The "Where's my JagBombSquad CD" Thread ;-)

[Paolo]

Well, it was about time that someone came up with this thread.

So, ...

Let the party begin!

 

Let's all FLAME LARS!

 

Seriously, I hope this thread is going to be: "my bombsquad s here"

[Starcat]

Hi!

 

Oh yes, there's nothing quite like the warming flames on a cold winter's day. As if there haven't been enough flames here in the last days

 

Maybe you should go and complain to the German post office.

Actually you will probably have your game sooner, as if I ordered something that is shipped to me inside of Germany.

Really I something wonder what is wrong with them. Maybe there is just a lazy postman in our neighbourhood or something... I usually have to wait 7 days for a package, when it should be here in 1-2 days.

But that's a different story.

 

Your game should really arrive soon though.

 

Regards, Lars.

[LinkoVitch]

Yeah German deliveries have always been a bit ropey here in the UK.. just look at the mess they made in 1942!

 

I know what you mean lars I swear the German post office does external post in bursts, wonder if they have a big container and they don't send it until it's full? I have had stuff arrive a few days after it being posted and a few weeks before now!

 

Be so much better when we can attach matter streams to emails

[Clint Thompson]

I'm pretty irate that I haven't receive my copy yet.... it's utter ridiculous and I'm red in the face about it!

 

[ perhaps I should actually order it first, huh!? ]

 

[LinkoVitch]

I'm pretty irate that I haven't receive my copy yet.... it's utter ridiculous and I'm red in the face about it! 

 

[ perhaps I should actually order it first, huh!? ]

 

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you never know .. youmight be lucky and Lars may have a labeling accident and accidentaly send an extra one to your address which he accidentaly writes on the packaging...

 

Think you may be waiting a while.. but it's not an impossibility

[LinkoVitch]

Mine arrived today! YAY!

 

I tipped the driver of the container lorry doing the deliveries I told him about the important load he was carrying and he has promised to drive a bit faster to get the rest of the delivered ASAP

 

Cheers Lars, this should get some play this weekend at Uber Micro Fest

[walter_J64bit]

I've been looking out for my copy too.

[JagChris]

The mail up here in Oregon is pretty bad too. Just mailing something in the same town which should get there the next day sometimes takes two weeks! It's so damn bad I don't dare send my rent in through the Email.

[Starcat]

Hi Linkovitch!

 

Mine arrived today! YAY!

 

I tipped the driver of the container lorry doing the deliveries I told him about the important load he was carrying and he has promised to drive a bit faster to get the rest of the delivered ASAP

 

Cheers Lars, this should get some play this weekend at Uber Micro Fest

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Great to hear it arrived! Enjoy!

 

Regards, Lars.

[Paolo]

I can't believe it!

It went across a whole sea (well OK, not that much sea) and reached Linko while it doesn't even have to cross a river to reach me.

Isn't this bias?

 

Of course now you are in charge for a FULL and exaustive review, Linkovitch!

[MegaManFan]

I'm not asking where. Mine came yesterday and I'm about to test it.

[Starcat]

Hi!

 

I can't believe it!

It went across a whole sea (well OK, not that much sea) and reached Linko while it doesn't even have to cross a river to reach me.

Isn't this bias?

 

Of course now you are in charge for a FULL and exaustive review, Linkovitch!

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Funny. All copies (non exclusive) were sent out at the same time.

 

Regards, Lars.

[Paolo]

MINE.

IS.

HERE!!!

 

Love it!

 

little problem: the music won't always play when I switch it on...

I assume that if it can't start immediately, it will skip the music.

[Starcat]

Hi Paolo!

 

I'm glad you like it.

 

Yes, if the music doesn't always start, just do a soft reset a few times until it does (*+#) or start a game.

That has been an issue of the music player, that I couldn't explain or find a solution for. Sometimes it just ignores the "play" command. However when you change the screen (by soft reset or by starting a game or so) it gets another play command and will play. Maybe I should have written my own music player from scratch.

Eerievale will have its own player for sure.

 

Regards, Lars.

[Paolo]

...

Eerievale will have its own player for sure.

 

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A-HA!

this should stop all the buzz about Eerievale NOT coming to the Jag!

 

Good news.

[Starcat]

Hi Paolo!

 

Don't listen to those lame rumors!

I never said Eerievale wouldn't come out for the Jag anymore.

Anybody who visits the website can see that the game is in development for several systems including the Jaguar. I never said anything else.

Compact Flash is essential, but I'm not worried about that. It will be there before Eerievale needs it.

 

I *could* say some things now, but I know people don’t have time to read much anyway these days. So I’ll cut all that writing out of this post and make it as short as I can.

 

Eerievale is probably the biggest homebrew project for the Jag so far and adventure games take long to develop anyway. I can understand it when people get a little nervous when they don't hear news regularly, but there is not much I can tell, that people would understand.

 

When doing story driven games, such as role playing games or adventures, most of the work is research, planning, writing and design. Just grab a pencil and paper and maybe a good writing program and the rest is up to you. This is the creative process, in which the game is created. Depending on the exact game, you also have a lot of graphics and music work later on, though. But the actual programming is just a tiny percentage of all the work that needs to be done.

That’s why newsupdates on EV aren’t as frequently as people might like. To me it would just be a waste of time to write them. It doesn't tell people anything, as they are lacking the insight in the development process and in the background of the game and its story.

It's not really interesting for people to read every week, how many pages of story I wrote at that certain week or how many I cut out again due to conflicts that I found out during research. Or in what way I still need to modify the architecture of the buildings to fit rules of static and style of building of that time and area. Or what looks are not possible using the technical means and knowledge people had at that time and so on. Some things sound trivial and some details can be tricky to find out. But everything is important when building a world that should seem as believeable as possible to the player.

I know most players think I’m going into too much detail, but that just proves my point, that they underestimate the effort of creating a game like Eerievale. You wouldn’t trust your eyes if you saw the design document. But in the end, the result will be worth it. Good things come to those who wait.

 

Regards, Lars.

[The_Laird]

Keep up the good work Lars. It was a couple of trolls on another Jag forum who claimed you said it wasn't coming out for the Jag anymore. I wouldn't worry about it. We all support you.

[walter_J64bit]

My copy just came I'm not one for puzzle games.

[Paolo]

Well, my son already beat me a couple of times...

[walter_J64bit]

Anyone found any of the Easter eggs yet?

[Isgoed]

This is new to me.

Are there any??

[walter_J64bit]

This is new to me.

Are there any??

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Just look at the DVD box it came in you'll see it as one of the features of the game.

[Clint Thompson]

So I take it the music is played directly from CD?

[edsongodoy]

Received my copy yesterday. Nice game... Simple, but nice...

 

 

Keep up the good work.