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Sooo, about a month and a half ago I posted a big poll on the Telltale Games Forums and asked my fans to vote on it. The purpose was to re-orient ourselves and to filter out the projects in which we should invest the most.

Also, the results were influenced by various personal conversations that I had with some fans. We took your advices, your suggestions and we’re bringing to you the list for upcoming projects in 2012.

Let’s dig in!

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I’m halfway through the last effect. It’s tedious and “we hatez it, precious!” …and I have to be careful here because a bad effect can really mess up a nice scene.

In other news, I might give Kauff a chance tomorrow. Haven’t filmed with him in a long time. :)

Do you guys want Kauff to give any shoutouts?

Our game demo (with exclusive extra screenshots) will be featured at the AdventureX 2011 Conference, between SAT 17th DEC & SUN 18th DEC 2011.

The show is for all adventure game fans, it is not restricted to point and click adventures. So if you’re a text adventure maniac, a hidden object detective or love a little big adventure – come along!

The first official AdventureX event is taking place in Didcot, UK and is easily reached by train and car. For full details on how much it costs check out the tickets page and for details on how to reach the event look at the map page.

To find out just who is coming and what games you can see, check the exhibits page! There you will also see the Ask a Monkeyologist game being featured :D

We cannot attend but if you’re there, take some photos! We’ll gladly publish them on our site!

 

Just a very short and quick reminder, the game is still being produced. Proof:

Now, back to Doctor Who.

Casting Contest!! – Where is Mildred?

Hello Dear Fans!

Doctor Kauff is looking for his wife! You surely remember him mentioning Mildred a few times during the show… if not, here’s a little info on her:

- She is very sweet

- Kauff and Mildred have been married for over 40 years, so she pretty much got used to her husband’s eccentric behavior

- They love each other very much but, as any old couple, they have their ups and downs when various subjects come into discussion (such as buying a new lamp shade… or what color should we paint the living room)

We are now holding auditions for Mildred. If you are at least over 21 years old and you have a decent camera (even a decent webcam or photo-camera-that-records-video is okay), please get in your best old-lady outfit (gray hair/wig is a bonus) and record yourself saying the next lines:

“Oh, greetings dearies… I am Mildred, Kauff’s wife. You know Kauff, that funny old man, hehe… well, he wasn’t so funny this morning when he forgot to fix our TV Set. I’m missing my favorite show: Daredevil Detectives from Dermany. I love reading detective stories and watching these shows… keeps the mind focused, you know! Oh dear, oh my, but where could my husband be at this hour? He was supposed to finish answering questions and come home… I do hope he’s alright. I made brownies… he wouldn’t wanna miss that, I tell you! (the phone starts to ring… she looks at the phone, then back at the audience…as if she knows something happened!)”

You can play around with the text and the general idea, but don’t stray too much from the context. We also need it in one big take.

Be sure to have good lighting and do your best to make the sound clear (no echoes or shooting in unfurnished rooms).

After you finish the recording, upload it to your youtube channel and send us the link to silverwolfpet [at) yahoo (dot] com. Be sure to add “Hello, I’m Mildred” as the e-mail subject, so we know it’s for the casting.

The winner will become part of the Ask a Monkeyologist cast for Season 3, and also the Game.

We have a general idea on how Mildred looks like (link to picture) or something similar (second link), but if you’re feeling creative, we’d love to see what you can come up with.

All we ask is that you think this thoroughly… it’s not a job, you will be playing this part for free, for the fans. Our schedule is VERY loose, easy to adapt to, but it still is a schedule. :) We’re talking about one day every three weeks dedicated to the show (make up, costume, many many lines).

Oh and, no offense, but you have to be a GIRL to enter. We already have too many guys on the show and we need that special feminine touch.

Looking forward to what you awesome fan-nesses can come up with! Start date of the contest is November 1st 2011.

Last submission will be accepted at 11:59:59 PM, EET, December 20th 2011.

No matter if we know you or not, if we’re best friends or if we never heard of you… if you are not what we are looking for, we reserve the right to keep the role vacant. No favoritisms-ness, okay?

Good, now let’s see Mildred!

Hey guys,

First of all, many many many thanks for voting on the polls. This really helps me evaluate things and adapt on the go.

I’ve spoken with Cosmin (Sarmaleman) and we might just finish with the last interview on Monday. Then it’s a big big quick video editing and voila! “Making of” for you.

I just received some files from Majus today. Don’t get too excited, these are just the last recordings for Ask a Monkeyologist, Season 2. We’re not planning anything for Halloween this year, nor for Christmas. Sorry about that… we’re just extremely busy. Would you believe we haven’t talked in about 5 months??

The Ask a Monkeyologist episodes are quite clear now… and here’s a quick tip on all of them, in order:

Episode 7 : Dumpling321 Unleashed (feat. David Larson)

Episode 8 : A New Threat? (Special Guest Star #1… new person)

Episode 9 : The Threat must be stopped! (Same Guest Star)

Episode 10 : Guidelines to staying alive (Mihai‘s first on-camera role in AaM)

Episode 11 : You’re kidding, right? …right?? (a special episode, response to a dare, which might make me lose half of my fanbase ^.^ … 3 new  Guest Stars!)

Episode 12 : Season Finale (Special Guest Star #2… Not incredibly epic stuff… but we’ll be holding auditions for a certain part!)

That being said, I’m still waiting for the last files to be sent by Special Guest Star #1. It’s not as easy as it sounds and I’m VERY grateful to this person for taking the time to do this.

Before everybody jumps out of their seats, I want to put some rumors to rest… the Guest Star is not from Telltale Games or LucasArts. :) You’ll like her/him, I assure you.

Putting that aside, just to give you a short glimpse of my current projects… I’m currently collaborating with 30+ people on 9 separate projects at the same time. Expect some neat stuff soon, aiming at Christmas. Pray for me that I get to finish all these (or at least show something finished) by the end of the year.

Okay, now, focusing on projects #1 and #2 …the Making of… and the Doctor Who Tribute :) Thanks for being loyal, friends!

Small Kauff update

I know we’ve been a little quiet lately… we’re focusing on the Doctor Who Tribute. We really want to make it as epic as possible.

On one of the breaks, I managed to write 4 scripts for the upcoming Ask a Monkeyologist episodes. I managed to recruit not one, not two…but SIX Special Guest Stars. Let’s hope they all manage to send in their materials in time (this is why it’s taking so long… I told you, people with lives…heh, what can ya do?).

I’d love to give you a little insight on who you will meet in the new Kauff Episodes… but I can’t. The characters have been chosen a long time ago and it took forever to gather up these people. It would be a shame to spoil the surprise.

However, I can give you a small cutout from one of the new Ask a Monkeyologist Game Backgrounds made by Michal.

It doesn’t get any bigger than that, sorry :p

If you really want some clues regarding the guests… fine, here:

- One is a famous leader

- Three are connected through their own show

- One is a famous traveller

- One is a maniac

- none are interpreted by me ^.^

Who do you think they are?

Article on Kauff and Gustav??

Our friend, Jasmin, had a brilliant surprise for everybody! Look!

She spent some time sending e-mails and writing an article about our game! It’s so awesome!!

Of course, Michal, Majus, monkey_05_06, dumpling321 and Mr. MahGuy Verr (Federico) are mentioned as well!

Thank you Jasmiiiin! :D

*huge hug*

DEMO Launched – Kauff and Gustav Game!

Yup, it’s here! All the details you need are riiiight on this page.

Or, if you want to click the new nice looking button on the right, be my guests :D

Woo-hoo!!

Thank you to all who voted on my little poll. If you vote you can actually help me optimize my workflow and organize my priorities.

As you requested, the DEMO was my main focus along with Ask a Monkeyologist Ep.7 which should follow shortly. Now THAT’s feedback! :D

Working, Working…

10 seconds ago I just implemented that last animation in the Kauff and Gustav demo. Whew! I hope it was worth it.

I’m taking a 30 minutes break and then I’ll record the last lines for Kauff, implement those aaand launch it :)

Wish me luck!

EDIT: Finished recording. Throat hurts a bit, heh… Taking small break then implementing lines. It’s about 100 files so it shouldn’t take very very long.