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Banter and Chit-Chat! / Re: Kickstarters that I'm patiently waiting for.

« on: April 15, 2018, 08:51:00 PM »

I've backed all three of these. I don't know if Star Citizen will be released, or if it is I very much doubt they'll get everything into it they promised. I don't have any doubts that the SpaceVenture and Hero-U will be finished and released in the near future. I think they'll both be great games. It's a shame they've taken so long, but each have had their own difficulties. I think those difficulties are exactly the same as if they were making a game with a developer like Sierra, but in these cases because of Kickstarter, it's all public.

I have thoughts about Kickstarter as a platform! I don't know if I want to get into them too deeply here, but I'll just say that I think it's a great way to raise money to finance a game if you can't go through traditional avenues. I also don't think I'll ever do one again (never say never though!)

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IQ Chat / Re: Where's the lame, obvious April Fool's Day post?

« on: April 01, 2018, 10:50:55 PM »

Wouldn't Space Quest VII be a pun on Generations? Like "Degenerations"??

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IQ Chat / Re: What's the status of Roehm to Ruin?

« on: March 21, 2018, 06:21:49 PM »

20-40 minutes is a very big exaggeration. It's more like a few hours. Like all adventure games, you could smash it out quite quickly if you knew exactly what to do and the optimum path. I can knock over the early KQ games (3 excepted because of timers) in a pretty short amount of time. But there's certainly more than 20 minutes worth of content in R2R.

Goatmeal - I hate to say it, but there's no classing in R2R. It's a prequel, he can't class up here then forget it in 6 weeks time when he gets to Volksville! What we've done is a number of ways to deal with most situations which are our three classes orientated. As an example, early on in the game there's a thief you have to deal with, and there's a brigand approach, a thief approach, a coward approach, and a "don't give a stuff" approach. There's a number of those type of situations. It's a more melded approach to the classes.

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IQ Chat / Re: What's the status of Roehm to Ruin?

« on: March 18, 2018, 01:52:22 AM »

Oh yeah! I see that with Facebook now. On a PC browser (that's all I tried) I could see the top posts then a popup appeared demanding login etc. I'm sure I used to be able to look at public pages without logging in.

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IQ Chat / Re: What's the status of Roehm to Ruin?

« on: March 17, 2018, 05:16:41 AM »

Quote from: Nowhere Girl on March 16, 2018, 03:47:39 PM

Quote from: Klytos on February 24, 2018, 07:12:06 AM
It's not just here mate, a lot of forums are dead now. Social media has crushed them.
Not accessible to anyone: while I use Facebook "passively" (= read entries), I don't have an account. On purpose: I just hate when it is perceived as almost obligatory, as if only a sociopath (yes, I have seen this kind of "reasoning") could have no account.

Quote from: Blackthorne on February 24, 2018, 12:44:42 PM
After we release Roehm to Ruin, I can turn my focus back to Order of the Thorne: Fortress of Fire and finish that game up. Still got a lot of story left to tell.
Does it mean that this one is already partially done as well? Because actually, I found the first game really nice. At first I had the impression that it's going to be boring, particularly in terms of graphics - I really think you should add more diverse screenshots on the game's page. But in fact it was much better than I had expected at first, so I guess I will buy "Fortress of Fire" when it's released.

It's not a personal choice or business decision to move to social media, it's just that's where the majority of our audience is now, so we had to move as well. Personally I much prefer forums such as these, but I'm unfortunately in the minority.

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IQ Chat / Re: What's the status of Roehm to Ruin?

« on: March 01, 2018, 05:52:39 AM »

Oh, we had some spam problems that I resolved by deleting everyone who hadn't logged in for [can't remember how long]. You must've been caught up in that. It's not like we missed you, I see your sexy ass on Facebook all the time.

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IQ Chat / Re: What's the status of Roehm to Ruin?

« on: January 13, 2018, 06:12:40 AM »

I hate giving an answer to this question because it always ends up biting me in the behind, but very soon! Steve (BT) and I are just polishing it at the moment.

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