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Breaking news: Keith Poole leaves Desura!
By , 8 October 2011 at 3:13 pm UTC

What is your source for this information? Is this confirmed somewhere? No offense but that's the only place where I have seen it

Breaking news: Keith Poole leaves Desura!
By Hamish, 7 October 2011 at 6:39 pm UTC

????????????

Helena the 3rd now available to buy from the Ubuntu Software Centre
By KIAaze, 7 October 2011 at 4:11 am UTC

Ok, after a lot of trial and error, I figured out why I couldn't see the button.
It was because of NoScript. But that is not all:
Even with the default NoScript settings and all scripts allowed, the "buy" button is not visible!
To see the "buy" button, it is necessary to uncheck the "Clean suspicious internet requests" box in "advanced->XSS" (translated strings, so maybe not exactly the same in English).

I think that's quite a big problem since most NoScript users won't even see the button. :/

I also tried the site in Chromium and there it also behaves a bit strangely:
The website loads correctly with the button, but when clicking it:
1) A new tab opens and it shortly displays "uploading..." in the status bar until the paypal page appears (probably perfectly normal, but not very reassuring)
2) If I close the paypal tab and click the button again, nothing happens. (If I leave the paypal tab open and click the buy button again, it reloads the paypal page.)

The button code (slightly formatted) according to my understanding:
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title="Embed gadget"
width="150"
height="50"
scrolling="no"
frameborder="0"
id="363680224"
name="363680224"
allowtransparency="true"
class="igm"
src="//jujo00obo2o234ungd3t8qjfcjrs3o6k-a-sites-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/ifr?url=http://www.gstatic.com/sites-gadgets/embed/embed.xml&container=enterprise&view=home&lang=en&country=ALL&sanitize=0&v=7f8e354a8d421484&libs=core:setprefs&mid=246&parent=http://www.helenathe3rd.com/#up_embed_snippet=%3Cform+target%3D%22_new%22+xmlns%3D%22http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml%22+action%3D%22https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr%22+method%3D%22post%22%3E+%3Cinput+name%3D%22cmd%22+type%3D%22hidden%22+value%3D%22_s-xclick%22+/%3E+%3Cinput+name%3D%22hosted_button_id%22+type%3D%22hidden%22+value%3D%22NB5J3P37CUT72%22+/%3E+%3Cinput+alt%3D%22PayPal+-+The+safer,+easier+way+to+pay+online!%22+border%3D%220%22+name%3D%22submit%22+src%3D%22https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif%22+type%3D%22image%22+/%3E+%3Cimg+alt%3D%22%22+border%3D%220%22+height%3D%221%22+src%3D%22https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif%22+width%3D%221%22+/%3E+%3C/form%3E&st=e%3DAIHE3cCZBxeR5YrJVyVvUMefHuTwHYHkNOL%252B%252BDx7MmyYVeBK32FHOzbQfUafKH2hXEOcCSDT%252Fzgm88ygFQxAtGEMhxm7784Zpn3GAw9M0RcIGNgvmHf71h%252FcGowQhZJQAjH8FgfLlle0%26c%3Denterprise&rpctoken=7899301570166770222">




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edit: Posted about it here: http://forums.informaction.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7368

Helena the 3rd now available to buy from the Ubuntu Software Centre
By , 6 October 2011 at 10:03 pm UTC

Quoting: "Rustybolts, post: 2415"If you have bought the game already you should of received a email containing the download link, the updated full version Helena is now available from this same download link. If you have any problems please contact Brandon via email at [email protected]


Got it working today. It updated and I am good to go thank you for your quick response. :)

Helena the 3rd now available to buy from the Ubuntu Software Centre
By Rustybolts, 6 October 2011 at 5:49 am UTC

QuoteI Donated for the game already on 6th of June where should I be getting that


If you have bought the game already you should of received a email containing the download link, the updated full version Helena is now available from this same download link. If you have any problems please contact Brandon via email at [email protected]

Helena the 3rd now available to buy from the Ubuntu Software Centre
By Rustybolts, 6 October 2011 at 5:45 am UTC

Quoting: "KIAaze, post: 2409"Mmh, where exactly is the "buy" button? :confused:
Or maybe I'm just too tired.

Also, I remember the game being open-source. What is the current status?

The game is closed source and has been completely re-designed much has changed since then. The buy button is located directly under the helena the 3rd image.

Cheers

Helena the 3rd now available to buy from the Ubuntu Software Centre
By , 6 October 2011 at 12:40 am UTC

I Donated for the game already on 6th of June where should I be getting that :)

Helena the 3rd now available to buy from the Ubuntu Software Centre
By KIAaze, 5 October 2011 at 11:43 pm UTC

Quoting: "Rustybolts, post: 2402"Cheers for the article. For those that dont want to be tied to 1 distro you can purchase the full game from our website for Windows and Linux until its available from other stores.

http://www.helenathe3rd.com/

Mmh, where exactly is the "buy" button? O.o
Or maybe I'm just too tired.

Also, I remember the game being open-source. What is the current status?

Announcing Ensign 1!
By , 5 October 2011 at 11:34 pm UTC

What can I say

Cardinal Quest free for 24 hours!
By , 5 October 2011 at 10:44 pm UTC

Update: This promotion has now ended. Over 1000 copies of the game have been given out. Thanks to everyone who's supported us today.

Announcing Ensign 1!
By , 5 October 2011 at 9:52 pm UTC

Sometimes I don't feel like logging in.

Announcing Ensign 1!
By Liam Dawe, 5 October 2011 at 9:47 pm UTC

Why the two different logins? Heh

Announcing Ensign 1!
By , 5 October 2011 at 6:46 pm UTC

Oh and thanks for your comments Hammish, glad you approve of our game designs :)

Helena the 3rd now available to buy from the Ubuntu Software Centre
By Hamish, 5 October 2011 at 5:18 pm UTC

Or for those that happen to use one distro that is not THE one distro... :rolleyes:

Seriously though, good show. :)

Helena the 3rd now available to buy from the Ubuntu Software Centre
By Rustybolts, 5 October 2011 at 5:07 pm UTC

Cheers for the article. For those that dont want to be tied to 1 distro you can purchase the full game from our website for Windows and Linux until its available from other stores.

http://www.helenathe3rd.com/

Announcing Ensign 1!
By Brandon Smith, 4 October 2011 at 7:53 pm UTC

Also multi-player :) Someone mentioned the single-player campaign, but for now we're really focused on making the multiplayer work.

Announcing Ensign 1!
By Liam Dawe, 4 October 2011 at 7:22 pm UTC

Yeah the FPS aspect was more of a "oh look cool" sort of thing, space battles are awesome though which is what I am mainly looking forward to.

Interview with Keith Poole from Desura Part 1
By Liam Dawe, 4 October 2011 at 7:20 pm UTC

Yeah that is true there is that, they will also auto-update for you. It's more of a convenience thing.

Kot-in-Action creators of Steel Storm Interview!
By Liam Dawe, 4 October 2011 at 7:15 pm UTC

Yeah learning how Alex was treated by HIB was quite shocking really, not as good as they make themselves out to be eh.

Interview with Keith Poole from Desura Part 1
By , 4 October 2011 at 10:49 am UTC

Quoting: "MaximB, post: 1859"Nice interview, but I've already bought most Linux games that I want directly from the developers or with the Humble Indie Bundle.
Also I bought many games from gog.com that run on Linux, so at the moment I don't really know what games Desura can offer me.

Desure offers you th integration with all humble bundles. So as soon as it is out, you can forget your humble bundle links :)

Announcing Ensign 1!
By , 4 October 2011 at 4:59 am UTC

Okay, Palpatine :)

This game isn't really for someone who's looking for a shooter, it's for someone who wants to play a space combat game where you can commandeer other ships.

Announcing Ensign 1!
By MyGameCompany, 3 October 2011 at 11:13 pm UTC

This looks cool. It's exactly what I was thinking of doing, except 2D instead of 3D - combining my Rick Rocket space shooter and Dirk Dashing platformer game engines for a new Rick Rocket game, where you can fly around, then land on planets or stations and explore. I'll be following this project with great interest.

Kot-in-Action creators of Steel Storm Interview!
By KIAaze, 3 October 2011 at 10:55 pm UTC

It was interesting to finally get a little bit of insight on how the HIB money is split between devs, notably the bonus games.
They added a slider to choose how much you want to give to the HIB2 games, but not for Steel Storm if I remember correctly. :/

As for Gameolith sales being low: I think it also has to do with the fact that the game was out for a while before Gameolith started, and then there was the HIB. So most people interested in the game probably already had it.

Kot-in-Action creators of Steel Storm Interview!
By Liam Dawe, 3 October 2011 at 10:09 pm UTC

Added a note to say it's an old vid :)

Kot-in-Action creators of Steel Storm Interview!
By , 3 October 2011 at 8:11 pm UTC

No worries Liam, it's a video of the internal prototype of another game I had in mind, but "Tomes of Mephistopheles" can be counted as it's spiritual successor, but with First Person view ;) Keep the vid, just maybe note it's not the "Tomes of Mephistopheles" game.

Announcing Ensign 1!
By Rustybolts, 3 October 2011 at 7:47 pm UTC

Liams right there are not many Linux fps games that offer a single player campaign and what there is are quite old. So you have either played them before or they are not offering anything new.
I am pleased to be part of the team bringing a Space shooter game that will switch from a pilot at the controls of a spaceship, then being able to leave your seat and walk around your own ship or if you have docked with another vessel leaving your own ship on foot and being able to walk around that vessel also.

Kot-in-Action creators of Steel Storm Interview!
By Liam Dawe, 3 October 2011 at 6:43 pm UTC

Gah i thought that was the right video...oops what is the video i put in from?

I will remove it.

Kot-in-Action creators of Steel Storm Interview!
By Bumadar, 3 October 2011 at 6:05 pm UTC

have to agree with you on some of your comments, I got SteelStorm 1 and did find it very bland. It was only because of the HiB3 that I came into contract with SteelStorm 2 and was pleasantly surprised. Feel a bit sad though that your cut was so little. New missions will be a must buy though :)

Kot-in-Action creators of Steel Storm Interview!
By , 3 October 2011 at 5:11 pm UTC

Btw, the video featured in the interview is not the video of "Tomes of Mephistopheles" :P

Kot-in-Action creators of Steel Storm Interview!
By , 3 October 2011 at 5:10 pm UTC

I can't say for sure what engine we will be using. We are performing internal testing after which we can conclude which engine is most suitable for the project.