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[TeeGee]

We started offering pre-orders of our first game under the MoaCube name. It's a pretty and atmospheric fairytale Visual Novel with plenty of choices.



Cinders Pre-Order Announcement

Pre-order costs $19.95, gives purchasers access to the preview build of the game right away, and allows them to affect the development by participating in our closed beta. We also published a small trailer for the game. It's featured in the announcement on our website, but here's a direct link: http://youtu.be/h0dQH_M5R-I


Some screenies:
   

[Theon]

It looks stunningly beautiful. I really love the aesthetics.

But I'm afraid I can't afford to part with that much money for a visual novel. Though it looks pretty and all, it all comes down to story, and I have no idea if that will be worth the price, since you don't even tell us what it is about.

I wish you the best of luck, though 

[Zaphos]

you don't even tell us what it is about.

It's a retelling of Cinderella with branching story paths.

[TeeGee]

Yes, it also focuses more on the complex dynamic between the main four women (stepmother, sisters, cinderella), than actual re-telling of the story (though, you can go for a fairytale ending if you want).

But I think that Theon has a valid point. It's time we told a bit more about the game's storyline. Normally, I prefer the game to do the talking, but since we're offering pre-orders...

[ANtY]

Maybe think about demo version 

[TeeGee]

Of course, there's going to be a demo when the game is done. I'm talking about the pre-orders.

[ANtY]

I meant demo for pre-orders.

[TeeGee]

One of the perks of pre-ordering is that you get to play the demo. So it would have to be a demo of the demo .

[ANtY]

demo of the demo .

[Theon]

What? Isn't the entire point with a demo to advertise? No point advertising to customers who already made their purchase, is it? -Of course, those who pre-order deserve to be able to play the demo, too; but I find it strange that they are the "target audience" of it.

What I'm saying is, I'd love a demo.

[TeeGee]

Demo makes sense if it can work as advertisement for a complete game. What we have now is more of a current development version. Pre-order owners get to see it now, and can join the beta to influence the development. This way, we get to test the game in a nice closed environment (made only of actually interested people, which helps a lot), while the pre-order purchasers get a nice perk of seeing the game before anyone else.

It's still too unpolished and untested to serve as a promotion. For example: we just fixed a bug that crashed the game on some computers with integrated graphic cards. Such stuff is normal and acceptable during closed test, but would create bad impression if that was a public demo.

[biomechanic]

You've lost me at 'visual novel', all the best though. Pozdrówki :}

[Theon]

Ah, okay. I guess that is understandable.