Popular Post Decaffeinated Jedi Posted October 8, 2012 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Greetings! After four months of hard work, Akril and I are proud to announce the release of Pledge Quest II: Noodle Shop of Horrors. You can head over to the newly-launched PledgeQuest.Net and download it now for Windows, Mac, and Linux!* Here's a screenshot from the opening cinematic that showcases Akril's awesome art on the project: I hope you folks enjoy the game; it was a blast working on it. Now, let's spread the word** and rustle up a few more buckazoids for the SpaceVenture stretch goals! Jess * Special thanks to Lunchbox and s_d for all their hard work to provide day-one Mac and Linux support! ** Twitter is being weird and blocking the PledgeQuest.Net domain in tweets, so if you want to share it there, try this Google-shortened URL instead: http://goo.gl/4H7vj pcj, s_d, MusicallyInspired and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troels Pleimert Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Yeah, that was really, really weird. Twitter said my tweet with the link was "too long; you'll have to be more clever." And so I out-clevered it with my, um, cleverness! Apart from that, I've plastered it all over the Google+ page, the Space Quest group on Facebook -- and someone should really write a SQN front page news post about it. ;) (Okay, okay, I'll do it, but I'm off to a meeting in 15 minutes, so it'll have to be later today. I SAID LATER! Don't make me turn this spaceship around.) At this point you must be tired of the continuous tongue bath I'm giving you and Akril, but really, this thing is fantastic. Decaffeinated Jedi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Played threw it and wow it was awesome :-) Decaffeinated Jedi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomimt Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 While I doubt there's that many new pledges coming towards SV anymore this was still pretty brilliant. I just loved Vohaul the cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcj Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 While I doubt there's that many new pledges coming towards SV anymore this was still pretty brilliant. I just loved Vohaul the cat. There's some coming in every day. ;) s_d 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frede Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 This is one of the few adventure games (not counting "The Dik") that has made me laugh out loud. You guys did a brilliant job - there's just so much unadulterated fun packed into these three rooms. So my sincere congratulations - you deserve all the praise you can get :) You're a great team, obviously. Any plans to do non-"Pledge Quest" games? Decaffeinated Jedi and Dat Engineer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrono Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Great work guys :) I loved the clever puzzles and the humor. I also am impressed by some of the animations, especially in the intro :). Decaffeinated Jedi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decaffeinated Jedi Posted October 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Thanks for the incredibly kind words, everyone. I'm really thrilled that people are enjoying the game so far. :D There's an updated version (1.1) posted at PledgeQuest.Net that fixes a small bug discovered by pcj. If anyone comes across any other problems, just let us know. You're a great team, obviously. Any plans to do non-"Pledge Quest" games? Thanks! For now, we're still recuperating from this project. If only we knew somebody with a time machine, maybe she could tell us what the future holds... Jess s_d and Frede 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Procestuous Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 PQ 2 was alot of fun! The storyline actually reminds me of an idea for a fanfic I had many many years ago (1999!) that involved Sludge Vohaul using a time machine to erase the SQ series and have it renamed "Vohaul's Conquest" and a friend and I being tasked to set things right. And I also at one point had an idea for a time travel story that involved a time traveling toilet...so great minds do indeed think alike! :D If y'all ever need any ideas for PQ3 (or even another beta tester!) hit me up sometime! :D s_d and Decaffeinated Jedi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akril Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Thank you very much for the feedback, everyone! I'm glad to hear that everyone is enjoying the game. You're a great team, obviously. Any plans to do non-"Pledge Quest" games? Leaving the issue of our current post-release exhaustion out of the equation at the moment, I'm not sure what other sort of game we could collaborate on. But who knows -- maybe we might be inspired to do something non-Pledge Quest/Space Quest related someday. s_d, MusicallyInspired, Frede and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_d Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Way awesome, Akril! I'm so impressed with you two (and no, you don't have to go being modest and crediting Jess, as usual! I already gave him kudos via PM, so there :P ). Funny story; I really don't play games in front of my toddler for a number of reasons (being not even 3yrs old, we've pretty much completely eschewed violent imagery in front of her, for the time being), but I felt I was under a time crunch for Linux, and wanted to play through PQII thoroughly for testing. So, she crawls out of the beanbag chair and hops up on the couch next to me, staring intently at the game... this time I let her watch. It was pretty funny hearing her commentary along with the game (for example, nearly every time I brought up the inventory, she'd ask "Where is the girl? Where did she go, Papa? I can't see her.", etc., ad infinium). I finally began positioning Bea to the left of the inventory before raising it, every time. She remarked about the "funny cat" because of the spoiler on his face, and how silly it was that he was spoiler on top of spoiler! At one point she asked frankly whether or not Bea was learning to pee in the toilet like a big girl, in an unexpected reflection of what is important in her little world at present. :) The biggest surprise was when I replied that Bea was going to travel spoiler spoil... and had zero questions back, as if doing so made all the sense in the world. The crux is that PQII was her first adventure game, from beginning to end, and she loved it. Especially all the fish jokes. ;) pcj, Decaffeinated Jedi, Sir Procestuous and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_d Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 You're a great team, obviously. Any plans to do non-"Pledge Quest" games? Why mess with a good thing? As long as it's fun, and they're motivated, we get to play these hilarious games. DON'T JINX IT, FREDE! :lol: Frede 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnathon Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Thanks! For now, we're still recuperating from this project. If only we knew somebody with a time machine, maybe she could tell us what the future holds... Jess Heck, a time machine would be great just for rewinding every day you spend working on a fan game, so you would have all the time you need, and would never even need to announce a release date (of course, you'd probably have to carry the source code and resources with you inside the time machine, but that shouldn't be too difficult, no?) (sighs...) If only we all had time machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_d Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 (sighs...) If only we all had time machines. Of course, if we all had time machines, we'd all have already played all the fan games. Or something... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 times like this I wish I could draw - animate. I would love to do what you guys are doing. I am just glad I was able to help with the porting. Troels Pleimert, Decaffeinated Jedi and s_d 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troels Pleimert Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 I wish I had my own Akril -- or Mark Crowe, or whatever. An artist to do my evil bidding. (I imagine Jess' biddings are evil, or at least with sinister intent.) I have so many game ideas (some of them fully designed) and no real way of getting them out. Treasure your Akril, Jess. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 I wish I had my own Akril -- or Mark Crowe, or whatever. An artist to do my evil bidding. (I imagine Jess' biddings are evil, or at least with sinister intent.) I have so many game ideas (some of them fully designed) and no real way of getting them out. I think we all do lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_d Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Treasure your Akril, Jess. :) I think she did much more than artwork, and also, I'm pretty sure I saw some commission rates posted on her Deviantart page or website once upon a time... I suspect she'd assist your evil plot as a hired mercenary! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troels Pleimert Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Yeah, she did a lot more than the artwork, but that's the stuff I'm most impressed with. :) Also, I don't want to hire her. She would then have the option of quitting! Besides, I couldn't afford to pay anyone in anything except for abuse. s_d and Johnathon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunchbox Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 I couldn't afford to pay anyone in anything except for abuse. Honestly and I lol'd so hard at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akril Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 I think she did much more than artwork, and also, I'm pretty sure I saw some commission rates posted on her Deviantart page or website once upon a time... I suspect she'd assist your evil plot as a hired mercenary! ;) While I do take commissions (well, technically I've only taken one so far), I'm still willing to make exceptions for members of relatively small fandoms that I'm also part of (it depends what sort of art/animation I'm being asked to make). Yeah, she did a lot more than the artwork, but that's the stuff I'm most impressed with. :) Also, I don't want to hire her. She would then have the option of quitting! Besides, I couldn't afford to pay anyone in anything except for abuse. I try not to quit any project I get involved with without a very good reason, though I might get slowed down because of other commitments. I had a lot of stuff going on during the development of PQ2, which really dragged out the whole thing. (Pledge Quest II was 3 months in the making, but it's barely a third as large as Adventure: The Inside Job, which took me about 6 months to make.) Speaking of art, I've got a few pieces of PQ2 concept art I need to upload once I get back to my place. EDIT: And I'm sorry I forgot to bring it up when I first posted this message, but that story about your daughter was adorable, s_d. Thank you for sharing it. (Also, thanks to everyone who's spreading the news about the game!) nockgeneer, s_d, pcj and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob476 Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Been out of touch this weekend down in rural Alabama (man the internet there is poop!), Already re-tweeted and I'll give this a big mention in the news section of my podcast this week! Hopefully a few more of my listeners will pitch in. pcj and Decaffeinated Jedi 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monolith_Pig Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 Loved Part 2, keep 'em coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguinfan Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 That was great! Can somebody tell me where to turn in my AdventurePoints for "Streets Ahead"?? Decaffeinated Jedi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decaffeinated Jedi Posted October 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 That was great! Can somebody tell me where to turn in my AdventurePoints for "Streets Ahead"?? Just send a check for $19.99 to the Pledge Quest offices, and we'll generate a code to activate the DLC. ;) Jess Troels Pleimert and penguinfan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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