Ok, let's talk about The Labyrinth

jul 24, 2008

But first, let's talk about what's been happening in the last months. In January, when we were still enjoying The Dark and fighting against our servers, a big international company hired us to create a new game. They were releasing a product and wanted to use a game as a viral campaign. So we created a new story with new characters and spent some months building the thing.

It is ready, and I gotta say we liked this game better than Trapped. But right now it is stuck in some bureaucratic confusion and we don't know when - or if - it's going to be released. There's nothing we can do about it, and until some time ago we were still waiting to release it anytime. Now we're afraid it will become a side note in our portfolio and decided to just let go. If things change we'll let you know.

So now we're finally developing The Labyrinth. It will have some major changes compared to the previous games, and it will be a pilot for a new engine, something we wanted to do since the beginning. No, I won't give you further details right now, but it's meant to be good.

You'll meet David Green again in October 2008, when we're going to end the Trapped trilogy for good. But does this mean we're going to stop creating games?

No way. When The Labyrinth is ready, we will be able to release games faster and better than we did until now. And we have a lot of ideas just waiting to be brought to you. Things envolving angels, snowmen, ghost ships, playing dice with the devil... The list is not small.

For all of you who've been sending us e-mails about part 3, sorry we don't have the time to answer them all. For those who were waiting to find out what were the big news, sorry we can't just forget about this big company and release the game by ourselves. Now we're back on track.

And, by the way, we'll be looking for sponsors soon. If anyone's interested, you can help us to build all those new ideas.

Cheers,

Rodrigo

Update: Sorry all. I had written "October 2009" by mistake. The correct date is actually October 2008. I already corrected it in the post.

Rodrigo Roesler
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Waiting

jun 17, 2008

Ok, I don't wanna leave you without updates for so long, but... there's nothing exciting happening right now. Yeah, something's going on, but... there are some issues to solve before I can tell you about it.

I wish I could tell you something's gonna happen really soon, but I already did it and guess what? I was wrong. So i'll keep writing these stupid posts so you can see we're not dead and we didn't stop making things.

The Labyrinth is already in production. I can't say anything else about it, and damn it: The Labyrinth isn't the big news.

So, if you wanna think about something, try these:

- Have you heard the news about Sergey Brin? I gotta say the idea that we're coming closer and closer to be able to travel to space for fun, and that there are a lot of private investors working on it, really exciting. Have you noticed that we are living in the future or am I just getting old?

- I'm a huge fan of myths and legends. And if I were to visit Florida, I'd certainly try to find everythind I could about this.

- Isn't Bhâskara II a great name?

- Frogs are cool.

Yes, you can link these informations. Or, at least, we can, but soon we'll explain it to you. Meanwhile...

Meanwhile I'm taking some short vacations, and I'm going to spend some days travelling through some cold places in Brazil, drinking some wine and having some fun. Yeah, I do that sometimes. I'll let you know when I'm back.

Cheers.

Rodrigo Roesler
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

jun 3, 2008

Ok, sorry for the strange title. I'm just agreeing with a comment from the previous post.

The thing is we don't want to talk about The Labyrinth right now, because of some other project. But we can't tell you anything about some other project yet, and that's not up to us. So, unless you want me to comment the last Indiana Jones movie or sing a Monty Python song, there's not much I can do.

We're sorry about the delay. And I can guarantee you that right now we're really anxious to tell you everything that's been going on. But... we'll have to ask you for a little more patience.

What we can say is that The Labyrinth is already in production. Which means... ALL CHANGE (have you listened to Supper's Ready, by Genesis, already?).

Oh, and a personal curiosity: are there any EJEF members reading this?

Rodrigo Roesler
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