The Blackwell Legacy (Announcement)

[theshadowfan]

Wadjet Eye Games (www.wadjeteyegames.com) is proud to announce its latest adventure game entitled The Blackwell Legacy! Unlike their previous games The Blackwell Legacy is structured in an episodic style.

The Blackwell Legacy is a miniseries of adventure games that stars a medium named Rosangela Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey Mallone. Their mission, it seems, is to assist tormented spirits and investigate supernatural events.

The Blackwell Legacy has been built for old school adventure gamers. Wadjet Eye Games has hired Ian Schlaepfer, who made underground adventure waves with his /Apprentice/ series (http://www.herculeaneffort.com), to create the sprite art for The Blackwell Legacy! Wadjet Eye has gone on to ensure that this game has an authentic adventure feel.

Screenshots:
http://www.davelgil.com/boe/BL1.gif
http://www.davelgil.com/boe/BL3.gif
http://www.davelgil.com/boe/BL4.gif

Promo Poster - http://www.davelgil.com/boe/BL_poster2.jpg

About Wadjet Eye Games:
Wadjet Eye Games is an independent software developer that aims to deliver entertaining, thoughtful and memorable adventure and role-playing games for the PC. We strive to create unique characters and storylines that are rarely seen in games, and to bring them to you on a regular basis.

[Deux]

This looks really interesting!

Looking forward to giving it a go.

[amaranth]

Love the name! (I think you should raise the price ;) )

[Nexic]

Yeh definitely raise the price! I'm thinking $24.95...

[DaveGilbert]

Heh.

If you want to give me more money feel free. :)

This is why I dig this forum. It's the only place on the internet where people say that I should charge MORE. If only all criticism were as cool.

[Jack Norton]

This is why I dig this forum. It's the only place on the internet where people say that I should charge MORE. If only all criticism were as cool.

Oh well if you ask users, they always says that you should give them games for free :D

[theshadowfan]

For those who don't already know here's the official release PR:

Wadjet Eye Games (www.wadjeteyegames.com) is proud to release the first episode in its latest adventure game entitled The Blackwell Legacy!

The Blackwell Legacy is a miniseries of adventure games that stars a medium named Rosangela Blackwell and her spirit guide Joey Mallone. Their mission, it seems, is to assist tormented spirits and investigate supernatural events.

The Blackwell Legacy has been built for old school adventure gamers. Wadjet Eye Games hired an amazing team to create this game. The sprite artist Ian Schlaepfer, who made underground adventure waves with his Apprentice series (http://www.herculeaneffort.com) is one of the many people who helped ensure that The Blackwell Legacy has an authentic adventure feel!

Along with the game being released the soundtrack is also available for $9.99. Sample pieces of the music by Peter Gresser can by found on the Wadjet Eye Games website.

In related news The Blackwell Legacy’s creator, Dave Gilbert, is going to be discussing his first adventure title The Shivah as well as other religious games at the Game Developer’s Conference (GDC) URL www.gdconf.com.

Screenshots:
http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/BL_screen1.gif
http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/BL_screen2.gif
http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/BL_screen3.gif
http://www.wadjeteyegames.com/mayoco/project/media/BL_screen4.gif

[whisperstorm]

If someone wanted to blog about this - what would be the best link?

[theshadowfan]

The best link is using Wadjet Eye Games' website. www.wadjeteyegames.com

[Rainer Deyke]

I do not know how long this game is. However, having bought and played your previous game The Shivah, I have to say that I would been seriously pissed off at its short length if I had paid more than $5 for it. Unless this game is at least four times as long as The Shivah, do not raise the price unless you want to deal with seriously disappointed customers.

[Bad Sector]

Sounds a good game. I made a post about it in Adventure-Advocate, the largest adventure games related site in Greece, so you may get some hits from there :-). I'm going to check out your game as soon as i gather the strength to move over to the bank and put some cash in... :-P.

[JoshuaSmyth]

Could we have an estimation of hours to complete? If it's like 15 hours, ie as long as one of the nancy drew games you've probably got me as a customer.

Oh, and good move having links to the reviews on the site. Try to get more, especially from a place such as www.justadventure.com

I would like a demo though... you know, just to see if it'll run on my computer.

Maybe you could do a non-interactive promo movie on your site too?

[DaveGilbert]

Rainer:

Shivah was $5 for the exact reasons you mention. It was short, and the graphics were very low-quality. Plus, the game was originally freeware so I couldn't justify charging more for it.

Blackwell, however, is at least three times the length of Shivah. Not to mention that the overall production quality of the graphics, music, and sound is at a MUCH higher level. Plus, I'm sure we all understand the need to make a profit. :)

Joshua:

I've contacted many review sites and review copies have been sent out. It's been my experience that many review sites take awhile to get around to reviewing a game (a few weeks up to a few months). Since the game was just released I don't expect an influx of reviews right away.
Just Adventure is at the top of my list. :) I got word from Randy that they'll check it out once their server comes back on.

A demo is coming out soon.

-Dave