This is the newest beta release of Cypress. Read on for a list of changes and installation instructions.
What's new in Cypress 1.6?
- Many additional hints and prompts have been added to help guide the player.
- Wolves now bite and then run away temporarily, instead of "camping" on the player. Wolves also now move a little more slowly. Together these changes make wolf combat a bit easier.
- Geoffrey can now be Gashed, which means he will bleed and take damage for fifteen seconds. Gashes add up, and blood trails are fully persistent. Camping or healing will also stop bleeding.
- Geoffrey can now unlock doors by clicking either the gear or the plate, not just the plate.
- Geoffrey can no longer visit the wizard ruins before visiting the southeastern cave.
- The game's final scenes have been rewritten and adjusted.
- The final boss is more difficult.
- New music has been added for the final scenes.
- Geoffrey now barks when he is out of arrows.
- A note about the Escape keybinding has been added to the Adventurer's Guide.
- Music is now triggered more often when traveling.
- A mysterious new NPC.
- Quine's second letter has been greatly expanded.
- The Escape key now closes all open scrolls.
- The ruins quests have been revised somewhat.
- The story now opens with a scrolling card after the title screen.
- Townspeople no longer accept inventory items via drag-and-drop.
- Fixed bug with becoming unable to travel after re-visiting same sector.
Installation:
Extract the zipped folder and run CYPRESS.EXE. Note: The game may not start on Windows Vista if DEP (Data Execution Prevention) is turned on. DEP can be turned off in the Advanced System Settings menu of Windows Vista. Note: This download is not compatible with Windows Server 2000/2003 or 64-bit Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. If you experience other problems, please contact me at dto@blocky.io.