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| September, 2005 We survived the fourth Christian Game Developers Conference - five different continents were represented! Thanks to volunteers, progress is going well for the Spanish Version of the Interactive Parables. Still no progress on Jarod! :(
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| June, 2004 Gregg
and I really need to wrap up the Interactive Parable lessons this month.
:) Actually, Gregg has done a great job to double-check the
wording. I need to decide on a new Bible Version and edit those in,
get the pictures worked out and converted to black/white, get an ISBN
number, etc. Whew, lots to do. Plus conference planning crunch
time!
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| April, 2004 Gregg
and I really need to wrap up the Interactive Parable lessons this month.
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| February, 2004 Great
news! The Lord has provided Michael who is interested in helping to
finish Jarod's Journey.
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| January, 2004 Nothing
much to report. CGDC 04 is scheduled for July 30 & 31st,
2004. Web site is CGDC.
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| August 7th, 2003
Still recovering from the conference! God
did a wonderful work again! Thank you Lord.
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| February 15, 2003
Local newspaper ran an article on me. Now you can see my ugly
picture (and son Jacob on the desktop of the PC behind). Click here
or picture for article.
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| January 2003
Praise God we have another helper! Flare will be helping us with
writing to finish up the interactive fiction version of Jarod.
Richard can then focus on the 3D mock-up.
I was a nervous through the interview but
survived. Some folks at CCN have been asking for screen shots (kind
of boring for interactive fiction, but here are some that have photos on
them).
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| December 30th, 2002
The religion reporter from my local
paper will interview me in January thanks to the Wall Street Journal
article.
Also, if you don't want to hassle downloading and
installing Jarod, you can now play on-line.
You miss out on a lot of features though, so I do encourage you to download
it today. Specifically, you will not have any graphics,
sound/music, or any useful linking of useful commands.
Play
On-Line now.
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| December 17th, 2002
A wonderful Christmas present from God! Below
is the snippet from the Wall Street Journal article where Jarod was
mentioned. The article ran on the front page of the December 17th,
2002, Wall Street Journal! The reporter was Khanh T.L. Tran:
"Earlier this year, Mr. Cool, an
18-year-old college freshman at the University of Missouri in St. Louis,
took up a new game called Jarod's Journey. It features the agnostic son of
a Roman centurion and Jewish mother who is told by his dying father to go
out and discover Jesus. As he explores cities from Antioch to Nazareth,
his character asks questions about Christianity." |
| October 2002
I was interviewed by a Wall Street Journal interested in the Christian games "sector". The primary contact was due to the CGDC
and she had found a press release. But she asked how GraceWorks was started.
And asked about Jarod (of which, I'm trying to make progress on).
Glory to God!
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| June 2002 The
plan is to finish the text version and then work on a graphical version
using Garage Game's Torque!
The one artist fell through but another is interested. Praise
God! |
October 2001Great News! Richard Patching of New Realm Software is partnering with us to finish Jarod! We also have a verbal commitment from a professional artist!
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October 2000Jarod's Journey is released for the competition! |
Sixth Annual Interactive Fiction Competition
October 2000
Jarod's Journey was entered in the competition. It is only a portion of the entire storyboard, but was enough to fill the competition's two hour limit (can't take longer than two hours). If you have the time, click above and be a judge of the competition. There were 53 games submitted, but you only have to test 5 of them (and spend no more than 2 hours on each before assigning a score). The judging period lasts until November 15th. GraceWorks Interactive also donated some CD Now Gift Certificate prizes this year.
If you only want to play Jarod's Journey, look below for download options. These are free, so download and enjoy. Do provide your feedback though so the products can be improved.
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