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#76 12 FEB 2007 at 1:21am
Skye Sorcerer Apprentice Posts : 348 Joined: 20 OCT 2002 Status : Online	*Originally Posted By MarkSA (13 DEC 2006 2:28am)* Just dropped into say the demo has been downloaded 700 times. I am still working on the game when I can Hi Mark, Great numbers on your demo but a word of advice that came to me via one of JA others members; don't put too much hope in the demo download numbers. As he told me, people will always go for something if it is free. I know that the numbers that I have had for my demo haven't been a very good indicator of what sales could be :'( That said, good luck with QFU and the other project you mentioned Skye Indie Developer of Scavenger Hunter&&The Replayable Adventure Game!&&- 4,446 scenes, 5,796 overlays,&&- First Indie Adventure Game&& To Use A.I. Randomizer Technology,&&- 7 years in the making!!! RELEASED !!!&&&&Order yours now at:&&[url]http://www.Sagewood-Software.ca[/url]
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#77 12 FEB 2007 at 1:56am
MarkSA Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 76 Joined: 11 OCT 2003 Status : Online	Skye, I agree with what you say. emo downloads don't reflect sales. My main aim is to get my game finished, more than selling it. I was amazed when I read it took you seven years to complete your game. I thought after spending a couple of years, I was taking too long. I gather your game came on cd. Can it be obtained in Australia?
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#78 13 FEB 2007 at 12:56am
Skye Sorcerer Apprentice Posts : 348 Joined: 20 OCT 2002 Status : Online	Hi Mark, Yes the game was released on CD. It isn't available in stores but we do ship worldwide and have actually sold a few to residents of Australia. Once I found the Adventure Maker program things went a lot faster and from the start with AM it took about 2 years to put the game together then about 6 months of Beta testing and a few months of fine tuning after that. The other 4 years (at the beginning) was trying to find a group or single person who could program the game engine (lots of starts and lots of people just quit) finding programs that could do the things we wanted and then learning how to use them. Game making is not an easy task when you don't know a lot about programming Indie Developer of Scavenger Hunter&&The Replayable Adventure Game!&&- 4,446 scenes, 5,796 overlays,&&- First Indie Adventure Game&& To Use A.I. Randomizer Technology,&&- 7 years in the making!!! RELEASED !!!&&&&Order yours now at:&&[url]http://www.Sagewood-Software.ca[/url]
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#79 13 FEB 2007 at 5:24pm
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By Skye (13 FEB 2007 12:55am)* Game making is not an easy task when you don't know a lot about programming It's actually not too bad Skye. Once you past displaying an image and playing sound files, it's all just glorified if...then statements. Like reading the mouse position to check if the user is within a hotspot box located at 100,100,200,200: If MouseX > 100 and Mouse X < 200 and MouseY > 100 and Mouse Y < 200 Then... Of course that could end up being HUGE if you have a lot of hotspots in your game, so it would be best to store all of the hotspots in an array and base the if...then checks with numbers obtained from the array dependent on where the user is currently at. While this is more work than using something like AM, the benefits are that you can make your game do whatever you want without being limited by what AM will let you do. Somehow listening to a customer complain about something and having to tell them that it's part of AM and you can't do anything about it has to suck. I've chosen the route I am on because I don't like working with one hand tied behind my back.
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#80 15 MAR 2007 at 6:14am
MarkSA Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 76 Joined: 11 OCT 2003 Status : Online	At the present I am negotiating with a Game publisher to publish my game. I also have another publisher interested When it happens I will post more details here.
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#81 11 APR 2007 at 1:11am
MarkSA Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 76 Joined: 11 OCT 2003 Status : Online	The game will be published by http://www.mythopoeagames.com/ There will be details about QFU as they update their website.
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#82 26 APR 2007 at 6:42pm
Skye Sorcerer Apprentice Posts : 348 Joined: 20 OCT 2002 Status : Online	Congratulations Publishers aren't easy to find . . . . . Indie Developer of Scavenger Hunter&&The Replayable Adventure Game!&&- 4,446 scenes, 5,796 overlays,&&- First Indie Adventure Game&& To Use A.I. Randomizer Technology,&&- 7 years in the making!!! RELEASED !!!&&&&Order yours now at:&&[url]http://www.Sagewood-Software.ca[/url]
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#83 5 MAY 2007 at 1:57am
MarkSA Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 76 Joined: 11 OCT 2003 Status : Online	Thanks Skye. Publishers are not easy to find
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#84 15 MAR 2008 at 2:31am
MarkSA Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 76 Joined: 11 OCT 2003 Status : Online	I haven't cancelled the game. I have gone back to work for awhile. I am hoping to get back to it around June this year.
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#85 5 APR 2008 at 2:44am
MarkSA Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 76 Joined: 11 OCT 2003 Status : Online	I have finished the contract with my job. Sooner than I thought I should now have more time to work on QFU.
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#86 11 MAY 2008 at 3:40pm
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	*Originally Posted By MarkSA (11 APR 2007 1:11am)* The game will be published by http://www.mythopoeagames.com/ There will be details about QFU as they update their website. Ummm, Mark? There is no website for this publisher. Do they still exist?
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#87 12 MAY 2008 at 7:46am
MarkSA Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 76 Joined: 11 OCT 2003 Status : Online	Hi Ivinia, No, their website doesn't exist anymore. Basically another dubious publisher. I never had any contact from them after the early stages of an agreement, between me and them.
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#88 12 MAY 2008 at 5:14pm
Ivinia Guild Master Posts : 4459 Joined: 7 JUN 2003 Location: US Status : Offline	Ouch! That totally bites. Sorry to hear that. How is this gaming going? Any hint of a release date (roughly)?
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#89 15 MAY 2008 at 7:18am
MarkSA Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 76 Joined: 11 OCT 2003 Status : Online	At thiis stage I am unable to give a release date, due to time constraints.
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#90 12 FEB 2009 at 3:34am
MarkSA Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 76 Joined: 11 OCT 2003 Status : Online	At this stage, I am seriously looking into making a version of the game into 3d. Post details when I know more
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#91 11 JAN 2010 at 3:51am
MarkSA1963 Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 13 Joined: 25 DEC 2009 Location: AU Status : Offline	I've been trying to post news on this site for some time now as I have lost my password and had to re register. Quest For Utopia going 3d, new name Project Goodmann, Quest for Utopia. I have done some work on transfering it to 3d. I am in the middle of summer here, so work will be a little slow going. I have just also finished producing and recording 4 music albums. Site is going under reconstruction. Game Content will include, Dynamic lights and entities Effects Shadows NPC and interaction, conversation etc Moving water First Person Sound and Music Pick up objects and use them Player gender non specific. And more the mind boggles
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#92 2 FEB 2010 at 1:51am
MarkSA1963 Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 13 Joined: 25 DEC 2009 Location: AU Status : Offline	I am seriously thinking of having a Egyptian Level with traps and puzzles. Please leave a comment on what your thoughts are about it. the mind boggles
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#93 11 FEB 2010 at 2:30am
MarkSA1963 Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 13 Joined: 25 DEC 2009 Location: AU Status : Offline	Making good progress, considering it is summer. I will have to put up some screenshots at some stage. the mind boggles
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#94 9 MAR 2010 at 11:49pm
MarkSA1963 Intergalactic Janitor Posts : 13 Joined: 25 DEC 2009 Location: AU Status : Offline	Making more progress. There are some screenshots on the screenshots page. There will be a demo released within the next couple of months. the mind boggles Last edited by MarkSA1963 : 24 MAR 2012 7:03pm
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