Re: Playing offline games with another person
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01/12/18 04:31 PM
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Thanks CaptainD for the suggestions but my friend and I played those games when they first came out and at the time we helped each other by email which was a bit tedious. We're looking for something more current.
I actually think the pixel hunt ones would be quite suited to this, two heads better than one type of thing. I should add that it's adventure games we are looking for not HOGs or their hybrids.
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Re: Playing offline games with another person
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01/12/18 05:16 PM
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Thanks CaptainD for the suggestions but my friend and I played those games when they first came out and at the time we helped each other by email which was a bit tedious. We're looking for something more current. Well I would suggest my own game but that would be a bit cheeky How about Lost Horizon? Really loved that one. Or Ceville? Have you played Primordia yet (or pretty much any of the Wadjet Eye Games releases, they're all good / great). Or just browse the Adventure Game Studio game releases and pick a freebie - the Apprentice games are good, Patchwork is short but quite wonderful, ooh or what about A Tale of Two Kingdoms Deluxe? That might fit the bill perfectly.
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Re: Playing offline games with another person
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01/13/18 08:30 PM
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I did find one that would work quite well. The Eyes of Ara. I'll let you know how it goes although it may be awhile as my playing partner is away for 2 weeks.
Thanks for the link to your game. Sounds like it may be fun. Perhaps I'll try it on my own.
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Re: Playing offline games with another person
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01/17/18 12:28 PM
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You might want to check out Sarien . They allow you to play single-player Sierra classics but, you can "see" other people in the same location and chat with them through an interface. Kind of a neat idea and fully licensed as well.
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Re: Playing offline games with another person
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01/18/18 06:05 AM
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I think we have done that here before - a few people decide to play together and agreed not to get too far ahead of each other. We "talked" as we went and my recollection is it worked quite well. I think we might even have played one of the lauded worst games ever-The Scroll aka Daughters of Serpents. Now there is a blast from the past!
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Re: Playing offline games with another person
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01/18/18 10:55 AM
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Yes, I've done a few "community plays" too and they can be a lot of fun.
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Re: Playing offline games with another person
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01/18/18 01:05 PM
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" I think we might even have played one of the lauded worst games ever-The Scroll aka Daughters of Serpents." Oh, I remember that game SO well !! Once played never forgotten
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Re: Playing offline games with another person
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01/20/18 04:13 PM
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Something I haven't tried, but it sounds like it is just what you want - GOG has a support program called Galaxy - it keeps track of what games you have downloaded, and includes a CHAT feature. They say it lets you stay connected with friend while playing a game - Another way to connect would be with Team Viewer - you could actually watch your friend as she plays; or TeamSpeak allows you to talk person to person. Team Viewer is free for personal use.
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Re: Playing offline games with another person
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06/11/18 07:40 PM
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Has anyone ever tried playing a single player offline game with another person(s) who are separated by distance? If both of us have the same game on our pc we would play at the same time and agree to stay in the same area so we could each work on the same puzzle at the same time, helping each other out using voice chat to describe what we see or do. If anyone has done this how did it go? Yes! Jasper (former 'Boomer, but don't know if she still is active) and I played ALL our Adventure games this way for years, long before there was any in-game chat available. We'd talk about which game to buy, then we'd pick one, load up and play. We stayed "together" in the environments, gave each other hints about puzzles, etc, but did all this by email. It was SO much more fun to have a playing partner that it was hard to get excited about playing a game alone. We even met up a couple of times in person, although we live quite a distance apart. We've lost track of each other over the past year due to a number of reasons, and I haven't played another full-on Adventure game since.
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