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Thanks AnasAbdin and Cassiebsg!

Have a feeling this will be a "classic" in a couple years.

Heheh, you think so? I believe there are better games for that title out there, but nevertheless that would be a dream-come-true for us!

So, how's the game going, you ask? Strill wrapping things up, I'm patching all the minor and major bugs (along with the translation), while Twarda still works hard at replacing the placeholder animations with the final ones. The past two weeks were especially slow for us, as we had a 'little' (and unexpected) home renovation, which had to be taken care of as soon as possible. The joys of after-work game dev, ladies and gents!

Here's the question for today - who would like to have a fake fish?



Hint: probably not the Deinosuchus guy. Just because you can do it, doesn't mean you have to.



Just kidding, nothing has changed in the ZA game design - there are no player deaths, so explore and experiment all you want!

Here's also an example of a part animation, which is still not added to the game. Yeah, some larger animations come in parts, it's easier to manage and play them, rather than timing a huge one-part sequence.



And just for the kicks, here's a gif from one of the conversations. As you might already know, every prehistoric creature you'll have a word with has at least 5 different speech portraits, reflecting the current mood (Zniw, being an expressive dino-lass, has more than 20)



Now, let's hope I won't run into another game-breaking bug...

@abstauber
The best defense against viruses is between your ears anyway 

This.
Being a QA/security engineer, I can definitely agree that the best defense against all sorts of viruses, phishing and exploits is your common sense. Personally I don't have any AV installed by default - I'm using Hiren's boot CD every once in a while to do a complete system scan. The only thing I'm actively using, apart from that default Windows Defender thingy, is NoScript/uBlock plugins for the broswer. Oh, and my HDD's encrypted too. Been rolling like this for several years now, and I'm still alive and kicking.

As for the Microsoft debate - sure, they did a lot of, um, questionable products (remember Windows ME?), but I believe they do have a fair share of quality stuff. As Snarky pointed out, C# and .NET are a good example of really excellent products (I'd go as far, as saying that most of their programming tools are (or was) really good - Visual Studio, Azure Platform, the XNA engine...), plus I've been using a WP8.1 phone for 3 years now, and never had a serious problem with it (sure, it rebooted several times by itself, but still much less than my nVidia Shield tablet /w Android... which I own for 2 years).

Close enough, it's Ultima IX, to be exact. And oh boy, what a way to end the legendary series. Doesn't help the fact I'm a huge fan of Ultima saga.

Your turn, Mandle!

[What's a paladin?]

It's really hard trying to think of a quote from a video game.

Also unlike the movie quote game it's not so easy to find places to check your quotes or find a new one if nothing comes to mind!

Makes you think twice about your game selection, before pressing that "post" button.

But anyway, how about this infamous gem?

What's a paladin?

Isn't that Axel's signature saying from Kingdom Hearts?

Yup, it's a switch from Rayman 2. Your turn!

No, although it is a 3D platformer.

Aw yeah. Alright, how about this one?

Lovely animated screenshot indeed, the ripple/wavey water effect looks really cool!

So, will there be timed underwater sections?

Startopia?

Grandia II?

Yup, it's Grandia II, the second DC jRPG. Your turn!

Skies of Arcadia?

That's the "first Dreamcast jRPG", the quotes are from the second one. 

Glad it's still being worked on. Looks really lovely, just looking at those awesome screenshots/animations makes me 20 years younger.

['Does not the light of the sun shine even now? Does not the land await the return of its true god? May the Light come quickly.']

Nobody, nothing?

Here's a hint that should reveal it: a jRPG, originally released for the Dreamcast.

'Does not the light of the sun shine even now? Does not the land await the return of its true god? May the Light come quickly.'
Does not Ryudo tire of this? Does he not want to put his fist through this book? May his suffering end quickly."

[Fine. Fine. I'll do the job. But save your sermons, gold has a finer voice.]

Nope, keep guessing.

(second hint: not an adventure game. It was released four times [the original release, two ports, and yet another port recently, as an anniversary treat]).

Fine. Fine. I'll do the job. But save your sermons, gold has a finer voice.

and

That one lard-butt looked pretty damn blessed to me. About two hundred pounds more blessed than anyone else around here.

[I'm sorry but that's not vague enough for me. Could you be a little less specific?]

 

(first hint: the main character is one hell of a sarcastic arsehole)

I'm sorry but that's not vague enough for me. Could you be a little less specific?

[If I listened to every piece of good advice I heard, I'd have killed all of you already and run off with your gold.]

Alright, let's try this:

If I listened to every piece of good advice I heard, I'd have killed all of you already and run off with your gold.

[Return the fork, or I'll command it to destroy you!]

Return the fork, or I'll command it to destroy you!

Ah, good old Bioforge. Shame they never did the second part, nor the Bioforge Plus expansion.

One of the Gauntlet games, perhaps?

This looks amazing! Huge congratulations on the release. It's been a wild ride, but you're finally here - that's a great achievement for any game dev for sure.
I definitely need to get this on the next payday.