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I did wonder about her being a savant, I must admit.

But was it her child?  Was it a real child?

She just didn't come across to me as being quite human... but perhaps that was just me after all!!

I couldn't help wondering whether Renu was in fact an android / replicant of some kind.  Did anyone else get that impression?  (It also occurred that Vince might be having a Philip K. Dick moment and leave us guessing about this for years before finally telling us...)

Or maybe it's just my warped imagination that came up with this idea?!?!

Sorry Darth, that wasn't the intention - more to show that work on the game was still advancing despite the loss of an artist.  However I can see how it might have looked that way so I'll be more careful in future.

On another note, here's a sample of the theme music (to avoid any ambiguity, this is NOT posted asking for a critique).  The theme tune will almost definitely not appear in the demo version, which we are currently working hard to complete.

http://archive.org/download/CaptainDisaster-SampleOfThemeTune/CaptainDisaster_mockUp.mp3

Web Search: The Movie?

Yeah I was probably going to add some of those later, I've no idea what they're called either! 

The bad news is, our background artist has disappeared.

The good news is, my own attempts at creating backgrounds haven't been as terrible as I thought they would be.  Here's a work in progress of the alien market on Acturus-1:

Unfortunately right now I don't really have time to give this a playtest but I must comment on  how beautiful those screens look!

Storyline sounds good too.

Only read if you've already completed the game!

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Perhaps I should have spotted that, but I didn't.  I guess Ed was too obviously a nice guy to actually BE a nice guy!  I really had my suspicions about Ray.

Also, did anyone else consider the possibility that Renu was actually an android?  It seemed logical to me both from her role and lack of speech.

Enjoyed the nod to Bladerunner with the origami! )

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Completed it last night (at least, completed one ending) - the plot twist in the vault completely wrong-footed me!

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Ignac 2!

Yeah, that would be great - especially if it had the lovely graphics of the first but without the pixel-hunting!

Also, I know it actually IS still in production but very very slowly (it's been several years) - Prodigal 2.  Judging from the screenshots, it's going to be pretty special:

CoolGuy - as I haven't quite completed the game this is only a guess, but

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quite early in the game, didn't you have a choice whether to trust Bennett or not?  I wonder if that's a game changer.

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Gah I hadn't!  Well, I had, just not about the

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mainframe

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- it must be the only thing I forgot to talk about!  Duh...

Took a while to work out the magnets puzzle, but now in the vault itself.  Seeing what secrets are in store

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and whether it's really Bennett or actually Ray who's the bad guy here

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will definitely have to wait until I've had some sleep now though - curse you Vince!

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I've got the drug Ozzie wants and am pretty sure I can get the FTTN from the Antevorta computer (I have a swab of Morales' DNA), but I can't find a way to distract the receptionist.  Or somehow become an authorised user.  I've tried everything I can think of right now, a subtle hint would be appreciated!

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And now that you mention it, there is a real lack of 21st century games that are unforgettable, at first I wanted to say Longest journey was fun, but then I checked and it was made in 2000.

I think The Book of Unwritten Tales probably deserves "classic" status.  Maybe Runaway 3, I really enjoyed that one much more than the first 2 games.  Gemini Rue and Resonance were pretty impressive of course... 

It looks pretty good to me.  A little hard to tell with it being so small, but the walking motion looks reasonably natural.

Tabata, out of curiosity have you played the Secret Files games in German?  My suspicion is that the German voice acting is much better than the English for those games.

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Ponch really doesn't want Purity of the Surf 2 to ever be made.  It would make him really sad.

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Thanks again for the encouragement guys! 

Some new screenies (though some of these have already been updated):








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