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Offline Danger Mouse

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Re: "Here lies Erulia our mother"
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2008, 09:50:47 pm »
Yesterday I added a new feature to the game for version 1.1.0. Its a help screen that you can view at nearly any time by pressing F1. There's also a help button in the ingame menu, and the world map screen. When you open the help screen, it'll scroll to the part of the help file that's relevant to the part of the interface that you're in. e.g. If you're in the World Map screen it'll bring up the help information on the World Map.

You can also freely scroll through all the available info. The info changes as you progress through the game. e.g. After you learn Energy Form, an Energy Form help section is available. It doesn't give everything away, but it ensures that people understand the basics of the game without them having to leave the game itself.

This should help new players who are confused to get over some common stumbling blocks, without giving too much away or adding more pop-up help.

That's a wonderful feature. But probably not much of use for those of us who have already beat the game. But still kudos on a wonderful feature for those who have not and for those that are new to Aquaria! :) Any other new updates, other than widescreen support?

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Re: "Here lies Erulia our mother"
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2008, 12:54:13 am »
 :o Wow. Talk about a pebble starting an avalanche. I threw one post, and the whole mountainside came tumbling down.  :) It's great to hear that further updates are being added to 1.1.0 (Thanks for the great work Alec!)

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