Quick Update
Posted: July 25, 2008 • 3:13 pm
Hello all,
I thought some of you might be curious as to the progress of our new game development. We're not quite ready to release the hounds, but it's getting very close and all of us on this side are extremely excited.
The first big news is that the game has been officially christened. The game's title will be THREE CARDS TO MIDNIGHT. We will have an early version of the box cover available in the next week or so.
On another front, James is doing a bang-up job on the new website. I think everyone will be very impressed (though probably not surprised) at how good it looks. We're still at least a month away because I want to have plenty of content when we go online, but I'm really excited about how it will turn out.
Next week, I expect to finish up the first trailer for the game. It won't show any in-game content except for audio and some of the original Tarot cards which have been created specifically for this game; it's really more of a teaser than a trailer, but I think it will definitely pique people's interest in the game. When the trailer is ready, James will get to premiere it on this website for a little while, and then, when the new website is ready, we'll show the trailer exclusively there.
Another thing we'll offer on the new website will be Matt Heider's original musical theme for THREE CARDS TO MIDNIGHT. I just listened to it today for the first time and it's amazing!
As for the anticipated timetable, I'd like to get the website launched on September 1. I have several interviews lined up for late August and I want to be able to point readers to the website.
I'd like to have a small interactive demo ready by late September. And I think it's safe to say that we'll be able to release the game by Halloween (October 31).
As I said in earlier messages, I hope everyone here will join us in a grass roots blitz, starting around September 1st, to invade any and all online game forums and spread the word about TCM. We're very confident that this will be an amazing game - hopefully deserving of its own continuing series of titles, a la Tex - but we all know there have been lots of great games that sold poorly for a variety of reasons. This time around, I don't want "I never heard about your game" to be an excuse. And if people don't like the game, fair enough. But I really think they will.
And, if this game does well, just imagine the kinds of games we could make. More on that later in the year...
I promise to stop in with another update in late August and look for the teaser trailer next week.
Thanks again for all your support!
Aaron
I thought some of you might be curious as to the progress of our new game development. We're not quite ready to release the hounds, but it's getting very close and all of us on this side are extremely excited.
The first big news is that the game has been officially christened. The game's title will be THREE CARDS TO MIDNIGHT. We will have an early version of the box cover available in the next week or so.
On another front, James is doing a bang-up job on the new website. I think everyone will be very impressed (though probably not surprised) at how good it looks. We're still at least a month away because I want to have plenty of content when we go online, but I'm really excited about how it will turn out.
Next week, I expect to finish up the first trailer for the game. It won't show any in-game content except for audio and some of the original Tarot cards which have been created specifically for this game; it's really more of a teaser than a trailer, but I think it will definitely pique people's interest in the game. When the trailer is ready, James will get to premiere it on this website for a little while, and then, when the new website is ready, we'll show the trailer exclusively there.
Another thing we'll offer on the new website will be Matt Heider's original musical theme for THREE CARDS TO MIDNIGHT. I just listened to it today for the first time and it's amazing!
As for the anticipated timetable, I'd like to get the website launched on September 1. I have several interviews lined up for late August and I want to be able to point readers to the website.
I'd like to have a small interactive demo ready by late September. And I think it's safe to say that we'll be able to release the game by Halloween (October 31).
As I said in earlier messages, I hope everyone here will join us in a grass roots blitz, starting around September 1st, to invade any and all online game forums and spread the word about TCM. We're very confident that this will be an amazing game - hopefully deserving of its own continuing series of titles, a la Tex - but we all know there have been lots of great games that sold poorly for a variety of reasons. This time around, I don't want "I never heard about your game" to be an excuse. And if people don't like the game, fair enough. But I really think they will.
And, if this game does well, just imagine the kinds of games we could make. More on that later in the year...
I promise to stop in with another update in late August and look for the teaser trailer next week.
Thanks again for all your support!
Aaron