Islands of the Caliph - Arabian Nights single character dungeon crawler

[Darth Roxor]

i cant help but feel like it was a bad idea to hand over the lamp to the obviously evil sultan

Don't free the jinn.

wasn't me

Also I quite enjoy this game. It will not win any awards but it's just plain fun if you're into murderhoboism religious pilgrimages.

 

[JarlFrank]

I hope for you that it's ramadan or you'll have to wait a long time before beating that jinn

 

[Darth Roxor]

don't care, all i know is i have a muslim diving helmet now

 

[Darth Roxor]

Effin negrodancer is stronk, suddenly I regret not splurging on better armour ('hoho i'm sure i'm gonna find something better in the world anyway').

Also the jinn crisis really makes you feel like you fucked up. Other games wouldn't have the balls to make your life difficult in the same way.

 

[Ludwig von Eisenthal]

I only explored the third island as of yet but I have to say that the game has it's own unique charm. Graphics are splendid, you see that everything is crafted with much care. Especially the cities are beautiful. I love the fact that it offers open air-exploration with different heights, something that's especially spectacular in cities. I also like that while exploring you get to points from where you can see other places you've been. And I really like that ships don't just beam you from one point to another in the gameworld but actually transport you there. Exploration is fun, new paths open gradually - and weapons and items help to access formerly unaccessible places. Like a crazy maniac you can mow down whole woods and break stone with your hammer. I love it. I also like that the game isn't hardcore - there are always more critters spawned if you're in dire need of money, always new plants growing etc. It's a very comfy RPG-experience. I'd also say it's the most M&M-like experience I ever played (even though it has real time combat and no party).

 

[Darth Roxor]

... fuck. I hit a gamebreaking bug/state.

I died to the skellymens in the necromancer's tower and instinctively hit enter instead of reloading, which kicked me out to the shore of the island. But now my path to the ruby key and the top floor is barred because the lever that opened it closed what was supposed to be the way out.

sigh

EDIT: Nvm I managed to get around it with save file edition cuz i'm a 1337 haxx0r

 

[agris]

... fuck. I hit a gamebreaking bug/state.

I died to the skellymens in the necromancer's tower and instinctively hit enter instead of reloading, which kicked me out to the shore of the island. But now my path to the ruby key and the top floor is barred because the lever that opened it closed what was supposed to be the way out.

sigh

EDIT: Nvm I managed to get around it with save file edition cuz i'm a 1337 haxx0r

Report the bug, the dev is very responsive on Gabe’s forum

 

[Darth Roxor]

jinn quest spoilers

Spoiler

After killing the necromancer and rushing to mt Naar to trap the jinn because it's day 30 of ramadan, turns out I still can't trap him despite having kept my fasts and prayers. Do I also have to find the kaaba first? And then wait a year for this fucker to be vulnerable again? FFS

 

[Darth Roxor]

I also wish there was a better way of advancing time in this effin game because I just had to rest a bazillion times to move 30 days forward.

 

[agris]

I also wish there was a better way of advancing time in this effin game because I just had to rest a bazillion times to move 30 days forward.

i think there is: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1845670/discussions/0/3877093932375519117/

 

[Darth Roxor]

I also wish there was a better way of advancing time in this effin game because I just had to rest a bazillion times to move 30 days forward.

i think there is: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1845670/discussions/0/3877093932375519117/

Yeah except this is available only after the thing I needed to speed up the clock for.

 

[Arrowgrab]

On Minhaaj Island (northernmost one, where the people are looking for a new source of iron), how the hell do you get to the northwestern half of the caldera? Do you need to go to some other island and find a completely different way there? I've been to everywhere in the accessable area (city plus southeast part of caldera), and there are no ways to the far side of the lake.

 

[Darth Roxor]

On Minhaaj Island (northernmost one, where the people are looking for a new source of iron), how the hell do you get to the northwestern half of the caldera? Do you need to go to some other island and find a completely different way there? I've been to everywhere in the accessable area (city plus southeast part of caldera), and there are no ways to the far side of the lake.

You will find out in time

 

[Arrowgrab]

On Minhaaj Island (northernmost one, where the people are looking for a new source of iron), how the hell do you get to the northwestern half of the caldera? Do you need to go to some other island and find a completely different way there? I've been to everywhere in the accessable area (city plus southeast part of caldera), and there are no ways to the far side of the lake.

You will find out in time

Thanks for being oh so useful, may Allah repay it a hundred thousand times next time you're asking for help with a game.

But seriously, I'm stuck on the main mission, which will not progress until I find a new source of iron ore. Is the iron on the same island, or somewhere completely different?

 

[Darth Roxor]

I haven't yet gone through that quest but the stuff behind the river there is not related to it.

The only iron deposits I've seen anywhere in the game are

Spoiler

on Asad island

 

[JarlFrank]

I haven't yet gone through that quest but the stuff behind the river there is not related to it.

The only iron deposits I've seen anywhere in the game are

Spoiler

on Asad island

Spoiler

 

[agris]

I couldn’t resist it, I bought it and am on the second island.

For those that haven’t played it, the default controls are kinda crap. They are keyboard only - great - but require you to keep your hands on the left and right segments of the keyboard (typist) and the arrow keys.

Nonsense!

Remap WASD to be strafe movement, make Q/E the turn left/right keys, and quests to J / attack to F and the game’s keyboard-centric layout makes a lot more sense.

 

[Darth Roxor]

I couldn’t resist it, I bought it and am on the second island.

For those that haven’t played it, the default controls are kinda crap. They are keyboard only - great - but require you to keep your hands on the left and right segments of the keyboard (typist) and the arrow keys.

Nonsense!

Remap WASD to be strafe movement, make Q/E the turn left/right keys, and quests to J / attack to F and the game’s keyboard-centric layout makes a lot more sense.

I have forward/backward/turning on arrows, strafing on Z/C, attack on E

 

[Darth Roxor]

Huh, I finished the main quest, but it seems like I missed a shitton of content at least judging by the key ring:

I know I lack the tin key for opening some doors on Minhaj, and I also remember a brass key required somewhere, but I have virtually no idea where I could have missed any quests for those.

Edit: Okay, it seems some of these are easter eggs of sorts.

Spoiler

The brass key is needed on Minhaj actually, tin is needed on Iman.

I went on a digging spree through Minhaj and actually dug up the tin key in some completely random place. This opened a door on Iman that led me to a veeeery deep basement... with a guy called 'Faulaan the Barrel Man', surrounded by barrels, who complains that he has to keep replacing them everywhere because some asshole keeps wrecking them

 

[agris]

How did you find it at the end Darth Roxor , still fun or outstayed it’s welcome?

 

[Darth Roxor]

Pretty fun. Might write a revio.

 

[Lyre Mors]

Do you know how many hours it ended up being, Roxor?

 

[Darth Roxor]

Steam says 12, which is funny because it felt like more.

 

[toro]

Steam says 12, which is funny because it felt like more.

Individuals with PTSD often report a slowing of time perception during their trauma

 

[Darth Roxor]

you're just jealous because i can activate bullet time