The ink has dried!

Joan Varitek (web/blog/deviantart/twitter) has signed an exclusive licensing contract with Double Cluepon Software. She is a highly talented artist and illustrator, and she will be producing a web-comic based on the story and characters of Emerald Kingdom. In addition, we will be promoting her work in general, (because, her regular non Double Cluepon work is freaking awesome too! ) and she will be cross promoting Emerald Kingdom and it’s associated games.

The web comic will cover the topic of Confusia and Paranoia. Two of the major NPC’s. She will also be producing a one off comic story, which will allow the players to get into Emerald Kingdom’s rich story and characters. It will be from there that you will start to learn about Kerix, and Avatea….Beatrice and Phenix. It will let you get to know The Sprites, because after all…you will be playing in a world where they live.  You will also have the opportunity to get information from the comics that may lead you to interesting things within the game. That’s right: by reading the comic, you can get game information and clues to activities not available elsewhere.

But Joan is more than just a one trick pony. She will also be producing anything from prints to books based on the licensed IP. So be on the lookout for it. She has our full support, and we have every confidence in her ability to do great things with our kids. She “gets it”, and is on board all the way…we selected her because she meshed so well with our people…and her style is simply awesome. We can’t wait to see our Emerald Kingdom family start to come alive at the stroke of her pen.

So, be sure to check out and bookmark her sites. She is an official licensee, and official promoter for Double Cluepon. Thus: she is an official channel of information. You can see her announcement here.

Joan Varitek:

Website:  http://www.joanvaritek.com

Deviant Art Page:  http://calliope52.deviantart.com/

Blog:  http://pinkopigtails.blogspot.com/

Twitter:  http://twitter.com/pinkopigtails

Now, onto other news:

Wire Works Screenshot.

The name of the first quickplay has been chosen: Wire Works. It’s about 75% complete, and will be coming soon to a screen near you. You will want to be careful when playing it, or you may be liable to make Elphie angry:

Angry Elphie is Angry.

Needless to say, this is not something you will want. Yay for negative reinforcement.  Wire Works should be hitting internal alpha testing in a few weeks. Once it’s tested, and ready for release, it will be posted on emeraldkingdom.com, which is having the final touches put on it before being published.

Some of the things you will see on emeraldkingdom.com:

  • Forums will be opened to the public.
  • Official Releases.
  • Beta Sign up.
  • Some of the comic content alluded to earlier.
  • We will be releasing a feature list at that time. (Although, we would like to get it out sooner.)

Needless to say, we have been busy little cluepon dispensers. So, keep an eye out. There is plenty more to come. We have only just started lighting things up. This week, all the conceptual art will be completed. As we complete artwork, some of it will be posted. So, keep a keen eye out for artwork.