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anyone else having an issue where the game "freezes"? it still responds to what im doing, which i can tell because the sound effects still happen, but the window is just stuck visually. ive had it happen twice now and i dont want to have to start over a third time and kill my hand from all the clicking 😭

yeah i forgot to edit this comment but i was able to figure it out! i swear i interacted with the floor thingies before but nothing happened. must not have been standing in the exact right spot though. thanks for replying anyway!

thanks for the nudge!

Anyone willing to double check my work? I feel like I have everything correct but the checker thing says I have a few errors and I don't know what they could be. Do not read past this point if you haven't finished the game yet!

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Hey there, trying out this demo and I've gotten very stuck. I've walked through the garden dozens of times and I think I've found pretty much everything, including the blood, the drag marks, the trampled flowers, the chalky stuff, the invitation, the cotton, and the petals with the ACR reading. I've talked to everyone about everything that I can currently. All of the case sections are grey, so I don't think I'm supposed to be solving that right now but I also don't know what other evidence I'm supposed to be able to find or how to get to other parts of the map (inside of museum, shed, locked off sections of garden, etc). Whatever the way forward is, I don't know what it's meant to be. I really want to finish this because I love detective games so any clarifications would be greatly appreciated!

Probably a bit of a long shot by commenting here, but hopefully someone sees this and can help me out! I've gotten all the ghosts except for the one in the tunnels. I don't even know where the tunnels are for that matter. I thought the house with the chalk drawings might have something to do with it (since its the only location that doesn't seem to have a gameplay function yet) but I don't see any way of interacting with the stuff in there or stuff in any other map. Any ideas where I'm supposed to be looking for the way forward?

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Gur hcqngr nyfb fnlf gung ur vapyhqrq n wbxr va gur oht frpgvba bs gur punatrybt, ersreevat gb unatzna orvat znqr fbyirnoyr ;)

Correct. Gur jnl V vagrecergrq vg vf gung va Evpuneq'f ivrj, gurer vf ab fbyhgvba gb "orng" gur phefr bgure guna xvyyvat lbhefrys orsber vg xvyyf lbh.

Xngurevar qbrfa'g zragvba Naa ng nyy hagvy Wbua nfxf ure vs fur xabjf jub gung vf (rira gubhtu Naa vf gur znva ernfba fur vf fb vairfgrq va nyy guvf va gur svefg cynpr). Vg frrzf gung fur nyfb sbetbg sbe n gvzr, ohg Wbua zragvbavat gur anzr znqr ure erzrzore. Gur cnggrea jvgu rirelbar ryfr pregnvayl frrzf gb or gung gurl sbetrg jub gur crefba vf hagvy gurl unir fbzr fbeg bs erzvaqre va sebag bs gurz (tbbq rknzcyr bs guvf jbhyq or Ivpgbevn erzrzorevat Qnzvna).

Gurer'f ab jnl gb jva unatzna, naq V unir urneq gung gur ahzore ng gur raq bs 00-qernz pbeerfcbaqf gb gur cvnab ebyyre sbe gur fbat ylevpf pbagnvarq va gur svyr. Orfvqrf gung V qba'g xabj bs nalguvat fvtavsvpnag eryngrq gb gur svyr.

Znegun bayl zragvbaf tvivat gbnfg gb Ivpgbevn fb znlor gung'f gur bayl guvat fur znqr. V qba'g guvax vg jbhyq or hapbzzba sbe n ubhfrjvsr bs gur gvzr crevbq gb or noyr gb znxr fbzr sbbq ba ure bja, rira vs vg vf n ubhfrubyq jvgu ohgyref, rfcrpvnyyl fbzrguvat nf fvzcyr nf gbnfg.

V oryvrir rirelguvat gung Bfjnyq fnlf nobhg gur phefr vf n erq ureevat, vapyhqvat Ryrnabe orvat gur pnhfr. V qb abg guvax vg fgnegrq orpnhfr bs ure, naq V qba'g guvax Nzryvn jnf gur svefg ivpgvz rvgure. V guvax guvf vf fnsr gb nffhzr orpnhfr uvf bgure znva pbapyhfvba ba ubj gb fgbc gur phefr vf vapbeerpg. Ur gryyf Naa fur arrqf gb erzrzore ure snzvyl naq guvatf yvxr gung va beqre gb fheivir, jura va ernyvgl erzrzorevat vf gur rknpg guvat gung xvyyf lbh.

This is the same conclusion I had as well! Naq lrf, fvapr Wbua qbrfa'g unir nal culfvpny zrzragbf bs Xngurevar be Naa, ur vfa'g nssrpgrq ol gur phefr. Ur xvyyf uvzfrys bhg bs gur ubeebe bs jung'f unccrarq, naq vfa'g nssrpgrq ol gur phefr (gurersber uvf obql vf gur bayl bar gung'f noyr gb or vqragvsvrq, nf zragvbarq va gur vageb). Nf sbe Xngurevar, vg frrzf gung Naa unf tbggra urefrys vagb fbzr fbeg bs qrog ceboyrz, fb V svther gung Xngurevar unq fbzr fbeg bs culfvpny erzvaqre bs gung fbzrjurer va gur ubhfr, naq gung'f jung fcnexrq ure zrzbel.

A collective decision I think; probably started by one particular person then it spread. Lets you leave comments with spoilers but without inserting a bunch of spaces to hide the spoilery text in the "show more" section, which is pretty clunky to navigate around.

(rot13 cipher) Gurer vf ab 27 gvzr pbqr. Gurer vf n fprar jvgu X.

I commented a few days ago asking for help with the final puzzle (before the update) but I'm commenting again so I can sing my praises for this game! I absolutely loved it, the puzzles are great of course (love that we're still innovating and coming up with new formats within the detective genre), but I also really really really like the writing and characters. One of the things that made Obra Dinn my favorite game ever was getting just enough information about the characters and story to let your imagination run absolutely wild with theories and headcanons, and Type Help is also captures the same sort of vibe for me, especially with all the complex relationships going on between the characters. (If you're curious, my favorite characters are 6 and 8 haha) So yeah, thank you William Rous for making this game, I really enjoyed it and hope to see more great stuff from you in the future :)

Thank you for the help!! 

Thank you very much, I was able to figure it out. I was so sure I tried that combination of codes before, but clearly the sleep deprivation was getting to me haha. Sebz ernqvat bgure pbzzragf, V frr gung gurer vf na rira zber frperg 00-qernz svyr. Ubj ner lbh zrnag gb svaq gung va tnzrcynl?

Spoilers [end game(?) help]

I am soooo close to the end (I think) but I just can't figure out what exactly I'm supposed to do. I've found 95 files so far, and I have a filled-in timeline for characters 1 through 12, from time codes 01 through 26. I figure there's something I need to do with Wintercote (WI) because it's a bold location name... but I can't figure out what characters it is meant to involve or what time code I need to put. If it helps, the only scenes that have any reference points are 00-audio-recovery and 26-EN-1. Not sure what other information would be relevant for me to provide but yeah. Don't tell me outright what to do, just a nudge.. like a scene to stare at until I get that eureka moment lol