Hello there!        

Thank you for ordering the Pins & Needles Limited Edition of Dark Fall: Classic Edition and Lights Out: Directors Cut. I am in the process of packing, printing and stamping each box, and expect to ship your copy, on the predicted date, of 30th March. I am limiting the editions to 300, so rest assured knowing that you are getting something quite unique. It's a definitive edition, which includes the two Companion Guides, (usually available separately), as well as a soundtrack Music CD. There are new tracks, on the CD, not heard in the previous versions of the game. My favourite is the rather sad, melancholy theme for Matilda Fly. It's a poignant piece, and a bit spooky, which captures her character perfectly. That's quite important, given her ghost will be returning to Dowerton in Dark Fall: Lost Souls!

I will post again, once your package has been dispatched from Cornwall, England.

Thanks,
Jonathan

Originally Posted By SirDave (24 MAR 2009 9:14pm)
Just got an email from JB. He says he'll be hand-delivering my copy!  And to anyone who is happy that they are getting the 1st copy- I was assured that I would be getting the master disk!

Originally Posted By SirDave (24 MAR 2009 9:14pm)
Just got an email from JB. He says he'll be hand-delivering my copy!  And to anyone who is happy that they are getting the 1st copy- I was assured that I would be getting the master disk!

Originally Posted By TheTraveler (23 MAR 2009 8:16pm)
Ooh, I wish all indies would take some marketing tips from Jonathan; - he has now sent this email, if you ordered the "Pins and Needles" package:

 Hello there!        

Thank you for ordering the Pins & Needles Limited Edition of Dark Fall: Classic Edition and Lights Out: Directors Cut. I am in the process of packing, printing and stamping each box, and expect to ship your copy, on the predicted date, of 30th March. I am limiting the editions to 300, so rest assured knowing that you are getting something quite unique. It's a definitive edition, which includes the two Companion Guides, (usually available separately), as well as a soundtrack Music CD. There are new tracks, on the CD, not heard in the previous versions of the game. My favourite is the rather sad, melancholy theme for Matilda Fly. It's a poignant piece, and a bit spooky, which captures her character perfectly. That's quite important, given her ghost will be returning to Dowerton in Dark Fall: Lost Souls!

I will post again, once your package has been dispatched from Cornwall, England.

Thanks,
Jonathan

I might be silly, but I'm falling for it.  

 I'm falling for that he makes this offer feel so personal and special.   :

Of course, I suppose he is busy doing some clever PR in advance of DF3, but hey, it's working on me!  

Originally Posted By Ivinia (26 MAR 2009 9:45pm)
You guys are making me nervous. I never received any confirmation email and I ordered several days ago.:-/

Hello there!

Just to let you know that the 'Pins & Needles' Edition of Dark Fall: Classic
Edition and Lights Out: Directors Cut has been sent to your door! Most of
the packages went out yesterday, the 30th, and the rest will leave Looe Post
Office, in Cornwall, at 4pm this afternoon. All the packages were packed and
sealed by myself. All overseas packages are travelling by Air, and domestic
packages will be delivered by your postie.

Registration  Code: Each edition has a registration Code, which will need to
be entered during the install. This code can be found on the DVD disk;
right-click the disk, and 'explore', then open the 'Instructions'. You'll
find the code after the first paragraph.

Once installed, you will find both games listed in your 'Start Menu', as
well as the Ghost Stories, and both Companion Guides. These new guides are a
great resource for puzzle solutions, and tips. Have a good browse, and find
Tim's Hints and the ghost-hunting guides. It was very strange to write a
full walkthrough for my own games. Both Dark Fall and Lights Out are quite
non-linear, meaning there are several ways to progress through the
narrative. A witty reviewer once commented that the "

ark Fall games feature
non-linear stories with a beginning, middle and end". That shouldn't make
sense, but does in the context of the games, where a story can be pieced
together in any order. The walkthrough's had to suggest a route, a linear
route, through the games (which is a shame), but do give them a go, to see
if my playtime is similar to yours. The Lights Out walkthrough, in
particular, has boxed-out chapters about 'The Fetch Rock Mystery' which
shine some light on the events taking place in the old lighthouse. It could
be fun to compare my notes to your own theories, to see if there are
cross-overs, similarities or complete opposites.

Lastly, enjoy the soundtrack CD! I was surprised, when compiling the album,
to find how melodic some of the music actually is. Obviously, tracks like
the Dark Fall Menu theme are lovely...thanks to my friend Kevin, and his
glorious Welsh Harp, but others are a surprise. I particularly like the
Matilda Fly Theme, which is melancholy and slightly surreal, but my
favourite is the Lights Out End Title. There is something truly haunting
about a lone morse message...an insistent beeping, calling out into the
night...to an empty lighthouse, missing its keepers. I hope the new
Directors Cut of Lights Out oozes similar atmosphere and foreboding.

For now, enjoy the new re-releases....Dark Fall: Lost Souls will be here,
come late Summer(ish!), so I'll probably be chatting to you again, very
soon.

Jonathan
Darkling Room