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Palpek posted:Star Citizen's kickstarter had a 10k top backer tier. Thermidor - Tactical JRPG: The Juicy Screenies has a 35k tier, now this is podracing. Pretty sure they were thinking "hehe, if we get close enough we can use the 35k tier to reach the goal ourselves".
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So here's an interesting point of comparison: Assassin's Creed Unity. I can't vouch for it as a game (never played it) or for its treatment of the French Revolution (from all accounts I've read, it's poo poo), but one thing I can praise it for is that it actually gives a poo poo about being set during the French Revolution and that its various trailers make this very clear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOgYM_24AuU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzCEdSKMkdU It doesn't even have anything in its title referencing the French Revolution. It's just set during it and actually makes it central to its story. But on the other hand, you have "Thermidor 1789: The Beginning," with a trailer that could be for a generic Disney movie because nothing that happens in it actually depends on its setting.
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Jan 9, 2017 11:51
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AC: Unity was so true to the source material that the devs actually removed the protagonist's ability to pet dogs in-game because as everybody knows the French hate everything that is good.
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Jan 9, 2017 11:55
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Palpek posted:the French hate everything that is good. That's not true since the French liked guillotines which are good.
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Jan 9, 2017 11:58
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JosephWongKS posted:That's not true since the French liked guillotines which are good. I think you could probably have gotten guillotined for stealing apples, so there's still some hope for Thermidor L'an -3: Le Début to be a good game!!!
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Jan 9, 2017 12:02
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JosephWongKS posted:That's not true since the French liked guillotines which are good.
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Jan 9, 2017 12:04
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Is this true? Guillotines are a proud part of their history!
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Jan 9, 2017 13:54
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guillotines are no longer used because the French no longer have the death penalty, and that's how they did their death penalty. however I do not think it would be illegal to own a private guillotine for non-state use. and I think using a guillotine in the manner depicted in the upcoming video game "Fructidor" would be encouraged.
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Jan 9, 2017 14:13
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let me pitch a better game idea in the same setting here: A kagero deception style game where French soldiers of increasing rank will try to invade your tavern and you can thwart them with all sorts of guillotine themed traps last boss is Louis himself
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Jan 9, 2017 15:30
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Fun fact: the last public execution via guillotine in France was in 1939 and one of the people who witnessed it was Christopher Lloyd. The French continued to use this method of execution in government facilities until 1977 which is way closer to modern times than I expected.
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Jan 9, 2017 15:37
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another guillotine fact is that small guillotines are still used all over the world for the purpose of cutting cigars
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Jan 9, 2017 15:42
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Yeah, I know. Before smoking one I always pretend the cigar is sentenced to death by the other cigars in the box that serve as a jury. Little do they know that their days are also numbered.
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Jan 9, 2017 15:50
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Palpek posted:Yeah, I know. Before smoking one I always pretend the cigar is sentenced to death by the other cigars in the box that serve as a jury. Little do they know that their days are also numbered. your reign of terror is only going to result in another coup of 9 Humidor II
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Jan 9, 2017 16:10
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Palpek posted:Yeah, I know. Before smoking one I always pretend the cigar is sentenced to death by the other cigars in the box that serve as a jury. Little do they know that their days are also numbered. Earwicker posted:your reign of terror is only going to result in another coup of 9 Humidor II I've heard much worse pitches for mobile games. If they can monetize a game where you're a ninja who cuts fruit they can monetize a game where you're sentencing cigars to death by tiny guillotine. e: in fact since hooperdumbbox seems to be so good at mobile games maybe they should work on that instead of Generic JRPG But In France
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Jan 9, 2017 16:18
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Kelp Me! posted:I've heard much worse pitches for mobile games. If they can monetize a game where you're a ninja who cuts fruit they can monetize a game where you're sentencing cigars to death by tiny guillotine. the game is free but you can spend anywhere from $0.99 to $5.99 on different types of cigars to be included in your humidor and they look slightly different and say different funny lines when you are about to cut them, also for every 10,000 cigars you cut you get a point of égalité and there are a set of custom guillotine blades you can unlock starting at 500 égalité (or you can purchase a subscription of $49.99 a month and get a ration free égalité points delivered to your inbox once per week, if you have signed up for the inbox unlocking feature*) now that i've solved the funding issue we just need a dev. *"inbox unlocking feature" requires purchase of inbox (sold separately) Earwicker fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Jan 9, 2017 |
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Jan 9, 2017 16:25
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Can you breed the cigars and/or guillotines?
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Jan 9, 2017 16:32
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Earwicker posted:your reign of terror is only going to result in another coup of 9 Humidor II This already sounds like a better backdrop for a game.
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Jan 9, 2017 16:36
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Ok, another pitch here, probably closer to HyperDevBox capabilities: Since you guys created the award winning app Real Snowglobe, how about creating a Real Guillotine app? Slide it up to arm it, slice the rope to cut someone's head. Allow people to load pictures of other people they hate (loud neighbors, bad bosses, lovely PR managers) and off with their heads! Man I should be getting paid for this.
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Jan 9, 2017 17:04
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nerdz posted:let me pitch a better game idea in the same setting here: I'd loving back it.
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Jan 9, 2017 17:51
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Let's make this a goon project, I can provide hilariously French-accented voiceovers for all ze characters
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Jan 9, 2017 18:04
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Eh bof, |Im half French, I can play an old breton farmer up to treat his std's.
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Jan 9, 2017 21:56
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i know how to speak french with a horrible quebecois accent and i also know most of the quebecois swear words.
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Jan 9, 2017 22:06
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Ayn Marx posted:Let's make this a goon project, I can provide hilariously French-accented voiceovers for all ze characters ...and this, my darling, is Le Zybourne Chop
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Jan 9, 2017 22:07
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The Guillotine Rush
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Jan 9, 2017 22:20
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I've got an original character idea: Jacques Cinq Asses
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Jan 9, 2017 23:22
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Who could have foreseen that closing the thread and making a new one wouldn't help??
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Jan 9, 2017 23:43
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Greaseman posted:Who could have foreseen that closing the thread and making a new one wouldn't help?? 
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Jan 10, 2017 01:47
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I wonder if the other 3 members of hyberdevbox are aware of how much their music/PR guy is screwing up their campaign. Are the other guys in the company reading our posts? Maybe ron is like the typical loser at work and even the guys in his own company are laughing at him behind his back... Can a person rightly be called "CEO" of a four person company?
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Jan 10, 2017 01:58
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Don't you know that the jerky guy isn't Ron? Ron is the cool guy who posts and is super knowledgeable.
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Jan 10, 2017 02:17
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your image link is broken but that's somehow more appropriate so
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Jan 10, 2017 02:33
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a medical mystery posted:The Guillotine Rush Say what you will against The Demon Rush, at least the guy had his game 100% completed and fully playable before he came asking for money. That took an tremendous amount of effort and he spent a lot of money in the process, but he got it done. Of course, the problem was that what he produced was so terrible that people still remember the names of the characters almost nine years later (say it with me - Cherry Venus! Brooks Cracktackle!), but that's another issue altogether. Also, holy poo poo, the guy has produced several other games since then - have there been any threads about those that I missed? http://www.dragoon.ca/games.html DropsySufferer posted:I wonder if the other 3 members of hyberdevbox are aware of how much their music/PR guy is screwing up their campaign. Are the other guys in the company reading our posts? Maybe ron is like the typical loser at work and even the guys in his own company are laughing at him behind his back... Given that their IGG campaign meant putting work on the actual game on hold for four months, I can't imagine the other members are any better at this kind of thing than Ron is.
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Jan 10, 2017 02:39
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OneTwentySix posted:Say what you will against The Demon Rush, at least the guy had his game 100% completed and fully playable before he came asking for money. That took an tremendous amount of effort and he spent a lot of money in the process, but he got it done. Of course, the problem was that what he produced was so terrible that people still remember the names of the characters almost nine years later (say it with me - Cherry Venus! Brooks Cracktackle!), but that's another issue altogether. Brooks Cracktackle is a fantastic name. just say it mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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Jan 10, 2017 03:15
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Imo ban this fuckface for account sharing I mean he even admitted to it
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Jan 10, 2017 03:17
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Saint Isaias Boner posted:OP you didn't answer my questions in the last thread so I'll repeat them here: 1) Who said we weren't spending money on advertising? And as mentioned a few times already, KS doesn't accept Japanese accounts, so we went with Indiegogo. 2) Ignoring your sting at the end there, flexible funding is not for big budget games like Thermidor. our goal is the amount needed in order for us to be able to complete the game, and there is no point on settling for anything less than that. Crazy Achmed posted:Just saying, I appreciate your answers to all my questions in the previous thread about the gameplay, and you should really do a writeup on the battle system and a video or series of pictures showing how it works. I can't say I speak for everyone here but I for one am unlikely to even consider pre-ordering a game without first seeing a working prototype. As a potential video game-buying customer, I agree with jizzy sillage's analysis of your reply to reiterpallasch's questions. They way you have answered them is extremely defensive, gives little information, and makes me suspicious of your ability as a development company to actually produce and release a complete, enjoyable product. I agree. But for the moment, any updates in the development of the game (gameplay, battle system, etc') will have to be announced as updates to the campaign page. Thermidor and its campaign is a work in progress, and we are sharing every single step in the development and completion of the game. Crazy Achmed posted:There is a 90s tactical combat game called Shadow Watch that has a vaguely similar interrupt/conterattack system to yours: you can assign unused action points to shooting at enemies that enter your line of sight, during their turn. If the enemy takes a path towards you that avoids your line of sight, they can attack safely without interruption. While it was overall a fun game, it did skew the game balance vastly in favour of the defender because it was easy to ensure a stealthy approach was impossible. That's a very valid point you make. I hate it when in certain games you have to rely on a specific aspect of the game in order to finish it, and can't play more freely and actually THINK of original ways to complete a stage. Some TD games have this problem, where if you don't place towers on a specific place on the map, or if you don't use your budget precisely like the developer intended you to use, you can't complete the level. This totally sucks, and leaves no room from strategic planning, but just leaves you trying to figure out what the developer of the game wanted you to do. In Thermidor's case, we are planning on having our "DAS" feature be part of the game in a balanced manner, rather than something you rely on in order to succeed in the game. As much as we want this game to be challenging for the player, at the same time we want it to be fun. There will be many ways in which one can approach an enemy without being detected - having another group member do something to distract, or perhaps throwing an object to a different location on the stage. Also, the whole "getting detected by the enemy" thing will be a matter of probability in Thermidor. Certain paths will have a higher percentage of getting detected, while others less. Saint Isaias Boner posted:they will hit $802 by the end of the campaign at this rate Thank you ? Sole.Sushi posted:On a personal note to Ron/not Ron: I can understand a level of anxiety when people are leveling even legitimate criticism over something you've poured many hours into. But, by putting yourself and your company out there and asking the populace for funding (which includes everyone in this thread), you have also opened yourself up to questions, criticism and complaint. This isn't something you can avoid, but the way you handle it says volumes about you, which in turn reflects upon your company as you are their PR person. That guy was fired. Until we hire any PR guy or gal, I will try and do my best. Wish me luck? Rough Lobster posted:OP please screenshot and post your ignore list! I need some juicy ignore list screenies! (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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Jan 10, 2017 03:41
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Man I was reading through this getting more and more worried and then I see, right by the end, my name. I'm going to treasure this right here. 
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Jan 10, 2017 04:06
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Woah pog boyfriend is a literal sultan, really rifling your selves in the foot here. Big-time spender in the Haiti aid thread iirc. Also when we donated bees to developing African nations. Not that Alabama thing tho. Kinda fickle.
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Jan 10, 2017 04:10
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Mister Adequate posted:Man I was reading through this getting more and more worried and then I see, right by the end, my name. I'm going to treasure this right here.  e: I'm too lazy to do the legwork but I wonder how many posts in this whole thread are from non-ignored users e2: I'm 2nd on the list booyah, drat you node
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Jan 10, 2017 04:10
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That's only a third as long as I expected it to be.
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Jan 10, 2017 04:11
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hyperdevbox posted:1) Who said we weren't spending money on advertising? And as mentioned a few times already, KS doesn't accept Japanese accounts, so we went with Indiegogo. i assumed because your campaign hasn't attracted any support or word of mouth and when I search google for thermidor all I get is recipes for lobster which a) makes me hungry and b) makes me think you picked a stupid name for your terrible game. whoever you paid to market this should give you a refund.
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Saint Isaias Boner posted:i assumed because your campaign hasn't attracted any support or word of mouth and when I search google for thermidor all I get is recipes for lobster which a) makes me hungry and b) makes me think you picked a stupid name for your terrible game. welcome to the ignore list, friend
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