Alan: Since these episodic games are smaller, does this also mean a smaller price point? Do you have a rough ballpark figure for the price of these types of games?
Dan: Price point is something we are currently doing research on. There are a few very distinct game audiences on the net that have very different expectations for their money.
DC: The first game is based on Out From Boneville the first arc, and collected edition in the series. The design stays very true to the storyline of the comic. We plan on continuing this strategy for the rest of the series so the great cow race is in the next one.
But there was also this in the lockergnome interview.
Dan: Smaller games are definitely necessary because of the economics of game production and distribution. The talk around the industry is that the next generation of games is going to cost in the 15 million dollar range. With this amount of money on the line the model is getting closer to the blockbuster film model. At Telltale we would like to be on the cutting edge of a television production style model, with episodes and ongoing story lines and favorite characters.
But that doesn't really answer whether or not the 'other' licenses / original adventure games that had been mentined in passing are on the backburner while everyone at Telltale really concentrates their efforts and resources on Bone. (Which is what I think Apingarb was asking).
Fair enough. The question is back on the board. That leaves us with 20. A couple of mumbles of agreement and we can put it up as our final list. Still, any last complaints are being excepted.
I thought I might warn you that your timing in finishing this task did not match up beautifully with a lull in our operations as we had secretly hoped it might. As such, you may have to wait longer than you'd like for your answers. But a deal's a deal, and I will make sure the results of your labor come to you as soon as is possible.
Can we expect to see a Bone demo in the near future? -Alucard
How do you propose to market the Bone games to Bone/comic fans, rather than adventure games? JP
What were the other franchises besides Sam and Max and Bone that you were considering? Burn
How can one go about auditioning for a Telltale game?-misanthrope
Are you going to produce translated versions of your games? Diduz
Was Dank always going to be a comic? -Burn
In the short teaser clip of Bone, Bone appears to be following the cursor around. Do you plan to create interactivity between the characters and player? Vark
How has Telltale Texas Hold Em' performed in contrast to your expectations? Vark
How often will the episodes of Bone be released? -spf1978
What is your opinion on the infamous "cut-scenes" that many other adventure games employ as a story-telling device? -spf1978
What are your future plans for the characters from TT Texas Holdem? -spf1978
Will the supporting characters have some kind of AI or will they just have set dialogue paths like previous adventure games? smileyfaceman
Will there be multiple player-controlled characters per title? smileyfaceman
Are you planning to exclusively distribute all your games electronically, or are you considering other options as well? Apignarb
Being that many of you were on the Sam&Max team, and founding TellTale was in part inspired by the cancellation of that project, do you have any juicy tidbits to share with us about the game, or the making of the game? -Apignarb/Udvanorky
Describe a typical workday at TellTale. Apignarb
Do you have any plans for any other games than Bone yet, maybe even working on other ideas during the development of Bone? Apignarb
TO KEVIN Will we see "buttless ice chaps" in any of Telltale's games? -Jub
I love adventure games and feel they deserve another chance to shine, but with TellTale Texas Hold'em, you brought personality to a genre that is usually devoid of any such character. What are your plans, if any, to bring this personality into other genres as well? -jerkofalltrades
You were mentioning in an early interview that you were planning to have a schedule eventually for episodic releases of several game-series, is that something you're still planning to do, or is Bone the main focus for now?- Apignarb
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Interview at Lockergnome
Alan: Since these episodic games are smaller, does this also mean a smaller price point? Do you have a rough ballpark figure for the price of these types of games?
Dan: Price point is something we are currently doing research on. There are a few very distinct game audiences on the net that have very different expectations for their money.
But there was also this in the lockergnome interview.
I thought I might warn you that your timing in finishing this task did not match up beautifully with a lull in our operations as we had secretly hoped it might. As such, you may have to wait longer than you'd like for your answers. But a deal's a deal, and I will make sure the results of your labor come to you as soon as is possible.
if you need one, im there
I think I have heard this one before...
too bad i couldnt participate in this...
all that i wanna know is in there...
now i just hope they'll give good answers...
http://www.telltalegames.com/blogs/telltale/?permalink=F65A2EB294D03860A50804F3A489602D.txt&smm=y