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Hero-U - October Development Update

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by RPGWatch, Oct 20, 2014.

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    [​IMG]Corey Cole posted his October update for Hero-U with information about the game's development. So if you have no patience with reading it's not for you.

    Why We Update
    I put some thought this morning as to the purpose of these updates. I think an update:
    • Reassures you, our backers, that we are still working on, and committed to, the project.
    • Keeps you informed about the project status.
    • Shares some cool things (and occasionally an Inside Secret) about Hero-U development.
    • Entertains you and/or provides something of value.
    • Encourages you to spread the word about the project.
    • Occasionally gives me a soapbox to share ideas I think are important.
    Current Progress

    The current status? Art is about 85% complete, design is complete, programming is at 50%, writing has just begun. Now that Lori has completed the game design, she is working hard on writing the game dialog. I am also much more available now to work on the other game text. We've completed 1,200 "lines" (some of them are really full paragraphs) of a planned 50,000. This will make Hero-U more text-rich than Quest for Glory IV, "the CD-ROM from Hell" according to John Rhys-Davies. John had 6,000 "lines" of narration to read; he told us they were the equivalent of 20,000 lines in an animation script.

    We have spent, or have obligations to spend, about $150,000 beyond the initial Kickstarter income. We are still under the original $650,000 budget plan and expect to stay under that. However, obviously the schedule has suffered from the need to stretch out expenditures, team changes (we had to throw away $50,000 of work), and Lori's and my time spent on other aspects of the business than writing the game. Making a dialogue-based graphic adventure game is neither fast nor easy.

    The new Hero-U release date? I can't promise a specific date, but it will be in 2015, and hopefully in the Summer. We should know much more by January or February.​
     
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