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Post by Jo on Sept 4, 2021 18:05:45 GMT
The old saying "follow the money" holds true here. And the fact of the matter is that devs need to make a living. They have to pay the gas bill and the kids need new shoes just like the rest of us. One of the devs a few years ago. , I think it was Artifex Mundi but I can't find it now, wrote a blog piece about "the handwriting on the wall" in regards to HOPAs and their plans to move into other genres. They've also become publishers for other smaller devs. You have to adapt or die.
I'm so glad you've found other games you like. You are obviously not alone in your love for The Room. 17,398 Steam users agree with you hence the Overwhelmingly Positive rating. Even though it's a relatively short game (https://howlongtobeat.com/#search gives it 2.5 hours), it's a great price at $4.99 and even better if you got it on sale. Each of your $1s is better spent there than with F2P. And, just my opinion, it's lunacy to pay $13.99 (or $19.99 if you're not a member) for the current crop of HOPAs.
I never replayed HOPAs until recently. I'm finding that I don't remember most of any game so they're new all over again for me. One of the perks of aging!
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Post by Jo on Sept 4, 2021 19:16:33 GMT
Big Fish Games: What happened? They lost most of their devs.
As a side note, here is a list of the devs who have at sometime made HOPA games for sale at BF. This list is as complete as I could make it at the time but there may be other devs that I missed. This was originally posted at Pond Friends probably sometime around 2015/2016 in a thread called The State of Casual Gaming that I did there. It has not been updated since I posted it at PF so it may not be 100% accurate now. If of no other value, it's a trip down memory lane.
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4Friends Games 4friendsgames.com/ I just can't find any information. Their website has been under construction for a long time.
Absolutist City of Fools, Green Moon, Campfire Legends Series absolutist.com/ Seems to be out of the HOG development business and is offering services to other devs.
AdoreStudios Vampires: Todd and Jessica's Story adoregames.com/ Seems to be out of the HOG development business and is focusing on mobile and Mac.
Alawar Games House of 1000 Doors, Sacra Terra, Snark Busters, Elementary My Dear Majesty www.alawar.com/ Last Title: Viking Brothers 2 3/27/17 Wiki article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alawar HOPA devs under the Alawar umbrella, 5BN and Sunward Games, are either independent or associated with another developer/publisher. Appears to be out of the HOG development business and is focusing on TM/RPGs, publishing and internation distribution.
Aldorlea Millennium Series, The Book of Legends aldorlea.org/ Appears to be out of the HOG development business and is focusing "amazing old-school RPG and adventure games for the PC".
Amaranthia Games (Now Aveyond Studio) A Gypsy's Tale aveyond.com/ Appears to be out of the HOG development business and is focusing entirely on RPGs.
Anarchy Enterprises Ghost Encounters: Deadwood, Redrum 1&2 www.playanarchygames.com/ Appears to be out of the HOG development business and is focusing entirely on RPG/TMs.
Anino Games (Now Anino PlayLab) Mind's Eye: Secrets of the Forgotten, Through Andrea's Eyes www.playlab.com/ With Anino Games gone, PlayLab appears to be entirely mobile puzzle games.
Artifex Mundi Enigmatis, Time Mysteries, Grim Legends, Nightmares from the Deep www.artifexmundi.com/ www.artifexmundi.com/artifex-mundi-opens-new-game-genres/ Video of games being developed anLab initiative explained: www.artifexmundi.com/artifex-mundi-opens-new-game-genres/ Still involved with HOPA games but branching out in different game genre directions and becoming an active game publisher.
Artogon Treasure Seekers, Depth of Betrayal, Shiver series www.artogon.com/en/ Last game: Wanderland F2P 2014 Does not appear to be actively developing games. Out of business.
Big Fish Games Studio Drawn, MCF Wiki article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Fish_Games#Big_Fish_Studios Closed
Big Top Games (Acquied by Hot Lava Games which was acquired by MumboJumbo) Fairly Twisted Tales, The Price of a Rose Midnight Mysteries www.bigtop-games.com/Big_Top_Games/Big_Top_Games.html Out of business - absorbed by MumboJumbo
Blam!Games Inc European Mysteries Series, Fierce Tales Series Dangerous Games Series, European Mystery Series blamgames.com/ Offering 2D art services and technical assistance to other game studios. All of their past games are listed in the Portfolio section. Appears to be out of the HOPA development business.
Blue Lizard Games Lost Realms Series www.bluelizardgames.com/ Appears to be out of the HOG development business and is focusing entirely on iPad games.
Blue Tea Games Dark Parables, Enlightenus blueteagames.com/ 2013 and onward – Transition into mobile f2p titles Last game: 2015 Mavenfall (ios/android) Video for newest game Appears to be out of the HOG development business with its last game, Mavenfall - real-time pvp card battler available for iOS and Android released in 2015.
Boolat Games Amelie Series, Subliminal Realms: The Blood Ruby, Timeless Series www.boolat.com/news/ Last Game Released: June 2016 Dreampath: Curse of the Swamps Collector's Edition. The site gives no information about games in development. This one is a question mark.
Boomzap Entertainment Awakening, Dana Knightstone Latest game: Legends of Callasia Jun 10, 2016 DLC The Stoneborne Oct 17, 2016 steamspy.com/app/438920 www.boomzap.com/ In December 2015, Boomzap launched Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight campaigns for Legends of Callasia. It is a turn-based multiplayer strategy game wherein the main goal is world conquest across board game-inspired maps. It was successfully Greenlit on Steam last January 1, 2016 and released as an Early Access for Windows on February 11, 2016. The game officially launched on Steam for both PC and Mac on June 10, 2016, followed by an iPad release on the App Store on September 8, 2016, allowing for cross-platform multiplayer gameplay. Another Kickstarter campaign was launched to fund an expansion called "The Stoneborne" to include a new playable faction, which was then released on October 17, 2016 as a DLC on Steam and in-app purchase on the iOS version. Wiki article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomzap_Entertainment#Botanica_series No information about HOPA games in development. Appears to be out of the HOPA business.
Brabel Game Studios Christmas Tales: Fellina's Journey, The Lost City www.babelmedia.com/ Appears to be out of the game development business. They define themselves as "a leading global provider of outsourced services to the games and interactive entertainment industries" with a specialty in QA.
Brave Giant Studio Demon Hunter Series, Queen Quest Series www.bravegiant.com/
Casual Arts Mystery Murders Series www.casual-arts.com/ Last HOPA released May 2013 - Mystery Murders: The Sleeping Palace Appears to be out of the HOPA development business with focus on continuing Vacation Adventures development.
Cateia Games The Legend of Crystal Valley, Tales from the Dragon Mountain Series, Where Angels Cry www.cateia.com/games/ Lastest games are Mary le Chef - Cooking Passion for most platforms and Twin Moons Society™: Hidden Mystery for iPad. They appears to out of the PC/Mac HOPA business with a focus on mobile systems.
Cerasus.media Mystery Stories Series, Dark Mysteries: The Soul Keeper www.facebook.com/cerasus No website found. Facebook has not been updated sin June 2013. May no longer be in business.
ChaYoWo Games A Gypsy's Tale, The Dark Hills Series Can't find URL. May have been acquired by Ruby Seven, social casino gambling, which was acquired by Delaware North in 2016. May no longer be in business.
Codeminion Brunhilda Series, Phantasmat Series codeminion.com/ Has a spinoff company, Thing Trunk, that has released its first game, Book of Demons in early access on Steam now. Blog post that explains it all codeminion.com/archives/codeminion-thing-trunk-and-return-2-games Out of the HOPA business.
Colibri Games Tiny Bang Story www.colibrigames.com/ No information about anything except pics of Tiny Band Story. May be out of business.
Daily Magic Productions Dark Dimensions Series, Dark Dimensions Series, Ominous Objects Series Mobile and Tabletop dailymagic.info/
Deep Shadows Haunted Train 1&2, Tales of Terror Series Can't find URL or any other information except about past games. May be out of business.
Domini Games Labyrinths of the World Series, Dark Romance Series dominigames.com/
Eight Game Studio Dance of Death Can't find URL or any other information except about past games. May be out of business.
EiPix Death on the Silver Screen, Myths of the World eipix.com/ Branching out with F2P, VR and a text adventure.
Elephant Games Grim Tales, Mystery Trackers Last game: Royal Detective 4: Borrowed Life Feb 11, 17 Haunted Hotel: The Thirteenth Dec 24, 16 Grim Tales: Graywitch Feb 2, 17 Four mobile games released in July 2016 Super Granny Run, Quark Attack, Up Balloon Up (for Android and IOS - sold at AppStore and Google only) and Just Bones (for PC, Android and IOS - sold at Steam, AppStore and Google only) elephant-games.com/
EleFun Games Fear for Sale Series, Witches Legacy Series Wiki article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EleFun_Games The company announced plans to expand into free to play games as well as to start creating iOS and Android versions of its existing games. www.elefun-games.com/
ERS Game Studios Darktales, Spirit of Mystery, Puppetshow We have adopted a multi-platform strategy, and are committed to putting our games on various platforms like PC, Mac, Flash and iPhone/iPad. Last HOPA game: Haunted Legends: The Black Hawk March 2017 www.ersgamestudios.com/
Fanda Games Bluebeard's Castle 1&2 Website is gone ( www.fandagames.com/ ) and Facebook ( www.facebook.com/pg/FandaGames/posts/?ref=page_internal ) has not been updated since September 2013. May be out of business.
Five-BN Games Originally part of Alawar, they became independent devs, Mobile: MJ: Tri Peaks Solitaire 25th of January 2017 Last HOPA: www.five-bn.com/ Suppliment HOPA development with casual puzzle games for all platforms.
Floodlight Games Women's Murder Club, Hidden Expedition 5 No URL Found May be out of business.
FlyWheel Games Diana Salinger 1&2, Ten Days to Save the World No URL Found May be out of business.
Foxy Games Mystic Legacy: The Great Ring www.foxy-games.net/ Out of the game business - offering marketing services.
Freeze Tag Unsolved Mystery Club 1&2, Victorian Mysteries 1&2 www.freezetag.com/ Out of the HOPA development business with focus on mobile gaming.
Friendly Cactus Games Stranded Dreamscapes: The Prisoner, Shrouded Tales 1&2 www.friendlycactus.com/ Releasing some mobile games.
Fugazo Cooking Academy, Fiction Fixers Series, World Mosaics Series Website is gone. Latest game: World Mosaics 8: Fiction Fixers www.facebook.com/fugazo Appears to be out of the HOPA business.
Fuzzy Bug Interactive Haunting Mysteries, Relics of Fate Website gone ( www.fuzzybug.co.uk/ ). Facebook ( www.facebook.com/fuzzybuginteractive/ ) not updated since February 2014. Appears to be out of business.
Game Devo Malice: Two Sisters No URL found. Appears to be out of business.
Game Factory Interactive Amulet of Time: Shadow of LaRochelle www.gamefactoryinteractive.com/ Out of the HOPA business with focus on action RPGs at Steam and mobile children's games.
GameAgents Corp. (GOGII) Escape the Museum, Empress of the Deep, Princess Isabella www.gogiigames.com/ Appears to still be active but this is one of those large umbrella companys with no information about the devs who work for them.
GameInvest Paranormal Crime Investigations: Brotherhood of the Cresent Snake No URl found. Apparently went bankrupt according to former employee review on Glass Door ( www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Gameinvest-EI_IE669480.11,21.htm ). We'll assume out of business.
Germanicus Head Games Mystery of Sargasso Sea No URL found or any other information. Out of business.
Gestalt Games Nick Chase 1&2 gamegestalt.com/ Page is in German but link to Minty Toons on Facebook doesn't work. No other games listed. Assume out of the HOPA business.
Ghost Ship Studios Nightmare Adventures, The Turning Thom No URL found, and Facebook ( www.facebook.com/GhostShipStudios ) has not been updated since June 2013. Assume out of business.
Gigant Games The Veil of Mystery: Seven Little Gnomes No URL found. Facebook ( www.facebook.com/pg/GigantGames/posts/?ref=page_internal ) and Twitter ( twitter.com/gigantgames ) not updated since 2015. Assume out of business.
GrandMA Studios Reflections of Life Series, Whispered Secrets www.grandmastudios.com/ directs to Facebook www.facebook.com/GrandmaStudios
Gunnar Games Hidden Mysteries Series, Small Town Terrors Series www.gunnargames.com/ No new games show. Will assume not actively developing HOPAs at this time.
Happy Artist Esoterica: Hollow Earth No URL or other information found. Out of business
HdO (now owned by Anuman Interactive) A Vampire Romance: Paris Stories, Secrets of the Vatican No URL found. Assume absorbed by Anuman and out of independent business.
Hullabu, Inc. Classic Adventures: The Great Gatsby, Dream Day: True Love hullabu.com/ No updates since 2013. About Us says, "Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, Hullabu, Inc develops and publishes games for adults, focusing on the tablet market." Assume out of HOPA business.
I-Play Agatha Christie HOP Series, Dream Day Series www.iplay.com/welcome/browser This is apparently an on-line subscription gaming site and sales portal now. Out of the HOPA development business.
Inertia Game Studio Escape from Darkmoor Manor, Margrave Series 2, 3&4 www.inertiasoftware.com/wordpress/ No new HOPA games since the last Margrave. Facility 47, a puzzle game, was released in May 2016 at BF. Assume out of the HOPA business.
JetDogs Studios 12 Labours of Hercules Series, Milennium Secrets 1&2 www.facebook.com/JetDogs-1493529560901683/ www.jetdogs.com/ This one is a big question mark.
Jolly Bear Games Big City Adventures Series www.jollybear.com/ Apparently still in business selling their old games but no evidence of any active game development in years. Out of the HOPA development business.
JoyBits, LTD Cassandra's Journey 1&2, The Surprising Adventures of Munchausen www.facebook.com/doodlegod joybits.org/ Very active with their Doodle series for various platforms. Out of the HOPA development business.
Lazy Turtle Games Mystery Chronicles 1&2, Abandoned: Chestnut Lodge Asylum www.lazyturtlegames.com/ Working exculsively on their Far Kingdons series. Out of the HOPA development business.
Legacy Games Paranormal State, Murder She Wrote www.legacygames.com/ This explains it all: Blog: ariellalehrer.com/a-new-legacy/ Out of the HOPA development business.
Lesta Games and Film Nightmare Realm, Fright lesta.ru/ Now making MMORPGs. Out of the HOPA development business.
Mad Head Games Right of Passage, Nevertales www.madheadgames.com/ Newest project video
MagicIndie Softworks Brink of Consciousness, Robinson Crusoe www.magicindie.com/ Newest project video:
Mariaglorum League of Light Series, Mystery of the Ancients Series mariaglorum.com/en/games
Maximize Games Silent Scream 1&2, The Seawise Chronicles: Untamed Legacy maximizegames.com/ All new development is for RPG/TM games. Out of the HOPA development business.
Meridian4/White Birds Productions The Secret Legacy: A Kate Brooks Adventure www.meridian4.com/ Very much indie devs with titles like Vive le Roi and Riskers. Publisher for The Silent Age and Schein. Out of the HOPA development business.
Meridian '93 Enigma Agency: The Case of Shadows, Mystery of Unicorn Castle 1&2 No URL or other information found. Out of business
MumboJumbo Midnight Mysteries, Samantha Swift, Angelica Weaver www.mumbojumbo.com/online-games Appears to be an on-line gaming site and sales portal. Out of the HOPA development business.
Mystery Tag Blue Tear, Weeping Skies mysterytag.com/#desktop All recent development is for mobile. Out of the HOPA development business.
N-Tri Studios Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby n-tri.com/index.php?l=en Still actively developing HOPAs with Crossroad Mysteries: The Broken Deal on Steam Greenlight ( steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=778710453 ). Whether this will turn up at BF is anyone's guess.
NevoSoft Detective Stories: Hollywood, Laura Jones 1&2, Mysteryville Wiki article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevosoft www.nevosoft.com/ It looks like NevoSoft is only developing mobile titles and has become a major publisher and sales portal. Out of the HOPA development business.
Nikitova Games Deadtime Stories, Dying for Daylight Website ( www.nikitova.com/ ) is down and Facebook ( www.facebook.com/Nikitova-Games-185617741461585/ ) has not been updated since August 2011. Out of business.
O2D Studios Vampire Legends, Mythic Wonders o2d.com/ What We Do: "We perform high quality creative and development services at very competitive local market prices. We design, create, produce and implement direct marketing solutions -- spanning from online banners and flash games, landing pages and web sites, to e-commerce solutions and RIA (rich media applications). We design and produce creatives that maximize CTR and minimize CPAs." Out of the HOPA development business.
Orchid Games Royal Trouble www.orchidgames.com/ No new HOPA games but new versions of their Heartwild Solitaire series. This one is a question mark.
Orneon Agency of Anamolies Series, Echoes of the Past Series, Echoes of the Past Series www.orneon.com/ No new games. The website doesn't look like it's been updated in a while (copyright 2013). This one is a question mark.
PassionFruit Games Tiger Eye 1&2, Nancy Drew Dossier (with Her Interactive, Inc.) Website ( www.passionfruitgames.com/ ) is down and Facebook ( www.facebook.com/passionfruitgames/ ) hasn't been updated since July 2012. Out of business.
Pixelstorm (PlayPond) Mystery Legends Series www.pixelstorm.ca/ www.playpond.com/game (game sales portal) Mystery Legends: Beauty and the Beast is listed as a new game when it was released at BF in September 2011. Same for PlayPond. Assume out of the HOPA development business.
Plata Games Suburban Mysteries: The Labyrinth of the Past www.facebook.com/pg/PlataGames/posts/?ref=page_internal not updated since November 2013. platagames.com/ Some games have Facebook links that haven't been updated since 2011 to 2014. All games have active links to either BF or iWin for purchase. This does not appear to be an active dev. Out of the HOPA development business.
Play Favorite Games 9: The Dark Side and The Dark Side of Notre Dame No URL found. Out of business.
Playfirst Games Dream Chronicles Series, NightShift Legacy: The Jaguar's Eye www.playfirst.com/ All of the games, Diner Dash and Dream Chronicles, have purchase link for the AppStore, Google and Amazon but there is no evicence of new delvelopment. Out of the HOPA development business.
PlayPond (portal for PixelStorm) Mystery Legends Series, Penny Dreadfuls: Sweeney Todd See information above for PixelStorm Assume out of the HOPA development business.
PopCap Mystery PI Series, Amazing Adventures Series www.popcap.com/ All mobile and PC puzzles games. Out of the HOPA development business.
Puppet Life Between the Worlds Series, Grimville: The Gift of Darkness puppetlife.com/ New development appears to be casual kid's games. Out of the HOPA development business.
Puzzle Lab Phenomenon Series www.puzzlelab.com/ Games for the last two years have been puzzles. Out of the HOPA development business.
Rainbow Games Odysseus: Long Way Home rainbow-games.com/ All newer games are RPG and strategy. Out of the HOPA development business.
Red Hedgehog Space Legends: At the Edge of the Universe www.redhedgehog-games.com/ There's only two games on the website, Space Legends and Crazymals so I would guess there's no active development going on. Out of the HOPA development business.
Rexard Entertainment Lost Tales: Forgotten Souls No URL found. Out of business.
Running Pillow The Tiny Tale 1&2 No URL found. (There is actually a game called Running Pillow.) Out of business.
RVL Games Chrystals of Time, Jane Croft: The Baker Street Murder www.rvlgames.com/ No new games since December 2013. Out of the HOPA development business.
Seppia Interactive Hello Venice 1&2, The Lost Inca Prophecy 1&2 seppiainteractive.com/ No new games since 2014. Out of the HOPA development business.
Seven Sails Abra Academy 1&2, www.sevensails.com.br/ New games are RPG, In Service of the Queen and Popper Lands. Out of the HOPA development business.
Shaman Games Studio Dreamscapes: The Sandman www.shamangs.com/ latest title "Kingdom of Aurelia: Mystery of the Poisoned Dagger" 8 September 2016 Last HOPA: Dreamscapes. The Sandman. 31 January 2013 Out of the HOPA development business.
Shanghai Quarter Digital Co. Mystery Age 1&2, Shaolin Mystery 1&2 No URL found. Out of business.
Silverback Productions Empress of the Deep Series www.silverbackgames.com/index.php One new game, Aurora, a mobile puzzle game. This one is a question mark.
Skunk Studios Flux Family Secrets Series skunkstudios.com/ All old puzzle/arcade styles games except for Flux Family. Doesn't appear to be any active development. Out of the HOPA development business.
Space Monkey Games Factory Taken Souls: Blood Ritual, Voodoo Chronicles: The First Sign No URL found. Out of the HOPA development business.
Spark Plug Games Lost in Time: The Clockwork Tower, The White House www.sparkpluggames.com/ Recent games are Plight of the Zombie, Mech Runner and Witch's Workshop: Open for Business. Out of the HOPA development business.
Specialbit Haunted Hotel Series, Inbetween Land Series, The Last Dream specialbit.com/ The newest game is Tap the Blocks, a mobile puzzle game. I'm going to call this one a question mark.
SpinTop Games Amazing Adventure Series, Mystery P.I. Series No URL found. Bought by Pogo years ago. Out of business.
Stella Games Mystery of Mortlake Mansion No working URL found. Out of business. Sulus Games Torment of Whitwall and Mont Triste, Strange Cases Series Website is down ( www.sulusgames.com/ ) and Facebook ( www.facebook.com/SulusGames/ ) hasn't been updated since 2013. Out of business.
Sungift Games Forgotten Places: Lost Circus www.sungiftgames.com/ Forgotten Places: Regained Castle released July 2016.
Sunward Games Secret Order Series www.sunwardgames.com/
T1 Games Order of the Light: The Deathly Artisan www.facebook.com/pg/T1-Games-165566443489076/posts/?ref=page_internal No webpage. All games showing are mosiac and mahjong. Out of the HOPA development business.
Taba Games Calavera: Day of the Dead, Ghost Towns: The Cats of Ulthar No URL or other information found. Out of business.
Tap It Games 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek www.tapitgames.com/index.php I can't find dates on anything but they may currently be working a Hary Hook, a classic point'n click adventure game. Their Facebook page ( www.facebook.com/pg/tapitgames/posts/?ref=page_internal ) hasn't been updated since January 2015. They are associated with Artifex Mundi. This one is a question mark.
Tiki's Lab E.P.I.C. Wishmaster, The Other Side: Tower of Souls www.facebook.com/Tikis-Lab-247838851949836/ tikislab.com/ The "latest release" is The Other Side: Tower of Souls available at BF in July 2014. Out of the HOPA development business.
Tuttifrutti Games
Two Desperados Evil Pumpkin: The Lost Halloween, The Dreamatorium of Dr. Magnus 1&2 No website. www.facebook.com/TwoDesperados/ This is current. The only game they show is a marble shooter called Woka Woka. Out of the HOPA development business.
Toomuchvoltage Ink: The Philosopher's Well twitter.com/toomuchvoltage toomuchvoltage.com/ The only game mentioned is HighOmega which may be a TM. Out of the HOPA development business.
Top Evidence Studios Haunted Manor Series, Witch Hunters 1&2 The above games are shown and on iPhone game called Yummy. www.topevidence.com/ Out of the HOPA development business.
Twintale Entertainment Pocahontas: Princess of the Powhatan No URL found and very little information. Out of business.
Twin Bottles Brunhilda and the Dark Crystal twinbottles.com/ This site shows two games besides Brunhilda with no active development. Out of the HOPA development business.
UnikGame Mystika 1, 2 and 3 www.unikgame.com/ Just old games are shown with links for purchase. No active development. Out of the HOPA development business.
Urchin Games Entwined 1&2, Epic Adventures 1&2 No URL www.facebook.com/Urchin-Games-317685514933703/ Ominous Tales: The Forsaken Isle released at BF April 2017.
UrseGames Mystery Heritage: Sign of the Spirit www.ursegames.com/games.html Almost all mobile games shown. Out of the HOPA development business.
Vast Games Nightfall Mysteries Series, Dark Canvas Series, Shattered Minds Series twitter.com/vaststudios www.marketwired.com/press-release/isis-lab-corporation-completes-acquisition-of-vast-studios-inc-tsx-venture-lab-1931814.htm www.sedar.com/DisplayProfile.do?lang=EN&issuerType=03&issuerNo=00031491 tangelogames.com/
Vendel Games (Is/was assoiciated with Alawar) Love Chronicles 1&2, Spirit of Revenge 1&2 As far as I can tell they have not released a game on BF since 2012. I can't find a URL although there is lots of information about their games. Out of business.
Vogat Interactive Gravely Silent 1&2, Reincarnations Series, Veronica Rivers 1&2 Website ( www.vogat.com/ ) is down and Facebook hasn't been updated since 2013. Out of business.
Waterlily Games (a Frogwares Studio) Journey: Heart of Gaia waterlily-games.com/ Website had pics and info from the Sherlock Holmes games including the Devil's Daughter. Out of the HOPA development business.
Wellore Games Motor Town: Soul of the Machine (with Alawar) wellore.com/games.html A year ago, a match 3 game called Gems of the Aztecs was released at BF. Can't find anything since. Assume out of the HOPA development business.
World-LooM Dark Heritage: Guardians of Hope www.world-loom.com/ In March 2017, Lost Grimoires 2: Shard of Mystery was released at BF. Maggie’s Movies: Camera, Action! was released recently. Associated with Artifex Mundi.
Youda Games Legacy Tales: Mercy of the Gallows, Youda Legend 1&2 www.youdagames.com/en/pc-download-games/ The newest games are poker or TMs like Fabulous Angela. Assume out of the HOPA development business.
ZagravaGames The Hunt for Red Panda www.zagravagames.com/ Red Panda was released about a year ago at BF. This one is a question mark.
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Post by volauvent on Sept 4, 2021 19:16:59 GMT
Oh poo. Another reality check: www.escapistmagazine.com/v2/the-most-beautiful-games-youve-never-heard-of-a-look-at-the-hopa/"Hidden-object games and other casual games hang around the periphery of the gaming scene — they have their devoted communities, but these are not the games that will top the bestseller lists. Most are developed by small game studios and later distributed by one of the major publishers, like Big Fish Games. I’m willing to bet several people reading this have noticed a game in this category in a Steam sale, and their eyes have slid right past it." Okay. So I am a minority in a minority within a fringe minority. Boy, that actually makes me feel special! Cool Whistle Byeee for today!
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Post by pennmom on Sept 4, 2021 21:01:59 GMT
Jo , volauvent , I have most of the developer information (above post) on my Series List By pennmom where I list the developers logo-website address-Facebook link, twitter, YouTube links and then where they are located, founding dates and all games developed by that particular developer. Although I don't list it on my Series List, I have also compiled Fun Facts about all the developers and I have found some pretty interesting facts Here is an example of the developer for The Fall Trilogy (Safecracker, Dracula & the Egypt series): Kheops Studio Website Kheops Studio Facebook Kheops Studio: Paris, France-founded September 2003
Kheops Studio games available: The Fall Trilogy 1-3, Jeff Wayne's The War of the Worlds, Egypt III, Crystal Key 2, Return to Mysterious Island 1-2, Echo: Secrets of the Lost Cavern, Voyage: Inspired by Jules verne, The Secrets of Da Vinci: The Forbidden Manuscript, Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Adventure, Destination: Treasure Island, Cleopatra: A Queen's Destiny, Nostradamus: The Lost Prophecy, Dracula 3: The Path of the Dragon.
Kheops Studio fun facts: *Kheops Studio was established in Paris during September 2003 by Benoît Hozjan and other ex-members of DreamCatcher Interactive's European branch.
*DreamCatcher Europe had been founded that January, and was in part composed of the development teams behind Cryo Interactive's Egypt and Atlantis series.
*According to Hozjan, most who migrated to Kheops were initially employed at DreamCatcher Europe to work on Egypt III; in the summer of 2003, the publisher had laid off the in-house developers it had carried over from Cryo.
*After its founding, Kheops sought and received a contract from DreamCatcher to complete Egypt III independently, and it became Kheops' first title.
*Kheops Studio was an independent video game development studio created in September 2003. Its games were published by Microïds, which acquired the brand and intellectual property as insolvency assets of Cryo Interactive in 2002.
*The company was co-founded by Benoît Hozjan (of Cryo Interactive), who also served as the creative director for the studio and Stéphane Petit (of Cryo Interactive), who served as technical director.
*Kheops developed adventure games for the PC platform and released several major successful games. The studio is best known for creating games that have been described by the developer as "cultural entertainment", that is, games which are heavily drawn from historical or literary sources to include a mixture of history and fiction.
*After filing for bankruptcy, the studio was closed down in January 2012
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Post by pennmom on Sept 4, 2021 21:12:06 GMT
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Post by Jen on Sept 5, 2021 15:55:42 GMT
I appreciate this discussion regarding Big Fish and have been a customer for more years than I can remember. They have definitely gone downhill and this post has helped me understand why. I think about games like Madame Fate Mystery Carnival and wish those type games could come back. I have 18 credits to use up before closing my account and moving on but can't even find enough games that I want to play so that I can redeem them. I miss the message boards where you could get help from other players. I also remember when customer service would have you download your computer specs so they could try and figure out what the conflict was in your system. Now, you just get a free game coupon. Time to move on when I'm able.
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pennmom
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Post by pennmom on Sept 6, 2021 21:17:05 GMT
@jen...it's sad when you can't even find a game to get when it's free (game credits) but you are 100% correct!
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Post by joybelle on Sept 7, 2021 8:04:11 GMT
Well it seems someone went into the back room and had a browse of some of the long forgottons on the shelf! Today's 50% off mystery games have really dragged out some golden oldie memories. Interesting..seeing as they recently presented a 2017 game as their 'new game'every day. What does this all mean? They have worked out the old games had quality...or they just don't have any games atm? Its a mystery in itself LOL
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Post by cyril50 on Sept 7, 2021 8:42:53 GMT
joybelle, Its not just BF lol.Iwin have put up todays game that is 10 years old but I am loving it. It is available on BF but I tried to download it once before and it will not play at all yet the iwin version works great Saving Private sheep. Not sure if you would like it though. pennmom, probably will ?
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Post by DLW on Sept 10, 2021 22:01:26 GMT
You can still download your old games from your past account. I had this same problem and when BFG was very helpful, they gave me a work-around to download the old account games. First, open the game manager. Log out of your new account and log in to your old account. Go to "PC Games" under "Find New Games" on the left side of the window. Type in the name of the game you purchased on your old account - Make sure you type the whole name with the colon (:). Capital letters are unnecessary. Once you find the game, click the "Buy Now" button. It will then tell you that you have already purchased the game and ask you to Validate it. Click that button and it will begin the download. In some instances, I couldn't find the game at all, so I found out that you can download the demo of each game at www.logler.com/. Once the demo is downloaded, you will have to go into the game and then out again to get the window that says something about buying the game (I think), because at the bottom of that window it will ask you if you already own the game and give you a word to click to download your purchased game. It is annoying, but better than paying for the games again. I hope this helps! Good Luck!
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Post by DLW on Sept 11, 2021 0:39:40 GMT
Sorry, I was mistaken. I believe I said "validate" when I meant "activate."
Also, if you have to download the demo from Logler.com, just click the "Buy Now" button and you can activate it if you have already purchased it.
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pennmom
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Post by pennmom on Sept 11, 2021 18:46:26 GMT
@dlw for the update! The problem is that when BF removes a game from their website there is no demo available therefore this workaround won't work and you have to contact CS for a "special link" That's poses another issue because by the time BF CS finally get back to you (if ever) you don't want to play the game by then lol Rolling Along
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Post by DLW on Sept 16, 2021 20:08:48 GMT
I have used Logler.com several times before to download demos of my old games that I couldn't find when searching on BFG. Logler.com will download the demo into your BFG game manager, and if you have already purchased the game, you can click the "Buy" button in the game manager, and it will ask you to validate it. I think I had problems with about two or three demos from Logler.com where BFG didn't have them anymore.
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Post by DLW on Sept 16, 2021 20:13:56 GMT
See when you download the demo, it will pull the record from your database of purchases and download the game. Sometimes the games may be too old and BFG has removed them completely. Just because they don't have them in their main database doesn't mean you can't get them from your purchases. It won't hurt to try a few and see. I just did one last month and it worked.
It was my pleasure to share the other work around that BFG actually shared with me when I had to start a new account.
Happy Gaming!
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Post by orionsrose on Aug 18, 2023 21:44:14 GMT
Not sure where else to post this so I hope it's appropriate...
Has anyone been able to determine (definitively) how old a game has to be to be included in a sale?
And, for instance, if it's truly a matter of days might you be prevented from buying a game on day 1 of a sale but not day 2 or 3? Or maybe it's grouped into the sale, vs actual days. And, do different sales have different rules?
I feel like BFG has made this very confusing since the sale banners link to pages with brand new games on them, but then you can't actually get them in the sale.
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Post by lisabella on Aug 18, 2023 22:52:51 GMT
Not sure where else to post this so I hope it's appropriate... Has anyone been able to determine (definitively) how old a game has to be to be included in a sale? And, for instance, if it's truly a matter of days might you be prevented from buying a game on day 1 of a sale but not day 2 or 3? Or maybe it's grouped into the sale, vs actual days. And, do different sales have different rules? I feel like BFG has made this very confusing since the sale banners link to pages with brand new games on them, but then you can't actually get them in the sale. I don't know if this will help.
I was able to get the new Cursed Fables on 7/22 (released 7/6?) and then later, the new Immortal Love on 7/26 (released on 7/13?) I believe both sales excluded new releases.
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Post by janjan on Aug 30, 2023 18:56:45 GMT
mercuryminerva Just curious, are the games on the Legacy Games site the standard version? If so, are walk-throughs available and where? Thanks!
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pennmom
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Post by pennmom on Aug 30, 2023 19:54:11 GMT
mercuryminerva Just curious, are the games on the Legacy Games site the standard version? If so, are walk-throughs available and where? Thanks! Depends on what you pick but most are like this (CE versions) and the answer is yes, walkthroughs are available online everywhere
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Post by Jo on Aug 31, 2023 15:33:07 GMT
With all the speculation about the disappearance of game reviews at BF yesterday, this caught me by surprise. My grandson messaged me about this review at Steam: Yup, it's a recipe for peanut butter cookies. I think BFG should adopt this policy of multi-purpose and eminently useful game reviews.
I just love it when people think outside the box.
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