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RampantCoyote · Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:15 pm Post subject:

Things are coming together. Last night was the first night this week I slept more than 4.5 hours, so it's kinda frantic, but it's coming together. A lot of my higher-priority bugs now aren't new bugs - they are old ones that have been upped in priority because they've proven to be more prevalent and / or serious than originally anticipated.

I just found out that I'm going to be in Thailand in mid-October, so that's pushed my time table up a bit. Even more frantic!

And with the game clocking in at over 30 hours of play for the average player, it takes a while to test everything.
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RampantCoyote · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 4:16 am Post subject:

Craig Stern (Sinister Design - Telepath RPG) interviewed me about Frayed Knights. It's a bit more designer / developer - oriented than the RPGWatch interview:

Frayed Knights interview at IndieRPGs.com
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RampantCoyote · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 3:03 am Post subject:

And now I have an official trailer on YouTube.

Frayed Knights: The Skull of S'makh-Daon Trailer

The countdown begins!
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Mattias Gustavsson · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:52 am Post subject:

The game does look amazing! Very nice trailer too. I'm very impressed by all the work you put into this. Well done!
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RampantCoyote · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:59 am Post subject:

Thanks! It's hard to believe that it's the same game from the beginning of this ancient thread.
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Mattias Gustavsson · Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:53 pm Post subject:

It's obviously come a long way, and it's obviously been improved in every area.

But, here's the thing: I find it fascinating how much of it is present even in the first few posts in this thread. I think that shows, that you had a very strong vision from the very start. I believe that is one of the key ingredients for success. It doesn't mean one has all the answers, of course, but a strong vision certainly helps keep things on track.
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RampantCoyote · Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:15 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Mattias. It's been hard for me to see the forest for the trees a lot of the time during development. The game in its current incarnation is better than what I had originally planned (if you can believe that!), but in the interviews I said the core vision hadn't changed. Details - yeah, lots of 'em.
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RampantCoyote · Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 5:13 am Post subject:

Couple of more interviews / press.

First off, a short interview at GamePro:

Indie RPG Frayed Knights Seeks to Capture Spirit of Old-School First-Person RPGs

And then here's a longer one at Bits & Bytes

The Indie Fix: Interview With Frayed Knights' Developer Jay Barnson

It's been a crazy couple of weeks.
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RampantCoyote · Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 9:16 pm Post subject:

There have been more previews, more interviews.

Lots of emails sent out. Some emails returned.

Sometimes those in the media are thrilled by an underdog story, remembering the games they loved in earlier years. Others are... well, I won't read "dismissive" into their silence, but of course that's how it feels.

Anyway... so much is only starting now, but I guess I can say it is the end of the beginning.

Frayed Knights: The Skull of S'makh-Daon launches tomorrow.

Wish me luck.
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Mattias Gustavsson · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:59 pm Post subject:

Best of luck! I hope it does really well for you!
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RampantCoyote · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 10:28 pm Post subject:

It's been a flurry of activity in the last 24 hours, that's for sure!

I've hardly slept at all this week (pulled an all-nighter Saturday night, and am generally living on less than 5 hours a night), but it's nice to be on this side of the release.

Sales have been better than expected on this first day. I hope this continues as word goes out. In that respect, I can use any help I can get to get the word out!

http://frayedknights.com

There's one guy who did a great play-through of the game on YouTube. Here it is:

Indie Test Drive: Frayed Knights, Part 1

Indie Test Drive: Frayed Knights, Part 2
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BadMrBox · Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2011 11:55 pm Post subject:

Congrats for finishing the game :)

Now I'm gonna check out the demo.
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RampantCoyote · Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:25 am Post subject:

Please do. You guys have been listening to me yammer about this thing for friggin' ever. I hope you enjoy the final results!
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BadMrBox · Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 1:58 am Post subject:

Gasp! Someone have allready stolen my loot!

I like the dialouge in the game btw :P.
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RampantCoyote · Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:06 pm Post subject:

I made Frayed Knights: TSoSD available for affiliates today (*cough*Mattias*cough*). It's still not available for Plimus, and Plimus is being wonky, but it's available through BMT Micro.
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