Good Game. My only Issue is that i fond and used the projector and found the wiseman even measured the floating rock, now what?
Reviews for "a Grain of Truth"
mrudi responds:
Thank you.
Here you may find some answer (walkthrough):
http://jayisgames.com/archives/2012/05/the_trader_of_stories_a_grain_of_truth.php#walkthrough
or even on video tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVIGFdYgME
first of all, before starting my actual review, I definitely want to recommend anyone to play the game in a pop up, preferably in full screen for the best experience
now my review:
I really loved the game, I also played the first trader of stories game, this one was even better in my opinion than the first one
I loved the music and artwork
I also loved how you can examine so many things, and although some of them might not add too much to the story it's fun, and it some words for the story game can be found during examining, so I like how you 'learn' those words during your adventure
I can however imagine that some puzzles can be confusing if you never played anything like it before (e.g. the cloud separating mahjong puzzle), I myself had difficulty with the story game, because I thought I had all the words I could get at that moment, but it turned out I didn't, and anywhere else in the story I couldn't really find anything to progress with, though consulting the walktrough, I found that I missed a word, and by finding that word, I also found another part which I could use to progress
so perhaps you should consider giving the gamer short instructions on the puzzles, and with the story game, perhaps it'd be nice to have to possibility to see what words you're still missing, so you know it when you need to search for more words
I also really like the fact that you can import a game, so you can continue playing on another computer, or even share the code with others, to show them at what point you're stuck
the eye-tool was also a big help during some scenes when I was stuck,
definitely worth 4.5 stars, add some puzzle instructions and a help tool for the puzzles and I'd make it 5 stars
mrudi responds:
Thank you very much for so detailed and positive :-) review.
It's so nice to find out that you like it - thank you for your time and effort!
Mahjong puzzle without hints and any instruction and words hidden in secondary dialogues and even monologues (without the possibilitty to see what me still missing) - these are our big sins. We learnt a lot from this and hope that next time, with our next adventure, we try to score full 5 :-)
That was pretty amazing! Required thorough exploration and examination of everything! The Mahjong puzzle was quite difficult, and I didn't get the 'grappling hook' bit of it.
Regardless, a very worthy sequel to 'The Trader of Stories'. Thank you for the hints on where to look because it was too easy to miss a few things. I look forward other projects on this world you may do, and meanwhile to focus on the present :P
mrudi responds:
Thank you for review. Sorry for the mahjong style puzzle. It was little overdone.
Very good game, excellent writing. The story was rich and engaging. I did notice some small issues with the later "cutscenes" in which they would advance 2 or even 3 scenes at a time. I missed some of the story as a result, but despite that, I don't feel like I missed too much (even though I likely missed some important things). The rest of the game was just too enjoyable for me to be really upset over such a minor glitch. If you could fix those issues, I'd definitely give it five stars. The puzzles were good, sensible and not requiring any great leaps in logic. We need more games like this, that rich both in an artistic sense and in a story sense. The graphics were a really treat, bright and vibrant, but not overly cartoon like. Obviously the story has been left open for future games, and that just makes me curious. Where will this story go next? I, for one, can't wait to see.
mrudi responds:
Thank you for your quite deep review. We so glad and happy that you not only have found time to play our game but at the end you took another breath and you wrote what you felt and noticed.
I enjoyed this game, it wasn't too simple but it wasn't too hard either. The art was fantastic, I adored it, and the story was interesting with a well-crafted and just as interesting new world. Overall, awesome job. Hope to see a sequel soon!
mrudi responds:
Thank you. There is no sequel in the moment but there is a 'prequel' called 'the Trader of Stories - Bell's Heart' which you can find here http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/549940
It's a game develop as cooperation of profesional studio PastelGames and Mark as world creator and artist.