how do i play, when i unzip it there's no option for me to launch the game and i downloaded MSVC. I haven't found anyone else experiencing this problem, what do I do?
It shows a option called "game" with a cd icon above it but when i click it it brings me to note pad and from what i saw from the zipped version it should have two things called game, the one that launches and the one that puts you into notepad. I wonder what's going on and how to solve this issue because i really want to play your game. This is the extracted one/unzipped
I think maybe something is missing inside the code, I've had something like this, and there is no way to fix it. I would maybe suggest downloading it from the official Team Ari website.
the official team ari site just redirects here, the only way i could get it to work is if i run it on a windows 7 virtual machine, so i think this is a windows 11 specific issue
Im doing my first playthrough and unfortunately im softlocked? In the servants halls i did the mirror room the first time i was in the area and now that im back, despite the room being completely mirrored and correct, i cant continue and get what i need. Im completely trapped :(
adding more context (we are playing together) we managed to get into the mirror room well before meeting with Rosa and completed the puzzle, but nothing happened at the time. After talking with her and coming back, we have triple checked through multiple walkthroughs we did complete the puzzle, but talking to the mirror will not open so we can continue. scrolling down it seems two others had the same issue without a solution :(
edit: we decided to just completely restart the game and upon the restart the room was locked, unlike the first playthrough. it seems like some bug that makes it unlocked before you are supposed to actually be there, causing the softlock.
Obviously it's impossible for it to be on switch, if its modded then yes but it wont be as playable, i dont they can port it on the switch because of legal nintendo reasons, maybe think thrice before making a comment?
The game isn't supported on ChromeOS, as the Windows icon is next to both of the downloads on this page, so unfortunately you can only play this game on Windows, and it's most likely gonna stay like that for awhile
Hello, sorry i have a problem with game and that is i cant fullscreen it and i really dont know what to do alt+enter ,f4 doesnt work,f11 doesnt work i just dont know what to do.
this is really one of my favorite games and now that i got laptop i cant play and its annoying could you please tell me what to do cause i cant figure it out.
Hello, i just recently started playing this and I've been having an issue, i downloaded the Constantia font since the text didn't appear at first, and while that fixed the text for the characters talking, it doesn't show any text at all when i open Marios journal. Is there an easy fix for this I may have missed? thanks!
Hi! This should be a default font supplied by Windows computers, if for any reason your Windows didn't come supplied with the font, I found a download for it here!
That solved the issue, thanks so much!! I'm actually playing the game on steam deck but I'm still a bit surprised that font wouldn't be installed haha, thank you! Adoring the game soooo much so far by the way
Hi, I don't know if you will reply to this, but, a few people, including me are having trouble trying to get fullscreen on the game, even though I did as instructed, by pressing alt and enter
Hi, long time fan here. I just wanted to say thank you for making this game because it has inspired me to make my own horror games, I know it was originally a vent game but with all the passion and love put into it it inspired me to do the same. I hope you guys continue to thrive and keep up the good work.
So, new question, how do I re-unlock the gallery images I already unlocked in 1.0.4? Do I have to play through the game again or can I move them over from a previous version?
Hey this is the game guy who found that there was a problem with the controls. I'm just wanting to follow up on you Jessica to know if you were able to fix the issue at all. Do you have an estimate on when this patch will come out? I just personally wanna know how close we are to having this Patch come.
It works! I'm so happy that yall we're able to fix it. You have no idea how overjoyed I am to play this game again! I can't wait to also have my friend play this gem of a classic. For I can't wait to relive the memories of this game. Again thank you for taking your time with fixing this bug. Also no need to feel sorry for how long this took to do. I understand making a game a fixing it up takes time for I'm going to college myself for multimedia and animation. But again biggest thanks for fixing this from the bottom of my heart. :)
I'm not sure if this is a bug or anything but i tried doing the mirror room and I'm pretty sure i mirrored everything in the room but the mirror wont open, I'm not sure if trying to do this early was a cause of the bug or not but now I'm stuck trying to save Mario who is currently in a trance (I've tried checking everything in the room and even double checked everything in the room)
I've got the same problem as they did. I can't do anything and I know for a fact I moved everything. I know there's much more to the game but I can't get there. I hope there will be a patch for this bug.
ok now im a bit mad, why everytime i save and close the game to go sleep or play something else: ALL MY SAVES ARE DELETED it goes back to 0%! IT HAS BECOME A PROBLEM
This happens if you do not extract the game and run it through the .zip folder. You must extract it into the desktop/path of your choice if you want to be able to save. Running the game via the .Zip folder does not create new files.
why are the controls not working properly anymore? I can't even start a new game! I was really hoping to play this game but I was met with a sad disappointment of not being able to navigate the menu... :(
oh yeah DLC does the same thing with navigating issues
Hi! Unfortunately this is caused by a bug from controllers or certain PCs with touch screens. The best that can be done is to disconnect any sort of device that is detected as a “controller”.
This is an engine issue and not a game issue. So i unfortunately don’t have the means to provide a fix.
Please do let me know when the issue is fixed for I'll see if it works again. I'll let you know if I won't be able to move around the menu and if anything else is going on after the fix. Otherwise thank you so much for finding the issue and that I really appreciate for the fix! <3
Please let us know when you manage to fix it, I really want to try out this game in my new computer I just got. I did found out that there were some issues with my controller when I tried to link it to Windows 10 and I tried 2 different programs to configurate my controller into different engines for it to adapt to the game (Since I though the problem was the controller and Windows itself) but it ended on a new whole error screen!
I'll try to do some research on my own but if there's any solution you got I would appreciate it, thank you
(I have no clue if it matters but my controller is a Switch Pro Controller)
I honestly couldn't get past the premise. Luigi's Mansion showed us a Mario horror game could work, as long as it embraced the fact that Mario and Luigi are inherently funny, and tried not to be too grim and disturbing for its own good. I can tell it's a Mario game that feels ashamed to be a Mario game when the titular character sticks out like a sore thumb, barely acts like how he does in the franchise, feels almost superfluous, and yet is expected to be taken dead seriously.
I think you could've taken two different paths with this game and I would've liked it better:
Option 1: Get rid of all the Mario content and rewrite them into original characters. Just make it "The Music Box", so it could stand on its own two feet, with all of its horror intact, without having to resort to unnecessary star power.
Option 2: Embrace the Mario content. Have the flying off the screen death animations. Have the side cast be Goombas, Yoshis, Toads, etc. Get the Boos involved somehow because this is a ghost story. And play the concept of "Mario in a horror game!" for humor.
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i really love this game
how do i play, when i unzip it there's no option for me to launch the game and i downloaded MSVC. I haven't found anyone else experiencing this problem, what do I do?
It shows a option called "game" with a cd icon above it but when i click it it brings me to note pad and from what i saw from the zipped version it should have two things called game, the one that launches and the one that puts you into notepad. I wonder what's going on and how to solve this issue because i really want to play your game. This is the extracted one/unzipped
I'm having trouble trying to get full screen, can anyone help??
i think alt+enter work
I keep doing that, and it doesn't work
How do I fix this error? a redownloaded and re-extracted it twice.
I think maybe something is missing inside the code, I've had something like this, and there is no way to fix it. I would maybe suggest downloading it from the official Team Ari website.
the official team ari site just redirects here, the only way i could get it to work is if i run it on a windows 7 virtual machine, so i think this is a windows 11 specific issue
Then idk.
Im doing my first playthrough and unfortunately im softlocked? In the servants halls i did the mirror room the first time i was in the area and now that im back, despite the room being completely mirrored and correct, i cant continue and get what i need. Im completely trapped :(
adding more context (we are playing together) we managed to get into the mirror room well before meeting with Rosa and completed the puzzle, but nothing happened at the time. After talking with her and coming back, we have triple checked through multiple walkthroughs we did complete the puzzle, but talking to the mirror will not open so we can continue. scrolling down it seems two others had the same issue without a solution :(
edit: we decided to just completely restart the game and upon the restart the room was locked, unlike the first playthrough. it seems like some bug that makes it unlocked before you are supposed to actually be there, causing the softlock.
Maybe try deleting the game, then re-downloading it. 😕
So I just downloaded the game on my windows computer and I can't figure out how to play it. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
Does this have controller support?
I think so, since it has the a b and c buttons you can play the game! You can press f1 in the game then pressing keybinds and changing them there
The game tells me to hit space to start but when i do nothing happens, is this a game issue or a keyboard issue?
You can press enter or x too! Since rpg maker supprts that i guess?
it worked, Thx. Has anyone figured out how to fullscreen or is that still a mystery?
WE NEED A MTMB PORT ON SWITCH
Obviously it's impossible for it to be on switch, if its modded then yes but it wont be as playable, i dont they can port it on the switch because of legal nintendo reasons, maybe think thrice before making a comment?
I downloaded it on chrome but I can't figure out how to play it
The game isn't supported on ChromeOS, as the Windows icon is next to both of the downloads on this page, so unfortunately you can only play this game on Windows, and it's most likely gonna stay like that for awhile
The game wont full screen
Alt + F4
Pressing alt f4 two times then pressing enter also fixes the issue
I have one problem with this fan game.. idk which CG to use as my wallpaper.
Hello, sorry i have a problem with game and that is i cant fullscreen it and i really dont know what to do alt+enter ,f4 doesnt work,f11 doesnt work i just dont know what to do.
this is really one of my favorite games and now that i got laptop i cant play and its annoying could you please tell me what to do cause i cant figure it out.
Hello, i just recently started playing this and I've been having an issue, i downloaded the Constantia font since the text didn't appear at first, and while that fixed the text for the characters talking, it doesn't show any text at all when i open Marios journal. Is there an easy fix for this I may have missed? thanks!
Hi! This should be a default font supplied by Windows computers, if for any reason your Windows didn't come supplied with the font, I found a download for it here!
https://freefontsfamily.net/georgia-font-free-download/
-Jessica
That solved the issue, thanks so much!! I'm actually playing the game on steam deck but I'm still a bit surprised that font wouldn't be installed haha, thank you! Adoring the game soooo much so far by the way
Steam Deck OS is a Linux distro made by Valve. It doesn't come with the fonts because It's not Windows.
Hi, I don't know if you will reply to this, but, a few people, including me are having trouble trying to get fullscreen on the game, even though I did as instructed, by pressing alt and enter
Hi, long time fan here. I just wanted to say thank you for making this game because it has inspired me to make my own horror games, I know it was originally a vent game but with all the passion and love put into it it inspired me to do the same. I hope you guys continue to thrive and keep up the good work.
Sincerely.
-Sunlight Cove
Thank you so much for your words! I am very happy to hear that you have been inspired by our work!
- Jessica
You're welcome! Are you guy's planning to remaster the arc version or ironically the wonder land update?
So, new question, how do I re-unlock the gallery images I already unlocked in 1.0.4? Do I have to play through the game again or can I move them over from a previous version?
You drag and drop the title.ogg file from the BGM folder into your new one. :)
-Jessica
Thank you.
Apologies it's ttl.ogg For some reason autocorrect changed it to title.ogg
-Jessica
How do I play it on android on Joiplay?
It was not made for android. Mtmb was made for PC.
bro that was the best ending ever i will forever love this game
Hey this is the game guy who found that there was a problem with the controls. I'm just wanting to follow up on you Jessica to know if you were able to fix the issue at all. Do you have an estimate on when this patch will come out? I just personally wanna know how close we are to having this Patch come.
-Sincerely,
Chris
Apologies for the delay, it is expected to release 15-16th of April!
There has been some general bugs that are being fixed and some changes to the content. But the controls issue has been fixed! :)
The patch has been released! Hopefully this works now :)
- Jessica
It works! I'm so happy that yall we're able to fix it. You have no idea how overjoyed I am to play this game again! I can't wait to also have my friend play this gem of a classic. For I can't wait to relive the memories of this game. Again thank you for taking your time with fixing this bug. Also no need to feel sorry for how long this took to do. I understand making a game a fixing it up takes time for I'm going to college myself for multimedia and animation. But again biggest thanks for fixing this from the bottom of my heart. :)
-Sincerely,
Chris
question, my game keeps making the anti virus pop up, any reason?
Unfortunately due to the engine not having a publisher license it is detected as a false positive.
- Jessica
oki thx!
I'm not sure if this is a bug or anything but i tried doing the mirror room and I'm pretty sure i mirrored everything in the room but the mirror wont open, I'm not sure if trying to do this early was a cause of the bug or not but now I'm stuck trying to save Mario who is currently in a trance (I've tried checking everything in the room and even double checked everything in the room)
There's a clock, bookshelf, vase, painting, green plant, stool.
You most likely missed one of these.
-Jessica
yea i checked all of those, but its ok i already deleted remaster for the arc version
I've got the same problem as they did. I can't do anything and I know for a fact I moved everything. I know there's much more to the game but I can't get there. I hope there will be a patch for this bug.
ok now im a bit mad, why everytime i save and close the game to go sleep or play something else: ALL MY SAVES ARE DELETED it goes back to 0%! IT HAS BECOME A PROBLEM
This happens if you do not extract the game and run it through the .zip folder. You must extract it into the desktop/path of your choice if you want to be able to save. Running the game via the .Zip folder does not create new files.
- Jessica
so i just extract it?
Yes, extract the zip file to any path of your choice and it should be able to create files.
why are the controls not working properly anymore? I can't even start a new game! I was really hoping to play this game but I was met with a sad disappointment of not being able to navigate the menu... :(
oh yeah DLC does the same thing with navigating issues
Hi! Unfortunately this is caused by a bug from controllers or certain PCs with touch screens. The best that can be done is to disconnect any sort of device that is detected as a “controller”.
This is an engine issue and not a game issue. So i unfortunately don’t have the means to provide a fix.
-Jessica
Actually! I just discovered why the issue is happening. It's a gamepad issue within the engine and I will be publishing a fix soon!
Please do let me know when the issue is fixed for I'll see if it works again. I'll let you know if I won't be able to move around the menu and if anything else is going on after the fix. Otherwise thank you so much for finding the issue and that I really appreciate for the fix! <3
Please let us know when you manage to fix it, I really want to try out this game in my new computer I just got. I did found out that there were some issues with my controller when I tried to link it to Windows 10 and I tried 2 different programs to configurate my controller into different engines for it to adapt to the game (Since I though the problem was the controller and Windows itself) but it ended on a new whole error screen!
I'll try to do some research on my own but if there's any solution you got I would appreciate it, thank you
(I have no clue if it matters but my controller is a Switch Pro Controller)
GRAND DAD and the music box
omg they need to make this real XD
Spoiler: Mario is in the game.
I honestly couldn't get past the premise. Luigi's Mansion showed us a Mario horror game could work, as long as it embraced the fact that Mario and Luigi are inherently funny, and tried not to be too grim and disturbing for its own good. I can tell it's a Mario game that feels ashamed to be a Mario game when the titular character sticks out like a sore thumb, barely acts like how he does in the franchise, feels almost superfluous, and yet is expected to be taken dead seriously.
I think you could've taken two different paths with this game and I would've liked it better:
Option 1: Get rid of all the Mario content and rewrite them into original characters. Just make it "The Music Box", so it could stand on its own two feet, with all of its horror intact, without having to resort to unnecessary star power.
Option 2: Embrace the Mario content. Have the flying off the screen death animations. Have the side cast be Goombas, Yoshis, Toads, etc. Get the Boos involved somehow because this is a ghost story. And play the concept of "Mario in a horror game!" for humor.
At least the art style's good, that's a bonus.
hey um why is the game not full screen
try pressing alt+enter maybe
I don't know why mine don't save no matter what.
do you know why the game is keep on saying "rgssad container" when i did everything correctly?
Hey, I can't get the game working. It keeps giving me the same error. I have the redistributable thing and every thing so what am I missing?
i have the same issue i did everything and i see this on my screen for some reason
Apologies for getting to this so late. This is extremely odd since you’re given no error so it’s difficult to diagnose. Did this happen upon boot up?
-Jessica
Yes. I got no clue what’s going on.
I will be publishing a new version soon and HOPEFULLY it will fix your issue. I'm looking into possible causes. :')
- Jessica
it’s ok. Just try your best. : )
The first game gave me creeps, the second broke me... Yeah lets play the remaster XD
I remember this game from a long time ago and the ending had me destroyed
Hey can someone provide me the with a decompiled version of the game
Here: https://boulderbugle.com/new-ways-to-listen-to-music-Jc9M1y5H
This is starring MARIO?
An unexpected classic when it comes to RPG horror games - who knew a Mario Bros parody would be this terrifying???