@525 It has to be the 29th in the timezone they live / work in lol, it doesn't just magically pop out of the hat for anyone the clock strikes 12. Also, they did say they weren't releasing it at the stroke of midnight, but later in the day.

Also, who needs manuals, yall gamers or girls lol.

Well as I said, we'll have it with the game. And yes, Joseph did say the game would be released later in the day since he wants the entire team to be able to be present for it. If that means it's actually the 30th for some people then that's what it'll be. That said I imagine they'll be able to hear my whoop of excitement back in Oregon where I used to live when the game finally does drop. LOL.

They will on release I'm quite sure.

I'm loving all of this enthusiasm and positivity! Still privately terrified that AHC won't live up to the hype, but it's exciting to see everyone so upbeat and united in their excitement. Thank you all for your encouragement!

Ok, rather than responding individually I'll just answer all the broad questions as best as I can:

Q: What time is release?
A: Don't hate me, but there is no official release time. Pretty much, the game will release once everything is ready to go and successfully uploaded to our server. So you'll just have to watch for the release announcement. Double don't-hate-me, it is probably going to be later in the day (in the US, that is). We are not going to be able to pull off a midnight release, as much as we'd want to. So for some of you the game may actually drop on the 30th in your local time.

Q: How will we know when the game has released?
A: We will post announcements on Twitter, AudioGames.net, and Kickstarter when we release. We will also provide a purchase link on the "A Hero's Call" page at outofsightgames.com. Kickstarter backers who earned a free copy of the game will receive an email confirming their "purchase" of the game as soon as the game is available for purchase.

Q: What about demos?
A: There will not be a playable demo for "A Hero's Call." However, there will be plenty of audio demo content available. Liam Ervin will be streaming the game on release day (see post #512), and I'm sure that plenty of other community members will be posting Let's Plays and hosting streams in the days and weeks following release. Hopefully they'll tweet those @OutOfSightGames and will post them here on AG.net as well.

Q: What about bonus items?
A: At present, this is a one-time-only offer for those who supported our Kickstarter. We don't mean to punish people who didn't know about the campaign or chose not to contribute; we just want to give a special token of appreciation to those who made this all possible. Don't worry; there are still hundreds of items to find in A Hero's Call, many of which are just as powerful and interesting as the ones you'll find in the bonus pack. One note about the bonus items: due to some technical challenges we've encountered, the bonus items may not be available to donors immediately upon release. If that is the case, we promise we will make them available as soon as possible, and will notify you as soon as they are.

Q: System requirements?
A: I know I promised official system specs, but I'm a bad person and don't have them. I don't even have the exact file size in front of me because I'm typing this on a break at work. What I can tell you is that it will require in the neighborhood of 1 to 1.5 GB of disk space—last I looked it was 1.2 but I know there were a few audio assets that hadn't been added at that point. As for RAM and processor usage, it should work on any modern computer with at least 2 GB of RAM. The game should (theoretically) run on 32 or 64 bit versions of Windows, but we have not been able to test 32 bit Windows extensively. We can confirm that the game works on Windows 7 and higher (64 bit). Again, in theory, it should work as far back as XP but we haven't had the luxury of doing through testing on a machine running Windows XP.

Thanks for the update. Don't worry, it's obvious the effort you've put into the game. Old as they are those audio demos prove the amount of work and effort put into this project.

As this particular topic is now 537 posts long, I’m sure it would be better and much easier to create a new topic about the game actually being released.

New thread for sure, for release info and questions and or observations.

@iron cross, agreed. that's why I'm not too bothered either. the game has been hyped in the minds of people to the extent i'll be very surprised if it lives up to it. I really hope it does though but I just hope it won't be another manamon, completed in 2 weeks and forgotten about.

apologies for the double posting, I do agree with the 2 previous posters, when it comes to getting excited about projects, but for once in my life, I am actually super excited, and which ever way that may go, I am happy that most of us are feeling this as well. that actually makes it even more fun.

size of the game is an interesting point actually. I think fully installed manamon was about 400mb but I could be wrong, was possibly bigger. and that wasn't self voiced. those sound files have to make up for a lot of the drive space. well I'm gonna buy it on Saturday when people have already got it and hopefully I'm going to have fun.

and chowy, woof wooff

I hope this game is as good as people are hoping this is. might buy it on day 1, but will probably wait until people have played it and have something up on youtube or something before I buy it.

i meant it took 2 weeks to complete for me the first time round. second time took me about 4 days while i had fun playing with things. then i haven't played it since. shame really. had a lot of potential but too short and never been made bigger.