Don't know if it has been announced here but A.S.A. - A Space Adventure Has Released and at a very reasonable price. Get it here  http://www.aspaceadventure.fr/

thanks for heads up GF..

6€? That is not a whole lot for a brand new game. 

It looks like they intend to release it through several digital distribution services, so I'll wait for it to be on one of those, so that I don't have my games scattered all over the place, but ASA will be high on my "to buy" list. 

Just finished ASA: A Space Adventure and I must say...Fantastic!

If you are a fan of a totally mouse driven game...
If you are a fan of first person, solo exploration...
If you are a fan of being dropped into a game world and have to discover everything on your own...
If you are a fan of games that are challenging...
If you are a fan of problem solving on your own...
If you are a fan of a great background score, at times epic movie sounding...
If you are a fan of games where you use your own head and are not led around by the hand...
If you are a fan of Sci-Fi adventures...
If you are a fan of games where you need make notes and drawings of the things you come across...
If you are a fan of an excellent voice over talent...
If you are a fan of the passion for adventures that Indie developers bring...
If you are a fan of the point & click adventure...
If you are a fan of the Myst, Rhem series and the like...
If you are a fan of a reasonably price adventure that gave me around 20 hours of enjoyment...
Then you are going to love ASA: A Space Adventure.

Looks very interesting. I will be trying it out.

Even if you like only a few of the things listed above, for only about $8.22 USD (6 Euro) you certainly can't go wrong.

I'm downloading the demo now.

Originally Posted By GreyFuss (26 JAN 2013 4:28pm)

Just finished ASA: A Space Adventure and I must say...Fantastic!

If you are a fan of a totally mouse driven game...
If you are a fan of first person, solo exploration...
If you are a fan of being dropped into a game world and have to discover everything on your own...
If you are a fan of games that are challenging...
If you are a fan of problem solving on your own...
If you are a fan of a great background score, at times epic movie sounding...
If you are a fan of games where you use your own head and are not led around by the hand...
If you are a fan of Sci-Fi adventures...
If you are a fan of games where you need make notes and drawings of the things you come across...
If you are a fan of an excellent voice over talent...
If you are a fan of the passion for adventures that Indie developers bring...
If you are a fan of the point & click adventure...
If you are a fan of the Myst, Rhem series and the like...
If you are a fan of a reasonably price adventure that gave me around 20 hours of enjoyment...
Then you are going to love ASA: A Space Adventure.

Wow, that's basically everything I love in an adventure game summed up nicely. I'm not sure how this game passed under my radar, but I'll defiinitely check it out.

just picked up a copy from Indievania for $7.99

Looks interesting... usually I know withing the first half hour if I'll stick a game through to the end... So Sunday here we go.

EDIT: Download is a clumsy process: 11 files + 1 zip file. I got a few errors on initial DL and needed to re-download 4 files. Still getting error trying to extract into a single install archive per directions. The AG begins...

EDIT2: Solved. It didn't like 7zip app, so re-installed latest winzip and everything is cool. It's VERY rare 7zip is not up to the task - much better than winzip, but at least I got it installed. Wish the DL was a single exe... ASA intro,s as beguiling as I've seen for a long time...

I didn't have any problems downloading from the games web site using PayPal, one zipped file that I extracted with Windows XP. I wonder if its the Indievania site that you downloaded from.

Originally Posted By tincup2 (27 JAN 2013 12:33pm)

just picked up a copy from Indievania for $7.99

Looks interesting... usually I know withing the first half hour if I'll stick a game through to the end... So Sunday here we go.

 

EDIT: Download is a clumsy process: 11 files + 1 zip file. I got a few errors on initial DL and needed to re-download 4 files. Still getting error trying to extract into a single install archive per directions. The AG begins...

 

EDIT2: Solved. It didn't like 7zip app, so re-installed latest winzip and everything is cool. It's VERY rare 7zip is not up to the task - much better than winzip, but at least I got it installed. Wish the DL was a single exe... ASA intro,s as beguiling as I've seen for a long time...

yes, Indievania. They took PayPal too but broke it into an annoying 12-part download. But I saved almost 47 cents! Hahah...

Game looks good and I'm jumping back in right now..

I had never even heard of Indievania until this game but after seeing what you have said I won't be using it in the future..

GreyFuss, did you need to update yours? I'm not having any problems but since there's a v1.1 update patch at the game's website I downloaded/installed it just in case.

I really like the look and feel of this. For such an inexpensive game it's quite polished, yet still has indie charm. Music is very good, and the "weary" narration is a nice change from all the "gee whiz rah-rah" stuff you usually find. I'm liking it alot so far...

Yes Tincup...much later in the game I needed the patch to complete a puzzle that didn't work correctly. Now that you brought it up thats a good question to ask Simon. He just released the patch several days ago and I wonder if those who buy the game now still have to install the patch.

I am glad to hear you are liking the game so far and that there are others who are going to buy it. For a while now I thought I was the only one playing. Can't wait to hear more from you about ASA.

I ended up buying it too after just a few minutes with the demo. Really like the feel of the game. The music is excellent. Adds to the melancholy, kind of "aloneness" feel of the game. I installed the patch as well, just in case. I'm having to be careful that I'm finding all the places to go. Haven't gotten used to the navigation yet.

Hi everyone, thanks for your support on ASA !

I'm sure you now all know what the game is about

But before that, I'd like to answer the question of the Patch 1.1 :

Sorry for that...

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ASA is a Myst-like adventure game, even if it's first a personal experiment. It's a kind of sequel to my short film 2011: A Space Adventure, which received good reviews and was selected by the Vimeo Staff. But I would recommend you don't watch it before playing the game, or it would spoil you !

The game is available on www.aspaceadventure.fr

What is ASA ???
ASA is now a 1st-person slideshow adventure game with 3D graphisms, released on january the 7th.
This is a solo project, and the game was rated 15/20 on the french magazine jeuxvideo.com
Many people could tell you that ASA is very challenging !

English reviews :

http://gazoinks.blogspot.fr/2013/01/you-should-probably-play-this-asa-space.html

http://indiestatik.com/2012/12/24/a-weekend-with-asa-a-space-adventure/

Story :
"You're an astronaut sent to repair an old satellite. You just finished your mission when you notice a mysterious black cube drifting near you. You're totally hypnotized by this thing and suddenly jump in the space, breaking your security cable ! That's crazy, you seem to have forgotten all the dangers here, and when you finally catch this cube... your oxygen is low and you have no way to go back !!!
But strangely, to you, the most important is that you have this Cube in your arms, and that you won't drop it until you're dead ! It now seems so important and fascinating... "

Features :

- visit 9 different environments (6 areas on the main spaceship, 2 planets, 1 satellite)

- benefits of ponctual 360° views for a better immersion.

- the game presents various 3D movies and is rythmed with an original soundtrack by Karreo.

- walk in the steps of another astronaut, who will help you to find your way. Read his diary to find clues and make the storyline evolve.

More links :

ASA pre-beta demo : http://bit.ly/SwdGAf

Gameplay video : http://vimeo.com/51905564

OST in streaming : http://karreo.bandcamp.com/

Screenshots gallery : http://www.flickr.com/photos/simon_asa/sets/72157631886821731/show/

You can vote for the game on Steam Greenlight :
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=95628194

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@ SimonASA - great thanks for joining in the discussion. May I just say the initial images of the protagonist alone in orbit holding on to the side of a skeletal satellite are quite arresting and immediately drew me in.  I also like the dreamy/quasi-3D graphic effects you achieve - many nice artistic touches. As I mentioned before, the music and voice-overs are strong and really contribute in creating the mood I think you were after.  I'm in the early stages still , but congratulations on what looks to be a very fine project!

Makes me very happy then

Checked the demo and then purchased the game from probably the same site as Greyfuss that downloads the game s-l-o-w-l-y in one piece. During the download, I added a new room to the house, planted some grass-seed and watched it grow several inches and got a post-graduate degree in quantum physics.

After downloading, I installed it and added the v1.1 patch which required resurrecting some (but not much, thankfully) of my long-dormant Canadian-taught french. Everything installed and ran well. I'm impressed with the opening and it looks like a game I'm going to enjoy. Since this is a one-man indie effort, the author, Simon, appears to have impressive artistic and production skills, not to mention great taste (since he was obviously influenced by the Myst games)...

Fwiw: I am running it on a Fujitsu small laptop with a relatively low-power Intel core i3 processor running at only 1.3g mHz. There is almost 2g memory. The graphics are also on the low power side: Intel onboard graphics with only 75mb dedicated memory but can share about another 400mb. The fact that the game runs (so far) pretty well is good news to me since the overall listed requirements are much higher.

Originally Posted By SirDave (29 JAN 2013 5:34pm)

Checked the demo and then purchased the game from probably the same site as Greyfuss that downloads the game in one piece. During the download, I added a new room to the house, planted some grass-seed and watched it grow several inches and got a post-graduate degree in quantum physics.

Oh good.  I'm glad you decided to lift your intellectual level to a point where we can include you in our discussions .....

..... off to check out this demo... 

Originally Posted By SirDave (29 JAN 2013 5:34pm)

Fwiw: I am running it on a Fujitsu small laptop with a relatively low-power Intel core i3 processor running at only 1.3g mHz. There is almost 2g memory. The graphics are also on the low power side: Intel onboard graphics with only 75mb dedicated memory but can share about another 400mb. The fact that the game runs (so far) pretty well is good news to me since the overall listed requirements are much higher.

Whaaaaaat !? You can really run the game (including 360° views) on this config ??? That's amazing news !

It's probably all thanks to the additional 400mb shared for the graphics. I really hope you don't encounter too much troubles while you play ! Please keep me informed !!!

Caroline, thanks for trying the demo !

And of course, thanks to all of you who bought the game : that's the best way to support my work ! I REALLY hope you have a good time playing ASA.

Hi everyone !

ASA has just been reviewed 4 stars out of 5 on Adventure Gamers !

http://www.adventuregamers.com/articles/view/23855

A Myst-stlyle adventure game.  I'm in.

Congratulations on making this... and with AdventureMaker too!  It's a great old engine.

Thanks a lot Imari !

Weren't you a regular user of AM too ? I think I saw your username on the forums, while I was browsing the threads for help. You were making games with good graphisms, very artistic, with fine menus and all !

Or maybe it wasn't you