So apparently the Installer for Windows was triggering too many false positives, so he turned to Collector (from SierraHelp) to update the installer which he has done. He also added –
Note: INN Barn is a work in progress. There may be frequent updates of the INN Barn Proxy. Updating the proxy is easy. You will be notified everytime you log into the network of the latest proxy. To check which version you have just click on the “Help” > “About…” and it will display the version of your current proxy. To update just go to the INN Barn homepage and click on the “InnProxy.zip” link. Simply unzip it into your installed INN Barn folder. Say yes when it asks if you want to overwrite the existing file. Done. Restart INN Barn and have fun.
The INN Barn Installer has been updated, visit the INN Barn website at https://www.innbarn.com/play to download and install it!
What makes this update unique is that the game will now automatically update each time the game is launched, which will speed up the process of updating INN Barn and help solve future downtime issues!
Due to this new update, users will no longer be able to choose the application directory (folder location) upon installation as it will conflict with automatic updates upon launching the game, the permanent location is now “C:\Sierra\INN Barn”.
DOSBox was also reverted to version 0.74-2 due to an issue with players getting stuck on the “Net Connect” loading screen before entering the Map. This update will not affect your user data and has been tested and works with Windows 7 (32/64-bit) and newer.
Thank you to all whom have written posts and reached out to support about the download issues with the INNProxy Updater that is now obsolete and no longer available.
CAUTION: avoid downloading the INN Barn Installer from other websites, the safest and most trusted way to download and install the game is on the INN Barn website. If you experience any issues regarding this update, please email support@innbarn.com for help!
Side Note – I grabbed the files to be mirrored here in case anything happens to the InnBarn site – but as always, check the InnBarn site first in case something’s been updated. I will try to keep updated mirror files here.
First off, thank you all again for your patience. We realize every time you hear from us, you are hoping we’ll announce the official release of the game. We all wish that were the case as well. The main reason for this update being so late coming is because we were feeling like the problems would be resolved within a couple of more weeks of development. That mindset kept going on and on. All we can do at this point is assure you that the game is going to be released and that we are very close to finishing.
SO WHERE ARE THINGS WITH THE PROJECT RIGHT NOW?
Within this whole year, the main focus has been to fix existing bugs and to finish the save load system. After doing more testing and purposely trying to break things, we discovered even more issues with our existing system. Unfortunately this means further time spent in development. The issues discovered weren’t just on the save load system itself but on how certain scenes of the game dealt with relating information back in ordered to be properly loaded.
We do have some encouraging news on that though. In the next two weeks, a couple of our developers (one of which is the lead programmer) are going to get together in an office and put in some 16-18 hour days to try and solve these existing issues. We are feeling pretty confident that this will stamp out the remaining bugs on the system and get us where we need it to be for releasing the actual game.
As soon as we have more to update you all on, we’ll post it here.
BESIDES THE SAVE LOAD SYSTEM, WHAT ELSE HAS HAPPENED DURING THE LAST FEW MONTHS?
NOTE: This info will be especially helpful if you played the Beta
Bugs have been fixed in the Nostradamus areas of the game
Missing narrative comedy has been added to the Nostradamus area of the game
Missing SFX have been added to the Nostradamus area of the game
Bug fixes for the objective system not working correctly in the Escape Pod area of the game
Bug fixes on the cutscenes between the Nostradamus and Scraps Garage areas of the game
Bug fixes in the Scraps garage area of the game including issues where sequences weren’t happening in the correct order
Bug fixes have occurred involving the Objectives System for helping players know what they have accomplished
A SFX has been added for when the player has scored points
New 3D music added for Scraps radio being heard higher or lower depending on which area you are in
New music has been added to the Rooter Repair sequence
A “Wimp out” (Think Space Quest 4 Monolith Burger) button has been added to the Rooter Repair sequence for people that really don’t enjoy the kind of puzzle that is being used in that area
In the Crane Pit area there have been some much cooler polish animations added
In the Crane Pit area there has also been a lot of polish added to SFX management involving junk piece collision
Bug fixes have been added to the Crane Pit area involving Aces PDA not working correctly for downloaded Apps in the game.
Bug fixes to landing on Tatoorakis
Bug fixes to Tatoorakis Hydrolator and Desert areas of the game involving a missing component sometimes not be available for finishing the sequence
Bug fixes to the finishing cutscene for the Tatoorakis area of the game including ship take off
Bug fixes to landing at Taco Nova
Improvements to the Taco Nova mini game including a fun reason to get a high score
Some artwork changes to Andromecon, including some additional alien creatures added
ART BOOK TEASER
One of the things that Mark Crowe has been working on along with game testing and artwork polish is the official art book for SpaceVenture. This is something he had not spent time on putting together since the game artwork wasn’t officially complete. Now that 99.9% of the artwork is complete, he was able to put some time in on getting it together. We wanted to show you all a little teaser of what it will look like.
Remember, even though he has completed the book, this is just a teaser. The full artbook contains over 30+ pages.
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KEN AND ROBERTA WILLIAMSARE MAKING A NEW GAME
Just in case you’re out of the loop, we wanted to do a shout out to Ken and Roberta Williams along with our friend Marcus Mera. They are knee deep into remaking the game “Colossal Cave” into a new 3D/VR adventure game. We are really excited for them and can’t wait to play their new game!
Maybe I should forward this great podcast that one of my friends did – about dog training and expectations to Eve so she can train Brutus to be a little more polite…
AT&T Unlocked Games Winner Reveal Stream Tuesday at 5 pm PST – Lori is a finalist!
Join Lori at the AT&T Unlocked Games finalist stream
AT&T recently started a competition for women game developers that they call “AT&T Unlocked Games.” We entered their second competition last November, and were thrilled to learn that Summer Daze at Hero-U: Tilly’s Tale has been chosen as one of the six finalists!
The winners will be announced during a livestream on Tuesday, March 8 starting at 5:00 pm PST on the ATT Twitch channel – Twitch.tv/ATT. We need a great turnout of Hero-U fans to help Lori win the Gamer’s Choice prize and to encourage AT&T to continue running this great competition. And of course to learn about the other five great indie games being developed by women!
Our next development stream will be on Saturday, March 19 at 2 pm PST. I originally announced this Saturday, March 12, but we have a “real world” conflict that day. I plan to continue playing the AGD remake of Quest for Glory 2: Trial By Fire. As I stopped on day 1 last time, maybe we can make it to day 2. 🙂
