We are going to release an update later today that will fix the reported bugs.
-Kid behind pillar in chapter 3
-Purple Water in chapter 4
-Dashu's decoder while turret control is open
-Wires in chapter 7
-a couple other little things
Apologies to anyone who was defeated because of these bugs. The update should commence later today. Thank you for your patience and understanding. :)
Update: The new version will be pushed live shortly. However I wanted to discuss an issue with the AGS engine where major updates may break saved games. We fixed many bugs and found that previously saved games could no longer be loaded. Upon searching for alternate solutions, all that was found is other AGS games also running into the same issue.
In an effort to help minimize this issue, we have included saved games for each chapter in this latest update. These files can be located with the game files at: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Alum\Alum Chapter Saves
If you wish to resume your gameplay from one of these saves, then you will need to move these saved games from the steam install directory above to the saved games directory. For example, on Windows 7 the saved games directory should be located at: C:\Users[USER]\Saved Games\Alum
Other operating system saved game locations can be found here if necessary: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=840657
We apologize for this inconvenience, but it is important that we patch these bugs.