Hi AGS community!
I miss hanging out here more often :) - someone might remember me for Star Wars:SOTE (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=16482.0) (yeah, someday we're going to finish that, I promise!).
But today I'm here as client programmer of the Zodiac digital distribution system (http://www.zodiac-store.com), that distinguishes from the others for being aimed specifically towards adventure games.
There are already a few commercial AGS games on Zodiac, by Midian Design (Quantumnauts, Odissea, Doc Apocalypse...), and we just added a free one (The Infinity String). So i thought of posting here about it: if anyone is interested in seeing how an AGS game looks in Zodiac, he can try the software by just registering an account and adding "The Infinity String" to its account. There are other free games too, but TIS is the first made with AGS.
We have in our plans integrating scummvm and dosbox (in fact, they are integrated, but there aren't games using them publicly available yet), and my software in written in C++ with QT, so Linux/Mac versions will follow easily when the catalogue widens to those platforms. In fact, I already have succesfully tested a Linux build on my development machine.
So, in which way all this could interest you?
1) someone could be interested in publishing its game as freeware on our platform, like "The Infinity String".
2) someone could be interested in selling its AGS game on our platform, like the Midian Design games
Games can be published either DRM-free or with our custom software protection, that anyway is thought to be user friendly: just one time online activation before the first play, possibility to play offline, no limits on download and installation.
Of course, choosing what can published (free or paid) or not is up to the staff: we need to propose quality games.
But, if you know what I mean, we're not Steam, so lower profile indie adventures could find their place on Zodiac
:)
If you have questions/considerations about the platform, feel free to reply here.
If you want to propose your game, please contact business@zodiac-store.com
Thanks!
D.
ps: here's a screenshot of the client running TIS
http://client.zodiac-store.com/_helpdesk/screenshots/zodiacTis.png
pps: we're open to suggestions and criticism, but please keep in mind that the platform is still young and in beta!