Posted By: Reenie
Stuck on the beach - 05/23/19 12:06 AM
I'm replaying an older game, Shiver: The Lilys Requiem. It has some spotty quality that has irked me, but it still is engaging and I have been able to find work-arounds to keep going. I had to skip two earlier puzzles because there was no Reset if you started off on the wrong track; you were done.
I am only in Chapter Two, Rivendale, so not even halfway through the game. I am on a beach and am supposed to feed a crab. The first silly part was that the "food" the crab wanted was a sugar cube. OK, I got past that. ha ha I gave the crab the sugar cube and he promptly took off, running off screen. The second part is the problem: I have not been able to reestablish interaction with the crab, so am prevented from going forward (the crab apparently leads you to a necessary piece of Inventory to continue the game).
I have the CE that includes a complete Game Manual but all it says is, "Follow the crab (and move things out of its way)." I found a written WT on line, but it is the same as the Game Manual. I found a video WT but it shows directional arrows to use for guiding the crab. These directional arrows do not show up in my game. Neither WT says anything about the crab disappearing completely.
There is no Reset for this puzzle. I can leave the scene, but it won't restart. Unfortunately, there is no Skip for this puzzle. I tried altering my screen setup, in case it was related to that, but found no joy there.
Since I can't follow the crab, this is starting to look like an irrevocable dead end for me. Any ideas?
Oh, and to complicate things, all my Inventory just vanished
I am only in Chapter Two, Rivendale, so not even halfway through the game. I am on a beach and am supposed to feed a crab. The first silly part was that the "food" the crab wanted was a sugar cube. OK, I got past that. ha ha I gave the crab the sugar cube and he promptly took off, running off screen. The second part is the problem: I have not been able to reestablish interaction with the crab, so am prevented from going forward (the crab apparently leads you to a necessary piece of Inventory to continue the game).
I have the CE that includes a complete Game Manual but all it says is, "Follow the crab (and move things out of its way)." I found a written WT on line, but it is the same as the Game Manual. I found a video WT but it shows directional arrows to use for guiding the crab. These directional arrows do not show up in my game. Neither WT says anything about the crab disappearing completely.
There is no Reset for this puzzle. I can leave the scene, but it won't restart. Unfortunately, there is no Skip for this puzzle. I tried altering my screen setup, in case it was related to that, but found no joy there.
Since I can't follow the crab, this is starting to look like an irrevocable dead end for me. Any ideas?
Oh, and to complicate things, all my Inventory just vanished