Virtual Date Girls

[blaman]

also do remember to ALWAYS go left, going right is bugged at some point

[wildcat68]

Can't get the secretary, the boss was pretty easy. Would someone send a hint or two, pm if you want, I must be doing something wrong in the beginning, but I thought I had tried every option.

[LeeJay]

OK, I'm usually not this thick. Got the boss (nice) but can't get my own secretary. Invited her in, did the financial records and nuzzling, wited to find her talking to Andre, tried to talk to her, talked to Andre -- sent him to see the boss and tried asking for his help in the closet (separate times), she thanked me, asked her who she was interested in, asked her to help me in the closet, put my arms around her, had in the meantime picked up the mistletoe, and the booze and boobytrapped the office door. Held the mistletoe over her head and kissed her and then it falls apart -- ask about Andre and nothing, let her enjoy the party and nothing, ask how the party's going and get not one but three chances to ask her to my place all of which go searching for the non-existant home and it's dead. What gives?

[dirtyden33]

Trucla wrote : @Dirtyden: Read http://sharks-lagoon.aceboard.fr/p-2153 ... tm#id98609

Cheers!

Thanks. Missed that there was an embedded link when presented with three dialogue options. D'oh!

[wildcat68]

Just got the secretary, not sure what I did differently

[blaman]

LeeJay - well, if she doesnt want to undress for you, do something that will make all the woman get their clothes off - get her wet

[davpea]

I'm having problems...keep getting nowhere by 10pm (with boss or secretary)...what am I missing?? pm me plz
btw..great games

[LeeJay]

blaman wrote : LeeJay - well, if she doesnt want to undress for you, do something that will make all the woman get their clothes off - get her wet

I'm ready to do that but first I have to get her into my office (the trap is set). I even managed to do it by "cheating" through the HTML pages but can't do it in the game.

[Rockula]

Everytime I try and get something out of my office, It says I already used it. I've deleted my cookies and it still says it. What do I need to do to restart the game from scratch?

[Newbie_Man]

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - there's a ton of potential in these games, but they're marred by bugs. And, unfortunately, it looks like the bugs get worse with each game. Crystal was a lot more stable at release than this one was.

Some suggestions:

Learn Javascrïpt. Like I've said before, there's absolutely no reason to have different games for different browsers. Modern Javascrïpt coding techniques can give the player a better experience, and make your work easier in the long run. Use a simple framework like jQuery to handle the cross-browser issues if you can't figure out how to do it yourself.

Don't turn off the back button, or at least give the player the ability to go back to a critical decision upon failure. There's nothing more frustrating than having to go through the same choices over and over just to get back to that critical moment deep into the game. It would be simple to implement a checkpoint system by adding another flag to the cookie specifying which 'act' the player was in before they failed. A checkpoint system could also facilitate a more modular game system, allowing you to plug in different scenarios at various points in the story.

Test the game. It's obvious that each game is being rushed. Take your time, and test the game. You should test it in at least three browsers - IE, FF, and Chrome. I'd rather have a deep, polished game that's worth the wait rather than something that's virtually too frustrating to complete because it was rushed and full of bugs. That's how Shark does it, that's how Pusooy does it, that's how Leonizer does it, etc. This isn't to say their games are 100% bug free, but most of the game-breaking bugs are gone before they're released to the players.

You should also take a look into redesigning the website. The table layout you currently have is broken (I have a 1440 x 900 resolution, yet I still need to horizontally scroll to get to some of the links). Besides, no one (at least, no one who knows what they're doing) uses tables for layout any more. It's all about div elements and CSS positioning now.

Again, I'm not saying this to be negative, but to spur you on to realizing your potential with these games. The premise is incredibly sound, and there's the possibility of creating something truly great and unique here. Right now, however, you're shooting yourself in the foot by rushing the process and not debugging the games before releasing them.

TAKE YOUR TIME. You're not really getting paid for this anyway, right? So it's not like you have a real deadline to meet. And people will play your games regardless of the time between releases if they are quality games. Again, look at the following Shark has here, even though he only releases a few games a year.

[Bonhomie]

Leejay - you need to use the Vodka somewhere and then you'll get a new reaction from the Secretary after you have talked to her.

Newbie Man - a bit harsh - the guy is learning all the time and let's face it, it's pretty good stuff in comparison to a lot of the rubbish around.
I do agree with the 'width' thing on his site though - having to scroll sideways is really weird.

[snake689]

Here's how to get the secretary, going off memory so some might be wrong.

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[Trucla]

snake689 wrote : Here's how to get the secretary, going off memory so some might be wrong.

.............................................................(erased by shark for saving the fun of the game)

And with all this you spoiled the pleasure of discovery...

[60nowise]

that's the nuisance with the newbies here . so proud, that they succeeded, they have no better idea as to post the whole walkthrough
@snake689: the best, you can do now, is to delete your post as fast as possible!

[Squeeky]

60nowise wrote : that's the nuisance with the newbies here . so proud, that they succeeded, they have no better idea as to post the whole walkthrough
@snake689: the best, you can do now, is to delete your post as fast as possible!

''''' or at least, one of the moderators take it down and at the same time similarly remove the quote from Trucla (sure he won't mind the intervention since he raised the idea).