Episode 3 Release Date!

[KatieHal]

Hm...I don't think we've got "gotcha" puzzles so much as just more puzzles and more complicated ones! And we've tried to be sure there are reasonable clues for each solution (aka, no pie in the yeti's face or cheese in the machine!), though of course some are harder to dig up or figure out than others.

[Lambonius]

Hm...I don't think we've got "gotcha" puzzles so much as just more puzzles and more complicated ones! And we've tried to be sure there are reasonable clues for each solution (aka, no pie in the yeti's face or cheese in the machine!), though of course some are harder to dig up or figure out than others.

But a lot of puzzles punish the player with death for not solving them correctly?  I'm just curious about the causes of these many deaths that are apparently going to happen to all players. 

[KatieHal]

Oh, well that too, yes. Gotta love the 'retry' button! Although similarly, we try to give a warning that death is coming.

[Lambonius]

Oh, well that too, yes. Gotta love the 'retry' button! Although similarly, we try to give a warning that death is coming.

Heh...sounds good.    I hope you have a few deaths hidden in there for those players who want to click pretty much everything on everything. 

[chucklas]

Heh...sounds good.    I hope you have a few deaths hidden in there for those players who want to click pretty much everything on everything. 

I love it!  This would make people think before clicking.  Although clicking everything is a decent strategy in an adventure game.

[drunkenmonkey]

Hmm.... what about a competition for the player to discover all the death scenes.

[liggy002]

Just out of curiosity, is there any reason why the time between the announcement of the release date and the actual release date is so long (6 or so weeks) when for episode 2 the time between the 2 was under a week.

I am not complaining, just curious as to how you could determine the release date so far out.

I have a schedule, with enough breathing room, that gives us the security to say we can release at that time. It's a bit like when in August we said that we'd be releasing Ep2 in September (Although with no date attached, but we did say September).
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/08/24/new-silver-lining-chapter-out-in-september-old-kings-quest-gam/

Games production is what I do for a living, so, I'm using what I've learned in the industry. Our Marketing/PR consultant requested a date, so, I looked at my schedule, talked to the other directors, and gave her a date that would give us enough breathing room.

We also sort of figured this based on what it took to put Ep2 together. Ep3 is a little monster compared to Ep2, so that's why it's taking a bit longer.  

Of course, this is volunteer, so the 20 animators we have working on the game right now could vanish tomorrow and then it'd be bad. That said, I have confidence in these animators. Since they've joined recently, they've been doing  the hell o a job and putting their best towards what's shaping up to be my favorite episode in the series.

Cez

This one is my favorite episode as well.  Also, I'd have to say that if Episdoe 3 is a little monster Episode 4 is going to be a big scary monster.  Episode 5... I'm not even going to go there yet as I haven't experienced that one yet.

[jib]

niceeee....my bdayis on jan the 30th !

[writerlove]

Is it going to be released at 4 pm EST like the other two games? I told someone who commented on a play through video of Ep 2 because I thought it would be the same thing.

[KatieHal]

Most likely, yes.

[Haids1987]

So that makes it 1:00 here in the Pacific Northwest...right?

Grrrrrrrr!  Why oh WHY did I make a 1:15 appointment to give blood on that day?!

[Arkillian]

That's Monday, 31 January 2011 at 10:00:00 a.m for me. Darn it... why does it take so long for the world to catch up with me? :/

As a side note, I have that day off work so I can totally play it cause it's Auckland Anniversary

[Sslaxx]

Heh...sounds good.

Ah, a prelude to a certain death...

[drunkenmonkey]

And if you just can't wait another week or so the get your adventuring on here's a couple of sites to check out.

http://www.doublefine.com/

http://www.cateia.com/games/