Legate of Mineta Posted August 14, 2014 Report Share Posted August 14, 2014 All; Here's the latest on the app- unfortunately, Tin Man will not be able to create it, but is offering gamebook codes in place of a Holdfast gamebook: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blackchickenstudios/holdfast-a-gamebook-of-dwarven-vengeance/posts ...very bitter news! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 What is your plan to collecting the info what gamebook we want and for what OS? Edit: And could you please tell what OS each off the 12 App support? As fare I understand it not all are available for the PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Schwarzbart; I believe they plan to send out the survey this weekend- the codes are for all platforms, so you just need to specify the book you want. I'm not sure which OS each App supports- actually, I believe every one of them supports PC, Mac, Linux and Droid. I'm sure they'll publish that information in the survey, though. In the mean time, if you look at the books you are interested in, I think it does say on the product page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leoshi Posted August 15, 2014 Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 So what is the plan now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted August 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2014 Leoshi; We're uncertain, in many ways this was a surprise. We felt there might be further delay, but not cancellation. We are working to see if another gamebook company might pick it up, but also a Backer this morning mentioned Choice of Games. That idea seems to be *very* interesting among the Team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leoshi Posted August 16, 2014 Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Oh! A Light Shining in the Darkness! Well then I sincerely hope you can weather through this... really big annoyance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted August 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2014 Leoshi; Always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilette Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 I'm a huge fan of choice of game games. I have almost all of the main titles and hosted titles. The best one I played is called Tin Star, its huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted August 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Lilette; I liked that one, too. Hopefully, you'll see Holdfast there soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacphee Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 Hmm. Echoing my comment on the kickstarter thread, how deeply irritating this is (although not really with BCS - but with TMG). At least some sort of combat-automating tool, even an Excel sheet, would be preferable to this situation. A fully kitted out CoG app would be better, clearly. On a side note, did the annotated artwork and maps ever go out? I can't remember seeing those, although it's been a while since I checked on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted August 17, 2014 Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 @soulblur 1) TinManGames would have implemented their own Combat system for the app if they would have done it. 2) What is your problem with the combat? All you have to do is print out the Combat Table and exactly write down the effects of your weapons and other equipment. The only thing you then have to do for a combat is a simply subtraction at the start of a combat then rolling a die and look at the Combat Table for the results and what action you have available for the round. So a Excel sheet would help absolute nothing as it would be the exact same as the combat table. 3) Because the licence rights for a App are back at BCS there is still hope that they find someone else to do the App. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted August 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2014 soulblur; The Team hasn't discussed a Tool, I don't believe, so I'll bring it over to them and see what they say. Hopefully, there will still be a version of the app created, although, as Schwarzbart notes, it will almost certainly be a different combat system. All the awards did go out, including the artwork and maps- I think those were out in December. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacphee Posted August 18, 2014 Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 @Schwarzbart When the book first got released, I tried to play through it, and just found that all of my time was spent figuring out claw, and looking up numbers, applying effects and keeping track of hitpoints, and not actually reading and enjoying the book. I said at the time that I would wait for the app, and so I am frustrated that TMG has taken this long to get where we are. I've said as much to them, and they have their reasons, but I'm still not particularly convinced. I feel that there could be a way to partially automate the character sheet and combat system that would speed up how combat works for simple minds like my own. But longer term, I imagine a full app is the way to go. @Legate I've checked back through my email, and what I'd asked about is in the setting guide, I believe, so I'm sorted on that front. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted August 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2014 soulblur; No problem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted August 23, 2014 Report Share Posted August 23, 2014 How many answers of the 611 backer did the team get to the survey and are they already forwarded to Tin Man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted August 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 Schwarzbart; I believe half, and they will be forwarded tomorrow, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Just got my 2 gamebook apps from Tin Man. They send you a link that is a gift code where you have to enter the e-mail of your Humble Bundle account so you easy can put them to a account of your choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted August 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Schwarzbart; Excellent! I believe they'll make an Update on it this afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoelMB12 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 So is the add still on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Joel; We're not sure yet, but we hope to have good news to report soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted November 4, 2014 Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Its nearly a month after the last info here! So any news on the App or if the PDF will be sold again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted November 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2014 Schwarzbart; No, we are working on a deal related to the App, though- hopefully we will have news soon. The PDF will be sold, but after 1 year of release- so, likely in December or January. We felt 1 year of exclusivity was a good amount for having backed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schwarzbart Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Could now turn out that it actual was a good thing that Tinman gave up on this. Today I installed one of the free Adventurebooks I got from them under Win 10 and to my surprise after 2-3 pages the game no longer react to any mouse input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legate of Mineta Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Wow that's not a good bug at all! Hopefully they will correct that- I know they have a Kickstarter for Warlock of Fire Mountain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clara Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Will you consider other gamebook apps for Holdfast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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