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Welcome to the AGS Awards (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/Ags_awards), the event where you, the player, choose the best games of the year!
Step # 0 - play them games!You have some time to play games made in 2020. Do it!
Step # 1 - nomination time!Select games you deem worthy in each category!
Step # 2 - vote, folks!Pick from the nominees and we get a winner!
Step # 3 - party!Big party to celebrate the winners!
The awards are over! Congratulations to all winners!Huge thanks to Snarky and Kastchey who did the awards ceremony.
The winners are:
Best Game Created with AGSUrban Witch Story
Best Freeware Game Created with AGSUrban Witch Story
Best WritingUrban Witch Story
Best Character"Billy Masters" from Billy Masters Was Right
Best GameplayUrban Witch Story
Best Background ArtUrban Witch Story
Best Character ArtZniw Adventure
Best AnimationZniw Adventure
Best Music & SoundUrban Witch Story
Best Voice WorkSLEUTH
Best DemoIndiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGSBarn Runner: Pucker Factor
Best Short GameBilly Masters Was Right
Best ProgrammingZniw Adventure
Best PuzzlesBilly Masters Was Right
Lifetime Achievementcat
Best Innovationeri0o
The awards ceremony took place on Saturday April 17th, starting at 19:00 BST.
Spoiler
The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday April 17th, starting at 19:00 BST.
(Check your local time here (https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=AGS+Awards+2020&iso=20210417T19&p1=136))
As usual, there is an AGS client to connect to the virtual ceremony.
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AGS Awards Ceremony Client Download v6.0.06
Windows (.zip) (https://mega.nz/file/L6oTEATa#iSy5WcmEB7bE4yF3tv1I2MY821iSj0oW9HlbNAijNQ0) â€" 289 MB [mirror] (https://www.dropbox.com/s/bah4geri6dj5yqf/ags%20awards%202020%20%28v6.0.06%29.zip?dl=1)
MacOS (.zip) (https://mega.nz/file/ryplTSiC#al4_RsbiDTYIUH2nJfJa12-YGPZzF1-XDatxZUJMK5g) â€" 300 MB [mirror] (https://www.dropbox.com/s/qcxb32gx6e44dih/agsawards2020-macos.zip?dl=1)
Linux (.tar.gz) (https://mega.nz/file/qj41HQCA#09q_uuFjH4LWl4LoRVXt06W5JptcF1DapkTb0GLP0H8) â€" 292 MB [mirror] (https://www.dropbox.com/s/dktqz9gqpq6xjql/ags_awards_2020_v6_0_06.tar.gz?dl=1)
Once extracted, the client is about 500 MB in size.
You can also join through text-only IRC, on the server
irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk:6667, channel
#awards. If you don't have an IRC client, you can use the web-client Mibbit (https://chat.mibbit.com/).
There should also be a livestream and recording of the ceremony at https://www.twitch.tv/tulevikeu
Spoiler
Best Game Created with AGS
Billy Masters Was Right
Broken Windows - Chapter 1
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure
Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Billy Masters Was Right
Broken Windows - Chapter 2
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story
Best Writing
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Billy Masters Was Right
Falling Dark 2: Relapse
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure
Best Character
"Billy Masters" from Billy Masters Was Right
"Oomla" from Off The Clock
"Wendy Whedon" from Wendy Whedon 2 - Nature's Rejects
"Zniw" from Zniw Adventure
Best Gameplay
Billy Masters Was Right
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Lord of Light
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story
Best Background Art
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
The Cabin
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure
Best Character Art
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Elia, Ilaria & the Kids Having a Good Time at the Sea (or at least they try)
Off The Clock
Zniw Adventure
Best Animation
A Prelude to an Adventure
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Zniw Adventure
Best Music & Sound
Falling Dark 2: Relapse
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure
Best Voice Work
SLEUTH
Best Demo
Absurdistan - Demo
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Stellar Mess - Demo
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Futurama: Who Said That!?!
Rain & Snow - The Bouncer
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive
The Mind [MAGS March 2020]
Best Short Game
A Prelude to an Adventure
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Billy Masters Was Right
Dangerous Derek's Livestream
Off The Clock
Best Programming
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
SLEUTH
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive
Zniw Adventure
Best Puzzles
Billy Masters Was Right
Broken Windows - Chapter 1
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Zniw Adventure
Congratulations!
(This is information mostly for new members, same procedure as every year)
Spoiler
Every year, the AGS community embarks on a quest to find the best games made in the last year. All games are eligible, that were added to the AGS Database (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/allgames/) in the year 2020. There is a For Your Consideration thread (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58713.0) where authors can promote their games and players get a good overview what might be worth playing.
The awards are a two-step process: First there is a nomination phase where all community members can nominate the eligible games in several categories (it will be the same categories as last year (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/AGS_Awards_2019)). The top five games of each category make it to the voting (as long as they've received at least five nominations). Again, all members of the community can vote on their favourite games.
The final result is then announced in a live ceremony that can be joined either with a special client or any regular irc client.
Party like it's 1990 in this thread!
Thanks once again for being the official awards wrangler, Cat Kastchey and Snarky! :smiley:
Edited! :=
To be honest, Kastchey and Snarky will be taking over a lot of the wrangling. Due to real life commitments, I don't have that much time anymore.
Have you played some of last year's games already? Are you ready to nominate?
Nominations will start soon - how are you progressing with playing the games?
Yes!
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How do nominations work? I was under the illusion that it'd be enough for myself to suggest my game (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58282.0) in the other thread. But maybe I need to pay someone to nominate it :=
Quoting the first post (maybe I should not put this information in hide tags, but I thought everyone knows how it works already)
Quote from: cat on Sat 02/01/2021 19:34:24
How do the AGS Awards work?
(This is information mostly for new members, same procedure as every year)
Every year, the AGS community embarks on a quest to find the best games made in the last year. All games are eligible, that were added to the AGS Database (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/allgames/) in the year 2020. There is a For Your Consideration thread (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58713.0) where authors can promote their games and players get a good overview what might be worth playing.
The awards are a two-step process: First there is a nomination phase where all community members can nominate the eligible games in several categories (it will be the same categories as last year (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/AGS_Awards_2019)). The top five games of each category make it to the voting (as long as they've received at least five nominations). Again, all members of the community can vote on their favourite games.
The final result is then announced in a live ceremony that can be joined either with a special client or any regular irc client.
Quote from: cat on Sat 23/01/2021 19:44:45
Nominations will start soon - how are you progressing with playing the games?
Working my way through the backlog as quickly as I can.
I nominated, but I should tell you that the code didn't allow me to just nominate a few games in the "game and character" category... Apparently one had to fill every option there - which I am sure wasn't the original intention :=
Same problem here. It don't work even for the games with the character name in the title.
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Just like last year, I have created a Google sheet with all the titles eligible for this year's awards, the links and some basic data.
If anyone would like to use it, please make a copy of the spreadsheet to your own Google or local drive - the shared version is read only for obvious reasons.
There's a lot of blanks in the Voice Work and Genre columns because my own backlog is still huge, but I will be updating it as I go.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GyM_bHoubtqz3LJFq6lIuBIAAQNWh57yE_N2vvVHEtk/edit?usp=sharing
I hope it helps some of you to keep track of the games played!
Just keep in mind, the above link is only a reference spreadsheet, in order to nominate you need to go here:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/awards/nominate/
Quote from: KyriakosCH on Thu 28/01/2021 08:39:27
I nominated, but I should tell you that the code didn't allow me to just nominate a few games in the "game and character" category... Apparently one had to fill every option there - which I am sure wasn't the original intention :=
Quote from: TheFrighter on Thu 28/01/2021 09:02:29
Same problem here. It don't work even for the games with the character name in the title.
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Fixed that now.
Thanks! ;)
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Thanks AGA for setting up the nominations!
Nominations have started!
Use the link in the the forum banner (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/awards/nominate/) to select the games you deem worthy in each category.
Please let us know if you encounter any problems with the nomination page.
Nominations will close at 23:59 GMT on Sunday 28 February 2021.
Remember, you don't have to play all games to nominate. If you have played a game and liked the puzzles, nominate it! Just make sure that you nominate the games you have played in the appropriate categories and not go fanboy all over for a single game.
If you are not sure which games to play and what categories to nominate, check out the For Your Consideration thread (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58713.0).
Quote from: Kastchey on Thu 28/01/2021 18:56:34
Just like last year, I have created a Google sheet with all the titles eligible for this year's awards, the links and some basic data.
Thank you very much, Kastchey! It's always very useful. :)
As always, thanks so much for the whole team who is painstakingly curating all this event -- listing, sorting, advertising, programming, etc! Thank you cat, thank you all.
EDIT: This year I've decided to soldier through and try all of them. It already took me 2 hours to try the first 3 ones :-D 8-0 :=
Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Tue 02/02/2021 08:21:53
EDIT: This year I've decided to soldier through and try all of them. It already took me 2 hours to try the first 3 ones :-D 8-0 :=
That's what I call dedication - great effort! It is very appreciated :)
For those of you who cannot play all games, here are some ideas I collected last year on how to tackle nominations:
- Play the games as soon as they come out and takes notes. This is IMHO the best option.
- Play the games promoted in the For your consideration thread (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58713.0). Here the games are nicely presented and you can easily choose the ones that appeal to you.
- Watch let's plays of the games on Youtube. This is also a valid option if you can't or don't want to buy a commercial game.
- Play only a part of some games. You can probably judge the quality of sprites and background as well as voice acting within the first 10 minutes of playing.
- Only play games you are interested in. No interest in demos or non-adventure games? Don't play them and focus on other things.
- Absolutely no time to play games? Just think about the games you have played during last year and only nominate them in appropriate categories.
Remember, nominating does not mean that you have to play all games. Nominating a game for a certain category does not mean you think it is superior to all other games, it just means that the game is very good at a certain aspect.
I'm using Kastchey's form, and it's a great help. Thanks! However:
Is there a list of what games are considered demos/which games of this year also have eligible demos listed as downloads?
Is there a list of which games have voice work?
I tried the search function with parameters in the games section, but it isn't foolproof. These two categories above have the fewest games to choose from, all the more important that none are overlooked.
Glad to hear you find it useful!
I think I have captured all the demos in the spreadsheet. As for voice work, no, unfortunately there is no indication in the database so I've only managed to mark a few I know of (my backlog is HUGE this year...). I'll happily accept some help - if someone knows of any other games eligible for this year's awards that have voice work, please post a list here and I'll update the spreadsheet.
Off the top of my head, there is voice work in the following:
BYO-Hero
Detective Boiled-Hard Mini Case
Detective Boiled-Hard â€" Case File: Death of the Space Dino Hunter
Maniac Metalhead Mania
Play Xylophone (sort of)
This is the Way
Whack-A-Soul
But I'm sure there are more!
Edit: And Sleuth, of course.
Thanks! I have updated the source spreadsheet.
@Cat - Let me know if you'd like me to do another Mac port of the Awards client this year. I've got some spare time, and an Apple Developer Account this time so the code is properly signed.
@vga256 - Thank you for the great offer, highly appreciated! Snarky is working on the client, so please contact him directly.
Will do, thanks, and will get back in touch when the client is ready.
Only 12 days left to work through my backlog of games? Yikes! :shocked:
More games with voice work:
Tales from the Road (intro)
Mind Rape: Duress (mumbling/nonlinguistic, but voice all the same)
Updated, thanks!
How does the music/sound category work? Does the music have to be created specifically to the game, or does music used by permission count? (Game in question is Dread Mac Farlane - Son of the Pirate, with "Some songs by the group Ye Banished Privateers, with their kind permission.")
More games with voice work:
Suli: Fallen Harmony (French speech during intro)
The Office (Not that one)
Is the Indiana Jones game considered a demo?
IMHO the music has to be created specifically for the game.
Only 5 days left! We need more nominations!
Remember, only the top 5 games that have at least 5 votes each will be nominated for each category. So far, there are several categories with less than 5 possible nominees and even some with none at all.
It doesn't really surprise me that there are more nominations in some categories than in others.
When I nominated, some categories were easily filled up with lots of candidates, while others were really difficult because they ask for stuff I don't necessarily remember after playing a game. I see that this coming year, I'll need to think about this while playing the games in order to make my mind up earlier.
Case in mind: music and sound. I would guess most members here are writers or graphic artists in some capacity, while the musicians are outnumbered. While I can remember the feel of a game, puzzles, the look and the wordings, I find it harder to remember music or sound from something I played a year ago, because I didn't set out to notice it. Musicians would probably have this the other way around.
3 days left!
We need a lot more nominations in:
Best Character
Best Character Art
Best Animation
Best Music & Sound
Best Voice Work
Best Programming
Also the other categories could do with more votes.
Almost ran out of time. I played as many as I could (but not nearly all of them, sadly) and now I have voted. Hope everyone else does the same.
Quote from: heltenjon on Fri 26/02/2021 00:54:57
I will deliberately break the mold and suggest some characters for your nomination pleasure. I was a bit taken aback when Cat wrote in the other thread that there were few characters nominated in the Best Character category, when I feel that this year have been very rich when it comes to great characters.
The problem is, that there are so many characters! There are plenty of nominations for various characters, but to be an eligible nominee, a single character has to have at least 5 votes. Btw, you can nominate multiple characters from the same game, if you want.
I was confused by the "best character" category because the survey's label says "best character art" so I thought it was only about the drawings, not the character's overall charisma/lines/vibe :/
EDIT: Dang! There was actually BOTH! I mixed the two categories while taking my notes in preparation of my votes, now I have to think about it again :-D :~(
Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Sat 27/02/2021 20:56:15
I was confused by the "best character" category because the survey's label says "best character art" so I thought it was only about the drawings, not the character's overall charisma/lines/vibe :/
EDIT: Dang! There was actually BOTH! I mixed the two categories while taking my notes in preparation of my votes, now I have to think about it again :-D :~(
At least you didn't read "The character Art", and then looking out for games starring Art Garfunkel or king Art(hur). ;)
There, I just nominated a few!
Quote from: cat on Sat 27/02/2021 18:58:54
Quote from: heltenjon on Fri 26/02/2021 00:54:57
I will deliberately break the mold and suggest some characters for your nomination pleasure. I was a bit taken aback when Cat wrote in the other thread that there were few characters nominated in the Best Character category, when I feel that this year have been very rich when it comes to great characters.
The problem is, that there are so many characters! There are plenty of nominations for various characters, but to be an eligible nominee, a single character has to have at least 5 votes. Btw, you can nominate multiple characters from the same game, if you want.
I suppose the nominations are secret now before the deadline. However, I would find it interesting to see a complete list of every character suggested for this particular award, in order to see what kind of character/behaviour/background strikes a chord with the players. (Not how many nominations they received, but simply who the community picked.) If this is not possible or unwanted, then think no more of it.
Last few hours!
@heltenjon
I prefer not to give away too much detail about the votes. One reason is that people might be disappointed if their game didn't get any votes, the other being that I assume some of the games that just got one vote got it from the author.
I will tell you a few stats with the results tomorrow, but not a complete list of games that got any votes.
Quote from: cat on Sun 28/02/2021 18:55:11
I prefer not to give away too much detail about the votes. One reason is that people might be disappointed if their game didn't get any votes, the other being that I assume some of the games that just got one vote got it from the author.
I will tell you a few stats with the results tomorrow, but not a complete list of games that got any votes.
That's reasonable. Thanks for a quick reply.
I got through as many games as I possibly could in my spare time, well done to all the participants and good luck with the awards.
Nominations are over!
Thanks to everyone who participated in voting. We need a bit of time to prepare the results, but I will post them here later today or at least within the next few days.
Nomination Results
Best Game Created with AGS
Billy Masters Was Right
Broken Windows - Chapter 1
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure
Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Billy Masters Was Right
Broken Windows - Chapter 2
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story
Best Writing
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Billy Masters Was Right
Falling Dark 2: Relapse
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure
Best Character
"Billy Masters" from Billy Masters Was Right
"Oomla" from Off The Clock
"Wendy Whedon" from Wendy Whedon 2 - Nature's Rejects
"Zniw" from Zniw Adventure
Best Gameplay
Billy Masters Was Right
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Lord of Light
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story
Best Background Art
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
The Cabin
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure
Best Character Art
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Elia, Ilaria & the Kids Having a Good Time at the Sea (or at least they try)
Off The Clock
Zniw Adventure
Best Animation
A Prelude to an Adventure
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Zniw Adventure
Best Music & Sound
Falling Dark 2: Relapse
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure
Best Voice Work
SLEUTH
Best Demo
Absurdistan - Demo
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Stellar Mess - Demo
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Futurama: Who Said That!?!
Rain & Snow - The Bouncer
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive
The Mind [MAGS March 2020]
Best Short Game
A Prelude to an Adventure
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Billy Masters Was Right
Dangerous Derek's Livestream
Off The Clock
Best Programming
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
SLEUTH
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive
Zniw Adventure
Best Puzzles
Billy Masters Was Right
Broken Windows - Chapter 1
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Zniw Adventure
Congratulations!
Thanks to everyone who played the games, nominated and maybe even left a comment in the database.
Voting will start soon, so better start playing the nominated games that you haven't played, yet!
A few stats:
39 people have participated in nominations.
There were 10 games that got 5 or more votes in the "Best Game" category.
The game with most nominations is "Off The Clock" with nominations in 11 categories.
22 games got at least one nomination.
Thanks Cat!
A really nice list of games ;-D
Good lord, 9 nominations? :0 Wow, thanks so much for everyone who voted!!
Excellent list of games, glad to see some of my picks among the nominees!
Also many thanks to everyone who nominated! I was keeping my fingers crossed for some of the art categories, but definitely didn't expect this many 8-0. "Best programming", heh, glad nobody saw the actual code ;).
All my picks ended up on the list as well, unfortunately didn't manage to play all of the nominees - have to fix that now.
Wow! I'm in shock :shocked:
Many thanks to everyone who voted and congratulations to all the nominees. There are great games on the list!
Congratulations to the nominees! And to monkey424 for the win in the Best Voice Work category! :-D
Also, it's awesome to see my own little game in a couple of categories next to some really outstanding releases.
??? :-D :=
Relic of the Viking
wasn't nominated in the categories where I thought it would make sense to be nominated, but
did get nominated in categories that I did
not imagine (it's not even really a demo, it's a medium-length game ;-D )
But yeah why not! (laugh)
If someone was disappointed that their game didn't get nominated, here was my own votes. Maybe it will warm up some hearts?
Spoiler
Best Game Created with AGS
Zniw Adventure
A Son of Xenon - A Space Quest Prequel
Billy Masters Was Right
The Cabin
FALL
Stellar Mess - Demo
Urban Witch Story
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Best Writing
Off The Clock
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Billy Masters Was Right
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Falling Dark 2: Relapse
Maverick Gunn and the Eye of Oggun
Urban Witch Story
The Dome
Wendy Whedon 2 - Nature's Rejects
Best Character
"the fox" from A Prelude to an Adventure
"daryll" from The Halloween Party
"the robot" from Neos Aires 2070: Sunday Comes First
"all secondary characters" from Urban Witch Story
Best Gameplay
30 minutes
Doors
Falling Dark 2: Relapse
Dread Mac Farlane - Le Fils du Pirate
Lord of Light
Money Mansion
Nous, les Mortifer
SLEUTH
Best Background Art
Off The Clock
Zniw Adventure
A Prelude to an Adventure
Barahir's Adventure: Askar's Castle
A Son of Xenon - A Space Quest Prequel
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Billy Masters Was Right
Stellar Mess - Demo
The Cabin
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Best Character Art
Suli Fallen Harmony
Off The Clock
Elia, Ilaria & the Kids Having a Good Time at the Sea (or at least they try)
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Zniw Adventure
Urban Witch Story
Best Animation
Duty first
A Prelude to an Adventure
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Suli Fallen Harmony
Zniw Adventure
My Father's Secret
The Cabin
Nous, les Mortifer
Wendy Whedon 2 - Nature's Rejects
Best Music & Sound
Off The Clock
FALL
Falling Dark 2: Relapse
Billy Masters Was Right
Barahir's Adventure: Askar's Castle
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Path of the skinwalker FULL GAME
The Office (not that one)
Urban Witch Story
Best Voice Work
Whack-A-Soul
Suli Fallen Harmony
SLEUTH
Tales From The Road
This is the Way
Best Demo
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
Rain & Snow - The Bouncer
Starship Light [BETA]
Space Cat vs Virus
The Mind [MAGS March 2020]
Best Short Game
Best Programming
Barahir's Adventure: Askar's Castle
Black Sect 2: The Cursed Crypt (PnC Remake)
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Futurama: Who Said That!?!
Off The Clock
The Mind [MAGS March 2020]
Whack-A-Soul
Starship Light [BETA]
Quote from: monkey424 in Games in Production thread, 19 Nov 2014
I decided to pimp up my game with some solid voice acting. I've now got about half the AGS community on board!
Who would have thought over 6 years later this insane executive decision would have paid off!
Thanks to half the AGS community who voted! That's awesome!
While it's no surprise that SLEUTH wins the voice category, I had at least hoped that Detective Boiled-Hard would get a nomination. It's kind of the opposite of SLEUTH's solution, with one guy doing all the voices. And it's hilarious. (laugh)
Quote from: Honza on Tue 02/03/2021 00:39:37
"Best programming", heh, glad nobody saw the actual code ;)
I nominated you for that because I saw a few interesting things, like the zoom out, or the shading of the character fading nicely when he goes up and down the elevator (it might just be a semi-transparent black overlay, but nevermind, the illusion worked).
Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Wed 03/03/2021 15:01:37
I nominated you for that because I saw a few interesting things, like the zoom out, or the shading of the character fading nicely when he goes up and down the elevator (it might just be a semi-transparent black overlay, but nevermind, the illusion worked).
Thanks! Glad people notice things like that. The elevator shading was just a bunch of regions with progressively lighter light levels, but yeah, come to think of it, the camera effects were a bit of a pain :).
Congratulations on all the nomines! There were so many great games in 2020. :-D
Cheers all!
Quote from: Honza on Tue 02/03/2021 00:39:37
"Best programming", heh, glad nobody saw the actual code ;).
Haha, and oh boy can I relate to that...
Congratulations to all the nominees!
There will be some further communication sent to the authors of the nominated games soon, please keep an eye on your forum mailboxes :)
I'm in shock too! :shocked: Thanks, AGS Community! I was hoping to get a nomination, I never expected to do this well. :cheesy:
Congrats to all the other nominees and thanks to everyone who voted.
Great games abound, congratulations to all the nominees!
Congrats to all the nominees! I'll definitely have to check out some of the titles I missed.
This reminds me...
Quote from: Ponch on Wed 06/01/2021 20:41:05
p.s. If my game gets nominated for an award (I don't even have to win! I'm incredibly easy to please!) I'll make an "AGS Awards" version with even more puzzles and jokes.
And you got three nominations! ;)
Wow! I’m very shocked! Thank you so much for the nominations!
How do you vote? (I’m currently firing through the nominees so I can make informed decisions).
Also, can you vote for yourself like a politician or is that seen as poor form? :)
In a few days, voting will hopefully start.
Until then, you can already start playing the nominated games.
I think there is a check that you cannot vote for your own game, but I'm not sure about it.
Thanks for that Cat. I'm quite glad if you can't vote for your own game. Removes the dilemma!
Quote from: lorenzo on Thu 04/03/2021 09:32:36
Congrats to all the nominees! I'll definitely have to check out some of the titles I missed.
This reminds me...
Quote from: Ponch on Wed 06/01/2021 20:41:05
p.s. If my game gets nominated for an award (I don't even have to win! I'm incredibly easy to please!) I'll make an "AGS Awards" version with even more puzzles and jokes.
And you got three nominations! ;)
You're right! After the awards are over, win or lose, I'll make the AGS Awards Edition available to the world. I'd release it earlier, but I don't want to be accused of trying to buy votes with cheesecake. :=
HOLY CARP
I've been pretty absent from the forums so I hadn't really kept up to date with the awards nomination process... MY FACE when I saw Dangerous Derek's Livestream had been nominated for Best Short Game! I am so flattered, thank you so much to anyone who played, enjoyed, and/or nominated my little game! As a relative newcomer to the community I am really just so pleased, this has made my day!
Good luck to everyone who has been nominated, I will do my best to play the nominated games so that I can contribute in the voting process!
A quick question: It says you cannot vote for your own game. What constitutes "my own game"? Can you vote for a game if you have had a peripheral role, like betatester, translator, proofreader? Voice actor?
Voting has started!Click the link in the banner to get to the voting page. Please let us know if something is not working for you or otherwise wrong.
Quote from: heltenjon on Wed 10/03/2021 08:11:18
A quick question: It says you cannot vote for your own game. What constitutes "my own game"? Can you vote for a game if you have had a peripheral role, like betatester, translator, proofreader? Voice actor?
From a technical point, I think this applies to the main author. If you just tested a game or had another minor role, I think it's alright to vote for it.
I guess, if you voice acted in it, might be "wrong" to vote for it in the voice acting category... though, since many games here, most use other AGSer as voices, that could potentially make the better voice acting game to no win (specially if you have plenty of voice, and % of voters is low), because half the users voice acted in it and can't vote on their own game... On the other hand, who's to say that one didn't only voted for it, cause it was his own game? ??? Neat dilemma.
Have you voted already? There is still some time to play the games and decide on your favourite in each category.
Quote from: Cassiebsg on Wed 10/03/2021 20:03:12
I guess, if you voice acted in it, might be "wrong" to vote for it in the voice acting category...
Given that there is only one game nominated in this category, I don't think it's a concern this year.
One more week to go - don't forget to vote, folks!
Voted! :cheesy:
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious, but has the date of the awards ceremony been set? Or will it be announced after votes are in?
We've been throwing around 10. April as the date for the ceremony, but it's not officially set.
Quote from: Snarky on Mon 29/03/2021 21:54:57
We've been throwing around 10. April as the date for the ceremony, but it's not officially set.
Alright, thanks! Just wanted to make sure I haven't overlooked it :).
By the way, the date for the ceremony depends in large part on getting, and then importing and setting up, the assets for the nominated games from the authors. We still haven't received them for about half the nominated titles. You should have got a PM from Kastchey about it.
(If we don't receive the assets we'll just add in a barebones game presentation, but especially for games that are nominated for multiple awards it's nice to have a few different screens, music, a custom avatar, etc.)
Only one day left!
In the meantime, we are deciding on the date of the ceremony. Please participate in the doodle poll, especially if you are nominated:
Doodle poll (https://doodle.com/poll/4rw4r2cc6ghvf6ch?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link)
Last few hours!
Sorry, I am very late to the party, hadn't stopped by the forums in a bit! I'll try to belatedly get my assets in tonight! Thanks so much for the noms, and huge congratulations to all the amazing creators, you made great stuff! :)
Voting is over!
Check out the doodle poll and vote for your favourite ceremony date:
Doodle poll (https://doodle.com/poll/4rw4r2cc6ghvf6ch?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link)
I think we have a clear winner. The awards ceremony will happen on
April 17th 2021
More info to come.
Thanks Cat.
You can still vote for your favourite MAGS game of 2020 for the next few days. A few more votes would be really helpful.
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=58950.0
We are looking for volunteers to stream and record this year's ceremony - if you are capable of and interested to do one or both, please send a message to me or Snarky.
Thank you!
I've streamed and recorded the AGS Awards for the past few years. I'd be happy to do it again. But it'd be great if someone else took it up as well for backup just in case.
Thank you! That will be really appreciated.
Fully agree on the backup, if someone else is capable of running a backup recording and/or streaming session please let us know!
The ceremony will happen tomorrow! Don't forget to get your suit from the dry cleaner's ;)
I've just put the details for downloading the client in the first post, but I'll just copy-paste the relevant bit here as well:
As usual, there is an AGS client to connect to the virtual ceremony.
(https://i.imgur.com/bpFuUYI.jpg)
AGS Awards Ceremony Client Download v6.0.06
Windows (.zip) (https://mega.nz/file/L6oTEATa#iSy5WcmEB7bE4yF3tv1I2MY821iSj0oW9HlbNAijNQ0) â€" 289 MB [mirror] (https://www.dropbox.com/s/bah4geri6dj5yqf/ags%20awards%202020%20%28v6.0.06%29.zip?dl=1)
MacOS (.zip) (https://mega.nz/file/ryplTSiC#al4_RsbiDTYIUH2nJfJa12-YGPZzF1-XDatxZUJMK5g) â€" 300 MB [mirror] (https://www.dropbox.com/s/qcxb32gx6e44dih/agsawards2020-macos.zip?dl=1)
Linux (.tar.gz) (https://mega.nz/file/qj41HQCA#09q_uuFjH4LWl4LoRVXt06W5JptcF1DapkTb0GLP0H8) â€" 292 MB [mirror] (https://www.dropbox.com/s/dktqz9gqpq6xjql/ags_awards_2020_v6_0_06.tar.gz?dl=1)
Once extracted, the client is about 500 MB in size.
If you want to try it out in advance, one thing I suggest you test is the typing. Certain keys/characters may not work on all versions. It would also be good if a Linux user could confirm that everything is packaged up correctly.
I'm pumped up ;-D
Tested it on Win 10. Typing worked fine.
Quote from: Snarky on Fri 16/04/2021 22:32:31
It would also be good if a Linux user could confirm that everything is packaged up correctly.
The engine version is old enough that the PNG library issue is present, so I think for most people it isn't going to start:
Quoteerror while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Permissions-wise everything is set as executable, which isn't correct in terms of the file types, but it does mean that the parts that need to be executable are executable. tar on macOS should be bsdtar which supports mtree format natively, so you should be able to create a map of how to build the archive by running this in the game directory:
tar -acvf ../../AGSAwards.mtree *Then edit the file to set the permissions you want, so you end up with something like this (note symlink path needs to be relative or the entry needs to be removed):
#mtree
./AGSAwards2020 mode=755 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data mode=755 gid=0 uid=0 type=dir
./data/AGS\040Awards\0402020.ags mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/Readme.txt mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/acsetup.cfg mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/ags32 mode=755 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/ags64 mode=755 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/audio.vox mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32 mode=755 gid=0 uid=0 type=dir
./data/lib32/alleg-alsadigi.so mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/alleg-alsamidi.so mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/libagssock.so mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/libaldmb.so.1 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/liballeg.so.4.4 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/libdumb.so.1 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/libfreetype.so.6 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/libogg.so.0 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/libtheora.so.0 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/libvorbis.so.0 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/libvorbisfile.so.3 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib32/modules.lst mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64 mode=755 gid=0 uid=0 type=dir
./data/lib64/alleg-alsadigi.so mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/alleg-alsamidi.so mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/libagssock.so mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/libaldmb.so.1 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/liballeg.so.4.4 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/libdumb.so.1 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/libfreetype.so.6 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/libogg.so.0 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/libtheora.so.0 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/libvorbis.so.0 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/libvorbisfile.so.3 mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/lib64/modules.lst mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/licenses mode=755 gid=0 uid=0 type=dir
./data/licenses/ags-copyright mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/licenses/liballegro4.4-copyright mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/licenses/libdumb1-copyright mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/licenses/libfreetype6-copyright mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/licenses/libogg0-copyright mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/licenses/libtheora0-copyright mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=file
./data/licenses/libvorbis0a-copyright mode=644 gid=0 uid=0 type=fileCommit this file and then use that as the input for the archive, so assuming you store the mtree file at the root of the project directory you would run:
tar -cvzf AGSAwards2020.tar.gz -C Compiled/Linux @../../AGSAwards.mtreeYou can use the same file on current versions of Windows 10 (reverse the slash direction in the tar commands). Or this (https://github.com/morganwillcock/ags-tar/) will do it for you.
Quote from: Ponch on Sat 17/04/2021 01:42:57
Tested it on Win 10. Typing worked fine.
Ditto.
Quote from: morganw on Sat 17/04/2021 02:11:02
The engine version is old enough that the PNG library issue is present, so I think for most people it isn't going to start:
Quoteerror while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Thanks. I believe in the past this problem was fixed by installing libpng12 from here (https://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/libpng12-0). Last year somebody repackaged the build with the dependency included, but I'm not sure exactly how that is done.
Quote from: morganw on Sat 17/04/2021 02:11:02
Permissions-wise everything is set as executable, which isn't correct in terms of the file types, but it does mean that the parts that need to be executable are executable.
So, this is a separate problem, right? Does it break anything, or is it just that some of the file properties are not technically correct? I must admit, I found the instructions rather confusing (in particular, I don't know how to "edit the file to set the permissions you want," since I do not know which permissions are needed for each file).
Hello ! Everything works fine for me ! Thank you ! :)
All seems to work fine for me as well.
But, because when I test stuff I actually read the read-me, I will point out that the Ceremony is supposed to be on the 17th not on the 21st. :=
Damn, how did that happen? Probably I copy-pasted it from a previous year and missed that part of the date.
Quote from: Snarky on Sat 17/04/2021 06:31:45
Quote from: morganw on Sat 17/04/2021 02:11:02
Permissions-wise everything is set as executable, which isn't correct in terms of the file types, but it does mean that the parts that need to be executable are executable.
So, this is a separate problem, right? Does it break anything, or is it just that some of the file properties are not technically correct? I must admit, I found the instructions rather confusing (in particular, I don't know how to "edit the file to set the permissions you want," since I do not know which permissions are needed for each file).
It doesn't break anything but there are also additional files in the archive which you didn't need to distribute. The example mtree file is a valid one you can use. It uses mode=755 for executable files and directories, and mode=644 otherwise.
Hi, I ran the ags award 2020 client several times today. Connection error confirmed. Should I install irc?
The OS environment is window7.
(https://i.imgur.com/eHBpQNV.jpg)
*Maybe it's my network problem. I'll try to solve it myself and if I can't access it, I'll watch it streaming. :~(
There are three possibilities that come to mind:
1. Yes, it's a problem with your network (maybe a port filter on your router). You could install an IRC client to test if you can connect.
2. You added a password when you created your profile, but the nickname is not registered on the server; or your nickname is registered but you didn't provide the right password. In this case you need to restart the client and create a new profile.
3. You are not in fact using the 2020 client, but a client from a previous year. I have blocked these to avoid any confusion.
@Snarky
Thanks! I'll try! ;-D
Livestream will be at https://www.twitch.tv/tulevikeu
I'm going to start a little bit before the ceremony to give an introduction.
The ceremony is about to start!
Check the first post for details.
The awards are over! Congratulations to all winners!
Huge thanks to Snarky and Kastchey who took over the ceremony.
The winners are:
Best Game Created with AGS
Urban Witch Story
Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
Urban Witch Story
Best Writing
Urban Witch Story
Best Character
"Billy Masters" from Billy Masters Was Right
Best Gameplay
Urban Witch Story
Best Background Art
Urban Witch Story
Best Character Art
Zniw Adventure
Best Animation
Zniw Adventure
Best Music & Sound
Urban Witch Story
Best Voice Work
SLEUTH
Best Demo
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Best Short Game
Billy Masters Was Right
Best Programming
Zniw Adventure
Best Puzzles
Billy Masters Was Right
Congrats to all winners, nominees, and the wider community to helped make the awesome 2020 bunch of games in some way. Thanks Kastchey, Snarky et al for making the ceremony possible.
Cat was probably being modest leaving out the committee awards:
Lifetime Achievement: Cat
Innovation Award: EriOo
Both very well deserved.
That was awesome! Congrats to all the winners and nominees, and a big thanks to Kastchey, Snarky, Cat, and everyone involved in the ceremony, and to everybody who turned up to support! ;-D
What CaptainD said :-*
Congrats and thanks to everyone! Yet another great ceremony!
Here's the video on Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/videos/991390983
It'll be accessible for a few weeks. I'll also upload it to youtube next week.
Congratulations to all winners!
And thanks to everyone involved in organising the event. Also, it was great to see so many people participating in the ceremony!
Congrats all winners, Postmodern especially! Both Billy Masters and UWS were a lot of fun. And Zniw might have the best AGS animation ever :).
Yeah, this year's ceremony was absolutely crazy, in a positive sense! Excellent games, excellent community once again - thanks so much for everyone who participated, and especially all the nominees and winners!
Congratulations to all the winners. :smiley:
Very fun ceremony this year. Large turnout, no big crashes, and we have finally answered the question of just how many trophies will fit in one character's inventory. :=
Congratulations to all winners!
and Thank you everyone for preparing the award! :-D
Apologies folks - I'm in an awkward time zone so couldn't quite make it to the awards unfortunately. Apparently Ponch has got my trophy!
No problem Monkey, sorry that the time slot we picked made it difficult for you to join! Congrats on winning an award, though I'm not sure if you can get Ponch to hand it over :sealed: He seems to like trophies.
Quote from: Kastchey on Sun 18/04/2021 02:24:52
Congrats on winning an award, though I'm not sure if you can get Ponch to hand it over..
That's for the courts to decide! :=
Congratulations to all the winners. Sorry I wasn’t able to attend. I look forward to watching the recording.
Huge congratulations to all winners and nominees of the awards and also to everyone who released a game in the last year. I might not have managed to play every single one, but I can say with confidence that every game I played had some enjoyable elements. Also congratulations to Cat and eri0o for the special awards and thank you to Snarky, Kastchey and everyone else involved in organising the awards. You did an amazing job. And last but not least, well done to my fellow presenters.
Wow, 20 years of the Awards and 10 years with the Client. This community is fantastic!
The awards were a lot of fun, congratulations to all the winners! And a great choice for eri0o and cat, they both deserved it.
Hopefully, Postmodern Adventures managed to bring all his trophies home! :P
Thanks to everybody who made the awards possible and who created great games! Next year make those games a little worse, though, so I have a chance of winning an award. ;)
Quote from: lorenzo on Sun 18/04/2021 10:18:56
Next year make those games a little worse, though, so I have a chance of winning an award. ;)
Next year, you just have to beat If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers to get one. 8-0 Or perhaps make a short, voiced game and name it Demo. (laugh)
Quote from: heltenjon on Sun 18/04/2021 11:30:55
Or perhaps make a short, voiced game and name it Demo. (laugh)
Now, that's a good plan! :D
It was a fantastic ceremony! A coder friend of mine was freaking out about what AGS could do with the client. And yes, it seemed like magic!
It was a surprise for me, i though that Off the Clock and Zniw Adventure were going to be the absolute winners (all my votes went to that games and Broken Windows)!
Congrats to the rest of the winners and congratulations for this wonderful and powerful community!!
Thanks to everyone who attended, congratulations to all the nominees and winners! Not to mention all the people who supported and helped out.
I hope you all had a good time. I'm sorry for the people who tried to log on and were not able to; I hope you were at least able to follow it on the livestream or on Discord. Thanks to the bug reports I was able to locate and fix the problem quite easily (yes, it was related to the same bug as the crash last year—it was fixed for most cases, but remained one place in the code).
I thought the evening was fairly enjoyable myself (though I'm always stressed out and preoccupied with the "A/V support"). I like that we come together like this to celebrate the games and the people who make them.
Quote from: Postmodern Adventures on Sun 18/04/2021 21:11:02
It was a fantastic ceremony! A coder friend of mine was freaking out about what AGS could do with the client. And yes, it seemed like magic!
Nice! 8-)
For my part, one thing I'm particularly happy with, even though it's pretty simple code compared to many other parts of the client, is the evolution of the UI.
Originally we had opaque menus that covered up parts of the screen at all times. You could expand and collapse the chat window depending on how many lines to show, and hide or show the participant list, but that was all:
(https://i.imgur.com/FatyQIG.png)
Then the GUI windows became semi-transparent, allowing the room to take up the entire screen (though buttons were still opaque):
(https://i.imgur.com/Ooxia8y.png)
Then we added a "cinema mode" where they were all hidden (you could hide the chatlog too, I'm pretty sure):
(https://i.imgur.com/Yn63YTM.png)
Then we tried only showing them if the mouse cursor was nearby, like the top-menu in some adventure games (which turned out to be fiddly in practice, with so many hidden buttons). We also got new, graphical buttons drawn by Kastchey. And finally we adopted the "YouTube style" where they fade out and disappear unless you move the mouse:
(https://i.imgur.com/YIHy1Q6.png)
Personally I think this works very well and is quite slick. Along with the mouseover labels, a text field with a proper movable cursor and clipboard copy/paste support, and ability to mouse-scroll the chatlog and the participant and awards lists (the latter a new addition this year), it feels pretty smooth in use, IMO, and not what you typically see in an AGS game.
The client is wonderful. Great job! But one thing... it was hard to me to click on the award. Sometimes it did nothing. That's the reason that i walk around the award like a drunk 😅 Most of the time the award disappeared once i left the stage. It was the lag or it was my little experience on collecting awards!? 😅
Oh yeah, that's not interactive on your end: it's controlled by the "show director" (me). The reasons for that are mainly related to the technical implementation (basically, anything that needs to be synced between all the participants and persistent must be controlled by the director; this is considered persistent because if someone logs on halfway through, they should be able to see the location of the trophy and the girl scouts). The workaround would be that you clicking on the trophy would send a message to the director, who then broadcasts it to everybody else.
I would like to try to hand over this control to the recipients, because it's hard to know when the time is right: I don't want to rush you, but also not keep you waiting. (I think the handover should also be decoupled from the screen switching to show the trophy, or it should be possible to go back and show the game again.)
If anyone has any other questions or notes about the client (annoyances, suggestions), please post them here. I can't promise to fix everything, but feedback on which issues matter to you is helpful to set priorities.
Ah, ok. I didn't know what to do after the speech. I assumed that I just had to take the award and that would lead to leaving the stage! :-D
I regret not having been there for this. I will watch on replay when available. I do miss the old musty theater.
Quote from: Postmodern Adventures on Mon 19/04/2021 09:38:43
Ah, ok. I didn't know what to do after the speech. I assumed that I just had to take the award and that would lead to leaving the stage! :-D
That's a point'n'click style of thinking if I ever saw one! :D
I've uploaded the Award ceremony to youtube as well
Thank you Cino!
I missed this ceremony!
What a great job for this client by the way! well done !
Will there be a 2021 AGS Awards and if so ... when?
I have Grandma Badass who already rented a costume to participate! :grin:
Quote from: adipson on Mon 05/07/2021 16:42:53
Will there be a 2021 AGS Awards and if so ... when?
Yes, next year, anywhere from February to May. Most likely around March or April though.
Quote from: Danvzare on Tue 06/07/2021 15:10:30
Quote from: adipson on Mon 05/07/2021 16:42:53
Will there be a 2021 AGS Awards and if so ... when?
Yes, next year, anywhere from February to May. Most likely around March or April though.
Thank you for the answer.
I will then wait to propose my game at this time.
I found the concept of game avatars really fun on the client.
Too bad my sprite character (Grandma) is not in pixelart otherwise I will have proposed it for the 2021 ceremony ;-D
(http://adipson.free.fr/grandma/lionencage.gif)
:-D
Avatars doen't need to be in pixelart. Just pack your character and send it over to Snarky when the time comes. :)
Quote from: Cassiebsg on Tue 06/07/2021 17:18:04
Avatars doen't need to be in pixelart. Just pack your character and send it over to Snarky when the time comes. :)
ok, I'll try to remember that at the time!
thank you !