New to group so I thought I'd wave.

Arasan Nayamu · Wed 31/12/2003 14:51:46

*does the waaaaaaave*

Hey, name's Allison "Arasan Nayamu" Grutter but you can call me Arasan or Arasanime or even just Al. I really don't care as long as it's not... never mind. Every time I tell people what not to call me, they do it just to piss me off. Idiots. Besides that, I am female (any other hardcore female gamers here?), I'm 21, and I live in Michigan. I have chronic anxiety and minor bi-polar, am a serious night owl (it's 9am), a complete nut for many different games, mostly RPG and AG, but I like the occasional MMO too... and last but not least, I am currently pondering the significance of the universe... particularly the number 42 (RIP Douglas Adams) intrigues me to no end. I have a shih-tzu, a ball python (royal python) and now I have a betta. I have a fiance too. That's not a pet though. Well... I suppose that's how you look at it.
Haha.

My favorite genre of gaming would have to be adventure gaming and I just recently bought the latest retail installment in the adventure gaming genre out there! "Runaway!" If you haven't got it, GO GET IT! Best Buy does not carry it from what I've seen. I have only found it at Circuit City so far. Go! Buy! It's 3D... but in classic 2D format!! It's such an awesome graphics idea! The only problem I had with the game was that it felt like it was TOO DAMN SHORT! Even though it definitely wasn't short at all. A good way to ruin the length of the game would be to look up the walthrough half the game but I got so caught up in the story that the puzzles didn't concern me. Now that's rare with me. I usually like to slowly ponder my way through things but this game seemed too fast paced and exciting to want to work it through! Oh and the only other downside was the fact that you had to insert Disc 1 before loading the program at all. Which meant if you were on Disc 2 or 3 you couldn't just use Disc 2 or 3 to get to your save game like with CMI. $:-\$

Speaking of CMI, can I just say I god damn love that game to pieces! Better than any MI ever! Even the first! But.... my all time favorite classic adventure game to date has always been and hopefully always will be... Simon the Sorcerer 1.

Haha yes good ole' Simon. 8)

So... let's see if this AGS program even works on my computer. Assuming it does, I'll set up some threads for my ideas on some games. I have one overall main idea, but I am not sure if I want that idea to be used in an adventure game. You can learn about the main idea which involves a fairly high fantasy world called Durasia at my site http://www.durasianstudios.com LATER when it's up. Right now, there's a bunch of random art. Look, but don't touch. Do not steal my art. You have been warned.

Darth Mandarb · Wed 31/12/2003 15:52:32

Welcome!

I used to live in Michigan (moved to FL about 3 months ago). I was in South Lyon (North of Ann Arbor if you're not familiar with it).

You are, I think, the first Michigander I've met here!

It's good to see good ol' MI represented!!

Anyway ...

When you have your first great idea (or 100 great ideas) post in the Critics Lounge with some art work before announcing your game in the Games In Production forum. Only post in there when you have a good ammount of the game already started. (Trust me on this one ... it'll save you from being yet another "Start but never finish" noob)

Looking forward to seeing some more of your work!

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Mr Jake · Thu 01/01/2004 09:15:46

welcome

Nice art on your site, you should get a webpage up and really show it off 8)

Also, whats all the D&D art (title screen etc.) from?

And I can see your a WC3 fan

Chicky · Thu 01/01/2004 12:47:32

Welcome i hope u have a gd time, oh and btw

i wouldnt worry about people stealing your art in this forum, we're all honest people ... arnt we

-a chicken

P.S there are about three girls in this forum (i think) but i'll let them introduce themselfs.

mainly because i cant remeber all their names

Ginny · Thu 01/01/2004 13:48:17

heh, welcome to the forums

The art on your 'site'

is great

I dunno if i'm one of those who oversized chicken meant, but in any case, i'm a girl

So nice to meet you, allison.

Arasan Nayamu · Thu 01/01/2004 16:03:45

Quote from: Hotspot (a.K.a HotShot) on Thu 01/01/2004 09:15:46
Nice art on your site, you should get a webpage up and really show it off 8)
Also, whats all the D&D art (title screen etc.) from?
And I can see your a WC3 fan

Whoohoo!

Yes, I do hope to raise the flag on Durasian Studios soon. Thanks for the encouragement. An online friend, who goes by the name Ruu has a big dream of web design and has done a few sites here and there. ( http://violetiris.com ) He gave me a discount of a year's worth of design and updates for about $50 per year and up intil recently I haven't had the money to invest toward that road. Just this month I was talking to a friend of my fiance's and he gave me $50 out of the blue to give to Joe for my website and said he would continue to pay Joe as long as I put up ONE piece of artwork on my site each week! He knows about my procrastinator attitude due to my anxiety/depression and is trying to help me force myself to get ahead in my artwork. I have to thank him so much every day that I see him on AIM that I think he's getting annoyed. lol

D&D stands for Dungeons and Dragons. I am not going to sit here explaining what that is. You can easily go to the main site at http://www.wizards.com and find out yourself. However I pity you if you play adventure games and don't know what a table-top game is. I mean that's just... sad. :

If you are not asking WHAT D&D is, I am not sure what it is you ARE asking. What are my D&D images for?? D&D obviously... right?

Ah, WC3. Can't stand much in the way of multiplayer but I adore singleplayer campaigns. Yes, working on my own custom campaign as is everyone else who has the ability to understand the editor. However, I think mine will be a while before actually getting anywhere. I've made one lousy hero before giving up for the time being, despite having the knowledge of the trigger editor. The learning curve on triggers was dramatically reduced beforehand by playing with a text adventure creation program called SUDS. If you like text adventure games as much as P&C adventure games (and/or you would like to dramatically reduce the learning curve of the WC3 trigger editor) you'll just die for SUDS! It's like AGS, only... simpler in design... and interactivity. I encourage anyone to check this masterpiece of a program out though. They are currently working on incorporating the feature of static images. I can't wait for that! Anyway, SUDS can be found at http://www.btinternet.com/~sudslore/

Oh yeah. Done rambling. In response to this post rather..

Arasan Nayamu · Thu 01/01/2004 16:10:21

Weird. I totally overlooked this post. I got an email for the one below it, but not this one. Odd. Anyway...

Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Wed 31/12/2003 15:52:32
I used to live in Michigan
You are, I think, the first Michigander I've met here!
It's good to see good ol' MI represented!!

Michigan or Monkey Island?

QuoteWhen you have your first great idea (or 100 great ideas) post in the Critics Lounge with some art work before announcing your game... (Trust me on this one ... it'll save you from being yet another "Start but never finish" noob)

Yeah, I gathered that. I'm not a total newb to the way forums work. Hell I only missed one question on that silly questionaire before registration. (question 6 sounded like a trick question to me so I answered opposite of the answer..) So yeah. But thanks for the warning anyway. Booya.

Arasan Nayamu · Thu 01/01/2004 16:21:34

Quote from: oversizedchicken on Thu 01/01/2004 12:47:32
Welcome i hope you have a gd time, oh and btw
i wouldnt worry about people stealing your art in this forum, we're all honest people ... arnt we

Suuuuuure.. :

No, I'm afraid I've seen a few posts on this forum that encourage the use of other people's art to promote a work. Namely, I'm not entirely happy to see the thread on elfwood art being used as public domain. Uh uh... read the rules on elfwood and this states completley otherwise.

Other than that, a lot of artwork used for AGS games are ripped from classics. I can totally understand this from a learning point of view, or Himilayan Studios using it in respect to make gorgeous remakes of a company long gone... but.. some of our AGS friends have claimed to have made the art after blantatly ripping it or subtley altering it. There's a difference in altering a piece and saying it was used for learning, than altering it and saying it was totally yours from the beginning. Even if you change Guybrush's arm into a cannon you can still plainly tell that it's Guybrush, so... come on people. Get a grip on your ego, respect the original artist and give some fuggin credit for gosh darn's sake. Or, *gasp*, work on your own original stuff! :o

m0ds · Thu 01/01/2004 16:25:30

Welcome! It looks like you have mature enthusiasm which is always great

Mr Jake · Thu 01/01/2004 17:13:25

lol, forget my D&D question, I cant remember myself now :o
I know what D&D is, I used to have it (a copy of the game in the house that is) but I was young and my parents gave it too someone else (I think someone gave it too them).

Anyway

Again, WELCOME!

Arasan Nayamu · Thu 01/01/2004 17:39:48

Quote from: GinnyW on Thu 01/01/2004 13:48:17
i'm a girl So nice to meet you, allison.

Yay! I'm not the only one! Not to say that men aren't cool gamers! I'm no weirdo feminist, but I just HATE being a minority when it comes to gaming. Gaming is my life! Adventure gaming being the bestest. Being a girl gamer gets me a lot of crap sometimes. You know how many people actually believe that all girls that play Blizzard games are lez? I'm bi, but that's beside the point. I'm getting married to a man so it shouldn't really matter anymore ya know?

What was my point again?

LordHart · Thu 01/01/2004 21:24:02

Quoteam a serious night owl (it's 9am)

Hehe, we've got something in common... but then again, I don't think anyone else stays up for 20 hours a day and sleeps around midday like me.

Anyway, I must say Olleh! and also have to say that there are a fair few females here, so you you won't get genitally lonely...

...uhhh, well, thats a wierd phrase I must say. $:-\$

QuoteI'm bi

THAT IS SOOO COOL!!!

MrColossal · Thu 01/01/2004 23:25:10

squa?

a lot of ags games rip graphics from older games?

i just counted 55 games from the games page that all have original graphics and that's not including the tons of RON games there are.

what games are you playing?

and the elfwood comment was one person who just joined and has since posted twice so maybe you shouldn't hold that against the ags community

either way, welcome here, this is a warp zone

eric

Arasan Nayamu · Thu 01/01/2004 23:34:24

QuoteHehe, we've got something in common... but then again, I don't think anyone else stays up for 20 hours a day and sleeps around midday like me.

Considering the 9am turned into 4pm quicker than I expected while putzing around on the computer... and then falling asleep around that time and then not waking up until 8am this morning... dude, that's a record for me. I finally went to sleep after talking to Duzz about lucid dreaming. Yum. Being a night owl does not mean that I am an insomniac, I just have a fear of dreaming so I don't like to sleep. I get super tired and have to sometimes though. Besides, I don't want to go insane like my friend Adam... he didn't sleep for a good two straight weeks at least and went insane because if you don't sleep for seven days in a row or more, you can be diagnosed as mentally insane.

QuoteAnyway, I must say Olleh! and also have to say that there are a fair few females here, so you you won't get genitally lonely...

Gah? :o

Quote...uhhh, well, thats a wierd phrase I must say. $:-\$

LOLOLOL!!!!

Quote THAT IS SOOO COOL!!!

Woah. Someone needs to get out more.. :o
Please tell me you know a homo, bi, trans or at least a crossdresser other than me??
Hmm.. yeah.. kind of hard to surf forums, irc or even just IMs without meeting at least one.. hell, I know two really interesting people... used to date one of them, and then they hooked up with eachother and then they broke up and they both became trans... long story short, I know many different people and you can't judge a book by it's cover so to speak. And no I will not go into the differences of each type of person. If you are the type of person that thinks all crossdressers are gay... get a life.

Arasan Nayamu · Fri 02/01/2004 02:23:48

Quote from: MrColossal on Thu 01/01/2004 23:25:10
i just counted 55 games from the games page that all have original graphics and that's not including the tons of RON games there are.

Not always art either. "This guy is based on...blahblah..." and the easiness of talking about game ripping programs comes to mind but yes, I suppose you are correct. I guess I am used to being in communities that like to steal other people's art and possbily wrongfully assumed this place was the same. Nonetheless, I shall continue to enforce my intellectual copyrights just to be on the safe side.

Quoteand the elfwood comment was one person who just joined and has since posted twice so maybe you shouldn't hold that against the ags community

Sorry also if I came across as holding against the entire community. I have a peeve about copyrights and can sometimes get very defensive. You would too if you were stolen of some art right out from under your nose... at an art college of all things. A whole folder filled with at least an inch of stuff of ideas for Durasia... scary. I even dreamt once that someone used that folder to produce ideas about Durasia, perfectly copied, and made a TV show around them and I couldn't get anyone to listen to my pleas for help and injustice! Sounds silly maybe since it was a dream, but I woke up DAMN SCARED. Durasia is my lovechild. Durasia is copyright ME by the United States intellectual property act! Whoooooooo!
*cough*
Sorry. Got off on a tangent again.

Thanks for the welcome.

Eero · Fri 02/01/2004 12:53:42

Hey! Welcome to the forums!

LordHart · Fri 02/01/2004 18:00:11

QuoteBeing a night owl does not mean that I am an insomniac, I just have a fear of dreaming so I don't like to sleep.

I have some freaky dreams, mostly ones that just don't make sense. Like one time, I dreamt I was dressed like Luke Skywalker, and I was riding around on R2-D2 in the hot desert. It was wierd...

QuoteWoah. Someone needs to get out more.. :o
Please tell me you know a homo, bi, trans or at least a crossdresser other than me??
Hmm.. yeah.. kind of hard to surf forums, irc or even just IMs without meeting at least one.. hell, I know two really interesting people... used to date one of them, and then they hooked up with eachother and then they broke up and they both became trans... long story short, I know many different people and you can't judge a book by it's cover so to speak. And no I will not go into the differences of each type of person. If you are the type of person that thinks all crossdressers are gay... get a life.

For some reason my school seemed to be a hotspot for gay guys, so I know a fair few. Wasn't friends with them, mainly because they were total assholes that just treated everyone like shit... but I knew them...

And also, the wrestling simulator community (i'm apart of that) seems to have a fair few gay people in it as well. Maybe it's because the games simulates a sport where two oiled up guys wrestle with each other on a mat?

New to group so I thought I'd wave.

m0ds