ladyonthemoon

Thank your for your input. I'm using Unity; I don't like Unreal Engine much. To tell the truth I don't have much confidence in software that offer you to make your game in five minutes (okay, I exaggerate) without coding. To me, the fun in making games is in coding more than in designing levels. In my current project, a 2D platformer, I'll have to draw the level(s); this is why I've begun making my own sprites (using a very famous image editor I shall not name). I was a bit afraid that I wouldn't make it but I really like making sprites; it's fun and quite easy; especially when you manage to make them look like what you want them to look like! I know that I could find free stuff on the web but I'd rather make them myself; the only stuff I'll have to use that I won't be able to make are sounds and music. Fortunately, Unity Technologies allow use to use their assets in our games and they have a vast quantity of sound and music files I could use. I'm sorry that I am not able to write my own engine but Unity is a very decent engine to use and it's constantly evolving. Furthermore they have excellent tutorials; the one I'm following to make my game is this one: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX2vGYjWbI0REfhDHPpdIBjjrzDHDP-xT Making this game will take me a long time; the only thing I'm afraid of is that I could lose patience and give up. I hope it won't happen. Thank you! I have no idea what BoE and BoA are... Sorry!

Weird. Both Geneforge and Avernum (old game) work perfectly on my computer: Windows 7 SP1 up to date, Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.6GHz, 8gB of ram, Intel(R) HD Graphics 530. The games do not use the Nvidia GPU. Maybe it's a problem related to Windows 10 itself? Or it's pure lottery and your friend is out of luck... https://steamcommunity.com/app/200960/discussions/0/364039531227607021/

LOL thank you!

Ah, all right. I'll see about that when I'm there I think.

Thank you! I like Geneforge so far, although it lacks a "difficulty" setting in my opinion. The third games in each series lagged?

The old Nethergate was made for both Windows and Mac: http://spiderwebsoftware.com/nethergate/index.html

Hello @Spidweb, I see that you have released Nethergate: Resurrection (the recent remake of Nethergate) on Steam, could you please release the original Nethergate on GOG, as you did for Avernum? (The original version of Avernum, the first trilogy, is available on GOG; the remade version of the first trilogy is available on Steam.) Thank you.

I'm mostly a sci-fi amateur. I'm currently reading Iain M. Banks Use of Weapons, from the "Culture" series. I read the two previous books, Consider Phlebas and The Player of Games before that. Although each book can be read independently of the others, I prefer reading them in the order of their publication.

It was Avernum around 2004 for me. The first real video game I played and made me love video games. I even still like the graphics; I'm currently playing Geneforge and I'm happy to see the familiar objects and icons in it! I love Skyrim for its gorgeous scenery (among other things) but I don't think that the graphics in Avernum suck either.

Thank you!

The very first time I discovered Spiderweb Software, I was looking for video games to play. It was, I think in 2004, I found this web-site, downloaded Avernum, the demo and started playing. It was enough for me to fall in love with video games and the Avernum games, that I bought. I bought them here, on this site, if I recall correctly I paid using international money orders, if that's how it's called (I'm French by the way). At the time you just downloaded the demo and bought an activation key. I've lost all these keys a long time ago. Not long ago, I noticed that the three games had been remastered but I was not interested in remastered games, so I passed. Then, they were released on Steam, or so I thought; I bought Avernum: Escape from the pit but noticed very fast that it was the remastered version... Eventually, I found the very original first trilogy on GOG! I bought both the first and second trilogy on GOG and now I'm happy; that's all I wanted, replaying the first original trilogy. How many hours had I sunk in these games back then? I don't know but I kept playing and replaying them. Then I discovered Morrowind, and Oblivion, and Skyrim... Even played a bit of the Fallout games; spent a lot of time modding these games too and never found the time to even think about Spiderweb games; they were somewhere in my memory, imbued with nostalgia. I thought I would never play them again until I saw them on Steam. The weird thing, when I think of it, is that I could have come here and bought them again; I didn't, for some reason. Strangely enough, I haven't replayed Avernum since I bought the series on GOG. Since I'm always late at everything, I discovered the conference Jeff Vogel gave at the GDC last year only a few days ago, which lead me here. I noticed that there was a forum and here I am! I also bought the whole Geneforge Saga on Steam just after watching the video. I had bought Avadon: Black Fortress on Steam some time ago but never took to it, I bought Avadon 2: The corruption just to support Spiderweb Software. And I just notice that there is an Avadon 3 that I didn't buy... Correction: I just bought it. Time to list the Spiderweb Software games I own. On Steam: Avernum: Escape From the Pit (the remastered version of Avernum), the Avadon Trilogy, the Geneforge Saga. On GOG: the two Avernum trilogies, Blades of Avernum. So, who am I? There's not much to say about me; I love video games but I'm very discriminate, I wouldn't play any game just because it's a game. I'd also like very much to make at least one game of my own; one day, maybe? And I'm old, born in the mid fifties. Thank you for your patience if your read this through! See you out there!