freespace2dotcom Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Well, I seem to be screwed, I can't access impulse anymore. To be precise, it still recognizes my password but not my computer, so it tells me that I need a one-time password, but it never sends me one. Just before it claims to have sent me one, it tells me that there's an unknown server error. I might not be able to access the game at all now, since I last reformatted. Any ideas, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Two ideas 1) Write a support request to gamestop.com and hope they have not complete abandond Impulse by now 2) Get your payment info about your buy of Academagia from stardock.com and hope BCS will hand you a Steam key for it once the game is trough greenlight. Sadly you didn't backup your game or you simply could copy it to your new computer and run Academagia.exe as admin, that would be the most easy way. Natural you also still can buy it at a other shop but I don't think you would like this idea ^^. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Sadly that's not much help. Although officially impulse is still supported (marginally) it's fully legacy, and my calls did not resolve the issue. I still think I can juryrig a solution. And I still have my purchase data, so I'm not that worried, but this is a pain. To be honest, I'm confidant that I'll get access again, it's just a matter of how much time I want to put into this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CremePudding Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 For LP, don't forget you can take a look at Bobbin Threadbare's excellent LP on the LP Archive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 'S a reason I linked to it earlier . The problem, at least in terms of drawing in the Steam kids, is that it's text-based. Kids these days demand video, possibly even in the form of a glorified TV screen glued to their head through a, what's it now, $400 pair of goggles? Something silly like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 ..And the googles have to smell like candy and come with free trials for the latest social gaming app, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 And of course gods forbid if Timmy's goggles have more microtranmeaninglesstechnobabble thingies than Tommy's goggles. Kids couldn't tell a damn .txt file from a hard cover book, but say it's important for graphics and suddenly they're a world leading expert on computer architecture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted July 7, 2016 Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 Hehe. I've spent a half hour on hold hoping gamestop will be able to fix my problem. The current girl sounds like she's dealt with this problem before AND speaks english about 50% better so I'm feeling hopeful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted July 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2016 As a random aside, Bobbin Threadbare's LP is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 So, eh...Greenlight before the end of...well, technically next week, hopefully? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Metis; We shall see! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Schwarzbart; Now you *know* I shouldn't be giving any dates here, but I'd *guess*...no, maybe middle of July. We will . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted July 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 ...no comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freespace2dotcom Posted July 10, 2016 Report Share Posted July 10, 2016 Before the end of this month would be swell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranielle Limeleaf Posted July 12, 2016 Report Share Posted July 12, 2016 Can't wait to upvote it and then buy it on steam. I'll probably buy one for my sister also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 A other idea what can be done in front of a steam release is to do some fair scoring and review at metacritic http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/academagia-the-making-of-mages Edit: just saw that it is nearly 4 month ago when I posted over at Hanako's forum that BCS work on a Greenlight campaign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Unfortunately any reviews we post are going to be merely biased, at best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 still better then bad ones, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Not really, no. Reviews are untrustworthy enough even when they're not intentionally biased or just outright bought. 'Sides, it shouldn't be too hard to explain that most of the issues brought up have been addressed in the past, what, half-decade or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 I don't know, when I look at games I tend to read both good and bad ones, see how people think. Seems useful to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metis Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 I tend to read good reviews as "this is as negative as we can be before our sponsors start asking questions, so 7+ out of 10" and negative reviews as either utter nonsense posted solely to kill time or "this game is not [insert current fad game here], therefore it's terrible". ...Am I too jaded? Eh, point is, raw videos actually show you what the game is and how it plays, and that's ultimately what you're after. Which is a bit of an issue for games that really don't translate well to video, like Academagia... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted July 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 Yeah, I usually just read the good and the bad, and see how it resonates. May be just me, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CremePudding Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 I tend to read good reviews as "this is as negative as we can be before our sponsors start asking questions, so 7+ out of 10" and negative reviews as either utter nonsense posted solely to kill time or "this game is not [insert current fad game here], therefore it's terrible". ...Am I too jaded? Eh, point is, raw videos actually show you what the game is and how it plays, and that's ultimately what you're after. Which is a bit of an issue for games that really don't translate well to video, like Academagia... It depends. For action heavy games, video works, but there are issues that reviews can bring to the forefront. Like balance issues, for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 13, 2016 Report Share Posted July 13, 2016 I'm not sure how it would be biased for me to say I like Academagia, because I do. I'm not an owner(of the company) or a dev, just a fan I guess, who bought the game and liked it. Academagia clearly got something right or I wouldn't be here, hoping for a second game to release soon. I'm sure there are other people out there who prefer less text and such. I'm not necessarily on a heavy reading diet, but I really liked Academagia. I like some books but I'm not a vivid consumer of literature, Some thigns Ido like, other pieces considered classics and must reads by some I just find incredibly boring/depressing or otherwise uninteresting. I deffinately expect people to have different opinions, but the game should be reviewed and judged based on what it is, if you don't want games with a lot of text then that's not the games fault, you just got a different preference. Steam reviews can be very informative, even the negative ones, Sometimes people complain about things that I don't consider a bad or a problem. Then I will know it's somethign good if people who like that type of thigns things it's good and those who don't mostly complain about he game format or other things that I might enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronikai Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I agree! I read the good reviews as well as the bad ones. Sometimes I read the bad ones because the descriptions are hilarious though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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