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Is this wording deliberate and significant?

"when the train is on his last station"

[There is no more beauty, and there's no more imagination. And there are no frontiers left to conquer.]

Na-ah.

Clue: it's a classic sci-fi movie.

Another quote:

There is no more beauty, and there's no more imagination. And there are no frontiers left to conquer.

Was there breathable air inside the wagon? 

2 acts for the price of one! Great news CaptainD, can't wait for the release date, then.

Actually 3 Acts - Acts 1 & 2 were going to be parcelled up as "Part One", and Act 3 would have been "Part Two".  But enough of that nonsense!  We will release the game as one glorious, homogeneous whole.

As for release date... haha nice try, but not getting that specific just yet.

For those who remember the demo, here's a quick look at how some of the old graphics have been revamped for the game proper:

Nope. 

caused structural damage in

[You know when I was a kid, I put a note into a bottle and it had my name and address on it. And then I threw the bottle into the ocean. And I never knew if anybody ever found it.]

Yippee!!  Honestly, I wouldn't have got it if the last sentence hadn't been there. 

Okay here's a new one:

You know when I was a kid, I put a note into a bottle and it had my name and address on it. And then I threw the bottle into the ocean. And I never knew if anybody ever found it.

Serenity?

Robin the Boy Wonder Wearing Tights in the Hood?

Combining the above answers...

Robin Hood: Men In Tights?

Go Crash!

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Is Crash going yet?

Was there something dangerous in the train wagon?

Thanks AGA!

Finding itself surprisingly trapped

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@Ryan - your work on the game isn't forgotten buddy, yes things could have gone better back then but it's all in the past, and if I remember rightly it was you that got the tricky head sprite animating separately thingy working properly.  Eric and Dan S's work on the music and SFX were top quality as you say!  Hope things are going better for you now.

@Snarky - IIRC, it's "Eye-Sir".  Dan was always emphasising that it was "The Journey of Iesir" and I repeatedly forgot anyway. 

Thanks to everyone who nominated us for the AGS awards, and winning Best Demo is a nice accolade to all of the work that went into this.  I feel very sad for Dan that he didn't win in the Background Graphics category as (with absolutely no disprespect to Ben who is an amazing artist) I feel the backgrounds to JoI are among the most gorgeous in any adventure game I've ever seen.

Grats Cat & Miez!

Thanks Cat / Snarky / AGA for a great awards ceremony!

That sounds like it could come straight out of a movie version of Sam & Max if they ever make one!

So... current status... Acts I & II are 100% complete and have been tested to within an inch of their lives.  So, we've decided to give you the original game experience - the full game - that we'd always intended to, instead of releasing the game in 2 parts.  Sure it will take us a bit more work but it will be so much more satisfying for you as the player, as well as ourselves as developers, to have the full game as nature intended. 

Act III is well in progress, and we're in a better position to move things forward than we have been for a while (in terms of real life issues and what have you).  I'm not putting a release date to this thing just yet, but... watch this space.

I'm no animation expert but I agree with Cassie, looks pretty good as it is.  I would suggest adding slight hair movement along with the bounce.