Game interactions

Thanks Frosty. It was a deliberate choice on my part to only have the mug there in the first scene but on reflection I could have left it there with no harm done really. oops...

Nottravisgames

Exia, thanks. Aye, story first. Agreed. Besides that's the fun bit!

Nottravisgames

Carl, thanks. Valid comment. Makes sense. I'll see what I can do about a guide or at least more hints. A full walk through might take me an age to do though but I'll see how much time I have left after finishing Chapter Two.

Nottravisgames

It's not that hard to move your mouse or use the touch screen to click everything on the screen so i don't think highlights are important. I was able to find everything on my own as well. Your focus on the story line and character development should be the priority.

Exia

I really like to discover everything without aid on my first try, but on my second run I don't want to miss anything so a guide would be helpful so I still vote for a walk-through that people can use if they want. the best of both worlds in my opinion.

Carl Meyer

Found the mug in my second playthrough. In my first I talked to Chris first and the mug isn't with Annie if you talk to her afterwards. Concerning highlighting or not: I don't really care. I am very thorough and find stuff anyway. ;)

Frosty1979

Oddly I did once have exactly that feature. We'll it was more of a looking glass thingy that popped up but same sort of thing ;) But noted 're the preference. I have to be honest and say I concur with you entirely but you chaps are supporting me and I think it's only fair you get your say. Thank you for your thoughts. Really appreciated.

Nottravisgames

I too got everything but the mug so I don't think they're that difficult to figure out. I'd rather not have a big glowey indicator on the screen when you mouse over a hotspot if it's all the same. Perhaps you could put an indicator light on the device in the upper right corner where you click on for the options menu. It could be red normally but when you mouse over a hotspot it turns green or something like that. That way there is an indicator but you still need to pay attention. I'd still be totally ok with there being no indicator at all.

Hatchetman

Oh crappity. That means you've seen my hashtag musings in the code :) But other than that, thanks for the quick response and thoughtful comment. Totally noted. I'll be honest in that I did -try- to flag the mug to the player via the chat at launch of course. But I suspect a lot of people might have spacebar'd their way through that bit!

Nottravisgames

I hit everything but the mug (didn't find out about the mug until I peeked at the code, sorry.) But once I saw it was there I thought it was genius! Personally, I'm a completionist. I like to find everything hidden in the game. But I also appreciate a good Easter Egg. It gives people something to share and talk about. I think as long as the hidden items are only there to add a bit of flavor to the dialogue, but don't change the path of the story or give a huge advantage, then I think people will over look the fact that these things are buried in there. What will eventually happen is what happened with Milfy City's hidden gallery. A forum will spring up where everyone shares what they found and eventually the community will self assemble a guide to finding all of the hidden content. That's my twenty-five cents.