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Tex Murphy: Any updates?
Hi folks,
I was not a backer of the Tex Murphy kickstarter, so I’m not eligible to receive updates directly from the guys at Big Finish.
Has there been any updates since the project ended? I’ve not heard much apart from the rewards that have been posted out.
I’m intrigued, I can’t wait for this!
I also am fully prepared for those of you who will say ‘You should have been a backer if you want to know’ but I was stupidly strapped for cash at the time and simply can’t afford it. Minimum wage is a b*tch.
I’m on a whole new adventure.
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They’ve been pretty quiet compared to the other projects I’ve backed - there was a sneakpeak greenscreen look at Chandler Avenue but I didn’t watch it as I’d rather be surprised nearer the time. I don’t mind the relative silence - I don’t want too many spoilers before the thing comes out and I trust them not to take the money and run. I’d rather they work on the game than be schmoozing.
Would be keen to know how Moebius is doing as I missed backing that - would have done so if it hadn’t come at the same time as so many other Kickstarters (and the later Paypal equivalents seem like you get a lot less content compared to the KS rewards - would have loved a GK design bible but they don’t seem to be included)
Have you joined their Facebook page?
http://www.facebook.com/bigfinishgames
They started shooting all the footage for the game last week.
Have you joined their Facebook page?
http://www.facebook.com/bigfinishgames
They started shooting all the footage for the game last week.
Cool, I am a backer and didn’t even know this
Still trying to resist any screenshots until nearer release day though.
They post unofficial updates and photos on the blog over at Big Finish Games fairly often, but that part of the site is backers-only.
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If you would like, you can still become a backer via the Big Finish Games website and Paypal:
http://www.bigfinishgames.com/support-project-fedora-join-mutant-league
No pressure whatsoever to do this of course if you don’t wish or finances don’t permit, I just mention it because you sounded like you might not know that there is still this option available.
I will say, though, that if you decide to back, I would not go in expecting significant behind the scenes stuff a la Moebius’ monthly updates or Double Fine Adventure’s forum posts and documentaries or anything like that. So far, there’s the occasional post on the backer-only blog (which I suspect some backers don’t realize is there since you need to have read one particular e-mail about it), maybe the occasional forum post, and the occasional e-mail update, and that’s basically it for now. You won’t see much in-game stuff or concept art, or lengthy descriptions of progress, or that kind of thing.
Aside from the fact that the Big Finish guys are concentrating on making the game (which is still in fairly early stages), I suspect they also just prefer not to show too much, prior to release. Even the in-progress version of Chandler Avenue they marked with a spoiler warning, not because it’s a plot spoiler but just because it diminishes the freshness when the game is finally finished. I am totally cool with this “don’t show too much” approach; a little mystery is a good thing. Even DFA has had to be careful to edit the documentary in such a way that you never overhear important details in a meeting.
Who is Tex Murphy ?
Who is Tex Murphy ?
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Well, if they started shooting, for me that means that the story, concept, plot, puzzles are all finished and written. Filming is the last part. They wouldn’t start shooting if the rest were not finished. It will be a waste of money to redo some scenes if they don’t have all “parts” already figured out. I guess we will hear more often about the project around May…
This is one thing that annoys me in many Kickstarted projects - there isn’t one centralized place to get updates after the project has ended. I have backed 18 projects, and each of them uses different ways and channels to give updates and information. It isn’t that easy job trying to follow everything which happens - Facebook, Twitter, blogs, message boards, backers-only websites etc.
This probably isn’t even my place to say being as I haven’t backed anything but you would think that there would be an option for the people involved with the project to send out updates via kickstarter?
I’m on a whole new adventure.
Growing a mustache?
No. Bigger than that.
A beard?!?
This probably isn’t even my place to say being as I haven’t backed anything but you would think that there would be an option for the people involved with the project to send out updates via kickstarter?
There is ‘updates’ feature in Kickstarter and it also has its own private message system. However, most developers only send out bigger updates via Kickstarter system maybe once in 2-6 months, and then they’ll share all kinds of smaller information and videos elsewhere.
As I am a backer for this project, I can tell that (as teme mention) the channel to look into news is from their site (“for your eyes only”). But there hadn’t been any significant news since last november, I guess. Meaning, for one side, that they are very well busy taking care of it or, on the other side, they went all in hibernation and we will have to wait a lot for some good news…
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