Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah

Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 05/18/09 02:25 PM

Codeminion released Far Eastern Frenzy - the third expansion to the successful Ancient Quest of Saqqarah. The company is also running "Get a free SaqPack" promotion on their GameClubCafe portal.

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May 16, 2009 - Independent game studio Codeminion launches Far Eastern Frenzy expansion to their successful casual puzzler Ancient Quest of Saqqarah. The company is also running "Get a free SaqPack" promotion on their GameClubCafe portal.

Far Eastern Frenzy is the third SaqPack add-on to the well-received Ancient Quest of Saqqarah. It expands the already lengthy game with 504 new levels, effectively doubling the original content. The expansion also includes additional gameplay music, extra graphics and new ranks for the players to collect.

Far Eastern Frenzy is available for both PC and Mac OS X from the Saqqarah's official website - www.saqqarahthegame.com at the price of $9.99. Full version of the original Ancient Quest of Saqqarah is required to run the expansion.

The developers also provided a way to get the new expansion for free through a promotion on their GameClubCafe casual portal. 50 SaqPacks are to be given away for free to the first customers who purchase any game from the portal's collection. The promotion starts on May 15, 2009 and runs until all the 50 SaqPacks are given away.

Ana

Posted By: Flo NS

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 05/30/09 04:38 PM

Can you purchase these packs if you bought the game somewhere else?

Has anyone tried to get the packs with the game being bought from from Big Fish?

Flo

Posted By: BrownEyedTigre

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 05/30/09 05:00 PM

Good Question Flo, not sure. I know it was a popular game, hopefully someone knows. If not, I'll send my contact an email and see if i can get an answer for you.

ana

Posted By: Marian

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 05/30/09 05:13 PM

I'd be interested in a definitive answer to this as well--I *think* the add-ons will work with the Big Fish downloaded game, but I'm not positive.

Posted By: Flo NS

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 05/30/09 07:04 PM

I did buy them, but when I downloaded what was there it was just the game itself and it was a trial game. The instruction said to download the SaqPack installer, but I couldn't find it.

I did send an e-mail to them, but being in Denmark, by the looks of it, not sure when I will hear from them.

Posted By: Flo NS

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/02/09 02:06 PM

Hi Ana,

I have sent 2 e-mails to Support@Codeminion and still have not heard anything. I have paid for 3 SaqPacks and no way to download them.

Would you please e-mail your contact to see if you can find out anything.

Thanks,
Flo

Posted By: BrownEyedTigre

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/02/09 02:18 PM

Flo, You can download them and install but you have to start a new profile to play them which means you lose the current progress.

Info from BigFish Forums.

Ana

Posted By: which2

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/02/09 10:49 PM

Does anyone know if the expansion packs will be available through Big Fish at some point?

Posted By: BrownEyedTigre

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/02/09 11:13 PM

They have stated that as of right now, there were no plans for BigFish releasing them.

Ana

Posted By: Flo NS

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/03/09 12:21 AM

My problem was that I couldn't find the SaqPack installer. However, I have found it, it was actually in my invoice and I have them installed now.

Thanks,
Flo

Posted By: BrownEyedTigre

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/03/09 12:22 AM

Excellent! Have fun! It seems like an awesome deal.

Posted By: Flo NS

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/04/09 10:47 PM

Actually what you get is the whole game with different layouts and more levels to solve. I bought the whole 3 packs and now I'm playing them all at once, just with different names. If I get stuck on one, I'll leave it for awhile and play another pack.
I'm still able to play my original game also without losing anything.

It'll be fun for awhile anyway.

Posted By: BrownEyedTigre

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/08/09 05:45 PM

I started playing the original version from BF yesterday and I am totally confused.

I'm winning but I rarely know why. Am I the only one that found it confusing?

Posted By: Flo NS

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/09/09 02:23 AM

For all of the layouts you have to have all spaces lit up, in most of the layouts the matches have to light up all the lines that intersect and create spaces.

It depends on which temple you are in as to how you make your matches, making the matches is fairly easy, it's getting all the lines to light up.

The first time I played it, I wasn't sure either how the spaces got lit up, I only discovered the line lighting up when I started playing again last week.

All lines that go around a space need to be lit before the space is activated.

The Temple of Thot is a bit different, you have a certain amount of colours, and you need to group them in a particular way in order to achieve the goal.

Hope this helps a little.

Flo

Posted By: BrownEyedTigre

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/09/09 02:35 AM

Now I'm more confused, but I did notice sporadic lit spaces. I'll have to play closer attention. I always seem to win the round, but I know there has to be a strategy and it eludes me.

Thanks for the info!

Ana

Posted By: Marian

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/09/09 02:45 AM

Originally Posted By: BrownEyedTigre

I started playing the original version from BF yesterday and I am totally confused.

I'm winning but I rarely know why. Am I the only one that found it confusing?

Same here, Ana; I started the game and have been enjoying it, but feel that I am playing it in a totally clueless state.

I'm reading Flo's explanation now.

Posted By: BrownEyedTigre

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/09/09 02:51 AM

THanks Marian! I am only on Level 19 on Stage 4 so I have lots more to go. Maybe I'll catch on in a hundred more rounds.

Ana

Posted By: Flo NS

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/09/09 03:39 AM

Just keep an eye on the outlines of the spaces, you will see the pattern.

Good luck.

Posted By: BrownEyedTigre

Re: Codeminion Releases Far Eastern Frenzy - The Third SaqPack Expansion to Saqqarah - 06/09/09 11:32 AM

Thanks Flo! Will check it tonight!

Ana