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Post by tyrion on Jan 9, 2024 17:57:56 GMT
Open world, where you can go back and visit places in any order. Like scorpion swamp, or fabled lands.
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Post by CharlesX on Jan 12, 2024 14:02:51 GMT
Its already lost a lot of steam thanks to the long delays between releases, fewer books being (re)issued each year, and the new releases being rubbish. Yeah, but as we all know so well, it's phenomenally tough to find anyone else willing to write Fighting Fantasy gamebooks. I mean, the original series was all Ian and Steve, and it's not as if fans have ever written any for themselves, is it? Jon Green wrote a second golden age of FF but moved on because royalties rights and flexibility were better in other gamebooks. Fan-written gamebooks are fine for sharing with friends but like self-published work don't tend to reach a mass audience. Perhaps someone who has written published Fighting Fantasy gamebooks before could pick up this guantlet by writing some more. Even someone, you know, on this site (like Jon Green ).
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Post by a moderator on Jan 14, 2024 0:15:37 GMT
Yeah, but as we all know so well, it's phenomenally tough to find anyone else willing to write Fighting Fantasy gamebooks. I mean, the original series was all Ian and Steve, and it's not as if fans have ever written any for themselves, is it? Jon Green wrote a second golden age of FF but moved on because royalties rights and flexibility were better in other gamebooks. Fan-written gamebooks are fine for sharing with friends but like self-published work don't tend to reach a mass audience. Perhaps someone who has written published Fighting Fantasy gamebooks before could pick up this guantlet by writing some more. Even someone, you know, on this site (like Jon Green ). Probably not someone who objected to the way non-Steve-and-Ian authors' rights were being handled long before Jon Green made it fashionable.
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Post by hallucination on Jan 15, 2024 23:32:54 GMT
How about getting more titles out on the Fighting Fantasy Classics app? Yeah, it looks like Armies of Death is already confirmed for 2024, as well as two others (not sure which, but we can guess!) for inclusion in the FF Classics app. AoD has new internal art. Samples are up, over at the official siteβ¦
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Post by CharlesX on Jan 16, 2024 13:06:32 GMT
Open world, where you can go back and visit places in any order. Like scorpion swamp, or fabled lands. I sort of miswrote tbh, open world would very much have been a better choice of words. Sandbox would be more where you develop and build not just a character but a world, like a Tycoon or Civilization video game.
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Post by CharlesX on Mar 21, 2024 18:21:57 GMT
No offence to Sir Ian but I would look forward to a new FF by Steve J, Jon G or even another author more than him. I've no idea how realistic it might be for another Jon G FF, but if he can be a strong co-lead for Secrets Of Salamonis as he has one doesn't seem out of the question. I'm kind of wondering if the suggestion FF writers are underpaid is true it might be a counterproductive reality. Jon G has definitely written some of the best FF both recently and before the entire revival and losing writers like him over a few % and rights issues surely only leads to less sales and less money and hastens possible falling and demise of the series.
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Post by misomiso on Apr 6, 2024 13:52:09 GMT
No offence to Sir Ian but I would look forward to a new FF by Steve J, Jon G or even another author more than him. I've no idea how realistic it might be for another Jon G FF, but if he can be a strong co-lead for Secrets Of Salamonis as he has one doesn't seem out of the question. I'm kind of wondering if the suggestion FF writers are underpaid is true it might be a counterproductive reality. Jon G has definitely written some of the best FF both recently and before the entire revival and losing writers like him over a few % and rights issues surely only leads to less sales and less money and hastens possible falling and demise of the series.
I would like to see another J Green / S Jackson Colab.
Thought SoS was fantastic.
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Post by scouserob on Apr 6, 2024 13:56:20 GMT
I would like to see another J Green / S Jackson Colab. Thought SoS was fantastic.
Seconded, with much gusto. πππ»
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