Adventures on Birdoo Island - All Animation complete!

[Mster24]

Here is the updated Birdoo Island post... if I violate any of the rules here, please tell me which one!
Anyway, everything is done. The art, scripting, animation...
You play Birdoo the Tenth, in his quest to return a talisman to a temple only he has access to. But the weapons aren't too easy to find.... and there's a REALLY big surprise waiting for him at the temple...  :o
Here are two new screenshots, with the new Birdoo sprites in place.

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/brdo1.jpg

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/brdo2.jpg

A trailer is available on YouTube.
And the final release date is set for sometime this december, but definetly before christmas. Oh, and here's the final edition layout...
BRONZE: U.S. $5.00, a download of the game and nothing else
GOLD: U.S. $10.00, the file on a CD in a DVD case, with a certificate of authenticity.

I tried to get a site up, but something was all screwy with the server. However, my "company's" site is http://jptechnologies.bravehost.com.
Preorders for the bronze edition are accepted at joseph_poplar-support@cox.net.
Enjoy!

[JimmyShelter]

The images don't work...

[Darth Mandarb]

Fix the images [very] soon ...

[Cinfa]

Here is the trailer on youtube, not so much to see anyway. 

[LUniqueDan]

Why don't you have finished Baby Horse Quest instead?
We were still waiting.

But this is a good breach.
Sign me for Platinium.

[ThreeOhFour]

I do not want come across sounding harsh for the sake of being a jerk, but if you want to sell your games for a profit, you're going to get people being harsh anyway. Here are my thoughts - they are merely intended to help you consider your strategy.

First of all, after seeing that the image links didn't work, I tried looking around on your website for screenshots as well. Where are they? If your screenshots don't work, people are going to be extremeley hesitant about ordering your game. Also, you spelt the word "Concepts" incorrectly in your navigation bar on your website - if you do this on your website, how do we know your game will not be full of spelling errors? And if you do no proof read to fix errors like this, it is possible you may not beta test to squash bugs, right? The point I am trying to make is to make a good impression.

I checked out the trailer Cinfa linked to on Youtube. If this is your trailer, I was less than impressed. Trailers are a personal little favourite of mine, but I think you need to study some other trailers and look what makes them want the game/movie/whatever. You had no music - how the hell are we supposed to feel emotion if you have no music. The graphics there would be fine if you weren't planning to go commercial, but take a look around the AGS games page at some of the free games whose graphics are, quite frankly, a lot more pleasing that any of the ones in the trailer.

Admittedly, adventure games are story based, so a lot of people consider that story is more important that graphics. This is very nice until only a handful of people who come across your game for out the money for it as people (including myself) tend to judge a book by it's cover. That said, if a game has a story and characters that give the player goosebumps, word of mouth should get around. Unfortunately, the plot elements revealed in the trailer and on your website were less than inspiring.

Also, you are offering a pre-order now. How about giving us a demo to make sure we know what we're getting into before we commit the sale? I know I am not one to give $5 of mine away just because you've completed all the animations.

All that being said, best of luck with your project, and I hope to see excellent quality games for sale from your company in the near future.

Ps - an extra $5 for a DVD case and a piece of paper saying I own the game? I can buy a blank disc and burn it myself for a couple of cents, and I expect a reciept from any transaction I do - which is a piece of paper, effectively saying I own the game. If you want to do a gold edition, consider doing a poster/soundtrack cd/whatever to make it worth the extra dough.

[Cyrus]

Yes, I guess the plot can be really awesome, but improve the graphics. Also include some prizes in deluxe versions.