Sounds like an awesome project! I support this 100%.

I think there's enough funding now that you can add that 2d6+4 longsword of holy might, yes? Heck, maybe 3d6+5!

Grryf: You already have complete freedom to continue playing and exploring and doing side quests as long as you like, even after the main story is finished. As for adding additional quests, that was part of the initial stretch goal for expansion to the dialogue base of the game, though we're keeping the window open to continuing to expand, depending on how things unfold.

Kai: Nah, those things are way too expensive. You don't even know...

toto, there is already a demo of one of the quests... go to the out of sight games website and look under audio demos.

I think one is good. Any more and people will start asking for more... which will ruin the point of waiting for the game.

We'll take it as a compliment that, having heard one side quest, people want to hear more. I agree with assault, though - the entire point of games like this is to experience the unfolding story as you walk through it. If we give you too much up front, we are robbing you of that experience for yourselves. Also remember that all of the voice actors donated their work for that demo, which was incredibly generous of them. I'm certainly not prepared to ask for more voice work to be done until the KSC is over and there is money in the bank, so that we can actually pay the artists for their work. On that note - I am insanely excited for a couple of weeks from now, when we can start having people actually record dialogue. It's going to be an enormous step in bringing the game to life.

I'm not entirely sure how that process works, as this is the first KSC we've done, but I know that Kickstarter streamlines that whole process and provides backers with tools to easily gather information for all the rewards.

@toto: in theatre, we have a thing that says, leave the audience wanting more. So this is why sometimes you'll get something to give an idea of what the project is, but not too much stuff.

Phil, the knife was found so fast because whoever playing that demo, don't remember at the moment, knew exactly where to go... players playing for the first time would likely have to search the tavern room by room. I'm actually hoping Joseph and the team will relocate that item, and most other things demonstrated that are in  fixed places to discover... so when we get to those points we'll have to try looking again.
As for eating and sleeping, if Joseph is going on the model of most mainstream rpgs, they will be options, but not strictly necessary to advance the plot, as in sleeping may allow for healing and the like. But I could be wrong there... these are just guesses.

Hey Phil:

I actually didn't know there was a knife there - I just walked into the room and saw that there were shelves - since they weren't labeled as empty, I knew there was something on them. Turns out it was a knife. Items like that are randomly generated, so you never knoow where they'll show up - you may go into the tavern another time and find a potion on that same shelf, or find nothing on it, and so on.

You don't have to eat and sleep, as frankly I've only ever found that to be incredibly tedious in games. However assault_freak is right that they are optional, and provide different benefits.

Joseph,
Some games have a magical spell to tell you if some object or magical object is near, and tell you their direction.
Some other games allow you to use a summoning objects spell.
Both of these speed up the task of searching every room or shelf.

I agree with Assault Freak. Although some mainstream games do have a hint at certain object's location spell, and it used to be especially popular in older interactive fiction adventures, I'm strongly against it for a huge RPG like this where exploration is a crucial part of the balance and challenge.

Lukas