Thanks for the info. Let us know how it goes!

I am looking forward to trying it out, whenever it comes out. Take your time! Don't rush!

Hehe, thanks DaveHT; yeah, it's unfortunet we were unable to hit our halloween deadline, but when push comes to shove thats how it goes.

We will never ship a knowingly 'broken' game for obvious reasons.

Static: IT just needs some more TLC before we ship it.

Sunday saw some good progress; Jacki (my wife) has been doing lots of testing and taking notes on issues/improvements; and I've been working down the lists as fast as I can

Like most things, really getting something 'finished' is always way more work than anticipated; but I have a lot of experience in this area with Morning's Wrath, and The Lost City of Malathedra

We have Morning's Wrath 2, to finish for this year, so you can be sure we're gonna finish Static as soon as possible.

-Raymond

We expect a much sooner release than this; but just to keep people updated our new release date for STATIC: IT has been moved to Dec 1

We're currently in the process of 'polishing up' STATIC, and want to give it time so that we can get in some nice details.

In addition, we're working on a technology that would allow folks to play the STATIC: IT demo directly on our website; we're not sure if this will be a simultaneous feature release, it depends on how our development goes. This is also a hopeful precursor to allowing folks to play full versions of our games online, should they not want to download and install them locally.

These online versions are being designed to require less computer power compared to the download versions; and will work both PC and Mac; but will offer the same gameplay as an installed version without Shader capable graphics hardware.

I'm interested in hearing what folks think about this idea, and any concerns/features that spring to mind so we can consider them as we work on it.

-Raymond

Just checked the game website for Static...it says the game is coming out tonight...can it be true?! What time is the anticipated release?

Wait no longer! We are happy to say that STATIC: Investigator Training is now finished!

We hope you all enjoy playing STATIC as much as we enjoyed making it!

You can find the full game available for $9.95 on www.staticgame.com

P.S.

And now it's time to go enjoy the release party

Thanks for the info!

Downloaded the demo installed and i get a popup saying evaluation expired? Im on win7 if thats any help.

SkeeterUK; thanks for the info! It had slipped my mind that the demo was built to Beta specification and we've not promoted it to retail yet. Out alpha/beta builds all have a time limitation from their build date.

I'll produce a final build and get that up lickedy split.

In the mean time, if you just can't wait, rolling back your system clock a month or two should do it.

I'll post here when the new demo is up.

Thanks

Alrighty, the new demo is up and there shouldn't be any more evaluation expiration nonsense:D

A nice result of this is I took some time to bring some nice features we developed in the full game, into the demo.

- better portrait frames
- integrated instructions (yay!)
- floor arrows to denote where you can move from room to room
- most recent engine build; which has a lot of subtle improvements.

Nice.

I did the date rollback trick which worked but i found the font hard to read. Also im stuck in the demo i got 3 pictures and duno what to do, any advice welcome.

Please refer to this thread on our website; it gives some hints on how to complete the demo; http://staticgame.com/?p=13#comments

Skeeter, also, if you need hints please post in Hints forum here. This is discussions only. THanks!

Ana

Completed the demo, very nice, i like the fmv in a game once more, i so miss that. Btw if i get the full game, how many hours of gameplay is there and how many locations?

SkeeterUK glad you enjoyed it!

The demo has two locations you can explore; the full game features seven.

Hours of gameplay can vary greatly between people, especially in adventure games where solving puzzles can be a factor; so we really don't like to use it as a measure. The full game is also structured so that not all things are required to finish the game; so going the extra mile to explore things can reveal things you missed.

I can say that the full game allows you to choose 3 pieces of paranormal investigation equipment out of a possible 6; so you need to play at least twice to experience all equipment types.

Digital Camera
Infrared Thermometer
Voice Recorder
Pendulum
EMF Detector
Camcorder with Infrared Illumination

EDIT:
Ana; I agree if there was a hints thread started for this I'd be more than happy to fill folks in; I just want to be careful not to spoil it for others

Hmm so just 7 places, not much imo which is a shame i would have liked 30+ hehe but no bother mate, maybe in the sequel.

For 6.95 or whatever it was i saw it for seems reasonable, but since its xmas i wont have any spare cash to get the game for awhile.

Will you be making more fmv games, i hope so i do miss these types of games. Would love a tex murphy type game from you guys i think you would do a great P.I game which isn't dissimilar from the current game you made imo.

The full game is 9.95; and yeah we felt that is a very fair price for the modest amount of content that went into STATIC.

Yes, we already have plans for STATIC 2 (not its real name, hehe) my wife, who designed STATIC IT, is taking some time off until after new years; then we'll both be back at the grind working on STATIC 2; which will be a 2010 title; probably around the same time-frame

In addition we have tentative plans to introduce another new IP in a FMV-type game for our 2010 lineup.

Hi everyone I just purchased the game and now I am downloading the full version. Since I won the demo and had fun I have been anxiously awaiting the full version. I didn't know it was released last Sunday. Thanks for the email to remind me Edi.

Anything for our most excited fan 'Sherryah' is practically a household name at the Jacobs residence these days

I am so shocked, what did I do to receive this honor also for my name to be in the end credits? The main thing I did was get stuck in the demo and you took the time to help me where I was stuck. I am playing the paid version now and enjoying it. However I am stuck and asked my question at the hint forum and no one has helped me yet. Please Edi Will you check out my question and answer it? I am really stuck again trying to gather enough evidence for Julie to be approved as investigator.

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I just want everyone to know that Raymond (Edi) really wants his customers to enjoy the game, he has been helping me with the puzzles through email. I greatly appreciate when a game developers take the time to help the customers. They don't have to do that extra step after all they already have our money, but it is the kindness the customer does not forget.

So if your debating whether to get this game all I can say it is a fun ghost hunting adventure unlike anything I have played before. It may only be 7 rooms but there is a lot to do in each room. I am still trying to get the evidence for Julie to be hired and it has been 5 hours thus far. I don't think this room counts as a 1st room since it is a test room.

If you get stuck just write Raymond (Edi) has taken the time and started a thread at hints to help. Hope everyone who likes ghostbusting games will give it a try. A small price for a lot of fun in my opinion.

I hope BFG picks this one up also because it is an interesting ghost adventure.

EDIT............
I won the game and guess what special thanks to GameBoomers at the end Credits! LOL I was listed as Sherryah the most excited fan!