Shorah Jeff and welcome to the MOUL forums. My suggestion would be to post this on the Cyan forums to reach a wider audience. Your account here carries over to those forums, so you don't need to re-register. (More info on that here.) You may even find some discussion on this topic already there.

I remember Riddle of the Sphinx and ROTS II! (Whatever happened to the plans to make ROTS 3?)

One big suggestion: there were places in these games where the player could die. How about a clickable pop-up that reads "Try again?" or something similar? (It worked for Myst III: Exile.)

ROTS III: Oracle Bones probably has the deepest storyline based upon a dark and hidden past interwoven through the game. ... But I don't want to give away too much as we hope to release it in the future IF ROTS real-time 3D gets funded on Kickstarter ...

I must say, I would rather purchase a new game than a remake of an old game.

As much as I remember enjoying the original, I'm not sure how much of that depended on vague factors that don't apply today, such as expectations for games back then, the market, competition, computer power, as well as my own social situation at the time. I have a wall of boxed games on the shelf that I remember enjoying, and I keep them for sentimental reasons, but with no intention of replaying any of them. Maybe that's my loss.

Still, it would seem to me that people would be more likely to fund something new and improved, rather than old and improved. Only you can say how much cost would be involved in remaking existing assets versus taking the design documents for the new game and moving forward.

(Either way, I'm glad to see the renewed interest in puzzle/adventure games again!)

Shorah Jeff/lifetreegames and welcome to the MOULa forums

I remember playing and enjoying ROTS many years ago. I'm now on a Mac, so would be very interested in getting a 3-D version of ROTS for Mac. I do hope you are planning to make the upcoming 3-D ROTS PC/Mac/Linux compatible.

As with the others, I am very interested in seeing ROTS 3 developed, though I do understand your plan to test the waters with a remake of the original game (a much more cost-effective way to determine if Kickstarter is the way to go with development of new games). Again, I *really* hope you will be making ROTS 3 PC/Mac/Linux compatible too.

I agree with TOOO's comments about dying. Personally, I *detest* adventure games that include such morbidity in their designs. For combat games (and similar), it makes sense, but for exploration and thinking games, it doesn't and has always seemed to me something of an unfair penalty. When we are exploring and thinking logically, we should be able to try different things, learn from our mistakes or change our minds (just like in real life). Of course, if we do something blatantly stupid or risky (leaping into a rattlesnake pit comes to mind), then this is a different matter.

In terms of gameplay mechanics, I'll just suggest you keep in mind that some people play on laptops (without an extended keyboard) and that Mac keyboards and pointing devices work a bit differently than their PC analogs. So including keyboard mapping or pointing device customization would be a plus.

Keep us posted about your work!

Hello, Jeff Tobler, I was just looking for and into your newly launched Kickstarter campaign and onto your website ... This sounds and looks all very interesting and intriguing ...

It doesn't seem to be 'just' a remake of 'something old' as some might get the impression, it'll become almost something new as for enhanced and more environments, enhanced and new story and thus adventure/exploration as well as for much more interaction and free exploring, realistic sounds and animations e.g. fire, water, fume, dust, weather etc., yeah, just as realistic and alive as it can be ...

I mean, ok, the basic familiar story and environment will remain, it's just what it is, a part of Egyptian history as far as it has been researched and been implemented into the game by the team, but they say much hasn't and will become a part of the future release and everything else will be vastly improved and enhanced ...

Ok, this was and still is an epic adventure game, which I didn't play back in the days, I started with others (not Myst lol), but I looked into 'The Omega Stone', and the ROTS I've watched on YouTube last year or in 2012 I believe, and I was absolutely and completely impressed, though I felt that this might have been a bit too complicated and complex to solve for me as for the riddles and exploration etc., so I was glad that someone very very passionate about it played it for all of us to enjoy (and not for the first time I believe, he went through there as if he has done this all since almost forever lol), so that it was an absolute feast for the eye and the senses etc. indeed ...

Ok, what I was asking myself, dear Mr. Tobler, is, if you're a bit shy to announce your new Kickstarter campaign here or if you just forgot to post the resp. links ... I mean, the sands of time are running and they're running fast in these days and times lol, we all know from recent experience how fast four weeks are just gone and over ... (There's no Paypal option yet btw.)

Ok, I thought I'd just add those links here for all who might be interested to have a look and/or might be even inspired to support this great project ...

'The Riddle of the Sphinx Kickstarter project' ending on 22 May 2014, and this is the website of 'LifeTreeGames', the developer's main homepage ...

Yeah, you're a very nice team behind an auspicious and impressive project ... I'll keep my fingers crossed and wish you the best of luck and success and above all much much fun ... Way to go! LTG team ...