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Maybe I'm wrong about this... but I read a lot before I bought castle doctrine.  I know that doesn't make me an expert on this game or Jason Rohrer.  But, Jason seems almost more like an artist than a true game designer with his mentality.  Video games just happens to be his medium.  It seems like, when he created this game, he never was in it for the longevity and replay value.  He wanted to create an experience with the perma-death and risk vs. reward aspect of the game.  I mean absolutely no ill-will with this statement... but it doesn't surprise me to see that Jason isn't making an effort to increase sales.  The way I see things, this piece of art is finished, and it's time to move to the next project.

He set out to create an experience, and I'd say it was a pretty useful exercise. Between the arguments about fair vs. not fair with clocks, trying to define what cheating was, and the all-out paranoia with dual accounts... it was pretty amazing what this game was able to invoke in people.  Once again, absolutely no finger-point or blame here, just making an observation.

As much as I hate to admit it, it seems like this game is slowly on it's way out.  There just aren't that many people that play it anymore.  I wasn't expecting to spend 15$ on a game I'd only be able to play for a few months... but I'd be lying if I said I didn't get my money's worth of enjoyment out of the game.

That's just my perspective on things, as ignorant as it may be.

Just tried to find you... you're not on my list

Wow...  this is fantastic.

Unpowered doors are a bit confusing... they look the same powered and unpowered.  You can only tell which is which by the line of sight behind the door.  Also, I had a chihuahua (I still can't spell that word at first try....).  I couldn't see it on the page.

Other than that... this is golden.

EDIT:  I experienced no lag.

Had I seen this quick enough...  I was totally going to nominate a self-test to take you out

Having a well protected wife deters brute force attacks as well (for a bit at least).  If you have a 20k house with no family, then robbers are much more willing to invest a lot of tools since they know they will get the entire payout if they find your vault.

I've actually recently dabbled in paradoxical circuits.  They are awesome when you use them properly.  However, my first two tries using them resulted in a VERY easy robbery for someone.  I didn't use them properly.  I try to find something new to use in each new house that I build.  When you look at my old house (http://thecastledoctrine.net/forums/vie … hp?id=2832), it's complicated.  But I feel like looking at the floor plan for a few minutes will give you the solution.  I've looked at some of iceman's and blips floorplans..... 15 minutes later and I still can't figure out how I would get through the thing.

That's one thing I would suggest though - with each new house, try a new trap.  A new 2k house is the closest you can come to a sandbox practice area.  I've built 3 houses with clocks... I still have no clue how they work, nor did I ever properly use them.  I finally got the paradox circuit after building one in a new 2k house and playing around by randomly removing wires to see what ended up getting powered and what did not.  My issue for awhile was that in each new life, I just kept building the same house.  Granted, it was an effective house... but I never learned anything.

Just a random comment.  I'm actually located in Alabama... South of where all of this went down.  I did not go to a single party in college where the Huntsville Bed Rapist song wasn't blasted at least once.

Shockingly good song.

I just convinced one of my friends to get the game.  He's pretty excited about it.  I showed him the wiki and the Sticky topic at the top of the forums for newbies.

Speaking of self tests... I've started dabbling with Magic Dances.

Do you every get used to those things?   I feel like I'm going to crap my pants every self test.  Haven't died to it yet though!

Truth.  And the failsafe was weak at that too.  Most of the houses in the top 5 pages could have sawed through it with the left overs of 2k robbers.  I want to post it and get feedback... but I can't figure out how to get an image up here.

Miller here!  I planned on changing it every time I saw someone solve it.  I liked this house at first... but I really didn't like it once I started getting a lot of money.  I just wanted to ride it out and see how long it took someone to solve it.  I wanted to see a lot of robbery tapes so I could get ideas of what worked and what didn't.  When I looked at houses by you, iceman, and various other people... my house was a joke compared to them.  The only thing I had going for me was the double button at the beginning which was the gimmick that half my house relied on. But, I just wanted to see who would solve it.  Enjoy your paintings!

Man... people are clever.  Much cleverer than I.  I wish I thought of half the crap I see people talk about on these forums. 

If it's a true suicide scout, that's a bummer.  I'd really love to see the tapes.  I recently made a change that I hope doesn't end up being a weakness   I'd like to see how it's handled.