(for some reason, tumblr forces a filter on the above image…) We tried that with Gail, but something about a really somber Gail didn’t fit her character, so we ended up putting our own spin on it. Something about Link walking toward the screen with a somber expression and castle in the distance really speaks to an epic adventure. We took inspiration from classic Zelda 2 art. The “Retro” Box edition is styled like a classic game box, the SNES in our case. Here’s a preview of some of them:Īnna, the lead artist, made this new art that’s slated to go on the “Retro Box”. We thought about which art should go where, which physical collectibles to include in the collector’s edition, and so forth. Since this is our first chance to have a physically printed game, we got really excited and hands-on with the project. Premium Edition Games gave us the freedom to be as involved or uninvolved as we like. They’re discovering and meeting physical publishing challenges, often for their first time as well. Their primary experience has been books, so games are a relatively new venture for them. Premium Edition Games is a publisher and indie like us. So we got to talking and set about making it a reality. They cared more about whether the game was enjoyable and fun to play. The third time’s the charm, however, when Premium Edition Games entered the scene, and they told us that sales numbers weren’t a concern for them. We would later be rejected a 2nd time by yet another publisher.
We were first approached by one of the bigger physical edition publishers but they walked after they heard our sales numbers. It turns out the indie publishing scene has made some strides alongside the indie development scene, and so long as you stick with printing a humble amount that you’re sure you can sell, you can make a little profit! Indie games can get published too! (This is probably old hat for most, but it’s new hat for us)
This comes as a little victory for us since we didn’t think Phoenotopia stood a chance with its so-so sales performance. ( All these goodies are planned to be included in the “ Retro” version of the physical edition) Our next major news… Phoenotopia is getting a physical edition on Switch! Major thanks to Flyhigh Works and the Esquadra team for handling the port! So if that’s your preferred platform, you can find the game’s Xbox game page here. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.I forgot to make an announcement for this, but the game is out on Xbox! Since August in fact. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic. Some unofficial phone apps appear to be using GameFAQs as a back-end, but they do not behave like a real web browser does.Using GameFAQs regularly with these browsers can cause temporary and even permanent IP blocks due to these additional requests. If you are using Maxthon or Brave as a browser, or have installed the Ghostery add-on, you should know that these programs send extra traffic to our servers for every page on the site that you browse.The most common causes of this issue are: Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests.