A new epic journey around the world, Roots in the Sky is the sequel to the acclaimed point & click adventure The Hand of Glory!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Update #6: This is what we call SPAM!
about 3 years ago
– Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 10:18:42 AM
Everyone, today we reached another huge milestone: more than 300 backers decided to join us on this crazy, incredible journey!
So far, things have gone better than we could hope for and, if we can keep this momentum, we really might be able to unlock all the Stretch Goals, including extra subtitles in Spanish and French!
We still have a few tricks up our sleeve, but we'll leave that for our next update. As for now, we want to talk about one of our add-ons!
Spammer!
You want to become a part of Roots in the Sky, but Part of the Cast is too expensive?*
*(by the way, it's almost sold out)
You were considering Newsworthy, but you have no idea what article you could write?**
**(by the way, you could leave the creative part to us and we'd come up with something BRILLIANT for you)
Well, fear not, because we have another chance for you to appear in the game! But as it is much easier to show you rather than tell you, here's a freshly baked, delicious and piping hot video!
That's right: your name will appear in the game, and you'll be able to unleash your imagination and write something, anything (with our supervision, of course) to our bold detective!
It's cheap!
It's funny!
And yes... it's spam!
To the next update!
Update #5: First Stretch Goal Unlocked + Social Stretch Goals Announced!
about 3 years ago
– Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 06:55:37 AM
We barely published the Stretch Goals update and we've already unlocked the first one!
As a result, Lars is going to follow another lead that will help him identify the murderer, and you will play a totally new section filled with puzzles, locations and characters.
Day and night, justice never sleeps!
Now let's try and keep up the momentum: we're looking at you, ancient and mysterious submerged pyramid. We're going to reach you at 15.000€!
Introducing Social Stretch Goals
Now, we've entered that part of the campaign when the initial momentum has weakened. We're still getting new backers everyday, but we can do better, especially as far as Spanish and French players go. But we don't want to just keep asking you to share our campaign, not without rewarding your efforts: that's why we're adding Social Stretch Goals!
Yep, that's exactly what you think: just help us spread the word around on your social networks, sharing our pinned posts both on Twitter or on Facebook, and we'll unlock extra stuff!
We'll be honest: we took inspiration from the horse armour from Return to Monkey Island. In our case, though, you'll be able to use both items to unlock some extra funny dialogues or unexpected interactions (and achievements)!
Let's stretch it out!
about 3 years ago
– Tue, Feb 07, 2023 at 03:28:49 AM
Time to dive deep into our Stretch Goals, everyone!
If you have played the demo, you already know that Lars will need to track down a killer as soon as he can. In order to do this, he will have to follow a series of leads and collect clues that will help him identify the murderer and find out the real identity of the victim.
Finding the murderer won't be easy!
If this Stretch Goal is unlocked (and we're almost there already), we will add another lead for Lars to follow, with a series of extra puzzles, characters and locations. We have a few cool ideas for this section!
Ahhh, this is our favourite one!
Many of you who played The Hand of Glory told us they loved playing as Alice Sharp, our brave and determined intern. For this second episode not only we want to expand her role, but we'd also love to give her some very special moments that players will remember.
This underwater part would be inspired by the Yonaguni monument, a mysterious submerged rock formation in Japan.
Ominous, but fascinating!
We still don't know if this structure is a natural formation or an actual pyramid built who knows when by an ancient civilization. But it's so cool we had to write something about it!
Did you find them all in the first game? We doubt that, because they were A LOT!
Mysterious sightings, references to other games, talking paintings, there was something for every taste!
I'm Lazarus... *giggle*... Lazarus Bundy!
The weirdest stuff in the world is going to happen in Roots in the Sky, should we unlock this Stretch Goal. Funny stuff for everybody, a joy for the completist (imagine all those extra Achievements)!
As you know, in this second game we will visit even more (and more exotic) locations than the first one. We'd love to be able to record a lot of additional music to fill these locations with sounds that truly reflect them.
Plus, what about some additional cinematics? They're cool, aren't they? But the problem is: they cost time and money! Give us an additional help to improve the game with more of these cutscenes!
Also, our wildest dream is to develop a game without a single generic animation. Think about Broken Sword 2 and the incredibly high standard they set back then.
So many unique animations for a game!
Every single action performed by George or Nico was accompanied by a specific animation! Every remaining fund will be used for this noble and crazy crusade.
This last (for now) Stretch Goal is dedicated to all the Spanish and French fans that kept on asking for subtitles during these past few years: friends, we really want to reach you, the problem is we don't have enough money!
We know that the road to 20k is long, but we can do it. No, seriously, we raised 12k in 5 days, we can STATISTICALLY do it! Just help us spread the word around in your local communities, forums, Telegram groups, Discord servers, maybe ask your favourite streamers to play our demo on their channels! Let's invade the Internet, everyone!
Another Kickstarter campaign you want to check: Death Corp!
Guys, this one's just started and it's already smashing it!
"Art is a young college graduate looking for his first serious job. After a series of unsuccessful interviews, the Grim Reaper itself materializes in front of Art's eyes and, impressed by the young man's skills, offers him a job as an intern at his own company, Death Corp.
Meet tons of ridiculous characters, harvest the souls of those who recently passed away and, sometimes, push forward fate by solving outrageous and hilarious puzzles."
From Alberto Costa, the artist behind Justin Wack and the Big Time Hack!
Update #3: WE DID IT!!!
about 3 years ago
– Sat, Feb 04, 2023 at 08:18:17 AM
100% funded in 5 days!
We can hardly believe it, but WE ALREADY DID IT!
We're having trouble writing this update, right now. We didn't see this coming, not SO soon, not with all this participation and enthusiasm.
From the bottom of our adventurous hearts, we want to thank each and every one of you for supporting us, for spreading our campaign around the Internet, for all the comments and suggestions.
Stretch Goals
And with the basic goal already being reached, it's time to think about Stretch Goals!
You can already have a first look at them right at the top of our page. We'll go into more details very very soon, but in the meanwhile let us know what you think about them in the comments!
We're in for the adventure of our lifetime, everyone!
Update #2: Momentum is on our side!
about 3 years ago
– Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 05:41:34 AM
Hey guys, so far we've been CRUSHING IT!
After less than 48 hours we exceeded 200 backers and reached 80% of our main goal, which is getting closer and closer: less than 2400€ to go with 28 days left!
Keep spreading the word around!
Just a reminder: you only have THREE hours to select the “Super Early Bird – Digital Copy” pledge! Hurry up if you're aiming for that!
Part of the Cast
Today, we'll talk about one of the most coveted add-ons in every Kickstarter campaign!
You will become part of Roots in the Sky as a non-playable character, but you won't be a simple character in the background: Alice or Lars will actually NEED to interact with you in order to progress with the story!
You will choose your role together with the authors of the game, and you will even be able to record your own dubbing (if you can provide good quality audio files)!
One of our backers for The Hand of Glory!
If you're interested, just select a pledge of your choice and you'll be redirected to the add-ons page, where you'll be able to add it!
Watch out: we only have a few spots left!
To the next update, where we'll talk about Stretch Goals!
