Kickstarter

Creator Crazywater on May 16

Just wanted to say thank you for the honest and awesome talk at ZHDK today! As far as Kickstarter projects go, I thought yours was the most dedicated and professional one I have ever funded. You rock =)

Creator Nian on May 14

Thats great news.

BTW, Whats the next project to come? I'm looking forward to what Black Forest Games has in store for us, maybe another kickstarter? :)

Creator Nian on May 14

Just wondering how the replacement physicial items are going. Is there an ETA for replacement posters?

Creator Andre Gerstmann on April 6

OK.. PSN Version first, then WiiU Version, after that Shield and Linux/Ubuntu and ... All version get the easy sweet dreams mode now? Thats how I heard it at the Live Show.. Giana Twisted Dreams DLC will released in summer (July) this year... And your new project that you want to reveal in 2 weeks is already known: Ride to Hell: Route 666 for xbla and psn...? When all the news on the internet are true then you work now on Giana DLC, Hell Route 666, RavensDale, Giana Sisters 2 and ....

Creator Matt on April 3

Hey,

I do not play Giana on Steam and have not played for a while. What is the latest version of Giana? Still the XMas patch? Are you working at new updates at the moment? Thanks and regards

Creator Iain Rockliffe on March 28

I have to say that I really feel cheated with the game now on the Xbox. I backed this game with $50 and now if I want to play it on the 360 (the platform I wanted to play it on in the first place) I will have to pay again with no kind of discount at all. If I had known it was going to be on XBLA so soon I would not have backed the project at all and just waited for the xbox version.

Creator Andre Gerstmann on March 27

Will the WiiU eshop Version (there are lot of good news from Nintendo today and yesterday from GDC and Dan Adelman https://twitter.com/Dan_Adelman ) still have the exclusive Sweet Dreams Mode that Vladimir Ignatov once mentioned on the first live show of this year?

Creator Peter Wysoczanski - Obsidan Order on March 26

@Black Forest Games so your sort of unconfirmed but speculatively saying that this might come to the WiiU shop? @_@

Creator Dax Jacobson on March 25

http://kck.st/X7BwGR awesome music and a procedural underwater animation system by the original Ecco the Dolphin team! give it a look and backing if you can, so we can all explore this future world they are trying to create!

Creator Andre Gerstmann on March 14

OH boxes from big N. I think its this then or ?

http://www.vgleaks.com/wii-u-devkit-cat-dev-v3/

Creator Andre Gerstmann on February 17

Awesome... First Giana Sisters DLC soon. Thats great :) Watched the Video Show on your You Tube Channel.
And hope you could soon say when the WiiU Version will come out.

Creator Andre Gerstmann on February 12

You must talk to Emily Rogers when you know the Release Date for the WiiU Version :). That would bring it to all Nintendo Pages on the net I think. Try to watch the Live Show on Thursday Live this time and hope you have some better Video Quality this time :) .

Creator Nigel Lau on February 9

Love the backing the devs are giving for the game. Just really awesome!! :)

Creator Kabraxis on February 8

Heute kam noch ein kleines Paket bei mir, darüber habe ich mich sehr gefreut! Vielen, vielen Dank. :D

Creator Kai Uwe Joppich on January 30

It would be nice, if the backers of SRO have a look at this project:
-> http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gaspoweredgames/wildman-an-evolutionary-action-rpg

The future of the hole studio and all employees depend of the success of this game-project. Gas Powered Games is a traditional Studio with hits like Supreme Commander or Dungeon Siege.

Please help to save this studio! Pledge and spread the word, please!

Creator Octavio Arango on January 25

Got my box. Everything was fine but the poster, which is pretty much wrecked. It really should have been mailed in a cardboard tube D:

Creator Andre Gerstmann on January 21

Great Liveshow.. Saw it on You Tube :). Why is there no 720p Version of the video? Great that you bring Project Giana to the WiiU, but hope you release it on the same day or same week like the XBLA and PSN Versions.

Creator Pete Dorr on January 6

Got my box today. The poster was basically destroyed since it was shipped in a box without protection from dents and the other items inside. It came almost completely flattened with a huge tear on one of the ends...unfortunately its condition has made it undisplayable :( Everything else was fine for the most part, but whoever decided to put the poster in the box like this made a bad decision, the post office is not a safe place for tings like this lol.

Creator GuessWho on January 4

The postman where here with my box of goodies a little while ago.
Unfortunately the poster was a bit wrinkled. Would have been good if you could have had it in some kind of protective roller. But it didn't seem to bad, so I think it still will be usable (rolled it together again for now, intend to frame it later).
The "MAKING OF" disc also came out of the disc pack before I opened it, there where some weird mark on the underside of the disc. I'll get back to you if I have any problems with it. Maybe there is possible to check it against some checksum to see if it reads ok?

Other then that...
AWESOME!!!!!

Creator TheChosenOne on January 3

Received my box with goodies aswell.
But I also have a gripe. The box it came in was dented already and I quickly took some pictures since I have had problems with the mail/packages before.
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The box itself is only packaging but the poster was also dented which is not strange it is just rolled up and thrown on the top in a very big box with tons of spare room. It is only the 3rd poster from Kickstarter I've got which got damaged but who's counting. Other items are good luckily.
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http://i50.tinypic.com/68h2sx.jpg
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http://i50.tinypic.com/e0sg90.jpg
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http://i47.tinypic.com/v84k1.jpg
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All I can say is never trust the postal service and expect things to just arrive savely.
I'll also send a PM.

Creator Cory on December 30

received my mouse pad, pin, and soundtrack yesterday. Everything looks awesome! Only gripe I have is that something heavy must have been sitting on the package as the pin seems to have made a small indent in the mouse pad and the clip part of the pin got bent about 45 degrees too. I was able to straighten out the pin, but the indent won't go away cause of the surface material.

Creator Jeroen on December 29

Received my logitech controller with physical copy of the game today.
tried it and I completed the first level, everything works great.
Thank you black forest games !

Creator Chantal Smith on December 16

i tried to download my copy of the game but i ran in to some problems and i deleted the email with link to get it from steam is there a way that you could resend that info to me please i would like to play the game thank you

Creator WaferMouse on December 5

Would it be possible to "exchange" unclaimed downloads for XBLA codes at all? That would be sweet (I don't have a Windows computer)

Creator Nian on November 26, 2012

@Andre, your right ofcourse, how many people would buy it? In centext however, Another World on android has sold over 10,000 copies at US$2.49, So thats not as much as you would want. That is however a paid game.

If you use ad banners in the game, well that potentially would make allot more than a mere 10,000 sales would make. Free games with ads get allot of users. Strikefleet Omega, a simple rts like game has had over 1 million downloads, it uses micro transactions to make money, perhaps having the first level for free for Giana and then pay to unlock more levels.!!?!?

There has to be a way to make it worth doing.

Also Giana if on Iphone or Android would be one of the best looking games yet.

Creator Andre Gerstmann on November 25, 2012

I also think that XBLA is not the main Platform for Jump N Run Fans. And Microsoft is also doing nothing to change that. They are more behind Hardcore Shooter, Racer and RPGs and Kids with Kinect. So for me PSN and the WiiU Eshop I think are better for a Jump N Run but maybe Iam wrong and all the XBox360 Player wait for a good Jump N Run. With Android and IOS. Yes a big market but is everybody playing on their smartphones and Pads or are there only few ones? A release after the console ports could be a good think for the android/ouya and ios game fans. But if you release it the same time for 15 or 20 (consoles) and for 5 or 1 (Ios, Ouya, android) its hard to sell the game then for 15 or more on the consoles and PC or MAC.

Creator Marcel Dunkelberg on November 24, 2012

Glückwunsch zu 80 Punkten in der aktuellen GameStar für Giana Sisters.

Creator Nian on November 24, 2012

@Andre, Yeah xbla would be nice but the only issue with them is its a US and nobody else attitude. So if you go with Sony or Microsoft, for smaller companies, you have to choose one or the other, forget about iOS and Android. This is what i heard anyway. Not sure how true it is but its been mentioned a few times.

Another thing is I would expect that Giana would sell for just under $5 on android/ios, not a huge amount but not bad, if you consider the user base is in the few hundred million.

Creator Richard D on November 21, 2012

Andre G: I have contacted them. But I have gotten no reply. Which why I've posted here, to see if I'm the only 1 or not.

Creator Andre Gerstmann on November 21, 2012

@ Richard D - No I have the mail. Arrived 2 times... Contact them if you have not gotten the email link!
@ Nian - I don`t know what Black Forest Games makes now... But Im very happy that Giana would come maybe to xbla, wiiu eshop, psn. Im not the Android or Ios Player but who knows what they make after the very important (for sales) console versions. I also think that it will be hard to sell the console versions if its also sold for 0.99 on Iphone or Android Handys... I also backed the new Warblade. Thanks for the link Nian...

Creator Richard D on November 19, 2012

any other backer not gotten the email link to the 2nd patch?!

Creator Nian on November 19, 2012

@Andre, I am hopeing that it will get on iOS and Android some time in 2013 :)

I wonder what engine is been used, if its Unity then that would be easy (can't remember, probably read what engine it was a while back).

BTW, As a plug for the old school game fans, Edgar Vigdal, the creator of Delux Galaga and Delux Pacman for the Amiga, and later Warblade, is working on Warblade II, Check out the cloud funding for it at

http://www.ulule.com/warblade-mk-ii/

BTW, He uses Unity and its going to come out on several platforms. Giana could do with as many systems supported ;)

BTW, Yes I backed for the PC version but if I can keep my extra goodies, I would gladly pay for the game itself for Android and Ouya.

Creator Shaun Ault on November 17, 2012

I am playing the game via steam and have version 1.0.2 how do I get the alternate costumes? I pledged for that level but the secondary goodies code I was given says "invalid product code"

Creator Andre Gerstmann on November 17, 2012

Great Live Show yesterday. Watched it on the evening.. And great that you talked about the WiiU and Gamepad and .... Also the very hard to complete Level :) on the show... I try then on 29th to be a bit earlier at home to ask a few questions again on the chat :). Game is absolutly amazing and hope it sells well :)

Creator Christopher "DarkWolfNine" Muzatko on November 15, 2012

Access Denied is what it comes back with (along with the other XML elements.)

Creator Christopher "DarkWolfNine" Muzatko on November 15, 2012

Same with me Garrood. (Even on the new links that were just sent out updated)