Three more good solves!

Good morning everyone.

It's going to be another hot one here, too, although our hot is pretty tame compared with some of the temperatures I've been reading about elsewhere. The worst of it is the asthma flare-up I get when it's hot. I had to use my emergency puffer a few times yesterday.

I'm off to yoga later in the morning then and pick up something for dinner, and then home for the afternoon to sit outside with a cat or two and watch the birds. The crocosmia around the water feature has bloomed and there are hummingbirds darting around. The garden's full of butterflies, too. I still need to get a large plant to anchor the pond landscaping, though. I might have to make a trip up to the large nursery outside of Courtenay/Comox for that.

And from now on, let's post about what we are playing in our "What Casual Games Are You Playing Right Now" thread. I had frankly forgotten that the topic here is supposed to be about difficulties with the Big Fish website.

judith, I am so very sorry for your loss.

I am closing this thread since I just opened a new one. Please continue the conversation here.

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I'm so glad you are enjoying the Institute Marian.

Thanks Ana!

lynthorpe, you can get the download from a legit site like the one Rachael posted. What they do is give you a download link and follow it up by mailing you the original disk. You don't need to utilize the disk, it just give you the right to own it.

I've played the demo for a couple of hours and haven't been bothered by the pixeltion. The 3D movement is pretty smooth (especially since I am playing on an older laptop) and the exploring and puzzling may have my attention more than the graphics. I agree the graphics in Quern were amazing and this is not at that same level, but the exploration portion is similar and I am pulled in by the mystery of this environment. I wonder if adding more detailed graphics and textures would have meant compromising other game attributes (minimum computer requirements, development time, size of the game, puzzling options that might have been left out because of effort devoted to textures/graphics)? Game development must be a real balancing act between a ton of choices that must be made.

Well done!

Thanks Marian!

The new Catch is a HOPA CE and can be found here.