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Lani The Merthropologist

A short found artifact mystery in a mermaid palace · By cutegamesclub

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A topic by cutegamesclub created 67 days ago Views: 279 Replies: 19
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Developer (3 edits) (+1)

This is the first time I have implemented such a complex save system, so If you run into any problems please feel free to share them here. I will also update this with any major bug fixes

Major Bug Fixes:

  • 7/17 - fixed bug that deactivated walls when loading a save file
  • 7/17 - pause menu was slightly changed to make it more obvious you are saving and quitting
  • 8/2 - fixed bug that reset clamshell colors when loading a save file

Other Known Issues:

  • One player has reported that they cannot unlock letters from a certain princess who likes seahorses. Apparently by saying the correct password to the correct object, nothing happens. I have been unable to replicate this, so if this has happened to you, please let me know, and share as many details as you can!

ARE YOU STUCK IN A WALL?

in the event Lani gets stuck in a wall and you find you cannot swim anywhere, have her say the spell "resetti" -- she will respawn outside the palace. you do not have to start a new game or lose progress!

the ceiling on the royal chamber and some of the walls allow you to swim outside of the building, i was able to swim out from parts of the top and some of the right side of the royal chamber and into the side of the library,  which might let people skip from place to place ! freaking amazing insane game btw?!  

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im guessing theres something going on with collisions after you unlock certain areas, because after being stuck on two of the shells, i went back outside to the beginning area of the game and swum around to see if i had missed anything, i found myself in a new area that turned out to be the top of the tower,  I didn't know that so I swum down and read the letters in reverse order lols, here's lani in the tower with the door still locked, i was able to swim in from the top because I thought the top of the tower was the elusive "pink kaska".  I then swum back up, and read the letters again in the correct order, and then the end game screen played,  so i did still get  to see the ending :D im just curious as to what that final spell was... 

same thing happened to me too! I unlocked the library and chambers and then glitched myself into the tower and read it from top to bottom as well 

Same thing happened to me! I still want to figure out the spell and the pink kaska (and the sisters slumber)

Great game so far! I think I ran into a bug that I cannot get out of without resetting. I unlocked the Library, unlocked some Kaska's, and was trying to find a way to open either the Chambers or the Gardens. As I was review the notes left around the areas, I noticed you can go through the walls once you have that area unlocked.  So I started using that as a way to quickly review the game notes with my notes.... and then Lani got stuck between what I think is a wall between the entrance way and the library.  i was approaching from the entrance corridor to go up to the library, and accidentally de accelerated in the wall, which i think got me stuck.  The fish cursor is dark grey through every angle and range I could apply, and Lani will not move. Since I am still near the beginning i can just reset to to get to this point again, but wanted to leave a post in hopes it can be fix so no one else has to reset. here is what it looks like: 

As I just restarted the game to try to retrace my steps to help fix the bug, I noticed i cannot go between rooms anymore. I assume now the real bug is being able to go through the walls, and then I got eventually stuck. I tried to get Lani in that state again to be able to go outside of the wall boundaries, but I have not be able to replicate it. I will keep trying/playing and report back if I see it again!

Developer

thanks for this report! it seems like there is some condition which allows lani to occasionally swim through walls. know that if this happens (you get stuck) you can type "resetti" and lani will respawn outside the castle. I dint know if anyone would get stuck so i added that in

Thank you for the resetting command! Unfortunately after I tried to retrace my steps (without saving) , I tried to refresh the webpage to access the menu to get back to my other save, but it was gone. By this I mean that the continue button was greyed out, and I could only start a new game. This is not a big deal for me currently, as I had only solved only a few puzzles beforehand, but i wasn't sure if that was intentional.

Alright so this isn't necessarily a bug, but the amount of times I accidently tried pressing continue on this screen instead of run game is embarrassing XD I understand if its something that can't be changed on itchio, just thought I would share lol

I was able to swim through the walls and around the locked bedroom chamber area before it was revealed, and using the passwords on the starfish and seahorse still revealed the notes. The sprites for the notes were invisible, but the magnifying glass cursor still appeared over them and let me read them. 

Developer

thanks for reporting this! Yes, there is a known issue about walls just...deciding not to work. I haven't been able to replicate it, it may have something to do with the collision loading in after the game starts or something. Also, There is a way for me to get rid of the starting game screenshot, which I have done so there's no more confusion at the start haha!

Hmm yeah I don't know what the problem could be with the walls, it seems that as long as my cursor can point at a valid spot it'll just ignore them. I hope you can figure it out! 

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Hi!
I think the issue happens when the game is saved to the main menu, the "continue"d.

I had the same quasi-noclip issue, but only after a game reload.

Developer

THANK YOU!!! this comment was able to help me find exactly what the problem was. I have since uploaded a new version. I'm not sure if doing this with a browser game makes you lose your save file, however, but walls SHOULD work now for everyone loading in a save in the future.

depending on the browser, the clams are different colors which affects clues. Microsoft Edge makes all the clams yellow but in chrome I can see how they are blue or pink.

actually, I made a mistake. It has nothing to do with the browser. When I save and come back all the clams turn yellow instead of staying the same color that they were. Now my clams are yellow in Chrome, even when I switched browsers. Only difference was I saved the game.

Developer

thanks for reporting! I have just patched this bug, and clams should be the correct color now :D

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fantastic! Thank youu!! 

Out of curiosity, how did you fix this? I assumed the clams were imported into your software of choice as pngs/jpegs which would be flattened files. I don't know much about coding, but I feel like it'd need to pull information from a different file format to change the color. Any insight you have is wonderful! 

edit: I just tested it and the pink and blue clams still turn yellow after saving. Like I get through the gate and checked the colors. Then pressed save at the top left. Then went to "continue" the game.  

One player has reported that they cannot unlock letters from a certain princess who likes seahorses. Apparently by saying the correct password to the correct object, nothing happens. I have been unable to replicate this, so if this has happened to you, please let me know, and share as many details as you can!

I have! specifically the sɹǝqɯɐɥɔ ǝɥʇ uı ǝsɹoɥɐǝs ʇsɹıɟ the other one in the same room works, and I unlocked all of them other than that one in the same session, saved and reloaded it to try again and it's still not working :( browser is firefox, from my saved file, only been at this stage today but I've tried everything other than completely restarting the game. 

Developer

thank you! okay, i may not be able to fix this yntil iget back from my trip, but this definitely provides some useful info