Afiction Games

Mithra now at 240 MS point ($3)

nospam@example.com (Keyvan) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:09:07 -0400

Eventually we got the chance to lower our price to 240 MS points. Hopefully it will address the price concerns regarding Mithra and boost the download numbers.

About the future chapters and episodes, currently we’re facing some financial problems mainly due to some unpredicted events, caused some delays in the production plans. But rest assured that we’re working on them and you’ll be definitely able to experience later chapters and episodes. And, finally, we now have some free marketplace tokens that we can give away.

We decided to give five of them to you! Want a free game?! Just leave a comment to this post and we will contact you!

Review of Mithra on GameCritics.com

nospam@example.com (Keyvan) — Fri, 22 May 2009 19:57:52 -0400

Read the latest review on the updated version of Mithra: The Calling, Chapter 1 on GameCritics.com.

Something's going on in the Community Games area of Microsoft Live service. Although it seems not many people have been keeping their eye on it, I've noticed that this little do-it-yourself corner is starting to show promise of reviving genres that players had thought all but dead. CarneyVale Showtime was a kinetically quirky action game the likes of which haven't been seen since the SNES, Weapon of Choice breathed new life into the side-scrolling shooter, and now we have Mithra: The Calling to represent adventure games. It's heartening to know that regardless of what direction the industry takes, people still haven't forgotten its roots... (read more)

We all thank Brad Gallaway for this wonderful review!

Chapter 1 with Awards and Unlockables Released!

nospam@example.com (Keyvan) — Mon, 18 May 2009 01:59:04 -0400

Experience Mithra series now with awards, unlockables and more. The updated version of Mithra: The Calling, Chapter 1 has just released on XBOX360 Community Games. Enjoy yourself!

Interview on GameCritics.com!

nospam@example.com (Keyvan) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:25:47 -0400

Read out interview with Brad Gallaway on GameCritics.com or Brad's blog:

Although the Community Games area on Xbox Live was slow to start, there's no doubt that the content is heating up. More and more titles of notable quality have been surfacing, one of which is the fully 3D Adventure title, Mithra: Episode 1 – The Calling. If you haven't heard of it, don't be surprised… Microsoft's been lacking when it comes to promoting the better selections. However, that's what I'm here for.
Let's talk with Keyvan Vakili, project manager at Afiction:
What can you tell us about yourselves and your team? How many people are involved, and are you in the US or International?
Afiction Games is an international team based in Canada. Currently it's composed of a small core team of less than ten people, and almost the same number of part-time members. It was initially Mahdi (our lead programmer) and I when we started developing the main idea in summer of 2007. After settling on the core idea, we managed to raise the initial funding required to launch the project. Afterwards, Mohammad, our 3D art director, joined us. With his help, finally we gathered the core people needed to develop Mithra...

Read the rest on GameCritics.com!

Mithra: The Calling, Chapter 1, Gameplay Footage!

nospam@example.com (Keyvan) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 23:19:17 -0400

A New Release of Mithra: The Calling, Chapter 1 on the Way!

nospam@example.com (Keyvan) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:42:35 -0400

Be ready for the new release of Mithra: The Calling, Chapter 1, now with both unlockable artworks and achievement system. The new release will be ready for playtest next week and hopefully it will be available on XBOX360 Community Games in three weeks. We hope that these new features increase the value of the package. And it's just the beginning; more sophisticated achievement system and more replayability opportunities will be introduced in future chapters.

We will update you soon with the progress on chapter 2 and 3.

More reviews on Mithra

nospam@example.com (Keyvan) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:07:20 -0400

The links to two new reviews on Mithra have been added to the "Reviews and Feedbacks" section of the game forum. Also, you can check the new Mithra gameplay footage on YouTube.

And a New Review!

nospam@example.com (Keyvan) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 02:09:57 -0400

Here is another video, taking a look at Mithra:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3QT3Iks_3U&feature=Responses&parent_video=Sq-WgFjM4l0&index=0&playnext=1&playnext_from=RL

Thanks CowlauncherX for the review! Have fun...

New Review

nospam@example.com (Afiction Games Team) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:39:52 -0500

Mithra: Episode 1, Chapter 1 has featured on XNARoundup episode 8:

http://xnaroundup.blogspot.com/2009/03/xna-roundup-episode-8-mithra-zp2k9.html

Thanks HadesGigas for letting us know.

Walkthrough is available

nospam@example.com (Afiction Games Team) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:33:03 -0500

Walkthrough of the game is available now. You can access it by clicking here or through the game page. Be careful, don't check it before trying the game! It's a graphical walkthrough full of solutions and spoilers.

Price and Value...

nospam@example.com (Afiction Games Team) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:14:05 -0500

Based on the initial feedbacks, it seems that many of you have concerns about the price and gamelength of the first chapter and next releases. Currently we're working on the issue and we're trying to find the best solution for it. Here are some points regarding this issue:

1- Since this is our first release, our initial inclination was to sell the game for a lower price. But as some of you might know, there is a minimum price restriction for games over 50MB on XBOX360 Community Games. It means that this 5$ price is imposed on us by Microsoft. In order to balance the price of the game with its value, we have some initial ideas as follow:

2- Our first decision is to implement the achievement system into the game. Also we're working on the idea of increasing the replayibility of the game. We think that these two can increase the value of the game to some extent.

4- We're planning to increase the gamelength for the next chapters. Since this decision can affect our schedule for the next releases and at the same time, we don't want to make you wait too long for the next chapters, we will probably increase the gamelength gradually. It means that you can expect a longer gameplay for chapter 2 and a more longer one for chapter 3 and the next episodes.

5- Finally we're thinking to increase the value of the game by adding some side offers to your purchase. Let me explain it in this way: after buying the game, you can come to the website and register as a buyer of the game. Upon the validation of your purchase, you will get back part of your money in the form of credit. You can either use this credit to purchase some other products on the website or you can keep and increase your credit and after passing some limit, you can ask for your money via paypal or money order or some other means.

As you can see, all of these ideas are very unpolished and they're still in the feasibility study stage. Currently we want to assure you that your satisfaction has the highest priority in our mind and we're trying our best to solve all the concerns regarding this issue. As a result, we're asking all of you to participate in this discussion and share your ideas with us in the forum of the game (click here to go to the related topic in the forum section). We believe that with your participation, together we can find a good solution.

What's up!

nospam@example.com (Afiction Games Team) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:47:21 -0500

Three days have passed from our release and during these days, we've got some reviews and feedbacks on the game in other websites. You can find the links to them in the "reviews and feedbacks" section of the forum. If you have written a review on the game and you can not find your link, please feel free to add it yourself to the thread. For now you can take a look at these two links:

Mithra: Xbox Community Games’ first AAA Title?

Xbox Live Community Watch - 3/6/09

Soon we will update you with the news of the game...

The first chapter of "Mithra: The Calling" is now released

nospam@example.com (Afiction Games Team) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:49:04 -0500

We are honored to announce that the first chapter of "Mithra: The Calling", the first episode of our action adventure series, Mithra, is now released for XBOX360. Mithra is being developed and released in an episodic fashion, and this is the first chapter of Episode 1 of the series.

You can try the game through the XBOX Live Marketplace here. You can find the game under the title "Mithra, Episode 1, Chapter 1" in the Community Games section of your XBOX360.

Join Tag in a mysterious adventure set in the bizarre world of planet Gi! Mithra is an action-adventure game full of fun puzzles to solve, new places to explore, interesting story to uncover, and lots of characters to meet.

Enjoy the fun! And check back soon for future updates and releases.

Mithra: The Calling will be released soon!

nospam@example.com (Afiction Games Team) — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 05:50:00 -0500

The first chapter of our first episode Mithra: The Calling, will be released soon. We are all really excited about it. This title is the first part of a planned series of episodic adventure games. Our Mithra series was designed with adventure game aficionados in mind: There are a whole bunch of great puzzles and a very interesting story along with time and action-based puzzles that will keep you on your toes! We spent a lot of effort into creating nifty content and pretty graphics for you and we hope you will enjoy the result of our work...
Within the next few weeks, a demo of the game will be available for download on our home page. As for now, you can have a look at some of the concept arts and screenshots of the game in the game page. Have fun and get ready…“The Calling” has been heard!
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