Here it is folks, download the new AGS ezine to learn:
What is yufster up to and whether she is single
What's up with Goldmund's B&W game
Whether I liked Pirate fry 2 and JP and cosmo
Much more
AGS Ezine issue 8 doc (http://www.tdrdesign.net/downloads/Ezine%208.zip)
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As you can see, “Luna†is one promising project. Lets just hope that Rusalka's desire to copy the mood of “Grim Fandango†doesn't spoil it.
I don't desire to copy anything. It's not like Grim. I just think Grim was awesome and learned some tips from it.
The 'years' part sounded Grim-ish, but it's implemented in a completely different way from Grim.
The keyboard interface is to allow for action sequences to be incorporated into the regular gameplay.
I resent that you call it a Grim clone. I resent
you.
Just you wait. I'll show you. You dork!
Quote from: Ami on Sun 18/04/2004 20:53:46
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As you can see, “Luna†is one promising project. Lets just hope that Rusalka's desire to copy the mood of “Grim Fandango†doesn't spoil it.
I don't desire to copy anything. It's not like Grim. I just think Grim was awesome and learned some tips from it.
The 'years' part sounded Grim-ish, but it's implemented in a completely different way from Grim.
The keyboard interface is to allow for action sequences to be incorporated into the regular gameplay.
I resent that you call it a Grim clone. I resent you.
Just you wait. I'll show you. You dork!
Awesome! Your game is going to be just like Grim?!
Good read Vel, thanks.
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Awesome! Your game is going to be just like Grim?!
Noooo!!!
Look what you did, Vel!
Look what you went and did!!!
You'd think by now you would've figured out how to make your own damn PDF's.. Not everyone has Microsoft Word.
Cute PDF (http://www.acrosoftware.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp) Might wanna check this out.
As far as the ezine goes, proofreading goes a long way, bud.
Yufster- Luna sounds really interesting! I can't wait to play it! Though I'm having a lot of trouble seeing why Vel thought it was a GF clone.
The tutorial was cool, if a bit short. Good job as usual, Vel.
Because of the amount of times I mentioned Tim Schafer, Full Throttle and Grim Fandango.
But Luna ain't no Grim Fandango. No way. I wouldn't steal stuff from a person I respect so much. Nosiree. I'm stealing my content from Funcom!
Oh, great. A Grim Fandango/Longest Journey hybrid. THANKS FOR NOTHING.
You should call your lead character APRIL CALAVERA. It's funny cause it's from both games. HAR.
LGM,
You know you can get a free Word reader from M$.
Please don't spread the filth that is PDF!
Yuf,
I loved GF. I'm so glad you're making a sequel. Or is it a prequel?
This is all your fault Vel.
But why stop now, Vel? What next? Why don't you tell PC Gamer? Why not e-mail Tim Schafer the good news? Or Gamespy? Maybe even LucasArts? Why shouldn't the entire world know?
And what will they know but a LIE. For that's what it is. A lie. You are a liar. And you lied. But yet you show no remorse. You lie without regret. You're a monster.
This thread is so confusing. So let's see if i got that right: Yufster is actually Ami, who is actually Rusalka... and she's making a Grim Fandango clone (shame on you Yufster/Ami/Rusalka :)). Confusing...
Yuf, I thought your avatar was a 3-D model. :o
Who did those characters? You?
btw. Nice issue, Vel.
I'd like to read this, but I don't have MS office or open office. I'd like a PDF. PDF's are good and universally accepted. Word is not. Word is evil.
This sounds wierd to me... now confusing in any way...just wierd...and that's what I feel right now...
I'm downloading right now... Hope you've kept up with your level, Vel
Luna has nothing whatsoever to do with anything that has something to do with anything Tim Schafer might have anything to do with!!!
What part of that don't you people understand!?!
OK... Yufster is AMI, who is Rusalka Clarke, AKA Indiana Psychonaut... And she's making a game which is going to be maravellous called "Luna", which simillarities to Tim Schafer's games are just because she admires Tim and getting a similar atmosphere would definitely be an archievement for her.
So, don't bother her with the Grim Fandango thingie, it's obvious she's not happy about it, ok? Please, be good members, making fun is ok, but not bothering people. :-X
Great ezine Vel. Did you write the historical tutorial youself?
Am looking forward to both "Luna" and "Donna", from these previews. I'm sure Yufster will turn out something that's good whether it's like game A, game B, games C, D and E or even if its like game GF... as with a lot of projects I just hope that she can keep up the momentum to get it finished.
See now, SSH I like. He's cool. Me and SSH are like THIS, we are.
While I am undoubtedly cool, if we are really like THIS (whatever THIS may be) then you would get round to sending me the Beyond Reality source for me to fix the bugs like you said you would, you psychoticnaut, you.
Nnnyyyessss....
I'll do that... tomorrow.
Thanks to all.
SSH: I did write the historical tutorial myself, hope you liked it.
Yufster: This thread is going too off-topic, why don't you create a new one, OR EVEN work on the game and prove me goddamn wrong?
PS: Darth?
Quote from: Vel on Mon 19/04/2004 17:27:13OR EVEN work on the game and prove me goddamn wrong?
Not that it belongs to me, but...
QuoteI'm working very hard on Luna, despite the fact it may openly seem as though I am making random posts over at lucasforums, agsforums and adventuregamers forums, drinking a lot of soda, making sporadic television appearances, watching others make sporadic television appearances, listening to Iron Maiden and the Gone Jackals... while it may seem like I am in fact not working on Luna, I can assure you that I am.
This is from somewhere she has wrote to...
btw. Irom Maiden rocks :)
WOW!
Talk about a tangent!
I got so caught up in reading this thread, I forgot to reply to it.
Vel - I'll get the online version up and running as soon as I can!
Ami - you have an absolutely brilliant writing style. Please write a book so I can read it.
PS
What is Grim Fandango?
* dm ducks * ;)
Quote from: Yufster - At MOMS College on Mon 19/04/2004 14:00:14
Luna has nothing whatsoever to do with anything that has something to do with anything Tim Schafer might have anything to do with!!!
What part of that don't you people understand!?!
Ami is like a little 5 year old , lol (no offense).Poor thing , doesn't understand shes being teased.
This game does sounds alot like grim fandango , except without skeletons , and an original plot. It sound ok but Grim fandango was much more original , a skeleton travel salesman MY GOD how did he think that up ?!!??!
QuoteThis thread is going too off-topic,
Dude, that doesn't reffer to yufster only...
Hey! A pink elephant nicked my copy of the Ezine.....
Anyway, I have to agree with DM... Write a book, Yufster!
(http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/tk/book.gif)
( ;D )
Major off topic-ness. Vel, if you want this thread pruned PM me. Otherwise, locky locky.
Thanks for unlocking this, m0ds.
This itself is off-topic, but I don't think this thread was really that far off-topic, as the main thrust of discussion was about the preview of Yufster's game, which was in the ezine...
To stay on-topic, I did like the tutorial: there were a few ideas that might help me formalise what I'm doing and hopefully focus my mind on getting a demo out and then on to the full game...
Nice E-zine, Vel. Heavily opinionated, as usual. :D
Very good tutorial with some great tips.
If anyone has made a PDF version of it, send it to lordhart@tdrdesign.net and I'll upload it to my server.
I feel somewhat unhappy that you didn't tell me you were going to publish my quick notes about Donna as a stand-alone article, Vel.
Had I known about this, I would spend more time on making it both better in stylistic and grammatical aspects and more enjoyable to the public. The text was intended for you just to get an idea about the game and write a proper preview. It's a bit ironical that you introduce me as a professional writer and then publish my unsystematised and linguistically lacking notes.
Vel's kind of "weird" like that. He kinda just does things without thinking/acting/being human...
Goldmund, I didn't intend you to write the preview when I contacted you, but when I read it, I thought that it would fit nicely for it.
Migs: Thanks.
Ultimo: Thanks for hosting.
Goldmund, if it's any consolation, the preview still looks good to me. Also, bear in mind that in a magazine where you sit next to a Yufster interview, you're bound to look like a Nobel Literature Laureate...
And compared with me you're the hyper-mega-super-ultra-Nobel of the galaxy... ;D
For those who don't want to download the Doc version, here is teh brand new pdf version for download! :)
PDF Version: http://www.tdrdesign.net/downloads/Ezine8.pdf
Karimi: I realized I was being teased; I was playing along :D
I did write a book, once. Well, I wrote on the book. Well, more specifically, I guess I didn't write a book at all.
Vel: I love the idea of reading about others games. However, I dislike my consistently incorrect use of punctuation, and the layout. It seems unprofessional, and there are many spelling mistakes. Also, it's just too heavily opinionated. Other than that, it's a good thing. Maybe you should hire writers?
Yufster: This is an AMATEUR ezine for AMATEUR games. The layout is as requested two issues ago. So either enjoy it or don't download it.
Woah, hold your horses. Keep your trousers on. Slam the brakes. Don't implode.
I'm just saying the layout could be improved. That doesn't mean I don't like the rest of the ezine.
Just because it's amatuer doesn't mean it has to appear that way.
I gotta comment on the layout that I found it a bit hard to read as the text was in two collums, so I had to scroll up and down to read the rest of the page. Other then that, no complaints at all.
Mmmm... I think that an Ezine that critics games must be open-minded to receive critics... If not, the Ezine would be incurring in the "I can critic your GAME, but YOU can't critic my EZINE, OK???"
That should be harsh...
About me, no critics at all to this issue... I would have included nude pics of the girlfriend of Donna's producer, but that's more a petition than a crit... ;D
[crying]Waaahaa!...I tried billions of times..sniff...pdf file corrupt...doc file corrupt...boohoo...[/crying]
P.S. How do you show your posts under your name?
OK guys and dirls, from the next time it's a non-column ezine. I guess its hard to please all, but heh - if thats what you wish - ok.
Zor - I think that your download ended prematurely.
You mean guys, dirls, and girls, of course. :)
Sorry.
No, my d/l did not die a virgin. I tried numorous amounts of times, but the zip and the pdf is corrupt. I really wanted to see this issue. This is causing me serious psychological problems you know. I fall asleep to the sound of my own screams, (rips at his face) DO YOU THINK I'M UNHAPPY? (turns around and joins the goth kids. Writes a bit of poetry to explain just how sad and cruel corrupt zip files are. The goth kids call him faggy and chuck him out.)...Woah, i got a weeny bit carried away there...
do you know how to clear your cache? try doing that first and then redownloading
AGS Ezine has got better from the last time I read it (probably a year ago).
Heh, thanks. Although the anniversary will be in July, as far as I remember.
Whatever happened to 'A'? It hasn't been updated since it's "re-release"
Is the web version done yet?
Whats the link?
I don`t have word installed so can`t view the download.
foz: If you have Acrobat on your computer, you can view the PDF version there. The link to the file is in this thread.
It's up to Darth to make the web version...
I want to first apologize to Vel. I mean in no way to bump my head in here with information not directly, um, directed towards the main subject (LGM, you should know better). However! To answer LGM's question.
'A' in its current form is dead. ;)
Peace!
(Again sorry Vel. The zine is looking nice!)
That's hardly a problem sylph. LGM needs to tell me something like "A" is better, AGS Ezine sucks or something on irc.
Sorry for the delay folks ... I've been out of town!
At long last: The Online Version of AGS Ezine #8 (http://www.twin-design.com/agsezine)
Enjoy!
okay. This looks nice, but Vel, you dont have to do it without columns.
Do it like the Inventory does. And try at least to have pdf as a addition.
And for all you out there, these ezines are actually made for printing and stuff.
QuoteAnd for all you out there, these ezines are actually made for printing and stuff.
Quite so, otherwise I would made them in plain text format.
I liked the two-column style. The issue with the Luna preview looked great printed.
Okay, so I'll keep the style.
PS: Yufster, you'd like to read the next issue 'cause of the public excuse for that comment I made.
PPS: You all'd like to read the ezine, I have some exclusive material. And when I say exclusive I mean it.
Say Vel, were you ever going to send me those back issues? I will take them in DOC format if that is all you have.
Does anyone else have all of the back issues?
later,
-junc
Whoops junc I must be completely out of my mind, I'll send all the docs rarred tomorrow(cause I don't have bandwidth today).