Best Quote of the Week ~ [12/29/13]

          "Human beings can withstand a week without water, two weeks without food, many years of homelessness, but not loneliness. It is the worst of all tortures, the worst of all sufferings."

~A Quote from Pablo Coelho's Eleven Minutes

Shoy Schot! nui Press Release

          Virtual Gaia Games is proud to introduce Shoy Schot! nui, an electronic card game. The game will release Sunday, December 29^th, 2013 to all PC user for free!

          Shoy Schot! is an additive, console-based, strategic card game created in C#. Starting out as a simple minigame about flipping cards and gaining ownership over the game board it soon blossomed into a full fledged card game with a mega ton of customization options and gameplay modes. And now, with Shoy Schot! nui, it has finally reached its ultimate form!

          Shoy Schot! nui retains all the features of the previous release (Shoy Schot! Stand-Alone Edition Version 2.0.1.9) which included (but not limited to): 5 main Rule Sets to play in their own Free Play modes; an Arcade-like mode called Unlimited Deck Mode; a Best Of… Mode to play consecutive matches; a robust Tournament Mode for serious play; 22 Accomplishments to earn; Stats pages that kept over 80 stats; a Personal Rank Card to share and compare with other Shoy Schot! players; 8 profiles for same computer, different persons use; and Virtual Gaia Games Matching!, a completely separate matching minigame.

          New features to Shoy Schot! nui include (but not limited to): a Custom Rule Set Maker, where players can build their own custom Rule Sets; Endless Tower, which is a survival mode; a Score Attack Mode; Arcade Challenges where players can try to conquer all 40 challenges; a single player tournament mode called Arcade Battle Campaign, a Tutorial Mode, where players can learn the basics of the game in a new, more interactive way; a new mini-game called Clementine; 26 more Accomplishments to earn; more Stats; and slew of secrets and tweaks.

          Shoy Schot! nui also marks Virtual Gaia Games’ final game made in this text-based style. Shoy Schot! nui is our swan song to this type of design. While being made in this engine, Shoy Schot! has never been a graphical powerhouse, but we think anyone who has played it in the past has had a lot of fun and we believe Shoy Schot! nui will continue this feat threefold!!

          Again, Shoy Schot! nui is a PC game from Virtual Gaia Games and will be releasing on Sunday, December 29^th, 2013. It will be downloadable from: http://virtualgaiagames.blogspot.com/2013/12/shoy-schot-nui-update-log.html for free when available. We hope you all download and enjoy our game!

Quick Information About Shoy Schot! nui

Game: Shoy Schot! nui
Genre: Electronic Card Game
Platform: Windows PC
Developer: Virtual Gaia Games
Release Date: December 29^th 2013
Price: Economical Priced [Read: FREE!]
Download Site: http://virtualgaiagames.blogspot.com/2013/12/shoy-schot-nui-update-log.html
Website: http://virtualgaiagames.blogspot.com/
Game Page: http://virtualgaiaprojects.blogspot.com/p/shoy-schot-nui.html
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ShoySchot/
IndieDB Page: http://www.indiedb.com/games/shoy-schot-nui

Download a PDF of the Full Press Release: Here

          Check out Shoy Schot! nui Complete Features List after the jump.

Shoy Schot! nui Release Date Announcement

          Hi, Everyone!

          I am proud to announce that Shoy Schot! nui, Virtual Gaia’s much delayed Electronic Card Game, is done and has entered into Final Testing!! I’m even more proud to announce the Release Date of the game: December 29^th, 2013. That’s right, Shoy Schot! nui will go live next Sunday for the economical price of FREE!!

          The next thing I want to cover is: What exactly Shoy Schot! nui? I think I’ve alluded to it in the past, but I’ve never formally announced it. After a long (very long) development and many additions that weren’t included in the original scope of the project, Shoy Schot! nui is no longer third version of Shoy Schot! Stand-Alone Edition (SS! SAE) but its own entity. Think of it more like the evolution of SS! SAE, just like SS! SAE was the evolution of the original minigame version of Shoy Schot!

          So, what does that mean? Just that the game grew big enough to warrant a separation. It feels different, it’s noticeable bigger and slicker. That said, Save Data from any previous version of Shoy Schot! is 100% compatible with Shoy Schot! nui. Also, it will retain SS! SAE version numbering and still be released as Version 3.0.0.0.

          A more formal Press Release will be issued a little later that will include more information and a full features list, but until then here is a short list of new features including in the upcoming Shoy Schot! nui:

• All Shoy Schot! Stand-Alone Edition v2 Features
•  6 New Game Modes
• Custom Rule Set
• Endless Tower
• Score Attack
• 40 Arcade Challenges
• Arcade Battle Campaign
• Tutorial Mode
• 26 New Accomplishments to Earn (48 in All!!)
• Improved, Smarter AI
• Improved Match Interface
• A New Mini-Game Added: Clementine
• The Ability to Create 8 Separate Profiles with each keeping track of their Own Stats, Game Settings, and Accomplishments!!
• A Slew of Secret to Discover and More!!

          Again, Shoy Schot! nui will release next Sunday, December 29^th! While Shoy Schot! may not be a graphical powerhouse by any means, it's a load of fun! So... Get excited! Tell a friend! The last game of 2013 is Coming Soon!

          Seeya when we release!!

General Information

Game: Shoy Schot! nui
Genre: Electronic Card Game
Platform: Windows PC
Company: Virtual Gaia Games
Release Date: December 29^th 2013
Price: Economical Priced [Read: FREE!]
Download Site:  http://virtualgaiagames.blogspot.com/2013/12/shoy-schot-nui-update-log.html
Website: http://virtualgaiagames.blogspot.com/
Game Page: http://virtualgaiaprojects.blogspot.com/p/shoy-schot-nui.html
IndieDB Page: http://www.indiedb.com/games/shoy-schot-nui

P.S.:
Check out screenshots of the game after the jump or go to our Flickr page: Here.
(Go to Options in the slideshow and uncheck embiggen)

Best Quote of the Week ~ [12/22/13]

The Course of Empire: The Savage State by Thomas Cole (1836)

          "West, West! Whitherward point hope and prophet-fingers, whitherward at sunset kneel all worshipers of fire, whitherward in mid-ocean the great whales turn to die, whitherward face all the Moslem dead in Persia, whitherward lie Heaven and Hell!"

~A Passage from Herman Melville's Mardi: And Voyage Thither

Best Quote of the Week ~ [12/15/13]

          "Debugging is like being the detective in a crime movie where you are also the murderer."

~Filipe Fortes

Best Quote of the Week ~ [12/8/13]

I couldn't find a bigger picture, but I can do the Frug.

          "Later days."

~The Weekenders from The Weekenders

Best Quote of the Week ~ [12/1/13]

          "A capacity for going overboard is a requisite for a full-grown mind."

~Dawn Powell

Best Quote of the Week ~ [11/24/13]

          "I keep thinking up words and they keep not being real!"

~Me, this week on twitter

Best Quote of the Week ~ [11/17/13]

          "Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time."

~Sir Winston Churchill

Best Quote of the Week ~ [11/10/13]: Schoolgirl Scowl Edition

          "I hate all of you! But goddammit, you're all my classmates!"

~Nadeko Sengoku from Monogatari Series Second Season (Season 3 (Technically), Episode 14: Nadeko Medusa, Part 3)

Best Quote of the Week ~ [11/3/13]

          "If you're flammable and have legs, you are never blocking a fire exit."

~Mitch Hedberg

Best Quote of the Week ~ [10/27/13]

          “Of those to whom much is given, much is required.”

~John F. Kennedy

Shoy Schot! nui Pushed To November

          Another small, yet big update. Shoy Schot! nui has been pushed to November. For more information check out our last Sunday Report: Here. In the time being, please check out our demo: Here.

Join the Official Shoy Schot! Facebook Group: Here
Check out Shoy Schot! SAE's game page: Here
Check out Shot Schot! nui's IndieDB page: Here

Best Quote of the Week ~ [10/20/13]

          "I think it's the boring stuff that I remember the most. It's those little moments that resonate."

~Pete Docter (UP director)

Best Quote of the Week ~ [10/13/13]

          "We train young men to drop fire on people, but their commanders won't allow them to write 'fuck' on their airplanes because it's obscene!"

~Colonel Walter E. Kurtz from Apocalypse Now

Best Quote of the Week ~ [10/6/13]

          Becky: "My dad's a strong and independent woman. He don't need no man."
          Frasher: "What's he doing with your mom then?"

~Video Games Awesome: Grand Theft Auto V is Awesome - Part 54 - Shutterbug!

Shoy Schot! nui [DEMO VERSION] Is Now Live

          Today Players will be able to experience a nice sample of what Shoy Schot! nui has to offer in this DEMO VERSION of the game!

          The Demo Version of the game will allow Players to play in World Tour, Endless Tower [Standard Mode], Score Attack, Arcade Challenges (Level One), Tournament Mode, half of Tutorial Mode, and the Alpha State version of Clementine. Everything else will be closed off including, but not limited to: Loading and Saving the game, Custom Rule Sets, Stat Pages, Profiles, and other features.

          I hope you all enjoy the Demo! Look forward to the FULL RELEASE later this month! And if you haven't seen our Official Facebook Group: Click Here.


Download Shoy Schot! nui [DEMO VERSION]: Here
PC only

Best Quote of the Week ~ [9/29/13]

Thank you for your amazing work.

          "It's always a mistake to make gods out of men. Yes, but it's equally wrong to make devils."

~Bob "MovieBob" Chipman from The Big Picture: Memorium

Best Quote of the Week ~ [9/22/13]

My Photo from Here

          "Basing the future on a past of failure is a terrible idea. You have to believe the future is going to be better and you can be better in it."

~Paraphrasing something that was said at the annual meeting this weekend

Shoy Schot! nui Releasing October 2013!

          Small update, but big update on Shoy Schot! nui today. The game will be releasing this October! I will have a more exact date as we get closer to the release. See you soon!

Join the Official Shoy Schot! Facebook Group: Here
Check out Shoy Schot! SAE's game page: Here
Check out Shot Schot! nui's IndieDB page: Here

UPDATE 1 (9/16/13): Extra Info added

Best Quote of the Week ~ [9/15/13]

          "As a writer, all you want to do is write for great actors. That’s all."

~Amy Sherman-Palladino from an Interview with A.V. Club

Good-bye Bunheads

Best Quote of the Week ~ [9/8/13]

          "There will come a day when these people will have no choice but to move out of their homeland."

~Daesung Lee from a Huffington Post Article

Best Quote of the Week ~ [9/1/13]

          "I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out."

~Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde by Company of Thieves from the album Ordinary Riches

Best Quote of the Week ~ [8/25/13]

          "Living without hate for people is almost impossible. There is nothing wrong with fantasizing about revenge. You can have that feeling. You just shouldn't act in it."

~Park Chan-wook

Best Quote of the Week ~ [8/18/13]

          "Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions."

~Albert Einstein

Best Quote of the Week ~ [8/11/13]

          "Before I read the newspaper, I was uninformed. Now that I have read it, I am merely misinformed. Which is worse?"

~The Scarecrow from Emerald City Confidential

Original Quote:

          "If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed; if you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed."

~Mark Twain 

Best Quote of the Week ~ [8/4/13]

          "Don't drown poor!"

~Chad James explaining Sam Mitchell on SideScrollers

Best Quote of the Week ~ [7/28/13]

          "It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything."

~Tyler Durden from Fight Club

Best Quote of the Week ~ [7/21/13]

          "If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out."

~Rabindranath Tagore

Best Quote of the Week ~ [7/14/13]

          "I don’t know everything, I just know what I know."

~Tsubasa Hanekawa from the Monogatari Series

[Press Release] Announcing Shoy Schot! nui

          I am proud to announce Shoy Schot! nui [Shoy Schot! Stand-Alone Edition Version 3.0.0.0 nui], the third and final major release of Shoy Schot! Stand-Alone Edition (SS! SAE).

          Shoy Schot! is an additive, console-based strategic card game created in C#. Starting out as a simple mini game about flipping cards and gaining ownership over the game board it soon blossomed into a full fledged card game with a mega ton of customization options and gameplay modes. And with Shoy Schot! nui, it has finally reached its ultimate form!

          Shoy Schot! nui retains all the features of the previous release (SS! SAE v2.0.1.9) which included (but limited to): 5 main Rule Sets to play in their own Free Play modes; An Arcade-like mode called Unlimited Deck Mode; Best Of… Mode, where players can play best of X matches; a robust Tournament Mode for serious play; 22 Accomplishments; Stats pages that kept over 80 stats; Personal Rank Card to share and compare with other players; 8 profiles for same computer use; and Virtual Gaia Games Matching!, a completely separate matching mini-game.

          New features to Shoy Schot! nui include (but not limited to): Custom Rule Set Mode, where players can build their own custom Rule Sets; Endless Tower, which is a survival mode-type gameplay mode; A Score Attack Mode; Arcade Challenges where players can try to conquer all 40 challenges; A Tutorial Mode, where players can learn the basics of the card game in new, more interactive way; a new mini-game called Clementine; 22 more Accomplishments; more stats; and slew of secrets and tweaks.

          In the year since Shoy Schot! was first released as hidden mini-game in my text-based, horror-adventure game, Still Here After Wednesday Night; it has seen 13 updates, two of which were major updates in terms of improving efficiency and adding new content, but this is by far its biggest update—going as far as rewriting and overhauling large sections of the code and spending more man-hour working on it than any previous release at over 70 days in counting. Previous major release took around 30 days to complete (give or take a week and a day), minor releases taking about a week or two.

          Again, this will be the Final Version of Shoy Schot! What that means is that once Shoy Schot! nui is released, there will be no more features added to the game periodically like with Version 2’s tenure. However, I will continue to support Shoy Schot! nui and release new updates for bug and error fixes, but that is all. Shoy Schot! nui will also be Virtual Gaia’s final game made in this way—without real sound and graphics. The next game project I do will be on a new engine and utilize sound and 3 dimensions!

          Shoy Schot! nui is a PC only game Coming Soon (later this summer) from Virtual Gaia Games. It will be downloadable from http://virtualgaiagames.blogspot.com/ for free when available.

          For those who have yet to experience Shoy Schot!, they can download it latest release, SS! SAE v2.0.19 here: http://virtualgaiagames.blogspot.com/2012/09/shoy-schot-stand-alone-edition-update.html, before Shoy Schot! nui releases.

          If you would like to help test Shoy Schot! nui before it releases please leave a comment saying so below.

           A complete list of returning features, changes, improvements, and new features along with screenshots are listed after the jump below.


Game: Shoy Schot! nui
Genre: Electronic Card Game
Company: Virtual Gaia Games
Release Date: Summer 2013
Price: Economical Priced [Read: FREE!]
Download Site: http://virtualgaiagames.blogspot.com/2012/09/shoy-schot-stand-alone-edition-update.html
Website: http://virtualgaiagames.blogspot.com/

Shoy Schot! One Year Anniversary!

          It's been exactly one year since I created and released Shoy Schot! as a hidden mini-game to my text-based, horror-adventure game Still Here After Wednesday Night! I have to say that Shoy Schot! is perhaps my favorite of all the project I've created over the years and it's one of the only ones that has actually continued to evolve well past its initial release. It's come a long way from its pre-Stand-Alone Edition release to the Stand-Alone Edition Version 2.0.1.9 release. So, here's to my little game about flipping cards.

Download Here: Shoy Schot! Stand-Alone Edition Update Log

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Best Quote of the Week ~ [7/7/13]

          "The saddest part of a broken heart isn't the ending, so much as the start."

~Feist from her song Let It Die off the album Let It Die

Let It Die by Feist from Let It Die

Best Quote of the Week ~ [6/30/13]

          "To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time."

~Leonard Bernstein

Best Quote of the Week ~ [6/23/13]

          "I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught."

~Sir Winston Churchill

Best Quote of the Week ~ [6/16/13]

          "Regardless of all the places I've been, and the place I've yet to go...Right here...Right now...This moment is MINE."

~Stephanie Brown, The Third Batgirl (from Batgirl (2009-2011) #24: Unsinkable; page 20)

Best Quote of the Week ~ [6/9/13]

         "After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."

~Aldous Huxley

Best Quote of the Week ~ [6/2/13]: Ugly Hero Edition

          "An Ugly Hero is considered a myth. Growing up, the heroes we saw in cartoons and movies were perfectly chiseled, intelligent, and had senses none of us possess. An UGLY HERO is the everyday blue collar individual that makes the world go 'round. These are the heroes that work hard all day, everyday to help ensure that the lives around them are taken care of, and do it all without recognition. They wear themselves into the ground and sacrifice vanity for family."

~Apollo Brown, Verbal Kent, and Red Pill a.k.a. Ugly Heroes

Best Quote of the Week ~ [5/26/13]

          "People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway. The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway. Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway. For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

~Mother Teresa

Best Quote of the Week ~ [5/19/13]

The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David

          "Socrates was Greek. He spent his life giving people advice. It poisoned him."

~Written by an unnamed College Student

Best Quote of the Week ~ [5/12/13]

Isolation by Geri Johnstone

          "I'm writing this letter at an outdoor cafe on a side street in Rome, sipping espresso as thick as the devil's sweat, and I have this strange feeling that I'm not myself anymore. It's hard to put into words, but I guess it's like I was fast asleep, and somebody came, disassembled me, and hurriedly put me back together again....My eyes tell me I'm the same old me, but something's different from usual. Not that I can clearly recall what 'usual' was."

~Sumire (from Haruki Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart; [Never read the book, so I don't know the chapter or page number])

Best Quote of the Week ~ [5/5/13]: The Return with Marie Curie

BQotW Returns!?

          "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."

~Marie Curie
(The Quote this week was stolen appreciated from an article a friend wrote: here)

Shoy Schot! NEXT Project

Future?

          I made a series of surveys (3) about possible future versions of Shoy Schot! If you have some spare time I would appreciated if you took this. Thanks a ton. You can take them by either doing them here below or by going to the full screen web link versions--the links are directly below this line.

          Be an informed survey taker! Download the latest version of Shoy Schot! Here

Full Screen Web Link Versions

• Survey 1 Link
• Survey 2 Link
• Survey 3 Link

Survey 1: Shoy Schot! NEXT Project (Part 1: Future)

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See the other two parts after the Jump.

Flip Shott!! nowe Announced

          Fake World Studios (FWS), based in Denver, Colorado, announces an exciting new card game for the ages! Flip Shott!! Stand-Allen Edition nowe. The president of FWS and lead programmer, Thomas Novak said in an interview that "[Flip Shott!!] eschews modern day graphics that limit today games and instead focuses on delivering on its core gameplay and freedom. I didn't want gamers to play how I wanted them to play, but for them to play how they want to play. Graphics and money..., and money get in the way of that freedom of play." Flip Shott!! has an impressive amount of game modes and customization options allow players to truly play their way.

          The game has apparently been in development for 7 years but has had some trouble through it long development. The game bears a striking resemblance to the Nomuraworks 1978 classic game, Shoy Schot! When confronted on this Novak was quoted as saying, "So should EA sue Activision?" Also, because of its long development the game has undergone a lot of changes which seem to be to the cause of its subpar superb graphics.

          Flip Shott!! Stand-Allen Edition nowe was released two days ago; very strange, seeing as the official announcement was just moments ago. This seems to has been because of undisclosed legal reasons. Anyway, Flip Shott!! is available for download off FWS' game site (fws.flipshott.com/nowe) for $67.94. The game is currently only available for PC, but Novak believes a Mac, iOS, and Android version will be available by the end of the year. He also promises a 'huge' DLC pack this summer. Stay tuned.

UPDATE 1 (4/1/13): The website appears to be down. Check back later. Added Logos.