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Agatha - Gold Edition ( I'M BACK, BABY!! )

October 10th 2010, 07:56 AM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
So, what has iplaydink been up to lately? Well, I've been working on my epic, Dink's revenge, which is going great, but also Agatha Smallwoods Gold edition which will be released soon!

The new version will feature one secret isle with a rather big sub quest for you to enjoy!

What's unique with this is that it will be in the format of a competition, the first one to get the code at the end of the quest and post it here at the dink network will win, and in the next version I will add that persons name at the end of the quest. Something like:

"The first one in the world to solve this was <Name of that person>, he/she is awesome."

Anyway, here's a sneak peek.

It will be here by the next weekend.
October 10th 2010, 10:04 AM
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Looks good, are there any new features or an added storyline?
That inkpot and book picture looks awesome
October 10th 2010, 10:42 AM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
There are 63 new frames of new bmp graphics so far in one new subquest. It's not part of the storyline. The quest will be played on 18 new screens, which may sound little but the puzzles are quite hard.
October 10th 2010, 12:13 PM
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EvilEarl
Peasant He/Him United States
In memory of Skull. 
I don't get it, where's all of the gold?
October 10th 2010, 01:16 PM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
it will not be fair!
unless we register for the competition
October 10th 2010, 02:51 PM
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Iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
Why isn't it fair? The smartest/luckiest one will complete it first!
October 10th 2010, 04:01 PM
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ExDeathEvn
Peasant He/Him New Zealand rumble
"Skinny Legend" 
Either that, or the fastest to read through as many DinkC scripts as it takes to find said code. Or work it out.
Good fight Dinkers, magicman wins.
October 10th 2010, 04:20 PM
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schnapper
Peasant He/Him Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands
Let us save our effort and just lie down and die. 
Haha! Elimentary, my dear ExDeath! Regardless, this is a fantastic idea, IPD, and judging by the rate at which you're progressing, it shan't be long before you're immortalized in TDN Hall of Fame.
October 10th 2010, 04:28 PM
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Iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
Well the code will not only be .d, but the code will also never be written in text, it's a printed global based on enviormental circomstances which will make it almost impossible to cheat even if you have a ,d to .c converter.

@Schnapper: Haha, you are too kind! I doubt I will be one of the ones remembered in 10 years but we'll just have to see!
October 10th 2010, 04:48 PM
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MsDink
Peasant She/Her New Zealand
Tag - Umm.. tag, you're it? 
What a great idea IPD! Screenies look awesome!
Looking forward to your epic as well
October 10th 2010, 05:10 PM
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magicman
Peasant They/Them Netherlands duck
Mmmm, pizza. 
Just you wait... >_> <_<

Looking forward to playing it, though
October 12th 2010, 09:48 AM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
The competitive nature of being the first intrigues me

I think I'll give it a try
October 12th 2010, 06:17 PM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
well,what is the expected release date?
October 12th 2010, 06:38 PM
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By next weekend.
October 12th 2010, 06:44 PM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
How do you know?
October 12th 2010, 06:46 PM
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Because he says so at the end of the first post
October 12th 2010, 07:02 PM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
Hit me with a hammer,please!
October 13th 2010, 05:34 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
*Hits Hell7fire1 with a hammer*

There you go. Now, do I get paid or what?
October 13th 2010, 06:26 AM
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Marpro
Peasant He/Him bloop
 
Really nice screenshot.
October 13th 2010, 10:56 AM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
How much will you take?
October 13th 2010, 11:03 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
A few thousand will do.
October 13th 2010, 11:05 AM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
american dollars or euros
October 13th 2010, 11:10 AM
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Skull
Peasant He/Him Finland bloop
A Disembodied Sod 
Euros... obviously.
October 13th 2010, 12:37 PM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
It might be delayed yet another week because I'm lazy and because Facebook is dangerously addictive... but I'll do my best to get it done by this weekend!
October 16th 2010, 05:03 AM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
Ahhh I can't seem to get any work done! Please yell at me til' I start working again!
October 16th 2010, 05:17 AM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
Give me a link to your account facebook I will make sure you don't come back on it.(proof that spammers like me can be useful(but those like scorn cannot(he hasn't been here in a while has he?)))
October 16th 2010, 05:22 AM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
...I don't think so... and I respect Scorn more than I respect you, no offence.
October 16th 2010, 05:31 AM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
none taken
October 16th 2010, 05:55 AM
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MsDink
Peasant She/Her New Zealand
Tag - Umm.. tag, you're it? 
Y E L L S !! I P D go to your room!

Edit - that help?
October 16th 2010, 06:49 AM
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Iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
Maybe à little...
October 16th 2010, 08:23 AM
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MsDink
Peasant She/Her New Zealand
Tag - Umm.. tag, you're it? 
hmm... Y E L L S - H A R D E R
IPD!! GO TO YOUR ROOM NAOW!!
Better yet?? (ps Torture is next so ...I hope this worked )
October 16th 2010, 08:27 AM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
dang, I'm so ticklish! I better finish this!
October 23rd 2010, 04:39 PM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
I've actually gotten some more work done! It'll soon be finished... soon...
October 23rd 2010, 04:54 PM
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synbi
Peasant He/Him Finland
 
Take your time, it'll be all the better the more you work on it. I actually have something about done, too, but... I'm not going to release anything until someone bothers to post a review for my previous mod
October 23rd 2010, 05:04 PM
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Iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
I might write one..
And yell if you need a betatester!
October 23rd 2010, 05:25 PM
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synbi
Peasant He/Him Finland
 
No, not a d-mod this time, possibly a midi pack. But I've been eager to start working on a simple romp, yet I've got fewer than zero ideas as to where to begin, even.
October 23rd 2010, 05:25 PM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
October 10th, 07:56 AM-"It will be done in a week"
October 23rd, 05:04 PM-"I've actually gotten some more work done! It'll soon be finished... soon..."
October 23rd 2010, 05:33 PM
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synbi
Peasant He/Him Finland
 
Are you implying us d-mod authors are all plain lazy? We just don't hold on to our promises, that's all.
October 23rd 2010, 05:40 PM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
YUP,we are lazy.
That includes me.
October 23rd 2010, 05:41 PM
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metatarasal
Bard He/Him Netherlands
I object 
Is that:

A) Because we set unrealistically high targets.
or
B) Because we can't even get mundane things done that "normal" people can.
or
C) Because we're plain evil.

October 23rd 2010, 05:41 PM
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Absolution
Peasant They/Them
The Dark Lord of the DN. 
Me senses another Necromancer in the room.
October 23rd 2010, 05:45 PM
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Iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
I am lazy, but it will get done, eventually...
October 23rd 2010, 05:46 PM
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synbi
Peasant He/Him Finland
 
I hope Wesley can finish Friends Beyond 2.5, too...
October 23rd 2010, 06:22 PM
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hell7fire1
Peasant He/Him Botswana
It's like that. 
Me too....
D)all of the above
October 24th 2010, 03:08 PM
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Who I really look forward to the gold edition. I enjoyed the normal edition and by the sound of it I'm going to enjoy the gold edition even more I love puzzles . Just take your time to finish it I'm sure it is worth waiting a little longer.

And still working on my first D-MOD (gonna take a while to finish due to reason A) I know it takes time to make things good.
October 24th 2010, 03:23 PM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
I'm glad you liked Agatha
Good luck with your D-Mod, feel free to PM if you run in to any problems!
November 9th 2010, 03:18 PM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
Since my last post I haven't done anything (school and my newly developed obsession for Blender took all my time) until today! Today I worked actively for about three hours and made significant progress!

I estimate that the work left can be completed in about five hours of work, I'll just have to take time and try not to get distracted.
November 10th 2010, 05:51 AM
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We wait anxiously for another release by Iplaydink.Though the unfairness is huge. What if someone downloads the file before us and finds the code first? It will be nice if there's a fixed hour after which we can download. We're not here all the time, you see. Don't be offended, I'm just saying.
November 10th 2010, 11:20 AM
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Iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
It can never be fair, but maybe I can convince a staff member to accept it at an specific time which could be published two days before or something so everybody is aware it's coming, even than some might sleep and some might work that specific hour.
November 10th 2010, 01:24 PM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
No, I think it's better to just not announce when it will be uploaded. That way at least there's also the random effect for those with a day/night advantage. And it might draw more people to the DN! ... Maybe not but still Just let it upload when it's done and then wait for the results Should be interesting.
November 3rd 2011, 06:12 PM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
More than one year ago I said this was gonna be finished in one week.

Was it finished one week later? Of course not! I'm a dinker, we all make tons of promises we are too lazy to keep!

What happened was that I got stuck on some complicated code and just forgot about it, until now.

The last weeks I've been thinking about making another D-Mod, and I've thought of a story, but before I start working on it I'm going to finish this, as a practice. I want to get used to DinkC again before I start on my dmod.

So the last three night I've been working on this again, and I solved the problem I was stuck on (brilliantly, I have to say), I've gotten so much better at coding the last year!

So some new info about the game:

The update will not contain any new graphics, except the ones I made one year ago (as seen in the screenshots), I'm just going to focus on actually getting this thing done

I will list the 3 best people, the ones that beat the game first. To prove that you've solved it you need to post a screenshot in a thread I'll make later with dink saying the code.

I'm not going to set a release date now, but I'll keep you updated.

November 3rd 2011, 06:43 PM
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Pillbug
Peasant He/Him United States
Love! True love! 
Glad to hear it Good luck!
November 3rd 2011, 06:43 PM
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leprochaun
Peasant He/Him Japan bloop
Responsible for making things not look like ass 
Noice.
November 3rd 2011, 06:45 PM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
@pillyboy: Thank you

@leprochaun: Hm?
November 3rd 2011, 07:00 PM
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leprochaun
Peasant He/Him Japan bloop
Responsible for making things not look like ass 
Like nice in a weird voice.
November 4th 2011, 04:41 AM
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Godley
Peasant They/Them
 
...I don't think so... and I respect Scorn more than I respect you, no offence.

Thats the stupidest thing i heard all my life.

Respect Skorn. HAHAHAHAHA LOLZZZZZ
November 4th 2011, 05:11 AM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
That goes for you too, Godley.
November 4th 2011, 10:35 AM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
Okaay, you'll have an advantage in the contest if you already have a save on Agatha Smallwoods Will, so be sure that you have that.

DEvelopment continued today with two more puzzles, and the removing of one bad >-<'

I'll just make two more puzzles now, and do the finishing up, making everything fit together you know.
I can honestly say It'll be one week now, or less.
November 5th 2011, 12:55 PM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
Ok the last puzzles has been added! Now I just have to do the end cutscene and some playthroughs to look for bugs..
It'll be finished tomorrow! (Not in the necromancer kind of way)
So get ready for adventure!

(I hope nobody mind the triple posting)

November 5th 2011, 08:54 PM
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Godley
Peasant They/Them
 
That goes for you too, Godley.

????????????????/
November 5th 2011, 11:28 PM
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Sadly, my interest in this has dwindled dramatically a year later ... so I guess I'm not in the contest.
November 7th 2011, 02:11 PM
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iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
About two hours of work left but couldn't do it either yesterday or twoday due to schoolwork coming in the way. I'll probably have the time later this week.
November 7th 2011, 04:16 PM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
I just there's no way I could get close to winning this contest without an existing Agatha savegame?

How long is a normal playthrough anyway? Doesn't matter though if I can't compete, I'll still play it on my own pace.
November 8th 2011, 03:37 AM
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Iplaydink
Peasant He/Him Sweden
Hmm.. 
Well yeah of course you can win without a savegame, it's just that you need a shovel, but that doesn't take long to get!

A play-through should take maybe 1 hour or something... I really don't know, depends if you are good solving puzzles, riddlea, mathproblems n stuff.
November 8th 2011, 05:44 AM
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Kyle
Peasant He/Him Belgium
 
Cool, I think I'll try to compete anyway Depending on when it is released and how much time I'll have^^