MSR *WILL* be finished, come hell or high water... hell more likely.

[nodtveidt]

Gonna stick with what it's got for now in terms of front cover art. I think that the artwork stands alone, honestly... the DUO type cover is cool, but I think it takes too much away from the artwork. As for the back cover... yeah, we'll add some screenies and text to it to make it look "official".

[MotherGunner]

Doesn't matter either way for me, but I can see people commissioning custom covers through Sparky..lol

[allyourblood]

This looks really, really cool. Wish I could play CDs!!!

Congrats on finishing what looks to be a really fine project!

[nodtveidt]

Just a quick lil heads-up... the dialogue translation came to an end tonight. It was the absolute last item on the list of things to fix in the game proper. Some things cannot be translated without rewriting serious portions of the game code, so some things are going to remain in English. There are only two minor details left to attack: some minor timing issues on a couple of the cutscenes, and one of the bonus features was rewritten from the ground up a few months ago and it has just a little more code left to write (I was not satisfied with its original performance... the new version is fast as hell!). The Spanish and French translations just need a quick playthrough (it takes about six hours for me to do this, using a built-in cheat and extensive knowledge of the game itself). Everything else is already ironed out, and no new reports have come in for quite awhile now.

[vestcoat]

Hey Rover - have you talked to Aaron or Nat about getting some fanfare on PCEFX when this thing is released?  Forum announcements are good, but it would be great to see an ad or banner on the home page.  This has been such a long-term project that it's easy to forgot what a big deal it is, and it IS a big deal.  The work on MS was one of the first things I read about when I joined the forums and has been a major topic for over six years.  MS will be the most ambitious game released for the TG/PCE in over a decade.  Not only have you done an unbelievable amount of work, but I'd guess that dozens of members here have been involved to various degrees, from the rest of the Frozen Utopia team, to the beta testers, to forum noobs cheering the project along.

[Keranu]

MS will be the most ambitious game released for the TG/PCE in over a decade.

It will be the most ambitious PCE hombrew ever once released ! The future's looking bright, gotta wear shades.

[nat]

Hey Rover - have you talked to Aaron or Nat about getting some fanfare on PCEFX when this thing is released? 

This isn't a bad idea, I'll suggest it to Aaron.

[MotherGunner]

I would like to see a spread on Kotaku myself.  Gets the word out, and you should be able to sell more from the free marketing and word of mouth.

[nodtveidt]

Kotaku might be good once it's released, but I sure wouldn't want anyone there catching wind of it prior...

[Mishran]

Hell, you even need to be concerned about who gets their hands on the game before and after release. Before you know it, it'll be on every damn ROM site on the web for free download.

[nodtveidt]

I honestly don't mind it being "shared". We're not in this for the money. Any profits made from sales past production costs go towards new equipment and future pressings. I plan on using some of the profits to obtain a new cakebox of archival CDRs that can be used for future PCE hardware testing, as well as a PC-FX machine which will be used to make future PC-FX games as soon as the toolchain is stable and mature enough (it's getting there... it's almost production quality, from what I can tell). But the majority will go towards the pressing of Jungle Bros and Neutopia III.

The whole reason we're doing a pressing to begin with is because that's what the community asked for. It'll be shared pretty quickly, I'm positive of that. But then again, anything worth stealing is worth paying for, so if it gets heavily pirated, I guess that means that it's worth something.

[Mathius]

Man, I have missed a LOT! I lost my damn bookmark somehow!

Okay, looks great! Either cover! I don't care which! ...I think my heartrate is nearing the 120 bpm mark.

Also, Neotopia III?!?!? What? When did this happen to where you can just so nonchalantly throw that name around?


Sincerely,
Excited Mati

[Arkhan]

f*ck Kotaku.  Bunch of hipster gaming chowdercocks.



I can pimp the game for you at CCAG in May/June/whenever it is in 2012.  My TurbobTable draws a pretty solid crowd once they see this crap in action.

[mrhaboobi]

But the majority will go towards the pressing of Jungle Bros and Neutopia III.

Hmm do i hear a pre order coming soon then?

[nodtveidt]

Jungle Bros is on standby while the designer is away, and we're just getting warmed up with Neutopia III now that we have a dedicated artist for it. In the meantime, we're also going to do some other things, such as our other platformer, and we're still also preparing for a side-scrolling brawler a la Final Fight.