Ok, it's my first working game (I have another one with much more graphics, but no levels and such) with coldstone - it was meant to be a gift for my little niece, but I figured I should give it out to anyone who knew a little kid that was just learning the alphabet and spelling! With that said you should know that it's meant for kids!

So, feel free to download the early beta with a few bugs, but I just wanted it to get out while I finish it up, so you guys could see it!
(url="http://"http://www.sinthesisent.com")http://www.sinthesisent.com(/url)

Enjoy!!

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Originally posted by Klatu:
Ok, it's my first working game (I have another one with much more graphics, but no levels and such) with coldstone - it was meant to be a gift for my little niece, but I figured I should give it out to anyone who knew a little kid that was just learning the alphabet and spelling!

Very cute.

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Originally posted by Klatu:
**Ok, it's my first working game (I have another one with much more graphics, but no levels and such) with coldstone - it was meant to be a gift for my little niece, but I figured I should give it out to anyone who knew a little kid that was just learning the alphabet and spelling! With that said you should know that it's meant for kids!

So, feel free to download the early beta with a few bugs, but I just wanted it to get out while I finish it up, so you guys could see it!
http://www.sinthesisent.com

Enjoy!!

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Heh, if only my little sister were abit younger. =D It is a very cute game, and I love the starting up screens. Unfortiently, I get an error and a quit sometime during or right after the loading of the actual game portion, after clicking new game. Guess I will have to wait till next beta!

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Thanks for the compliments! I've uploaded another version with more memory alloted to it in hopes that this will fix the problem - I've recieved other complaints about the game crashing and I thought that maybe it didn't have sufficient memory...

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Originally posted by Klatu:
**Thanks for the compliments! I've uploaded another version with more memory alloted to it in hopes that this will fix the problem - I've recieved other complaints about the game crashing and I thought that maybe it didn't have sufficient memory...

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That must of been it, for it works now. Cute! I like the voice overs, although I suppose they are necessary. Heh. "Illiterate? Write here for help!"

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Originally posted by Klatu:
**...So, feel free to download the early beta ...
http://www.sinthesisent.com

Enjoy!!
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Hi Klatu, I went to your site but did not find where to download the game. Can you point me in the right direction, or am I just dense? ~RD

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It is really cute, but this problem keeps cropping up: occasionally, when I pick up a letter, it disappears, but nothing else happens. Later, I walk over the same spot, and the "I got a Q!" message triggers and the letter count is increased by 1. Is the "I got a Q!" triggered by an event tile, or by picking up the item? It appears that the former is the case, because of this problem. Another thing: if you are planning on distributing it to little kids, it should have instructions or the kids won't know what to do! I think that the game over all is great, and I can see little kids having a lot of fun with it.

EDIT: Forgot one tiny thing: On my computer (using OS X) the icon for the application itself was tiny. I think you need to blow it up a bit.
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Rubber Ducky,

It is in the games section at the bottum - there is a link to it in the description... or just download it with this url
(url="http://"http://www.sinthesisent.com/KABCA.sit")http://www.sinthesisent.com/KABCA.sit(/url)

Enjoy!

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Originally posted by Rubber Ducky:
**Hi Klatu, I went to your site but did not find where to download the game. Can you point me in the right direction, or am I just dense?:) ~RD

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Heh, I had the same problem for a few minutes. After clicking on the icon that says "click here to enter" or some such, another window will open. This is where I was having problems, as I couldn't find links to the sections anywhere. Then I realized they were cleverly disguised as links at the top. One will say games, click on it. Its at the bottom. Or just use Klatu's link, heh.

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Thanks for that. It's fun, according to my little girls.

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The next version will correct the recieving letters problem...

I'm glad you all like it!

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Klatu, I like very much what you have done. If you are open to suggestions, I have a couple for you. When the cute little critter picks up a letter, the white letter that floats upward should be a LOT larger. Most kids have trouble with small print. Same with the "find the missing letter" puzzles - need to be done in larger and more contrasting print. The black here gets lost in the background.

You have some bridges with guards posted nearby. If you don't want the player to cross the bridge, why not place the guard right in the center of the bridge approach? He seems friendly enough, but he might say "It is not safe to cross this bridge" or something similar.

Keep it up, the kids will love it. ~RD

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Annoying yet catchy music...

Nice theme...

Still crashes. You crash if you move through a letter bubble while pressing X. Not every time but often enough that this might help you isolate the problem. Might be the order of the events.

I agree that the letters themselves need to be bigger.

It would be nice to be able to talk to the wisemen by pressing the X button.

Good start!

Apollo16

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As far as new features there might not be a whole lot as it was meant to be a simple game (made quickly - that's why the animation is not so detailed).

I probably will move the guards (don't know why I didn't do that in the beginning). The reason that the are blocking the bridge is that there will be only on level each time the world will open up more (ie a bridge will be crossable) making it bigger and the questions will become about spelling and such.

The letter that moves up was an interesting side effect, but might not be in the next release - though I could easily add an animation of it, which would be simple enough...

I'm going to work on the game right now and hopefully have a new version up by tonight...

Thanks for the suggestions!

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I wrote something much longer and more detailed but, apparently i mistyped my password and lost it all...

the dialog bubbles, anything more than 96% brightness/value is regarded as pure white, and is knocked out without exception (png/pict).

the walk animation is choppy, i'm not suggesting making more unique frames just copying/doubling the existing ones, it will look smoother
(right now, it appears that the engine and the character scroll/move at the same pace, which gives it that sluggish unresponsive look)

Anyhow i like the game, i'm updating my site tonight and i'm adding a review (i guess i'll be calling it beta3, objections,comments,contributions ?).

( edit ) i mentioned some already noted issues.

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Thanks for the generous review!

I am eventually going to add a map button (key) too.

thanks again!

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Wow it's so cool. It great for young ones. The music is kind of catchy too.

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I've updated it adding things like the rat punching, fixed the letter problem, a game over screen (no music yet) I finally set the health to 100, and i've moved some things around...

I still need to add a map, the big letter animation when you get a letter, game over music, the rat's sleeping animation...

Enjoy

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Nice. I like it. When my nephew is old enough I might show him this (if I still have it in like 3 years..).

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