Sir Procestuous

Someone (cough) needs to do a video of this. ;)

Great job on the last big push, guys! Hero-U is already above $400K with 4 hours to go. This is a great year for Sierra enthusiasts.

Ah yes...fond memories of those contests, fond memories.
 

I remember that page. It had some of the best Space Quest fan art I'd ever seen when I first discovered it back in the day. 

I've definitely got the first video. (Yep, I actually saved it all these years.)

A lot of things really have me excited about this project. While I understand a lot of people are put off by the fact that Hero-U isn't "Quest for Glory 6" in name, it takes place in the same universe and the Coles have said that characters and events from the QFG series will be alluded to in Hero-U. The University is located in Silmaria, and the Famous Adventurer may or may not make an appearance, and most importantly, THERE"S MEEPS! :D
 
Even if a TRUE QFG6 were to come to fruition, after Dragon Fire "The Hero's" story was concluded so he wouldn't be the protagonist anyway, and I couldn't imagine "QFG6" being much different from what we're getting for Hero-U
 
It seems very similar to a lot of the criticisms SpaceVenture received for not being "Space Quest 7", which even though it's not in the "same universe" in name I know it will FEEL THE SAME. and that's what so many people overlooked, but that's what makes us SUPERFANS and them FANS! :D

Latest video. Good to know their listening to the people! :D
 

The kickstarter has already passed 100K!! Great momentum thus far, and the Coles have fun things ahead to help keep that momentum going...."Sierra Revival '12" is a great era to be living in indeed! :D

I cannot wait to enroll and begin my classes! :D

A lot of things really have me excited about this project. While I understand a lot of people are put off by the fact that Hero-U isn't "Quest for Glory 6" in name, it takes place in the same universe and the Coles have said that characters and events from the QFG series will be alluded to in Hero-U. The University is located in Silmaria, and the Famous Adventurer may or may not make an appearance, and most importantly, THERE"S MEEPS! :D
 
Even if a TRUE QFG6 were to come to fruition, after Dragon Fire "The Hero's" story was concluded so he wouldn't be the protagonist anyway, and I couldn't imagine "QFG6" being much different from what we're getting for Hero-U
 
It seems very similar to a lot of the criticisms SpaceVenture received for not being "Space Quest 7", which even though it's not in the "same universe" in name I know it will FEEL THE SAME. and that's what so many people overlooked, but that's what makes us SUPERFANS and them FANS! :D

I remember that! Great fun. Will suggest it as an idea to Chris - I know he wants to start up contests.

Anyone remember this contest from back in the day? I have a program that's a "walkthrough Gallery" of all the entries from the first year '02 I believe. I entered the following year but sadly the "Gallery" was never updated :(
 
Here's a dl link if anyone's interested: https://rapidshare.com/files/3486800795/Wilconuim%20Museum.rar
 
Might be fun to revive it to celebrate SpaceVenture :D

Yep, they've been fixed for about a week now.
 

Yeah, the Twinkie Nose Tuesdays would be a fantastic addition! You definitely deserve some payoff for all that twinkie consumption...
 
I'll have to steal Chris's avatar as well.

A collection of some of the Twinkie Nose Tuesdays (me and Alan)
http://www.spacequest.net/index.php/topic/345-share-your-twinkie-nose-tuesday-submission/
 
And these I also did (but not for SpaceVenture, but there was a spike in interest/viewers)...
http://www.spacequest.net/index.php/topic/344-did-these-a-long-long-time-ago-in-a-janitor-closet-far-far-away/

I'm very eager myself to learn more about Ace, how different, and alike him and Roger may be. I think Roger is a good janitor, he'd just rather be lazy and not work, but when he DOES actually work, he does good...unless he's sweeping the decks in outer space, at which point there will be broom losses.
 
I agree that Ace seems more motivated, it'll be interesting to see what sort of repore him and Gary Owens have...a lot of Gary's cracks on Roger related to his laziness and dumbfounded nature...Ace comes across as more "together".
 
If, hypothetically down the line Mark and Scott do regain the rights to Space Quest I hope we see a team up between Roger and Ace

Let me just say, anytime I get to spend time talking with Troels is a pleasure! Of course I'd do this :P

Scott and Mark mentioned that the Two Guys from Andromeda will most likely be featured in SpaceVenture. What part in the story do you see them playing?
 
I have a theory that Ace will be sent to their house to unclog their toilet (He first needs to disguise himself using a Twinkie) then ultimately ends up serving them drinks! :P

I get easily side-tracked with other tasks and whatnot, but try to make a conscious effort to pop by the backers site at least once a week and see if there's anything new/comment and give my input on the character designs when the mood strikes.
 
We're in the "slow period" right now, but I know exciting times are ahead as more progress is being made "behind the scenes" which, for me is the next phase of excitement. Normally with projects like this that I'm really pumped for I try to avoid spoilers and go in not knowing what to expect...but in this case, I know that's practically unavoidable do to being an "insider" which in this case is an awesome exception to the rule and I'm stoked to be privy to insider info! :D

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. ;)

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

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

I couldn't agree more with this sentiment. I met so many awesome people through all these Kickstarter campaigns. It may be making my wallet bleed like you wouldn't believe, but the memories (and in-game cameos) make up for it in spades.

So, ideas for the next Hangout?
 
I thought it might be fun to do a "Space Quest Debate" format. We put forward questions ("What's the funniest Space Quest?", "What's the most frustrating puzzle?", etc.) and do a roundtable discussion. Yes, it's stuff that we've been discussing for almost two decades on various forums, but it could prove interesting to do it in Hangout form instead.
 
Just an idea...
 
Jess

Selected two people for this task:
 
Warren Pylypchuk
Rowan McFarland
 
Thanks everyone who submitted videos for this! Again, I know how time consuming this was for all of you! I promise to consider all of you for possible future work as they come up!

Hey everyone! Was a bit tied up with Dragon*con for the last few days, but now that I'm back I'll be selecting someone to help with this. Thanks so much to those that submitted videos! I know this took time out of your schedules, and for that, I'll be keeping the list of names of people that submitted for this for possible future work! :)

I'll see what I can do....

Yeah. It really did. Nothing ever came of it, despite me and Alan's numerous submissions (usually at least one a week until SpaceVenture got funded). No idea what they're going to do with it, if anything, sadly. In the end, it was fun to do - and learning (once again) that Twinkies are the most vile thing to eat in this world.