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Quintessence: The Blighted Venom

Quintessence - The Blighted Venom

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Chapter V - "Fulfillment?" is now available! (Click message to download.)



This chapter is about 45 min-1 hour long, and contains some game-play.

There has been some minor upgrades/fixes in the previous chapters, but nothing worth replaying each chapter of. However, you might want to check out the new seamless intro when starting a new game - that bit is new, as well as the improved animated title screen (so don't skip with esc right away!).

For dear returning players, here is the continuing save files if you do not have your own:
http://www.quintessence-tbv.com/Continue.zip

[The password to unzipping is "played1-4" without the quotation marks.]
Save1 is saved before the last scene of Chapter IV to refresh memory for a better continuation. Save2 is saved at the start of the new Chapter V, for those who don't want to bother. :> [P.S. I am aware that Save2 has a little glitch where the fogs on that particular trivial map don't load up when you load the file, but it's no problem - just head west a few steps.]

For those who have played the Aeria city tour demo, there have been a few changes to the city, but nothing major. However, usable items have been added to shops and other places.

And just a hint about the items: Mini Candy Cane is not useless; you may or may not find out what it is for. ;)


I'll expand more later, perhaps. Right now I am totally spent. ._.


[Catching a bus to go home from campus in about 20 minutes, so I might not be able to get back on here until later tonight.]
 
Okay, thanks guys. :) Have fun. I gotta go now, seriously need some sleep on the bus.

Oh, and thanks to Speedpaws, 6.25 and Venetia for beta testing, as well as lunarea for some resource trades and help. :>

P.S. TIP: Once controllable in Aeria, in order to continue the story, there are a few things/places that need to be done/been to. The mini quest is one of them.
 
Only played a bit so far. Vikon's story was the most best thing ever!! *nods*
Oh and...I don't know if you know this or not, but the puzzle with the guards:
can be completely bypassed without fault as guard C
anyway, that's as far as I got so far. Was just after that puzzle. Thought I'd let you know that.

*huggles the lumberjack merman* lol
 
D'oh!
How did I miss that?!!

And as I've already told ya Reivie, hurry up so I can get my playable hands on Vikon!
err... that sounded bad... err... hurry up so I can get Vikon as a playable character! I don't care if you have to change the whole plot to make it happen XD

EDIT:yeah, we at the e-zine aren't at all biased... we just have 2 staffers betatesting, one of which along with 2 others responding to and wishing lucks, and a third uploading to a 2nd mirror as well as posting...
 
Downloading now, will comment when I've finished it. :)

EDIT:
T'was fun, better than the earlier chapters;), the story has also left me wanting for more.:D The music is good:thumb:, and Vikon's "loyal goldfish." XD

I think I've spotted some bugs though.
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Typographical error here, "your" should be "you."

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I'm not sure about this one but am I really supposed to be able to walk through them? :-/

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Priority errors, that's what they're called, right? O_o

Oh, and the guy running around training for a race, has an error in one of his looking-up-walking animation where there is some sort of an extra bit of pixel that appears whenever he moves up.

The guard-changing minigame and the ball minigame also kept me occupied, although the first one is what kept me busy longer since it provides greater challenge.

Good work! :D

sidenote:
The prefix 'quat' is latin, unlike mono, di, tri, and penta, which are Greek. The correct prefix if that was unintentional would be tetra. But I'm not sure if that was an intentional idea of yours and you already knew that, but I'd rather post this too. XD
 
Still not done. n.n Just thought I'd drop you an update. lol
Um...the music box shop...I just officially bought every music box with 0coins. (yes I'm dense and didn't open the pouch right away) Hurrah! Free music boxes!!
And...after you return to the fellow that asks you to find the music box and give it to him...it's still in your inventory. Whoo..music box cloning!
Now for some screenies!
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I've officially beaten the game!! Wait...you mean the single and most important goal of all wasn't to find the Vikon action figure?
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This is officially the best book ever written! XD
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And finally, a screen shot with less merit than Vikon and chins - there's some ghostly arrows haunting the music box shop!

*returns to running around town aimlessly looking for what to do next.

I wonder what Sal and Lunair would say if they learned Reivier has miniatures of them in his back pocket!

EDIT
Okay, now I'm done. Cruel person with your cliffhangers!!!
 
Ah, much thanks for the feedback/glitches everyone! And ouch, that you/your typo is embarrasing. :p Will get to fixing them in the near future. By the way Makio, you know that the action figures/items can be used, right? :>

And thanks Q-man for the mirror, I'll add that to the list in a bit.

P.S. Sorry I'm not giving too detailed replies here at the moment, I'm in need of a break from this for a day or two. :>
 
Ooooh im playing the game! at first was because i wanted to hear the music of the composer(s) but honestly, the game is very, VERY good! And i like the music of the game, congratulations really!
 
Something I forgot to say...I don't remember which one, but one of the dinner scenes in Chapter 5. The person thats supposed to sit in the bottom left seat is invisible but he still talks. Then at the end of the scene, he suddenly appears o.o
Nothing too big....just thought I'd point it out.

EDIT: Here be a screen
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Eep! Ghost!
 
Jesus Christ people!
Stop finding bugs! Or at least stop reporting them! Your making me, speedie, and vennie look bad!!! j/k

Reives, sorry for apparently missing so many things :'(
 
Reives;301984 said:
ouch, that you/your typo is embarrasing. :p

No it isn't. It's a rather common mistake actually. :) I noticed it quickly because when I read her sentence it appeared as though a word was censored, like "I was supposed to take your [censored] around the city." and the bug gave itself right away. XD
 
This is my favorite chapter so far. The plot is great, its perfect mix of humor and seriousness. And very good gameplay, with the minigames and all. And of course, my favorite aspect as a composer, an amazing original soundtrack. Great work! I can't wait for the next installment...
 

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