Jane appears to be up to something, and no, it's not just an April Fool's joke (The videos are dated from a few days to a week ago):

http://www.youtube.com/user/PinkertonRoad/videos

And:

http://www.pinkertonroad.com

Also, I discovered I live about 30 minutes away from Jane Jansen! Must...resist...urge...to camp out in front of her house.....

Why resist? LOL, I'd just go over knock at her door and introuduce myself and tell her how much her Gabriel Knight games meant to me and thank her for them.

I don't think she'd mind as long as you weren't creepy about it hah.

****Stiler****

I was going to say almost the same thing but you forestalled me !

She is indeed a most brilliant story teller and game developer and I take my hat off to her !

Even "Grey Matter" with all its shortcomings was a vast cut above most other games today.

***  ANDROMUS ***

*** " " I live about 30 minutes away from Jane Jansen! Must...resist...urge...to camp out in front of her house.....  " ****

You're a REQAL veteran Adventure gamer - IO'm sure she wouldn't snub you !!  :_  :_  :_

Oh, I'm sure she would be gracious about it, but I don't think I could work up the nerve to do it.

Understandable !

Perhaps the videos are April´s Fool joke, but also the website?

http://pinkertonroad.com/

I think something is indeed coming. 24 hours and we will know what it is! Whatever it is, if it´s coming from Jane it´s bound to be awesome, so I am excited

***Valypan*** (Sp>)

DITTO !!     

Counter has reached zero but nothing new yet....*waiting* Anyone else glued to the screen?

Originally Posted By valypan (4 APR 2012 2:01am)

Counter has reached zero but nothing new yet....*waiting* Anyone else glued to the screen?

Odd....the time shows about three hours left for me.

Originally Posted By Andromus (4 APR 2012 4:59am)

Originally Posted By valypan (4 APR 2012 2:01am)

Counter has reached zero but nothing new yet....*waiting* Anyone else glued to the screen?

 

 

Odd....the time shows about three hours left for me.

The reason must be that the counter uses local computer time instead of the server's. Rather stupid of them.

Anyway, the secret is already out. Last night, all pages at Jane's Pinkerton page were visible for a short while. Rather stupid of them.

It's an announcement of the formation of Pinkerton Road Studios.

See http://www.justadventure.com/news/136/news-a-year-of-adventure-with-master-storyteller-jane-jensen for a news item and http://www.justadventure.com/forums/posts.asp?t=24066 for a corresponding forum post.

Anybody know if these (Jane's) putative games are to be fully fledged Quest/Adventures or Casual games.

AFAIK she has produced one or more of the latter recently - I don't play them so I don't know anything about them.

i,e, Will "Grey Matter 3" be a full length adventure sequel to #1 ???

Just to let you know Jane Jensen has a new project up on kickstarter. Check it out and donate guys. Don't forget to spread the word on facebook twitter etc.

Originally Posted By Len Green (4 APR 2012 5:27pm)

Anybody know if these (Jane's) putative games are to be fully fledged Quest/Adventures or Casual games.

AFAIK she has produced one or more of the latter recently - I don't play them so I don't know anything about them.

 

i,e, Will "Grey Matter 3" be a full length adventure sequel to #1 ???

From the Kickstarter page:

What kinds of adventure games will they be?  Hard?  Casual? 

Our plan is to have a "casual" and a "true adventure" option at the start of the game.  This will allow us to provide an easier path through for those who are not hard-core players -- while allowing our 'true adventure' path to be uncompromised (and by uncompromised we mean classic Sierra-style puzzles).  We're looking forward to beta-testing with our CSG members and tuning the game.

Very interesting indeed - both the business model ("Community Supported Gaming") and some of the projects proposed (Gray Matter 2 and Moebius) are intriguing ideas.

I'd really like to see this "Community Supported Gaming" concept take off, I think; while I'd want to think more on what it offers to the "community" in question, it seems as though, if sufficiently backed, it could be a great boon for developers.

As to the games themselves, I very much enjoyed Gray Matter, so another game in that series (and continuing the story of the first, it seems) is very appealing, and the description given for Moebius very much catches my attention.  One can hope that they get to make both at some stage...

And yes, I'm a little excited by the suggestion that this taking off might improve the probability of a new Gabriel Knight game appearing at some stage...

Originally Posted By Andromus (5 APR 2012 7:48pm)

Originally Posted By Len Green (4 APR 2012 5:27pm)

Anybody know if these (Jane's) putative games are to be fully fledged Quest/Adventures or Casual games.

AFAIK she has produced one or more of the latter recently - I don't play them so I don't know anything about them.

 

i,e, Will "Grey Matter 3" be a full length adventure sequel to #1 ???

 

 

From the Kickstarter page:

 

What kinds of adventure games will they be?  Hard?  Casual? 

Our plan is to have a "casual" and a "true adventure" option at the start of the game.  This will allow us to provide an easier path through for those who are not hard-core players -- while allowing our 'true adventure' path to be uncompromised (and by uncompromised we mean classic Sierra-style puzzles).  We're looking forward to beta-testing with our CSG members and tuning the game.

That's bad. That means the games will almost certainly be designed as "story + puzzles", which always turns out badly.

It does not sound bad as we are promised old school fully developed Sierra-style gaming and puzzles, so how is this bad? I totally agree in letting people decide whether they want the easier or more challenging experience. That said, I really hope I won´t have to find any bloody hidden objects! 

Are you people contributing? If you do, how much do you intend to pledge? I am still torn between tiers

Sory but the KickStarter Page does NOT thrill me  !!!      

I'm not fond of Casuasl games  - and Hidden Object ones even less !     

I was hoping for a full length Jane Jensen saga !!!

With NO ifs or buts !

Originally Posted By Len Green (6 APR 2012 3:27pm)

Sory but the KickStarter Page does NOT thrill me  !!!      

    

    

    

I'm not fond of Casuasl games  - and Hidden Object ones even less !     

I was hoping for a full length Jane Jensen saga !!!

With NO ifs or buts !

Thats exactly what she is planning to release: full-length (GK1) adventure games! If you want more games like GK or a gray matter sequel, the kickstarter project is the best chance we got. Finally we will get a game where everything is under Janes control: no compromises! And she will retain all the rights so no more delays with sequels. I can't see how any Jane Jensen fan would not want to support that

She mentions very cleary in the kickstarter info that she is aiming to make the first game out of this to be about the same length, or at least "rooms" as GK1, which took her roughly a year to develop.

The voting for which game to make has been pushed forward (so people willhelp fund more if they know which game she'll be making).

If you want a new Gabriel Knight game from Jane, you NEED to help fund this. If the kickstarter is a success and sells enough she alreay talks about wanting to buy the rights to GK back, but that takes cold hard cash.

Totally agree with Stiler! I'm on the fence between tier 50 and 100 even though I am so intrigued by the "big boxed" versions but 250 is not something I can afford right now. What tier did you choose?

"What kinds of adventure games will they be?  Hard?  Casual? 

Our plan is to have a "casual" and a "true adventure" option at the start of the game.  This will allow us to provide an easier path through for those who are not hard-core players -- while allowing our 'true adventure' path to be uncompromised (and by uncompromised we mean classic Sierra-style puzzles).  We're looking forward to beta-testing with our CSG members and tuning the game.

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Sorry - but not clear for me.

If the Kickstarter is in order to develop another Jane Jensen FABULOUS full scale Quest/Adventure ONLY (similar to her 3 brilliant Gabriel Knight's, or even Gray Matter) - then I'm personally in FULL support for whatever it takes !!!

If there is ***ANYTHING*** whatsoever to do with casual games  -- I take a rain check !!!

Start donating now then. It IS going to be a full length classic Jane Jensen adventure, one or even two! The casual gaming will be an OPTION. You can opt out an play the full version in all its glory. 

With al due respect - since it is not clear, I need an authoratative notification that all donations are for the SOLE purpose of creating afull length Quest/Adventure game &&ONLY** with NOTHING whatsoever to do with Sasual ghames, Hidden Object games, or any other partial or full genre/

When I receive that OFFICIALLY, I'll fully support the project - but not before then !

I think Jane made it pretty clear. The casual mode will be an OPTION for those who want it. Janes passion has always been and still is full adventure games as she stated in her interviews. Carefully read the games descriptions! They ARE gonna be full adventure games.