TripleM
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Now that that's over, can we get back to revealing letters?

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This has nothing to do with the letters, but
will there be ...


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mrimer
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TripleM wrote:
Now that that's over, can we get back to revealing letters?

Ah, yes. We've finally arrived at the end of the arbitrarily set time interval. Take a look over here.

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Gandalf? Yes... That's what they used to call me.
Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White.
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robin wrote:
will there be ...

Click here to view the secret text

×Vessels?

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Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White.
And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.

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mrimer
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We've published a TSS preview page on the CG site with the teaser trailer, some PR text, and screenshots of some of the features shown in the trailer and on the forum.

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The new page looks great! Is that a new conquer token graphic in the construct screenshot, or is it something else?

On the CG homepage it says 'sixth major title', but on the TSS page it says' fifth major title'.

The last paragraph says to look out for a demo in the upcoming months. Does that mean you're going to release that earlier, or is this an error?

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mrimer wrote:
We've published a TSS preview page on the CG site with the teaser trailer, some PR text, and screenshots of some of the features shown in the trailer and on the forum.

Looks great! Can't wait to play in the World Map.

Btw, the video is not working for me (Chrome/Firefox in Windows). Only a black rectangle appears and if I click it says "An error occurred. Please try again later."

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There's a space where one shouldn't be in the video link URL.

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slimm tom wrote:
The new page looks great! Is that a new conquer token graphic in the construct screenshot, or is it something else?

Good eye. Yes, we have updated graphics for the conquer token, and all of the other tokens, in fact. It's about time. Alex is doing an awesome job.

On the CG homepage it says 'sixth major title', but on the TSS page it says' fifth major title'.

Note there's a subtle difference in the wording. They are both right.

The last paragraph says to look out for a demo in the upcoming months. Does that mean you're going to release that earlier, or is this an error?

It's not an error, but we won't necessarily be releasing a demo earlier than the full release.

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mrimer wrote:
Note there's a subtle difference in the wording. They are both right.

Ah yes, you're quite right, although it might not be obvious to everyone that 'DROD RPG' is in fact not considered an installment in the 'DROD Series'.

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slimm tom wrote:

mrimer wrote:
Note there's a subtle difference in the wording. They are both right.

Ah yes, you're quite right, although it might not be obvious to everyone that 'DROD RPG' is in fact not considered an installment in the 'DROD Series'.

I don't want to cause confusion, so I'll just rephrase one of these.

I think I've fixed the video URL.

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"An all-new 60-minute soundtrack composed by synthpop artist Jon Sonnenberg of Travelogue."

Cool! But what about...

mrimer wrote:
[...] We'll also have all the JtRH music back for the first three room styles. All of the new music featured in the newer styles will be still be present. [...]

Is the JtRH music still going to be brought back?

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Kwerulous wrote:
"An all-new 60-minute soundtrack composed by synthpop artist Jon Sonnenberg of Travelogue."

Cool! But what about...

mrimer wrote:
[...] We'll also have all the JtRH music back for the first three room styles. All of the new music featured in the newer styles will be still be present. [...]

Is the JtRH music still going to be brought back?

Yes, sir! Maybe I should say something more clear and impressive-sounding like "This game has over four hours of music!"

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mrimer wrote:

slimm tom wrote:
The last paragraph says to look out for a demo in the upcoming months. Does that mean you're going to release that earlier, or is this an error?

It's not an error, but we won't necessarily be releasing a demo earlier than the full release.

Well that certainly sounds like good news! (if you're implying what I think you're implying)

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mrimer wrote: Yes, sir! Maybe I should say something more clear and impressive-sounding like "This game has over four hours of music!"

Sounds great!

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mrimer wrote: Yes, sir! Maybe I should say something more clear and impressive-sounding like "This game has over four hours of music!"

Perhaps something like: "This game has over four hours of music, containing an all-new 60-minute soundtrack composed by synthpop artist Jon Sonnenberg of Travelogue!"

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Someone Else wrote:

mrimer wrote: Yes, sir! Maybe I should say something more clear and impressive-sounding like "This game has over four hours of music!"

Perhaps something like: "This game has over four hours of music, containing an all-new 60-minute soundtrack composed by synthpop artist Jon Sonnenberg of Travelogue!"

Ok, that is awesome. I loved the music in TCB (especially the one that often plays with the tarstuff rooms that has the really repetitive part and the kinda creepy part in the middle) I am really glad that there is going to be MORE!!! And for some reason, when I see the Gentryii, i think of some sort of really evil Chain Chomp.... maybe its just me
EDIT: ok, maybe I should look at the other page more often. CLEARLY I am not the only one thinking that haha.

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Here's what the latest 0.25% on the progress bar represents:

Now scripts can access new predefined x/y vars, representing the origin coordinates of the custom room image (and overhead image). When a script modifies these variables, the custom image will be redrawn with respect to the new origin coordinates.

What this means is that the engine now supports some basic large-scale animations, i.e., turn-based frame advancement for an arbitrary room area.

For instance, you could have on/off states for large objects. Say, a 4x4 machine could be rendered from a source 4x8 image depicting the two states. The "window" you see the image through would be the 4x4 area of the room with custom floor/wall/pit image tiles.

You could also display an animation "in real time" if a scripted cutscene is playing and advancing the frames automatically.

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And I was sure it had to do with tacos.

In other news I had fajitas for dinner and they were everything I wanted and more.

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I noticed the product page for TSS says "Over 500 puzzle rooms and 30 levels, each organized around a different type of puzzle element."

TCB is technically 500+ rooms, but the page still says "over 350." Is the TSS page just counting differently, or is TSS really that much bigger?

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Good observation. We've kept the original "25 levels and 350 rooms" as the baseline for the expected amount of content for each new release, but we realize that in actuality each official hold is closer to around 400-500 rooms.

But, your suspicion is correct in this case -- the TSS hold is actually going to be that much bigger. We have most of the content already done, but I estimate we still have at least 5 more levels yet to create as we glue it all together.

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Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White.
And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.

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Some stats:

KDD2.0: 408 rooms (320 highscoreable)
JtRH: 474 rooms (330 highscoreable)
TCB: 529 rooms (275 highscoreable)
GatEB: 424 rooms (265 Highscoreable)
RPG:TT: 360 rooms

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