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║ ASCII Quest ║
║ by Jade Vault Games ║
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║ ║ News ║
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║ ║ July 22, 2010 ║
║ ║ And you thought ASCII Quest was abandoned, ║
║ ║ didn't you? ║
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║ Truth be told, ASCII Quest probably would have ║
║ kicked the bucket by now if it weren't for the ║
║ fact that a bunch of you have kept pestering me ║
║ about when it was going to be finished! If it ║
║ weren't for all of you guys, I would have given ║
║ up on this game so I could have more free time. ║
║ ║
║ So because of you, I still don't have any more ║
║ free time. Thanks a bunch, guys. :) ║
║ ║
║ Progress continues, albeit slowly. I still have ║
║ plans to send a preview demo to Xbox Hornet in ║
║ the near future, so as always, I will post an ║
║ update about it here. Thanks for the support, ║
║ everyone! You keep me motivated when it's tough ║
║ for me to stay motivated on my own. ║
║ ║
║ April 21, 2010 ║
║ Xbox Hornet has posted an article containing an ║
║ interview with me. I divulged some details on ║
║ the features of ASCII Quest. You can find the ║
║ article here. ║
║ ║
║ I decided to wait a couple weeks before sending ║
║ him a preview build of the game, though. There ║
║ will be another article next month when that ║
║ happens. As always, I will post another update ║
║ when the article goes up. ║
║ ║
║ For those of you not following me on Twitter, ║
║ you may be pleased to know that due to popular ║
║ demand, ASCII Quest will support ANSI-style box ║
║ drawing. For those of you who don't know what ║
║ this means, here's a brief explanation. With ║
║ old-school ASCII box drawing, rooms and menus ║
║ in the game look like this: ║
║ ║
║ ##### +---+ ║
║ #.#.# | | ║
║ #...# +---+ ║
║ ##### | | ║
║ | | ║
║ +---+ ║
║ ║
║ With ANSI box drawing, they will look like ║
║ this instead: ║
║ ║
║ ┌─┬─┐ ╔═══╗ ║
║ │.│.│ ║ ║ ║
║ │...│ ╟───╢ ║
║ └───┘ ║ ║ ║
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║ ╚═══╝ ║
║ ║
║ Just in case some of you are ASCII purists, ║
║ there will be an option in the menu to turn ║
║ this setting off. ANSI box drawing will be ║
║ enabled by default, since it looks nicer to ║
║ most people. ║
║ ║
║ April 19, 2010 ║
║ I have uploaded some new screenshots to reflect ║
║ the latest build. You can find them here. ║
║ ║
║ April 16, 2010 ║
║ The end is finally in sight. If you have an XNA ║
║ Creators Club Premium membership, you will see ║
║ a preview build of ASCII Quest uploaded to ║
║ playtest by Sunday, April 25. ║
║ ║
║ No, really. I'm serious this time. I'm going to ║
║ stick to this deadline. ║
║ ║
║ If you don't have an XNA Premium membership, ║
║ unfortunately you're going to have to wait a ║
║ bit longer. I do have an interview set up with ║
║ a review blog, though, and I'll be sending him ║
║ the preview build of ASCII Quest, so you can ║
║ find details about the game when that goes up. ║
║ I'll post again here when that article goes ║
║ online. ║
║ ║
║ One question still remains unanswered: When is ║
║ ASCII Quest going to be released? Rather than ║
║ disappoint everyone with yet another missed ║
║ release date, for now I'll just say, "It'll be ║
║ done when it's done." A good, polished game ║
║ takes time, and after my burnout sessions late ║
║ last year, ASCII Quest has taken much more time ║
║ than I expected. ║
║ ║
║ But as I said, the end is definitely in sight. ║
║ Stay in touch; your patience will be rewarded ║
║ soon enough. ║
║ ║
║ January 9, 2010 ║
║ I went on a hiatus over the holidays; I was ║
║ struggling to balance my job, my life, and ║
║ ASCII Quest. Sorry guys! I'm back on track now. ║
║ ║
║ So obviously, the release of ASCII Quest has ║
║ been pushed back a bit. I'd like to say that I ║
║ can get it done by the end of this month, but I ║
║ don't want to rush this game, so let's say ║
║ mid-February instead. ║
║ ║
║ I appreciate all of the e-mail and Twitter ║
║ support I've been receiving; you guys are ║
║ awesome, and you keep me motivated. Thanks! ║
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║ November 19, 2009 ║
║ It's been a while, but I did make a demo video ║
║ of ASCII Quest a few weeks ago. You can find it ║
║ here. I'll be uploading more screenshots within ║
║ the next couple weeks. ║
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║ September 28, 2009 ║
║ I've created a mailing list for Jade Vault ║
║ Games. Hopefully, this will be a convenient way ║
║ for everyone to stay up-to-date on the latest ║
║ and greatest about ASCII Quest. ║
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║ September 21, 2009 ║
║ Uploaded a few early screenshots. You can view ║
║ here. ║
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