Wadjet Eye Primordia - A Point and Click Adventure - Now Available

[fantadomat]

The Dream Machine

It looks really bad.

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

I've played most of The Dream Machine, think haven't finished the last episode. I liked the clay looks (more serious and grotesque Neverhood vibe, and I freaking loved Neverhood). The puzzles were ok, and the world quite interesting. Not in the same league as Primordia, but I remember enjoying it, and def want to go back and finish it.

 

[StaticSpine]

This week I have finished Primordia for the third time. And it's my first time completing an Adventure game without looking at the walkthrough (I barely remembered any of the puzzles because previously I played it 5 years ago). I must say Crispin's hints were always on point and the game still feels great.

 

[MRY]

Thanks! Glad you’ve had such a good time with the game.

 

[ValeVelKal]

Ah, I have just finished the Dream Machine and Episodes 1-4 are really on par with Primordia in terms of quality of both story & puzzles, so Episodes 5-6 are weaker (but by no means bad).

 

[iqzulk]

Both AGS-geared Beacon and Primordia convey this.
Smooth lines are drawn in a blatantly inadequate low-res so that it breaks smoothness of minute smoothly lined detailing in particular.
Smooth lines, to put it a better way, are drawn THROUGH blatantly crude pixelwork.
Pixelwork breaks the smoothness of what it arguably depicts, which is what is being depicted.
In other words, pixelwork meddles with representation of lines representing such meddling of pixelwork, is pixelwork adequate for representation of lines created for representing pixelwork's inadequacy?
Next, the picture devolves into the bunch of pixels, and whatever you imagine through said bunch of pixels devolves into bunch of pixels namely conceptualization of bunch of pixels.
In other words, bunch of pixels devolves into bunch of pixels, devolving taking place.
If you still happen to be entertained with someone trying to toy with your perceptional peculiarities.
This a technique, which can otherwise be formulated thus: Logical Level is a mixup of Logical Levels (denoting and connoting one having been written in one).
There are games which could be made to produce output on the same computer monitor, and beyond monitor, other objects one might interest oneself in.

P.S. This technique, either parroted (as in this case) or learned, is the underpinning of Contemporary-Art in its generality. Contemporary-Art is meant strictly descriptively.

 

[Jermu]

Just finished this few hours ago great game. Really enjoyed the art style and voice acting was surprisingly good.

I'm such a casual that I had to use walkthrough twice

Spoiler

(first time with pixel hunting crystal in the ship and second time with the kiosk that 1 was brutal)

Strangeland is going to be

 

[MRY]

Thanks so much. It is also a boost to read a kind review.

 

[MRY]

Native Linux and Mac builds for Primordia now on Steam and GOG.

 

[OSK]

Native Linux and Mac builds for Primordia now on Steam and GOG.

What prompted the native Linux build? Your game worked perfectly (if I recall correctly) in Proton. Was it for the GOG dollars?

With Valve pushing developers towards Proton over native builds, we've been seeing native Linux builds being canceled in favor of Proton.

 

[MRY]

Nah, we'd wanted to release a native build forever, but we couldn't get WEG to upload it (basically). Strangeland was more finicky on emulators, so Dualnames did a Linux port of that, and after that figured he should also do one of Primordia.

Since the only *nix system I've ever used was when I would log in remotely to a Unix system for my very early internet provider, I have no idea what Proton is, or what the benefits of native vs. Proton systems would be.

 

[OSK]

Nah, we'd wanted to release a native build forever, but we couldn't get WEG to upload it (basically). Strangeland was more finicky on emulators, so Dualnames did a Linux port of that, and after that figured he should also do one of Primordia.

Since the only *nix system I've ever used was when I would log in remotely to a Unix system for my very early internet provider, I have no idea what Proton is, or what the benefits of native vs. Proton systems would be.

Wine is open-source software used for running Windows applications on Linux. Proton is a Wine fork created by Valve that focuses on running Windows games on Linux. Neither Wine nor Proton are emulators since they aren't faking anything. They're compatibility layers that translate Windows system calls to Linux system calls.

As far as pros and cons, without getting philosophical or political, the biggest pro is you, as a developer, don't have to do anything. People have been playing your game on Linux through Proton for years. You make the game for Windows and Valve and the community does the work to make sure the game runs on Linux. The only real cons are that there can be a performance hit (especially if the game is using DirectX in which case there's another compatibility layer it needs to run through), and you don't have the same fine-grained control to make the game run the way you want to.

Unsurprisingly, developers have taken a liking to Proton. And with the announcement of the Steam Deck, Valve has actually been pushing developers towards relying on Proton and have promised 100% compatibility by the end of the year. As a result, native Linux releases are being canceled in favor of using Proton. That's why it's a bit surprising to see you release a native Linux build.

 

[MRY]

Interesting.

As with so much in life, I manage to come so late to the party that it's already wrapping up.

 

[OSK]

Interesting.

As with so much in life, I manage to come so late to the party that it's already wrapping up.

I didn't get into any of the philosophy or politics. There's definitely Linux users that appreciate the native release.

 

[HorribleHombre]

Nah, we'd wanted to release a native build forever, but we couldn't get WEG to upload it (basically).

Wait, what? Isn’t that, like, one of the jobs of a publisher?

 

[MRY]

I mean, sort of. WEG is one person (Dave), and he has a lot of things on his plate. Porting a back catalogue game (even if it is the best-selling WEG title) to a small-market OS is not a high priority, particularly because the publishing arrangement for Primordia makes it not very lucrative for WEG no matter how well it sells. Dave's view is that every system port introduces the risk of product breakage and then people pissed at poor QC by WEG, so I get where he's coming from. Plenty of hassle and downside, not much upside. Anyway, glad it's finally ported.

 

[Nifft Batuff]

An effective and general way to solve the portability issue is to open source the engine code.

 

[Victor Pflug]

Jesus christ...

I guess I started this thread in some long forgotten life. A lifetime ago. Another- AH STOP RUMINATING!

So. Here's the cover for an alternate, "unofficial" (but actually totally official) soundtrack I made for Primordia during production, way back in the day.

A created a few hundred tracks for Primordia back then, but I wasn't allowed to use them in game. Fast forward a million years - and now I've decided to release what I consider a genuine piece of Primordia... Lore(?).

This was the soundtrack that was *supposed* to go with the game - I love Nathan's music but it never completely felt to me like the Primordia I envisioned, not truly. Anyway - this'll be up on the Primordia Steam page for sale, for cheap, soon enough.
I'd prefer to give it away but - well - you're never gonna get the sequel unless I manage to pay rent.

Also - hey everyone! Sorry I haven't been around much*. I plan to change that.

Will have more Primordia related news soon.

*got bored of hookers and blackjack so it's time to make some fuckin' games again I suppose

 

[Heroic Liberator]

sequel

Is it already in the works? Really enjoyed this gem of a game.

 

[MRY]

sequel

Is it already in the works?

No.

 

[Taluntain]

People will keep asking until Yes.

 

[Victor Pflug]

No.

Well that's not strictly true, the timeframe for the sequel to Primordia really depends upon the upcoming success of the HD Director's Cut Remake...

 

[agris]

In a way, the HD remake is laying technical groundwork for the sequel. Check-mate Mark, you've been busted!

 

[Zombra]

Han shot first.

 

[Yaar Podshipnik]

No.

Well that's not strictly true, the timeframe for the sequel to Primordia really depends upon the upcoming success of the HD Director's Cut Remake...

Day One purchase for me at least