Quick update on Riven X

Monday, September 21, 2009 in Projects | 25 comments

I realize it’s been a little while since I communicated the status of Riven X, so here’s where things are at right now:

  • The game is fully implemented. Every puzzle works as does the inventory, all the endings are done, the i’s are dotted, the t’s crossed.
  • There is one missing feature from the original game: the flies special effect, seen in many cards on the village island. This will take at least 2 to 3 weeks to implement.
  • Many improvements have been made to the engine which should address some of the currently open bugs.

Once the flies special effect is done, Riven X 0.9 will go out and I will enter the 1.0 development cycle, which will aim at truly polishing the program, fixing as many bugs as possible, testing with a wider audience and preparing the release. I expect this process to take about a month.

So thank you all for your support, it won’t be too long now until you can get your hands on Riven X 1.0.

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25 comments

  1. Mac L’s avatar

    Mac L on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 01:52 PDT

    Wow! Can’t wait. If you plan on charging for 1.0, I’ll pay. If not, do you accept donations?

  2. Jean-François Roy’s avatar

    Jean-François Roy on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 01:57 PDT

    Thank you for your support! I will not be charging anything for Riven X, nor am I accepting donations, for legal reasons. Riven X is only a replacement engine for a game to which I do not own the copyright.

  3. jay’s avatar

    jay on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 02:33 PDT

    Awesome! you rule.

  4. Malfhok’s avatar

    Malfhok on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 04:04 PDT

    Thank you! This is a very cool project and I have enjoyed launching Riven to try out the previous releases.

  5. fivecats’s avatar

    fivecats on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 08:18 PDT

    thank you thank you!

  6. Sky W.’s avatar

    Sky W. on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 08:34 PDT

    I really appreciate the effort you put into this project. I’m enjoying this game, once again, thoroughly.

  7. jay’s avatar

    jay on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 13:25 PDT

    I have a question, actually. If we have a saved game in Riven X .8, will it open up in the update? just curious.

  8. Pete’s avatar

    Pete on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 15:01 PDT

    This is great work. Many, many thanks. Can’t wait to see the finished product.

  9. TJman’s avatar

    TJman on Monday, September 21, 2009 at 20:22 PDT

    Inventory fixed, puzzles working, various bug fixes, and the complete version to be released soon………THAT’S AWESOME!!

    Keep up the good work!

  10. Howard Fox’s avatar

    Howard Fox on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 08:38 PDT

    Excellent news- seems to run better on my mac than the original on my windows box as it is.
    Well done and thank you for all your work on this, which is a huge showcase for your talents.

  11. Zephyr’s avatar

    Zephyr on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 00:05 PDT

    Superb !!

    Sublime !!

    What a man !!!

    I can review my memory…

  12. Tito’s avatar

    Tito on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 21:12 PDT

    Wow, I haven’t checked out Riven X in a while and now I see you implemented all the puzzles! Great work!

  13. Marshall’s avatar

    Marshall on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 09:08 PDT

    Will 0.9 implement fullscreen?

  14. Wyrmy’s avatar

    Wyrmy on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 15:40 PDT

    Thanks for all your hard work. We really appreciate it. :D

  15. Jean-François Roy’s avatar

    Jean-François Roy on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 15:48 PDT

    Tito: Yup :)

    Marshall: No, fullscreen will be in the final release. 0.9 is the “gameplay complete” release.

  16. Charles’s avatar

    Charles on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 21:39 PDT

    The stone room is messed up. I got the sequence right, (fish, beetle, seal, frog, wharg) and nothing happened. Also, the stones would not reset, so I had to undo each of them in reverse sequence that I activated them.

  17. Charles’s avatar

    Charles on Friday, September 25, 2009 at 21:42 PDT

    I listed them wrong. Oops. :) Okay, the stone room works, but the stones don’t reset when you get it wrong

  18. Jean-François Roy’s avatar

    Jean-François Roy on Saturday, September 26, 2009 at 02:14 PDT

    Charles: please file a bug on https://bugs.launchpad.net/rivenx with the exact sequence of action to take in the stone room that reproduces the “no reset” bug you describe. Make sure to mention which version of Riven X you were running as well as which Riven edition you were using.

  19. Carl’s avatar

    Carl on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 05:42 PDT

    Really great news!
    Can’t wait :)

  20. Chris’s avatar

    Chris on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 15:47 PDT

    Spiffy! This is great. I can’t wait for the 1.0 release!

  21. Zero’s avatar

    Zero on Monday, October 12, 2009 at 21:55 PDT

    This is truly fantastic.
    Sheepshaver can’t handle DVD’s, so I was hooped until I found out about this. Thanks so much.

    Playing through on v0.8.3, the game seemed near perfect as-is, so I’m sure the final product will be nothing less.

    It is kind of ironic though, how the one thing missing to beat the game is Catharine’s combination to the Star fissure! All joking aside, thanks a lot.

  22. feagurth’s avatar

    feagurth on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 10:45 PDT

    Thank you, I`m just waiting till 1.0 to play riven :D

  23. Grover’s avatar

    Grover on Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 03:23 PDT

    Great, great news here. I’m so happy of this Riven rebirth. :D

  25. Jean-François Roy’s avatar

    Jean-François Roy on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 22:50 PST

    I’m very busy right now, so progress has been slow. However, I really only have one final feature left for the 0.9 release. I’m hoping for end of November. But again, this is a hobby project, so no commitments.

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