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Hey all,

Mike has been locked in his basement for the last 37 hours trying to wrap this up for a traditional April 1 release. We've still got some problems, but we thought we'd go ahead and put a sneak peek out there for you all to enjoy.

Caravel Games proudly presents....

DRODman!



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04-01-2011 at 08:01 PM
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Let me be the first to complain about how this thing doesn't have unlimited undo.

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04-01-2011 at 08:13 PM
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I'm not downloading this for the simple principle that I can't taunt the program. This is why you read the EULAs, people.

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04-01-2011 at 08:31 PM
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Very cool!

Oh, I also figured out how to break the game.
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04-01-2011 at 08:49 PM
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Probably the most enjoyable undo feature I've used in a game, other than the sound...

I have my fire extinguisher standing by in case the friction caused by an undoing/redoing DRODman might be a hazard.
04-01-2011 at 08:58 PM
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DRODman EULA wrote:
(a) Installation and Use.
CARAVEL grants you the right to install and use copies of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on your computer running a validly licensed copy of the operating system for which the SOFTWARE PRODUCT was designed [e.g., Windows 95, Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows Vista, Windows 7]. Though if you use Windows ME you're on your own.

Go read the rest of the EULA if you skipped it; it's hilarious.

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04-01-2011 at 09:06 PM
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3D GRAPHICS! THE GRAPHICS ARE IN 3D!

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04-01-2011 at 09:27 PM
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What I love is how easy the level editor is (i.e. "open a text file and draw the level"). I feel a contest coming on...
04-01-2011 at 09:32 PM
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Feature request: can we get a way to turn around without moving? Sometimes I'm facing the wrong way by a pit, and can't drop a block without doing a lot of shenanigans.

Edit: Unless that's part of the puzzle...
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RoboBob3000 wrote:
3D GRAPHICS! THE GRAPHICS ARE IN 3D!
To be honest I liked todays newly-introduced XKCD graphics better... ;)

np: Fennesz - Endless (Endless Summer)

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12th Archivist wrote:
Oh, I also figured out how to break the game.
Well, could you please mend it again so that i can try it! :angry

It isn't working. :weep

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04-01-2011 at 11:28 PM
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Wow! Finally, the elegance of Blockman and the awesomeness of the Eighth brought together! I haven't seen such brilliance since DRODtris! :thumbsup

But even though the sound effects are so great, it seems a little quiet. It needs a 30-second, repeating game tune.

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04-01-2011 at 11:32 PM
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Elfstone wrote:
It isn't working. :weep
You use a Mac, right? You can't run a .exe file on a Mac, only on Windows.

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I just realised that I've never completed this game before.

What I do want to say is that if you've never played this game before, then you should play it. It's brilliant. One of the best puzzle games ever. And I'm not joking.

Heavily recommended.

Well done, Mister M! :thumbsup

EDIT. And perhaps we could an official Caravel music to it. And I think a level contest for this one is a good idea.

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The EULA is Brilliant.
04-02-2011 at 12:47 AM
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Whenever I run DRODman my computer starts to smoke. Is that normal?
04-02-2011 at 12:48 AM
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I highly doubt your computer is even capable of holding a cigarette. What are you smoking?

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I can't seem to import holds from previous versions of DROD into this. I don't think it's backwards compatible, for some reason.

I think this should be fixed in future patches.

Otherwise, this is a worthy successor!

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The first part was way too easy, the second part way too hard. I demand that this game cater to my skill.
04-02-2011 at 01:51 AM
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The loading screen makes this look suspiciously like a Game Maker game.
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hah!! Downloaded it without agreeing to the terms, take that, Caravel!!
also, the first person to manage to script this in any DROD version gets 10 rank points. ;)

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Jatopian wrote:
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It isn't working. :weep
You use a Mac, right? You can't run a .exe file on a Mac, only on Windows.

You mean I don't get to see this? Oh nooooo!!! :frusty

Life is so unfair sometimes :protest
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ok I'm going to go and sit in a corner and eat worms. : :throw

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I know it's still in beta, but I was disappointed when all my progress was lost upon running it again. :(

Edit: This is no longer an issue. I was running it from a compressed folder before.

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Birth weight?

Am I supposed to know this?

But the joke's on you. I was able to download the file even though I left all the fields blank.

[/taking tongue out of cheek now]

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Elfstone wrote:
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Elfstone wrote:
It isn't working. :weep
You use a Mac, right? You can't run a .exe file on a Mac, only on Windows.

You mean I don't get to see this? Oh nooooo!!! :frusty

Life is so unfair sometimes :protest
:ranting

ok I'm going to go and sit in a corner and eat worms. : :throw
I feel your pain, Elf. :console
(Got me a new iMac, too.)
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hah!! Downloaded it without agreeing to the terms, take that, Caravel!!
By viewing the source of the page, you implicitly agreed to the terms. ;)

If it's not obvious to everyone yet, this was a reskinned version of Larry Murk's BlockMan. Big thanks to Larry for conceiving of the joke, and doing ALL of the graphic modifications to make it look DROD-y.

It IS a pretty good puzzle game. :)


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04-03-2011 at 02:34 AM
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Who knew that Larry could make such fiendish puzzles :( I'm not even halfway through the game yet...
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I've seen those exact 'rooms' before - I think they were taken from somewhere else...

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Jason wrote:
I've seen those exact 'rooms' before - I think they were taken from somewhere else...
Let me say it again if you can't read Schik's post properly. The rooms are taken from a game called Blockman.

Unlike many other versions on the internet, this one has the official endorsement of the original author.

In fact, this version is made by the original author.

(It's a sad fact that he's never really acknowledged as the original author, but at least his holds are very acknowledged.)

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Hmm... I had one spare block at level 14. Is that intended?
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