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Sorry, I didn't mean to mix you up with Revolution. I just wanted to write that we don't need modern games polish to have fun. It's both true for you as well as for the other Revolution folks.

Take a look at Gobliiins5 by Pierre Gilhodes or The Castle by Point and Pixel Adventures; to some degree you could consider small inexpensive games both Lamplight City by Grundislav Games and Whispers of a Machine by Clifftop Games and Faravid Interactive as well, even if they had more budget than the first two examples. I think you could and you should make a true retro adventure game both in form and mechanics: meaning less polish but more heart. Or maybe go back to text adventures, to tell an interesting and unique story. I like Avventura nel castello a lot (https://www.erix.it/retro/storia_cast.html)! I would pay to play a game like that, maybe with source code released too. ;)

Again, to me playing Lure of the Temptress is more interesting than playing the new Beyond a Steel Sky, because Lure design may not be better than BASS2, but it's daring and experimental, that makes it compelling, even if it's a rough game to play (especially on ScummVM). Obviously the original Sky is a masterpiece compared to the sequel, which isn't bad and it has its moments, nonetheless overall it's unnecessary and boring. I would rather have a small interesting (and not good looking) game than a long uninspired one. Your idea of mini adventure games could work well. I liked your pitch about the two detectives solving mysteries in modern day Stockholm.

I'll take a look at UrbX fundraising and I'll consider subscribing to the mailing list. I love mailing lists, especially those where everyone can write to. Discord is a big no for me, because it's the most far away from Free Software platform there is. I've a bit of an issue giving my email address to Substack servers, but my address is public on various Free Software related lists anyway. It would be very lovely if you were to publish UrbX source code down the line, to make it truly live forever. I'll be waiting for the GNU/Linux version for now. Feel free to write me, if you need some help with Linux or with the website. Thank you for this wonderful chat.