That's a good point, rugged. Making it a stretch goal would be doable, so long as there's the understanding that meeting that stretch goal wouldn't entitle backers to a free copy on iOS as part of the campaign (due to the difficulties mentioned above). Also, AGS isn't really built for episodic stuff...

I can't speak for others, but our issue with iOS is this: not only do Apple require you to have a Developer Account (and they need to approve your game), but you also cannot distribute your game outside the App Store unless the target devices are jailbroken. If Apple were to discover that a Kickstar...

Yup, we're still aiming for February! We've received a bit of advice on whether to hype it in advance, or just announce it when it's ready to launch. We've been mentioning that we'll be doing a Kickstarter here and there, just to make fans aware of the fact. But in order to get the bulk of people vi...

Very nice! If I may ask...How long did it take the team to revamp the old Sierra games? King's Quest 1 took about 9 months. King's Quest 2 took about 1 year King's Quest 3 and Quest for Glory 2 took about 8 years, but mostly because we were spread out across multiple projects during that time, in a...

Hey, thanks. Always good to hear from someone who enjoyed our efforts. :) However, our license with Activision/Vivendi only covered the first 3 King's Quest games and Quest for Glory 2. Without a new license, we can't remake any more old Sierra games, but we couldn't afford to do it for free anymore...

It's in our best interests to try and release the game on as many platforms as possible, so we're going to try and make it available on Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS when it's possible to do so. There are AGS ports in the works for all of these platforms, but they're not completely stable yet. Since ...

There are several bug trackers out there which could probably fulfill the task of handling reports quite adequately. The main issue with using them for a large audience, is not having any way to filter duplicate reports, or allow reporters to check whether an issue already exists prior to posting a ...

Not really. Double Fine is spending time (and money!) to film their development and also release regular forum posts with art, music, etc. Tim had two videos where he played Day of the Tentacle and Full Throttle for about an hour each as "research," which set him back I'm sure. I doubt mo...

Well, I use the term 'investor' loosely. I consider anyone who pledges money to a project will expect that their funds are being used wisely, and that they'll see some kind of return relatively soon. Further to this, it helps me to think of Kickstarter funds in the same terms as a traditional invest...

Yup, we'll be sending out a newsletter email, for sure, once the time comes. :) Offering beta testing as a reward tier is a bit of a grey area. Technically it's considered a paid job and getting a large number of people to do it for free could be considered illegal since it eschews minimum wage laws...

The original budget was a $20k loan. But since then, I've put much more into the project from personal funds. Having worked on the free Sierra remake games and with shoestring budgets before, we're quite adept at making money go a long way. Though on account of the aforementioned hurdles (as well as...

Yes, we have decided that we'll now be launching a Kickstarter for Mage's Initiation in early 2013. If you've read my previous thoughts on Kickstarter on these forums, you'll know that I wasn't overly keen on the idea of taking Mage's Initiation to Kickstarter after we'd already made the choice to s...

I've sent another newsletter out to the (smaller) Himalaya Studios newsletter today with a mention and link to the Hero-U Kickstarter campaign. Let's hope it brings in a few new backers.

WIN THREE FREE STEAM GAMES! We've decided to run a giveaway to help promote the enhanced version of Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine. For the chance to win ANY three (3) Steam games of your choice, follow these simple steps: 1) Visit the Al Emmo Greenlight page . Log in to your Steam account an...

Thanks, Chief, for making this happen! Newsletter sent.

You can read it here

I could easily send it out within less than a day. It could use the same template as the previous one, and just drop in a few of the newer graphics, screenshots, and text.

I would, but it's quite expensive to send our newsletters out (they cost about $90 each). We sent a Hero-U newsletter earlier in the month that had a 43% open rate, and funds are pretty tight now. But if anyone wants to donate us the amount to send another newsletter out, I'd be happy to.

Thanks for the screenshots... Hmmm, weird. I'm not sure what's up with that, but I'll try to get the guy who programmed it to look into it at some point.

Answer: The financier of the film "Dumb & Dumber: When Harry Met Lloyd" ?

That sounds strange... never heard of anything like that happening before in AGS games. Are you running Windows 7 and using the latest video card drivers for your hardware? Does it make any difference if you run winsetup.exe and switch between DirectDraw5 and Direct3D9 video settings? You might also...

Someone else mentioned something like this when viewing the Mage's site on iPhone, but I don't own an iPhone myself, so I haven't been able to verify it. I own a Galaxy S1, a Galaxy S3, as well as a Galaxy tablet, and the site views fine on those devices. When it's first loading up, there is some mi...

Yup, we'll definitely be trying to get the new version on GOG as well when it's ready.

Update: September 9th, 2012 Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman's Mine (Enhanced Edition v4.0) has been added on Steam Greenlight. Click here to see Al Emmo v4.0 on Greenlight This is an upcoming enhanced edition of Al Emmo. The major changes will be completely new Al Emmo character vocals (by new voice ...

Try the game download links for the game in this thread (you need to scroll down a bit to get to my post):

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$15 dollars or so seems to be the average price for most indie adventure games, and also for similar adventure game projects on Kickstarter (at the lowest tier which just gets you a digital download of the game). I think a good justification for the pricing point is to compare it to a night out at t...