Magical Diary: Wolf Hall Kickstarter

If you beat and liked Escape a Tower, you may have noticed that I recommended the game Magical Diary. I mainly recommended Magical Diary for the dungeon crawlers that may remind you of Escape a Tower's puzzles. I also appreciated the game's premise, depth of choices, and jaw-dropping routes you wouldn't expect in a wizard school simulator.

Anyway, I recently noticed that there's a Kickstarter campaign for the sequel, Magical Diary: Wolf Hall. I normally don't promote other people's projects on my blog, but I'll make an exception here. If you too liked Magical Diary, you should back this game.

To be clear, I was NOT paid to write this post. I just wanted to spread the word about a game I've previously recommended. If the campaign interests you, here's the Kickstarter link.

Comments on this Blog

Given the increasing rate of comments (which I am thankful for), I figured it's time for me to clarify how I manage comments at Games by Tim.

Escape a Tower Version 2.5.1 - Quality of Life Adjustments

Based on user testing over the Thanksgiving break, I've identified a few issues with the recent Escape a Tower update. As such, here's version 2.5.1 with the following adjustments.

Spoiler Alert: This blog post contains spoilers about Escape a Tower's post game content. There are no storyline spoilers.

Escape a Tower Version 2.5 - Improving the Post Game

Here it is - the biggest update to Escape a Tower since the conversion to Web.

Nearly every Escape a Tower update since 2014 focused on bug fixes. While version 2.5 has its share of fixes, it also offers a slew of new gameplay features, with an emphasis on the post game.

Spoiler Alert: This blog post contains spoilers about Escape a Tower's post game content. There are no storyline spoilers.

Escape a Tower GitHub Repo (and version 2.4.3)

Now that I got the hang of GitHub with Bingo Master Board, I'm migrating my older projects to their own repos. I begin with Escape a Tower, as I recently got the urge to work on it.

This means:

• You can view development commits. Previously, any update I upload would become live on the Web. Now I can commit changes without making it live. This helps me recover my code if anything happens, and you get to see my work in progress!
• You can watch the project. If you have a GitHub account, you can watch Escape a Tower to receive emails whenever I release new updates.
• You can star the project. If you really like the game, you now have the ability to star it on GitHub.
• You can more easily report game issues on GitHub with the Issues page.

To get things started, I posted Escape a Tower version 2.4.3. This minor update:

• Corrects grammatical errors
• Updates links to Games by Tim
• Removes deprecated appcache

As mentioned in the GitHub Releases page, a more substantial update (version 2.5) is coming soon. Keep an eye for commits in the Develop branch!

Click here for the GitHub Repo!

So Many Numbers: The Layout Update

So Many Numbers is at it again!

This time, I rewrote the game layout. Why, you ask? I'll let the screenshots speak for themselves.

Before/After (Click to enlarge)

In addition:

• Fixed bug that counted blank inputs as 0
• Fixed text display issues with Microsoft Edge
• Fixed bug that generated 30-30 more often than it should

Have fun with the improved layout and fewer bugs!

Click here to play!

So Many Numbers: The Mobile Update

So Many Numbers! has a new update. If you primarily play the game on your smartphone, this one's for you.

• The game now uses a numeric keypad. This gives your fingers more headroom to zip through those numbers!
  
  
  

• UI adjustments - You should see less things overlapping or cut off when playing on smaller devices like the iPhone SE.

Keep at it with those numbers! Smartphone users, I look forward to your improved times.

Click here to play!