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Posted May 27, 2014
Paper Sorcerer, a unique-looking grind-less mixture of RPG and adventure coming with more than 40 floors of dungeons filled with encounters, treasure, traps, and puzzles, is available 20% off on GOG.com, for Windows and MAC OS X. That's only $3.99 for the first week!

I've spent mosted of my mortal life researching the arcane arts, looking for ultimate power to grant me dominion over the world of men. Always buried in books I was. It seems only fitting, that one of the infamous grimoires became my prison. Oh, those accursed do-gooders had no idea what they were doing, trapping me in here. Yes, I might be locked away… for now. But I am locked away in the place that is one of the greatest sources of magical power that ever existed in the multi-planes. I refuse to acknowledge my imprisonment! I refuse to recognize all of the strange creatures of this world as threat! They shall become my minions, or they will become my prey. My enemies might have won a battle, but the war is still raging, away from the plain sight. Sooner or later, I shall bring it back to them, more powerful than ever!

Paper Sorcerer is a stylish single player turn based RPG focused on strategy, party-building, and environmental puzzles. Fight with the skills and spells you've learned in a battle system that emphasizes strategy over grinding. Assemble a party of monsters and dark creatures to fight alongside you. Explore and solve environmental puzzles to unlock secret paths and find extra loot! A double-sided adventure, an RPG with adventure game elements. Please note that the Paper Sorcerer Mini-Guide and Artbook will be added soon to the game shelf.

Dive deep in to the fascinating and surprisingly colorful (for a mostly monochrome game) world of Paper Sorcerer, for only $3.99 on GOG.com. The 20% release discount offer lasts until Tuesday, June 3, at 9:59AM GMT.
Posted May 27, 2014
Intriguing release.
Posted May 27, 2014
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Grargar: Was your version from GamersGate?
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IAmSinistar: Yes, it was. Known issues with that one?
It's outdated. GamersGate's version is 2.1, while Humble's (and GOG's apparently) are 2.3.
Post edited May 27, 2014 by Grargar
Posted May 27, 2014
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Telika: Yes. Lack of manuals (which becomes a standard nowadays) make me sad. I like to discover and learn or get into the details of a game, or check something, without launching the game. Or having to repolay the tutorial (is it what we're supposed to do nowadays?).
Good there is a feast for manual-lovers ahead of us - with not YET released by Tommo flight sims from Microprose..Every time I fire up those games and see this 'Try other great sims from Microprose' screen with Red Storm Rising eh...GIMIE!
Posted May 27, 2014
Bonus goodies which would suit to the game: papercraft figures and dungeon ٩(̾●̮̮̃̾•̃̾)۶
Post edited May 27, 2014 by Pixelion
Posted May 27, 2014
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Tarhiel: Do you honestly read the manuals? rnet.
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tburger: Yes I DO! Of course not on paper (usually I do it on my eBook reader)...and for oldies only...But I consider it as a great fun - sometimes even better than the game itself. That's why I'm complaining when GOG releases classic without a manual.
I get where you're coming from.
Back in the day, (thick!) instruction manuals used to be filled to the brim not only with basic game information, but also the backstory, lore or a few pieces of concept art, even - the purpose of these booklets was to make your imagination run wild, immerse you in the game world before you actually got the chance to delve into it.
Post edited May 27, 2014 by Phaidox
Posted May 27, 2014
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JudasIscariot: We have version 2.3 on our site, so if your game was a lower version than that then the bugs are possibly fixed in our version.
According to GG their version is 2.1b, so the bug could be fixed then. I'd have to play it all the way through (and do the quest out of order) again to confirm if it's still there, though. :) Unless there is a changelog posted somewhere that lists all that has been fixed.
Posted May 27, 2014
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IAmSinistar: Yes, it was. Known issues with that one?
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Grargar: It's outdated. GamersGate's version is 2.1, while Humble's (and GOG's apparently) are 2.3.
Glad to hear GOG has the latest version, Rock on! ^_^
Posted May 27, 2014
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JudasIscariot: We have version 2.3 on our site, so if your game was a lower version than that then the bugs are possibly fixed in our version.
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IAmSinistar: According to GG their version is 2.1b, so the bug could be fixed then. I'd have to play it all the way through (and do the quest out of order) again to confirm if it's still there, though. :) Unless there is a changelog posted somewhere that lists all that has been fixed.
Here you go :)

Release notes:
v2.3 5/23/2014
- Added battle nonconsumable item for if you want to give up and reload during battle "Handcuffs - Give up battle"
- Edit difficulty Steam achievements so that if you beat higher dificulty you get lower difficulty achievements
- Status effect in info menu - list how to heal each status.
- Alternate dialogue on Brothers events for if you don't meet the requirements to start the event
- Add that hit chance is percentage in info menu
- The intermediate tower rune description edited, it raises Agi and Mag
- Imp equipment edited for consistency
- 9-1 Fix for doors/event bug
- Ghost's Dirge of Frailty Level 2 cost corrected
- Add highlight current option to these menus:
New summon selection
Interactable objects
The skill trainer in the Sanctuary
Catacombs menu in town
- Arch Magus equipment corrected

Related to Riddle Quest with themed keys:
- Corrected loot 'King's Key' to 'Rook's Key'
- Added battle to secret area
- Added event consequences if you answer incorrectly
- Added flavor Search event
- Hooked up related Steam achievements

Known issues:
- No sound volume options
- Graphic options not saving (windowed/fullscreen and resolution)
- Sometimes enemies aren't woken up from sleep how they're supposed to
- When fighting large groups of enemies, some of them are situated at the edges of the screen. When you hit those enemies, damage numbers appear in the wrong place -ameliorated, but still on non-16:9 resolutions
- Sometimes status effects expire unexpectedly

Release notes:
v2.2
- Issues for random encounters and doors on Catacombs and Block 5 fixed
- Additional information added to tutorial
- Item menu sorted into categories
- New Phantom Grasp ability for Witch
- Battle starting immediately in Catacombs 9 fixed
- Congratulations for ninth soul fixed
- Counter attack message fixed
- Issue with reward for 3 Brother sidequest fixed
- Fixed gap in wall on Block 10
- Fixed issue with falling through the floor on backtracking in Block 10
- Fixed music during end credits
- Arch Magus can now properly equip all staffs
- Ghost's Incorporeal skill fixed
- Ghost's Physical Resistance rebalanced
- Fixed clipping through the walls of the pit on 4-1
- Fixed being able to walk through door at end of 1-1
- Fixed being able to re-obtain Fire Jewel and Coral
- Fixed sleep transition interfering with menu
- Vampire's Dark Sacrifice fixed to prevent exploit loop
- Rebalanced Guillotine Arms
- Blood Rage now adds Energy

Known issues:
- No sound volume options
- Graphic options not saving (windowed/fullscreen and resolution)
- Sometimes enemies aren't woken up from sleep how they're supposed to
- When fighting large groups of enemies, some of them are situated at the edges of the screen. When you hit those enemies, damage numbers appear in the wrong place -ameliorated, but still on non-16:9 resolutions
- Sometimes status effects expire unexpectedly
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v2.1b 1/04/2013 mini update
Changes
- Fixed bugged zip files for PC and Mac releases
- Fixed door on Block 2 Level 1
- Rebalanced some midgame bosses
- Fixed missing music on Catacombs level 3
- Fixed various rare door bugs
Post edited May 27, 2014 by JudasIscariot
Posted May 27, 2014
Got this in a bundle recently and really enjoyed it.

I definitely recommend it to anyone who does not have it yet and thinks it looks interesting.
Posted May 27, 2014
The paper graphics really remind me of the dungeon crawler Dark Spire for the DS. Coincidence??? ...Yeah, probably. Can't wait to try this!
Posted May 27, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Here you go :)

v2.2
- Issue with reward for 3 Brother sidequest fixed
That sounds like the one. Glad to see it got resolved, as it was a pretty major (though not game-breaking) flaw. Sucks that GG can't be bothered to give their customers the latest version with all these fixes, but then I don't really use them anymore if I can help it.

Thanks Judas!
Posted May 27, 2014
Nice release, onto the wishlist it goes!
Posted May 27, 2014
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tburger: Meh..it's just not the same.
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Tarhiel: Do you honestly read the manuals? I thought it is mantra of modern game design + some classic ones (like Black&White) that player should not need the manuals and basics of everything should be explained in tutorial, in one way or another.

I only "read" manual scans once - to see the pictures.
For everything else I consult the Internet.
I agree that a tutorial should be built into the game. You learn better by doing than by reading. However, as someone who grew up with them, I always feel kind of cheated when I don't have a manual to leaf through before diving into the game. It's a small pleasure of mine when I buy a physical copy to go through the manual in the bus on my way home, and spend some time with it before launching the game. Oftentimes the manual contains nice pictures, information about characters, lore elements, and tables/lists of items, skills, etc. which can be useful while playing the game.

So I think that manuals and tutorials are not mutually exclusive. If you can do both, I think you should have both for your game. :)

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Phaidox: [snip]
... aaaand that's what I get for replying before reading through the whole thread. :D I basically just repeated what you said, so... +1! :)
Post edited May 27, 2014 by Pica-Ludica
Posted May 27, 2014
Got it for $1 on one of the recent Humble Daily Bundles (one of the few I actually put any money into)... Haven't gotten a chance to try it yet, but it looked like it might provide some decent entertainment.

Does anyone know how long the game is?
Posted May 27, 2014
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yyahoo: Got it for $1 on one of the recent Humble Daily Bundles (one of the few I actually put any money into)... Haven't gotten a chance to try it yet, but it looked like it might provide some decent entertainment.

Does anyone know how long the game is?
Apparently, a bit over 10 hours?
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