Does anyone here have a specific secret location in Chex Quest that is their favorite? (Example: Roof Vents on E2M2)
It's kind of hard to pick from so many secrets, but for coolness, I'd have to go with the E2M2 vents or the arcade machine on the same level. For the prize inside, E2M3's LAZ Device behind the wall can't be beat. ;D
I thought the E2M2 Arcade Machine was the best secret area in the game. But yeah, I the LAZ Device Secret Area in E2M3 is pretty cool.
Another favorite is the Computer Map Secret Area through the vent in E2M4.
My favorite secret is the ever-predictable (though no less entertaining) room-behind-the-clock in E3M4.
the teleporters in E1M2. i eventually, after a million play throughs, how to do it. XD
Quote from: Atariangamer on June 09, 2009, 02:14:25 PM
the teleporters in E1M2. i eventually, after a million play throughs, how to do it. XD
Ah, yes. For years of playing the original game, I never could figure out why I got only 50% secret areas on E1M2. It was very puzzling, but I never could find those last two secret areas. I only learned when I was able to go to Chex Quest Mania and download the demos. The Chex Quest 1 demo taught me where those secrets were. The secrets are a lot more findable in Chex Quest 3, though. :P
Yeah, actually I preferred the secrets in E1M2 the way they were originally. I never knew about those secrets until one day when I accidentally pressed space on the chex logo and it a wall opened! It was sweet!
I also liked the E1M1 vegetables behind the wall decorations. I felt so accomplished when I figured it out.
Hm, I think my personal favorite is...um, lemme get back to you on that one. :D
Quote from: ChexCommander on June 09, 2009, 07:03:30 PM
Yeah, actually I preferred the secrets in E1M2 the way they were originally. I never knew about those secrets until one day when I accidentally pressed space on the chex logo and it a wall opened! It was sweet!
The thing, though, is that secrets are supposed to be marked by decorations, misaligned textures, or such, and be findable. The original secrets were way out of place. I never could find them without online help for all the time I had the game. I'm glad Chukker fixed them.
That's totally wierd cause I never figured out the secret areas in E1M2 until CQ3. I mean, I knew they were there but could never figure out how to get to them. :-\ But I'd say one of my favorite secrets is the waterfall secret in E1M5.
Quote from: QuadrumpusGuy on June 08, 2009, 11:12:17 PM
I thought the E2M2 Arcade Machine was the best secret area in the game.
WHAT!?! I thought those were just for show! I have to check THIS out!
EDIT: WHOAH! that is an awesome secret! totally in the top 5 on my list.
Another cool secret is the Breakfast Room in E2M5. If you shoot a zorcher from the top of the stairs in the final room, a Maximus might slide over the platform that triggers that door to open (or you could just walk over the platform yourself :D )
Quote from: QuadrumpusGuy on June 08, 2009, 11:12:17 PM
I thought the E2M2 Arcade Machine was the best secret area in the game. But yeah, I the LAZ Device Secret Area in E2M3 is pretty cool.
Another favorite is the Computer Map Secret Area through the vent in E2M4.
what are you talking about? I don't see any arcade machines
Quote from: 75 on June 10, 2009, 03:33:45 PM
Quote from: QuadrumpusGuy on June 08, 2009, 11:12:17 PM
I thought the E2M2 Arcade Machine was the best secret area in the game. But yeah, I the LAZ Device Secret Area in E2M3 is pretty cool.
Another favorite is the Computer Map Secret Area through the vent in E2M4.
what are you talking about? I don't see any arcade machines
Are you sure you have the latest version of Chex Quest 3, Version 1.2? If not, then you need to go to Chucktropolis (http://www.chucktropolis.com/gamers.htm) and download it.
I must go secret-hunting more. I never realized you could find secrets behind objects (the arcade machines and clock, sweet!). I must say I enjoy the waterfall route much more than the normal Long and Winding Road in E1M5, and the obvious, yet fun breakfast vent in E3M4 is nice as well. But I still don't think they're my favorites...
Y'know, I gotta jump on that E1M2 bandwagon. It took me YEARS to find those two secrets, but when I did, I was SO thrilled. The way I found 'em was by literally going through the level and trying to open EVERY SINGLE WALL. Yeah, wish I had a screenie of the level time to show y'all.
Quote from: Loremaster on June 11, 2009, 03:48:49 AM
Y'know, I gotta jump on that E1M2 bandwagon. It took me YEARS to find those two secrets, but when I did, I was SO thrilled. The way I found 'em was by literally going through the level and trying to open EVERY SINGLE WALL. Yeah, wish I had a screenie of the level time to show y'all.
heh that's my wolf3d strategy!
Quote from: Manny Cav on June 10, 2009, 03:48:58 PM
Quote from: 75 on June 10, 2009, 03:33:45 PM
Quote from: QuadrumpusGuy on June 08, 2009, 11:12:17 PM
I thought the E2M2 Arcade Machine was the best secret area in the game. But yeah, I the LAZ Device Secret Area in E2M3 is pretty cool.
Another favorite is the Computer Map Secret Area through the vent in E2M4.
what are you talking about? I don't see any arcade machines
Are you sure you have the latest version of Chex Quest 3, Version 1.2? If not, then you need to go to Chucktropolis (http://www.chucktropolis.com/gamers.htm) and download it.
Ah, I see. VERY nice texturing. Wonder how he got so good at that.
O_o...HE's a flippin GAME ARTIST. ITS WHAT HE DOES. HE MADE THE CQ ART, SO I"D THINK HE'D BE GOOD.
however, if you meant in general, how he got good at art...i'd like to konw.
Quote from: Atariangamer on June 11, 2009, 11:54:04 PM
O_o...HE's a flippin GAME ARTIST. ITS WHAT HE DOES. HE MADE THE CQ ART, SO I"D THINK HE'D BE GOOD.
however, if you meant in general, how he got good at art...i'd like to konw.
heh?
Actually.... Digital cafe never made a game before CQ. He's a game artist NOW, but I don't think he gets paid to make games (even though he should, seeing the trash that still seems to get out onto the market.)
Digital cafe made multimedia things...websites, demonstrations, the like. they needed SOME kind of artist, and you can go to chucktropolis and look at some of his earlier stuff. you take classes on art, and then make your own style.
Quote from: Loremaster on June 11, 2009, 03:48:49 AM
Y'know, I gotta jump on that E1M2 bandwagon. It took me YEARS to find those two secrets, but when I did, I was SO thrilled. The way I found 'em was by literally going through the level and trying to open EVERY SINGLE WALL. Yeah, wish I had a screenie of the level time to show y'all.
It probably SUCKED, didn't it? ;D
Quote from: 75 on June 11, 2009, 11:01:48 PM
Quote from: Loremaster on June 11, 2009, 03:48:49 AM
Y'know, I gotta jump on that E1M2 bandwagon. It took me YEARS to find those two secrets, but when I did, I was SO thrilled. The way I found 'em was by literally going through the level and trying to open EVERY SINGLE WALL. Yeah, wish I had a screenie of the level time to show y'all.
heh that's my wolf3d strategy!Quote from: Manny Cav on June 10, 2009, 03:48:58 PM
Quote from: 75 on June 10, 2009, 03:33:45 PM
Quote from: QuadrumpusGuy on June 08, 2009, 11:12:17 PM
I thought the E2M2 Arcade Machine was the best secret area in the game. But yeah, I the LAZ Device Secret Area in E2M3 is pretty cool.
Another favorite is the Computer Map Secret Area through the vent in E2M4.
what are you talking about? I don't see any arcade machines
Are you sure you have the latest version of Chex Quest 3, Version 1.2? If not, then you need to go to Chucktropolis (http://www.chucktropolis.com/gamers.htm) and download it.
Ah, I see. VERY nice texturing. Wonder how he got so good at that.
Dude, Chukker probably took a college course in computer art or something. He does this sort of thing for a living (though now, it'd be 3D models and meshes mostly).
EDIT: Here's his resume. (http://www.chucktropolis.com/resume.htm) Looks like he went to Minneapolis College of Art and Design.
Quote from: 75 on June 12, 2009, 12:09:11 AM
Quote from: Atariangamer on June 11, 2009, 11:54:04 PM
O_o...HE's a flippin GAME ARTIST. ITS WHAT HE DOES. HE MADE THE CQ ART, SO I"D THINK HE'D BE GOOD.
however, if you meant in general, how he got good at art...i'd like to konw.
heh?
Actually.... Digital cafe never made a game before CQ. He's a game artist NOW, but I don't think he gets paid to make games (even though he should, seeing the trash that still seems to get out onto the market.)
Oh, he gets paid, alright, just like any other game developer. Would people be in that business if they weren't paid? Look here (http://www.chexquest.org/index.php?topic=982.msg37523#msg37523) to see a bit of what I mean. Also read the previously posted resume. He currently works for EALA [Electronic Arts Los Angeles]. He gets a salary, for sure. I'm sure he got paid for Chex Quest, as well, though I think Chex Quest 3 is sort of like a add-on or fan project, except it's more official. There isn't really anyone to pay him for that. He did that just because he's a nice guy and appreciates our patronage. :)
Quote from: Manny Cav on June 12, 2009, 10:53:20 AM
He did that just because he's a nice guy and appreciates our patronage. :)
And if I may add, because it was simply there.
That, and the fact that the stolen CQ3 needed to be wiped from the minds of the general public.
75....Chukker was one of the lead artists from the original Chex Quest. THAT'S how he got so good.
Quote from: ChexCommander on June 12, 2009, 04:32:39 PM
75....Chukker was one of the lead artists from the original Chex Quest. THAT'S how he got so good.
Quote from: Atariangamer on June 11, 2009, 11:54:04 PM
O_o...HE's a flippin GAME ARTIST. ITS WHAT HE DOES. HE MADE THE CQ ART, SO I"D THINK HE'D BE GOOD.
however, if you meant in general, how he got good at art...i'd like to konw.
Wow I sure set quite a few people's hair on fire with what I said, I just thought the arcade machine looked really cool <shruggs>
......
...Well, at least you know something now you didn't know before....
Again.... I was just commenting on his talent. I can't texture like that. When I see that I say "how did he get so good at that?".
I don't really see how that's an insult to his skills...
I'd like to learn how to texture like that. would help me out a lot with some of my other projects.
I'd also like to add the red-key vent in E2M1 as one of my favorite secrets.
Quote from: 75 on June 12, 2009, 11:57:18 PM
Again.... I was just commenting on his talent. I can't texture like that. When I see that I say "how did he get so good at that?".
I don't really see how that's an insult to his skills...
Don't worry, mate. I'd take it as a compliment if I were in his place. ;) I don't see anyone who said it was an insult.
Uh... where were we on? Oh, secret areas. E2M5 seems to be full of concealed doors with no Doom-style markings of them being concealed. A lot of them don't even lead to secret areas, though some do. They're just nifty shortcuts, lead to special rooms with an item, or act as trap doors filled with Bipedici. The trap doors don't really need to be marked, though, since they should flip open automatically anyway, and they wouldn't be trap doors if the player could conclude that they were doors in the first place.
Anyone like the new ones in CQ3 v1.3?
Quote from: 75 on June 12, 2009, 12:09:11 AM
Quote from: Atariangamer on June 11, 2009, 11:54:04 PM
O_o...HE's a flippin GAME ARTIST. ITS WHAT HE DOES. HE MADE THE CQ ART, SO I"D THINK HE'D BE GOOD.
however, if you meant in general, how he got good at art...i'd like to konw.
heh?
Actually.... Digital cafe never made a game before CQ. He's a game artist NOW, but I don't think he gets paid to make games (even though he should, seeing the trash that still seems to get out onto the market.)
I think maybe that quote may have sparked a couple posts...it's just that he's been a game artist, and works for EA, and gets paid for it. But don't worry, I don't think any of us thought it was an insult. :)
Hm, I must try out v1.3; I just downloaded it.
There's an arcade machine in CQ2??
In CQ3 versions 1.2 and 1.3, yes. They're to your right when entering the cinema.
I was playing v1.3, and another top 10 secret of mine is behind the poster at the last part of E2M1 that reveals a motherlode of stuff. When I first saw it, it was amazing.
Quote from: ChexCommander on June 14, 2009, 01:51:55 PM
I was playing v1.3, and another top 10 secret of mine is behind the poster at the last part of E2M1 that reveals a motherlode of stuff. When I first saw it, it was amazing.
Your spelling of mother load is pretty funny. :D But yeah, I'm sure that's been there since the first version of Chex Quest 3.
I know; I think I saw it when the first version was released. But it's still fun.
And Manny, when on the internetz, do what the internetz do. ;D
Quote from: Manny Cav on June 15, 2009, 10:28:15 AM
Quote from: ChexCommander on June 14, 2009, 01:51:55 PM
I was playing v1.3, and another top 10 secret of mine is behind the poster at the last part of E2M1 that reveals a motherlode of stuff. When I first saw it, it was amazing.
Your spelling of mother load is pretty funny. :D But yeah, I'm sure that's been there since the first version of Chex Quest 3.
Surprisingly, it
is Mother Lode.
Aha! ;D
I loved the tunnels in the wine cellar XD
We just learned a bit about Lee-king we didn't know before. ;D Seriously, though, is that an actual wine cellar in E3M4? If it is, I certainly didn't realize it before. I find such a possibility... highly intriguing.
Quote from: Manny Cav on June 16, 2009, 10:34:31 AM
We just learned a bit about Lee-king we didn't know before. ;D Seriously, though, is that an actual wine cellar in E3M4? If it is, I certainly didn't realize it before. I find such a possibility... highly intriguing.
I thought the fact that it was a wine cellar was pretty obvious.
maybe its.... a milk cellar?
Quote from: 75 on June 16, 2009, 10:40:30 PM
maybe its.... a milk cellar?
It could've been a milk cellar =:-) It's in stage 4 of the Invasion! episode.
Quote from: matthias720 on June 16, 2009, 11:43:24 AM
Quote from: Manny Cav on June 16, 2009, 10:34:31 AM
We just learned a bit about Lee-king we didn't know before. ;D Seriously, though, is that an actual wine cellar in E3M4? If it is, I certainly didn't realize it before. I find such a possibility... highly intriguing.
I thought the fact that it was a wine cellar was pretty obvious.
It was... he's just... Manny! ;D
Quote from: Replica on June 17, 2009, 09:14:22 AM
Quote from: matthias720 on June 16, 2009, 11:43:24 AM
Quote from: Manny Cav on June 16, 2009, 10:34:31 AM
We just learned a bit about Lee-king we didn't know before. ;D Seriously, though, is that an actual wine cellar in E3M4? If it is, I certainly didn't realize it before. I find such a possibility... highly intriguing.
I thought the fact that it was a wine cellar was pretty obvious.
It was... he's just... Manny! ;D
It's just Manny being Manny? XD
Quote from: 75 on June 17, 2009, 10:19:00 AM
Quote from: Replica on June 17, 2009, 09:14:22 AM
Quote from: matthias720 on June 16, 2009, 11:43:24 AM
Quote from: Manny Cav on June 16, 2009, 10:34:31 AM
We just learned a bit about Lee-king we didn't know before. ;D Seriously, though, is that an actual wine cellar in E3M4? If it is, I certainly didn't realize it before. I find such a possibility... highly intriguing.
I thought the fact that it was a wine cellar was pretty obvious.
It was... he's just... Manny! ;D
It's just Manny being Manny? XD
You guys are right. What WAS I thinking? :P
Wine and Chex Quest just didn't click in the same thought for me.
yeah, me neither. It seems like it belongs in Villa Chex, but not necessarily Chex Quest.
That is, if Villa Chex was in any other game, it would fit perfectly, but it seems odd in CQ.
Wine is healthy if you have one glass every morning. (Good for your heart or something.... I think?) It's not like the Chex people are getting drunk because they have a wine cellar.
But do they drink wine? Or is it just a strict dairy and fiber diet? :D
They also eat fruits and veggies ;)
Technically speaking, wine is fermented grape juice. Grape juice comes from grapes, which is a fruit.
Yes, that's true. But I think it's the alcohol part that is the source of curiosity.
Quote from: 75 on June 17, 2009, 10:32:27 PM
They also eat fruits and veggies ;)
Yeah, I was thinking about that and I include them in the "fiber" part. ;D