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Hello there: Some months after my last post in 2020 my father died from COVID-19. It has been almost three years since, and I'm still suffering from anxiety-depression. "Jet Set Jason in Röddenwald" is gathering dust in my hard drive and, sadly, I'm no longer fit to finish it, so if anyone would like to complete it, I could share all my files with them. Thanks for all your support during those years, even if you think you didn't do a thing.

Wow. That's devotion to a goal. Amazing and quite respectable...

Hey, hello there! It's good to see you around again.

Wow! Congratulations! You two are amazing.

I confirm neither affirmation. I think it's the possible the room was unfinished and wasn't designed as impassable...

No, I don't think I have any 'real' doplets in the game. Concerning your guess about the guardians in "Nothing here but debris...", you are right, those guardians are Ionic capitals. But my question was about the other guardians, the ones that look like 'embedded' Willies... In Danny's playthrough room 047 was impassable, that's true, but nevertheless he visited all rooms that were finished or almost-finished. It's true I didn't say anything about the rooms in playthrough 2, but that's just because they were only four and I hadn't anything very interesting to say...

Between both playtests, he has seen all the finished rooms. The rest, whatever little there is, is still unfinished.

Hello there: No, I don't think you missed any rooms in your playtest. Time to go to the drawing board and create some new rooms and sprites. Hahaha...

I'm running out of lives, getting caught in IDSs (several) and failing to avoid guardians and fire cells. I've simply hadn't the chance to run out of time. :D

I'm enjoying this game, but it's sooo difficult... wow.

I'll have to check this, IRF.

My further comments on your comments, Danny: My further comments on your comments, Danny: “Nothing here but debris…” (077) The guardians in this room were inspired by real world phenomena. I'm quite proud of them. “A Bunch of Trees – Another Wall” (047) I have written down all your comments about this room, specially about the teleport puzzle. “The handless Clocks” (078) Same as above; the teleport puzzle. Glad you liked the clocks! “Through the handless Clocks” (079) Ditto. “Up the broken Stairs” (086) I have to fix the bug when you go to the upper screen. The quirky jump was totally unintentional, but I think I will leave it there. It is cool. “They said this School was gone” (081) Nice. “The Assembly Hall” (082) Yep; the background colour changes because you are indoors. “The Gymnasium – Ada’s Girls” (083) Glad you liked the trampolines. Yes, Non-Player Characters with personal names are those in green, so Ada is the one in the middle. “The Locker Room – The Showers” (084) I think you didn't notice the showers, but they share the graphic pattern with the showers in the boys' school; nevertheless, the room is unfinished. “The Toilet Racket” (085) Yep. “A Waiter and some Waitresses” (102) I have to fix the problem with getting that token. “The Kitchen / Bertha’s Lair” (103) I have to do something with the upper right corner. “Lazy Schoolgirls” (090) Cool! “The Corridor / History Classroom” (095) It is supposed to be a candle. “Botanical Experiments” (089) The room is, maybe, too hard on the eyes... “Classical Drama: The Bacchantes” (088) Glad you liked having to flip the switch beforehand. The Bacchantes is the name of a classical tragedy by Euripides; it is the name of a group of bloodthirsty priestesses of Bacchus. “The Music Classroom” (087) Thanks for your comments. “The Headmistress’ Office” (091) I have to check whether it is possible to get the token without sacrificing a life. “Teachers’ Room / A Coffee Break” (092) I'll check your books in Willy's New Mansion. “The Mathematics Classroom” (093) I'll think about the title of the room. “The French Classroom” (094) I guess I wanted to say that there is only an Eiffel Tower (the item) and many imitations (the Fire cells). “The Cabinet of Natural History” (099) Cool. “The Science Classroom” (098) Cool. “Library / The English Classroom” (097) Thanks. “Chapel of the Ladies of Sorrow” (100) Above it? A classic "Promised land" (I think that's Andrew Broad's term for it). “Schoolgirls’ Bedroom” (096) Yep, the zzz are meant to represent snoring. A classic graphical metaphor. “I can see Roddenwald from here!!” (101) Thanks. “A School Wall? / Schoolgirls!” (080) Thanks. And that's it.

Wow...

Thanks, I'll check it. Have you tried Roddënwald, IRF? What do you think?

Maybe they thought that "triggering" a trap would remove it... sounds like a likely explanation, hahaha...

No, he meant that it's quite easy to die...

Hello there: time to reply. General comments Thanks a lot for the time you have spent on playing the pre-alpha version. Title The name of the school is Roddënwald; you are right. It looks like German, but it isn't German at all. "Jet Set Jason in Roddënwald" sounds great, so I think I'm using this title from now on. Spelling: I'm going to keep the capitalization convention to make it look "German". However, there are some rooms' names which I will have to revise. Level of difficulty Your comments on the level of difficulty sound nice. I didn't really intended to make it harder that Afterlife, A Bulgarian Requiem or MBCM... I guess it ended being that way. Nevertheless, I will try to make puzzles easier and give more clues about teleports, etc... Cells I am going to try to keep Fire cells consistent; I guess that's one of the strengths of my design style, if I may be said to have one... Room comments I am not going to say anything about the titles or the references used to create the rooms. I'll keep that for the Readme. “Dusty Main Hall of Roddenwald” (011 ) The "twinkling star" guardians are supposed to be dust glittering in the sunlight. Maybe it's not too clear... “Magnificence hides Depravity” (010) There will be rooms below and rooms behind the walls, of course. “Their Bones bleached by the Sun” (008) It's great you find the Fire cells vicious but not impossible to see. “The Weight of Tradition” (032) Comments on the layout written down and dutifully noted. “Mail Room – ‘Mad’ Fritz’s Lair” (007) I'm particularly fond of the stamp guardian as well. “The Dining Hall” (006) You are right, the waiters in Roddënwald began their life as Bacchus from "Madam Blavskja's..." but without the vine leaves on their head. “Ground Floor Students’ Lavatory” (005) What do you mean by "intense"? I don't get what you mean to say... “Laundry Chutes – Dirty Clothes” (042) I have to think about this room; how to make the lower level more useful. Or not... “The Locker Room – Sweaty clothes” (043) - “The Showers – Athlete’s Feet” (044) I tried to achieve a compact, coherent look. It looks like I did it... “The Gymnasium – The back Door” (045) The items are supposed to be basketballs (basketball balls?) Did I manage to make them look like that? I'm changing this room's title to "The Gym - The Door to the Schoolyard" “What is left when Reality fails.” (000) It's cool you like the guardians. They are supposed to be huge mascarons, like in this Wikipedia article...

Indeed... A friend of mine has told me that he wouldn't be able to play for long any JSW games, because they are like Dark Souls... That's odd but at the same time I find it strangely true...

Wow! Awesome! Amazing analysis, Danny! I won't make any comments on the titles of the rooms, inspiration, etc... I will leave those for the Readme. I'll be back in some hours, as soon as I have read in depth your analysis and have some free time. Thanks a lot again; your ideas will be very useful!

Your suggestion about things embedded in ice was very good! I'll tell you in a private message, just in case some members want to still guess... Thanks for taking the time to think about it, Danny; I love puzzles, so I thought you would like them too. My mistake.

Cool! I have begun working on some new rooms and ideas... ha ha ha...

Cool! Where are you going to post your recordings? I can't wait to watch them. :D

I'm in isolation, because I only have one of the symptons; it could be a cold or the common flu, no idea yet. I'm having some extra time, but even if the schools are closed, I still have to prepare lessons and leave working materials online for my students. Just can't wait for your comments; are you sure you found all the rooms? Even the ones beyond the wall? The suppossedly vanished girls' school and other lost places? Thanks for your wishes! I hope it's nothing serious either! :)

Awesome!

No... They were made 20 years ago, so it's not the coronavirus.