Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars

I'm stuck in Day 7, near the end of the game it would seem. I can't find a text or video walkthrough so I'm hoping someone can help.
I'm in the tomb room of the mine (many coffins, including Lilith's). I have many inventory items including an emerald, unrolled parchment scroll, metal pointed object, none of which can be combined or work in the scene. I can't pry loose the blue sapphire gemstone and I'm unable to budge the slab of stone. What I can do is access the door to exit to Haven, but wandered to the church, pier, house etc. and am not allowed entry.
What am I missing?

I see a video on YouTube, but I guess it's not complete?

I wish I could help you, but I can't find any written walkthroughs for the game and I am not familiar with the game either. Did you purchase the game from Steam? If so, another player might be able to help you out there.

Otherwise, maybe someone here will see this who has played the game and can offer some advice.

Hi.

I played this game when it was first released and vaguely remember the part where you are stuck as I'm pretty sure I also got stuck there for some time.

However I can't remember what I did to get myself un-stuck !!
[And sadly, I never found a full walkthrough anywhere, either. Not even on YouTube.]

I do remember that within some locations I had to go everywhere and check out everything many times in order to find some small thing I had missed - before I made new progress - especially finding paths to areas I had previously not discovered.

I wish you Good Luck as I do feel the game is worth the effort

Thanks for trying to help, Mad.

Thanks Marian, but unfortunately the Steam forums don't provide any help at my stuck point. I have also noticed that the feedback from the developer to other issues are somewhat evasive, not directional as I need at this point.

Hi, Mad. Having played this game, I' m sure you'll agree that there are more times than not of wandering aimlessly to find one's way. A map feature would prove to make the game a little more satisfying in one respect.
I will give this a little more time and again back track for that maybe missing item or well hidden path, or in all probability just stumble upon it by happenstance.

Thank you, both for trying to help.

Good luck, michele rose.

Oh, yes. The game could stand improvement in quite a few areas - but I did still enjoy playing it.

The lack of a decent walkthrough is a real shame, though.
Being able to get small nudge at times would have been so appreciated

I couldn't agree with you more, Mad. I've enjoyed the challenges in this game, but reaching this impasse is very frustrating.

I've re-explored many a times, but still no eureka moment. There is a YouTube video ending of this game, unfortunately it starts past my stuck point. If only I could rewind it a couple more minutes. For now, watching this is my only consolation.

I'm SO sorry that I can't remember how I specifically got through this part. But I do know I spent ages re-exploring every darn section over and over

Is there any way to contact the developer? If I was in this situation, that is what I would try to do. I would think they would be more than willing to help out.

Mad - didn't you contact the developer Zack (GameBoomers member)?

Yes I did - at the time I purchased the game - oldbroad, because I inadvertently paid for it twice and had to request a refund

And I've emailed him THIS week, asking if a walkthrough is yet available, but I've not received a reply of any sort.

Oh, I thought you contacted him at some point when you were stuck also. Hopefully he will respond to you. I still haven't played the game.

Maybe I did, oldbroad, but I have a head like a sieve at times and honestly can't remember.
It was too long ago.
Sometimes I can't remember what I was doing days ago, never mind weeks !!

I found the old thread where Mad emailed the developer here. He apparently replied pretty quickly.

Thanks, Marian for that thread, very helpful. And thanks Mad, for reaching out to Zack for a walkthrough. Oldbroad, your reference to Zack being a GB member, has resulted in the contact info that I could not find elsewhere. I will reach out to him pronto. I am excited and extremely hopeful . I will keep you all posted.

Good Luck michele rose. I hope he will respond with some help!

A very quick response from Zack. After submitting a screenshot of my inventory, he determined "some logic got messed up during a save/load." A glitch that should not have happened and he's checking for a solution . In all likelihood it will be a save game file from day 5 (I'm now in day 7), which I don't have. He's on the case and I'm grateful for that and all of your help.

That is great news, michele. Well, the glitch is not great news, but the fact that you are getting help sure is. It wasn't even a hint that you needed after all!

In an odd sort of way, Marian, it does make me feel a little better. I don't even mind the backtracking....I'm now more than ever determined to conquer !

Yes, I understand. You've done great with this game.

So glad you're getting help and that it's not just something you were missing, though a glitch is not good. Hopefully, you'll be moving along again soon!

It turns out that the problem is a rare save/load issue in Day 6 of the game that "I discovered". Zack even thanked me for the find...lucky me - right? He is going to be patching the game in a few days. In the meantime the save game he sent me to bypass the problem worked like a charm.

From all of us that haven't played this yet, Thank you!! lol.... but really sorry you had to go thru this but pleased he was able to help out.

Glad you are able to move on in the game, michele, while also having performed a great service towards the betterment of the game!

You may be helping a lot of people by having found that glitch! Good to know you've moved on and that Zack was so quick and helpful!

Well done, michele! Glad you were able to help the developer out so he can patch the game and no one else has to deal with the problem!

Sorry I am late getting back here, but I, too, got a reply from Zack

No walkthrough planned right now but he might consider providing one at some time in the future.
And he's willing to help anyone who might email him about a problem in the meantime.

I'm so glad he was able to get you sorted, michele rose, and that are now able to move on with the game

Yeah....I guess I did find that proverbial needle in a haystack. LOL. Seriously though, a good ending for ALL concerned with noted thanks to superb developer game support!

The game has been patched and is now available.

https://winternightgames.itch.io/ar...angel-maintenance-patch-august-17th-2019

Thanks michele rose!

Many thanks for posting the link to the patch, Michele rose

Thank you very much, michele.

I went to download the patch today but couldn't find an "interactive" link that would allow me to

Sorry to be so dumb but can anyone please offer advice ??

Thanks.

Mad

I tried it, Mad, and it's not just you - I can't find any link for downloading either.

I guess we are either both nuts or something is amiss!

Never mind. I don't know what I'm talking about.

I didn't find a link there either, but I went back to the original email I got from itch.io and followed the original download link to itch.io and the new version was there. It does not appear to be a patch but a new version of the entire game, a 2.5 GB download.

Thanks, Uncle Reg. That's what I thought too - that a new version of the game was released rather than a patch. Glad to hear this confirmed.

Thank you, for that clarification, Uncle Reg

Now I want to be sure I download the right one as there are two for Windows :-

I am running Win7 64-bit .... so I presume that's the one I should get ??

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[arkhangel-the-house-of-the-seven-stars-windows.zip 2 GB Version 4 3 days ago]

OR

[arkhangel-the-house-of-the-seven-stars-windows-64bit.zip 2 GB Version 1 3 days ago]

See, I saw those links but didn't see any way to click on them which is why I deleted my post above. But then, I wasn't signed in to itch and I didn't buy my game from there so...