+karri Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 9 hours ago, gambler172 said: Hi Karry looks great....lmk, if you need a tester ? Hi Walter, I will, once I get the first part in a completely playable mode. Yesterday I found out that a guy who is on stage with me happens to have book binding as his passion. He had made a nice book of the script of the play we are rehearsing. So I plan to visit him. Actually I was hoping to do it today. But the snow is knee-deep on all the roads this morning. So I may wait until Wednesday... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 Planning the Wizzy cover of the book. What about some simple and stylish like this. Golden signature on artificial leather.: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jgkspsx Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 My course in book binding is getting along. Here is some snaps of the book before applying the leather cover with gold letters. The book has the same measures as a Lynx cart box. And it fits in the crystal protective box. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
42bs Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Cool idea! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 3 hours ago, 42bs said: Cool idea! Thanks! I enjoy writing the story and playing around with it. Fortunately the Felix emulator works fine with the 2MB cart virtual ROM. So I can use my time writing the code and the story instead of spending too much time with hardware. Actually I have a Wizzy thread in the atari 7800 side also. It should have enough power for Wizzy as well. So I am porting the cc65 for that platform right now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Will the book be some kind of limited edition, and are you considering maybe a more standard version with box + poster for instance with Yastuna? (I realized the game is probably far from being ready, but I really like the tech demo) (I have to admit that I'm more interested in homebrews that looks like the original game, but I have a lot of admiration for handicraft stuff) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 33 minutes ago, LordKraken said: Will the book be some kind of limited edition, and are you considering maybe a more standard version with box + poster for instance with Yastuna? (I realized the game is probably far from being ready, but I really like the tech demo) (I have to admit that I'm more interested in homebrews that looks like the original game, but I have a lot of admiration for handicraft stuff) The plan is to make a release with these books. Usually people buy around 40 copies of the game. As everything is also available as downloads for free my guess is that the demand is not so high. So I really intend to make enough of these book releases. But of course Wizzy is likely to be available for a limited time. And the release date is in 2023 as it will be a big game. Around the length of On Duty. But with more animations. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Well, an adventure/rpg game will likely sell more than 40 copies Just consider a more "traditional" release with standard box maybe? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted April 7, 2022 Author Share Posted April 7, 2022 Practicing book binding. A large book like this takes a few hours to make. Fortunately the Wizzy book should take about an hour. Today I practice the French binding with bands. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 On 4/7/2022 at 12:14 PM, karri said: Practicing book binding. A large book like this takes a few hours to make. Fortunately the Wizzy book should take about an hour. Today I practice the French binding with bands. lo oks great..how many pages will.it have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted April 10, 2022 Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 1 hour ago, gambler172 said: lo oks great..how many pages will.it have? Actually only around 120 pages. And the book is the same size as a Lynx game box. The book works as a container for the cart also. So the problem is not really how to fill the pages. It is more about how sparsely can I put the story. (And can I write it in a fluent way so that anyone wants to read it.) It might also be an option to add pictures on the pages to make skimming the book more interesting. Reading the book is not essential for playing the game. But if you ignore the npc's and just go for the action you may miss all the witty jokes in the game. Here is where the book comes in. It tells the story in a slightly more verbose mode. Hopefully it is more enjoyable to read the book than listen to npc's. The book would also double as a walkthrough of the game in case you are lost... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambler172 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Hi Karri Sounds great....rime for me to read a book ? Greetings Walter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GadgetUK Posted July 5, 2022 Share Posted July 5, 2022 Looking great =D 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted July 25, 2022 Author Share Posted July 25, 2022 The Lynx Wizzy version is on hold right now as I work with the 7800 version of Wizzy for the next few months. I did get some wonderful new hardware to support Wizzy on the 7800 and my 2MB cart problems on the Lynx still remains. But once I get the 7800 version up and running I'll be back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 I am a bit surprised that Wizzy was nominated. So go an cast your votes, guys! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 I think some people are sending you a signal @karri to get that game out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 4 hours ago, LordKraken said: I think some people are sending you a signal @karri to get that game out Wizzy is like French wine. It gets better when you wait for it. On another topic: I got the role of the French taunter in the Spamalot musical. Now I need to learn to speak Swedish with a French accent... Is there a chance that I send you a few Swedish sentences and you read them out like a Frenchman? Like: 'Allå! Vem är det? Den här borgen tillhör min herre, Guy de Loimbard! Det franska tryffelsvinet. Hämtez le catapult! Hämtez la vache! Hämtez le can-can-dansöser! Qu'est ce-que c'est? C'est un lapin, un grand lapin de bois. Ah, det är klart. Det är könst. Hallå, fransmän! Kom ut och titta på vårt nya könstföremål. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordKraken Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 I can totally do that, it's going to sound totally like skånska, if you ever got the "chance" to hear that dialect 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+karri Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 12 minutes ago, LordKraken said: I can totally do that, it's going to sound totally like skånska, if you ever got the "chance" to hear that dialect Wonderful! Yep. My cousin lived in Malmö. Sounds like a swede talking with a hot potato in his mouth. You cannot understand a word. I will PM you the text with French accent. Perhaps you could return a sound clip. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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