Ever wanted to reach through a monitor and smack a character?

YEP.

Talk about an unhelpful bug. I am missing the 3rd part of the key schematics. I ask sherloli where to find the last painting. Only to get told "near the farm!" Like a giant TEE HEE. Look short stack, I *ALREADY* grabbed the chest you unhelpful pile of code and annoyance. 

So, dear dev, did I screw myself completely not stealing the painting in Rudolf's home, because it's not freaking letting me look at the painting with a magnifying glass, and everything else is a bust. Which yay closed paths you can never reopen if that's the case. *twitch* 

My frustration- very high. 

There doesn't seem to be a way to hide spoilers on Itch.io, so I'm going to put a big spoiler warning here for other players...

SPOILERS AHEAD

If you ask Shirley for a hint about the paintings, she says something like, "A couple of the places you should examine are right outside the manor. You should also check out the tailor's shop in the village. And the last area is near the farm." (The exact wording depends on whether you've unlocked the tailor and farmer, but sounds like you have.)

So you need to have four paintings (Rudolph's painting is NOT one of them), in order to examine the four locations mentioned in her hint: two right outside the manor, one in the tailor's shop, and the last area near the farm. Good luck!

There was nothing under the rose bush and I found the other 3, Rock in water, roots of Tree, item in Tailor. So it must be a bug or something else needs to happen. Because there was nothing there. 

Did you try using the spade on all of the rose bushes (there are 6)?

Edited to add: I forgot to mention that the magnifying glass has to be used on the painting before you can dig up the rose bushes, just in case you didn't do that yet.

the painting specifically points to the first bush of the three, so I did not bother with destroying my entire garden. 

You may want to fix the positioning if the location does not reflect reality in the game. 

Thank for the feedback - I appreciate it! The next time I update the game I'll either change the position of the magnifying glass or add a note when you dig up the wrong rose bush that the player can check the other rose bushes.

That seems like a good work around. I am still hunting the last book, as I found one in every area that opened besides the ruins, and am still looking for the last. Hopefully someone makes a guide once Steam launch goes live.

Good luck! Yeah, I'd be pretty stoked if someone made a guide. :)

Eh when steam launch comes I might throw up one. I could use the nerd cred. Lol I am halfway to it with my text document of book locations to check off later for future playthroughs etc. Do one for books, one for paintings, one as a general walkthrough. 

If I could post one now on steam I probably would... it's that whole Frustration High but kinda like the game as a whole thing.

It'd be cool if you do decide to post one - I think it'd be  very helpful to the other players! I'll be updating the version here along with the Steam release next month, though I don't think there'll be any substantial changes to the mini-quests or storyline; it'll mostly be minor corrections and small additions based on players' feedback.