The Journey Down - FINALLY RELEASED check last post!

[Gudforby]

This looks great!

Me wanna play the new version. NOW!

[theo]

My face just melted off my face! I hope the volume of music and voice are controlled separately, those voices were WAY too loud for my eyes.

heh yes don't worry, there are separate controls for music and speech volume.

[theo]

I take it you projected your 2D drawing onto a 3D model, and then filled in the blank faces? Are you using actual lighting or just the shading from the drawing?

It's almost all shading from the drawing. Only thing lit with "real" 3d lights is the airplane. And that was lit with 3d lights in the original as well. Glad you enjoyed the boomshot, it's actually a lot longer than that, the camera pans down from far, far above the city.

Strangely, the characters still look a bit blurry in some of the closeup shots. Are they not rendered at the full game resolution?

They had to be downsampled for performance reasons actually. They're pretty close to 1:1 though. I'm guessing we'll get away with it with some sharpening in post.

[Armageddon]

Found this today, thought you might enjoy seeing the second character.

http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=24453.0

[theo]

Thanks Armageddon! I had seen the pic before but didn't know who made it until now. 

[theo]

I'm just updating to say we just started blasting out our preview build to the press, so if you're an author of internet propaganda, be sure to send us an email at info ät skygoblin . com and we'll be sure to hook you up with a copy!

Chapter one is coming to PC and Mac in mid May 2012, with releases on iOS and Android to follow shortly thereafter. Read me rant about our development on @theowaern.

[theo]

We finally have a release date! Get ready for MAY 18 when we go live on a bunch of different digital stores. Spread the word plz 

I'll spam y'all as soon as pre-orders go online. I realize you're all going bonkers from not having the chance to order it yet.    Kickass new smilies btw.

[Anian]

Kind of weird question, it's just that it is easier to follow the narrative - so when is the episode after this one coming? (I'm not looking for a precise date just like a general week, month, year general plan)

[m0ds]

Dualnames/AGS blog is internet propaganda!

Best of luck with teh release, mon.

[theo]

Anian: lol I wish I had an answer, it totally depends on how well we do with this financially. Odds are we're going to spend a very large part of 2012 doing contract work to stay afloat commercially = we won't be producing part two at a very high pace. I'm guessing you'll see part two go gold somewhere between six and nine months from now. But this is one hell of an assgrab. But the more people who buy part one, the more we'll be able to focus on part two... which handsomely leads me into the next point:

HOLY CRABS!!!! PRE-ORDERS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Please show us struggling suckers your support. We need your dough so bad, and you know it! 

m0ds: Thanks, man, we're going to need all the luck we can get. Selling a game appears to be one gazillion times more complicated than making one. Oh and honest, anyone who writes for anything about games, will receive a review-copy. Just send an email to info ät skygoblin.com

[arj0n]

Theo, will there be a boxed version or just only a downloadable version?

[theo]

There are currently no plans for a retail (physical) version and I don't see any such release materialize any time soon.  But dude, you shouldn't pay for your copy. I owe you one. I'll try and squeeze a freebie-code for you somehow (or maybe just dump the gold build on your personally, for whatever that's worth.) But I'll have to get back to you on that later when the storm settles a bit.

[Andail]

Cool stuff!
I noticed you're Göteborg-based, that's a quality mark if anything!

[Armageddon]

Quick question, will it be on Steam?

[theo]

Sure thing Andail, bättre blir det inte!

Armageddon: I wish. We have managed to sign with lots of stores, but not with Steam. Who knows what happens in the future though, we'll keep on pestering them!

[Sslaxx]

Sure thing Andail, bättre blir det inte!

Armageddon: I wish. We have managed to sign with lots of stores, but not with Steam. Who knows what happens in the future though, we'll keep on pestering them!

Might be worth talking to Dave Gilbert (Wadjet Eye) about it?

[Snarky]

I looked at the pre-order site, but didn't feel like signing up to another online store. Will it be available somewhere you don't have to sign up (or somewhere I'm already signed up, I guess)?

[Snarky]

And the game is out! Has anyone else played it yet?

On a (fairly underpowered) Windows XP machine, the cursor is a bit laggy and the game choked on the opening cutscene, but apart from that it's pretty glorious. The graphics are just as excellent as they look in screenshots, the voices fit great, and the music (new and old) is superb. The game is its old award-winning self so far, with just a couple of little changes to the puzzles.

I got it through GamersGate, and have to say the whole purchasing/download process was a bit painful. But it was worth it in the end!

[Armageddon]

Can't find it on the app store. Is it iPad only?

[CaptainD]

And the game is out! Has anyone else played it yet?

Yep... not thirlled with the interface to be completely honest, but the puzzles, characters, humour are all spot on, the visuals are lovely and the music is great.