Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Demo and KS Now Available
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You can download the Demo and access the Kickstarter here. Check out the trailer here. They have a Official Website here. Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure is a PC Mac Linux comedy point 'n click love letter to classic-era Lucas Arts adventures, Hitchcock, HP Lovecraft, and many, many others. A lighthearted spoof of the Cthulhu Mythos, Gibbous will have you controlling 3 protagonists, dealing with strange cultists, ancient voodoo, and Dead Cthulhu himself. Well, "dead" is just a matter of opinion... But you really came here for the bullet points, didn't you? Alright, here ya go:
Classic point and click gameplay inspired by the great Lucas Arts games of yore! Traditional frame by frame animation, just like back in the days (well, maybe a bit more frames) Detailed, hand-painted background art! Hugely diverse orchestral soundtrack! Unique responses for item-hotspot combinations! A focus on exploration and examining the environment! Loving and respectful spoof of the Cthulhu Mythos DRM-free or Steam Key! Made in Transylvania! Happy Gaming! Ana
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Re: Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Demo and KS Now Available
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Re: Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Demo and KS Now Available
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Mr_Underhill, I already posted the info here. I merged you with the current thread. Ana
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Re: Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Demo and KS Now Available
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Re: Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Demo and KS Now Available
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Thanks Ana! Oldbroad, thanks so much for backing! Lynthorpe: Heh, yeah, I'm pretty new to crowdfunding myself, but the concept's pretty simple - your card doesn't get charged unless the project is fully funded. That it gets funded I have no way of guaranteeing. If it DOES get funded, I can guarantee that two guys and one gal in sunny (for now) Transylvania, Romania will work their chair-shaped butts off to create a full length game that you'll enjoy at least as much, if not more than you did the demo Aaaah, I think I've awoken some kind of evil dormant PR specialist inside of me, need to go draw something to cleanse my soul... Again, everyone supporting us, either by backing, sharing, or just kind words - thank you so, so much. We're just 3 people who've been working on this game for the last year in semi-complete anonimity, and it's so heart-warming to see the overwhelming love the adventure game community has been showing Gibbous. We are humbled.
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Re: Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Demo and KS Now Available
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Hey mbday! Sorry, we should make that more obvious. We are really hoping May 2017 - but it really, really depends on how much funding we get. If we get more funds we can hopefully get more people on board and really stick to the schedule a lot nicer, while providing more content. What's really time consuming in Gibbous is painting the backgrounds, and animating the characters, but more the former than the latter. Right now I'm kind of an orchestra man, painting backgrounds, animating and designing characters, making the music, writing the dialog and plot and designing the puzzles (I drew a line in the sand at vacuuming, screw that). Hopefully we'll be able to hire more artists so that I can just provide them with a sketches and color scripts and they can help with the heavy lifting - that is, painstakingly painting all the details into the world. If there are any other questions, I am happy to answer, full-on PR mode here
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Re: Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Demo and KS Now Available
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Thanks for the info, BrownEyedTigre And Mr_Underhill
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Re: Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Demo and KS Now Available
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Congrats to Gibbous for getting Greenlit in ten days time! That is quite a feat! Now they just need to reach their Kickstarter goal. Still a ways to go for that!
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Thanks! Yup, still pulling hard to get press and backers.
In other news, we've now re-uploaded the new and improved demo that has a few things fixed and, most importantly, isn't capped at 24 fps - it now goes as high as your rig can take it. So, if you were feeling the game was a little stutterish, or you didn't try it yet, now's the time to see it really flow.
Have fun with it!
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19 days left. Hopefully it will start to pick up again as it nears the end. THe process must be nerve wracking! Ana
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Re: Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Demo and KS Now Available
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Soooo, in Gibbous news: so excited to bring you this update: Gibbous Update #3...in which I tackle a lot of things, but first and foremost, something that is a personal highlight for me, and got me incredibly excited: Don Thacker, creator of Starr Mazer, will be voicing our very own Don R. Ketype! I can't tell you guys how excited I am about this. I've been blown away by Starr Mazer eversince they launched their Kickstarter a year ago, and this opportunity to work with Don is so cool for us. And not only that - we are officially announcing a Starr Mazer / Gibbous crossover - that might mean anything from simple references to having characters from one game cross over into the other one! I was just on Starr Mazer TV an hour ago, and I'm so happy to be collaborating with such creative people, and nice guys to boot! I can't wait.
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Re: Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure Demo and KS Now Available
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I didn't bother with the demo either, just backed it. It's point n click. That had me right there.
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Count me in as a backer. I just finished backing the project. Will probably get around to playing the demo later.
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