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Grimm's Hatchery

Your evil step-brother has taken over the kingdom, but will allow you to buy back your family's castle if you can earn enough gold. This is how your adventure begins in Grimm's Hatchery! This mystical tale is packed with 20 types of magical pets, four hatcheries, and several villages to explore! You can hatch pets, create new breeds of pets, fight annoying and pesky monsters, solve quests for the villagers and much more! What kind of pets will you create? The answer lies in Grimm's Hatchery!

Free Trial - 18.46 MB

Price:

$6.99

by - Amaranth Games

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Hann1kins' Review - April 28, 2007 - View all my reviews (6)

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Short but sweet

Graphics
For an online game I thought this game had great graphics, it didn't rely on them, to steal the show but instead had a great 'quirky' style to it.

Sound
Quite plesant background music which added to the whole atmosphere of the game. Could however have been slightly more varied

Gameplay
I found the game simple to grasp, and it didn't involve complicated instructions but instead a short tutorial which I found very useful. Some aspects were however clunky, eggs were hard to click on as you had to be right over it, with nothing in front for it to work, very difficult if your on a particulary fast pace level. There were also some mistakes that suggested the designers were being rather slap dash with this game. For example ground walking animals appear to be walking above flying ones, an obvious issue with forground and background images.

Overall
Overall I found this game very enjoyable, however I was disappointed with the surprise ending for the easy level (whats the point). This game only took me a day to complete so I would suggest that the game should be much longer, or harder than it was

This review has an average score of 3.9 - Based on 34 ratings
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shaz68's Review - April 27, 2007 - View all my reviews (6)

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Deceptively Simple

This game is quite easy to pick up, with a good tutorial and simple mechanics. I thought I'd play it once or twice and then get bored with it. How wrong I was! Three difficulty levels, each with a different ending, a variety of "easter" eggs with special benefits, and the challenge to play "just one more time" to try and beat my personal best have kept me coming back for more, and more, and more!

Nice graphics and music, cute pets and a great forum if you just need a few tips combine to make this a nice way to spend some spare time.

This review has an average score of 3.5 - Based on 19 ratings
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MorsDeContactus' Review - May 10, 2007 - View all my reviews (2)

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Incredible!!

I loved this! It is a bit hard to win if you don't know the tips and tricks, but it's a blast! It's really addictive. And all 3 modes have different endings.

This review has an average score of 3.5 - Based on 4 ratings
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Tips & Tricks for 'Grimm's Hatchery':

Tip: Each egg has a 1 in 6 chance of hatching.

Note: Your difficulty level determines what your pets are worth. In Easy mode, pets are worth 70% of their purchase price, in Medium mode, 60%, and in Insane mode, 50%.

Note: Pets that lay eggs you should sell usually lay eggs at the fastest rate. However, these fast egg layers require more maintenance, so you will need to feed them often and keep them safe from monsters.

Pet Zapping Hints

Blue dragonfly Egg Green dragonfly egg = Green dragon egg

Red dragonfly egg Gryphon egg = Ruby gryphon egg

Red dragonfly egg Green dragon egg= Purple Dragon egg

Gold dragonfly egg Goose egg = Gold goose egg

Gold dragonfly egg Icebird egg = Firebird

Getting the Lightning Rod

The Lightning Rod is a secret weapon that is not available in any store. The Lighting Rod is so powerful that it will kill a monster with one click. If you perform some good deeds for a merchant's sisters, he will sell the Lightning Rod to you.

In Pemberly Keep, take the ruby ring.

Give the ruby ring to Metilda and she'll be grateful.

Buy an Ice Gryphon from Hatir in the noble sector. (Again, I'd recommend buying 2 or 3.)

Go to Pemberly Keep and collect the Ice Gryphon eggs that the Ice Gryphon(s) lay.

See Metilda's sister (Genevieve) and offer her one Ice Gryphon egg. (You only need to give her one.)

Talk to Aldab and choose the gossip option. He'll mention that you have been generous to his sisters and will now reveal his secret stash of weapons. Then choose buy items and you should now see the Lightning Rod available for purchase.

Based on 14 ratings, average score is 4.4.

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hey buy a toad sword from aldab and than chat with hatir.hatir wants the sword and negotiate with him.he gives you defensive pet.it works a lot too.
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save time before you hatch your eggs because when you load you can hatch more(less too) pets from same amount of eggs
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Pet/ Life/ Hunger/ Egg Time/ Maintenance Rating Green Dragonfly/ 10/ 40 marks/ 10 marks/ High Maintenance Goose/ 15/ 50 marks /15 marks/ Average Gryphonette/ 20/ 60 marks /20 marks/ Low Maintenance Rascal/ 25 /60 marks /20 marks/ High Maintenance Golden Goose /45 /60 marks/ Average Blue Dragonfly/ 25 /50 marks/ 15 marks/ High Maintenance Gryphon/ 35/ 70 marks/ 30 marks/ Average Green Dragon/ 50/ 70 marks/ 30 marks/ Average Red Dragonfly/ 60 /40 marks /20 marks/ High Maintenance Icebird /70/ 70 marks /30 marks/ Average Purple Dragon/ 80/ 90 marks/ 40 marks/ Low Maintenance Magic Goose/ 90/ 60 marks/ 35 marks /Average Ruby Gryphon/ 100/ 80 marks/ 50 marks/ Low Maintenance Golden Dragonfly/ 65/ 50 marks/ 30 marks/ High Maintenance Ice Gryphon/ 120/ 70 marks /40 marks /Average Black Dragon /130 /90 marks /45 marks/ Low Maintenance Firebird /140 /80 marks/ 55 marks /Low Maintenance ...click to reveal spoiler...
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Special pet (Petriwood) is #95, you can ONLY HAVE ONE. More than one will not work, as they will not show up in the hatcheries.

How to Mod this section---

You can type in whatever number of pet/eggs you want in this section. The only difference is with the Petriwood, he can only be a 1 or a 0 (On or Off).

Item Mods
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NOTE: Keep in mind that to ENABLE any of these gives you access to the item/quest item/zone. You enable by changing the 0 to a 1.

11 - Grain Sack
16 - Medicine
21 - Wooden Sword
26 - Raven Sword
31 - Silver Sword
36 - Toad Sword (See Note #3)
41 - Star Sword
46 - Lightning Rod
86 - Stick
91 - Rowans Gold Pouch
96 - Lady in Noble Courts Ruby Ring
101 - Tractor

Note #3: The toad sword is turned in to the guy who buys pets inside of the last city. If you have enabled this option in the save game file, it acts just like you purchased it in game. If you wish to keep the toad sword, simply do not negotiate with the pet store guy.

Keys & Deeds
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51 - Wood Key
56 - Hobb Key
61 - Rose Key
66 - Bluebird Key
71 - Silver Key
76 - Gold Key
81 - Deed

There you have it; everything you wanted to know. There are other options as well, such as turning on/off the tutorial, changing your score (which is pointless), and messing around with the city artwork (for what city you start in, etc); but in general, the above mods are all you need.

Based on 1 rating, average score is 4.0.

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This is a tip to hack money... First, open this file path (/Grimms Hatchery/Hatchery/gameScripts/Saves) Second, then open the .dso file with notepad (Save1.dso = Save Slot1) Then you can see a row of numbers like this: 10440 55 84...... The first set of numbers should be your money amount. Edit the numbers to how much money you want to have in your save. (e.g. 10440->300000) Save the file, then you're done! ...click to reveal spoiler...
Based on 14 ratings, average score is 3.9. Login to rate this tip

Well, for all of you who wanted to know how to...tweak...the game, here you go:

Disclaimer
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Backup your save game files to a new folder/archive before modifying them. While the changes I am giving you are completely safe, it is not worth the risk to your save game files if YOU make a mistake in changing the files.

File Location
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Save game files are located in the Grimm's Hatchery/Hatchery/gameScripts/Saves folder. Each save file correlates to a save slot in game, even the autosave feature (though don't mod that). Save1 through Save5 are ok to mod.

File Structure
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The setup of the files looks like this (not the entire file is given here, just an example):

1332 20 445 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 10

Note that each grouping of numbers is separated by a space! That is key to remember! If you make a change to the digits, make sure they are in the same format, or the game will crash/hang/not read the save game file.

Primary Modification
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Money = #1 (First group of numbers)
Day = #2
Amount of Feed = #3

How to Mod this section---

Notes, money can be almost anything you want, as can Amount of Feed. But for days, keep it under the minimums for your skill level or the game will auto end. Easy (80 days), Medium (70 days), Insane (60 days).

Eggs & Pets
(First number is Egg, Second number is Pet)
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9 /10 - Green DragonFly Egg
14/15 - Goose Egg
19/20 - Gryphonette Egg
24/25 - Rascal Egg
29/30 - Blue DragonFly Egg
34/35 - Gryphon Egg
39/40 - Gold Goose Egg
44/45 - Green Dragon Egg
49/50 - Red DragonFly Egg
54/55 - Ice Bird Egg
59/60 - Purple Dragon Egg
64/65 - Magic Goose Egg
69/70 - Ruby Gryphon Egg
74/75 - Gold DragonFly Egg
79/80 - Ice Gryphon Egg
84/85 - Black Dragon Egg
89/90 - Firebird Egg

...More to follow...

Based on 4 ratings, average score is 3.8.

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Easter Eggs: Bad Eggs: Black: Kill Some Pets Green: Some pets are poisoned Good Eggs: Yellow: Makes all pets lay an egg Purple: Kills all Monsters Pink: All pets are fed Light Blue: All pets are Healed
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it is actually easier to earn money by hatching the eggs and selling the pets rather than just selling the eggs. pets costs more than eggs, so take some time to hatch all your eggs and sell the pets, leaving about 1-2 pets and selling the rest. you'll find that you earn a whole lot more money that way
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on the 1st lv have many gooses to get golden egg
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Egg Name Egg Price Pet Price Best Deal Green Dragonfly , 2 gold , 7 gold , Sell Goose , 3 gold , 14 gold , Sell Gryphonette , 4 gold , 28 gold , Hatch or Sell Rascal , 12 gold , 105 gold , Hatch Golden Goose , 10 gold , 56 gold , Sell Blue Dragonfly , 30 gold , 210 gold , Hatch or Sell Gryphon , 40 gold , 350 gold , Hatch Green Dragon , 80 gold , 490 gold , Sell Red Dragonfly , 150 gold , 1050 gold , Hatch or Sell Icebird , 210 gold , 2170 gold , Hatch Purple Dragon , 440 gold , 2940 gold , Sell Magic Goose , 100 gold , 630 gold , Sell Ruby Gryphon , 490 gold , 3500 gold , Hatch or Sell Golden Dragonfly , 1200 gold , 8400 gold , Hatch or Sell Ice Gryphon , 2500 gold , 14000 gold , Sell Black Dragon , 3000 gold , 28700 gold , Hatch Firebird , 5300 gold , 43400 gold , Hatch ...click to reveal spoiler...
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Make sure to click around the market places, you can find extra items like feed and money.
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This game can be played on three difficulty settings - Easy, Medium, Insane. The difference is the number of days you're given to raise money, and the amount you get when you sell your pets. As strange as it may seem, if you're finding Easy mode tough going, be brave and step up to Medium! That's right... Medium difficulty gives you a range of "easter" eggs that aren't available on Easy, and that actually HELP you look after your pets - you spend less money and collect more eggs! Of course, the mother of all easter eggs is reserved for Insane mode... but I suggest you conquer Medium first.
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The mean issue of this game is when you will buy food. In poor sector (Sometimes works on Insane level) sometimes you will find a glowing star near the man whom standing when you will click on it you will earn 9 , 8, or 7 tokens. and olso look at left side of the poor old man , you will find a bag of grain . If you didnt found one of them or both of them go to the map and go in again and try it many times and it will work. HOPE YOU WILL FIND IT USEFUL.
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You will realise that as you go the time will be increased with each day passing, but you have to keep in mind that you must set a good strategy to make the targeted money as there will be more temting oppurtunities to buy things, Only buy what you need. and make sure to set a targeted amount of money every 10 days so you will reach the amount needed to release the castle before the limited period is over. You will also find monsters that will constantly try to eat your pets so try to use a strong weapon to kill them fast. Your pets will get hungry from time to time so try to feed them before they die or else you will have to pay extra money to replace the lost ones. Finally, you will be able to put an egg in the hatechery ( incubator) and if you are lucky enought the egg will hatch into a pet, other times the egg will just be considered rotten and you will lose it. so think carefully. Good luck and enjoy it!
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Updates for 'Grimm's Hatchery':

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System Requirements:

OS: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Me, Windows Vista Memory: 256 MB DirectX: 8.0 or later CPU: P500 Video: 3D Accelerated Video Card with OpenGL or Dir

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