As I mentioned previously on my Twitter feed, a camera crew from The Astringent Gaming Journal came by and shot a piece on Last Bastion at QuakeCon. A couple of them had come by before and seen LB in action, liked what they saw, and returned later with the rest of their camera crew! As a result, I sat with Brad Winders of TAGJ, and answered a bunch of his questions while he played through it.
Enjoy! 
Well, after a great weekend, QuakeCon is over, and we’re all back home. I had a blast this year. It was great getting to meet a bunch of new people and share the latest version of Last Bastion with everyone – something we’ve all worked very hard on.
I was really surprised at how well it was received. Even though this has been in development for a couple of years now and we’ve been working really hard on it, it’s still far from being a finish product – even the first level. But all weekend, people were really intrigued by what we had so far, and I constantly had people coming up to me asking me about it, with the majority of them sitting down and playing through it. With only a couple of exceptions, the feedback on both the visuals and gameplay footage was overwhelmingly positive! 
Needless to say it was a really great feeling.
But hey, don’t take my word for it! Now that QuakeCon is over, I have a full set of screenshots from the first level that was shown there! Enjoy!
One last thing: Some of you may be aware that our site got hacked over the weekend. Thankfully, I was able to restore it thanks to the help of Eruanna and Wartorn! Without their help, getting this back up wouldn’t have been possible (and definitely wouldn’t have been possible in such a timely fashion)! They deserve all of our thanks for getting this back up and running! So, thank you!
As luck would have it, I was able to find a much cheaper hotel that some other Doomers are staying at! I’ll be staying at a Motel 6, which will end up being far more affordable. To give you an idea, a single night at the Hilton Anatole (where QuakeCon is being held) is much more expensive than all three nights combined at Motel 6! (It’s roughly $160 for 1 night versus $120 for 3 nights). Thanks to AwesomeSauce for pointing this out to me! Without him, I likely wouldn’t be going!
If you’re going, let me know so we can coordinate!
Well… I guess this means I actually have to get this thing done! 
SEE YOU ALL AT QUAKECON!
Well, I may not be going to QuakeCon, but since I don’t want you all out to dry (and to prove that we actually have been very hard at work and making a lot of progress!), I’ve decided to give you all… a single screenshot! Enjoy!
I have unfortunately made the decision to not attend QuakeCon this year. While I was previously looking forward to going, I recently discovered that due to the extremely high cost of the hotel rooms, I simply cannot afford to go. The rooms are roughly $150/night, and at 3 nights plus tax, I would be paying $500 simply to have a place to sleep at night (and on top of that I would have the cost of food and gas). Since I don’t have anyone to share a room with, I can’t split the bill with anyone else. My only other option is to find a cheaper hotel somewhere else, but after doing that last year and seeing how much of a hassle it was going back and forth, and given how few people were there last year and are expected to be there this year, it just simply isn’t worth the effort.
I wish things were different. A lot of work has been put into preparing Last Bastion for QuakeCon, but it looks like everyone is going to have to wait awhile longer to see what we’ve been up to.