The Goddess Temple? Morality?

[/Impulse 101]

When the Goddess told me that if i leave her temple she would open up a secret area to the east, I listened to her and left. Now I can't go any deeper into the Goddess Temple. Is there anything there that I missed that was important? Was it worth giving up whatever was there for the secret passage to the east (I'm still not sure where that is)?

Also, how to you make yourself good or evil? I didn't open any chests in the towns, and I always refused to ally myself with the black hooded man, but I am still neutral. Is there any benefit to being good or evil?

[rotayo]

I somehow got good alignment. I just opened one chest in town and refuesed the hoody. Something else I did that I'm guessing changes alignment is gave the bomb bag back to the boy and escorted another boy safely in the graveyard (you need 7 crystals to access).

I haven't fully checked things out yet, but so far with good alignment, the villagers have a more optimistic and happy text and some tell you secrets.

[Ghin]

I felt like the door outside was some kind of trick/test so I went inside. The room afterwards is full of gold and after that the area ends.

Leaving to get to the 'secret area' lets you get an item that you can't get if you continue into the goddess's temple.

[CoalWhite]

Originally posted by Ghin:

I felt like the door outside was some kind of trick/test so I went inside. The room afterwards is full of gold and after that the area ends.

Leaving to get to the 'secret area' lets you get an item that you can't get if you continue into the goddess's temple.

By God man, what item is that? I forgot all about the good/bad aspect of the game - and just cleared the temple with my pockets full of gold :D Got curious about what the other exit might do - what item is it and does it do anything?

[Rixonomic]

It opens an area where you get the shovel and a crystal.

[Ghin]

There is a door somewhere upon the world etched with a symbol; something like a feather. If you leave the goddess when she commands, she will open this door for you. If you do not remember where this door is, I will try to describe it for you so that you can explore it.

[CoalWhite]

No! That's horrible. I remember the door actually. Besotted gold be damned, I should have gone for the shovel and the crystal. I've seen tons of places where I just know I'll need a shovel to get through. Whole game ruined due to wrong choice and poor morality, talk about decisions making consequences. Also, this game needs a multiple save file system.

Edit: I also just realized, missing the shovel and that one crystal means there is at least one door I won't be able enter. Just saw one with all the crystals engraved... dang.

Edit 2: Gents, I just crossed the bubble cave and on the other map there's another door with all crystals on it. Does this really mean I can't get all crystals since I took the gold?

[cplusplus]

MAJOR GLITCH!

I got stuck in this temple. I did save inside of the temple, right before draining the water. Then I went to the goddess, turned back instead of getting the gold, then I died without saving the game. Now I always respawn inside the temple and all the exits are locked.

I was able to keep playing thanks to this script someone has posted in another discussion. (but I had to use double backslashes in the path variable)
https://gist.github.com/kdeloach/9b599dca87ee036f1c57

I have a backup of the old save files. If the author / developer wants to take a look in order to reproduce the glitch, please let me know