What happened in the adventure game field while I was away?

[Someone]

You mean this?

About monkeys and pirates

I want to tell you a story about monkeys, pirates and deep serendipity because I think that this forum is probably the only place on the web that might appreciate this tale. A few months ago I starter organizing a marketing event. It has really nothing to do with games but its name is “SeriousMonkey” and the word “monkey” is there just for fun and completely unrelated to “Monkey Island” or to real monkeys. I asked for the help of Daniel Di Pietro, who is a great designer and a good friend. Its…

[uriel]

@Someone

You mean this?

yes. thanks!

[LowLevel]

@shdon

While you were away, the AdvJam2018 took place

Oh, thanks for the heads up, I completely missed it!

I played a few of those submitted to the 2017 competition and they were quite good. I’ll have a look at “Mission: spectrum” as well!

@Guga

@LowLevel, wanna tryout?

Thank you, but I have a conflicting relationship with dubbing, especially when it’s about English language.

@dangerouslee

nice to meet you

Nice to meet you too!

@dangerouslee

Sadly monkey island is still in the clutches of the evil over lords Disney

That’s OK, I changed my mind and now I don’t want Ron to develop his MI3a anymore.

@Nor_Treblig

The game got a puzzle score of 10 out of 10 from Adventurre-Treff.

Wow. I’ll definitely have a look at it.

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@LowLevel

I changed my mind and now I don’t want Ron to develop his MI3a anymore.

and what led you to this nihilistic conclusion?

@LowLevel

I’ll have a look at “Mission: spectrum” as well!

The most likely to win seems to be “Alluvium”. Which is very good. It gets the atmosphere right. But the gameplay is trial and error. By comparison, Mission Spectrum has more depth. You really have to be clever to beat it. And the reason is probably the text interface…

[LowLevel]

@seguso

and what led you to this nihilistic conclusion?

I’ve explained it here:

I have changed my mind: "Monkey Island 3a" could suck

Short version of this post: “I don’t want a MI3a game by Ron anymore, because I’m afraid that it could ruin the idea that the younger me had of those games.” Long version follows… I have always considered “The Secret of Monkey Island” and “Monkey Island 2: LeChuck’s Revenge” the only two “canon” games of the Monkey Island series. All the following games might be good but they have nothing to do with the original story that Ron Gilbert had in mind when he designed the first games. To me, it’s …

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@LowLevel

explained it here

Oh yes, I remember now!

[shdon]

Alluvium really is awesome. Another one that just oozes character is Aye Fair Lady (we need more musicals in adventure games!) and the (at first) sickeningly sweet Ramp It Up! Those are all great contenders.

I’m not under the illusion that I’ll score highly with my game (also because its graphics are so spartan and there is the text parser interface), but I could not care less… Had great fun making it and the handful of people who did get to play it seemed to really enjoy it and that’s all I do care about

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@shdon
Since you are still here, can you help me by telling me in what room I need to act next? (but not what to do!)

I have stuck the gps locator under the boss car; I have plugged in the usb dongle in the boss’ computer. But if I try to retrieve it, the game says “better retrieve it later, when there is a chance it recorded something”. Ok but now I am stuck. Going out and then back in does not work, IIRC. Can you tell me in what room I need to act next?