As often on Saturdays, also this morning I was a few hours busy with the mansion. Details are for later. I just want to let you know that I can't post an update because there is an annoying problem that I first have to solve myself. The total amount of money in the next update will be exactly $ 20.000. But like before I am missing again $ 50 and thus I need to be sure where.

In Brugge (Belgium), after a long grey, windy, rainy period it is a sunny Sunday morning.  And dawn brought two extra questions for you, .

1. Would it harm your side of the work if in the next version (015) I would remove the 7th save point (17101) and create a new one below the TZ2-room (17501)? Perfect play till there will give a save with $ 13.500 and zero keys.

2. The blue 'area' has three 'wings' (different backgrounds) with in total ten 'sections'. During design something happened that wasn't planned at all. In two sections there are two ways back. One is in the left wing and one in the right. It are two situations where you may miss some prices at first. But if so they only lead to a small detour or a coming back later.
Will you try to find them or do you want me to give precise information? And after you saw the places, do you have the feeling that I need to do something about it or not?

Freddy wrote on 12.03.2023 at 16:12:12:


No, that is OK.

Freddy wrote on 12.03.2023 at 16:12:12:


I don't think you should worry about this.  Not a problem IMO.

You did send me finally THE post about THE issue of the blue area. I was prepared for that. Have a look at the map.

When Jack arrives in transit zone 1 the blocks are always gold. The map shows the situation where my Jack never left TZ1 and picked up the three available maps. It was the intention to give information about which gates to the blue surrounding area are accessible and which not. No more. Nothing is given about doors or keys.

A closer look teaches the player that the gold blocks may be the obstacle or sometimes are helping. The left (1) and right (2) wing give clear info. On the bottom only partly. The left room (1) gives an entrance. The middle and right room maybe. So there are at least four usable gates.

As designer I did make the construction so that:
- there are exactly five places where you can start (with the blocks on gold);
- there also five sections that are only accessible with the blocks on silver;
- in some sections G/S do change and in others not;
- wherever you start you are always able to visit all ten sections (once), pick up all prices and arrive in transit zone 2 with one single key that you have to use as entrance fee to the next (green?) area.

When you open a coloured entrance door in any blue section it is impossible to continue to the exit without picking up the key that is at Jack's disposal. Depending from the section the G/S-blocks changed or didn't. In both cases, with the found key Jack will always have one and only one place in the blue section to go one. So the whole blue section is a large rotation starting with a random chosen section. But it is not a guessing game where you may have bad luck and missing a lot of fun. The colour of the key at the end of the last section will always be the colour of the first opened door.

I tell you a secret.    My Jack likes to start at the right over the conveyor belt with the two scorpions. That has a reason, because he knows where to be next and then have a good placed save point on his way back. And afterwards a very good spread of the other saving pedestals. That is what they call 'designers luck'.

Freddy wrote on 13.03.2023 at 04:56:43:

Since 11 pm last night that is not the truth anymore. Laying on my back in bed I suddenly realized that it is possible to skip the green door in the left blue wing. Or, in the same section, open that green door and save an extra yellow key. In both cases that may lead to all kinds of two key combinations while running around in TZ1 and at last arriving in TZ2.


That wasn't meant to be and is absolutely unwanted. And will be fixed in beta version 015.