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• …contain a lot more material than the old version
• … be more structured and contain many more examples
• …be in a similar format, but with upgraded cover art
• …be publish via Publit in Scandinavia; we’re still not sure about abroad
• …be more refined, easier to understand and more professional
• …be available early in 2011
• …be more fun than ever!

The upbeat tone of this post reflects my attitude towards the project. I feel that Nostalgia is based on a really good concept and that all that remains to be done now is to make sure that everybody else understands how good it is. That will require some inspiration and hard work, as well as help from friends and stranger alike, but most importantly, it will be fun! Expect to hear from me again soon.

However, listening to feedback from players and reviewers, as well as playing some on our own, we have come up with a number of things we think could be expanded or changed to the better in some way. At the outset, there were only a few things on our list of things to add or fix, but as the list has grown longer and longer, we have decided that the time is ripe to write a new version of the game.

As you have noticed, this post is written in English, and that is the first of the changes we will make. The sequel will simply be called Nostalgia and will be entirely in English. Some sections will be translated from the original, others will be rearranged and still more will be extended. However, most of the game be re-written from scratch.

This does not mean that we will change the core that made Nostalgi such an entertaining game. Instead, we will define the key ingredients that made the first version good, and then polish and repackage them to form a better product. There is as yet no deadline or estimate when Nostalgia will be finished and published, but we have already settled on most of the content; now we just need to write the book. As opposed to most other projects we’ve been running, the ambition is to write more about the process here on the Kaleidoskop website, so stay tuned!

Torrenterna finns här:
Haragada
Nostalgi
Bibliografi
Terone

Samtidigt sänker vi Lulupriset på Nostalgi så att ni som fortfarande vill köpa spelet kan göra det till något förmånligare pris.

Vi ses där!

Så vad har vi att vänta oss?

Lulu är lulu. Det är med andra ord inte perfekt, men det är betydligt bättre än vad jag förväntade mig. Pärmarna är stabila och limningen ser helt okej ut. Omslagstrycket är inte alls särskilt bra och det är en sak man är mindre förlåtande med om pärmen i övrigt känns lyxigare. Det går att ha text på ryggen, även om det knappt är att rekommendera på så pass tunna böcker som de i storleksordningen Nostalgi.

Det är ett mysigt format, lite lyxigare och lite dyrare. I och med att Nostalgi inte gärna bör bli dyrare är det kanske inte aktuellt till det, men till framtida produkter som Millennium och Magneter och Mirakel kan det mycket väl bli aktuellt. Eventuellt.