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Games Corner => The Crypt of Bloodwych => Bloodwych - The Book of Skulls => Topic started by: Hungry Horace on May 30, 2021, 09:59:16 PM
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Hi Everyone
After over 12 years of development, I have finally produced a working beta for the Bloodwych level set 'Book of Skulls'
At the moment, the download is a self-booting hard-drive in ZIP format, but this could be unpacked and run for original hardware if preferred.
I've also produced a manual for it, with the full backstory included within.
Downloads are here:
Cover Art:
http://www.djcresswell.com/bloodwych/files/Book_of_Skulls-Cover.png
PDF Manual:
www.djcresswell.com/bloodwych/files/Book_of_Skulls-Manual_1-0.pdf
ZIP File Release: (Self booting Hard Drive)
www.djcresswell.com/bloodwych/files/Bloodwych_BookOfSkulls_v2.51_BETA2.zip
The beta is also avaialble via AmigaLive.com to play online with your friends - just load the 'Bloodwych&ExtendedLevels' entry and the game will be available from the custom menu.
Hope a few of you will enjoy it, and do let me know if you find any bugs!!
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Really enjoying this so far, been so long that it's all new again hehe.
Question: Is Blodwyn's default setup meant to have a bag full of gems, ace of swords, chaos gloves and a key? Just wondering cus seems overpowered from start and now we got double the gems, bit strange.
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Bugger - no!!
Dispose of everything Blodwyn had!! (It means you would have been able to access the first gem holes too early as well)
Originally i had a 'super Blodwyn' hard-coded in for testing. Later on i change that to a special 'cheat patch' I could apply.
I removed (or rather, didnt use) the patch on the final Beta, but i obviously still had some hang-over in the main data.
I'll fix that this weekend, but it wont do much for your save i'm afaid unless you were willing to start over.
I'd look forward to seeing some videos though Torico!
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I've updated the ZIP download to remove the testing/Blodwyn bug!
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Thanks! Bit stuck in the Moon tower at the min, pretty much solved the gem rooms (except for a gem on a shelf) that was really tough, pillars moving and unmoving with wrong steps, eek. Got to a dragon door, but have no key, and there was a red button near the form wall section that I don't know what it does. Challenging! :)
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So… this red door.
Have you done both “sides” of the gem holes?
The bluish gem side has a moon door to start and the tan gem side has a dragon door to start.
Each side rewards you with a key you need on the next level up (possibly red/blue or bronze/iron - I forget without checking the detailed maps)
Or….. if you have made it up to the next level after completing one gem side only .. you may see a sign shortly after a red door (which you can come back to) which has a big clue
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I've checkd, and you get a Bronze key from one side (the Bluish side) and an Iron key from the other (Tan side)
Both tof these are used on the floor above. You get a sign with a clue, and using the Iron key (which i think you already have) you get a second clue.
I expect that the switch you used has done something in an area you havent reached yet (I tried to make the order of things less linear where possible)
I am thinking if you drew a rougt map, i would have a good idea of where you are stuck and what needs to happen next. :)
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Yea I think that gem floor maybe done on both sides, we've gotten to the floor above with 4 keys, chromatic, iron, bronze and moon but haven't found anywhere to use them yet. Not too much to mention up there, we pressed a red switch and there's a dragon door and black door. :)
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"Wait. Right. Here"
"Erase the walls of magic formed"
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Thanks, I remember wanting to try that at one point, but didn't have the spell, luckily friend does.
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Maybe i'll add a couple more wall scrolls to make it more obvious!
There should be two ways to solve this though - so if you dont have the spell, you shoul be able to just wait it out :)
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Ohh, that's a mechanic I've not seen before, I wouldn't have expected that to work, pretty cool. ;D
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Got to the Dragon tower, bit stuck, we can't seem to find what this button did, still have red, blue, yellow and iron doors with no key.
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LOL, still using the cheat Blodwyn armour huh? ;)
Looks like you are on Level 5. (shortly after the start you get teleported up to level 7 and work your way down)
That switch allows you to pass through the yellow door... i think you probably need to go back on yourself slightly - you need to go though the 'middle' section of the floor you are on. Did you go back up and kill the level's Guardian character? (She walks in the middle of the squares and has special dialogue)
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Actually, if you have doors but no keys, i wonder if you missed collecting the keys on the floors above (with the previous gem holes)
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lol, told my friend to drop all that Blodwyn gear, think he kept a few bits.
Hmm, can't get in the middle section, needs yellow key, haven't found a way to get to the guardian upstairs, all blocked off, we just did enough to get downstairs.
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Still can't find a way to the guardian, if you have any hints? thx
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Do you still have "red, blue, yellow and iron doors with no keys" ?
If so, the floor above i think you've missed some keys in the puzzle sections. (You should have a side each, accessed from the gems)
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yea I think we got a couple of bronze keys from the puzzle rooms upstairs, and used them downstairs to get out, but didn't progress anything.
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Do you have a cutpurse? I wonder if you have missed a hidden shelf... Any chance of drawing out a small map of where you are stuck?
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Just checked the maps - Through the bronze doors you should have picked up 2 more keys (one each side) Red and Green i think
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Ah, found it, we redid the Tower, there was a gem room hallway we missed, the first time I went in I got teleported from the floor tile and forgot to revisit it, doh.
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Your gonna hate the Chaos tower 😂
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;D
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We sorta cleared the Dragon Tower, top to bottom, but are left with a chromatic key, can't find where to use it. ???
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I suspect you didnt use it on the highest level with the Arc Bolt machine. (the level before dropping into the dragon & fire pit)
I had a feeling that might happen on 2 player mode - you need it to avoid a particular floor switch, but if a player is already on the other side of the door, it might not be used.
Something similar happens in the Extended Levels with a Serpent key if i remember rightly!
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Ah k, only thing left in the tower I then is the red door at the bottom and the crystal, but haven't found the key.
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It will be on either of the above two floors :)
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Ok, we made it to The Land of Entropy, killed a couple of bosses that dropped chromatic keys, and found a blue and green key, but stuck trying to find doors to use them with. Any hints? thx
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Final Tower, huh, but still on the first floor?
Blue door is hidden; there is a clue to one of the common annoying spell puzzles of the game ;)
The serpent door should be easy enough to find - its near the arc bolt machine :)
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Ah so there must be a second serpent door, as I'd already opened that one, and found another green key near the portal to the unknown.
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I don’t recall two serpent doors on the first level of the final tower …..
One could be used later on , but maybe a mini map might help?
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It’s possible that 2 serpent keys is a bug that needs fixing
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Progressing! :D
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Would love to know if you completed it and/or recorded any of it :)
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Made a few clips but haven't finished it, have got the Book of Skulls but stuck what to do next.
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You should basically be at the end? Probably just need to pay close attention to the signs and stand in the right place!
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Yea, seems like the end, can't seem to find an alter though. :o
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Yea, seems like the end, can't seem to find an alter though. :o
the pad between the chaos signs - it's figurative ;)
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Dang, did try that before but nothing happened, got it to trigger with one of the spellcasters, haha, great game, huge, very puzzly and solid game altogether, well done. ;D