HOW" include {Spoiler}As soon as you see a green "+" come up on the right of your screen, just hit the "+" button. You do not necessarily need a clear line of sight to the green block to have it disappear. If it doesnt work immediately, it will work when you get a little closer, but you do not need to be terribly close to use the + button successfully. This hack makes it so you merely need to master avoiding walls & whales to get through the course. pennmom , what do I need to do to have my spoiler text not come out in the putrid aquamarine color that makes it so hard to read??
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Post by pennmom on Mar 8, 2021 20:37:35 GMT
I had to work and I finally got done and was excited to get back to the game. The 5th and final chapter was super short and I'm sad it's over! Does anyone else know a game that is similar to this one (& My Brother Rabbit) I love the feature that you click gears to get an inventory list and then have to go search for them. My thoughts:
-I love that you can click the mosquitos (dragonflys?) to fill up the hint meter. I didn't really need the hint but sometimes I would click on the hint just so it would let me click more insects bwahaha so I wish it would allow you to continue catching them and accumulate more than 1 hint because catching those big-eyed critters was strangely addicting!
-The mini-games were pretty easy but they were fun for me personally.
-The arcade games were annoying and I wish they had a skip button. Some games are difficult but you feel a sense of satisfaction after completing them but I didn't feel satisfied after completing the 2 Arcade Video Games, I felt relieved that that were behind me and hoped they were the last (and they were!)
-The puzzle pieces were so well-blended into the scenery, even the really large pieces were, at times, difficult to spot even though they were laying out in the open! I found the jigsaw puzzle itself to be quite a decent jigsaw and may have been really challenging if you had to do it all at once vs. sections after each chapter. If this games developer can do such a great job, why can't huge developers like Elephant Games do the same? Clearly they don't care because surely they have the capability!
-After completing the game, you can tinker with the radio at a teaparty with the characters from the game, to change the soundtracks from the game and there is a section to the right that allows you replay 20 Mini-games.
-To wrap it up, I loved this game, it was unique, quirky and a lot of fun. I can't believe this gem had been sitting unopened in my BF game manager for so long!
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Post by pennmom on Mar 8, 2021 20:44:41 GMT
Sigh. I am having absolutely no trouble at all with the airplane in Chapter 3....'cause I cannot even get to that point! I'm stuck on the circles puzzle out on the balcony (trying to arrange the yellow, green, and red segments. Got as close as just 1 piece out of place, but of course getting it in place meant I lost the correctness of a bunch of other pieces. I realize this is probably a snap for anyone with even a modicum of visualization skill, but guess I am well short of "modicum". I normally get these things by just making random moves till I accidentally hit on the puzzle as it should look when solved, but that method is not working at all right now....and it is rarely something explained in detail in walkthroughs. Oh well, I'll give it one more try, but I'm not hopeful & suspect this may be a terminal event for me. joybelle , On the ship puzzle, does your "knowing HOW" include {Spoiler}As soon as you see a green "+" come up on the right of your screen, just hit the "+" button. You do not necessarily need a clear line of sight to the green block to have it disappear. If it doesnt work immediately, it will work when you get a little closer, but you do not need to be terribly close to use the + button successfully. This hack makes it so you merely need to master avoiding walls & whales to get through the course. pennmom , what do I need to do to have my spoiler text not come out in the putrid aquamarine color that makes it so hard to read?? You can't change the color of the text but if you're having trouble reading it because of the color, simply highlight the text :)
As for the circles puzzle, look at the walkthrough pictures I posted. On the top, right-hand side of the screenshot are instructions on how to solve the puzzle. If you click on the X to exit out of the puzzle it will reset and you can click again to complete using the instructions provided.
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Post by pennmom on Mar 8, 2021 20:50:56 GMT
SCREENSHOTS FOR CHAPTER 5
{Spoiler Walkthrough Screenshots}
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Post by lurkercat on Mar 8, 2021 21:11:43 GMT
You can't change the color of the text but if you're having trouble reading it because of the color, simply highlight the text
As for the circles puzzle, look at the walkthrough pictures I posted. On the top, right-hand side of the screenshot are instructions on how to solve the puzzle. If you click on the X to exit out of the puzzle it will reset and you can click again to complete using the instructions provided. Good point about highlighting the text in a Spoiler to be able to read it. But there MUST be a way to change its color - both you ( pennmom ) and sonia (username @eskarina) have your Spoiler text come out in black. Please dont tell me the color is a "personality" thing! THANKS! for the pointer about the walkthrough, but I did look at that and all I saw was the (original) form of the puzzle & no text at all (right of picture ended at the right hand side of the picture) or are you talking about a different walkthough than your Chapter 3 entry? Finally one last thing - I just went off to Colibri's Facebook, website, and Twitter accounts, thinking it might be nice to invite them here to see how much fun we were having with their game. Last Facebook Post was 2017. Last Twitter one was 2019, though it wasnt clear if it were from them or from someone who was porting their game over to different platforms. And the one and only game on their website was The Tiny Bang Story, making me suspect they are out of business? Guess it would not be surprising, given the number of us so far who have commented on buying this game long ago (for me, in 2012) and never having gotten around to playing it. A pity - these guys clearly have a winning attitude about how games should be made! [/quote]
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Post by lurkercat on Mar 8, 2021 21:25:50 GMT
Oops, pennmom, nevermind the comment about not seeing the solution to the circle problem in your Chapter 3 Screenshots - turns out that just displaying the spoiler does not show me the full width of the spoiler (even with the bottom scaling thingie pushed to the right. Clicking on the picture, though did show me the full thing. Duh, wonder how we know in general that we are not seeing everything in a spoiler? In any event, THANKS for the needed information. I would have hated to have to stop the game prematurely!
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Post by sonia (username @eskarina) on Mar 8, 2021 21:43:41 GMT
played all 5 chapters and I'm sorry that it's over - however, you have the possibility to replay puzzles, like the arcade games everybody "loved" - lurkercat , the body text of my spoiler was the same difficult-to-read aqua color - I, too, wish it was black this has been fun - really looking forward to the next group play - but now it's time for me to say goodnight to you all - enjoy your day!
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Post by lurkercat on Mar 8, 2021 21:55:37 GMT
Well, this is curious. sonia (username @eskarina),I saw your spoiler text in black. But I just went back & looked and it seems you had a spoiler in a spoiler (ie,the original spoiler just had another spoiler inside of it) The enclosing spoiler text was black, but the interior spoiler was aquamarine. I see some of pennmom's spoilers in black & some in aquamarine. Really odd. I'll have to play with this a bit more to see if I can find the distinguishing feature to get the readable color.
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Post by pennmom on Mar 8, 2021 22:06:02 GMT
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Post by lurkercat on Mar 8, 2021 22:34:59 GMT
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Post by smitty189 on Mar 8, 2021 23:04:01 GMT
I finished and I believe a fun time was had by all
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Post by lurkercat on Mar 8, 2021 23:13:08 GMT
Just BTW and FYI - Through Abandoned is actually a series & is currently up to 3 games - The Underground City, The Forest, and The Refuge, available as a bundle at Steam for $4.87 or individually there for $.99, $2.99, and $2.99 respectively.
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Post by suzanne on Mar 9, 2021 0:12:16 GMT
On Chapter 2 Pulling my hair out. Ready to drink anything alcoholic Shaking Computer OMG
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Post by cyril50 on Mar 9, 2021 1:46:33 GMT
joybelle, pennmom, I am still on Chapter one. I see several mentions of people looking for the last pipe but no one saying where it is. All I need is this last pipe. Can some one please tell me where it is? A spoiler will do.Thanks in advance
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Post by lurkercat on Mar 9, 2021 2:42:37 GMT
cyril50, Look on page 1 of this thread - pennmom,has screen shots of where the collectibles are.
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