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Totem for Xbox360 Indie Games released!
On November 19th, 2008, Microsoft's new Xbox experience went live. Within this package, a new and exciting videogame developement experience was born. Small or "Indie" developers, such as us, were given the opportunity to create their own games, basically self-publish them on the Xbox360, and charge 80, 200, or 400 Microsoft Points ($1, $2.50, or $5.00) per download.
Once we here at Fervent saw the opportunity to take part in something so cool and produce some quality games in our spare time, we jumped all over it. The result? Our first game, Totem, which can be found within your brand-spankin'-new Xbox dashboard. We encourage you all to view the trailer video we have created above, which can also be seen in our projects page, and even download the free demo on your Xbox360! And, heck, if you enjoy the game so much, you can download the full version for only 80 Microsoft Points! That's like buying a taco!
Also, if you care to view the higher quality version of the game trailer, please follow this link. Once the page loads completely, you should see a "Watch in higher quality" link to the bottom right of the video, just underneath the volume control and screen size options. Click that and you're ready to go!
Screenshots:
(Click above images for a more detailed view)
How do I download or find Totem?
A common question we've come across whether it be through family, friends, friends of friends, or whoever is how they can hunt down our game. We'll be the first to tell you, it's not easy to find all of the indie games, especially if you're new to Xbox Live and Microsoft's new Xbox Live experience. So to take the guesswork out of the equation, we've provided two different methods of getting to our game below!
The first of the two is actually pretty cool. After signing in with your Windows Live account (the one you had to use to sign up with Xbox live) on your computer, you can download the demo or purchase the full version of the game right over the internet without being in front of your Xbox360! Talk about sweet! Just follow the shiny icon below to download the version that's right for you!
The second method is to manually find our game by navigating through your Xbox360's dashboard menus. Below are the steps you need to take to find our game within the Indie Games section of your dashboard! Internet connection is required!
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Once you've turned on your system, sign on to Xbox Live if you haven't already.
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Head over to the Game Marketplace icon and hit A to continue.
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While on the 'Explore Game Content' icon, hit A to continue.
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Scroll up to the 'Indie Games' text and press the A button once again.
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Select the 'Browse' option to the right and hit A.
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Scroll down to the "T's".
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Select Totem and you're pretty much good to go!
From there you should see the cover art, screenshots, and info about our game with options to download the free trial or purchase the full game. Whichever you choose, we hope you enjoy our game!
New Fervent Interactive design goes live, sort of!
We are proud to announce that the new site design for ferventinteractive.com has gone live as of November 26th, 2008! However, please bear with us as we finish getting all of the links and pages in working order. We would also like to take this opportunity to apologize for the inconvenience had you visited sooner only to find an old or unfinished design floating around the website. Please check back in the near future for more news, updates, and more! Enjoy your stay!
