Doorways - Impromptu Group Play!

At least four members have picked this up in the Daily Royale special, and I'll be doing so, myself!  Might as well do a group play through of these first two chapters!

Since the issue of saving seems to be a problem, I found this in a review on Steam:

The game plays in set chapters and has an auto save feature.

The game thread is here: Doorways

As always, remember to put any spoilers in spoiler tags or use a light color so that we have to highlight the text to read it.  If you need further instructions, just mention it, and I'll edit them in to this first post!

Now, if you'll excuse me... I'm off to purchase~!  

Here are the controls, which CAN BE CHANGED, if you like!

---W---------A------S-------D
Forward - Left - Right - Back

Shift - Decelerate
Crouch - Control
Jump - Space Bar
Inventory - Tab
Notes - N
  Or use the direct approach: Items - I, Notes - N, Relics - R


Push - Left Mouse Button
Pull - Right Mouse Button

As I mentioned, ALL of these can be adjusted in the options menu.  Personally, I changed Crouch to the down arror, and Decelerate to the Enter button.

TO ADJUST CONTROLS:
Go into the options menu, and use Enter button to make an adjustment.  Once you hit Enter, select the key you want to have as that control.  If you want the Enter key to be used for that action, just hit the Enter key a second time.

Move the mouse to look around your environment.  It's a 360 degree game!

WOO-HOO.      Group  Gameplay.    This one will go so much better for me than
the Longest Journey.

I have already started playing and got myself unstuck.

Here is a hint for anyone who has already started playing,  has gotten past the
tutorial and is on their murky way.

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I am stopping for now.  I find I must eat.   

Downloading now~  My internet is running really slowly, so I may not get to start today! :(

I'm really struggling with the tutorial.    

I got as far as...

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It's gonna be tomorrow for me, but I'm looking forward to starting!

Frodo wrote:I'm really struggling with the tutorial.    

I got as far as...

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I am tempted to pick you up and jump you across myself     

The W and space didn't work for you?

I am soo stuck again!!   Chapter One is a doozy.   No spoiler here to say I am walking
around in circles.     


Frodo...genki is right      ,  it does automatically save from where you stop.    


I am not sure if this is mentioned already,   but to put away an item in your inventory
just Hit  Tab.

Luvtoread, please... jump me across    

The W and Space Bar works, and I can jump onto some of the rocks.  But then the trail of rocks ends.  The next rock is too far away, so when I try to jump, I just fall back down to the ground.    


The Automatic Save must kick in, after the tutorial, cos it keeps going back to the start, for me.   

OK, still not started, but I took a look at the options.

Here are the controls, which CAN BE CHANGED, if you like!

---W---------A------S-------D
Forward - Left - Right - Back

Shift - Decelerate
Crouch - Control
Jump - Space Bar
Inventory - Tab
  Or use the direct approach: Items - I, Notes - N, Relics - R

Push - Left Mouse Button
Pull - Right Mouse Button

As I mentioned, ALL of these can be adjusted in the options menu.  Personally, I changed Crouch to the down arror, and Decelerate to the Enter button.


TO ADJUST CONTROLS:
Go into the options menu, and use Enter button to make an adjustment.  Once you hit Enter, select the key you want to have as that control.  If you want the Enter key to be used for that action, just hit the Enter key a second time.

Going into post #1 to edit this info in for quick-reference!

Frodo, I had trouble with the jumping part, too

Here's what I did:  I used the mouse to look at the GROUND, and didn't make the jump until the very last second.  I got it on my second try once I started trying this.

You don't have to start over to do this -- run through the water until you get back to close to the metal grating.  You can jump on to the rocks there a few times to get back on level ground.

EDIT:  At the note that says to find your way to the top:

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luvtoread wrote:

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I am stopping for now.  I find I must eat.   

Did you ever continue?  I got stuck at this point -- not sure where to go next!

EDIT: Figured it out!  Now I'm stuck somewhere else

Genki    

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Genki--   Are you stuck

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Frodo--I didn't realize you didn't know about that.   I thought you were not making the
last leap at the top of those rocks.

Nope, I got past that... and it only gets worse!  Visibility is VERY poor there, BUT, it does save periodically, so if you mess up, you don't have to go back to the very beginning

luvtoread wrote:
Frodo--I didn't realize you didn't know about that.   I thought you were not making the
last leap at the top of those rocks.

Luvtoread, you're right - it's that last leap at top of the rocks that I can't do.    

I thought at first, I could use that moveable rock as a stepping stone.  But that was stupid of me - if I'm on rocks anyway, I don't have much room to move, and I certainly can't move an extra rock into place.  I just hadn't thought it through   

So I'm back to being stuck at the ghastly last leap.   

genkicoll wrote:Nope, I got past that... and it only gets worse!  Visibility is VERY poor there, BUT, it does save periodically, so if you mess up, you don't have to go back to the very beginning

 

You got past that!!!!    Please.....any hint will help.  After

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Hmm... Trying to remember.   

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I'm starting to really enjoy this.  The part after where you are, luv, is very puzzle-driven, and that got me to thinking that where you ARE is just a different kind of puzzle.  It takes trial and error, yes, but a puzzle nonetheless.

The next part is more logic-driven.  It was over all too soon   Now I'm stuck again, but not because I'm doing something wrong -- 'cause I can't figure out what I'm supposed to be doing!  SO, I'm taking a break to look at other things for a while

I did what you said and got past the first     .

Now,  my second hurtle:

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I know I am heading in the right direction,  I even checked  on YouTube to make
sure.  (Why is it the video walkthrough's   gameplay look so much clearer than my
games?    ).

I know exactly where you are!  Here's what you do:

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EDIT: I've finished up Chapter 1!  The final area there is where I finally started feeling creeped out. *shiver*  I'm enjoying it more and more!  Gonna stop playing for tonight to give y'all a chance to catch up!

I finally got past that part     

Now on to more "being stuck"  areas.   

I just got this downloaded properly, but don't think I'm up to playing it yet. Really do want to break the back of the countless many HOPAs I have not yet reviewed/played before I go into full learning mode. But am following your comments people   

I hope that you're OK with your coordination, Justie!  There are parts where you have to be precise where you land or get things done quickly!

I'm not going to spoil anything here, but I will say that as of chapter 2, you finally have a reason to use the right mouse button (pull) and the S button (back up). 

I really want to talk about this chapter, but I dare not say anything else, lest I ruin what's to come for y'all!

EDIT: And I'm stuck again   I seem to be missing something, but I can't figure out where to look... Will wait a while before I go back to it, so that I can have a fresh perspective.

genki--I was wondering if your stuck same place as I am  (not sure if this is Chapter 2 or still
part of Chapter 1.   I think still Chapter 1 as it didn't say otherwise)

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I must admit I rather enjoyed

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I find I am enjoying this game the more I play.   I just want to get unstuck at this point.

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Are you talking about the handle?  If so, try

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Took me a while to figure that one out, too!

I must admit I rather enjoyed

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Yes, I really liked this part, too!  That and the part you're in now were my favorite parts of chapter 1.

Once you finish up this area you're in, you'll start Chapter 2