Tower of Gargalesis (Tickling RPG M/F, F/F, F/M)

[Nora-Rose21]

Here is a question, not sure if it has been answered yet, but where do you get the goblin pet?

Been answered a couple times. So long as your not a heartless tickle fiend and let the goblin queen go. she will be waiting for you at the starting point and join up with you.

 

[FAMILydude]

some story questions

couple of things

-will there be a quest or some kind of reference(other then skills of course) to what class you are, like your past or something. This is because I am playing as a soldier and by his backstory it would seem that he/she has fought before, maybe even killed enemies, that could come to haunt him/her later on. Like I said though, I have yet to play the other classes. A quick suggestion would be just to have someone from his/her past being kidnapped and used as a hostage or something of the like against the player.

-Somewhere on this thread, though I cannot remember where, you mentioned that letting some Mammono get away from a scripted scene could net you some bad karma, is there some way you could label each choice as bad or good, or make it a little more clear as to which ones would be a good/bad thing to finish off/letgo?

- Will you get your own home or something to at least store your money into so those damn gobblins cant take half your cash in one go?

-Is there a mayor to this little village? Or is Captain the head honcho?

thats pretty much it, keep up with the good work and dont let making this game destroy you(r grades)

 

[Lummie]

I have a query for the people following this thread, two actually:

1) Would you rather your Giggle Goblin be forced to morph into a Chuckle Oni to progress beyond level 15, or would you rather that be a personal choice? Either way your Goblin will cap at level 15 until chapter 6 (where the game goes beyond level 15). I'm only asking because I personally prefer the look of the Giggle Goblin (especially in conjunction with a potential scene in Chapter 10) but I was wondering if anyone would prefer the Chuckle Oni, or whatever.

2) How would you feel about an alternative summon? What I have in mind is, through a lengthy quest in Chapter 4, giving the player an option to replace his/her Giggle Goblin with an alternate Mamono. She will be faster, have less health, start at a higher level, have higher Technique, and will have a whole new list of commands.

I'm a big fan of my giggle goblin personally. I did like the chuckle oni as an enemy but...I say give us a choice if it doesn't make things too difficult for you. 🙂

Do you even need an answer for the second one? Players like us are greedy, we always want moar! Nah, seriously, I really like her look! And it'd definetly own to have a pet for the evil characters too. 🙂

Edit:

Yes you get a house eventually, and if you play your cards right your lover moves in with you. Free sex/tickle/healing/storage.

Housing ftw! Sounds awesome to me!

The Captain is the de facto leader of the village. That said, he's a pawn, but doesn't know it. Just wait for the last quest in Chapter 3, it will shed a lot more light on the setting.

Yay for more story!

I'm giddy with excitement as I start plotting this. The next quest is huge. It has 15 parts which, if I remember correctly, is equal to how many parts "The Tower of Gargalesis" quest has by the time you defeat Mammona. Meaning, this quest is huge.

It's great to see you so motivated! Can't wait! 😀

 

[Idofun]

Can some one please help me i had a virus with has cleared my pc does any one a save file just past the slime thing in chapter 2 i really need help please message me if you can i could try and do something for you. 🙂

 

[FAMILydude]

karma

I dont mean for you to just simply but bad or good next to the choices(but that would be really easy 😀). Maybe Im simply being a little too prejudicial with you, seeing as how my two favorite games are Fallout 3 and Mass Effect2 and I assumed that you might have some knowledge with these.


-also, will there be a way for us to equip stuff to our little goblin friend(or Chuckle Oni), seeing as how we have so much extra shit on us?

 

[einmasterx]

*EDIT* Thanks everyone for helping me get this.

Can someone PM me how to solve the museum? I've managed to really confuse myself.

The riddle starts with saying 3 good switches, 4 bad. Okay, there are EIGHT switches. The one switch with 4 options I don't see any clues for.

The switches themselves really confuse me. The switch that says "I'm the 6th switch, 1 and 3 form a right triangle with me" even confuses me because the first three switches might not even be the ones I am supposed to hit, kind of like "hit me last, nice and slow".. so that's the 7th(8th?) switch or the third? The switch that says "I have a first name it is bologne hit me second" I don't want to trust because it's full of bologne, so I could hit it anytime but the second? The "crazy" switch almost sounds like it wants me to go over and hit it, but maybe that's because the crazy museum drove me crazy.

The shapes I *thought* I had figured out but I guess not. V for victory, I see a V in the "badge" pattern. Hitting the "I'm not third" switch, "hit the switch below me" switch, and "hit me last" didn't seem to work, even though 2 of those should form a right triangle with the 6th switch.. (top left would have the 90 degree angle) if that's right, dont reply to this and ruin it for everyone else, just PM me and tell me to load an earlier save or something because it should work. Then I can delete this post. *I* thought it should work 😉

I am soooo lost and confuseded.

I, too am also lost.

I would also like a PM on how to solve this. Thanks! 🙂

 

[Lummie]

Alright, the final quest for Chapter 3 "Lover of the Snow Maiden" can be started. I still have a long, long, long way to go on finishing this quest, but listening to Singing Mountain on repeat to get in the right frame of mind is making me tired 😛.

I'd like to apologize in advance. This is primarily a story quest, it doesn't have a ton of tickling material relative to the size of the quest itself. There are maybe 3 or 4 tickling scenes (including the boss's Game Over and Victory Scenes), over the entirety of the 15 part quest. It's also a mostly hidden quest. If you complete it, you'll get a butt load of experience, plot, and a bonus weapon (for reference, the weapon you get is level 10, in a chapter that theoretically goes to level 9). It will also open up a ton of venues later. If you want to access a rather huge quest series (this is the second in a chain of about eight quests that continue up to Chapter 8), you'll need to explore the frigid Northern Highlands for clues to unlock this quest.

If you complete the "Snow Maiden" quest chain, it will end with you getting access to the second strongest weapon in the game, and open up the path to get the strongest weapon in the game.

I enjoy the story bits just as much as the tickling scenes, it's what makes or brakes a RPG after all. I'm sure most other players would agree with me here. 🙂
Beside I do want those weapons, heh.

Edit: I can confirm what lukers said in the last post by the way, seems like the new quest is not accessable. 🙂 Unlike him, I didn't touch the snow maiden until the most recent beta.

 

[whyguy2]

Could someone please pm me about how to get through this house maze please. I have been trying everything and I can't figure it out

 

[ultimatetkster]

Just pick a different class, slayer is very solid and i found i could manage the game quite well with it.\

Also, i can't seem to start the next part of the snow maiden quest. I already did her quest up to the update before.
Also, can we get a rep counter? It might help people figure out if they're missing a quest or something.

 

[Lo-Ruke]

Could someone pleeeeeeeeeeease PM me on how to solve the house puzzle?

 

[Xtreme09]

Okay a lot of people are having trouble with this switch puzzle so since i've gotten through it, i'll give you guys a hint on what 3 switches are.

How many corners does a triangle have?

I've leave you with that for now.

 

[Lummie]

Okay a lot of people are having trouble with this switch puzzle so since i've gotten through it, i'll give you guys a hint on what 3 switches are.

How many corners does a triangle have?

I've leave you with that for now.

Even after solving it, I don't think that hint would have been helpful to me. xD sorry!

Deus basically told all there is to tell allready, so I figure the only reason why people still ask is because it's in white and you need to highlight it to read it.
Page 92, his second post. 🙂

 

[mandevil]

Even after solving the riddle i must say that was the most unhelpful hint in history, Xtreme xD

What is giving people so much trouble with the switch puzzle, i believe, is that every switch says something. People believe every comment is a part of the puzzle and will help solving it. Basically, they are overthinking things.

The only helpful hint currently in the game and in this thread is: V FOR VICTORY. Because a V has 3 corners, and there are 3 switches that form a 'triangle'. From there, its just finding out the right order.

All this 'push me after x', 'i am switch x' and 'i am NOT switch x' is confusing people.

That being said, that stupid mansion gave me hell and i absolutely LOVED it! Of course i hated it when i was still inside, but in retrospect it was the most challenging and one of the most rewarding parts of the game. I must have spent half an hour trying to find out which switch has which number, i even drew a little map on my desk hehe!

 

[DeusExProcella1]

Even after solving the riddle i must say that was the most unhelpful hint in history, Xtreme xD

What is giving people so much trouble with the switch puzzle, i believe, is that every switch says something. People believe every comment is a part of the puzzle and will help solving it. Basically, they are overthinking things.

The only helpful hint currently in the game and in this thread is: V FOR VICTORY. Because a V has 3 corners, and there are 3 switches that form a 'triangle'. From there, its just finding out the right order.

All this 'push me after x', 'i am switch x' and 'i am NOT switch x' is confusing people.

That being said, that stupid mansion gave me hell and i absolutely LOVED it! Of course i hated it when i was still inside, but in retrospect it was the most challenging and one of the most rewarding parts of the game. I must have spent half an hour trying to find out which switch has which number, i even drew a little map on my desk hehe!

I said I wouldn't leave my update post but this HAS to be addressed. You are overthinking it. The riddle makes perfect sense if you remember that it tells you the ORDER that you pull the switches.

V for Victory is a hand gesture that involves 2 fingers. 2

The Powerpuff Girls are a trio of superheroines. 3 girls.

A Gold Medal is the reward for 1st place. Place #1.

Thus the order is 2, 3, 1. For anyone who has played Ocarina of Time, this is the same order you need to hit the Deku Scrub Brothers in the Deku Tree.

Now look at the picture. First of all, you KNOW that only 3 switches are correct. And there is only 1 shape with 3 sides on that image. It is a star on top of a trapezoid on top of a triangle.

Immediately you know you only need to worry about the triangle because you know only 3 switches are correct. Of course the other two shapes are helpful too (the Star points toward every switch except the correct 3, and the trapezoid points at the four incorrect switches). Keep in mind, you CAN see on the picture that the top middle switch ISN'T shown. Meaning that switch is simply a red herring, it doesn't exist. It doesn't count against you to pull it.

Now look at the triangle. It is colored Pink, Blue, and Green. This hint is only useful if you have the most basic knowledge of The Powerpuff Girls, otherwise you just need to try those 3 switches in different orders until they work.

"Using their ultra-superpowers, Blossom (1), Bubbles (2), and Buttercup (3) have dedicated their lives..." The Pink angle points at Switch #1, the Blue angle points at Switch #2, and the Green angle points at Switch #3. So pull them in the correct order (2,3,1).

The other switches talking is just part of the mansion. Everything in the mansion is there to lie to you or to trick you or to confuse you. There are only 4 things in the mansion that tell the truth.

1) The sign (both times)

2) The switch that says "Switch 3, Switch 1 and I form a triangle" (look at the picture, they do form a triangle)

3) The switch that says "Pull Me last"

4) The picture itself.

I didn't want to just plaster the answer here, but I'm a bit frustrated people are undermining how much thought went into this puzzle 😛

 

[Lummie]

I do admire your memory. I've played Ocarinna of Time but that's so far back... xD

Now now, I doubt alot of people thought "Oh c'mon this puzzle is so easy it's not well thought out at all!"

If anything it was something like: "Huh, I can't figure this out, what the fuck is this"

But that's not your fault then. 🙂 Actually I think most of us will agree that the mansion is one of the best places to hit the gameworld so far, I'd even give you bonus points for making a puzzle that's definetly not easy to solve, a rare occurence in todays video games. I probably would still be trying around without the hints. xD

 

[ultimatetkster]

In response to your use of an updating page, should us regular testers also do that? It might be prove easier on you if you could just a few posts and get an overview of a good chunk of the bugs while reducing clutter from our posts.

 

[Xtreme09]

Okay I thought that might have been unhelpful.

I actually said that because the switches are in a perfect inverted triangle with the sign in the center of the room.

 

[Kjiron]

I'm going to go ahead and finally chime in. I've been enjoying your work forever now Deus, thank you so much for all the effort you've put into this. Thanks to you and all your helpers.

So, two quick comments. First I want to vote for this new mamono pet. See, I've chosen to tickle every one of my opponents, without regard for the consequences. I want to see the scenes, and I figured I'd rather lean all the way in one direction than try to walk down the middle of the road. That said, I've had to play without the goblin. For the most part I've had no trouble with anything the game has thrown at me (I'm an Adventurer (I like being able to just surrender and see the scenes)) but Mammona is killing me at level 8. I figured only being one level below her wouldn't be such a big deal...but man. Cannot for the life of me get past this now, and what's worse, is I can't escape (final encounter) so I can't go back and grind for levels. I'm kinda stuck at a dead end, and I figured I may have to just start all over (really don't want to do that) and get the goblin this time. But if you're going to add another pet, maybe I'll keep hammering away at this. I'm on attempt nine, for the record. I don't know, maybe I'm just doing this wrong or something? I've got nine juices, and can't seem to down her before using them all up. The damage the crystal does isn't very consistent either. Any advice?

...there was something else I was going to say too...but I cannot remember now for the life of me. Ah well, I'll edit the post if I remember. Thanks again Deus, and everyone else, this is an amazing project.

 

[tickleslave2002]

The sign actually lies the first time. There are 8 switches, 1 of which has 4 pull options.

 

[ultimatetkster]

I'm going to go ahead and finally chime in. I've been enjoying your work forever now Deus, thank you so much for all the effort you've put into this. Thanks to you and all your helpers.

So, two quick comments. First I want to vote for this new mamono pet. See, I've chosen to tickle every one of my opponents, without regard for the consequences. I want to see the scenes, and I figured I'd rather lean all the way in one direction than try to walk down the middle of the road. That said, I've had to play without the goblin. For the most part I've had no trouble with anything the game has thrown at me (I'm an Adventurer (I like being able to just surrender and see the scenes)) but Mammona is killing me at level 8. I figured only being one level below her wouldn't be such a big deal...but man. Cannot for the life of me get past this now, and what's worse, is I can't escape (final encounter) so I can't go back and grind for levels. I'm kinda stuck at a dead end, and I figured I may have to just start all over (really don't want to do that) and get the goblin this time. But if you're going to add another pet, maybe I'll keep hammering away at this. I'm on attempt nine, for the record. I don't know, maybe I'm just doing this wrong or something? I've got nine juices, and can't seem to down her before using them all up. The damage the crystal does isn't very consistent either. Any advice?

...there was something else I was going to say too...but I cannot remember now for the life of me. Ah well, I'll edit the post if I remember. Thanks again Deus, and everyone else, this is an amazing project.

Adventurer, is even with nerfs, easily the most solid character in the game. Also, because the adventurer is the middleground, you should be able to beat mammona should since you can heal past the damage at lvl 8. Use more than just the juices, you must have extra healing items like Honey Bee's and the cow's milk. Or, just go to a previous save and boost yourself a level. Like any of these games, save often.

 

[apollo]

your doing a great job with this game. keep up the good work.
it really looks like the story is starting to reveal itself and i guess we all upset
someone in that tower with the sudden infestation in town.
speaking of bugs
minor one with the house with the switches. I can walk on the roof.
(didn't find aello up there) lol - BETA V4.311

 

[Kjiron]

Adventurer, is even with nerfs, easily the most solid character in the game. Also, because the adventurer is the middleground, you should be able to beat mammona should since you can heal past the damage at lvl 8. Use more than just the juices, you must have extra healing items like Honey Bee's and the cow's milk. Or, just go to a previous save and boost yourself a level. Like any of these games, save often.

Thanks for the advice. I actually went back and found Deus's post on the algorithm the crystals use too (no wonder her crystal hits me for 150ish, I never let any of the mamono go so I must have negative rep), so we'll see how well I do armed with this new info. I do have other healing items...but they don't really do enough to justify using them. She hits me for about 60 damage normally. And my best healing item only heals for 75. So, in order to get any real healing out of the item, I have to get lucky and have her cast a status ailment on the turn I try to heal. And even then, I still get stuck with an ailment. It's tough, to say the least. But maybe if I save up my crystal's energy rather than using it every turn it'll make a difference.

Edit: Okay, just tried (and failed) three more times. And I think something may actually be wrong here. See, earlier this evening when fighting her, I lost like usual and got to see the tickle scene (wonderfully well written, btw). But just now, all three times, when I lost I just saw GAME OVER and got kicked back to the main menu. So I started paying more attention...I think there's a glitch in the battle. Some STRANGE things happened to me while I was fighting her. At one point I started trying to heal, so I use the orange juice and heal for 75. Then she dose a normal tickle attack for 50 something. Next round, I'm at 1 HP. So, I use another juice, she uses another regular attack, and AGAIN I'm only at 1 HP. This went on for about four rounds, before my healing finally took and the numbers made sense again. Then, at one point I had a little over a 100 HP, right? So, I do an attack on her underarms, then it's her turn. All I see is the text saying that she grins wildly, then boom, game over. No attack, no numbers, no nothing. Just game over, no tickle scene, back to the main menu.

Is anyone else experiencing stuff like this, or is it just me?

Edit again: Okay, so, I think what's killing me instantly is her crystal attack after all. It's not "grin wildly" I thought I kept seeing, but the "glowing fiercely" for the crystal attack. I've seen her crystal hit me for more than 200 before, so it could just be that she's killing me like that. But that I don't get the game over scene, or even to see how much she hits me for, is still weird. Also, if she can hit me for 200...I really don't know how I'm supposed to be able to beat her, even if I were a level higher. XD

 

[DeusExProcella1]

This is now my update post, please refer to this post for responses

I wasn't going to post this yet, but I had to make a fix that a recent post reminded me about. Not to mention there are several (mostly chapter 1) text fixes thanks to a friend doing tests.

4.13.10

BETA V4.293 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IEYSK8BS

*Edit- For what it's worth, your random vanishing health is a product of the flawed slip damage script in RPG Maker VX. That would be poison hurting you, the game just doesn't inform you of this. I'll look for a fix to this.

**Edit- There made another fix. Now the random number for the Charity Core Crystal just goes from 2..10. So you'll do minimum 20-100 damage if you don't absorb a Greed Core Wave. After just 1 GCW, you can do 20-200 damage. I've also widened the window on the Greed Core Wave when attacking a negative karma character. Before the random variable was 50..100 now it's 1..100.

Random number. It's not quite an update because...you can start the Lover of the Snow Maiden quest and complete the first two parts. I wasn't going to upload this until I got the next five parts done, but for this fix, I'm going to release it. Tons, and tons, and tons of story in this quest.

The fixes I made were small ones (Fruit of Knismesis now also heals you from Mammona's Tickle Venom as well as nearly every other status), but hopefully they'll make things easier here and there.

Chuckle Oni and Cackle Coon summon Mamono have been programmed in (they just need skillsets) so they are definitely going to happen (you'll get Cackle Coon partner in Chapter 4. The quest to get her will be the first thing I work on and will be available as soon as you defeat Mammona).

For those interested in differences among the summons-

Giggle Goblin is the most balanced. She has higher Technique and Agility than the Chuckle Oni, and higher Proficiency, Stamina, and Endurance than the Cackle Coon. She also has the largest move pool. I would say she's the best partner, which is a product of my personal bias.

Chuckle Oni has huge Stamina, Proficiency, and Endurance. She makes the Giggle Goblin look like a weakling (rightly so). However, in the transformation, she loses a ton of Technique and Agility. But, she also gains the "Drink Sake" ability which can be used every four turns to recover quite a bit of Stamina. She is 100% offensively focused.

Cackle Coon (she has a set name, sorry) has the lowest Stamina, Proficiency and Endurance, but has HUGE Technique and Agility. Her apparel also increases her evasion (she has a boosted +15% evasion). Her move pool is primarily defensively focused, but she eventually covers all elemental weaknesses.

Everything within here is for FUTURE NOTE, none of this is available yet

I'm torn on whether Oni or Coon is harder to use, but they're both very rewarding. The Giggle Goblin is the canonical pet (the other two are non-canon bonuses), so as such she's catered to a bit more.

To get the Chuckle Oni, you'll need to finish the Chapter 6 Giggle Goblin Pet Quest with negative karma. Now at this point, I'm torn on whether what happens next is mandatory. I would like to make it mandatory, but if there is some kind of huge uprising against it, I may change my mind.

If you complete the Chapter 6 Goblin Pet Quest (Goblin Quest 3) with negative karma, your Giggle Goblin will undergo a transformation and become a Chuckle Oni. If you complete it with positive karma, she'll resist the urge to transform, absorbing the same power to become a Giggle Goblin Elite.

To get the Cackle Coon, you'll find a quest available at the very start of Chapter 4 (technically, you can get it before even starting Chapter 4). Upon completing the quest you'll be faced with several choices. First is the standard "Tickle Her" or "Let Her Go", if you choose the latter, you'll instantly get the Cackle Coon servant. However, if you press the "Tickle Her", you'll be offered three times to stop. If you keep tickling her, you'll finally be given the option to "Enslave" her once she is completely dominated. This will unlock the Cackle Coon slave, which is a darker plot line.

Now if you have the Giggle Goblin, you cannot get the Cackle Coon slave. You can only choose to get the Cackle Coon servant. And you'll lock yourself out of the Giggle Goblin quests (while opening up 3 Cackle Coon quests).

Remember though: The Giggle Goblin (not the Oni or the Coon) is the canonical partner. If you get a Chuckle Oni, you'll unlock 1 Chuckle Oni quest. If you get the Giggle Goblin Elite, you'll unlock 3 more Giggle Goblin quests which add to the canon story.\

So that's some more information on your pets.

Wondering about the romantic partners? Don't worry, I'll be adding them before Chapter 4. I just have to figure out how they play out compared to Honey Bee.

Just like Giggle Goblin is the canon partner, Honey Bee is the canon lover. The others are added for bonus content and player customization.

Honey Bee - Starts as "Friend" and progresses to "Lover" just by following the story. She is the most helpful partner, and when she joins you in combat (Chapter 10) she is the most powerful partner. Honey Bee provides the most hints on quests, giving more specific hints as she progresses (I'll be changing her Chapter 2/3 hints before the next update based on her progression).

- Honey Bee is VASTLY more powerful than the others. This will be explored later. If you have any guesses...please PM them to me to discuss them.

- Primary Tickle Spot: Feet

Aello - Starts as "Friend", but progresses very slowly to "Lover". Aello isn't very helpful, for the longest time she just wants to tickle and is also the youngest Friendly Mamono. She is the fastest partner in Chapter 10, but also the weakest. However, advancing Aello into romantic territory unlocks fast travel. She will eventually give you the means to call her to warp you around the island.

- Aello is the only partner who can warp you out of danger in Chapter 10. This is very, very beneficial due to the nature of Chapter 10.

- Primary Tickle Spot: Armpits

Hathor - Starts off as "Friend with Benefits" and progresses VERY quickly to "Lover" you can technically get Hathor to be your Lover by the end of Chapter 5 if you play your cards right. In Chapter 10 she is the bulkiest partner, with the highest Stamina and Endurance. She will also provide you with milk every so often after becoming your Lover.

- Hathor can use a temporary "Cover" ability where she absorbs the damage you receive.

- Primary Tickle Spot: Breasts/Ribs

Kaliya - Kaliya hates you with a passion. She isn't unlocked until Chapter 7, but requires an entire subset of quests to even get on friendly terms with. She is vicious and domineering, and hates being tickled. However, if you can advance her to Lover, she is the second most powerful partner, and will provide you with a quest to unlock the most powerful spell in the game (for Mages) and the most powerful Talisman in the game. She is Technique focused and uses tons of arcane magics to help you in Chapter 10.

- Kaliya has unreal Technique and her move pool is enormous. She can inflict every status effect imaginable, buff you and herself to high heavens, and pretty much is the best you can get after Honey Bee.

- Primary Tickle Spot: Belly/Hips

Anyone with ideas for these four partners, PM me. Don't be afraid to offer any kind of suggestions.

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So there you have it, that's what I've been up to. Don't be afraid to contact me for any reasons, even if you just want to chat I enjoy talking to people. I hope this information is enough to sate your appetites while waiting for Lover of the Snow Maiden. This quest will take me a while (it adds about...8 maps, a boss, three game overs, and a metric buttload of backstory).

Edit- That pit is the entrance to the Feather Bug Nest. I moved it because given the size of the Feather Bug Nest, it made more sense in that location.

*Edit: Out of curiosity, how many people found Mammona difficult? I know Beelzebebe didn't seem to give anyone a challenge (at least not to the point that anyone mentioned it) so I was wondering where Mammona ranked on the over all difficulty meter? (Given the complaints that Venus, Soft Slime, and Ticklazon had).

Actually, I'll just make this more encompassing. How would you rank the bosses in order of difficulty? (I'll use this information for later bosses).

**Edit- mlukers: Talk to everyone walking around the village. There are eight villagers (not guards) and you need to talk to all of them. Then you should get a cutscene.

***Edit- The Lover of the Snow Maiden is a hidden quest. You need to explore and examine everything you can in the Frozen Forest and Frozen Highland. Then talk to the Snow Maiden.

Side Note- How does everyone like the new music? I'm gathering a big list of midis together, it's been a lengthy process...unfortunately most of them tie into a single quest chain later lol.

*VEdit- kjiron - I found the problem, it's not a glitch. The damage for Greed Core Wave is done before the box displaying how much damage you received is displayed. So you seem to be "mysteriously" dying, the truth is you just are having Incap inflicted before it tells you the damage itself. I'll fix that right now. I'm also going to adjust the Greed Core damage, have it run 1..50 instead and see if that helps. To compensate I'm going to weaken its healing effect on positive Karma characters.

I'm in class so it might take longer than I'd like, but give me just a moment.

Generally I am having more problem with healing and keeping my stamina up in the battle than having to fight any foe as mage... even if there are multiple of them. So new series of healing potions would be useful, since most of monsters just take same damage or more of what I heal and Honey jar has its limits.

Noted, and fixed. After reaching level 11 (chapter 4) you'll be able to buy Apple Juices at the shop. Before then, you can win them from the pub game. I've added a "Point Booster" you can purchase which doubles your score if you get a perfect score. I've also fixed the glitch causing the same questions to get spammed over and over. I'm also putting together a "Level 2" which adds another 20 questions and gives a +5 point bonus for finishing it (after the Point Booster doubles your score).

BETA V4.34 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C278EMCO

Apple Juice added to the Pub Game, made available earlier. Mammona fix, Greed Core Wave now procs 1..50 instead of 1..100. The healing factor has been reduced to 1..30. Due to the availability of better pots (125 healing), I decided to make the healing effect of the Greed Core Wave weaker.

I found a problem with the bar game. Immediately after the girl asks you the first question, the game freezes whether you get it right or wrong. I tried it multiple times to make sure it wasn't just a fluke, and it happened every time.

Fixed, I was calling a variable that I must have scrapped at some point. It's been added back in and everything works.

BETA V4.341 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EK6EH6WS

Edit:

Well I noticed a really bad programming error. It shouldn't have caused any issues, but it was an outrageous redundancy that wasn't necessary. I've fixed it, which may or may not fix Stickman's issue. If this doesn't fix it, I'll have to do a more thorough read through. For what it's worth, the game works for me.

BETA V4.342 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LBALX3HF

Made more fixes to the Bar Game. Had to adjust the Point Booster and the price of Apple Juices.

Anyway, here's the next update. Still no further development on the Lover of the Snow Maiden quest, but that will come later tonight.

BETA V4.343 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5CHWD7HU

In still dealing with the issue with Mammona, I'll let you know that at level 9 (her lowest level) Mammona has 1700 stamina. I'm still working on balancing here...so, I've tweaked her down to 1300 HP (for reference Beelzebebe had 875 Stamina). Working with this new pattern, the Chapter 4 boss will have 1725. This would give the final boss 4175 Stamina, which factoring in defense and such is probably a fair enough amount for an epic battle. Keeping in mind the final boss isn't a straight forward fight.

So to see if shaving off that 400 Stamina helps (it should or wut), here's a new update.

BETA V4.344 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L0JEB4JB

Here's another small update, mostly because I think there was an error with starting a new game in 4.344. For the record, you can access the Cave for the Lover of the Snow Maiden quest in this update.

BETA V4.345 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X0KUFSFP

The Chamber of Trust (the icy floor maze) is the last part in the previous update. That's as far as I've designed so far, but I'm getting the other three challenges put together.

More rambling on my part in lieu of a real update. How did you like the puzzles in the Chamber of Passion (the statue puzzle) and the Chamber of Trust? There are three more similar to those. I'm trying to work on my puzzle making at this point so I can create some really choice maps later.

Completely off-topic, is anyone familiar with Coheed and Cambria? They're without a doubt my favorite band (Claudio, I would be gay for you <333) and there are tons of references to their songs and the story of the Amory Wars laced throughout the game. If anyone can find everything (and I mean over the course of the whole game, not just now), I may put a reward of some sort together.

@teh_stalker: Yes that was a mistake on my part. G.Damage wasn't initializing to 0 before running the algorithm, meaning the base damage/healing of the Greed Core Wave gets higher and higher every time she uses it. This could also explain kjiron's trouble beating her. The longer you take, the easier it gets for a positive karma character and the harder it gets for a negative karma. I've fixed this now.

*Edit*

There will be 5 new random Mamono introduced in Chapter 4. There will be a total of 7 new Mamono introduced in Chapter 4, 2 of which are bosses. I'm getting stumped on coming up with Mamono ideas lol, so forgive me if it will take a while. Then again, Chapter 3 has about 50% of its material finished, so I'm not in a real hurry.

 

[ultimatetkster]

Thanks for the advice. I actually went back and found Deus's post on the algorithm the crystals use too (no wonder her crystal hits me for 150ish, I never let any of the mamono go so I must have negative rep), so we'll see how well I do armed with this new info. I do have other healing items...but they don't really do enough to justify using them. She hits me for about 60 damage normally. And my best healing item only heals for 75. So, in order to get any real healing out of the item, I have to get lucky and have her cast a status ailment on the turn I try to heal. And even then, I still get stuck with an ailment. It's tough, to say the least. But maybe if I save up my crystal's energy rather than using it every turn it'll make a difference.

Edit: Okay, just tried (and failed) three more times. And I think something may actually be wrong here. See, earlier this evening when fighting her, I lost like usual and got to see the tickle scene (wonderfully well written, btw). But just now, all three times, when I lost I just saw GAME OVER and got kicked back to the main menu. So I started paying more attention...I think there's a glitch in the battle. Some STRANGE things happened to me while I was fighting her. At one point I started trying to heal, so I use the orange juice and heal for 75. Then she dose a normal tickle attack for 50 something. Next round, I'm at 1 HP. So, I use another juice, she uses another regular attack, and AGAIN I'm only at 1 HP. This went on for about four rounds, before my healing finally took and the numbers made sense again. Then, at one point I had a little over a 100 HP, right? So, I do an attack on her underarms, then it's her turn. All I see is the text saying that she grins wildly, then boom, game over. No attack, no numbers, no nothing. Just game over, no tickle scene, back to the main menu.

Is anyone else experiencing stuff like this, or is it just me?

Edit again: Okay, so, I think what's killing me instantly is her crystal attack after all. It's not "grin wildly" I thought I kept seeing, but the "glowing fiercely" for the crystal attack. I've seen her crystal hit me for more than 200 before, so it could just be that she's killing me like that. But that I don't get the game over scene, or even to see how much she hits me for, is still weird. Also, if she can hit me for 200...I really don't know how I'm supposed to be able to beat her, even if I were a level higher. XD

I guess if it's like that, perhaps Deus could look into perhaps lessening the punishing effect of negative karma on the crystal attack. As it is, even with good karma, the fight is no cakewalk, and with negative, it just becomes suicidial.

 

[Abadon XXX1]

*plays pokemon evolution music for giggle goblin*