The Shame of the Pack

[Sakkeus]

The Shame of the Pack


Due to an invitation, Frank Lupitus is traveling from the big city of Vakhe to the remote parts of the country to visit his brother, Wolfgang (or 'Wolfie').
While living in Thorcut, Wolfgang hasn't actually made a good name for himself and by extension, to the whole Lupitus name.
Finally arriving at Thorcut Frank finds out that Wolfgang's house is taken over by a depraved fox, watching smut on the tv in his underwear. Wolfie is nowhere to be seen, and the fox tells Frank wild rumours about Wolfie's fate.
Wolfgang must me somewhere around, dead or alive. And if he's alive, he won't be much better off.





The Shame of the Pack is a """traditional""" point & click game with a 320x200 resolution and a two-click interface.

DISCLAIMER: Storywise The Shame of the Pack is somewhat of a sequel to my first  game (from 2006) Big Bad Wolf and the Three little Pigs, but this game takes heavy 'artistic liberties' on the original story. I don't recommend playing the first part, and frankly, it is not necessary. My first game was made when I was a 16 year old teenager with stupid and 'edgy' views of what is fun and 'cool', The Shame of the Pack doesn't aim to take itself too seriously, but by no means is it a 'joke game'.

The playthrough will take about three to six hours. EDIT: Maybe a bit longer. Four to seven hours  with tips? Without any help - I don't even know.

Quality of life -features:
Make protagonist transparent with a right mouse click (not NEEDED in any puzzle, but helps some).
"Kill audio" -button in audio settings. Stops all audio that is playing, be it music, sfx or ambient.
  This was added due to an unpleasant bug encountered in one of the otherwise enjoyable "Broken windows" -chapters.

Contains:
Mild swearing and hostile behaviour (no f-bombs, c-words or other 'word crimes')
Mild sexually suggestive dialog, no nudity or anything of the sort
Violence (animal on animal, occasional but strong and bloody)

The game's page:
Download from here

I'm happy to finally release this one and to get rid of it, in a sense.  Almost eight years I've carried this burden.
I'm off to celebrate with a glass of sparkling wine.

All kinds of feedback (and bug reports) are welcome.


22.11.2024 NEWEST UPDATE 1.01. Release version had a game breaking bug near the end of the game! Get your "fix" now!
Thanks to Ian Aloser for spotting this one.

[splat44]

Seem good to play it.

I suggest adding your game to database.

Add Game

If you're unsure how proceed, contact support team or perhaps other members can assist you

[Sakkeus]

Thanks for the message.

I've tried adding it (maybe three times now) and I'm not sure if the process fails or if the game has entered some kind of vetting process.
If it doesn't pop up in the "most recent games" soon, I'll try again.

[heltenjon]

Congratulations on the release! I'll make sure to play this game, too. It will be fun to revisit this world once again. 

The database seems to be up and running, so perhaps try to add it without anything else than the download link, then if that works, add more stuff and see where it fails. There's been some trouble with uploading images or embedding youtube videos.

[Sakkeus]

Congratulations on the release! I'll make sure to play this game, too. It will be fun to revisit this world once again. 

The database seems to be up and running, so perhaps try to add it without anything else than the download link, then if that works, add more stuff and see where it fails. There's been some trouble with uploading images or embedding youtube videos.

That did it,  thanks!

[lanchong]

I've enjoyed the game so far.
Is there a way to skip the action minigames such as the

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mole shooting

[close]

?
I have slow reflexes and my old hands can't move the mouse fast enough.
Thanks

[Sakkeus]

I've enjoyed the game so far.
Is there a way to skip the action minigames such as the

Spoiler

mole shooting

[close]

?
I have slow reflexes and my old hands can't move the mouse fast enough.
Thanks

Thanks for the comment!
I did consider adding a

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"kill all moles" -switch to the puzzle after 10 or some tries,

[close]

but left it out.
There is a "complete" guide to the mole thing in the hints discussion for the game.

But I'll add a way to bypass this minigame to the next version, in a couple of days.
I don't dare touch the game code too much, since it's pretty much held together with bubblegum and good intentions.

[Shadow1000]

I finished this game and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

- I think the best part was the puzzles. There is such a range of puzzles from dialogue, to inventory, to closeup puzzles, an arcade-sequence puzzle that requires strategy and more. It's amazing how every part ties into another part of the multi-stage puzzles but despite this, I was able to complete the game with very few hints.

- The story was intriguing and the puzzles worked perfectly to pace the timing of the plot unfolding to make you want to keep playing. It's clear that a lot of extra effort was put into the plot to give it that extra polish.

- I had a LOT of laughs. I found the humour to be spot on

Overall, a really enjoyable experience

[Sakkeus]

I finished this game and I enjoyed it thoroughly.

- I think the best part was the puzzles. There is such a range of puzzles from dialogue, to inventory, to closeup puzzles, an arcade-sequence puzzle that requires strategy and more. It's amazing how every part ties into another part of the multi-stage puzzles but despite this, I was able to complete the game with very few hints.

- The story was intriguing and the puzzles worked perfectly to pace the timing of the plot unfolding to make you want to keep playing. It's clear that a lot of extra effort was put into the plot to give it that extra polish.

- I had a LOT of laughs. I found the humour to be spot on

Overall, a really enjoyable experience

It's good to hear that the time I've put into this whole thing shows in some way.
I'm glad that you enjoyed the game!

Thank you!

[Shadow1000]

It's good to hear that the time I've put into this whole thing shows in some way.
I'm glad that you enjoyed the game!

Thank you!

I was wondering:

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At the end of the game, there are some decisions to make. Do different decisions affect the ending or do they basically land you in the same place?

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[Sakkeus]

It's good to hear that the time I've put into this whole thing shows in some way.
I'm glad that you enjoyed the game!

Thank you!

I was wondering:

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At the end of the game, there are some decisions to make. Do different decisions affect the ending or do they basically land you in the same place?

[close]

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The only thing that affects the actual ending is whether you shoot the pig or not. There's two different endings

[close]

.

[Shadow1000]

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The only thing that affects the actual ending is whether you shoot the pig or not. There's two different endings

[close]

.

Thanks!

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I went back and played the other ending.

[close]

[Sakkeus]

I've enjoyed the game so far.
Is there a way to skip the action minigames such as the

Spoiler

mole shooting

[close]

?
I have slow reflexes and my old hands can't move the mouse fast enough.
Thanks

Version 1.03 released. I made a "Slowdown" feature to the minigame. Press "S" on your keyboard to activate it, it slows the game down from the regular 40 cycles down to 10 cycles. Should be enough!

[lanchong]

Unfortunately I can't restore saved games from the previous version. The game crashes with this error below.
If it's too hard to fix, don't worry about it and I'll try another time.


An internal error has occurred. Please note down the following information.
If the problem persists, contact the game author for support or post these details on the AGS Technical Forum.
(Engine version 3.6.1.29)

Error: Unable to restore the saved game.
Failed to restore the savegame component.
(#11) Script Modules, version 0, at offset 115507.
Saved content does not match current game.
Mismatching number of script module data, module #0 (game: 816, save: 808).

[Sakkeus]

Unfortunately I can't restore saved games from the previous version. The game crashes with this error below.
If it's too hard to fix, don't worry about it and I'll try another time.


An internal error has occurred. Please note down the following information.
If the problem persists, contact the game author for support or post these details on the AGS Technical Forum.
(Engine version 3.6.1.29)

Error: Unable to restore the saved game.
Failed to restore the savegame component.
(#11) Script Modules, version 0, at offset 115507.
Saved content does not match current game.
Mismatching number of script module data, module #0 (game: 816, save: 808).

Damn. Maybe the "little addons" were too much, I don't think there's a way to fix that (with my rudimentary coding skills, at least). I hope you'll get the energy to play it again some time!

[Rik_Vargard]

Damn. Maybe the "little addons" were too much, I don't think there's a way to fix that (with my rudimentary coding skills, at least). I hope you'll get the energy to play it again some time!

Did you add some more global variables or room variables? That's one of those things that make you restart from the beginning. Same if you add or remove View sprites.

[Sakkeus]

Did you add some more global variables or room variables? That's one of those things that make you restart from the beginning. Same if you add or remove View sprites.

Yes, I added a couple of variables and a couple of sprites (not used in any view, though). Good to know what makes old saves unplayable.

[Rik_Vargard]

This is really a very fun game to play. The comedy, overall (the story, the dialogues, the situations,...) is what made me smile all along.

The thing that made me go "Ah yeah.", were all those animations and the attention to visual details; the work you put into all of those. Great job.

[Sakkeus]

This is really a very fun game to play. The comedy, overall (the story, the dialogues, the situations,...) is what made me smile all along.

The thing that made me go "Ah yeah.", were all those animations and the attention to visual details; the work you put into all of those. Great job.

Thanks for the comment (and the review), I really appreciate it!

[heltenjon]

DISCLAIMER: Storywise The Shame of the Pack is somewhat of a sequel to my first  game (from 2006) Big Bad Wolf and the Three little Pigs, but this game takes heavy 'artistic liberties' on the original story. I don't recommend playing the first part, and frankly, it is not necessary. My first game was made when I was a 16 year old teenager with stupid and 'edgy' views of what is fun and 'cool', The Shame of the Pack doesn't aim to take itself too seriously, but by no means is it a 'joke game'.

@Rik Vargard @Shadow1000 @lanchong @splat44
I'd like to say that the game 16-year old Sakkeus made actually is well worth playing. True, there are some "edgy" humour, but there are also some quite cool puzzles. I have no doubt this one is better (I hope to have the time to play it during the holidays), but despite what the author says and the one cup panel rating, I think there are some qualities to the first game. (But save often, because if I recall correctly, there are some bugs that make the game crash, too.)