Forever Lost: Episode 1 - New Adventure Game Coming Soon! - [ Universal ]

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  1. GlitchGames

    GlitchGames Well-Known Member

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    Does anyone want any more screenshots?

    Also, do you know what the average size of your adventure games are? Are game has gotten very big size wise so will most likely have to split it into phone/tablet versions and just wondering what peoples thoughts are on that?
     
  2. PointOfLight

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    It's not that I don't want any more screen shots, but I think we've gotten a good feel for what's coming. As for the average adventure game size, it's really all over the map. I've had some that are as small as 25 to 30 MB, and then there are some (like many of the Anuman games) that top 500 to 600 MB or more. I'm going to be a bit selfish here and say that the size doesn't matter to me if it's universal, because I'll just play it on my iPad. However, to be fair to non-iPad users, especially unfortunate folks that have an iPod Touch 4, you might want to have two versions. I wouldn't do an iPad vs. iPhone version, though. I would do an iPhone and then a universal. But, that's just me and I'm not a developer yet.
     
  3. GlitchGames

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    I probably got a bit screenshot happy :)

    I think a iPhone and then Universal one would work perfectly, hadn't actually thought of doing it that way so thanks!

    Do they usually get called "Game Name" and "Game Name HD" ?
     
  4. PointOfLight

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    Unfortunately there is no "usual" when it comes to naming. I've seen iPhone only games called "HD". Other times they'll call the iPad version "some name" and the iPhone version "some name for iPhone". Personally, I like "some name" for iPhone and "some name HD" for iPad / Universal. That makes the most sense to me.
     
  5. GlitchGames

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    Yea that's what I was thinking, so we will go with "Forever Lost: Episode 1" and "Forever Lost: Episode 1 HD"

    We're not sure if we are going to use individual episode names or just stick with Episode 1 etc yet though.
     
  6. PointOfLight

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    My personal opinion is that even though it makes the name longer, if you go with "subtitles" I'd still leave at least an Ep. 1, Ep. 2 designation. That way people know what order the games go in :)
     
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    I came here to kick ass and chew bubble gum I'm ou
    Make sense to me
     
  8. GlitchGames

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    Yea definately going to leave Ep/Episode 1 etc in, just not sure if we need something along the lines of:

    "Game Name: Episode 1 - The Case of the Missing Shoe"

    Good good :)
     
  9. PointOfLight

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    Usually doesn't hurt (unless it's something silly like "case of the Missing Shoe" :rolleyes: ), but really isn't necessary.
     
  10. Pepper2427

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    I like that better. Feels like you know more of what you are getting into
     
  11. El_Enemigo

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    Hope I'm not late to beta test, since I joined the Test Flight for you guys.
    Amazing screens, amazing vibe. But I want to know a little bit of the game.

    It's an adult themed adventure? It looks like a psychological suspense game. A-la-Silent Hill. Where are you heading to with this game?

    Congratulations for your -already-can-see- hard work.

    I defintly MUST buy, day one.
     
  12. GlitchGames

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    That title was the first thing that came into my head as an example but weirdly it is basically the plot of The Hauntening :)

    Hopefully we can come up with a decent episode title, as you can see from "The Hauntening" and my previous example name above, I'm not great with names :)
     
  13. GlitchGames

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    Not too late at all, we are just doing some final tweaks and checks etc for the Beta builds and hope to be sending them out tomorrow ( our time ).

    As for theme, we have tried to make a game that would be suitable for all ages but naturally as a puzzle game some of the puzzles might be too tricky for the younger audiences. I think psychological suspense/mystery would probably be a good name for it really.

    Thank you for the kind words, it really helps us keep motivated and hopefully shows us we're on the right track :)
     
  14. GlitchGames

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    Thank you to EVERYONE that has signed up to be a tester, we think we have enough for now ( a lot more than we were expecting too ) so have decided to close the signup link.

    There are a few people who haven't registered any devices with TestFlight yet so if this is you, please add one or you won't be able to test :-(

    We're just sorting out some annoying little issues and hope to be sending out builds later today or tomorrow.
     
  15. GlitchGames

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    Just to keep anyone watching this thread informed of what's happening, the first beta builds have just gone out to testers :)
     

  16. I was gonna say... Stop posting so many screen shots or we'll have nothing new left to see in the game ;)
     
  17. GlitchGames

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    Yea I may have put too many on but don't worry, I also held loads back :)
     
  18. LazyGamer

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    I think it is already too many screenshots, it feels like you have seen most of the game.

    and btw. there are several screenshots where objects/lights do not cast shadows.
     
  19. PointOfLight

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    It definitely was quite a few screen shots, but I don't think you've seen most of the game. Maybe it's just because I've been wandering back and forth a lot, but the game seems pretty sizable to me so far, especially given the amount of sub-screens in the different room. I'm quite enjoying what I've played.
     
  20. saiyukialex

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    Wow! Impressive!
     

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