# Can verbs be removed?

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**Category:** Adventure/Lucasfilm Games\
**Created:** [May 16, 2017, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/can-verbs-be-removed/556 "2017-05-16T10:26:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nor\_Treblig](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/nor_treblig/32/216_2.png) [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/can-verbs-be-removed/556/47 "2017-05-17T16:06:23Z")

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> [@bongobrain](#):
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> I’ll do the opposite and say the Thimbleweed trampoline puzzle was a poor example of verb usage because it was just plain glitched on my computer. It was an absolute tossup which direction was used and had no relation to the verb.

If still confused: I’ve tried to explain it in this topic:

> [@The Trampoline puzzle](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-trampoline-puzzle/449/4):
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> If you select Push and click the left side of the trampoline it moves right, if you select Pull and click the left side it moves left. When clicking on the right side moving left/right this is reversed. The confusion happens because there aren’t two separate push and pull animations, so the character always pushes, but it’s always the correct direction depending on verb + click area. Other possible implementations of this puzzle could have worked like this: Only one trampoline hotspot; Push …

> [@N\_N](#):
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> The remastered version of DotT actually enhances the original artistic vision.

When talking about animations and characters: Yes. But I’m not really happy with the backgrounds, basically they have just used a filter to upscale them and fixed some stuff here and there (e.g. making circle shapes).

For instance take a look at the edges of the washing machine (especially the hinges) or the cupboard to the left:

 ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/1X/91320715f0f4334fcd306338b01f4f8522f7a05e.png)

Back to the topic: I liked that they have made the verbs context sensitive, e.g. removing verbs which only produced generic responses. But what was really horrible was that the verbs change their positions ☹

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