The Shivah (and me) on Gamasutra and Youtube

Ishmael · Wed 27/09/2006 18:58:59

Nice presentin', Mr. Super-coder

big brother · Fri 29/09/2006 03:32:53

The video doesn't do the free beer justice.

Haddas · Fri 29/09/2006 17:19:03

I met Dave back when he was only a DEMI-God!

MrColossal · Fri 29/09/2006 17:25:59

I met Dave back when we were on EzBoard!

And we got some VERY expensive sandwiches!

Andail · Fri 29/09/2006 17:48:25

I spent a couple of days at his appartment-o-love in New York City. We went to karaokee, had pizza and tried on hats at street markets.

Peder 🚀 · Fri 29/09/2006 17:58:16

Nice movies.

Good presentation you made!

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m0ds · Fri 29/09/2006 18:45:45

Very cool! Informative and interesting look at your game, plus interaction with real Jews! Well done Dave!

Dave Gilbert · Thu 05/10/2006 22:03:31

Quote from: m0ds on Fri 29/09/2006 18:45:45
interaction with real Jews!

Real jews! With genuine kvetching action!

Chicky · Thu 05/10/2006 23:22:22

Awesome Dave

I never realised your game got quite this big, i thought the Shivah was a mags entry? I guess i'm just slow on the uptake. Awesome presentation anyway! Yay Dews!

m0ds · Thu 12/10/2006 14:24:31

American Pie 3: The Wedding made me laugh the other night because of a line about Shivah's, reminded me of your game, Dave!

Dave Gilbert · Thu 12/10/2006 21:41:20

Hm. Since you all know what a shivah is now, you'll probably get one of my favorite jewish jokes:

A jewish man brings his native american fiance home to meet his mother.
"Pleased to meet you," the fiance says. "My name is Su-ka-tawa, but you can call me Running Water."
"Well," the mother retorts. "My name is Rosa Epstein, but you can call me sitting shivah!"

It's funny. Really.

Evil · Thu 12/10/2006 22:32:50

Wow, that was a fantastic presentation. I don't think that AGS has every, or could ever, be presented better. The very hands on approach was very good and I think they took away a lot more then just the "Hey, look at this cool game I made." And for the little amount of time you had, you gave them the whole scoop. Even when you were demoing AGS I thought "Wow, that looks really easy. I should try that!"

LimpingFish · Thu 26/10/2006 21:13:01

I didn't want to start a new thread, so I figured I'd post this here...

From PC Gamer, in the UK.

Actual readable version here!

Detail (for those of you squinting)...

DaveGilbert, international gaming LEGEND.

EDIT: Crapbunnies! I just realised they misspelled '"SHIVAH". Oh well...

edmundito · Fri 27/10/2006 05:17:53

I'm really glad they once again misspelled the ShivaHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Dave Gilbert · Fri 27/10/2006 09:08:20

How funny. I was just at an IGDA meeting and saw Greg Costikyan of Manifesto speak on a panel. Thanks for the image, LimpingFish.

Kweepa · Sat 28/10/2006 05:46:56

I was in Barnes and Noble tonight and flicking through the latest "Retro Gamer" magazine (with the Oric retrospective) I found a review of the freeware version of The Shivah. They gave it 86%, and said it was excellent but got a little unfocused towards the end. At least they spelt Shivah correctly.

I didn't fancy laying down $12 (it's published in the UK and imported here) so I can't scan it. Sorry.

The wadjet continues its inexorable advance!

marlamoe · Sat 28/10/2006 06:35:29

Dave, I watched your utube video, and I gotta say, you are my new crush. The way you carried yourself is something I very much envy. If I found a cure for an incurable disease tomorrow, I would have trouble standing in front of people to tell them what I did. I played your game and thought it was terrific. Don't worry about the crush thing. I am 37, married, and have a grandbaby on the way. There will be no stalking involved.

Nikolas · Sat 28/10/2006 08:50:24

I was probably the 47th person to buy the game, but now, hopefully, the sales will have gone up by 1000000000000000%... (anyways, above 500? 1000?).

No need to tell us Dave of course, just wishful thinking (and based to what we see all around us, it seems that it could be possible).

Either way the soundtrack was sooo nice, and your collaborators are also brilliant so... I will pre-order my copy of the blackwell legacy

Dave Gilbert · Sat 28/10/2006 11:06:50

Hehehe. I WISH, Niklaus.

The game's gotten a ton of publicity but it usually amounts to a small flurry of sales followed by the standard 1-2 a day. The fact that the game was originally freeware contributed big to this, since over 10,000 people played the game for free. Had even 5% of that number purchased the game, I'd be much better off.

The fact that people are actually pre-ordering BL has given me some renewed confidence, and the small press BL has generated has brought more people to the site, who are then presented with Shivah, etc. It's my hope that each subsequent release will help market the previous releases, but only time will tell.

Marlamoe: Thanks! I can't stand looking at that video now, as every stupid twitch and stammer stabs at my gut like a neurotic dagger. I watch it and think, "You could have gotten a haircut, you slob. Stop smacking your lips! Do you have to say 'um' or 'ah' every other word? Bleh, you're a disgrace."

-Dave

Scummbuddy · Mon 30/10/2006 14:44:20

Retro Gamer # 29 has a small little blurb about your game. I took a camera phone picture of it, but I'm working on getting it up.