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Great to hear!!! You're the first to send in the news!

Himalaya Studios is proud to annouce the launch of our new online store! This new and improved store now accepts international orders, so there is no more need for sending those orders directly through PayPal. Additionally, the shipping rates have been dropped to a new, lower rate. Now is the time to pre-order, if you've been waiting for those rates to drop!

The new store is located at http://store.himalayaforums.com .

Heh... I think that might be the first time someone has referred to me as "the webmaster" though. After all, I've never touched the main webpage at either Himalaya or AGDI. The only thing I run is the forums and the guestbook.

Awesome! My name in an interview! I'm famous!!!  

Heh...

Very cool featurette, Eriq. You managed to find some concept art that I hadn't seen. Awesome!

Happy B-Day Brit!

Len: Where'd you get 18 from? Brit's in her late 20's.

The English version just barely fits onto one CD. The companys that want to distribute the translated versions are talking about rerecording the actor's lines in the other language. Having both recordings would definately push the game onto 2 CD's, thus making it more expensive...

Out of curiousity, would you be willing to pay an extra amount for a translation if it included both the English and whatever other language?

This sign kind of reminds me a bit of the time that two AGDI moderators were in the car, as we were driving from California to Arizona.  We noticed the city of "Banning".  It was definitely mandatory to get a picture of that city sign as well

It loads fine for me... try clicking the Himalaya banner at the top of this screen...

I have people mispronouce my name as well. It's Sean. Here's a hint... it's not pronounced Seen or Shane.

Stijn's name is also pretty difficult to pronounce.

I don't see how this question is related to Himalaya or Al Emmo. You'd have better luck asking a question like this at a music/sound forum. Please use our forums to discuss our products only.

Heh... The models were developed by quite a few different people. The actual animation was done by Charles Hutchings. He's very talented. Chris was very precise in the camera angles and such that he wanted, so the camera work of the cutscenes is really the result of both of their talents.

We made it into GameFaqs!

http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentop ... ard=932543

Definately no fair!

Maybe I'll have to post a picture of my signed copy of the preliminary soundtrack CD!  

...also helped test the final demo you guys are playing right now!!

And now we have someone to blame for that "Floating Al" bug in the saloon.  

It's also fun typing out a sequence in a few minutes, and watching it come together over several months.

We will be fulfilling all the orders ourselves in-house. Because of our limited man power, we plan on keeping things as simple as possible. I believe the plan is to only ship via parcel post. The thought behind this was that you already are already willing to wait several weeks for the game, so a couple extra days shouldn't hurt.

Anyone who placed a domestic (within the USA) before shipping charges were changed will be getting a refund. I've got them all calculated, and was going to start refunding when I discovered the issue with PayPal. Britney is working on getting things straightened out, and as soon as she does, I'll get the money back to everyone.

People who paid more will have money refunded to them. I am going to try to go through all those orders later today.

Just to let you guys know... PayPal is giving us some issues, so we can't process refunds right away. As soon as we get things cleared up with them, I'll start processing the refunds.

The thing with characters is that you have to keep talking with them until they do not want to talk with you anymore.

And then come back later and try talking to them again. Sometimes they'll have something new to say.

International orders are charged a flat rate of $14.95.

Domestic orders are charged $6.95 + $1.00 for each item. This means that if you order just one copy of the soundtrack, shipping will be $7.95. If you order two copies, it will be $8.95, etc.

We've recalculated the shipping costs and made adjustments. People who paid more will have money refunded to them. I am going to try to go through all those orders later today.

Hey guys! I've made several changes to the store. For one, it now states that the soundtrack CD is included with the Limited Edition signed bundle. We'll include the CD for those who have already purchased it as well!

Also, we recalculated the shipping and handling costs. We have lowered the S&H costs for domestic orders to $6.95 per order plus an additional $1.00 per item. This means the typical S&H charge for ordering one copy of the game will be $7.95. We are also going to refund the difference to the people who have already placed orders.

That was the good news... the bad news is that international shipping is going to be a bit more expensive than initially thought. We've decided to charge a flat fee of $14.95 per order for international shipments. This fee will not change no matter how many items you purchase. Because the mistake was on our part, we will absorb the difference and the customers who have ordered with the previous S&H amount will not be affected.

Wow! Great review! Thanks for that!  

As Brit said, we have run into a couple unexpected bumps in the road. Heh... this is our first time running an online store, so we're learning as we go.

We are looking into things though. More news coming soon!

Happy B-Day, once again!!!

At the moment, it's looking like all shipments will originate from Georgia.

No decision has been made yet. Final file size of the game has yet to be determined. While work on the game itself has been completed, the finishing touches are being applied to the final 3D cutscene. Once that is done, we'll know if the game will fit on one CD or not.

What games did you work on, Luke?

One thing that has been done is multiple articles at Adventure Game websites. There have actually been quite a few articles written about the game. Hopefully these will attract in some people who have never played the AGDI games.

Brit and Chris once worked on the Hero6 project. Other than small programs and such they may have made for family and friends, I don't think there were any other games.

Welcome to the forums guys! Can't wait until we have many people here!

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