I was lying in bed, thinking about KQIX, (which strikes me as strange now that I think about it), and I wondered to myself, what happens when it's all over? I mean, all of you clearly have invested a large amount of time and effort, and a large portion of your lives to this project. If I'm not mistaken, this game is more than just a passing amusment to you, the people that are creating it. You all are clearly talented, and dedicated. When this project is completed, I would think that it would suddenly leave a giant hole in your lives. My question is, what are you planning to do afterwards? Are there more projects in store? Or are you looking forward to a pleasant retirement from such a masssive, yet voluntary project? Do you consider this to have been a major event in your life? Do you think that when this is over, that you'll wish that it had never ended? or be glad that it's finally over? This is mostly my irrelavant curiousity, so don't feel obliged to answer. I don't mean to be depressing, but it is just something that I was wondering....
Cheers and Yay KQIX and its Staff!
hmmmm.... perhaps this (http://www.tsl-game.com/info/phoenix/) will help a bit (not all of your questions):
Phoenix Freeware Online
Our goal here at Phoenix Freeware Online is to take what made gaming great in the early days, and combine it with today's cutting edge gaming technology, to produce great games free of cost. Most freeware games now rely solely on the past, using old graphics, old sound, and old stories to create their games. This is where we are different. Our artists are working to create new incredible graphics, our composers are creating beautiful original music, our writers are using all their talent to make intricate storylines, and our programmers are weaving it all together.
Currently we only have one game in production, "King's Quest IX: Every Cloak Has a Silver Lining". Phoenix Freeware Online was essentially created to work on this game, although it will live on well after the production is completed. Currently the team consists of more than forty very devoted people working on the project, and although they cannot commit forty hours a week, five days a week to the game, they manage to produce incredible work. Many question whether anything will ever come of us as freeware games come and go, most not nearing completion. We have been very close to annihilation ourselves, but we have forced ourselves to continue through the rough times and will continue doing so until we have done what we came to do.
In the future, Phoenix Freeware Online will branch out to create bigger and better games, possibly even going outside the realm of adventure. We are currently looking at several different ideas for other games to work on, although nothing has solidified yet. Each game will have a distinctly different team and their individual styles will show in the end product, however the same high quality of work will be maintained throughout each to create awesome games every time.
Our resourceful unofficial information finder :suffer: ;P
cool, i like that ;] ...and you were right, could be a nice sig though ; )
i am adding wants to be part of the Web Team to my sig ;B
WOW Say, that's like the longest post EVER ;)
Say, I think a lot of your work would be done AFTER the game is released... you'll still have to handle the site & the forum, with heaps of new fans 8)
Quote from: Storm on April 19, 2004, 03:31:05 PM
WOW Say, that's like the longest post EVER ;)
Hahahah, yeah I was telling her the same thing when she first showed me. My exact words: "omfg huge post" ;P
Quote from: Storm on April 19, 2004, 03:31:05 PM
Say, I think a lot of your work would be done AFTER the game is released... you'll still have to handle the site & the forum, with heaps of new fans 8)
Oh hell yeah,
after the game's release is when PR & Web really get into action. 8)
Quote from: Storm on April 19, 2004, 03:31:05 PM
WOW Say, that's like the longest post EVER ;)
hahaha :P but you all <3 it :P
Quote from: Storm on April 19, 2004, 03:31:05 PM
Say, I think a lot of your work would be done AFTER the game is released... you'll still have to handle the site & the forum, with heaps of new fans 8)
of course, thats why I say we are not going to fade away
Quote from: Yonkey on April 19, 2004, 03:35:22 PM
Oh hell yeah, after the game's release is when PR & Web really get into action. 8)
... note to self *give neil more work he's been slacking or thinking he is NOT working now??* :P
lol you just got screwed up yourself :P <3
Quote from: Say on April 19, 2004, 03:39:11 PM
... note to self *give neil more work he's been slacking or thinking he is NOT working now??* :P
Hahahah! ;P Nah, of course there's lots of work now XD... I'm just saying it'll be multiplied by 10 by the time the game's done. ;D
LOL, yeah yeah... nice safe :P
Quote from: Yonkey on April 19, 2004, 03:35:22 PMOh hell yeah, after the game's release is when PR & Web really get into action. 8)
There'd be work for the rest of the team as well - debugging the game, releasing patches and new versions... not to mention giving all those interviews ;P
Say firstly starts being mean to Neil :P, then she threatens 500 posts of mine :o :'(
Meanieh Say :'(
hahahaha, lies lieeess :P
Quote"...you'll still have to handle the site & the forum, with heaps of new fans"
But never forget the old fans...the ones here before the games release...(ok i cant really talk seen as though i only joined yesterdy lol)
some of u should be like honourary fans (if thats how u spell the word) for your devotion and sheer madness of posting fever that you seem to have :D
im insane so i post insane amounts :suffer:
Anywayz i wish i had have stayed with you guys when i first signed up in July last year ;), but the Forum stopped working around that time and then i lost the site address so i left for good :'(, luckily i found the site address back in December !!!
I wish I had gotten into KQ sooner, so I would have been inspired to find the site sooner. :P
Peace & Luv, Liz
well its freaky coz i hav always looked on google for like the next kings quest...and being the ignorant person i am didnt realise sierra wasnt gonna do the next one so i just thought nothing would happen. I didnt know the site had been running this time!
if i had known i would hav been here harrassing u all the time...but sadly i only found it the other day...sooooo....i will hav to make up for lost time and harrass eeeeven more XB
i should have got the internet sooner ;D, then i could have joined up sooner than July ;B
Well, to be totally honest, even when we enjoy doing this a lot, it's not an easy task. Yes, KQ9 goes away and I'll feel totally empty. However, to be totally sincere with you, we can't wait to finish this game so you can all finally play it.
After that, no, we won't disappear. There are plans already under our sleeves. I can't say much about them, but like Say said, we are not going away.
I guess you will be sticking to the Adventure genre ???
btw what happened to all the spoilers Cesar, lol :suffer:
Quote from: César_Bittar on April 20, 2004, 04:49:22 PM
After that, no, we won't disappear. There are plans already under our sleeves. I can't say much about them, but like Say said, we are not going away.
I think you mean
up our sleeves, Cesar? ;)
Nah, he's got 'em in his armpits so he can make farting noises with them in the meantime. This IS Cesar we're talking about. ;P
They can't go anywhere... from what little bits I've gotten to see, they're going to need to open up an official Emotional Therapy Group for the fans after we all play the game. ;P
Peace & Luv, Liz
I dunno...I'd probably stick around just to annoy all of you! :D Besides, I want to see what your next project is going to be!
hmmm.... I have to split my time between beeing here and playing the game... so i won't be here as much, sorry...; )
other then that, I'm also curious at your future projects ; )
I believe that after KQ9 has finished ;D, you will all be so advanced in your skills that when you make your own game it will be a lot better than KQ9 ;)
I also believe that the company will grow in size because some fans may join the team ;B
Kimmie -
I also heard that stuff about petting cats helping to relieve stress & prevent heart diseases. Too bad I don't have a cat anymore :(
I know what I'm going to do when KQ9 is released.
First of all, I'll download it and quit the forum completely until I finish it all by myself, and only enter the forum if I'm sure that's a bug I'm hopelessly stuck over 8)
Afterward, I'll return to grace the forum with my presence once more... if it wouldn't crash from all the new fans coming in after downloading the game :P
I'm going to stick around so I can try to horn in on any sparked philosophical conversations and brag about Harrison. ;)
Peace & Luv, Liz
Why would you quit the forum completely? There most likely be a new subforum dedicated to the game itself (and hints) which you can even hide completely once we upgrade this place to the newer version.
But if it's because you won't have time to, then I understand. ;P
Alright, I'll visit the forum if I have time, and fight the temptation to peep at other people's hints... but you should add a "spoiler" tag ;)
When I'd finish playing the game, I'll just sink into a bottomless pit of depression - that's what happens when you wait so long for something, and it's over, and you know there will never be anything like it ever again :(
Quote from: Storm on April 25, 2004, 03:00:04 PM
Alright, I'll visit the forum if I have time, and fight the temptation to peep at other people's hints... but you should add a "spoiler" tag ;)
Hehe, don't worry there'll be one for sure. I've even had several ideas of how to make them but I'm not going to start coding that for a while. ;P
Depending on when the game is released i may or may not post :-\, i will just play the game and stop posting :-\
im multi talented...i will do both lol :suffer:
Actually i will probably post more than play the game ;D, i will be trying to catch Says post count, lol XD
To answer the original thread question.
-I will definitely add KQ9 to my collection of games.
-It will become part of my growing Portfolio!
-I will begin work on another project.
-I will continue to talk to everyone here and the team ofcourse!
-Quit my real job and find a new one.
-Buy something nice for myself. :)
im gonna download the game ;D, if im allowed to :P :suffer:
I will then burn it onto a Beautiful CD ;D, and then i will create a Label for the CD that consists of a KQ9 picture ;) :suffer:
*wonders if he will really do that considering how lazy he is*
I designed a label I will stick on my copy!
( This image is NOT related in anyway at all to the Official KQ9 team! )
It's simple and slick, just how I like it.
( I might add some more legal text just to make it look more official. )
(http://home.iprimus.com.au/grundy1/3d/cd-label.jpg)
hahaha, nice one grundy ;-D ...now I have an unofficial KQ9 label, I also have a CD, now about that game... ;-D
If KQ9 gets released, I'll download it, come on the forum and offer a retraction on my current stance, and be happy as a lark.
Until then, well, I'll keep thinking it won't ever get released; hope for the best, but expect the worst.
Ooo! Nice label grundy!! Haha, I may steal that myself ;)
Well beernutts, I think you can imagine how much *I* look forward to that day. ;P
Nice CD Label, grundy! !!! Except, the game itself will be larger than one mini-disc. ;P
Yes, the copy of the label on my computer is like 1280 x 1024.
High res for good printing, and it has room for 'CD 1, CD 2...." XD
EDIT: Maybe I'll just put it all on 1 DVD? :P
Well, I hope it's not larger than 1 *regular* CD... I'll be old and grey as it is by time I downloaded all that. Let's see... 8+ hours to download ~100MB X 7... yikes. ;)
Peace & Luv, Liz
Nice label! Very cool! I always have bad luck with CD labels, but I'll give this one a try... I always get them on crooked... ;]
beernutts don't feel so negatively... the game will be released when it's it's best... quality takes time, I'm sure you would expect anything less. :)
As far as downloading... I have broadband... very fast broadband! :suffer: :suffer: :suffer:
I can download a 700mb cd in a couple of hours!
dear lord...bless my T3 ethernet...1.5 gig avi movie in 27 minutes...choo choo...all aboard the express gunho download train
mmmmm..... T3.... droooooooolllll........ :lovegoggles:
I was thinking, if I have enough money lying around when the game is released, I might be willing to download then burn to cd/dvd and distribute the game to people I think worthy, and who don't have a decent connection, like it seems most of the people here don't. ;)
Cross your fingers! ( Maybe it will be cehaper if I just distribute to aussies ? and someone else can handle the US cd's? etc... )
Eric, beernutts and his pessimism are rather well-ingrained and well-known around here; I wouldn't bother trying to sway him, it's been tried before with no result. Overall, he won't be convinced til he sees the game and that's that! ::)
Quote from: grundy on May 26, 2004, 03:16:23 AMI was thinking, if I have enough money lying around when the game is released, I might be willing to download then burn to cd/dvd and distribute the game to people I think worthy, and who don't have a decent connection, like it seems most of the people here don't. ;)
Cross your fingers! ( Maybe it will be cehaper if I just distribute to aussies ? and someone else can handle the US cd's? etc... )
Hee. You missed the thread a while back, where we were talking about setting up a distribution network. I bet B'rrr can find it. ;)
I have the means to burn CDs (or rather, Harrison's PC has the means to burn CDs ;) ) but I'm stuck on dial-up. :P It actually feels to me like everyone I know has high-speed connections and I don't. Comcast is way too expensive for their cable... and Verizon DSL actually is in an affordable range, but you have to run MSN to use it. Blargh.
Peace & Luv, Liz
Quote from: Jeysie on May 26, 2004, 07:44:25 AM
Hee. You missed the thread a while back, where we were talking about setting up a distribution network. I bet B'rrr can find it. ;)
lol, of course I can ;-D here is the thread (http://www.postudios.com/blog/forum/index.php?board=2;action=display;threadid=633;start=80) ...sorry for the late reply I was away from the forum for almost two days ; \