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Kalin wrote:
Still not a fan of that, but now I'm done:

Click here to view the secret text

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Wow.

I really should catch-up with DROD I swear. I wonder how it would feel to replay the parts 3-6. I remember having massive problems with the secret levels, and wonder if I really improved, or if it was only temporary

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Bug: The A key doesn't properly mirror diagonal moves. If I e.g. move NW and then press A a bunch of times, I'd expect it to cycle through SE and NW, but it cycles through all of SW NE SE NW. The same 4 moves and inverted V shape is produced for any of the 4 diagonals.

Beta 8 Engine V1.6.19-JS

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In Episode 5 Level 18 1N2E, if you enter the room from the west, the achievement icon is inactive, as if it doesn't apply to the room at all. I think it would make more sense if it instantly failed the challenge (i.e. went red), so you can see at a glance that there's a relevant achievement and you've already done the wrong thing.

This would also be consistent with e.g. Episode 4 Level 14 1S and 2S, where if you enter the room facing the wrong direction, the achievement immediately goes red.

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One of the Episode 5 Level 19 secrets can be cheesed:

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If the player is standing on a scroll at the end of their previous session, when the game continues, the scroll text isn't displayed. (screenshot attached)

If they step off and on so the scroll text displays, doing just 'Return to title screen' followed by 'Continue Playing' will keep the scroll displayed. However, doing 'Return to title screen' and 'Change Episode' before going back in will hide the scroll text again.

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I feel like this is an unintended (and undeserved) 'Neather stabbing in L25 1N2W?

Enter 1N2W from 1N1W in the top row, sword S. Doesn't matter if 1N2W was previously conquered or not.

Screenshot attached.

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100%'d everything without hitting any further bugs.

The only other things I noted were a couple of proofreading type things:

1) Episode ending text (4 changes, applies to all 6 KDDL episodes):

You have completed the first episode of King Dugan's Dungeon Lite. Did you enjoy the experience?

Now that you have descended the final flight of stairs from this episode you have a few options ahead of you. You can strive to Master or even Post-Master this hold! To do that you will need to clear all the secret rooms and find the master wall. You will now be able to see the number of secrets in each level on the Restore screen to aid you in your hunt. Remember that you only ever need to clear each secret room once ever - there is no need to do it all in one save. Clear them all and the master wall will drop.

Or you can go back to the title screen, choose "Change Episode" and play a different hold. Or go to the Caravel Games website and buy any of the commercial releases, download a demo to play other people's holds... So many options!

2) The completion screen for The Ancient Palace uses the same final paragraphs as KDDL, including discussion of mastery / post-mastery, even though there aren't any secret rooms. Maybe worth just replacing with a question about whether the player found the secret level?

3) Several scrolls in the Ancient Palace tutorial level are either missing a full stop or have a double: