House of 1,000 Doors - Family Secrets

House of 1,000 Doors - Family Secrets

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sailorbear510  [developer] Apr 8, 2014 @ 6:32pm
Feedback for House of 1000 Doors - Family Secrets
Hey everyone , notice a bug , have something on your mind about thie game or a suggestion? Let me know in the thread here so I can pass it on!
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ASMR gaming Apr 9, 2014 @ 11:04am 
Wide screen becomes small screen, but dont expect any patches as theres no real developers giving feedback !!
sailorbear510  [developer] Apr 9, 2014 @ 11:11am 
Originally posted by et_pj84:
Wide screen becomes small screen, but dont expect any patches as theres no real developers giving feedback !!

Can you clarify a little bit more in detail - When you click Widescreen does the game go totally black?
DevonNichelle May 19, 2014 @ 7:55pm 
I have a mac and am unable to type my name in when it asks for your name when I first open the game. Not sure why...
BridgetFisher Jul 9, 2014 @ 11:15pm 
Theres a stupid bush at the start of the game that needs to be cut, I tried a knife, a razor blade, an axe. acid, even a saw, and they dont cut that stupid bush. haha Im sure a certain item is needed but maybe the description should be altered to suit what item is needed. I hate that shrubbery clearly its a plot by the knights who say Ni!!!!!! grrrrrr...

In the elevator room, if the elevator comes I cant walk backwards to the kitchen, i have to use the map. Using the map breaks immersion for me because as Katie Reed the struggling writer we cant use maps, we need to walk our way through the house to behold all the mystery and awesome artwork of the game.

There are secret objects in the game but I cant return to the train places or other places to get any I missed. There is no visible indicator on the map to tell me if I collected the secret object in a room or not, a gold frame like in Nearwood or to fit the game a portrait frame would be helpful for showing a room has the object collected or some other icon on the map.

During puzzle scenes in the burning rooms, there is this random LOUD crashing sound, it gets to be a bit much repeating every 5-30 secs it seems. Maybe that crash sound could be removed during puzzles since we kinda sit there for a bit finding items, had to mute my sounds during those which means I cant hear the really good music :(

(ticking widescreen puts the game in 4:3 with those weird black bars at the side, so I left that off since the menu option is broken :P)

In the Gallery room there is a puzzle scene, one item asked to be located is a bell, there are clearly two bells in the scene, one the hotel desk kinda bell and the other one of those hand held bells, maybe instead of bell it should say handheld bell???

During Bonus in the front yard there is a Hidden object puzzle that asks for a "brush", there are two brushes visible in the scene, maybe labeling one scrub brush and the other paint brush would fix this?

Is such a great game, please consider these to make a great game even greatier!
Last edited by BridgetFisher; Jul 10, 2014 @ 2:56am
sailorbear510  [developer] Jul 10, 2014 @ 8:00am 
The wide screen is really not broken , its more like an aspect ratio fix. Some people like it stretched and some people like it correctly centered as the game was intended to play on a 4x3 screen.

In regards to the scenes, I think I have posted a walthrough on the forum somewhere and it may be of help. Many times its a misunderstanding of what the scene is looking for.
Last edited by sailorbear510; Jul 10, 2014 @ 8:01am
Salrylia Dec 30, 2014 @ 5:28am 
on a mac - i've had two crashes now in similar circumstances.
Both times have triggered what appears to be the same error in deleting a mesh.

Diagnostic logs are available if needed.
Last edited by Salrylia; Dec 31, 2014 @ 3:06pm
sailorbear510  [developer] Dec 30, 2014 @ 10:06am 
Can you please send these logs to JCarver@encore.com and I can pass them onto the team ?
Malkavian Jan 2, 2015 @ 10:46am 
Game runs fine for me (Windows PC) and I'm very much enjoying it so far, the environments look nice and the HO scenes aren't full of irritatingly miniscule objects that are the same colour as everything else, which is always a bonus in this type of game! :-)
Mallomar May 18, 2015 @ 9:59pm 
Originally posted by BridgetFisher:
Theres a stupid bush at the start of the game that needs to be cut, I tried a knife, a razor blade, an axe. acid, even a saw, and they dont cut that stupid bush. haha Im sure a certain item is needed but maybe the description should be altered to suit what item is needed.

Just to piggyback on this, there are too many items that can be used in certain situations, but the game doesn't let me, "because of reasons." For example: I can get a pot of water from the kitchen, but that pot of water can't put out the fire in the fireplace. Oh no, only a bucket of water will do for that. Also, there are two lanterns in the game, but only one can be given to the statue by the front door. It would be nice if we got a "we're glad you're thinking" statement like "This lantern doesn't fit in his hand, I'll need to find a different one" or "This pot doesn't hold enough water to put out the fire." or something. Even if it's a silly reason. Just don't make like only water from one source can put out a fire.

Also, the story in general didn't explain the ending objective very well: your grandmother wants you to clear her name, but it isn't until the very end that you just tack on "And then they gave me a bunch of documents to clear her name!" At no point was "you gotta save some souls to do it" part of the deal. And was Gabriel secretly hoping that Maggie Fox's name WOULDN'T get cleared, since he invited Kate to stay in the house where she couldn't get word out to the press? Heck, we don't even figure out why her name needed clearing in the first place until the bonus chapter (although it could be argued that Kate was well aware of what her grandmother and great-aunts did, and thus didn't need to explain it out loud.)

Still, it was a good setting with good puzzles apart from the aforementioned inventory puzzle deal. But that's my feedback for you.
Mahana Jun 22, 2015 @ 6:02am 
I have a problem with the device in the middle of the room behind the wall with the portraits. I watched the film and the man told me to look at this device. But I dont get the closer look view which all guides mention. I klick on the puzzle piece bevore the device, but I can't get it. Nothing happens. When I use the hint button, nothing happens. I started the game new, but I still cant't do something with the device. I have the last Book fpr the library and i tried all combinations, but it only says, I need something which shows the combination. I'm desperate.
Hooskerdoo Jan 28, 2016 @ 12:29pm 
I could not find the tile in begiining when she goes outside so i finally used a hint and it just circles the box on wall over and over and thers nothing to pick up . very frustrating i paid 9bux for this crap game.
Hooskerdoo Jan 28, 2016 @ 12:30pm 
Thats right what Bridget said , it doesnt let you return anywhere.
sailorbear510  [developer] Jan 29, 2016 @ 10:08am 
If you can send me a screenshot of this I'd like to take a look at this in further detail. My email address is jason.carver@encore.com
smoothed Jan 31, 2016 @ 8:00am 
Originally posted by Hooskerdoo:
Thats right what Bridget said , it doesnt let you return anywhere.
pull the lever on the right to move the elevator
xbatladyx Jun 10, 2017 @ 9:02pm 
Hi there, I can't click on the wolf blood in the witch's home. Am i missing something?
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