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Bluntford, Florida / Summer 1986

VHS & THC — The High Life · 1986

NOW PLAYING Last Light

A town full of bad ideas.
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Gram’s lot 01 / 10

LAST LIGHT / TESTER EDITIONBUILD a40feaf7

YOUR BLUNTFORD FIELD GUIDE

PLAY. NOTICE.
MAKE IT BETTER.

What’s new, where to go, and what still needs a little Logik. Everything you need before your next trip into town.

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THE TRACKING SHEET / NEWEST FIRST

A fresh recording.

28 OCT · 18:53Clean linksLIVE NOW

Links

  • Opening the plain game link no longer fills the address bar with a long list of settings. The address stays exactly as you typed it, and the game plays the same as before.
  • Reloading, teleporting, changing graphics and Continue all keep the same settings.
  • Try it: open the plain link, play for a bit, reload, and copy the address to a friend. Tell us if anything plays differently from before.
28 OCT · 17:55Feet on the ground

Feet · Walking · Motel · Bridges

  • Your shoes no longer sink into the Sunset Motor Inn's stairs and upper walkway. Before, they sat up to a hand's width under the floor.
  • Everywhere else, the soles now rest right on the ground instead of a centimetre into it.
  • Walking and running no longer lose the odd step on flat ground, so you keep your full speed. It's most noticeable on fast (144 Hz) screens.
  • The motel stairs and the canal-bridge fix now work on every link, not just the plain one.
  • Try it: climb the motel stairs and stand on the walkway, walk and run along Main Street, and jump at a bridge's side rail. Tell us if the feet ever float, sink, or slide.
28 OCT · 17:00New title screen: Last Light

Title screen · Phone

  • The title screen is new: a new VHS & THC logo, and ten Bluntford scenes at dusk that slowly fade from one to the next behind a VCR overlay. The RV lot, Main Street, the motel, the canal, the diner and more.
  • All the buttons and options are where they were: Continue, New game, Load from a file, graphics and sound.
  • On phones, the Graphics and Sound buttons no longer cover the bottom of the controls list.
  • Prefer the old one? Add &title=0 to the link.
  • Try it: open the game on your computer and your phone, wait for a few scenes to change, and tell us if the logo or any text is hard to read on any of them.
28 OCT · 14:37New lighting: Bluntford's evenings get real

Lighting · Walking · Traffic

  • The whole town has new lighting. Afternoons are warmer, and the sun really goes down: from about 17:30 the light dims and turns golden, and by 19:30 it's proper evening.
  • Colours no longer look washed out, and shade on the shady side of the street looks like shade.
  • Night still uses the old street lights, windows and neon for now. New night lighting is coming next.
  • Tap-to-walk no longer gives up when you're squeezed against a car at a crossing, and cars stop braking for someone just standing beside them.
  • Try it: play from late afternoon into the evening on Greenthumb and Main Street, walk home past the traffic, and tell us if anywhere looks too dark, too orange, or flat.
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The Gramfather

MENTOR. LANDLORD. QUESTIONABLE ADVICE.

He fronted your first seeds and owns the ground beneath your RV. A warm old crook with good instincts, bad advice and a rent reminder for every occasion. Gram’s wisdom arrives through the pager, phone and answering machine. It is usually worth listening to. Usually.

Always keep a quarter for the payphone. And a second quarter. For emotional support.
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