The most recent Spiderweb games, I think, are good value for the money. The adventures are nice and long, and interesting. In regard to your father and his CC, here's what you do: Explain to him that it's not just any common mindless computer game, it's an intelligent game with an interesting storyline and interesting characters and humanistic characteristics and moral psychology, and so on and so forth. If he's literary or loves film, this'll work on him better. And if you yourself happen to be into programming and plan on going into game design: Even better: Tell him you're familiarizing yourself with the possibilities of intelligent, well-written games.
Actually I am into Programming My father seemed okay with it, as long as I'm not playing barbaric wrestling and fighting games which have too much blood and gore. My dad isn't so enthusiastic about my chosen career path though, but he said if it'll help me, He's fine with it
Perfect! Since he can't even turn on a TV, these days, without being bombarded with computer game commercials, he can't get too worried. After all, it's not like telling your parents you're going into Studio Art... which is what I did. (Thankfully my father was supportive of me. He bought me art supplies and took me to museums. Whee! I think he thought it was an encouraging thing that I was passionate about something.)
Oh, and I forgot: In Avernum 5, you need to return to your appointed guide (Sgt. Cienna, I think) and show the papers to her to get XP for the quest, then she tells you what to do next; I suspect you missed this part if you were uncertain about what to do next?
Certainty: a character-driven, literary, turn-based mini-CRPG in which Vasek, legendary "Wandering Philosopher", seeks certainties in a cryptically insular, organic, critically layered city.
Yeah, but I think I should start Avernum 5 again, my party was full of weaklings that died even when I played on the easy difficulty
But Geneforge 4, even though I've played it for only 5 or 6 hours so far, seems sooooo much better than Avernum. The graphics look better, there are more choices as to how to play the game AND we have no party members No one to hog Hassan's experience
Question. What would be about the market average to contract out 2d art resources for a game the size of E1 or the Geneforge series? I know that for print stuff an ink drawing tends to go for something in the $100s US.
My father seemed okay with it, as long as I'm not playing barbaric wrestling and fighting games which have too much blood and gore. My dad isn't so enthusiastic about my chosen career path though, but he said if it'll help me, He's fine with it 
