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New “SD” Demo For “James – Journey of Existence”

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Have you tried the free demo yet of hand-drawn, hand-animated 3D adventure “James – Journey of Existence?” Were you able to run the game without it crashing?

As I’ve mentioned, the hardware requirements for having HD frames for animating the characters is demanding. A couple gamers have already complained that it would crash instantly. This is almost entirely due to the RAM, which requires almost 3.5 GB of FREE, UNUSED RAM: that means not in use by the operating system or other software. That comes out to requiring 5-6 GB of RAM on most standard computers. The processor, video card and hard drive requirements are manageable by comparison, but the game will crash if not enough RAM is available.

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“James – Journey of Existence” (Not) on Steam Greenlight!

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Ok, I want to put “James – Journey of Existence” on Steam’s Greenlight program, but it’s so early in development that I feel a little uncomfortable about that.

Instead, I noticed Steam has another option, to upload “Concepts,” which is similar to uploading a project to Greenlight, except that it doesn’t at all effect the game’s chances to getting published on Steam regardless of popularity. It’s a little unnecessary, but I figured the good gamers on Steam would be able to give an opinion.

You can find the game profile on Steam here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=214380982  http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=214922280

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So You Want To Join A Low-Budget Indie Project?

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Surprisingly, I’ve gotten several interested people contacting me to help develop my Kickstarter indie game “James – Journey of Existence.” I already took on two talented composers, but may still consider other parties if appropriate.

Here’s some tips if you are interested in joining my (or some other) indie project:

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