The flaws begin

[Stephen]

I've already received a response from someone who has played the game all the way though, and has played it once choosing each path once it comes to the three way split. According to the response..

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• The fonts switch around like crazy
  

Zephyrus Way:

• If you go North East -
  The exit to the next path is already open without defeating any enemies
  
• If you go North -
  It just pretty much lets the player skip through everything since all of the exits are more or less open. It didn't require that I take anything or use anything to navigate through the rest of the game
  
• If you go North West -
  Dunno if it's the game or the software or what but it glitched w/ the bobcat
  - after using the body spray/lighter once, it prints:
  -- "You attack the bobcat by using the body spray with your lighter creating a flame thrower! You've defeated the bobcat and may now continue on your path."
  -- ...but the enemy health is still 100% until after you "attack" it 2 more times
  - if you use the towel, it prints:
  -- "You can't use that here. You've defeated the bobcat and may now continue on your path."
  -- ...but, again, the enemy health is still 100%
  

The Dark Hills:

• My health never goes down a.k.a. I', not being attacked.
  

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In the defense of Slackers Inc.

• The software (liked to change exits & fonts on it's own).
  
• The fact that we needed a pair of "fresh eyes" to check the Three Way Split.
  
• The software (changing stuff again once it'd been packaged).
  

Overall we were lucky to even have a decent packaged copy to release at all. We are proud to announce that although these flaws have been pointed out, we are currently working on a way to fix these glitches and problems for a second release of the full copy.

[MrsLinnyB]

I've witnessed a fair few of the software issues and saw just how much work went into the coding (and recoding) of the game. Despite the countless program glitches, new software versions and other technical issues that were encountered through the duration, the game really is a major success. We believe that the majority of the recently discovered glitches are a result of trying to use the original version (which the game coding had been started in) with the newer versions of the software (that was used to code the later bits of the game). Due to this issue, the Slackers Inc. staff is going to completely recode the game using the most updated version of the software and hopefully this will fix all of the problems.

From the standpoint of both a Slackers Inc. staff member AND someone who has played the game (and one of the demo versions) a couple of times through, it's obvious that a lot of work has gone into bringing this game to it's current point. That being said, it is the goal of Slackers Inc. to make "The Quest to Find the Dark Hills" that much better by recoding it entirely. If, during this process, you find anything else which can/should be edited or fixed, do not hesitate to post it in this thread.

[Stephen]

*sigh*

We thought that if we recoded the entire game using the newest version of the software it would fix most of our problems. Sadly, this was not the case and things were actually getting worse. We decided to take a new approach and open up the old raw asl file (the one used to package the full version) and see if we could edit that.

Things seemed to be going well at first, we even fixed the take all error. However exit issues started popping up.





We are doing everything we can think of to fix this issue, so far no luck. It is our goal to have everything fixed and ready by late March, for the release of the vamped up 2.0 version but no promises.

**NOTE**
It should be noted that the errors are not being caused by our coding, but rather the software that packages our games.

[MrsLinnyB]

After giving the 2.0 version (& many different packaged "versions" of said 2.0 version) a couple of run-throughs (on more than one computer), I've run across a fair share of potentially problematic issues with the game. Again, I've seen (first-hand) how much coding is going into the game's enhanced version and I've also been a witness to the various things which the game software and packager have been doing to destroy some of that coding. It's things as simple as switching fonts and font sizes to more advanced things like locking down exits and making "enemies" disappear without forcing the player to defeat them. The lead programmer has been working tirelessly to fix everything but each time the game is saved and packaged, it seems like other issues continue to arise.