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I’d like to point out that it doesn’t sound right, when you call Alicia a wizard? I know it’s not definitive that a wizard must be a man. But with media these days (harry potter etc.) when the term wizard is used, people think of a male magician. Witch or magician would be a much better term for her.

Ah, yeah, I see where you’re coming from. I didn’t want for there to be a gender distinction when it came to the noun ‘wizard’, especially because Alicia is a character with both masculine and feminine traits.

Wizard comes from M.E. ‘wys’ (wise) and the intensifier ‘-ard’. Words like ‘bastard’, ‘coward’, ‘drunkard’ have the same intensifier, and all of them are indeterminately used for the male or female gender. Just for curiosity’s sake, the Spanish cognate for bastard, ‘bastardo’, has the -o or -a particle to define gender, and while English and French do not, the word for coward, ‘cobarde’, forces the indeterminate gender -e. So, technically, ‘wizard’ is of indeterminate gender, though it has come to infer the male gender thanks to the modern works you mention. Unfortunate, I think, since ‘wizard’ is a much kinder word than ‘witch’, which has a history of negative connotations.

I didn’t know about Heart Forth until I saw your job posting on Pixeljoint. HFA is turning into a truly fine game, and I’d like to offer my services and become a part of it.

I’m putting together a little demonstration of my skills, using some of the game art you’ve posted. You can expect an e-mail from me in a couple of days.

Keep up the fantastic work!

~ Luke

As a 20 yr old mexican guy that wants to make videogames, you’re an inspiration man, this is exactly the kind of games i would like to create, can you give any hint on where should i start learning programming? and what lenguage? the only one i know is html haha

Btw what engine are you using?

Well done, man! I’ve been waiting for your project to get the attention it deserves. Can’t even remember how long it’s been, but with each update your game keeps looking better and better. Congratulations on the funding, and here’s hoping things keep going well :)

Use jQuery Loader for High Quality images, and animated PNGs for high quality animations. Gifs look horrendous on such a nice website.

Emoticons! Yes! Also, that’s a pretty solid backstory: Mysterious curse, mysterious world below, mysterious evil spirit… So many things to find out!