Thanks - but where is the "hints" button?

Click the link for Forums at the top of this webpage.
Then you'll get a webpage with the list of forums and can choose the Hints forum from there.

Hi:

Paul McCauley here from Genesis Works
Love gameboomers!

Well, here's a link to show you how to get out of the shuttle.
Heaven clues http://www.heaventhegame.com/heavenclues.html

We will be posting new clues as needed.

If you have any questions, or need help, feel free to e-mail me at sales@genesisworks.com sales@genesisworks.com.
I'll be adding more clues to the clues page next week.

Thanks
again.

Paul McCauley
Genesis Works LLC.

Paul,

Glad to see you here.

We welcome the help at Hints forum. I see you visited us there already.

to GameBoomers Paul, thanks for the help! The graphics are incredible! I can tell a lot of work went into the game, I spent alot of time looking at all the details in the screens as I was playing.

Ana

Thanks for the gracious welcome.
Gameboomers is a nice place. A much warmer welcome than other sites.

Anyway, Yes, I'll be here to help as much as I can( when I can).
As for the game, It is long. I would love to know how long you spend on different things. All comments and suggestions are welcomed. We had so many ideas for this game, but had to boil it down. It seems strange that (other than the developement crew) others are actually playing and talking about the game.

I am glad that day has arrived - like giving birth.

Thanks Again
Paul

"I am glad that day has arrived - like giving birth. "

I'm just a bit jealous here. I knew it wouldn't be here that quick but my heart was hoping. Can I ask everybody to please stop playing 'til I get mine?
I did say please!

Okay all of you that have your games and are playing....what's it like? Do tell? Please?

Welcome to Gameboomers,
Thank you Paul, I am waiting for my game to be shipped to Ireland. In the meantime just want you to know we so appreciate you coming and offering to help us when we get stuck and need help. I know I will be one of those that need the help.

I am very anxious to play the game with the most beautiful graphics and theme story I can imagine. Also Paul, I intend to give this game to my closest friends and family as a gift.

To all of you blessed people already viewing the beauty and story of Heaven, just please come back down to earth to write in Gameboomers and like the others waiting with me, please fill us in on your comments about the game.

Thanks for all the support.
I actually have Irish roots - McCauley.

It's exciting to see so many people interested in this game. I guess the subject matter is interesting. 10 years ago, I had an experience that lead me to the making of this game. I'll have to write about it someday. Short story, I felt the Lord's calling to make a game about Heaven. At the time I had no money and no team. I just started doing it. The next thing I was having world class people working on the project. Believe me, making this game changed my life.
But remember, it is a video game. Some parts are great, some not as much. Each level has a very different look and compelling graphics. We went to a lot of lengths to make everything look super. I really attribute a lot of the games' look to Stephan Martiniere -the lead concept artist. He has real eye for these things. Also, Dylan Cole who really turned it into a workable game. And of course Peter Engelbrite a master programmer - he made the game engine do things I thought we never could. And of coarse the 3D team spear headed by Dave Liu - working over 4 years to get the graphics and animation right.

More later
Paul

Hi, Paul,

So wonderful to hear from the developer of the game.

I, too, am very interested in your game and want to learn a bit more about it. I must say that the game's graphics and ray tracking models are absolutely beautiful, at least from the trailer.

On the other hand, I am unable to locate clips that show some of the actually gameplay footages (beyond the shuttle scene). Do you have samples of those on your site?

Yes, there are clips of game play at the "Heaven Experience" website.

http://www.heaventhegame.com/site.html

After you get into the site, click on the media button. You'll see about 5 videos of just game play.

Can anyone tell me what the recommended system requirements are. I've seen the minimum requirements on their site.

If I purchase Heaven, I surely want it to run smoothly on my computer.

It seems to me that a game this visually stunning would require plenty of memory and a very good video card.

Hemlock -- I have the disk, and it only has one set of requirements listed.

OS: Vista, Windows XP/98
RAM 128 MB
Hard Drive Space: 5GB
Video Card: 64 MB/24-bit color
DVD ROM drive

I have a question is this the minimum requirements for the game Heaven? Or is there also better graphics for those of us with the best video cards and high ram? I agree it is amazing that with that low of requirements that the graphics are beyond beautiful.

Becky, are you close to finishing the game? Is there hints in the game?

No, I'm still wandering around in the game with my jaw dropping. (Just got back from Boston in Real Life.) In Heaven I've created some bridges and I've opened up a couple of control stations and inscribed something on a red sphere. I've seen letters from the Hebrew alphabet and the names of the Apostles.

(Was Judas an Apostle? That doesn't seem right, somehow.)

So far, after exploring, the game has provided hints as to what to do -- more than I expected. It will probably get harder as I go in, though.

There is a menu where you can tweak the graphics settings somewhat. There's also an option at the opening screen to select a setting if you have a wide screen monitor -- much appreciated.

Hello Becky:

Nice to see you're making progress.
You are right, the clues start to drop off on the next level. Adding hints and clues is the hardest decision for a developer. The magic compass will help alot.
The first level is actually "multi puzzeled".
Meaning there are a couple of ways about doing things. The most important is raising those bridges. The sparkle poles tell you which bridge to open next. You even have to head back to paradise island to activate one.

If you need any "extra" hints, feel free to post about it, hopefully I'll answer.

The next "level" (kind of a mini level), is the Spinning Lenses. It will be impossible to solve unless you go back to paradise Island and find Axis on the floating Gazebo. Once you look through the spy glass, you'll have to click it 3 times to get close enough to see the clues. The fourth click brings you out of the spy glass mode. You'll probably need to write down the clues at this point. HINT: "think top to bottom".

Well, good luck.

Paul

P.S. head over to Justadventure.com and start up a positive thread. They don't seem as friendly as you here at the boomers.

Cool Becky thanks for keeping us updated as you play the game. There is speech in the game right? Axis, please check your PM message I left you. Keeping fingers crossed this week the game will be in my mailbox in Ireland.

I saw the threads (two of them, actually) over there as well. Yep, I see what you mean.

Thanks Axis!

i really need some sort of demo before i can commit to purchase

Becky, FYI, Judas was the disciple who betrayed Christ...sold Him out for thirty pieces of silver. I am definitely going to look into getting this game!!

**note** For more enjoyment and exploration disable the overlays
no compass to tell you exactly where to go. Unfortunately I didn't know what an overlay was (not that game savvy.) and it greatly effected the gameplay.

I didn't try disabling the overlays yet. I assumed that meant a graphical tweak you could access if the game was running slowly. All it does is disable the compass function?

Lotus -- I knew that Judas was one of the twelve disciples, but I've never thought of him as an Apostle. According to Wikipedia, though, he is considered one.

EDIT: I experimented with disabling the overlays. I'm sure this feature is to allow the game to be played on older computers. The compass disappears -- but also the animated cursor is disabled, and many of the effects like lens flare and other lighting effects are removed. I think the reflections may also look different. The game is still good-looking, but doesn't, well, sparkle as much with the overlays disabled.