Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Crowdfunding - Step 1 (Updated)

The concept for "Legend of Queen Opala - Origin" has been approved by Offbeatr!
This mean I'll very shortly open a project that first needs a bunch of votes before it can become a real project and allow me to start accepting funds.

You can be sure I'll post a Step 2 topic when the project is open and in need of voting. x3
On the downside, it seems like I have to personally pay a listing fee of $600 to even have the project go into crowdfunding phase after recieving enough votes, and if I don't hit the initial goal which will be $30,000, the $600 isn't even returned to me...I'll have to ask around for people who've been generous in the past. ^^

54 comments:

  1. Good Luck! Is there anything we can do to help at this point? I have money with "Legend of Queen Opala - Origin" written all over it!

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  2. I can't throw my purse at the screen fast enough to fund this!

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  3. You should be able to get enough votes on the first day since you have a lot of people who likes your work. like me for instance.

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  4. How or where can I assemble the pieces of the Ancient Map? Found all 6 but can not use them

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    1. That is unfortunately a glitch from Episode II, one of the Ancient Map pieces didn't count towards the total in that, but it was fixed for the full release.
      If you know where its buried, you can still find it though.

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    2. Can you Please give a hint as to a general location to start looking. I am in the same situation as Oli.

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    3. Somewhere around League of Perverts' base

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  5. Where or how can I vote for LoQOO? I lookked it up oin Offbeatr, but I didn't find anything

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    1. Its not up yet, I'm making a new blog post when I do. :)

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  6. Not sure if this is the place to ask this, but on Festival Island in the arena I got trapped in a bed that I rested in by the old man talking to the jester who got stabbed. Is there any way to fix this? I saved right before I realized I couldn't move, I really dont want to start a new game

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    1. Only thing I can think of is: Decrypt the game, edit the game putting Dargon somewhere else, load your coppied save file, move out from bed, save, put Dargon back to where he was, copy savegame again, re-install the game and throw your decrypted version away so that you can continue enjoying the game the way Gabe made it.

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    2. If you send your save file to me via email, I can fix it for you in no time.

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    3. Sorry for the late reply! Thank you for the help! That worked perfectly, thanks again!

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  7. does offbeatr have paypal ^^ Ill help out

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    1. PayPal doesn't support anything adult, so no chance in hell. x3
      Offbeatr probably accept credit cards though, a requirement for getting PayPal in the first place I believe! ^^

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    2. I can confirm that Offbeatr does support credit cards.

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    3. I hope to god then that it will accept prepaid cards, XD put money on card and pay stuff online, if that works then I'll still pay ^^

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  8. Gabe, thank you very much for all the work you put into LOQOII! I'm really impressed you completed such a huge project that involved so many different people. Thank you for making this available to everyone for free.

    I'd definitely contribute to another game project from you. I'd want to further support the good additions (Gabrielle, Eclipse, and sailing a ship are all great). It's also good to see you listen to comments about things that could be improved (like the difficulty being borked). I'd be interested in not only providing financial support but also testing and other work to help out. Have you thought about funding tiers and how people could be engaged for Legend of Queen Opala - Origin?

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    1. I'd like to offer myself as a non-profit alpha- or betatester, too.

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    2. People should be able to see the funding tiers when the project is ready to be voted on. :)

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    3. Thanks for the response Gabe! I understand due to the nature of LOQO development is likely different than a typical game. I don't know how you'd feel about people getting involved in the project, but when I've pledged at a design/testing tier for other crowdfunded game projects I've felt like I've been able to make valuable contributions.

      Sorry, but what's your preferred method of feedback? Playing through a NG+ has made me better appreciate some aspects of the game, such as how well the story is setup with foreshadowing like when Nabonaga mentioned the An'Terra. Likewise how some of the quests and other events of the game tie together is a nice touch. Though, it's a shame after setting up the effect Mega Magical Growth has on animals with the dog in Grand Aideen there's never a follow-up like being able to offer them to Sebastilion or something!

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  9. "Legend of Queen Opala - Origin"? wasn't the game supposed to be a sequel to LoQOII?

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    1. No, it is a prequel to the first game. If I remember right, its based on Farah before she became the Queen.

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    2. so Osira won't be present, damn that sucks!
      really wanted her to be present, to join side with her which was totally missing in loQOII.
      guess this game let me down before it's even developped

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    3. That's a pretty big assumption to make without any further information. "Farah as the main playable character and a spin-off with the cast set in a non-cannon universe." Is the exact thing said in the initial announcement a while back. That means that Osira could be present. She could be evil, or Opala could even be the antagonist.

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    4. "Farah as the main playable character"? seriously? guess i should forget about this game.
      it's logical that Osira won't be present and neither Opala, since it's based on Farah before she became the Queen. which means those 2 characters didn't even exist that time.
      so no Osira, no Opala, and Farah as the playable character...that's it i'm out

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    5. I haven't even said anything about the next game, there was speculations, but nothing set in stone, Legend of Queen Opala: Origin is both a sequel and a prequel.

      Thanks for letting me explain, NOT. :P

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    6. glad to hear that.
      sorry for quickly jumping to conclusions

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  10. Great game, just wondering if you would also put up the gold edition to be funded for expansion?

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    1. ...Didn't even thought about it, but no, Golden Edition is being made on my spare time so no funding needed.

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    2. im pretty sure a good amount of people would support, especially if it included more content and scenes

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  12. where i can find the rings for the ring of trinity

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    1. To forge the ring of trinity, you need the rings of the queen, the empress and the matriarch. Where could all 3 owners live?

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    2. thebes: opala,farah,pharaoh
      Namaria: the King of grand aadien, the queen of shabaria, i dont know who the empress can be at last in namaria xddd
      Thanks for the info

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    3. how i can have the best sword i dont mean the onyx blade, and the rest of of the big bosses like eclipse where i can find them?

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    4. Cronnus guy reborn - found in last level of void dungeon
      unlock all 26 teleport crystals and then enter the door in the sanctuary.

      Pirate ultima - ghost ship
      Loot all the treasure chests on the roaming pirate ship then find him in the cabin.

      Goddess of spirits
      garden north-west of thebes teleport crystal.

      Guardian of namaria - in the forest north of valethorn.

      Naancia - top of Tower of Despair. 2 meetings, 1. time when you get to the top, 2. time after you enter all rooms in the tower (you get the Tower unlimited)

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    5. thanks for the info and the ceremonial blade that you obtain for cronnus ( uglu one) where you can forge it and what do you need?

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    6. Don't know which ceremonial blade you mean. I beat him using Onyx weapons and moon armors (and a lot of dispel herbs, revival potions, elixiers and might stones)

      I think the Nabonaga dragon and Eclipse count as Ultimas as well.
      I beat them all, but still I am missing one on my records.

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    7. You're missing the blops in the Temple of Sacrifice I think. They're pretty normal once you get your boosts up.

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    8. The ceremonial blade is for the blade of ahrodo, you need to beat one set of Ultimas to forge one, save for Nabonaga who gives you the pretty useless blade of nabonaga.

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    9. @dany esfair: Maybe you should read the texts that Gabe put so much effort in to write. And maybe you should make use of the Travelling Scholar and his quiz. He will give you the "Necklace of Charity" at some point, which will help you find items inside of furniture.

      Every egyptan girl has a title, QUEEN Opala, EMPRESS Osira and Lady Farah (which is the former queen and is referred to as the country's MATRIARCH) and they all have bedrooms in the palace where they keep their jewelry.

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    10. Thanks 이승헌, you were right about the blobs.

      It just struck me that I did not trigger Nabonagas scene. Damn it!

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  13. You have my support as soon as its up.
    Thanks for all your hard work on these amazing games.

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  14. I got the trophy that I've seen every floor of the Tower of Despair, I've opened every chest and destroyed all the boxes inside of the tower, what more does it take to see Naarcia again?

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    1. Had the same problem...
      I think it will be able for you to meet her again in Gold Edition...
      By any chance are you German ? (I am :P )

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    2. Wie hast du das denn rausgefunden? Mein Englisch ist eigentlich so gut das ich die meisten typisch deutschen Fehler vermeide

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    3. Problem gelöst: Naarcia taucht auf, wenn man den Tower 100% abgeschlossen und die Story durchgespielt ist

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  15. Thanks for all your hard work (and the work of the artists too), been a fan for years and can't wait to see more of your work. Goold luck on Offbeatr project, will be keeping an eye on it for support.

    You have more important things to worry about than my minor issue below and I'd rather you focus on your next project.

    I have a minor issue with the game, which is the character not running. When I load up my past save from LoQO II (Parts I & II) he runs around like he should but the moment he enters the world map and back to town (or Fast Travels) it is gone. He is back to walking pace as if I started a new game. Anyway to fix this?

    Love the games, love the work, keep it up! :) :D

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    1. Ignore the above issue, for some reason my 'Sprint' button is assigned to C instead of A. Not sure how that happened but I'm guessing the fault is on me since I'm sure at some point I found a way to change control settings. Apologies, though I still stand by what I said about your work. :)

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  16. I'm sorry for posting this here, but I'm lost on what to do after defeating the ultimas in New Game Ultra, I'm probably supposed to fight 'The One' now, but I've got no idea where to start searching for him.
    And as for the final character that isn't mentioned in the trophies, if it really is Wolfgang, do you have to beat the 5 Mr. Hen'Tais instead of exiling Miss TnA? If so, I guess I've got no way of getting him as there's no way of resetting quests :(

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  17. Pah! Will you reach 30k? Of course you will! Or... well... you had better. You have enough fans to make it to 30K and you've given 2 games for free so it's time to pay up people! You got my vote and money. Screw the porn (pun?), your games are just plain fun to play regardless. Excellent writing, good comic relief from time to time, engaging characters, and a well written story (Minus the English language errors but that is easily overlooked considering...).

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  18. Can you not use kickstarter, There was a project I funded called "hero-monster girl 3d" (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1727847183/hero-monster-girl-quest-3d) based on the hentai game of the same name, the guy is making two versions one with hentai and the other without

    (I dont think he mentioned the hentai version on the official kickstarter page, the wiki says "There are two different versions being developed. One is Hero, an E-rated adaptation which will be altered to fit an M rating, and the other being Monster Girl Quest 3D, the unchanged adult rated version. The adult version will be a nearly exact 3D clone of the story, characters, etc. from Monster Girl Quest, though Ntelliware has hinted at a few minor additions."),

    maybe you could do something similar here to get the funding? I dont know if kickstarter charges you or just take a percentage of what you total contributions. But as Makiru stated above your games are quite good regardless of the hentai, plus I would feel more comfortable funding through kickstarter. Anyway keep up the great work.

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