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[archnemesis]

I get that, but I have a feeling me non being native speaker is making things harder >.>

Solution:

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Just count the number of marks on the tree trunk.

 

[Waveset]

Yay, I can be productive at work again.

 

[FillerB]

Anyway, no idea if this is the right way to do the

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sand fortress' right-side room

but what the hell, it worked so I guess it's all that matters lol

http://i.imgur.com/XbQFHZw.png

Did it the same way. Still can't think of an alternative way to do it.

 

[OminoMichelin]

Solution:

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Just count the number of marks on the tree trunk.

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I did that, it was actually the first thing I did, but I guess I counted wrong

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edit: counted that again, multiple times and following different criteria. I have no idea what I'm missing

 

[zon]

Where's the sorceror? Where are all these different gloves?

 

[FillerB]

Where's the sorceror? Where are all these different gloves?

Across the bridge. Go to the well to enchant leather gloves.

 

[Stimpack]

I get that, but I have a feeling me non being native speaker is making things harder >.>

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Keep dividing by 6, or just count the marks in the tree he's standing on. .....also the answer is 10. There. Are you happy? it's 10. Ten. TEN!!!!

 

[Shergal]

Just got to the castle, down the stairs- NOPE

 

[FillerB]

Just got to the castle, down the stairs- NOPE

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Keep hacking away. He's pretty cool about it.

 

[Archpath1]

next gen is here and its in 1080!

: )

my life is gone again

 

[batbeg]

That cyclops puzzle was incredibl

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y hard.

 

[aravuus]

I guess all that's left for me to do is

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buy the scythe and beat the teapot, devil and developer

. Don't think there's anything else now. Shame.

e: I still don't know what that

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x potion

is though

 

[yami4ct]

*sigh* what's the answer to the tree riddle?

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I already tried multiplying 2160 by 6

You got it backwards.

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Answer isn't the biggest * 6, it's the smallest divided by 6. 10

 

[kami_sama]

Dow do you defeat

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the Developer?

 

[batbeg]

What do I need to kill to find more chocolate bars?

 

[Puppet Shadow]

Bah, I popped back open the Candy Box 2 tab and saw my game reset. It still shows my 2 backup saves, does anyone know how to load them?

 

[Axass]

So far so good, I've reached the castle and have lots of cool stuff.

I have a question though, about the squirrel's second question: is it strictly english-related (seeing as it uses letters) or can anyone understand it? Because english isn't my first language. Don't spoil me the answer please! Just what I asked.

Bah, I popped back open the Candy Box 2 tab and saw my game reset. It still shows my 2 backup saves, does anyone know how to load them?

Go to saves and load the slot you were using (there's an option down below).

 

[Puppet Shadow]

Go to saves and load the slot you were using (there's an option down below).

Duh. Guess I didn't scroll down.

Thanks!

 

[Articalys]

End-game question:

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is there some particular item/trick you need to beat the devil, or can it be done with brute force and strategy? Seems like the former...

 

[FillerB]

Just finished. Looking forward to the player generated quests.

End-game question:

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is there some particular item/trick you need to beat the devil, or can it be done with brute force and strategy? Seems like the former...

My method:

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Use the Boots of Instrospection (Gotten through an X Potion) and spam away with the Black Demon spell. You keep standing in the corner and don't have to worry about the fireballs, only about the things that bird drops. Any decent weapon (scythe yo) makes quick work of them.

 

[Patently Right]

I have a question though, about the squirrel's second question: is it strictly english-related (seeing as it uses letters) or can anyone understand it? Because english isn't my first language. Don't spoil me the answer please! Just what I asked.

Yes, and I beat it on my second try but I've friends whose first languages aren't English and they struggled with that question too.

 

[FillerB]

I have a question though, about the squirrel's second question: is it strictly english-related (seeing as it uses letters) or can anyone understand it? Because english isn't my first language. Don't spoil me the answer please! Just what I asked.

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Think backwards.

 

[IZZO]

I beat the game. I have all the candies i could ever want yet somehow i feel empty inside. I need more adventures.

 

[Kerned]

Alternate Monkey Wizard strategy:

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Have the red gloves equipped, wait until you pass him, take a turtle potion to reduce damage, and then use healing potions as needed. The random red fireballs you cast will eventually kill him (some go backwards).

 

[Puppet Shadow]

Alternate Monkey Wizard strategy:

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Have the red gloves equipped, wait until you pass him, take a turtle potion to reduce damage, and then use healing potions as needed. The random red fireballs you cast will eventually kill him (some go backwards).

Here's how I did it:

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Pink Gloves. Used 'turtle', used a fireball till I got past him... then just used acid rain. FYI my health was about 250 going in, I think

 

[NervousXtian]

That cyclops puzzle was incredibl

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y hard.

Once you figured out the mechanism.. not too bad.

 

[NervousXtian]

there's allegedly a

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purple

fin.

..but I've been in there forever.. not seeing it.

What'd I miss?

:never mind, I had gotten it and didn't notice:

Beat the game.. it's more polished than the first, but lacks something something to make it the experience the first game was.. but then again.. the first was great because it was unexpected.. and it kept being unexpected... there was a lack of fight zones as well.

 

[WillJustWill]

Where are people buying the

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scythe

?

 

[KarmaCow]

Wow, I looked down to play the game, then looked up later and 3 hours had past.

Also quick question,

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is there a trick to the teapot? I might just leave my computer on while I sleep otherwise.

 

[wonderdung]

Did any of you actually buy the sorceress hat?

 

[Tempy]

Where are people buying the

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scythe

?

Blacksmith, at the forge, in the village. He wants a lot of candies for it though!

 

[Articalys]

Just finished. Looking forward to the player generated quests.



My method:

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Use the Boots of Instrospection (Gotten through an X Potion) and spam away with the Black Demon spell. You keep standing in the corner and don't have to worry about the fireballs, only about the things that bird drops. Any decent weapon (scythe yo) makes quick work of them.

Thanks, that more or less did the trick after a handful of tries.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

what's the deal with the cyclops... I only get 4 things to ask him and no puzzle?

 

[Stimpack]

what's the deal with the cyclops... I only get 4 things to ask him and no puzzle?

You need to talk to the dragon first and the dragon is in the castle.

 

[Zeknurn]

Saving doesn't work?

edit: Nevermind. I had to restart my browser.

 

[aravuus]

Any tips on

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beating myself?

e: did it

e2: and finished! it was fun, now i'm sad it ended

 

[dosh]

any tips for getting past the castle gates?

Just squeeze. You'll get between the horses' legs and suffer very little damages.

 

[FataIChoice]

Just unlocked the candy chest, now time to play around with the post game and see what cool stuff I can find.

 

[marrec]

Finished the main quest. The puzzles were much more satisfying and the experience felt very crafted. That's kind of a good thing and a bad thing. Discovery wasn't as organic and so the more joyfully insane parts didn't reach quite the highs of the first game. It was more consistently good overall.

That RPG game tho.

 

[Kerned]

You threw 60 380 candies on the ground

I did it for you. I did it all for you. And nothing happened.

You might want to try

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dropping candies on the ground in a specific place...

 

[garath]

Beat it. Definitely a lot less magical than the first one. But I agree with the sentiment that it was a lot more polished and well thought out. I liked the map and all the different areas to go to etc. Just wish there was more actual progression. Felt very very short.

 

[duckroll]

Beat it. Was okay I guess. I feel that coming into it as someone who played the crap out of the original makes it feel underwhelming. It's still a pretty smart idea, and he expanded on the presentation a lot, but the core concept feels very much like the first game with more polish and balance, but without more innovation. The most exciting part of the first game was how no one had any idea how anything worked or what could happen as the game continued. That's no longer the case here.

 

[BanGy.nz]

So my health is NaN/100 and I have no idea why/how it happened but I'm invincible.

 

[marrec]

Beat it. Was okay I guess. I feel that coming into it as someone who played the crap out of the original makes it feel underwhelming. It's still a pretty smart idea, and he expanded on the presentation a lot, but the core concept feels very much like the first game with more polish and balance, but without more innovation. The most exciting part of the first game was how no one had any idea how anything worked or what could happen as the game continued. That's no longer the case here.

I was thinking about this last night and I just don't know how you could reproduce the originals pure sense of discovery. It was unlike anything I had played in recent memory and if he had just made that same thing but with different progressions then it would have felt trite.

Going toward a more polished and tradition game made a lot of sense. You can still have a progressional sense of discovery but now you have the expected tropes of the genre you're making the game in. Namely the MUD style RPGs of the 80s and early 90s. Unfortunately he didn't take advantage of any of those tropes and everything kind of happens in the way you'd expect. Though he did subvert a few expectations you brought from Candy Box 1, in the end it's just a very enjoyable minimalist RPG.

 

[XaeonBE]

I must stop playing because I have to study for my exams

 

[batbeg]

Slower than most but I've finally beaten it. Hardmode sounds impossible; can it actually be done?

 

[bidguy]

i cant believe im sitting here in the dark playing this game

 

[inm8num2]

Almost to 1000 HP.

I can't beat the developer, hell, or other two large enemies in the castle yet. Pretty much got everything else I should have based on what I've read in here.

I almost solved the cyclops puzzle. Maybe that'll give me the boost I need.

Haven't bothered to make X or P potions yet.

Question:

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will the anti-gravity potion help me in the castle room with spikes, or is the effect short-lived?

4500 lollipops/sec, baby!

 

[meltingparappa]

Beat it. Was okay I guess. I feel that coming into it as someone who played the crap out of the original makes it feel underwhelming. It's still a pretty smart idea, and he expanded on the presentation a lot, but the core concept feels very much like the first game with more polish and balance, but without more innovation. The most exciting part of the first game was how no one had any idea how anything worked or what could happen as the game continued. That's no longer the case here.

That was my sentiment as well. Probably the same for any type of these automation games, once your numbers are arbitrarily high enough it just instantly feels hollow ice there's no context to spend them on.

This is just a much better "game," particularly since there no potion bullshittery you have to do to get pat certain bosses, but it ends up feeling like a typical Zelda style game where getting one new item allows you to get another new item in an increasingly linear fashion. There wasn't much diversity near the end game of this, just moments like waiting for the candy count to be large enough to get the

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scythe

, for instance.

There's even a repeat of the

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developer

fight too.

I don't envy his position though. It's just a fun thing he thing in his spare time, and the sophomore effort is always going to be the creatively hard one.

 

[meltingparappa]

Question:

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will the anti-gravity potion help me in the castle room with spikes, or is the effect short-lived?

Hold off on that room until later! The potion is mainly there to help with the

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big hole

.