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Exile as the name of a nascent country is rad though. "oh no I have been averned to Exile!"
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I once wrote an email to Jeff when I was 13. He was very polite and wrote back. That was a long time ago.
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Sumerian Telecom posted:I once wrote an email to Jeff when I was 13. He was very polite and wrote back. That was a long time ago. i started learning computer programming when i was 10 because i wanted to be like jeff vogel lol
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StrixNebulosa posted:Nah that's a legit opinion. If I could have best of both worlds I'd rename the games to Exile but leave the place as Avernum, as 'oh no I've been exiled to Exile' sounds silly imho Basically like how in the real world, nobody says "I was hospitalized in a hospital" because the verb itself implies the location.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:The funny thing about Jeff's graphics is that you could release a game with Exile 2/3's graphics today, and people wouldn't bat an eye. They've actually aged better than most of the rest of his stuff. I agree. Classic 2d graphics are evergreen. The original SMB still looks good to this day. Sumerian Telecom posted:I once wrote an email to Jeff when I was 13. He was very polite and wrote back. That was a long time ago. I've written him two, perhaps three times in recent years. He's never written me back, but an employee (I presume) of his did once; that's how I have a copy of the original Nethergate. Clearly Jeff is anti-adult.
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I wrote him last year and got a reply, but to be fair, my e-mail was a bug report and his reply was "thanks, we'll fix that". Vogel isn't a movie star or anything, but I'm sure he still gets a lot of random e-mail from people.
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idonotlikepeas posted:I wrote him last year and got a reply, but to be fair, my e-mail was a bug report and his reply was "thanks, we'll fix that". Vogel isn't a movie star or anything, but I'm sure he still gets a lot of random e-mail from people. True, but I was still disappointed by the lack of repy. The last time I wrote to him, about two years ago I fancy, I asked him two questions. I don't remember the first one, but the second one was why he wants to pretend that Nethergate (the original, not Resurrection) doesn't exist. As I said, no reply. Thuryl would know about this as she's a moderator, but I posted the download link for that game - the one that a Spiderweb representative gave me, mind you - on the SW forums and apparently Jeff flipped his poo poo. No idea why.
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JustJeff88 posted:True, but I was still disappointed by the lack of repy. The last time I wrote to him, about two years ago I fancy, I asked him two questions. I don't remember the first one, but the second one was why he wants to pretend that Nethergate (the original, not Resurrection) doesn't exist. As I said, no reply. because of your username. they thought you were impersonating jeff
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JustJeff88 posted:True, but I was still disappointed by the lack of repy. The last time I wrote to him, about two years ago I fancy, I asked him two questions. I don't remember the first one, but the second one was why he wants to pretend that Nethergate (the original, not Resurrection) doesn't exist. As I said, no reply. If they gave it to you privately, and you posted it publicly, that’s probably why.
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fart simpson posted:because of your username. they thought you were impersonating jeff drat it, you rumbled me! Glimpse posted:If they gave it to you privately, and you posted it publicly, that’s probably why. I fail to see why they would object to giving a free, digital game that's not for sale anywhere to one fan, but not many, tabarnak
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JustJeff88 posted:I fail to see why they would object to giving a free, digital game that's not for sale anywhere to one fan, but not many, tabarnak It's not your right to distribute it, or even just to make it more widely accessible. Stuff done in confidence between two people is completely different from stuff done for everyone. That is 100% in "ask for permission first, and if they don't say yes, that's that" territory.
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presumably it wasn't publicly listed because they didn't want it to be widely accessible, but were willing to make exceptions for individual fans who were particularly interested in it
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 yes! Yes!!!! I have no idea how the GIFTS are in Ancient Albion but also who cares omg hi!
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StrixNebulosa posted:
Honestly they should be in every game no matter what my Arachnophobic friend says
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Doesn't seem like it's been posted here yet, but there's an official release date for the remake of Geneforge 2: Infestation - March 27, 2024. They also apparently sent out all the backer surveys so if anybody here is a backer and wants the opportunity to talk about how the process went, check your email I guess. More importantly, there's a demo available as part of Steam Next Fest. Note that I'm not sure if the demo will persist beyond Steam Next Fest or not, so apologies if you see this post later and the demo is unavailable. I only played the demo for about 30 minutes or so, enough to get through the first two tutorial maps plus the first town of Drypeak. A few quick thoughts: -Very similar feel to the GF1: Mutagen remake. -Literally everything that I liked about Mutagen still holds - more interesting and varied combat, abilities for creations, junk bag-style inventory, the classic "put points wherever you please" skill system, and so forth. -As someone who played the poo poo out of OG GF2, I noticed that even in the early tutorial maps, there were a couple very minor new things added to those zones. They fit in seamlessly enough that I suspect newbies won't even realize things have been added, but as a vet, it was very cool. -In talking with the early skill trainer, there's a new category of skills called Weapon Shaping for Guardians which appear to be akin to Battle Abilities from Avernum 5/6 where you can do extra stuff like adding debuffs to your weapon strikes. Didn't play a Guardian so couldn't try it out, but it feels like it should make Guardians a lot more dynamic than their usual gameplay of pre-buffing, then just spamming attack. -The spell and creation screen listed off all the spells and creations available throughout the entire game even though I don't have them (which seems odd as gently caress, by the way). Since some of these are obviously way beyond the scope of the demo, I'll put information about the spells and creations behind spoiler tags just in case: All your favorite GF2 creations are back, most of your favorite GF2 spells appear to be back, and there are some secret-creations which are not-so-secret due to the menu listing them. -No bugs, glitches, etc encountered. Not that I was expecting any, because Jeff's games are usually pretty solid, but always worth praising given the state of gaming in 2024. I look forward to playing the real thing at the end of March and loving the hell out of it.
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MagusofStars posted:Doesn't seem like it's been posted here yet, but there's an official release date for the remake of Geneforge 2: Infestation - March 27, 2024. They also apparently sent out all the backer surveys so if anybody here is a backer and wants the opportunity to talk about how the process went, check your email I guess. im fully erect, op
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Geneforge 2 Kickstarter keys just dropped 
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DACK FAYDEN posted:Geneforge 2 Kickstarter keys just dropped 
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Jeff got a Q&A stream today and Sunday apparently. If people want to hear from the grumpy old dev behind the fun. See the steam page for details as I can't find a good page to link for it.
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i thought jeff was in his 20s
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fart simpson posted:i thought jeff was in his 20s How has he been making games since the 90s
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According to steam achievement statistics, 27% of players have already got a good ending. I just finished exploring the first town.
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Arrhythmia posted:How has he been making games since the 90s do what you love as a weird-rear end increasingly retro one-man game studio and you'll never work a day in your life
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Arrhythmia posted:How has he been making games since the 90s time warp
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GodFish posted:According to steam achievement statistics, 27% of players have already got a good ending. I just finished exploring the first town.
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Mine said 27%. Maybe a bunch more people activated their key since then.
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Yeah, I'm guessing beta-testers or something and you saw it before a lot of keys got activated. Definitely weird and funny though!
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In Jeff's latest blog he mentioned he will be remastering Avernum 4, which he says needs and will get a ton of additional work. I can't wait.
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GreenNight posted:In Jeff's latest blog he mentioned he will be remastering Avernum 4, which he says needs and will get a ton of additional work. Not surprising he would want to go back and do it better this time, but honestly out of all his remasters, I would expect this to take the longest because it has far and away the weakest "bones" so to speak.
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MagusofStars posted:Interesting, because Avernum 4 definitely does need it. Of his two "main" series of Avernum and Geneforge, Avernum 4 is the weakest entry for various reasons. I had a long-rear end effort-post on it in this thread a ways back, but tl;dr is that the storyline is quite weak, there's two separate boringly miserable 'stealth' sections, and the overall game has lots of new-engine jank. He's also said publicly that after the complete flop of Blades of Avernum, the mediocre sales of Avernum 4 nearly killed the company before Geneforge 4 kicked rear end and saved things. I agree 100%. Avernum 4 is my least favorite of all the Avernum games by far, so I am the most excited about a remake.
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Avernum 4 is the first Spiderweb game I have actually finished and the new engine helped there - I've finished the introductionary scenario of Blades of Avernum but it was too uncomfortable for me to play games on this engine for longer. This is why I don't really know why it needs remaking. It didn't have wide screen and UI could do some work. This also means that Avernum 5 and 6 will get remakes and IIRC Avernum 6 was already very similar to what we got later in Escape from the Deep. Eh. Hope Jeff knows what he's doing. Maybe he feels it's risky to start a new series or continue Avaddon/Queen's Wish.
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His latest blog talks about the future a bit. Basically he has 12 years before retirement. He says his best new games are behind him and he has 6 games he wants to remaster. Each one can take 18 months.
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I think Jeff needs to get out a game that's 100% about GIFTS as his swan song before retirement
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Tendales posted:I think Jeff needs to get out a game that's 100% about GIFTS as his swan song before retirement You are a cute giant intelligent friendly talking spider and so is everyone else in this game.
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Sequences of Geneforge Avernum but in Reverse, the Empire rules the caves and is sending their undesirables to live on the surface. You must find your way out of the sun and back into the earth.
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Horace Kinch posted:Sequences of Geneforge so... your the vahnatai?
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MagusofStars posted:Avernum 4.........that the storyline is quite weak It's also a nearly identical knockoff of Ultima V (from someone who is otherwise usually pretty good at coming up with unique settings and stories)
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Item Getter posted:It's also a nearly identical knockoff of Ultima V The first half of Exile 2 is very very similar to Ultima VI: weird monsters are attacking you from underground, you travel down to discover they're really just people with their own issues and culture, and then complete three trials to win their trust.
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GreenNight posted:I agree 100%. Avernum 4 is my least favorite of all the Avernum games by far, so I am the most excited about a remake. I got a soft spott for Blades and 4 because they were the games on the demo disk that introduced me to the series.
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fart simpson posted:so... your the vahnatai? No, the Vahnatai live on the surface and they all have tans.
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