Chronic Logic

ChronicLogic, I'm disappointed in you.  You promised contests, activity, and generally fun when I bought Pontifex, and now, the 25 of January, 2002, the latest news is of the 30th of October of last year.  I want more contests, and more to the point: More content.  Map packs.  Come on.  We paid our ฤ.  Keep up your end.

I agree that ฤ is a very small price to pay for a game so good. And I agree that maybe Chronic Logic expected more buyers. But as a paying customer, I did not ask for updates or contests, they were promised to us. Maybe Chronic Logic is busy working on the sequel, or working on updates. About a month ago I emailed them and asked if more things were in the works, and guess what? No reply. It seems to me that this game and website has been abandoned by everyone but the people who really matter, the players. I would like to thank Chronic Logic for a great game, but don't expect me to buy the next one.

im gettin angry too.. for 20 bucks i expected a bit more. the game is great, i just want updates!

agree

oh my god....
I bought Pontifex today...
Am I cheated?

I think CL did promise a lot for buying Pontifex.  ฤ is a reasonable price, even with the lack of updates to the website though.

What's more annoying is that if CL weren't intending to update it though, it's basically false advertising to sell Pontifex mentioning their fantastic member's area.

A couple of people seem to have a lot of sympathy for CL for not updating the website.  It was their choice to write the software, and offer the service and product they do.  Any company, regardless of the size, has a responsability to live up to their marketing pitch.

Paul.

y;know, when you quit your job and spend hours and dollers designing a great game, have it get an award from a review website (even if the site is a bit off the beaten trail) and then have interest limited to about, id say, close to a hundred players, then you get depressed and apathetic.  i wouldn't know firsthand, of course, but still, have a little sympathy.  for however long it took to design the game they expected more than what they got.  beat up everyone you know and force them to buy pontifex, then we will see about getting angry.

####, I registered the game 15 minutes ago and this is the first topic I've read     I've played the full game through already (copied it) and I thought to register such a nice game as a support for the makers of it. Maybe I should've sticked with the copied one...

Considering the (although I cannot confirm) small customer base, zero advertising budget, non instore presence and lack of guns, chroniclogic should be praised for such a great game becoming available to the public.Developing a game is an extremely time consuming process. without backers and marketing hype, returns on sales are low.ฤ is a reasonable amount to pay for a game without EXPECTING addons.
Most popular gaming communities(Half-Life) breed their own interest and spawn Mods such as Counter Strike.
In the same way, private individuals should realize that they too have the ability to initiate Pontifex map packs etc to aid in the games community expansion.

Nope, it's okay to support CL... after all, the game is good (and so was Bridge Builder, which didn't get them a thin dime)!

I agree with Frish (though we don't really know what the problem is). But nevertheless, another contest would somewhat resurrect the community IMO and it's not THAT much work... Maybe I should do one myself... Hmmm... anyone like the idea? I can't provide prizes as gigantic as CL's (Eternal life), but ####, I even got a forum where I can assign member titles ;)

This game is definitly worth it and with the forums there is no doubt about it. :biggrin:

The sad thing is, if CL are relying on word-of-mouth to sell this game they're doing themselves no favours whatsoever. Repeated problems with the website, forum, ordering of the game, announcements of forthcoming updates and competitions that never materialise, and general lack of communication with registered players is not the way to build up a good reputation.

I agree, support the little guy!

When I first played Bridge Builder it was a game that was just over 300kb and I was having a blast.  Heck its the first game my father actually got a kick out of when I sent it to him (and he's not the gamer type).

Although I'd love more additions/contests/etc, I am glad I paid the ฤ.  However I think that the developers could have been a little more honest, perhaps stating that they had been a little wrong about how much time they could invest.

Chillum stated: "if CL are relying on word-of-mouth to sell this game they're doing themselves no favours whatsoever."

Also the fact the the game fits on one floppy doesn't help.  If someone was to recomend the game to a friend, it's just too easy to give them a copy of the full version. (provided they just want to play it and not use the forum)
I have no friends, so I wouldn't know about this first hand, but am I right?

About the copying stuff...

BridgeBuilder 1 was a nice hit, when i discovered it on a lan-partyand after a while everybody was playing it. This year the lan-party was here again with 1400 people, and i think i saw 2 persons playing bridgebuilder 1, and none playing bridgebuilder 2

But now about the copying stuff... I think BB2 is not copied that much. people who do buy it will be carefull with it, you don't pay ฤ for a game and then give it away.  The thing about the 1 diskette is not true, even if it was about 400 mb's people would still copy it, don't tell me you don't have any copied cd's .

I've seen this happen a lot, you buy a small game and expect a lot of addons,  and you wait... and wait... And nothing happens. I think it's the people who have to start upgrading BB, it's a small game, so release the source code, then people can really start adding value to the game. And more people will be inspired by it, and will buy it. Because they can expect much more, but when people visit the site and see the old news. they won't buy, they'll search for it on the internet, or just leave it.

But i guess we have to wait till CL quits working on the game and then they will release the sourcecode... And maybe the're working on the sequel of BB2! Wich i don't think is a good idea, cause everybody knows now there will be no future for the game...

Well that's my opinion, in conclusion i'd say: Gimme the source code

keep building!