So I heard back from bcdefg about First Fantasy. Here's the deal: he included an easter egg game mechanic, and he thought it would be easier to find than it was, but the gulf between programmer and player was wider than he'd anticipated. The tl;dr version of his response, which he included at the bottom of it, was "I made a mistake. I'm sorry."

In response I pointed out a few things, mainly what his mistakes were about the secret codes and how the easter egg mechanic related to the medal, and that testing the "final" version is just as important as testing the first version specifically to catch things like this. Put simply, the kid's still young and he doesn't know all the things yet that we would like him to know about public relations related to game design. He knows he messed up, and I've pointed out as clearly as I can why they were mess-ups, and hopefully he will learn from all of this and apply what he's learned from this experience to his future games.

If there's demand for it I'll put up his long message and my long response in the thread, but they're both rather long so I'll keep them out for now. If you do want to ask me to post it, though, please do so by sending me a PM rather than posting about it here in the thread, so we can avoid cluttering up the thread.

On =Core=, whenever I try to put the first password (from the binary puzzle), the game throws me back at the menu. The reason is that pressing 'X' brings you to the menu, but THERE ARE TWO FUCKING 'X' ON THE CODE! That pissed me off. Do you guys know what am I doing wrong?

At 11/2/10 01:09 AM, vlandeismilsoum2 wrote: On =Core=, whenever I try to put the first password (from the binary puzzle), the game throws me back at the menu. The reason is that pressing 'X' brings you to the menu, but THERE ARE TWO FUCKING 'X' ON THE CODE! That pissed me off. Do you guys know what am I doing wrong?

Copy and paste the whole password

wow, I did not imagine that you guys put this commitment to complete the game then I give you a clue to the game "radio"

<---- ---->
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<----
----> X4

all for now!

At 11/1/10 06:23 PM, Mr-Contradiction wrote: Anyways, it appears too be inconclusive what it says anyways; I love obscure "didn't you see that page of the internovel? It's number 92135521355233.

You gotta listen to the sound clip, it IS the sound clip in reverse. I recorded it, reversed it in Edison and put it in an SWF since MegaUpload couldn't handle it or whatever.

Also, Ugo, I don't get the hint. Pressing the arrow keys like that doesn't do anything nor does pressing the knobs in that way.

At 11/2/10 05:29 AM, LiquidOoze wrote:

Also, Ugo, I don't get the hint. Pressing the arrow keys like that doesn't do anything nor does pressing the knobs in that way.

do not have to press the arrow keys but you have to press the buttons on the radio until you find the code.

Just wanted to give you guys a heads up... we're going to be upgrading the API database today so if you notice the medal icons in the portal pages are gone, that will also mean those medals will not save to your profile if you should get them in the game.

At 11/2/10 10:32 AM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: Just wanted to give you guys a heads up... we're going to be upgrading the API database today so if you notice the medal icons in the portal pages are gone, that will also mean those medals will not save to your profile if you should get them in the game.

Thanks for the warning! I was about to go for some new medals.

At 11/2/10 10:32 AM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: Just wanted to give you guys a heads up... we're going to be upgrading the API database today so if you notice the medal icons in the portal pages are gone, that will also mean those medals will not save to your profile if you should get them in the game.

I was just about to mention that, I just read Tom's FP post. Thanks for sharing. :)

Also, I was fucking around in Treadmillosaurus and came to the conclusion that you can NOT get past the lasers. Once they are very close to you, and you lose a life and quickly jump through one of them, it will stop you from going any further. So no cheating on this game. :(

Does anyone know what/how to get the first secret medal in catgame? (PM please...)

At 11/2/10 10:32 AM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: Just wanted to give you guys a heads up... we're going to be upgrading the API database today so if you notice the medal icons in the portal pages are gone, that will also mean those medals will not save to your profile if you should get them in the game.

Whew...

"Type id is AD_ERROR_TYPE". Lol.

At 11/2/10 10:32 AM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: Just wanted to give you guys a heads up... we're going to be upgrading the API database today so if you notice the medal icons in the portal pages are gone, that will also mean those medals will not save to your profile if you should get them in the game.

Thanks for the info Psycho! Was wondering why I couldn't view other people's medals...thought it was something to do with my ad blocker.

At 11/2/10 10:32 AM, PsychoGoldfish wrote: Just wanted to give you guys a heads up... we're going to be upgrading the API database today so if you notice the medal icons in the portal pages are gone, that will also mean those medals will not save to your profile if you should get them in the game.

Not to be an impatient little shit...but do you know exactly how long it will be? Thanks by the way.

At 11/2/10 11:48 AM, mothballs wrote: Not to be an impatient little shit...but do you know exactly how long it will be? Thanks by the way.

No longer than until 2 PM, according to Tom. He'll anounce it once everything is back up. What is there exactly to be updated about API?

Looks like medals are showing up on my userpage...maybe it's back. Hopefully.

Guys help! I didn´t know about the api thing, and I won "Time to Spare" and "Dead on Time in Road of the Dead. Anyone knows what can I make? I really work hard getting them.

At 11/2/10 01:27 PM, IngeniousCheese wrote: Guys help! I didn´t know about the api thing, and I won "Time to Spare" and "Dead on Time in Road of the Dead. Anyone knows what can I make? I really work hard getting them.

Unfortunately nothing.

I did the same thing with another medal game. Now I have to delete all of my data on Adobe Settings Manager and do it all over again once this shit is done.

It's 2:00 now. DONE YET?

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At 11/2/10 01:27 PM, IngeniousCheese wrote: Guys help! I didn´t know about the api thing, and I won "Time to Spare" and "Dead on Time in Road of the Dead. Anyone knows what can I make? I really work hard getting them.

I think Road of the Dead resends medals every time you start up the game. Try again now!

Are the medals working now, because I'm not getting them even though I don't see the error.

At 11/2/10 02:32 PM, duckyness wrote: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/55 2612
zero point medals

I got to level 40 and killed like 400+ ships, so the medals are broken or the medals aren't sending for some other reason.

At 11/2/10 10:32 AM, PsychoGoldfish wrote:

if you notice the medal icons in the portal pages are gone, that will also mean those medals will not save to your profile if you should get them in the game.

What about that new madness game on the last page? that never had medals on the page to begin with :P

haha just kidding, I just really want to play it some more. Any idea how long the api is down for?

So wait, maybe I understood that wrong. As long as medals are listed below the game, they will send? And does that mean all games?

At 11/2/10 02:47 PM, Doomsday-One wrote: I think Road of the Dead resends medals every time you start up the game. Try again now!

It didn´t work... Do I have to start again after the api, or it won´t work anyway?

At 11/2/10 03:21 PM, Alex12345269 wrote:
Did you see PsychoGoldfish's post at the top of the page?

Yes, but I though that it might be fixed by now..

Luckily I didn't recieve any medals during this period, otherwise I had to do all this shit to delete them again.

At 11/2/10 04:13 AM, ugolegend94 wrote: <---- ---->
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----> X4

all for now!

Thank you!!!!

So this gives a new sound loop. Much louder and faster paced. I can only presume this is like the second stage of the binary game, so I think we need a new sequence of button pushes. If only I could understand these sounds. I've tried reversing them, messing with the tempo, reducing the background noise.

My current plan is to review the first track to see if i can work out how it translates to LRLLLRL x 4. Please keep me posted if anyone has a break through.

At 11/2/10 06:27 PM, CTM222 wrote: A ton of crap

After careful analysis... It seems what I thought was a new sound is in fact lots of the first sound played over each other (faceplam). The code does nothing but allow the noise to play over itself without one stopping.