What Happens When It's Over?

[draconum]

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!

[B'rrr]

hmmmm.... perhaps this 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.

[racx_00]

Our resourceful unofficial information finder

[B'rrr]

cool, i like that   ...and you were right, could be a nice sig though ; )

[racx_00]

i am adding wants to be part of the Web Team to my sig

[Storm]

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  

[Yonkey]

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"  

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  

Oh hell yeah, after the game's release is when PR & Web really get into action.  

[Say]

WOW Say, that's like the longest post EVER

hahaha but you all it

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  

of course, thats why I say we are not going to fade away

Oh hell yeah, after the game's release is when PR & Web really get into action.  

... note to self *give neil more work he's been slacking or thinking he is NOT working now??*

lol you just got screwed up yourself

[Yonkey]

... note to self *give neil more work he's been slacking or thinking he is NOT working now??*

Hahahah!  Nah, of course there's lots of work now  ... I'm just saying it'll be multiplied by 10 by the time the game's done.  

[Say]

LOL, yeah yeah... nice safe

[Storm]

Oh hell yeah, after the game's release is when PR & Web really get into action.  

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  

[racx_00]

Say firstly starts being mean to Neil , then she threatens 500 posts of mine

Meanieh Say

[Say]

hahahaha, lies lieeess

[Kimmie]

"...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  

[racx_00]

im insane so i post insane amounts

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

[Jeysie]

I wish I had gotten into KQ sooner, so I would have been inspired to find the site sooner.

Peace & Luv, Liz

[Kimmie]

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  

[racx_00]

i should have got the internet sooner , then i could have joined up sooner than July

[Cez]

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.

[racx_00]

I guess you will be sticking to the Adventure genre

btw what happened to all the spoilers Cesar, lol