Slap that Fish - Post Comp Turkey Day Upgrade
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FISH, and because warriors who are trying to get the *full* score may
hunt me down and kill me when I tell them that one of those errors
made getting *20* on the anglerfish an impossibility, I now present
the new and improved release 1.1. That's right: the stupidest game you
have ever read just got stupider!
It's mostly just a bug-fix release, with some better cluing around the
major puzzles. But true warriors will want to know that their strategy
may have to change a bit in a few circumstances, slightly with the
pufferfish, more so with the no-longer-randomly attacking piranha.
(Note: Damage dealt when wearing the gauntlet has been slightly
recalibrated). There is also a hidden power-up, and at last, players
can unlock the secret 240-point ending -- I am hoping that it won't
disappoint.
The new version has been sent to the archive, in the meantime, you can
download it from my site, which this evening is running even slower
than the archive it seems, here:
http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/more/slap_that_fish.html
Good luck, and happy Turkey Day,
Doug Bolden
> Because there were a number of errors reported regarding SLAP THAT
> FISH, and because warriors who are trying to get the *full* score may
> hunt me down and kill me when I tell them that one of those errors
> made getting *20* on the anglerfish an impossibility, I now present
> the new and improved release 1.1. That's right: the stupidest game you
> have ever read just got stupider!
Hahah...
Yeah, that may have saved my sanity.
"WHY, ANGLERFISH?!? WHAT DO YOU WANT!!??"
My wife would have been curious.
I was up to trying to beat the kid for his bike and see if that did
anything.
--
W. Doug Bolden
Si Vales, Valeo
Doug Bolden
> It's mostly just a bug-fix release, with some better cluing around the
> major puzzles. But true warriors will want to know that their strategy
> may have to change a bit in a few circumstances, slightly with the
> pufferfish, more so with the no-longer-randomly attacking piranha.
> (Note: Damage dealt when wearing the gauntlet has been slightly
> recalibrated). There is also a hidden power-up, and at last, players
> can unlock the secret 240-point ending -- I am hoping that it won't
> disappoint.
> -- Peter
> http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/
Pufferfish I figured out.
Piranha is getting me, though. I can only get a max of about 12 points, I
think. I have a couple more combinations to try out, but too sleepy to do
it right this second.
He gets to live, for now...
If anyone figures out how to beat the toothy devil, I'd appreciate hearing
that particular trade secret.
One question about game design, though: is the hidden power up needed to
win, or is it just something cool to find? In other words, do I have to
start back over and replay from beginning and search around all sorts of
things or is it better to keep my save at the Piranha?
Jason Dyer
> Piranha is getting me, though. I can only get a max of about 12 points, I
> think. I have a couple more combinations to try out, but too sleepy to do
> it right this second.
I managed to get him. You don't have to go back to anything prior.
Read the messages that go with your actions very carefully. There's a
hint in there.
If you want a complete answer, drop me an email.
-- Jason Dyer
PTN
> One question about game design, though: is the hidden power up needed to
> win, or is it just something cool to find? In other words, do I have to
> start back over and replay from beginning and search around all sorts of
> things or is it better to keep my save at the Piranha?
It is something you need to find to get the highest score, but it
isn't something you need to go back to the beginning to find -- stay
where you are.
The power-up was included to decrease the amount of resting you need
to do in the later fights.
Also note that the text that displays when you (successfully) pick up
the gauntlet has changed.
-- Peter
Doug Bolden
I solved it. I had actually done something very similar, but I committed the
classic IF blunder of ACTION as opposed to ACTION PREPOSITION OBJECT.
Thanks, though.
Doug Bolden
The secret was well worth it, for what short glorious time it lasts. By the
time you get it, you very much so want to use it.
I noted a couple of other bugs that I will list below. Nothing fatal (well,
one WAS fatal but in the way that usually mean, heh):
For everyone else, there are some SPOILERS implied here so I will make a
brief warning:
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
SPOILERS
If you type REMOVE (and/or GET...I forget which one I used) HANDLE FROM
MOUTH it tells you that the handle is not in the mouth. If you type "GET
HANDLE" then it talks about getting the handle from the mouth.
If you type "remove gauntlet", it for some reason replays out the scene of
the piranha attacking you (if the piranha is alive). This killed me, which
was just as good because I'm not sure if I would want to live after another
bite to my left eye...
heheheh