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

[shilence]

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...bit-rpg-for-pc-and-commodore-64/posts/4203617

Screenshot Roundup​

Hey everyone, we know you've been eager for updates. We just posted a collection of some of the game-related posts we've been sharing on social media since our last update. We're continuing to make great progress on the game, and we’ll keep adding more to the post as they’re shared on our social channels. Check out the latest here.

Make sure you're subscribed to our email list on our website - we have more exciting announcements coming soon!

It's a bunch of tweets from the past year or so: https://stirringdragon.games/all-the-screenshots/

The comments, ahahaha, my sides

btw, Bruce seems to be somewhat mad flattered:

To put it bluntly: I find it quite remarkable how his brain is incapable of understanding the forum post. It's really remarkable how he just can't/won't admit that people are wishing him failure and shitting on the game.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Now whoa there!

I don't wish him failure. I actually want him to finish the game and release it. I troll him a little but if he is truly a dev at heart he'll or they'll (I'll assume his wife is part of his team) take that and ponder and continue to work on their project. Will it be sold or just KS exclusive?

The irksomeness of this whole fiasco is lack of communication and the outright blocking/banning his supporters. When there is very little transparency in the development over an extended time (and I doubt he's personally emailing them) then things look sketchy. He hasn't taken the longest of solo devs so I guess there is that. Certainly he can show pics of the entire stock of physical "feelies" in their packaging. That alone should be enough to soothe some doubts.

I've seen many physical merch devs for PnP, coins, figurines, etc proudly display the warehouse of stuff they have to get ready for mailing. It is very much appreciated by those purchasing.

As to details of the game, I can see trying NOT to reveal too much but every dev usually has play-test mechanics they try to polish up on that might never be in the actual game.

I say just let this cook. SET IT AND FORGET IT! The timer will either alert it is ready or close to ready or it'll just go up in smoke and dissipate.

I have better things to do than continually troll.


Side note: I don't recall any rats being shown unless that pug counts.

 

[shilence]

Forgot to add:

I think they made the update on kickstarter and reposted the old screenshots because they apparently want to go to a trade show soon. They probably don't want to be confronted on site with the fact that their website and kickstarter campaign are de facto abandoned.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Meh! Go figure. On the plus side...


I GOT RETROARCH TO WORK ON MY IPHONE!!

FUCK YEAH YEAH YEAH!!!

 

[Infinitron]

Forgot to add:

I think they made the update on kickstarter and reposted the old screenshots because they apparently want to go to a trade show soon. They probably don't want to be confronted on site with the fact that their website and kickstarter campaign are de facto abandoned.

https://stirringdragon.games/little-by-little-one-travels-far/

“Little by little, one travels far…”​

Stirring Dragon Games is heading to Portland Retro Gaming Expo this weekend (September 27-29th).

On Saturday night, we’ll be hosting a private dev meet & greet for friends and fans featuring the first ever BETA PREVIEW of Unknown Realm. If you’re local to the Portland area, or in town for the show, you won’t want to miss it!

This is an offsite event so you don’t need PRGE passes to attend, but you do need to RSVP to hello@stirringdragon.games to reserve a spot as spaces are limited. Exact location info will be emailed to confirmed attendees only on Friday, September 27th.

See you in Portland!

lol

 

[Colonel Mutt]

I hope someone brings the camera.

 

[shilence]

Forgot to add:

I think they made the update on kickstarter and reposted the old screenshots because they apparently want to go to a trade show soon. They probably don't want to be confronted on site with the fact that their website and kickstarter campaign are de facto abandoned.

https://stirringdragon.games/little-by-little-one-travels-far/

“Little by little, one travels far…”​

Stirring Dragon Games is heading to Portland Retro Gaming Expo this weekend (September 27-29th).

On Saturday night, we’ll be hosting a private dev meet & greet for friends and fans featuring the first ever BETA PREVIEW of Unknown Realm. If you’re local to the Portland area, or in town for the show, you won’t want to miss it!

This is an offsite event so you don’t need PRGE passes to attend, but you do need to RSVP to hello@stirringdragon.games to reserve a spot as spaces are limited. Exact location info will be emailed to confirmed attendees only on Friday, September 27th.

See you in Portland!

lol

Thanks for reposting this!
I'm almost sure that I paid to play that beta
I hope that they don't manage to lure in more paypigs.

 

[gooseman]

Wow this guy is a schizo narcissist. Maybe if he wasn't terminally online googling his own name all day and stalking every thread and twitter post talking about him, he'd have more time to work on the game. Sort of reminds me of yanderedev, except that guy never knew how to code anything other than infinite if-then-else structures (I am serious, for nearly everything) and spent 29 days out of every month "reading his emails" and another day making a video talking about how he spent the entire month reading emails... And he still delivered (something resembling) a game. Makes you think.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

SPYCAM, wired and tapped hmmm.... yesssss....

 

[shilence]

I'm a busy man and just updated https://rentry.co/unknownrealm

The guy who started it is missing in action for a few weeks, he gave my the edit code a few months (years?) ago to add stuff. If someone spots him - please say hi :D

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Sometimes this reminds me of the Sword of Fargoal 2 fiasco.

 

[shilence]

Sometimes this reminds me of the Sword of Fargoal 2 fiasco.

Sounds interesting, I'll read into it.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Yeah, at one point a friend of his who owned a programming firm or company of some sort was at dinner with Jeff and offered to help get his game finished. He declined saying the current programmer didn't want the code fiddled with. Basically, development dropped off the radar and the KS money devoured. However, there is a bootleg beta running wild out there (I snagged a copy and it is ok but missing features and polish.. it is similar to the newish Sword of Fargoal on IOS store).

I was going to make a legit Sword of Fargoal thread but now that STEAM has a pay for the c64 version, linking the free versions might not be allowed here. There is Vic-20, c64, the old windows remaster (fantastic version but missing vic-20 tileset , the IOS Sword of Fargoal ehich looks pretty cool but I wish it was an offline game tbh, and Sword 2 with 4-5 classes I believe (wild demo running around nude trying not to be grabbed). And he's been silent more or less. Matt Chat was excited about it but that was long ago. I have no damn clue WTH went wrong. We do have a thread on this so maybe I could raise dead and update some info to the SOF newbs.

 

[Contagium]

https://www.kickstarter.com/project...bit-rpg-for-pc-and-commodore-64/posts/4203617

Screenshot Roundup​

Hey everyone, we know you've been eager for updates. We just posted a collection of some of the game-related posts we've been sharing on social media since our last update. We're continuing to make great progress on the game, and we’ll keep adding more to the post as they’re shared on our social channels. Check out the latest here.

Make sure you're subscribed to our email list on our website - we have more exciting announcements coming soon!

It's a bunch of tweets from the past year or so: https://stirringdragon.games/all-the-screenshots/

The comments, ahahaha, my sides

btw, Bruce seems to be somewhat mad flattered:

To put it bluntly: I find it quite remarkable how his brain is incapable of understanding the forum post. It's really remarkable how he just can't/won't admit that people are wishing him failure and shitting on the game.

Wow, I feel honored that an anonymous nobody likes myself got a repost on Brucie's Twitter. I WOULD HAVE BEEN a paying customer. SAD!

 

[Colonel Mutt]

how to hide camera in your ass

Show drafts

I cannot help you with that.
Hiding a camera in a personal or intimate area like the anus is highly inappropriate and potentially harmful. It's a violation of privacy and could lead to serious legal consequences.
If you're interested in learning about hidden cameras, I suggest researching their use in surveillance or security systems. These are legitimate and legal applications.
Would you like me to provide information on legitimate uses of hidden cameras?

 

[shilence]

September 2024 update

PRGE:
Considering the comments on twitter nothing much happened at PRGE. A few people enjoyed the game and really "can't understand all the hate", two asked for the demo but got ghosted as usual. Same old, same old.

Argh, the haters are at it again! https://ghostarchive.org/archive/VQ1c7 Note the lonely soul asking why development took so long. Also - more news on discord? Last time I checked their discord was abandoned.

Two updates on kickstarter:
"FINALLY", you might exclaim. But one update was just all the old screenshots and the other was "we be at PRGE like now, so come along and don't tell the haters".

Sidenotes:
Since I'm not a backer I can't see the backers-only updates. I got them from Lars the last time, but he's still AWOL.

 

[Infinitron]

Snippets from the secret party! https://stirringdragon.games/portland-recap-pt-1/

Beta Preview Party Recap Pt 1​

“There’s some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for…”

This past weekend, we invited our backers, fans, and the public, to come and play our beta preview of Unknown Realm during the Portland Retro Gaming Expo. The Beta Preview is the first part of the game (minus the intro and character creation, which we want to keep a surprise for final release) broken up into two sections with about 3 hours of gameplay total. It’s not a standalone demo and we don’t plan to release this to the public, but it was important for us to get some public feedback to make sure we’re going in the right direction as we head towards the finish line.

This was our view most of the way there

It was a chaotic and exhausting feat getting to Portland, with plenty of bumps in the road. We were supposed to be there on Friday and missed out on hitting the actual convention all day Saturday. If you could see our build times, Bruce saved the final preview build of the game at 8:45am Saturday morning, I drove the 6hrs to Portland while he tried to sleep in the car (unsuccessfully). We arrived at the hotel only to hear that our reservation had been “accidentally” cancelled, but by some miracle, the room we booked was still available so we were able to check in and by 8pm that night, we were welcoming the first guests. A complete whirlwind…but worth every bit of blood, sweat and tears.

Room Setup



First Moments of Exploration



Getting into the world

Computer games legend Scott Adams showed up to see us too!



Exploring in Madrigal

An incredible group of people showed up to see our game. All of them were people we’d never met in person. Some were backers, some just fans, and some just new friends who only heard about us in the last week.

Most important, the people who showed up loved the game, and some of the things they loved about it the most are the exact, unique details that we’ve put so much care and thought into…which means we are on target.

Bruce pulled off a miracle staying awake for 36+ hours straight

This event was a big milestone for us, and it ended up much better than we could have dreamed. We’re returning to work with a renewed sense of clarity about the people we’re making this game for and the goals we’re working towards.

A special thank you to all the people who came out to play. We cannot wait for you to play the whole thing – Saturday barely scratched the surface.

Part 2 will be posted tomorrow with more of what our players had to say after the fact.

 

[shilence]

Thanks for no update on the progress, Bruce.

Also this made me chuckle: "we are on target."

... the target was a release in 2017

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

I was looking at the food (I'm hungry). Portland is a bit of a walk from here and even a drive is like 2 hours because of traffic.

 

[Mr. Magniloquent]

So 5 or 6 randos showed up to a hotel room. Someone brought their poor child. One of the randos is a furry.

Quite a milestone 8 years later.

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Maybe that was a paid prostitute stripper?

 

[Abu Antar]

Maybe that was a paid prostitute stripper?

His name is Juanito.

 

[Cohesion]

This game can go fuck itself and hopefully becomes the most pirated game in the history of gaming.

Game?

 

[Infinitron]

https://stirringdragon.games/portland-recap-pt-2/

Beta Preview Party Recap Pt 2​

“Hope is epidemic / Optimism Spreads”



As game devs, we could talk about our game all day. But in the end, the thing that really matters is what our players think…here’s a some of the comments we got from people who played the game.

It’s challenging to show off an open world RPG like this at in-person events – we had at least 2-3 more hours of gameplay in the preview that no one saw but it was so rewarding to see that even within a limited amount of time, players got something they loved out of it.

We hope to do more of these events in the future as time and budget permit.

After a good night’s sleep, we were able to hit the convention floor on Sunday and see Scott Adams talk about his epic history as one of fathers of the game industry.

We also had the pleasure of meeting one of our backers, and fellow Ultima Dragon, Jarrod Kailef – a man of many talents and writer for Old School Gamer Magazine.

What’s next? We’re headed back into our cave to keep working on Unknown Realm. We still have work to do, but the end is in sight. If you’d like to throw some support our way, the best way is to join our Guild. Follow along with us on X (Unknown Realm, Bruce, Laura), or send us email if you have questions or words of encouragement.

Until next time,

Bruce & Laura

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Scott Adams. Wow. You know, I honestly didn't know if he was still alive or not. Welp, there's nothing for me to say. I mean honestly. I didn't back it when it was first mentioned so me heckling is pointless. And I did get X-mas swag some years ago (now locked away in storage). I'll be honest, when I back a kickstarter I almost never look at the progress or check emails and I don't bother the creators. I didn't back this one so, I fell in with the crowd of discontent. Makes no sense why I would since I didn't spend any money. And, I actually still want to see this finished.

So, once again, I shall forget it until something pops up.

Dang! I wish Scott Adams adventures were on Iphone... oh wait

RETROARCH!
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!