[Elwro]

Cyclopean got mentioned in CD Action, the biggest gaming mag in Central Europe (about 140000 copies of every issue). There's only a bit of smallishly typeset text, but still - it's on the first page of their news section, under the "Lovecraftian oldschool" heading. There's also a link to the Iron Tower website. Congratulations to Scott on managing to get spotted by the "main stream" media

And Scott, uh, did you get my (big) PM?

[sport]

Congratulations to Iron Tower for also being mentioned them.  Maybe get some traffic for AoD.

[Diogo Ribeiro]

Vince mentioned this to me during the interview I made with him, but I've only had the chance now to comment. I won't be saying much for now, other than congratulations and here's hoping it all goes for the best I'll be keeping an eye on this one for sure.

[CandyStick]

There is something I've always wondered about the whole chutullu myths, are they supposed to be divine, or simply aliens who got worshiped as Gods?

[Scott]

They are aliens, but very alien, creatures whose motives and very nature are as beyond the understanding of man, as a man's nature is beyond that of a mayfly.  To a mayfly, a man may well be divine.

[dr.newbenstein]

Will there be any form of weapon modification? I really enjoy making a custom weapon, it makes the weapon MY gun instead of just a pistol. Even if it isn't the best gun available, like the magnum speed loader or the scoped hunting rifle from Fallout 2. I was loathe to give either up for a sniper rifle or the .223.

I know this is set in the early 1900's so there might not be as much room for modifying weapons, but I like the strategy that goes into it. In Deus Ex every time I found a weapon mod I would sit there looking at all my guns for five minutes trying to decide the best weapon to put that mod on.

For me it's a lot more fun to be able to modify a small selection of weapons than to choose from among a large selection. Why have 30 different guns when you can have 5 base types which you can tweak into hundreds of combinations.

[Scott]

I wasn't planning on it.  There are a thousand different things from many great games I would like to include, but I have to be careful where I commit my efforts.  Weapon modification is far down the priority list because of the setting and subject matter.  I'm more interested in working out a cogent research/discovery system for arcane knowledge (ie. finding things out about Mythos entities), local history and spells.

[dr.newbenstein]

Oh it definitely isn't a high priority in a game like this, combat should be at the bottom of the list if you ask me. I was just suggesting that for the same amount of work it would take to make 50 weapons, maybe you can make 5 weapons with 10 options each. I don't know if that is true or not, as far as the time it would take, just something to think about.

As far as the research system goes I hadn't even though about the implementation. The fact that you intend for it to be so in depth is very promising. I'd love to hear more about that. I work for an indie developer so I know all about priorities. If it helps at all the only research system I can think of right now is the X-Com system, obviously that wouldn't work in this game, but maybe it can give you some ideas? I suppose the idea of dissecting a mythos creature to gain understanding about it doesn't fit quite as well, and capturing a live one is right out . Anyway really looking forward to the game and hearing more about it, the character generator has got me pumped up.