For those who are following this thread but haven't seen the new topic I posted, we have an initial casting call up for voice actors. See this topic for more details.

In the meantime, let's keep this campaign going strong! The team is still working on laying out the details for our stretch goals, but in the meantime, let's not let the momentum die. I think we can crack $4,000 by the end of day three - what do you think? Seriously amazed by the love and support you've all shown.

You are awesome. Thanks for your support! You would not believe how crazy the last few days have been. I can barely keep up with the emails flying between the members of the team as we try to sort out all our stretch goals and plans for the rest of the campaign...

Also, @Joseph: in the radar audio demo, when you were snapping to different directions, it was telling you what's around. However, what is happening in the quest demo? I can't seem to hear this behaviour.

I know you guys already met your goal, but there, I just contributed my small bit. Sadly can't really contribute as much as I'd like, since a lot of my spare money goes towards buying my own sfx libraries. Hopefully you guys have some fun internal stretch goals. I noticed that there werent' any stretch goals on the project page.

Hey Chris,

I'll try to answer your questions as best as I can. The menu options are read by SAPI because we do not currently plan for the main character to be voiced, other than in combat. This is for a couple of reasons. First, it's sort of the RPG tradition - the silent protagonist; probably so you can assume the character has whatever voice you want. Also, it could be a little obnoxious having to listen to spoken dialogue as you're cycling through menu options. Finally, since every menu is going to have multiple different dialogue options, it would make for a lot of dialogue for the main character, which would be expensive...

There isn't currently any practical distinction for distance in combat. It's all just to create a sense of space. We haven't yet found a good way to represent distance in turn-based combat in a meaningful way that doesn't drag down the pace of combat.

It's difficult to quantify how much replay value a game like this has, because it varies from player to player. The gameplay experience promises to be different based on what character class you play as, what choices you make in game, what party members are traveling with you at certain places or times, and so on. Does that make sense?

Hi
There is a package that includes the soundtrack in digital as well as special items for the game?
This is because in my country is complicated the issue of imports because they charge many taxes.
greetings and thanks.

Hi
thanks for your reply!
I will donate insurance after analyzing the alternatives that you offered me.
greetings and thanks.

Ahoy there.
Really really glad to see this campaign do as well as it has, and I am too excited for the goals you have planned!

One thing that most kickstarter campaigns do nowadays and I personally don't agree with it but still, is allowing early beta access to the game or allowing beta testing of the game as a reward usually higher level rewards, didn't you guys consider that approach?
Like I said, that is something I personally don't agree with,but it does get the users to fund the campaign who go for this sort of thing.

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Hi.
I'm so glad to see that people are still backing after you've reached the first goal. I look very much forward to see the stretch goals, which might make me adjust my donation a bit... I'm so excited...

We did consider beta access as a possible reward incentive, but ultimately decided against it. We would rather exercise control over the quality and quantity of beta testers, to make sure that testing is happening at a pace, and in a manner, that's actually beneficial to us as we try to get the game ready.

Can't believe we're over $4,150! That's 145% for those of you keeping track. This is awesome!

On that note, we've posted our first three stretch goals on the campaign page. Check it out, and here they are for easy reference:

Stretch Goal #1 - $3,700 (Funded) - Dialogue Expansion: Meeting this benchmark will allow us to add significantly to the dialogue base, making the game deeper, more expansive, and more dynamic.

Stretch Goal #2 - $4,900 - Graphics: Reaching this funding goal will allow us to commission terrain and UI graphics to bring the visual presentation of the game to a new level.

Stretch Goal #3 - $5,300 - Sound Upgrade: After improving the graphics, this next goal would allow us to purchase additional sound assets to diversify and refine the sounds that make up the world of the game.

You should really post those stretch goals on the main campaign page, as well as in the update.  Also, sounds like this is going to be a ff6 type thing regarding the dialogue.