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Hi there! My name is Shrimp, and I'm the "active" developer behind Spherian Games. BoxxyQuest started out as a joke of mine, back in 2011. In the years since then, it's become something much more for me, and a few of my friends, too. I hope you'll give our game a chance, and have a great time with it!

If you’d like to contact me, the easiest way is by email at shrimpses@gmail.com.
I’m happy to answer questions about the game, as well as hear your thoughts.
Please don’t be shy!
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BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm Review

I’m stunned. This is greater praise than I ever could’ve hoped for, and I’ll certainly take your criticisms to heart when/if I ever make another game.

One last time, thanks for playing. <3

BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm

author=KyleLascar
I just discovered a game-breaking bug, i.e. I got stuck while trying to leave the area.

Agh, why am I not surprised?

When I switched from the standard tile-based movement system to the free-movement one, it broke most of the area transfers. (The events would play twice, since you were technically touching two event tiles). I went through and fixed them all, but I always had a sneaking suspicion that I’d missed one or two.

New patch incoming soon. :P

BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm

author=KyleLascar
Even though I want to find everything during my first playthrough, I'm afraid I will miss some things, since some crafty developer even claims that the player won't discover everything during the first playthrough. ;) On the other hand, if it can be avoided somehow for now, let's postpone missing out on stuff to later.


First of all, thank you so much for the kind words! I did add a few things to actively encourage repeat playthroughs, but if you’re interested, then I can send you a message with some hints. :P

BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm

author=KyleLascar
I was really anxious after at least two hours without saving, especially because of the Script 'Game_Map' line 305 error.


If it makes you feel any better, I think we're done with the 305 Errors, as this is around the point in development when I switched from "let's use one gigantic tileset for every map," to "let's maybe not do that."

BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm

author=KyleLascar
I think it's a decent mountain climb, but I might have run into a (potentially) game-breaking bug.


It's kind of an obtuse buzzle, I guess...

You need to hit the far left switch, then the far right one, while ignoring the middle one.

See what I mean, about it maybe needing a bit of work?

BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm

author=KyleLascar
encountered another "crash site" that leads to the error message mentioned above.


...Aaand, fixed. Thanks again, as always.

Truth be told, I'm still tweaking this part of the game a bit, like the next dungeon's design, which I'm not terribly impressed with yet.

BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm

author=KyleLascar
I just checked again to be sure, but I already got the treasure from the crab/turnip room. Although I don't remember what the treasure chest in this room contained. So either Fanfiction Volume III is elsewhere or it wasn't added to my inventory. Normally, I check every item I get immediately, but since I thought I had to collect 15 Fanfiction Volumes, I was a bit negligent. Now I really want to find out if there's some kind of reward for finding all Fanfiction Volumes.


Hmm, that's a bit of a weird one. I just went back and tested - the crab did give the book, in exchange for the fully grown turnip. Check and see, do you still have the turnip or the seeds in your inventory? Try talking to the crab again, maybe?

Also, there's no big reward for getting them all. There's fifteen in total, because the three you need are randomized at the start of each playthrough. :P

BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm

author=KyleLascar
That's perfectly understandable. Although instead of feedback, I would like to report the game having crashed for the first time.


Oh. OH! I know what caused that. It can happen when you change a map's tileset. I thought I'd been careful enough to avoid it, but it seems I missed one tile.

author=KyleLascar
Could you please give me a hint with regard to how Fanfiction Volume III can be obtained? At least it would be good to know if it can also be found at the Lake of Fanfiction or not until later (at another location), since I already searched the Lake dungeon high and low.


I believe Volume III is from the little room with the crab and the turnip. On the lower level, inner-right side. :D

author=KyleLascar
Also, I found
the secret portal in DeviantArt
. It seems the fun has just begun. :)


Oh, yes. Let's just say, well, there's plenty more where that came from.

BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm

author=KyleLascar
It's already bad enough that you get a phone notification for this totally irrelevant post of mine. :D


Believe me, after working on this game for a few years, no feedback is considered irrelevant. :D

BoxxyQuest: The Gathering Storm

author=KyleLascar
How embarrassing! I could already use some help, because either I don't understand how a certain room in the game works or there's a (potentially game-breaking) bug.

Oh yeah, there is something up with that bookshelf. It's not game-breaking, but it does seem to be a bug. Good catch!

(To clear that room, just check the right side of the top-left shelf. All the others are meant to lead you there in a sort of roundabout chain).

Since this is the first public build, I'm sure there will be a few more bugs in random areas like this. If you find any, or have any general questions, feel free to send an email! I get phone notifications, so I'll see it pretty much instantly. :P

Anyway, I'm glad you seem to be having fun so far!

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