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Finished, but what about...

Volya42Volya42
edited May 2010 in Sam & Max's House of Hints
Game is done, and I'm used to there being red herrings, but...
There's a snake on a train
, and it really bugs me! Did anyone find out how to do anything more than look at it?

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  • ShwooShwoo
    edited May 2010
    Apparently it was going to be used in a puzzle that was cut from the game.
  • Volya42Volya42
    edited May 2010
    Ah, thanks. It definitely felt very puzzley.
  • Emo HoeEmo Hoe
    edited May 2010
    I don't see why it can't be there just because.
    It is the mole girl's pet snake, as we learn in the tomb.
    The girl mole is on the train moving to America

    Why wuldnt she take her pet?
  • doodinthemooddoodinthemood
    edited May 2010
    It was something about how to get the milk. A longer, more convoluted puzzle that was eventually just exchanged with "max becomes a cow". One of the telltale guys said exactly what on here a while back, but cannot find it.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited May 2010
    aHartzell wrote: »
    Okay.

    In the final version of the game, Nefertiti's curse is the
    "Holstein Hex"
    . In the original design, Her curse was
    "Embarrassing Personal Problem." This would manifest differently based on certain conditions. For instance, you might come away with halitosis or flatulence...or you might be cursed with "Male Lactation Syndrome"
    .

    You can guess the rest. I don't really blame Steve Purcell for nixing this.

    We initially replaced the puzzle with a much more convoluted one involving spiked milk. Snowcone's reference to "jolly juice" in little arctic circle, and Spot the Snake's appearance on the train, are both vestigial remains of this other cut puzzle. It was nice, but it would have made the sequence a little unwieldy.

    Eventually we hit upon the happy compromise of
    turning Max temporarily into a cow
    , and the rest is history.

    From here in the Freelance Police Dispatch forum.
  • Hassat HunterHassat Hunter
    edited May 2010
    And everyone rejoices we basically bugged Andy a very long (and annoying) time before ep. 2 was released to tell us that :D.
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited May 2010
    I've had it up to here with these motherfu.... sorry, someone had to.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited May 2010
    The snake threw me off for awhile. I figured I had to milk it's venom to spike the glass o' milk.
  • AvelAvel
    edited May 2010
    Holy carp, you tried to kill Santa Claus! You monster!
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