Vapourware Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous - an 8-bit RPG for PC and Commodore 64

[shilence]

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Gen X?! Please! No self respecting person from my day would say this:


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I reported you for hate speech. Be prepared to be swatted in the next 5mins.

btw, If anyone fancies a more civilized conversation, have a look at the nice kickstarter comments. Even Bruce himself lowers himself to his backers there!
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...-an-8bit-rpg-for-pc-and-commodore-64/comments

I really like how he rambles about some weird story from X years ago where someone said his game looks cool, but not actually anwering to the people's questions.

 

[shilence]

I'm not familiar with americans, why is he adding "TM" to Stirring Dragon Games and and Unknown Realm everywhere? I did a trademark search but both strings aren't registered.

What's the deal with americans? Gen X, what u doing? pls Bruce waddup my dude!

 

[fr0]

I'm not familiar with americans, why is he adding "TM" to Stirring Dragon Games and and Unknown Realm everywhere? I did a trademark search but both strings aren't registered.

What's the deal with americans? Gen X, what u doing? pls Bruce waddup my dude!

In America (at least), you don't need to register a trademark. You can, but then it's a "Registered Trademark" and gets the ® symbol and has additional benefits.

 

[shilence]

In America (at least), you don't need to register a trademark. You can, but then it's a "Registered Trademark" and gets the ® symbol and has additional benefits.

so it's basically an original art do not steal situation?

 

[fr0]

In America (at least), you don't need to register a trademark. You can, but then it's a "Registered Trademark" and gets the ® symbol and has additional benefits.

so it's basically an original art do not steal situation?

Yes. My understanding (not a lawyer) is that if it were challenged in court and you have proof of original art, then your trademark is protected even if all you did was slap the TM on it.

 

[d1nolore]

interesting couple, I wonder what they do for work and in their spare time.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Collect pogey, insult classic CRPG fans, pretend they can make more than a C64 screen saver in a bizarre rock star game dev LARP.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

interesting couple, I wonder what they do for work and in their spare time.

The typical beggar job they will take to the streets again like their olden days.




I'm surprised they didn't start a church since religious orders supposedly pay no taxes and are the biggest bunco schemes on the planet for millennia. Only prostitution comes close or surpasses that and at least there you get some fucking in.

I guess they could red light their lives as well.

 

[Cohesion]

interesting couple, I wonder what they do for work and in their spare time.

The typical beggar job they will take to the streets again like their olden days.




I'm surprised they didn't start a church since religious orders supposedly pay no taxes and are the biggest bunco schemes on the planet for millennia. Only prostitution comes close or surpasses that and at least there you get some fucking in.

I guess they could red light their lives as well.

They are noob grifters. (Kick)starting religion/cult is for pros. Wannabe Chris Roberts.

 

[taxalot]

Even SKALD is out now.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

It is?

 

[adamantyr]

Yeah, May 30th for Skald. 7pm local time, which I think is still before noon in the US.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Yeah, it just hit. Anyway, I'm sure Bruce and his henchwife will take credit for another indie launched. Without them, nothing would be made.

 

[mediocrepoet]

All this guy did was make a C64 style modern RPG, didn't even press C64 disks or use real C64 hardware or... *

* inb4 I find out he actually did that too.

 

[TheKing01]

150k stretch goal to release a soundtrack.

Some of you guys truly do it to yourselves.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

If you are following Stirring Dragon on KS, then you will know they just decided to help fund The Wayward Realms.

1 created
72 funded.

Your money well spent so they can reap in others KS rewards...











...............and maybe take credit for those games as well.

 

[mediocrepoet]

If you are following Stirring Dragon on KS, then you will know they just decided to help fund The Wayward Realms.

1 created
72 funded.

Your money well spent so they can reap in others KS rewards...











...............and maybe take credit for those games as well.

They just wanted to get SDG into the credits listing, so they could be like: Yeah, we were busy. We were totally executive producers on that other vapourware project.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

They supported the game because of

GAHY PRIDE MUNTH

Really? All sausages and no love muffins with a side of milkers?

 

[Mortmal]

All this guy did was make a C64 style modern RPG, didn't even press C64 disks or use real C64 hardware or... *

* inb4 I find out he actually did that too.

Skald taking 500 MB—I don't see that happening on a C64 anymore. It would be quite a technical prowess, which only a few are still capable of achieving. It's also beyond those games, although I remember quite good-looking C64 games like Times of Lore or the recent port of Eye of the Beholder on the C64.

 

[mediocrepoet]

All this guy did was make a C64 style modern RPG, didn't even press C64 disks or use real C64 hardware or... *

* inb4 I find out he actually did that too.

Skald taking 500 MB—I don't see that happening on a C64 anymore. It would be quite a technical prowess, which only a few are still capable of achieving. It's also beyond those games, although I remember quite good-looking C64 games like Times of Lore or the recent port of Eye of the Beholder on the C64.

Good point.

I thought the C64 was awesome back in the day. Missed it a lot when I had to move to a CGA PC.

 

[Mortmal]

All this guy did was make a C64 style modern RPG, didn't even press C64 disks or use real C64 hardware or... *

* inb4 I find out he actually did that too.

Skald taking 500 MB—I don't see that happening on a C64 anymore. It would be quite a technical prowess, which only a few are still capable of achieving. It's also beyond those games, although I remember quite good-looking C64 games like Times of Lore or the recent port of Eye of the Beholder on the C64.

Good point.

I thought the C64 was awesome back in the day. Missed it a lot when I had to move to a CGA PC.

It was awesome and far superior to CGA graphics on PC, both in terms of graphics and sound. Then, after that, the Amiga was considerably superior to PC gaming until the Ultima 7 era. But Skald would be above the best-looking games on the C64.
Best graphics i could remember :
https://www.lemon64.com/game/last-ninja-3 , https://www.lemon64.com/game/times-of-lore
Most detailed rpg i can remember :
https://www.lemon64.com/game/magic-candle as you see it's well under skald too which could rather be an amiga 500 game except for the palette. Peak amiga rpg gaming was https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=1250 , https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=4095, https://www.lemonamiga.com/games/details.php?id=1485 even bigger in scope, and so many more. The Skald trailer is good, but the C64 could have been realistically replaced by an A500.

 

[Mortmal]

Hope they freeze to death on the streets over the holidays!

Just a video game. Not a really big deal.

Yet there's indeed a very special place in hell for con artists cashing in on old nerds' C64 nostalgia.

 

[shilence]

Any idea who the "co-designer and creative director for all our games, also handling marketing, biz dev, and community outreach"* is talking about?

(and props to Kimberly for recognizing a good human)

* https://stirringdragon.games/about-us/

 

[adamantyr]

No idea... it can't be Skald because 1) They had a very successful release and 2) His KS raised only $15k US after conversion.

 

[Modron]

Someone on the Wayward Realms team? There was some french jrpg like that just closed ~270,000: ALZARA Radiant Echoes recently as well. But that's about all I can think of in regards to larger RPG kickstarter success stories in recent years.

Granted I don't how long ago that post KS power trip was I guess.