Author Archives: Larry Laffer

A Little Pink Update!

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Hi, all —

A quick update on a Tuesday morning. First, I have added a few new reward tiers for those who wish to get both T-shirts. See below. Also, Raleigh recorded a new message for us. Thanks, Raleigh!
A message from Raleigh
http://youtu.be/3mZt9hXFAAE

New “Both T-Shirt” tiers

$115 — gets everything at the $100-102 tier PLUS both T-shirts

$215 — gets everything at the $200 tier PLUS both T-shirts

$265 — gets everything at the $250 tier PLUS both T-shirts

$515 — gets everything at the $500 tier PLUS both T-shirts

The $1000 and up tiers will get both T-shirts included, if they want both.

Please note that the second T-shirt is NOT included in any other tiers (despite those tiers says ‘everything in previous tiers’). There’s just no way to edit that wording on the old tiers.

This is a bit wonky, but having separate tiers is the easiest way for us to manage the goodies later on.

Thanks for your patience!

Jane

SpaceVenture Prototype…

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You can check it out here.

The Two Guys from Andromeda also shared:

Prototype 1 will soon be available on more than just Chrome.

We plan for all future prototypes to be playable in more than just Chrome upon release.

Please listen to the audio before Prototype 1 as well as after. These are the audio clips with Scott and Mark 🙂

HTML5 is used for the prototypes. As for the game, we are seeking all options. Best not to jump to conclusions.. that can lead to fear, fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering. And that my friends is the path to the dark s… Oh wait, uh, nevermind.

Have you guys met with xyz company(s) about getting the Space Quest IP you ask? Yes

Are you going to create an FAQ for the Kickstarter? Yes, soon!

Are you going to make a $1015 with digital download like you did the $115 tier? Yes, soon!

Does the soundtrack come with the $100 tiers? Yes it sure does 🙂

Are you going to put up a Paypal payment option eventually? Yes, once we reach the $500k level. PayPal doesn’t count towards our kickstarter goal so we have to do it that way.

Will there be more videos from you guys? Yes, you’re gonna love the next!

What about audio updates? Chris Pope will be giving you updates on almost a daily bases using audio clips, along with some frequent updates from the Two Guys 🙂

Will you be offering the game in languages other than English? We’ll need to get passed the 500k mark, but that is 100% something we are shooting to do.

Do you really love us fans? Yes, how could you doubt us?

Thanks so much everyone! And remember, to spread the word, mention http://tgakick.com

Paying for Pals To Get Some Pink!

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I don’t know why Larry insists on making everything sound dirty… but the subject title is… fairly close to what Jane said:

For those who have been asking for a Paypal option, particularly those in Europe, we now have a paypal option set up on our website. Here’s the page:

http://pinkertonroad.com/join-csg/

From now until MAY 25, you will be able to sign up and get all the same goodies we’re offering here. After May 25, you can still join the CSG, but the choices will be limited and just offer the games (and the CSG T-shirt).

Jane

Moebius Shirts!

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Jane shared:

The Moebius t-shirts are here! The Moebius logo and shirt design is by Eriq Chang of Fable Foundry. The Moebius puzzle block is by artist Anders Eriksen of Doghead Studios.

A funny thing happened on the way to this t-shirt… Eriq did an initial design using a square-shaped black and white graphic that I had given as a style reference. The final design was great but, unfortunately, I didn’t own the rights to that square image. But something about that image stuck with me… it felt like a puzzle. So I sat down and wrote out what became the Moebius puzzle block.

The Moebius puzzle block will be a puzzle in the game. This is something that the ego will find, perhaps in a manuscript or file (and yes, the style of it is different than the style of the main game, which will be like Andy’s image). Anyway, I’m excited about how it turned out and, damn, it does look good on that t-shirt! And it’ll be handy if you like people to stare at your chest for long periods of time.

T-shirt and Moebius puzzle block below along with the original Farm CSG shirt. At the $100 and up levels you will get your CHOICE of t-shirt.
POLL

If you are pledging at the $100 and up levels and will receive one of these shirts, please take this Poll about your preferences:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WN6WJ3D

Moebius T-Shirt
Farm CSG T-Shirt
Moebius Puzzle Block

Al Lowe, Jane Jense, and meeting their Kickstarter Goals!

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Al Lowe talks about fleshing out Leisure Suit Larry in the new remake on Gamasutra website.

Also, over on Pinkerton Road, Jane Jensen talks a little more about what’s happening over there…

There’s even more on this on the Pinkerton Road Kickstarter Page.

Speaking of the Pinkerton Road Kickstarter, Jane added:

Now that we’ve hit our $300K goal (and thank you all for that!), people have been asking what we’d do if we get extra funding. Of course, as a designer, I want to make Moebius as big and awesome as it could possibly be! After all, that’s my job.

But, as always, there will be concessions to budget and time that we’ll have to make, even though we have creative control over the project.

So my own goal: it would be fantastic to see this kickstarter reach $400K by closing to be able to make the dream as big as it can get. To inspire you, here are some things we can afford with additional funding:

If we get to $350K: We’ll add an additional area (3 screens) and puzzle set I have in mind for Venice that would look awesome and extend gameplay.

If we get to $400K: We’ll add a longer, fully cinematic opening sequence / trailer that will blow you away and help us get people lining up to buy the game, setting the tone for this new Pinkerton Road series.

If we get to $450K: All the above, plus an extra 1000 lines of dialogue to flush out the game and we’ll record the main theme with a live orchestra (Bob is drooling over that one).

I hope you were as inspired by the new art we put up yesterday as I am. Go Team Moebius!

You can read more about that here.

And what’s all this without some crazy GABRIEL KNIGHT marathon, right?

Check this out:

I hope you all have a boring and uneventful weekend planned, because there’s some serious gaming going on.

One of our CSG members, Laura, is hosting a 24-hour GK play marathon. She’ll be playing GK1, GK2 and GK3, live, starting FRIDAY MAY 11 at 2pm EST. Here’s the link:

http://www.twitch.tv/laurakat07

You’ll be able to watch the playthrough and join chat. The playthrough will be raising money that will be split between this kickstarter project and the charity of our choice, ASPCA.

Robert and I will be joining in for the first hour or so and checking in periodically throughout. I hope you’ll tune in to cheer on this monumental display of will power and sheer physical strength as Laura submerges herself non-stop in GK land for 24 hours, and all without food, sleep or potty breaks. OK, she will have food and potty breaks, but it’s still impressive!

And lastly, Jane shared:

We’re getting close to the ‘end times’ my friends, the last days of our kickstarter campaign! I will keep this Update #22 current with the latest info. Here’s the schedule of events:

THURS, May 10

— Moebius T-shirt, Moebius block, T-shirt poll

FRI, May 11

— Laura’s 24-hour GK marathon starts at noon PST, 3pm EST

Time and date clock for this event: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20120512T07&p1=22&ah=23&am=55

To watch and chat, go here: http://www.twitch.tv/laurakat07

I’ll be on live for at least the first hour on Friday.

SAT, May 12

— 7-8:30am PST / 10-11:30 EST — Laura’s GK marathon continues. I’ll be on at this time hopefully to catch the end of GK2 and start of GK3.

— 11:30 am PST/ 2:30pm EST — I’ll check in with Laura as she’s finishing up her all nighter! and then…

— noon PST/3pm EST — I’ll be on the Double Fine Game Club playthrough of GK1

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/double-fine-game-club

SUN, May 13

— 3pm EST – Bob and I do a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” live chat. Please come by and ask us something! I’ll post the link in comments when we’re live.

THURS, May 17 (?? date to be confirmed)

— An extra special treat! Will Binder (director), Dean Erickson (Gabriel), Peter Lucas (Von Glower) and I will be having a chat session to shoot the shit about the GK2 production. How cool is that? We’re going to be recording it earlier in the week and it may be podcast on the 17th. Still waiting for final confirmation on the podcast, but we WILL be doing this chat session and you WILL get to hear it this week!

SAT, May 19

— Countdown to close of campaign — stay tuned for details

Jane