Hi guys,

I hope you won't jump off your seats because of this one in a decade announcement! ;)

A new game of mine is coming in 2023.

It's based on a famous strange book that has swash, duels, romance and humor aplenty. The vibe is something between Monkey Island and Barry Lyndon. And I want it to be something special - it combines adventure and roguelite mechanics in a few bold, new ways.

https://steamoss.com/steamstore/app/1804950/The_Saragossa_Manuscript/

I'll be grateful if you wishlist, share your thoughts, and/or help me with a few reshares on social media once I'll get to it. - mostly on twiiter: https://twitter.com/IgorHardy

I hope you guys are good - despite the difficult times!

Cheers,
Igor Hardy

P.S. I also plan to bring Snakes of Avalon to Steam as a free-to-play. It's the game I've made that I think the most fondly of, even after working on several more commercial titles.

Rock Paper Shogun and a full length interview! And not only about the quickly aging Snakes, but also about punk, freedom, beauty and the game I'm working on now:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/01/punks-not-dead-avalons-burning/

Posted in March, but I didn't care to even update the official Snakes of Avalon website with a link to it yet - that's what a lazy punk I am.

Snakes of Avalon entered the IGF as part of the subversive (and entriely freeware) IGF Pirate Kart!

http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2012.php?id=289

Snakes is only a small byte among the 320 incredible Pirate Kart games, but what a "polished thing of beauty" it is - as Rock, Paper, Shotgun puts it - apparently a rare find these days:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/10/21/digging-for-gold-the-2012-igf-pirate-kart/

Other recommended Pirate Kart titles include Oceanspirit Tennis, Murder Dog and Crime Zone.

Snakes of Avalon sadly didn't win anything in the AGS Awards 2010 despite the 9 nominations it got, but we received a lovely surprise in winning in the Best MAGS game of 2010 vote 5 days ago!

For the uninitiated, MAGS stands for the "Monthly AGS" competition that Snakes was originally made for. Our game competed against all the other MAGS titles made for the past year competitions and beat down such popular games as Eternally Us and HARD SPACE:

http://www.mags-competition.info/index.php?page=games&only=2010&pagetitle=Best+MAGS+Game+2010

In celebration of this great event, we're giving free drinks at the Avalon bar to every player that plays Snakes of Avalon! Beer!

Happy Holidays! And a free, complete, brilliant Snakes of Avalon soundtrack to you! Composed by Thomas Regin. The Girls Are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ song written and performed by Ashley Johnston.

Available here: http://snakes.hardydev.com/?page_id=189