The storyline just takes forever to plan.

I know how you feel.  I thought of the storyline for S.A.D. about 5 years ago (no kidding), wrote the entire script out, and it's STILL going under lots of major revisions.

GLORY...awesome!

Of Mankind, the Ptaloids and the Tosonians (Part II)


...But Ryan did not heed this warning.  Despite Jamie's pleaing and her efforts to convince him that she had no "special" interest in Collin, he grew envious and finally left the group altogether.  Turning to revenge and his own selfish interests, he secretly led Captain Jackson Lee (and the men he brought with him) to the location of the children's campout, although only Jamie was there at the moment.  She was, of course, kidnapped, as Lee knew that simply by being on the planet, she had seen too much.  

Still believing that Jamie had a crush on Collin, it was Ryan's goal to rescue her and win her over once and for all.  Unable to do it by himself, however, he asked Collin and Megan for help, just until he reached a point where he was quite capable of handling the situation alone.  Knocking Collin and Megan unconcious, he took the rest of the rescue into his own hands.  It was the last mistake he would ever make, as he was captured by a security bot.

Waking up and realizing that Ryan was gone, both Collin and Megan suspected that he was responsible for their dillema, though they had no knowledge of his being abducted.  Their suspecisions and the situation required that they ignore whatever happened to Ryan, and instead they worked to free Jamie.

Back in her cell, Jamie learned the true nature of Lee's plans.  Although the Ptaloids had promised him a ruling position over Earth, they discovered his craving for power and realized that it would be a deadly mistake to have him as a leader over the planet.  Knowing his bargin was on the brink of being forfeited, Lee took over the research and production station centers, which cost the lives of hundreds of Ptaloids.  It was his goal to use his acquired assets to finish the task of the Ptaloids, but for his own gain.

Collin and Megan were successful at freeing Jamie, along with another captive named Hope. Finally noticing that Ryan was himself a captive, they sadfully but forgiveably left him behind, concerned that he would further hinder things for them.  The children narrowly escaped in a hovercraft as Lee attempted to lock them inside.

Knowing that Megan and Jamie needed time to recover from what Ryan had become, Collin guided the hovercraft back to the Tosonians who, despite their power, could not restore Ryan.  Jasilin shared in their sorrow, but encouraged them that their new member, Hope, would prove to be a valuable asset.  After regaining their strength, the children continued their journey to retrieve the rest of their materials, one of them being sulfur for fueling purposes.  

Not unexpectedly, the only place to get sulfer was in an underground volcanic region, inhabited by intelligent, insanly wicked creatures that neither the Ptaloids nor the Tosonians were able to exterminate.  A pure example of one region that the Tosonians considered forbidden for the likes of themselves.  Unknown to the children, Lee had successfully affected the mind of the king of the region, a dragon (known to the monsters of the region as "Carbor Bol"), ordering him--out of sure insanity--to eliminate the children by any means possible to keep his secret safe.

Hope was able to translate the language of these demonic monsters, and the plot for their extermination was discovered as the creatures evacuated the underground region to search for the children.  This meant the only thing blocking the sulfur was Carbol Bol himself. As soon as he discovered the children were after sulfur, he, with evil laughter, revealed his "orders" and battled the children, who had gained a lot of combat experience from their search for the materials.  After a fierce battle, they were able to destroy Carbol Bol (and his death meant all the other creatures of the region died instantly as well), but at a heavy cost, the death of Collin.  (TO BE CONTINUED)

Hey, ztrumpet, Prophets is hoping to be ready this Saturday, and I'm hoping to be ready sometime next week.  Is next week going to cause any issues for you?

Oh wait i misread, I totally missed the "before a demo" part. I should prbly have read the post a few more times I have reading comprehension issues, so my apologies for that. I understand about the testing part.  You don't want to do like Texas Instruments with their OSes after all (or Jester Interactive with their softwares, altough the MTVMG is still awesome)

No, you read it right the first time.  I saw that some voted -1 for me, so I edited the post, realizing that what I said came out wrong

Nice to hear! Will you have screenies too?

Definitely

And I wonder if there will be another alpha eventually (or beta) in the future that will be avaliable for everyone?

Somewhat...there will be a beta for volunteers, before a demo for everybody is released--anyone can volunteer for the beta if they're willing to put in the 10 hours a week, more on that later

Umm, hot_Dog, once you give me the appvar format, do you think i can have a copy too, to make sure the saved appvars work?

Deal.   But we're not working on that part for a while.  In the meantime, cooliojazz, I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we consider you part of the team for working on the computer application(s)...if you want the builds that ztrumpet and Prophets are recieving, that's certainly fine by me  

You are speaking to the #3 (if not greater) trekkie fan on this site.  I am SO eager to see this game and play it