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Tex Murphy: Project Fedora Kickstarter project [Ended, $611K funded]
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DiscoJer
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Wiktor
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Same thing happened with Jane Jensen's KS early on. There were more 100+ pledges than 15 and 50 ones initially. It will even out later on in the campaign, but the first rush of adventure fans always seem to be very generous
Beautifully Shaped Monsters
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JJ have maintained a pretty high average though, and my guess is that so will this one.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Ah yes, that's it! I remember playing an hour of it before just getting distracted and moving on.
Haha, I heard about this one but never wanted to spend money on it.
Although obviously that wasn't true, I have to wonder if they've still got the source footage from their earlier titles - and if it's in a format that could perhaps be redigitised at a higher quality than we had back then.
Edit: Unless they're deliberately making a pun I'm missing, do you think someone should tell them that it's "foreword"?
kruis
Exposing the sinister cartel of retailers who allow companies to pay for advertising space.
Slowly? The project is already 33% funded after just two days.
New update was made to ensure people the game is DRM free. Apparently there's some misinformation being injected from somewhere.
As for the state of the project, I'm very happy with how it's going so far. I think this thread has clearly shown that when they get around to putting an infodump from the video into the text description, there may be a massive rise in interest.
As for the state of the project, I'm very happy with how it's going so far. I think this thread has clearly shown that when they get around to putting an infodump from the video into the text description, there may be a massive rise in interest.
The vibe is definitely campy comedy. There is a B-movie sort of thing going on, but it's part of what makes the series fun.
Also, I hate how "FMV" has come to mean "live action". FMV used to be any video, whether it was a cartoon, pre-rendendered, whatever, and now it's just associated with these bad live-action Sega CD games, which is NOT what Tex games were. They were adventure games with very advanced 3D graphics and great gameplay that just happened to use live action cut scenes.
Indeed!
Incidentally, have you ever wanted to add transparency to your avatar:
And while I was at it...:
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Watched the video.
I liked "worser" and The Piggy Bank, but everything else just seemed too overdone. I do enjoy me some SF Noir and PIs and Apocalypses, though.
I liked "worser" and The Piggy Bank, but everything else just seemed too overdone. I do enjoy me some SF Noir and PIs and Apocalypses, though.
The don't, they lost the source
That was actually the last shot of Overseer. Two gun shots and a cut to black was how they ended the series. Part of why people are so rabid for a new one.
For a game, or for a pitch video? I mean judge it for what it is, I think it's gotta be one of the best KS pitches I've seen.
I could have benefited from some gameplay footage though, so people realize this is, in fact, a modern 3D game and not a Sega CD-ish FMV fest. They told me they're saving the gameplay footage for later though.
Beautifully Shaped Monsters
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Indeed!
Incidentally, have you ever wanted to add transparency to your avatar:
And while I was at it...:
Yeah, I know that little box makes some people crazy, so thanks for the transparency, oh king of homebrew.
The fedora is nice too, but one change at a time.
I think we should condsider ourselves lucky if a cult classic like Tex Murphy can muster nearly a half million from public donations at all. Frankly, this is doing far better than I expected.
When I saw the initial goal for this, I have to admit I had serious doubts that they could pull it off. Now it's looking like they're at least on track to make their goal (although it's not really a sure thing yet, I suppose, so GIVE GODDAMMIT).
fushi
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Wow, no kidding about the production values. They do need someone on the costumes, though. It's the only thing ruining the scene.
Yeah, they were really some of the first adventure games to start seriously thinking about the third dimension as a tool to make games better. A lot of games, even much later ones like Grim Fandango treated the third dimension like a concession to be tolerated rather than as something that could make a game BETTER.
The tex games were really cutting edge and if more games had taken cues from them in terms of 3D exploration, narrative pathing, hint system, etc the genre might not have been dumped for being dusty and old at the end of the 90s.
exmachina64
Banned
Yes, it will.
Er. Are you taking into account Frogacuda's post?
Spectacular Dr Dawg
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You should play some of the earlier games. I played through Under a Killing Moon and The Pandora Directive for the first time last month and they were great.
Read the post two above yours. 450k from the Kick Starter means the game is actually going to be funded at 750k at least.
Baron_Calamity
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They were making the game anyways. They need money for better equipment and hiring some actors.
From what I understand it's more for expanding the scope and the type of gameplay to be more similar to the old games. For a long time Project Fedora was concieved as a kind of low-budget compromise that would continue the Tex story, but feature more "casual" gameplay without the 3D exploration we've come to know and love. When double fine showed up, they saw an opportunity to make the game that they and fans REALLY wanted, rather than a watered down product.
DaveVoyles
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Why isn't this game funded yet?!?!
It's not that easy anymore to raise that much money on Kickstarter. The initial enthusiasm for the platform is over, and some people wait for some of the games to deliver. I can't blame them - if Tex Murphy and "new Space Quest" weren't must pledges for me I'd probably hesitate to spend a lot of money on projects as well. But in these two cases it's now or never.
Still - if I were a developer that wants over 400k out of Kickstarter right now, I would make sure my campaign runs much longer than the ca. 30 days that seem to be the standard length at the moment.
There's another new video and this one's pretty exciting (for me at least). Aaron discusses the story and it seems that the branching paths in Project Fedora are going to be even more diverse than the ones in The Pandora Directive. Entirely new goals seem to lie down this road, with the paths potentially well-deserving of another playthrough, something very rare for adventure games.
Whether you're a Tex fan or new to the series, you should really check it out to see where things are going, especially if you're one of the people that are suspicious of the project due to lack of written info in the project description. They are definitely focusing on putting most of the info in the videos this time.
Whether you're a Tex fan or new to the series, you should really check it out to see where things are going, especially if you're one of the people that are suspicious of the project due to lack of written info in the project description. They are definitely focusing on putting most of the info in the videos this time.
Or it's a cult franchise that sputtered out with a whimper 14 years ago. I think it's going about as well as I ever could have expected. Better, in fact. Tex's following is small, but really very dedicated and they've come through big time.
I mean look, this thing is very much on target to get funded. They can't completely coast to the finish, but they're over the hump. If you reach over 50% on a six-figure goal in one week, it is very unlikely that you will fail in the end.
SpaceVenture has a few problems facing it.
1) It's following TWO campaigns that also involved Sierra game designers, AND it's running concurrently with another comedic adventure game, so people are spread a little thin.
2) The pitch video is as entertaining and natural as a PBS pledge drive, and contains no meaningful information about the game itself.
3) Their prototyping hook turned out to be a little confusing and underwhelming for people.
The Tex series didn't really splutter out, though. Microsoft outright smothered it when they bought Access Software to exploit the Links golf license.
I meant more that the last game, Overseer, wasn't nearly as good as the previous two, and sold poorly.
I realize that they made a deal with the devil and had to make in 9 months and all that, but most people don't think about that, they just think about it being disappointed.
That said, I'd kill for even an Overseer-quality Tex now.