The Secret of Hutton Church of England Grammar School: VGA Edition!

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 06/07/2019 16:25:28

Download here: https://tomsimpson.itch.io/the-secret-of-hutton-vga

Uncover the secrets of a mysterious cult in The Secret of Hutton Church of England Grammar School: VGA Edition!

This is a modern 90's remake of the much beloved AGI classic*, The Secret of Hutton Church of England Grammar School: AGI Edition!

Story:
After a night of rigorous cleaning, you discover a mysterious cult has been operating at the school. After 25 years of cleaning up rubbish, you're about to come across a whole bunch of trouble.

Now featuring:

Beautiful 320x180 VGA graphics!
Point and Click interface!
Music! Voice acting!

Credits:
Created and designed by Tom Simpson
Background art by Nathan Hamley
Character art and animation by Nathan Hamley
Banner art by Juanga JaÃ©n
Music by Petteri Aartolahti
Voice acting by Edwyn Tiong

Download here: https://tomsimpson.itch.io/the-secret-of-hutton-vga

Mandle · Sun 07/07/2019 03:01:44

Instantly downloaded!

CaptainD · Sun 07/07/2019 08:19:23

Congrats on the release!

Mandle · Sun 07/07/2019 11:56:48

That was short and sweet!

Privateer Puddin' · Mon 08/07/2019 10:26:38

Quote from: Mandle on Sun 07/07/2019 11:56:48
That was short and sweet!

Thanks for playing! It is a tiny little thing.

Which should be up on the Google Play store shortly, for anyone who wants it on their phone?

DBoyWheeler · Wed 10/07/2019 22:32:35

Dang! If/when I get a chance to, I might have to check this out, and when I get enough through it, do an article to describe it.

Um, is there a walkthrough for this as well? I have kind of a "know before you go" mindset.

Mandle · Thu 11/07/2019 03:19:19

Quote from: DBoyWheeler on Wed 10/07/2019 22:32:35
Um, is there a walkthrough for this as well? I have kind of a "know before you go" mindset.

You read walkthroughs before you play the game?!

Privateer Puddin' · Thu 11/07/2019 04:37:07

Quote from: DBoyWheeler on Wed 10/07/2019 22:32:35
Dang! If/when I get a chance to, I might have to check this out, and when I get enough through it, do an article to describe it.

Um, is there a walkthrough for this as well? I have kind of a "know before you go" mindset.

Since it's very short, you shouldn't really need one, but...

Spoiler

Walk to the far right of the room. When the narrator mentions hiding, walk into one of the shadows
Open the Drawer and pick up the matches
Leave through the top door
Go into the left door
Go into the second door on the left
Pick up petrol
Pick up rag
Use fusebox and turn on the fountain
Exit room
Go right two screens
Use petrol on rag
Use soaked rag on painting
Use matches on painting
Exit right
Use fountain
Enter right door
Go left one screen
Open library door
Look at third book case
Use unique looking book
Use broom with statue

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DBoyWheeler · Fri 12/07/2019 21:58:37

Thanks. I saved it on a txt file so if/when I do a Let's Play of this, I might give it a whirl.

Privateer Puddin' · Mon 22/07/2019 12:56:13

Blazing Pocket posted up a let's play of the Android version!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zusAuCv5wP8

VampireWombat · Mon 22/07/2019 13:37:57

Apparently I downloaded the game on the 5th. But I haven't gotten around to playing it any yet. It does look interesting and I do plan to play it when I have both the time and energy to do so.
(Yes, I did just come from the "So, what "Completed game announcements" don't you open and read?" thread).

Privateer Puddin' · Mon 22/07/2019 13:59:42

Quote from: VampireWombat on Mon 22/07/2019 13:37:57
(Yes, I did just come from the "So, what "Completed game announcements" don't you open and read?" thread).

Hah. Note to self, do more advertising *within* the forum

selmiak · Fri 26/07/2019 19:32:46

I longplayed the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I5Bb7GOauA

selmiak · Fri 02/08/2019 18:41:03

oh, and also the AGI Version of the game appeared on my radar and I recorded me playing it...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1_GHZik3ak

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 03/08/2019 19:33:38

Thanks for playing both! It was fun to see you caught out by the slight change in the end puzzle (albeit, in the opposite way to the way that someone who played the AGI version first might)

Spoilers for the ending.

Spoiler

In the AGI version, you have to throw broom at light:

[imgzoom]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/380092965546360854/476785925830082580/ending.gif[/imgzoom]

In the remake, because of the Sierra GUI, the light is unreachable. So, you throw at the statue:

[imgzoom]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/380092965546360854/476785962425253889/cultroom.gif[/imgzoom]

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cianty · Sat 17/08/2019 14:58:36

Ooh, this looks beautiful! In fact, you already had me with that starting image. Hopefully I will someday have a similar poster for my game. Love the style!

Now to play the game (I never played the original one).

Privateer Puddin' · Mon 19/08/2019 10:58:30

Thanks! If you get the chance, play it (although it's only a 320x180 game) in full screen or something like 3x. The title screen will appear 'hi res' before transitioning to the pixel artwork used in the game. Little AGS trick I use here and in my upcoming Feria d'Arles

You can see this in Selmiak's video above. Unfortunately it doesn't work in the Android version, so I need to do something different there.