If a kid plays this it'll take him an hour or more depending on exploring (and fishing!).. An adult.. 45-minutes?
Number Players
1.. multiple Jacks only possible with a DM...
Language
English
Level Range
Any
Races
Any.. you get turned into Jack on entry
Hack & Slash
Non-existent
Classes
Any... though if you can't use a hand-axe.... well.. you can use your hands..
Scope
Medium
DMNeeded
No DM Required
Single or Multiplayer
Single Player
Max Character Level
Any
Max # Players
01
Min # Players
01
Min Character Level
Any
Content Rating
Everyone
Alignments
Any
Gameplay Hours
01
Description
The classic tale of Jack and the Beanstalk.
There's Jack's Mom.. Milky White the cow, the Strange Man with the beans.. the castle in the clouds.. and, of course, the Giant and the beanstalk.
It's a fun diversion for an adult.. but it's specially made to help introduce kids to NWN. If your kid can't read, someone will have to read some things to them.. though I have some dialogue spoken.
It works great with a kid on your lap.. my 5-year-old clicks and plays while I encourage him and read things.
If you do play with a kid, place the difficulty slider on EASY and then you can't die.. If adults want a version where you can die.. well.. put the difficulty slider on Very Difficult and play badly.. or just let me know that there is interest in an adult version.
You should also put the Violence Slider on LOW. That should get rid of any blood splatters.
Enjoy!
Dave
Oh! You get turned into Jack when you enter the mod... but I do turn you back when you quit.
1. download the zipped hak.
2. unzip it and place in in your hak file (in you NWN directory)
UPDATE ...
Added lots of content.. especially in the castle.. check out Thunder Bowl!
Fixed it so Jack's Mom can't be attacked if Difficulty Slider is on EASY.
Ok.. UPDATE is coming around 8pm EST.. it will have lots of stuff added to the Castle (Thunder Bowl!).. _________________________ Enjoy! Here's a Link to The City of Torencia prefab. Check out this Link to my Jack and the Beanstalk module... Do you have what it takes to be Jack?! oh.. and my entry in the NWN2 area contest.. Treasure Island! : Link
Posted by Eat2surf at 2008-01-2216:26:02
oops.. I mean you'll be able to hunt withOUT Jack's Mom going haywire. Thanks again for the suggestions!! The update uses ALL of the suggestions mentioned here.. and there's something special in the castle too.. the update should be up in the next few days.. I'm taping a NWN Podcast interview tonight.. wich is pushing back the timetable a bit. Thanks again for everyone's input! _________________________ Enjoy! Here's a Link to The City of Torencia prefab. Check out this Link to my Jack and the Beanstalk module... Do you have what it takes to be Jack?! oh.. and my entry in the NWN2 area contest.. Treasure Island! : Link
Posted by Eat2surf at 2008-01-2216:23:33
making them plot only makes 'em not die.. they'll fight back for a bit.. then like you later.. I have the fix that'll be in the update... I'm making the animals a separate faction.. so you can go hunting with Jack's Mom going nuts.. and you can still have a successful hunt... which I suppose would keep you living in happily ever after. Did you go fishing?? _________________________ Enjoy! Here's a Link to The City of Torencia prefab. Check out this Link to my Jack and the Beanstalk module... Do you have what it takes to be Jack?! oh.. and my entry in the NWN2 area contest.. Treasure Island! : Link
Posted by Viriatus at on01/21/08
(Sorry for the horrible typos -I submitted the previous post without checking- :S )
Posted by Viriatus at on01/21/08
No, it was me who targeted the animals to attack them *evil grin*. But as th option to attack is in the radial menu, it is dangerous (as any kid could attack some, and after thatm as th other npcs turns red -hostile- a simple click on them wouls resume the attacks). At this moment I do not remember if there is an exact area option to avoid attacking friendly npcs -maybe when I have seen it was scriped-, but perhaps labeling the npcs as 'plot' could do the trick more easily :)
Posted by Eat2surf at 2008-01-2123:21:40
Ok.. got it.. until the update, don't attack the animals or Jack's Mom will become hostile.. I guess I assumed in the Happily Ever After .. well.. I guess I'm a Druid at heart... The update will allow people to attack/kill the animals and not have Jack's Mom get all medieval on him. _________________________ Enjoy! Here's a Link to The City of Torencia prefab. Check out this Link to my Jack and the Beanstalk module... Do you have what it takes to be Jack?! oh.. and my entry in the NWN2 area contest.. Treasure Island! : Link
Posted by Eat2surf at 2008-01-2115:39:34
Viriatus... What?!@! Jack started attacking things?? I thought I'd gotten any faction problems taken care of.. could you e-mail me with any more information?? Eat2surf@yahoo.com The update will also have lots more in the castle to interact with (thanks Hellix for the heads-up). I'll try to get the update out by Wednesday.. though, I'm told I'm gonna be taping an episode of the NWN Podcast on Tuesday.. Again.. sorry Viriatus! Has anyone else had that problem?! _________________________ Enjoy! Here's a Link to The City of Torencia prefab. Check out this Link to my Jack and the Beanstalk module... Do you have what it takes to be Jack?! oh.. and my entry in the NWN2 area contest.. Treasure Island! : Link
Posted by Viriatus at on01/21/08
Well, all was fine until, at the happy ending, Jack turned mad and hacked with his new sharp "toy" every moving thing (his mother included). If it is a mod designed for kids, does not this have to be prevented, perhaps adjusting the areas' configuration to not attack friendlies? Anyway, not a bad mod, though very short and basic. It perhaps should polished a bit, and maybe some adds would be welcome (some more decoration in the castle -candlesticks, rugs... which would be interesting so kids could look for his descriptions to learn waht are those things-, for instance). Also if the giant walked a bit slower it could be not so stressing for little ones when escaping from him. Quite godd work and orignal idea. Althoug honestly I can't rate it higher due to its simplicity, I liked it.
Posted by freelancer at on01/20/08
Awesome module! Good gameplay, creativity, I like the idea of using something old that hasn't been used before. Could be better overall (quality issues, might just be my comp) but a great module I would say! _________________________ "But time flows like a river, and history repeats..." -Secret of Mana
Posted by Eat2surf at 2008-01-2009:25:38
OK.. the hak file is now in a .zip ... this solves the mystery of the disappearing dashes. If you got one of the first 19 downloads.. then renaming the hak to: Jack-n-beanstalk.hak Will fix the problem.. new downloaders won't have any problems at all... and thanks again for the vote Hellix! _________________________ Enjoy! Here's a Link to The City of Torencia prefab. Check out this Link to my Jack and the Beanstalk module... Do you have what it takes to be Jack?! oh.. and my entry in the NWN2 area contest.. Treasure Island! : Link
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