![]() ![]() ![]() We are also taking pains to make it much more difficult to create a party that is too weak to progress through the game. You will make the same number of choices to shape your character, but you will be making more of them later in the game and fewer of them earlier. Instead of saving up skill points, each level you get to increase two skills. It is still entirely skill-based and most of the skills are the same. It's a mix of Avernum 6 and Avadon: The Black Fortress. The game system has been heavily revised. Many terrain icons from Avernum 6 are being used, but all creature and character graphics are being re-rendered. The character portraits are receiving a desperately overdue refurbishing. The interface is completely redone in the style of Avernum 6, but with many interface improvements brought over from Avadon: The Black Fortress. The structure of the original game is unchanged. ![]() Unlike our recent all-new titles, Avernum: Escape From the Pit will have an outdoors to roam. The same characters and the same storyline, though there will be lots of new dialogue, locations, quests, special encounters, and stuff to explore.Ībsolutely. Because of the way iTunes works, we will be completely unable to offer any sort of special discounts for the iPad version. We don't know how much the iPad version will be. Anyone who has purchased Exile: Escape From the Pit or Avernum from us in any form (including on compilation CDs) can get the game from us for half off. We are planning to sell Avernum ourselves for Mac and Windows for $20. We love the game too much to pick the first option. In addition, we want to release Avernum on the iPad, and that too requires major modifications from the ground up. We don't want this game to disappear from the face of the earth, so a major retooling is necessary. It no longer even runs on the newest version of the Macintosh operating system, and it's starting to get very shaky on Windows 7, especially the 64-bit version. ![]() The original game came out in 1999, and it is showing its age in many ways. Hopefully, this page will clear up some of the questions. Avernum is itself a rewrite of Exile: Escape From the Pit, which came out in 1995.Īvernum has long been our most popular series, and we know that its fans will have a lot of questions about how and why we are rewriting these classics. Avernum: Escape From the Pit is a ground-up rewrite of our popular game Avernum, which came out in 1999. ![]()
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