I Wanna Lockpick

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A topic by LAWatson created Dec 03, 2021 Views: 5,207 Replies: 120

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LAWatsonDeveloper2 years ago

Yell at me about the game here. Game won't run? Game does run, but doesn't want to? You want to run, from the game? Do it here!

If you have a feature request (usually in the form of QoL improvements), feel free to suggest it here, although I can't guarantee I will be able to deliver on some of them, much less in a timely manner. (Just to clarify, I'm well aware of the colorblind situation. I have some ideas about it, but it's going to take a while. Other planned features include doodling/pencilmarking, key rebinding, and maybe savestating.)

If you are going to complain about a specific puzzle or section of the game, maybe try to spoil it? I dunno if spoiling is a thing in itch message boards but if it is then do it!!! If you don't, then a 5-nanometer spaghetti monster will crawl into your ear and play mariachi trumpet songs slightly off-key. You don't want that to happen, do you?

Acamaeda2 years ago (1 edit)

You should check out this twitter thread by Maddy Thorson, the creator of Celeste, on features that help a platformer game to feel better. Not all are relevant, but a few are essential like coyote time and jump buffering.

Another thing not listed there is related to jump buffering. If the player inputs jump before they've landed but could double jump, it should do a single jump (what the player probably intended) instead of consuming your double jump.

LAWatsonDeveloper2 years ago

Good point! I'm not sure how many of those I'll implement, but corner correction and possibly some very slight jump buffering/coyote time sound good, especially for a few slightly grody ledge jumps that appear every so often in the level design. Thanks for the link!

qwaffles2 years ago(+1)

the game won't start, I'm getting this error:

FATAL ERROR in Vertex Shader compilation

ShaderName: shdRainbowStripe2

D3DXCompile failed - result

at gml_Object_objWorld_Step_0

############################################################################################

stack frame is

gml_Object_objWorld_Step_0 (line -1)

LAWatsonDeveloper2 years ago

I remember someone also got that error, and subsequently fixed it by installing the DirectX End User Runtime. I believe it's just something that happens with certain GameMaker Studio games. See if this helps: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=35

qwaffles2 years ago

that fixed it, thanks!

Carbuncle2 years ago

I don't think I ever once wanted to shorthop. With that said, I personally think every jump should be a full jump. That could also create interesting puzzles where because you can't shorthop, jumping has a risk of hitting a ceiling door.

LAWatsonDeveloper2 years ago

After thinking about it a bit, that's actually a pretty good idea! I probably won't use it for level design purposes, however an option to make every jump a full jump would definitely be a good step for accessibility. I've seen a good number of people have trouble with high jumps and 4 block jumps, so I know it'd definitely be useful.

oliverysfx314 days ago

It would be actually slightly annoying because the only consistent way I have found to access the backside requires the first jump to not be a full jump to not hit your head in a wall and lose speed

LAWatsonDeveloper313 days ago

I'll probably just change that jump.

Carbuncle1 year ago

Just gonna rot13 to be on the safe side here, no puzzle solutions spoiled but some Funniness spoiled, I guess?

V'z fgvyy gelvat gb fbyir Hygvzngr Qbbe Ybtvp naq V ernyyl jvfu gurer pbhyq or n jnl gb trg evq bs gur sybjre crgnyf... be, crgny sybjref? Gurl trg va gur jnl bs gur qbbef cerggl bsgra, RFCRPVNYYL vs V'z gelvat gb fperrafubg vg gb chg va ZF Cnvag. Nyfb, vg'f cerggl qnat oevtug naq gur sybbef ybbx cebonoyl gbb zhpu yvxr gur jnyyf ng gur gbc. Abg pbaqhpvir gb cresbezvat hygvzngr qbbe ybtvp.

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

That's reasonable. When I start implementing the new options menu for Part 2, I'll be sure to include a setting to tone down intensive/visually distracting effects like that. Thanks for the report!

CoolDude123211 year ago

Does any have a guide for this game? These puzzles are hard.

JustImagineIt1 year ago (2 edits)

You can just open a topic asking for help. I'm never going to give you the full answer, but I am more than willing to try to give you tips.

If you're really, really stuck, someone named Icely Puzzles did a full walkthrough. However, since the game is free, I am of the opinion there is nothing like doing all of the puzzles yourself.

Not that there's anything wrong with using a walkthrough if the puzzles aren't enjoyable, but I would argue that with a walkthrough they probably never will be. I will do everything in my power to get you to solve them by yourself.

JoshInBrackets33 days ago

link(ROT13) uggcf://vjnaanybpxcvpxjvxv.zvenurmr.bet/jvxv/V_Jnaan_Ybpxcvpx_Jvxv

auburnmeadow1 year ago

ROT13'ing this. Spoilers for, uh, midgame??? Heck if I know how much farther I have to go, but I think I'm at the halfway point-ish?

Gur snpg gung n chmmyr tnzr jvgu guvf zhpu pbagrag naq guvf uvtu dhnyvgl bs chmmyrf erznvaf eryngviryl haxabja vf nofbyhgryl pevzvany. V'ir shyy pyrnerq gur svefg fvk jbeyqf naq nz pheeragyl jbexvat guebhtu gur obahfrf bs jbeyq 7 (unira'g gevrq gung svanyr yriry frevbhfyl, vg frrzf greevslvat), nsgre yvxr frira ubhef bs tnzrcynl, naq V'z tbvat gb xrrc cynlvat hagvy V trg guvf ragver guvat qbar. Gur qvssvphygl pheir vf terng: mreb gvzr vf jnfgrq va Jbeyqf 1 naq 2 jbexvat gubhtu ercrgvgvir chmmyrf, naq jura vqrnf qb trg frra ntnva, gurer'f nyjnlf n arj rkpvgvat be jrveq gjvfg gung guebjf n jerapu vagb gur ybtvp. (Trr, V erzrzore jura gur ovttrfg jbeel V unq jnf gur snpg gung Znfgre Xrlf ehvarq zl ubcrf naq qernzf bs rssrpgvir mreb-pbfg qbbef. Gubfr jrer gur qnlf...) Frira jbeyqf va, naq V'z fgnegvat gb srry gung greevslvat qernq rnpu naq rirel gvzr V rapbhagre n arj zrpunavp juvpu fraqf zr qrrcre naq qrrcre vagb gur qrcguf bs chmmyr znqarff. V unira'g sryg fhpu na birejuryzvat qrterr bs srne ng jung n chmmyr zrpunavp pna qb va nal bgure chmmyr tnzr rire, rkprcg sbe Cngevpx'f Cnenobk. Naq FGVYY, qrfcvgr gur snpg gung gurer vf ab jnl V fubhyq or znxvat sbejneq cebterff, qrfcvgr gur snpg gung gur ybtvp vf gvrq naq gjvfgrq va fb znal pvepyrf gung vg'f fgnegvat gb erfrzoyr n chmmyr cergmry, V unira'g unq gb fxvc n yriry. V pna nyjnlf znxr gur xrl vafvtug, obvy qbja gur ceboyrz gb rvgure ybtvp juvpu V pna jbex guebhtu ba cncre be aneebj qbja gb whfg n srj oehgr-sbepr bcgvbaf. Juvpu vf...oenib. Guvf vf nofbyhgryl gbc-gvre chmmyr qrfvta. Lbh orggre oryvrir V nz gryyvat zl sevraqf nobhg guvf bar.

Nyevtug, chmmyr snangvp thfu bhg bs gur jnl, gurer'f n pbhcyr guvatf gung V qvq jnag gb zragvba. Whzcvat vf njxjneq fbzrgvzrf: gur tnzr whfg qryrgrf zl qbhoyr-whzc rirel bapr va n juvyr, rfcrpvnyyl vs V gel gb vachg vg whfg nsgre qbvat n abg-shyy whzc. Hafher ubj gubfr zrpunavpf ner jbexvat. V qba'g xabj ubj lbh rkvg n yriry jvgubhg rkvgvat gur tnzr, naq V qba'g guvax C sbe cnhfr jnf rire fgngrq naljurer. Znlor znxr gubfr zber pyrne fbzrubj? Gur raqvat xrl naq ybpx va 2-3 ybbx jnl gbb fvzvyne: V pbashfrq gurz nf gur fnzr. Npghnyyl, guvf vf whfg n trarevp ceboyrz jvgu oyhr qbbef naq checyr qbbef: V unq gur fnzr pbashfvba va 6-10. V jnf n yvggyr fnq gurer jnfa'g n ovanel pbhagvat chmmyr va Jbeyq 6, ohg gura bar fubjrq hc va Jbeyq 7, fb nyy vf sbetvira. V birefubg gur fbyhgvba gb 7-N ol 36 xrlf (tbg 292 checyrf) fbzrubj. Naq V'yy xrrc lbh hcqngrq ba vs V svaq nalguvat ryfr gung frrzf jrveq, be vs V unir nal chmmyr vqrnf.

Gunax lbh fb zhpu sbe znxvat guvf tnzr. Vs lbh fnl cneg 2 znxrf guvf ybbx yvxr n ghgbevny, gura V'z ubyqvat zl oerngu, oryvrir zr.

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago (1 edit)

Backspace is the puzzle exit key, you're told in 1-2 and can also see it in the readme file. I'm well aware of the color mixups that happen between Pink/Orange, Green/Cyan, and Purple/Blue. As for that jump "eating", that's a bug of sorts with the IWBTG engine I'm using called jump cancelling (Quick enough rejumps where the button is both pressed and released on the same frame, even though the latter happens before the former, will cancel the jump as early as possible), it's not a piece of tech that is relevant in any way to the game so I'll look into removing it. Thanks for enjoying everything so far!

JustImagineIt1 year ago

What game engine are you using? I've had some decently crazy ideas about doors and keys, but they'd be better fit for early-game levels, which are already filled. I think it'd be fun to develop ideas by myself.

One potentially useful idea I had was a no-doublejump background block, so that you are forced to, say, fall into the key underneath a door.

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

I used Game Maker Studio 1.4 with YoYoYo's I Wanna Be the Guy fangame engine as the base for the platforming, saving, and assets. The keys and doors were programmed from scratch, although the visual assets and sounds were pulled from I Wanna KeyPick 100 (decompiled GM8.1 game). I also made a mod of an IWBTG level creation tool to implement the Lockpick mechanics, which was what I used for a large amount of mechanic testing and level design. If you want that, feel free to ask and I'll link it. Directly editing the game itself would likely be very difficult, half because GMS games are hard to decompile (I think UndertaleModTool is the best that currently exists?) and half because GameMaker Studio 1.4 is deprecated software that is no longer available for purchase or usable without a license.

Pool_E1 year ago

ooh,can you please show me this link? i think itd be fun to have custom worlds for this!

JustImagineIt1 year ago (1 edit)

You know what? Yes, I would like to use this too. Even if it's just on an individual level basis, it will be fun.

Pool_E1 year ago

can you please give me the link to try and use it?

MathCookie1 year ago

I think I could find a way to have some fun with that level-making tool too. In fact, you should probably just post it in a comment here so anyone who wants it can try it.

th345easons1 year ago

Hi! I'm enjoying the game, and the puzzles are getting rather difficult.

I'd like to recommend a feature to aid in puzzle solving on screen. Maybe right click to give an indication for whether a lock should be used or not, perhaps represented by a tick/cross or some indication on the corner. With the staggering number of locks on the screen sometimes, tracking the line of logic could be helped with something like this.

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

This is actually already a planned feature for the game! I intend to eventually add pencilmarking by clicking a key/door and assigning a colored number, letter, or other symbol to it to assist the player in solving it. I can't update the demo, so it'll have to be for when the full game is released, but I hope that will be satisfactory.

yfruit1 year ago

A feature I'd love to see is rebinding/remapping keys—it's often one of the first things I look for if the keybindings aren't what I'm used to. (ex. I'm left handed, so I usually play wasd + e + space for one-handed gameplay.)

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

Yeah, that's a big one, and I intend to have a proper sophisticated keybind system (and potentially controller support) made for the full version. Technically there *is* a config file in AppData/Local/I_Wanna_Lockpick which has the key binds for certain (not all) buttons, but it uses numbers to represent which keyboard key is assigned to the bind. If you can find that file and open it up, see if you can't hack the binds. Go to the "[Controls]" section, and change around some numbers according to this list: http://www.davetech.co.uk/gamemakerkeyboardasciicodes . The ones you'll want to change are: Skip, which is actually an important toggle key that's normally bound to S, Jump (normally Shift), Undo (normally Z), Camera (normally C), and Action (normally X). There are unfortunately some hardcoded keybinds (E to toggle auto-run, and A which is a hold-button action after you get a certain item in the game), but I hope you can use this to make your experience slightly better.

Autoskip264 days ago

I'd like to add my own vote for adding key rebinding sooner rather than later - while it's technically not unplayable, I have a tiny keyboard (60 total keys) and as things stand currently, accessing 'x' (for the master keys) and accessing the arrow keys cannot be done at the same time (to make up for the lack of space, I programmed my keyboard to have an arrow key mode that replaces that side of the keyboard - I could reprogram it, but this is literally the only time I've come up against a problem like this).

Even just adding wasd movement would fix this for me, but accessibility features like key rebinding is something best done sooner rather than later.

LAWatsonDeveloper263 days ago

I understand the need for key rebinding, and I've been working on the options menu for a while now for the full release. Unfortunately, the demo version of the game was not maintained as its own version, and it would now be substantially harder for me to make a new demo version with key rebinds (harder than just continuing to work on the full game to completion). There *is* a config file in AppData/Local/I_Wanna_Lockpick which has some (but not all) key binds available to change by changing the ASCII values assigned to the buttons, but some binds in the demo (such as the 'A' and 'H' binds) are hardcoded. I'm aware it's not really ideal, but at the very least, it won't be an issue anymore in the full release.

RedPipe1 year ago

Sometimes, it's almost impossible to read the "CLEARED ?/8" numbers on the overworld, so I think the outline should be thicker on that text

Pool_E1 year ago

i cant get back the minimised window on fullscreen (windows 11)

RedPipe1 year ago (2 edits)

Oh, maybe world 8-1's title should be changed, because my friend thought it was end-of-demo moment when they played that level

Edit: (in rot13) Maybe name it "Cbffvoyr" and have the description something like "Svefg guvat V frr vf n qbbe qbja gurer, gnagnyvmvatyl bhg bs ernpu. V'ir abgvprq n cerggl cerpnevbhf gnatyr jvgu gur oynax qbbef, gbb. Va bgure arjf, lbh fubhyq or pnershy jvgu Znfgre Xrlf. Gurl'er irel funec! ... Vs bayl gurl jrer funec rabhtu gb oernx fgbar."

JustImagineIt1 year ago (2 edits)

Why not just "..so unless you come up with a way to magically summon more doors out of thin air, you look pretty stuck"

RedPipe1 year ago

Good idea

Pool_E1 year ago

hello,im using rot 13 to encode this,so use this link:https://www.boxentriq.com/code-breaking/rot13

vz fghpx ba 5-3/4,vs lbh unir nal fybhgvbaf,pbzzrag gurz rapbqrq jvgu ebg13 hfvat guvf yvax:uggcf://jjj.obkragevd.pbz/pbqr-oernxvat/ebg13

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

Sbe 5-3, gurer'f gjb znwbe uvagf: Svefg, gurer'f n arj zrpunavpny vagrenpgvba lbh fubhyq or ybbxvat sbe. Naq frpbaq, vs lbh gel n pregnva cngu guebhtu gur chmmyr ohg vg qbrfa'g jbex, znxr fher lbh'er orvat rssvpvrag.

Sbe 5-4, lbh cvpx hc rirel xrl, ohg qba'g arprffnevyl bcra rirel qbbe. Gurer vf nyfb fbzrguvat arj gb yrnea urer jvgu gur Oebja Xrlf.

Pool_E1 year ago

thanks (:

Pool_E1 year ago

also the intro is soooo good. you should make the cursor rcok down then up a bit when you click down and moveing the cursor shouldn't be a snap.

ToasterCoder1 year ago

Here are my suggestions for this game and bugs that I found, coded in ROT47 to prevent spoiling game features:

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RedPipe1 year ago

Here's a bug: World 8's gimmick doesn't get undo'd properly.

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

Yeah, I think there's a bug that happens in 8-A in very special circumstances. If there's some other bug that happens elsewhere though and still doesn't get undone properly, do tell me the steps to replicate it so that I can fix it properly later.

Pool_E1 year ago

when does it happen?

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

rot13: Vg unccraf jura haqbvat nccylvat Znfgre Xrlf/bcravat pbcvrf bs n qbbe juvyr univat gur Oebja Xrl nhen npgvir.

SOILEDit1 year ago

Level editor?

Or is that to hard to code?

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

Maybe for the full version, but not for the demo.

Pool_E1 year ago

where is that link thing to get a level editor for it?

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

Here it is. I'm not sure if Mediafire links are OK on this site but here it is: https://www.mediafire.com/file/ukqihpluddgve62/KeyTool.zip/file

I'll note that this editor was originally only for personal use, so it's gonna be hard to learn and use, and it's also a mod of a different level creation tool. It comes with instructions, so hopefully those can help somewhat with figuring it out.

Pool_E1 year ago

it's window size is small,can you do something to change that?

greaterthantwo1 year ago

You can press F4 to fullscreen the editor.

Pool_E1 year ago

oh ok

PkmnQ1 year ago

Do I blame Windows 11 for this or is there something I'm doing wrong?

___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object oWorld:
DoAdd :: Execution Error
at gml_Script_loadSkin
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Script_loadSkin (line -1)
gml_Script_loadConfig
gml_Script_mainInit
gml_Object_oWorld_Create_0

MathCookie1 year ago

Yeah, I'm getting the same problem (I'm also on Windows 11 if that matters)

greaterthantwo1 year ago

I, on my W11 computer, also initially had some issues running JTool (the editor that KeyTool is a mod of), but I managed to fix them through downloading the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable - 10.0.30319 package. I don't remember having to do anything else to get JTool to work, so give downloading that package a try and let me know if it works.

MathCookie1 year ago

I downloaded that but it didn't work for me. Also, now that I look at it again, my error is slightly different:

___________________________________________
############################################################################################
FATAL ERROR in
action number 1
of Create Event
for object oWorld:
global variable name 'savePlayerXScale' index (100069) not set before reading it.
at gml_Script_loadPlayer
############################################################################################
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
stack frame is
gml_Script_loadPlayer (line -1)
gml_Script_loadMap
gml_Script_loadStartupMap
gml_Script_mainInit
gml_Object_oWorld_Create_0

greaterthantwo1 year ago

This looks like the error you get when you run the .exe outside of the folder. Try making sure that you are running the .exe through file explorer in the "KTool" folder?

MathCookie1 year ago

Thanks, it works now!

Now I just need to figure out how to, y'know, do anything other than placing basic keys and doors, such as setting a counter to display a certain key color, making keys and doors that have a number more than 1, making Combo Doors work, and so on...

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bombaatomowa1 year ago

i got this error

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############################################################################################

FATAL ERROR in Vertex Shader compilation

ShaderName: shdRainbowStripe2

D3DXCompile failed - result

at gml_Object_oWorld_Step_0

############################################################################################

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

stack frame is

gml_Object_oWorld_Step_0 (line -1)

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

I forget what exactly causes it, but I think that's an intel graphics thing. To fix it, install the DirectX End-User Runtime from the Microsoft website (make sure to turn off the optional Bing install as well).

Username_takenlol319 days ago

https://l4vo5.itch.io/i-wanna-lockpick-editor now exists

Pool_E1 year ago

i need hints for some levels in world 8,i have finished:8-1,8-3,8-4,8-7

i need to beat 2 levels,and cannot play level 8-b right now,please send me some hints for the rest of the levels

greaterthantwo1 year ago (3 edits)

You can use a rot13 decoder to reveal the spoilered hints:

8-2: Gurer'f n srj qvssrerag jnlf lbh pbhyq nccebnpu trggvat gb gur svany fbyhgvba, ohg ernyvmr gung lbhe tbny ng gur fgneg vf gb perngr n "cyna" jurer lbh hfr gur artngvir xrlf bayl ba qbbef gung lbh ner tbvat gb hfr zber guna bapr. Ubj gb perngr fnvq cyna? Ntnva, gurer'f n srj qvssrerag jnlf gb guvax nobhg guvf, ohg bar fgengrtl vf gb sbphf ba bar bs gur pbybef svefg, naq bapr lbh'er pbasvqrag gung lbh unir n cyna sbe gung pbybe, lbh zvtug unir fvtavsvpnagyl yrff artngvir znfgre xrlf gb jbex jvgu gb fbyir rirel bgure pbybe jvgu. Ner gurer nal pbybef va gur obggbz pbeevqbe gung frrz cnegvphyneyl "erfgevpgvir?" (Gung vf gb fnl, ner gurer nal pbybef gung frrz qvssvphyg gb npuvrir gur nccebcevngr ahzore (be ahzoref??) bs xrlf?)

8-5: Guvf bar vf irel fvyyl. :3 Gur svany guerr oynax qbbef frrz gb erdhver lbh gb unir mreb checyr xrlf, mreb juvgr xrlf, naq gura aba-mreb juvgr xrlf. Vf gung rira cbffvoyr??? Vs abg, vf gurer nal cbffvoyr jnl gb punatr jung gubfr pbaqvgvbaf zvtug ragnvy? Vs fb, ubj pna lbh npuvrir gung? Qrcraqvat ba lbhe nafjre gb gubfr dhrfgvbaf, lbh znl be znl abg jnag gb rkcrevzrag n ovg. Ntnva, guvf bar vf irel fvyyl. :3 :3

8-6: Gurer'f n srj gevpxf urer gung arrq gb or qbar. Lbh znl unir nyernql sbhaq n srj bs gurfr, ohg whfg va pnfr lbh unira'g: Lbh zvtug unir abgvprq gung bcravat n ghaary jvgu n oyhr xrl "erdhverf" lbh gb eha guebhtu gur ghaary hagvy lbh pbyyrpg gur arkg xrl. Ubjrire, rirel fvatyr cbffvoyr pbzovangvbaf bs ghaaryf lbh pna cbffvoyl tb guebhtu gung jnl trgf lbh fghpx! Qvq jr znxr n jebat nffhzcgvba naljurer? Vs jr qvq, ubj qbrf gung nssrpg gur gbgny ahzore bs xrlf/qbbef sbe n cnegvphyne pbybe? Fvapr jr arrq gur gbgny ahzore bs xrlf pbyyrpgrq naq fcrag sbe gung pbybe gb or mreb (orpnhfr bs gur oynax qbbe ng gur raq), ubj jr pna svk guvf?

8-N: Guvf bar frrzf irel gbhtu ng svefg tynapr. Lbh unir gb perngr n ybbc bs qbbef lbh pna hfr gung nyybjf gb lbh fcraq lbhe -5 znfgre xrlf va fhpu n jnl gung qbrfa'g qrfgebl nal bs gur qbbef, naq nyybjf lbh gb tnva nabgure -5 znfgre xrlf, fb gung lbh pna ercrng gur cebprff nf znal gvzrf nf lbh arrq gb trg evq bs gur oynax cher qbbef. Vs lbh abgvpr gung va na nggrzcg gb perngr lbhe ybbc bar bs gur qbbef trgf qrfgeblrq, gura znlor lbh pna gnxr nqqvgvbany zrnfherf gb znxr fher vg qbrfa'g trg qrfgeblrq...

I find 8-5 and 8-A to be the two most fun/interesting levels in the world you have left, but 8-4 might be a bit easier than A.

[Also, I'm not the dev so my word isn't absolute, but if you have any further questions, it might be more appropriate to create a new topic in the community page than to use the bug report page? People will still see your questions there, I promise :) ]

Pool_E1 year ago (3 edits)

did 8-5,ill edit when i beat another

edit:ok i didn't beat one of them but i think i need another hint for 8-A just cause its still hard

edit2:oh yea if you have a hint for 5-B please give me one

edit3:nevermind i beat 8-B...

FINALY I BEAT WORLD 8

Pool_E1 year ago (2 edits)

I need hints for world 9 levels,I can play 9-5 9-6 9-A and 9-C. I need 1 more level to beat world 9.

Edit:levels not levela and some capitalization

Edit2:just telling how many more levels I need,so i only need 1 or 2 hints

ScapFrog241 year ago

I recommend adding error and/or percent numbers. these would be cool

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Pool_E1 year ago

what is the new profile,a new charecter in part 2 or what?

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

just a self portrait, nothing more

Pool_E1 year ago

oh,ok

Pool_E1 year ago

it looks nice :)

psymar1 year ago (1 edit)

Any chance keys/doors could have a tiny number in one corner, or different numbers of stripes or something? I'm not colorblind but I'm still having trouble with orange vs. red because I keep my monitor dim to avoid migraines.

Edit: I just got to 1-8 and I wish you'd mentioned hovering keys/doors earlier, that solves my problem. Still might be trouble if I couldn't see *any* key/door colors as I"d have to hover each one, but this is workable for me

RedPipe1 year ago

How about a set of levels where Lily finds another human (maybe the Kid?), and they both have separate key counts, and can be controlled individually like in Snipperclips?

JustImagineIt1 year ago

Keyrings?

I've been trying to figure out what happens when two inventories touch one door. No ideas so far.

RedPipe1 year ago

Also, if they touch at the same time, what if you make a artngvir qbbe (rot13)

JustImagineIt1 year ago

I was thinking more of they got unys n xrl. Either method could cause problems.

LAWatsonDeveloper1 year ago

For several reasons (above anything, the fact that I've already scoped out everything I want for the game), I'll not be putting this in the game. It sounds like a lot to handle from a code/behavior perspective...

RedPipe1 year ago

~~Maybe he's stuck because he's afraid touching the keys will kill him.~~

RedPipe1 year ago

Oh whoops I missed the new replies, this is understandable

Pool_E1 year ago

do we have more updates for the game?

JustImagineIt1 year ago (1 edit)

They're all in the devlogs tab. Usually they're about once every two months, though nothing is enforcing this pattern.

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Pluto20231 year ago

level editor

JustImagineIt1 year ago

PATIENCE

Pluto2023320 days ago

SOILEDit316 days ago

I have an idea for the game! it's more on platforming than puzzle gameplay but I think it'll be a good addition!

Water - you can go through it and swim through it and basically gives you unlimited jumps. (you can't drown in it, because... game logic)

LAWatsonDeveloper316 days ago

I'm past the point of adding new mechanics, and while I had actually pondered water before, I didn't think it really fit in with the rest of the mechanics (1-way passages are the most platforming the game gets). Who knows, though. Maybe when everything else in the game is made, I will add a little pool of water just for you. (Maybe don't count on it, though...)

SOILEDit312 days ago

Username_takenlol309 days ago

I wanna lockpick part 2 is so close,
Yet so far.

origin_number_2225 days ago

I don't know if this is even a feature yet, but I am confused about this. (rot13)

V nz nffhzvat gur oyhr fdhner guvat va cneg 2 ghgbevny vf zrnag gb trg n xrl bhg bs gur yriry, ohg V unir ab vqrn ubj gb npghnyyl hfr vg.(V unir gevrq hc+qbja,gur bcgvba gung vf vzcyvrq ol gur qrfvta bs gur oybpx, onpxvat bhg bs gur yriry nsgre npgvingvat vg, nf jryy nf cerggl zhpu rirel bgure ohggba ba zl xrlobneq.)

LAWatsonDeveloper225 days ago

Lbh pna vagrenpg jvgu vg va gur qrzb irefvba naq "fbyir" gur chmmyr vg'f zrnag gb fbyir, ohg vg'f abg irel jryy gryrtencurq. Nsgre vg'f npgvingrq, lbh unir gb qb fbzrguvat ryfr va gur chmmyr gb "hfr" vg, naq vg'f abg n pbageby cerff. Va gur shyy irefvba gur chmmyr vf punatrq gb zber cebcreyl grnpu vgf zrpunavpf.

joltmix223 days ago (1 edit)

the music in my game just stoped working if you know how to fix please let me know
i still get sound efx title and pause music but not level music

LAWatsonDeveloper223 days ago

You might have muted it with Ctrl+M? Try pressing that combination in a level with the music off. If it's not that, I don't know what it is so you might need to redownload the game.

joltmix222 days ago

that worked thanks

conroi195 days ago (2 edits)

a few ~~silly/mildly goofy~~ TOTALLY SERIOUS suggestions of mine, totally not way to late to be implemented.

treadmill - pushes the player character in one direction really fast, and the direction can be changed with a (world 8 gimmick)

endless hallway - a really really long level were one must simply run down an exceedingly long hallway to grab a key and then turn around and run all the way back to win the level

quantum keys - you don't know how many keys you have picked up, and you also don't know how many are needed to unlock each door until you hover you mouse over it (observing it)

time dependent keys - the amount of keys picked up is based off of the time of day in real life.

bucket of paint - turn all of your current keys into another colour, but after a while the paint dry's off and changes into a different colour, also changes the colour of the player character, they paint can be washed off by going into water.

poisonous gas - whenever you step into the gas you begin losing random keys at a rapid pace.

brick - is that door in your way? No worries! hurl a brick at that abstracted rectangular obstacle to break it instantly! just like in total chaos the game. [one use per brick due to fragility issues [just like in total chaos the game]].

Nokia phone - acts the same as a brick except can be re-used forever.

diamond encrusted drill - the first puzzle of world 8 too hard? simply drill through the wall and get that door! totally balanced.

paper keys - act just like regular keys, but if go into water they become...

soggy paper keys - you have to be moving slowly or else you will tear the keys apart, if you have any (world 5 gimmick) keys, after about 10 seconds they will dry out and become...

warped paper keys - the result of drying off your soggy paper keys

celestialofblob136 days ago

Separator Keys - They separate your keycount into separate signs:
Positive
World 6 spoilers: Artngvir
World 11 spoilers: naq gurve Vzntvanel inevnagf.

This is a toggle-on toggle-off effect.
This would finally make these cbfvgvir-artngvir Pbzob Qbbef openable! (W9 spoilers)
Upon touching an Unseparator Key, your total key amount of that colour will be set to all of the keys added together.
World 11 spoilers: Sbe rknzcyr, vs lbh unq 3, -2, 4v, naq -1v Checyr Xrlf, hcba gbhpuvat na Hafrcnengbe lbh jbhyq raq hc jvgu 1 + 3v Checyr Xrlf (3 - 2 + 4v - 1v).

Lovey0182 days ago

Nitpick of the options menu, if you don't mind. When moving up to the tabs (sound, visual, etc.) with the arrow keys, you always land on sound, I think it'd be more intuitive if it selected the tab you're currently in.

laleyou82 days ago (3 edits)

wanted to say i really enjoy that the song from the Library has the same melody as 'daring damsels' song from All to get her- like what are the odds.. well it's true resonation rn this is gaming

Artless Games82 days ago(+1)

Accessibility suggestion: when player mouseover an object, highlight all objects of same color.

Redsti81 days ago

I think I've found a BUG (although it's less of a bug, more of an unintentional skip?), or maybe it's completely intentional, I'm actually not sure.
since this is late game stuff (area "T2"), aswell as a potential solution i will use rot13.com (as well as a LARGE ENDGAME SPOILER WARNING):

Fb, va Puncgre 2 bs gur terng orlbaq, lbh pna bognva gur juvgr bzrtn xrl.
vs lbh tb vagb cntr 7 ("cerpvcvpr bs gur oyvmneq") naq fnyintr gur ynetr oynpx pbzob qbbe gb bhgchg cbvag FVQ 9, lbh pna whzc ba gbc bs vg naq cnexbhe npebff gur gbc bs gur jbeyq gb gur bzrtn xrl.
V'z abg fher, ohg v qba'g guvax lbh'er zrnag gb trg vg guvf rneyl, znvayl whqtvat sebz gur snpg gung vg qbrfa'g frrz gb qb nalguvat.

V'z nyfb urer gb nfx sbe n fznyy uvag - v'ir whfg svavfurq gur terng orlbaq, ohg v'z abg fher jurer gb tb. Gur vatnzr uvag gryyf zr gb "gehfg grfg" gur jnec flfgrz, ohg vg frrzf gung gur jnecvat unf dhvgr frg ehyrf - lbh rkvg gur yriry ng gur fnzr cynpr lbh ragrerq vg, naq nernf ner nyjnlf ragrerq ng gur fnzr cbvag.
V'z hafher jung Furanavtnaf bar pna qb jvgu guvf.

Redsti81 days ago

nevermind - i figured out what to do next, still unsure wether that thing is a bug, though!

conroi80 days ago (2 edits)

bug report: in t2 - 5, i was sitting still looking at the puzzle, not interacting with the game, after a few minutes i hit escape to get into the options menu. the rotating black squares appeared and begun the screen transition, it succsessfully faded to black. the first half of the "transition to escape screen" sound effect played. after that the rest of the transition sequence failed, the screen remained black and the second part of the sound effect played. ALT + F4 was not working nor was CTRL + ALT + DEL or CTRL + SHIFT + ESC. the windows key brought up the taskbar, the button in the bottom right of the taskbar that normally mimimizied all windows failed to minimize the black screen. when i tried to open other windows the window preview on hover displayed over the black screen, but the window itself would not display when clicked. the computer power options were available. after this i restarted my computer and tried to cause the issue to happen again without success.

i hope this is enough information about what happened, im unsure where any crash logs might be, if those exist and are needed i would be happy to send them if i know where on my system they are, i am also willing to send across all of my computer specs and my save data for "i wanna lockpick", hope this helps :]

other important info: lenovo laptop with an integrated GPU
running windows 10
running the version of the full release of "i wanna lockpick" that was made public first. (the one released on valentines day).
other versions of the game were present on my computer, two copies of the demo version existed, one in a seperate drive (microSD ran through an SD card adapter), and the other one was in the downloads folder (same folder as release version)

if you need more information about what happened feel free to ask me, i will try to recall as much as i can about what happened.

TechnoDraconic78 days ago

Rot13 for mid-endgame(?) spoilers:

Vf gurer zrnag gb or n uneqre chmmyr gb pyrne G2-7??? Vg frrzf yvxr gur chmmyr jbhyq or "trg rknpgyl -67 cher xrlf" ohg gurer vfa'g n oynax cher qbbe thneqvat gur oebja xrl ;-;

l4G34S78 days ago (1 edit)

Ohg gurer vf n cher oynax qbbe evtug orsber vg. V'z abg fher jung lbh ner fgehttyvat jvgu...

If you left this comment because you're struggling to beat it, think about it some more. You'll laugh at yourself once you see it.

TechnoDraconic78 days ago (2 edits)

Fbeel, v zrnag gb fnl "n oynax cher qbbe nsgre gur bar abeznyyl thneqvat gur oebja xrl." Jvgu fhpu n fcrpvsvp nzg yvxr 67 vg frrzrq yvxr gur chmmyr jbhyq or gb trg gb rknpgyl 67 cher xrlf jvgu nyy gur ovanel pbhagvat tbvat ba, ohg lbh pna whfg tb nebhaq ntnva naq teno jnl gbb znal xrlf, yby.

V whfg jnf jbaqrevat orpnhfr v orng vg fb dhvpxyl gung vg frrzrq yvxr v fxvccrq fbzrguvat.

TechnoDraconic78 days ago

If there is a door across a corner from you, and a key normally blocking that corner, you can sometimes unlock the door before collecting the key. Demonstrable in (Base64 for endgame spoilers) MC01, just hold right as you jump up after the tall black door.

Robin2377 days ago

I find it a bit annoying that when you walk a bit, do something and then undo, you get teleported all the way back. It would be nicer if you would be teleported back to the last valid standing location instead of the first one after the last action. I figure this can be changed by putting the player position onto the undo stack last and swapping it out as long as you are on a valid standing location. Also, touching salvage points should be an undoable action, which it currently isn't. Additionally, there is a bug where, when you did an action but are not in a valid location (like within a salvage point), you can't undo. Also, why do you need recentPush? Isn't recentPush always 1 once you pushed an undo stack frame? I mean, after every undoPOP call you eventually call undoPUSH, so recentPush will necessarily be 1.

slabdrill74 days ago (1 edit)

You can cheese omega-9 by not hitting the purple blank door on the 0 bypass route to swap glitch and going in with white instead, causing you to shift orange but not cyan.

karl288374 days ago

My game is quite often unfocused (on Windows), but when I click on it for it to be focused again, the pencilmark menu opens every time, which is pretty annoying. Maybe there is a way to detect if the game is unfocused on Windows, so that the pencilmark menu doesn't get opened in that case?

TechnoDraconic74 days ago

If i have to remember the setup for Stable Loop one more time i am going to have an aneurysm

rocket063474 days ago

Hello! I'm not sure if this is something you can address, but I was playing an EX level and noticed there were some blocks I could not reach.

Instead of doing the intended solution, I managed to jump on blocks while they were breaking in order to get a third jump. Since I didn't switch signs at all with multiple being available, I'm pretty sure I skipped a part of the solution.

l4G34S72 days ago

For the sake of spoilers, I'll limit my reply.

If you can break all the blocks, you just need to rethink how to break them: a third jump isn't necessary.

Lucardis68 days ago

I wiped my save file in the menu with the 3 save files, and when I went and started a new game in the save file I deleted, my pencilmarks were still there. Is this intentional?

LAWatsonDeveloper68 days ago

Yes, it's a feature intended to assist in future playthroughs or speedruns. Press Ctrl+Shift+D while loaded in a savefile to delete all of that savefile's pencilmarks.

Lucardis68 days ago

I see. That makes sense. Although maybe an option to also delete pencilmarks when deleting a save would be cool. Or just informing the player in-game about that hotkey.

TheRandomNat67 days ago

Unsure if just weird intended behavior or bug, but: (rot 13) jura cynlvat guebhtu jbeyqf 1-5, v arire fxvccrq n (ahzorerq) yriry, ohg va jbeyq 6 v fxvccrq yriry 3 (v hfhnyl cynl va beqre, ohg v jnf fgvyy jnxvat hc), naq nf n erfhyg yriryf 7, 8, naq 9 bcrarq hc, ohg abg yriry 6. v nffhzr vg'f whfg n dhvex bs ubj gur yriry haybpx flfgrz jbexf gung v unqag abgvprq gvy abj, ohg gubhtug v'q ercbeg whfg va pnfr.

Snackie51 days ago

Post T4 Spoilers:

V guvax vg jbhyq or n ernyyl avpr nqqvgvba vs lbh pbhyq erfrg qbbef gb ubj gurl jrer orsber nal zbqvsvpngvba va gur Bzrtn Grezvany. Pheeragyl, lbh unir gb erqb gur fnyintr gb oevat gur qbbe onpx naq vg'f ernyyl naablvat univat gb erqb G2-7 guevpr rirelgvzr lbh guvax lbh zbqvsvrq gur qbbef jebat.

Zerarch7738 days ago

When I hit the "defaults" button in the sound options, the balance changed from its initial values.

When I changed the color of keys/doors, they didn't update until I quit and re-entered the level.