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Hi,

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are you on day 1 or 2? If you are stuck on day 1 you should take a very close at your desk in the bookstore, the letter puzzle doesn’t have to be solved to finish day 1. If you are already on day 2 you can use the razor blade on multiple hotspots of the letter and you can use the letter on another inventory item you might be missing. To get it try the quote at the front of the letter on the book database.

Best regards Christian

Hi,

the multiple envelopes is actually a bug. If you combined phone and envelope and got another envelope from the unversity afterwards, you should uncombine phone & envelope first (just click on the item in the inventory and then select the option) and not get another envelope from the university once you combined them again because this state could break things going further. You should either have one envelope and one phone seperate or 1 item with them combined, not the combined item and an additional envelope or phone in your inventory.

Regarding the university puzzle, it's all about getting into the office of Polizeikommisar Glocke, there's an item under the bridge that helps with the priest (also check out the hint from steam) and you also should take a look at the phone settings, maybe this will give you a push in the right direction on how to solve it.

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Hi,

if you are still on day 1 you should postpone solving the letter puzzle until you reach day 2 and instead thoroughly inspect the desk in the bookstore.

If you are already on day 2, you can check out these hints I posted on steam: 

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1190270/discussions/0/2270321250036863651/

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Sorry, I can't give you a release date for part 2, my games are always ready when they are ready. 😁

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There’s another phone book at the airport.

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I'm glad you made it. I'm not a big fan of walkthroughs, they almost always spoil the experience for me. I prefer hints. :-)

Your welcome, if you need more hints just ask, day 3 will also be a hard nut to crack.

Hi there,

thanks for playing my game, I'm glad you like it. 

Regarding the quote, I hid another hint for this puzzle in the game, which gets revealed when you use the magnifier on the quote. But as always it's a very vague hint, hope this helps to push you in the right direction.

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Sorry, I can't give you a release date for part 2, my games are always ready when they are ready. 😁

Best regards Christian

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There are multiple hotspots on the corpse.

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Try some magnification.

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Thank you for playing my game and stay safe.

Ok another vague hint.

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Take a closer look at your phone.

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Did you try the hints I gave Bing55 a couple of posts below this post?

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First off, great game, just finished it, awesome work you did there.

On macOS Catalina it does work but you have to permit the execution of the app in the security settings explicitly. You would need to sign and notarize the App bundle with the Apple Notarization Service so this not necessary, at the moment Catalina sees the app as a security risk.

On each day there are several tasks that have to be performed before you can advance to the next day. On day 2, unraveling the bank location is only one of these. That's why it's hard to say what exactly you are missing here, I can't send PM's on itch so please contact me by mail at contact@cunum.com if you are in desperate need of help.

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I'm glad it worked. Thanks for reporting the bug, have fun and stay safe.

Lol ok, yeah seems to be a bug, she shouldn't be able to hand out multiple envelopes, I'll see that this is fixed in the next version.

I think there's still a way for you to progress with this corrupt game state because of the bug BING55 reported a couple days ago:

First tap on the divine comedy book in the toolbox. When you are in the book scene hard exit (force close) the application, don't exit over the menu, just kill the app, e.g in iOS or android swipe the application up, on windows use task manager etc. When closed, start the app again and press resume game in the menu, you are back at the book scene. Now press the white X on bottom right and you are warped back to the bookstore and not trapped in the police office anymore.

To get back your phone enter the private room of the bookstore and grab it (like you already did on day 1) from the desk.

After that the game state is valid again and you can proceed.

Hi there, you are stuck on day 3 I presume, after you picked up the police badge? If so the phone should be in the envelope on the table.

Thank you for playing my game and stay safe.

Yeah I know, I intentionally designed it that way. 🤗 Problem is nowadays there are very few challenging adventure games, because casual adventure games are way more appealing to the mass audience and therefore much more lucrative for the developers. Frustratingly hard puzzles and months of investment to solve a game isn't what the average adventure gamer nowadays is looking for. That's not bad per se, problem is the rising lack of diversity in the adventure game market. It all seems to drift towards easier and easier games, most are mere walking simulators. So to counter this tendency (only we indie developers can, because money isn't our motivation), all my games are way harder and way more frustrating than 99% of the adventure games released today. As stated in the game's description my aim was the level of hardness and frustration of a Sierra-Online adventure game, these games took weeks and months to complete without a walkthrough, not days, which is unthinkable nowadays. I hope it's somehow understandable, I mean there's a reason I put that frustration warning in the description.

Ok one last very very vague hint for this puzzle, which is also present within the game:

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The priest seems to be a good Samaritan.

No, the bug won't affect progress, it's just a little confusing for users who discover it.

Just placing the phone into the police office won't get you inside, there is still another step you have to perform.

Yeah, it's a wrongly triggered dialogue, this shouldn't happen, you can ignore this. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for reporting.

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Hi there,

just checked it, you are right, thanks for reporting these. Both strange occurrences are bugs indeed, you can ignore these, they are not game breaking and should not happen. You shouldn't be able to pick up the phone again at the bookstore after you gave it away. I'll see they are fixed in the next version.

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The university puzzle requires some rather abstract problem solving. I'm only giving out vague hints here, because I don't want to spoil the puzzling fun. After all, besides the story, that's what adventures are all about. So be aware, like with the other hints, this puzzle will still be hard as f***.

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As the university professor told you, she will only hand out the key to a police officer.

As the police officer told you, he won't let you inside the police office without Glocke's approval.

Pay attention to the item the professor gave you, Item - Item interaction is possible.

There are always some active players because it's running on 5 different platforms, but you can imagine, a game like this is very niche and caters to a very specific crowd. When all three parts are complete, I plan to release a Definite Edition with all parts included as well as a hint system (like hotspot highlighting), so it can appeal to a broader audience. At the moment this is a game for hardcore enthusiasts only, I hope the description is clear on that.

Another hint, but be aware, day 3 will not be easier, maybe a bit more guided.

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There are no bugs 🤪, well not in this case.

The most obvious gateway is not always the correct one, sometimes you have to look to your left and right to find what you are looking for.

Lol I'm starting to sound like a tibetan monk.

Ok I'll give you two vague hints, because most players seem to struggle with this puzzle. But be aware, even with the hints this puzzle will be hard to crack.

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Pay close attention to the quote at the front of the letter, you are probably missing an item.

Inventory interactions are possible on different hotspots of the letter.

I'm sorry , this is not possible at the moment. The filter is meant to recreate the pixel art style of the classic adventure era without an actual pixelation of the screen. But that's definitely a good idea to be able to switch between modern and classic style. After distribution (Steam and Android are still missing) is done I'll implement a switch in the options for this.

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Just downloaded the Mac version, sadly I can't play it because macOS Catalina doesn't allow 32 bit apps to be run anymore. So if you want to play this on a Mac, don't update to Catalina yet.