[April Fool] AGS to become shareware

Andail · Wed 14/04/2004 20:53:18

Quote from: Pumaman on Wed 14/04/2004 20:29:58
Uh yeah, it was only available for 1st April.

What!?
I want to be fooled all year long!!!!

Ishmael · Thu 15/04/2004 14:53:29

Are the copies we got going to gain any value?

Pumaman · Thu 15/04/2004 21:39:32

Put one on eBay and find out.

m0ds · Thu 15/04/2004 21:50:42

Hmm, this somehow randomly reminds me of Jurassic Park.

God creates man,
God creates CJ,
CJ creates AGS,
AGS creates games..

Games destroy man.
CJ inherits the earth.

Yo Mama! · Sat 17/04/2004 00:42:07

I was gonna say: PSSH! I've been tinkering with this program since pretty much the first version ever. It was a poor doodle of the floor plan of my house with green, white and black, with a whopping 10 hotspots and 3 whole rooms! I'm just a poor little kid who can't afford something like this, unless I get a job, but I'm too lazy for that. I think I will just download the program, and deal with the message. Or I will just get rid of it by finding a key generator off kazaa or just going into the program and deleting the message, the same way I got rid of some of the options in the setup file that comes with my games. Actually I will probably never do that. I will probably just stick with the version I have now, or eventually register. But I am still blinded with rage right now! Maybe I will make MY site a pay site, to pay for all these programs that were once free but are no more! Oh, I'm mad!

But still, it's a really good idea. Kudos to you!

Flippy_D · Sat 17/04/2004 00:43:28

Maybe someone should tell him.

Or maybe he should ~~die~~ learn to read.

LGM · Sat 17/04/2004 18:29:37

Maybe someone should inform all of you that it's been 2 weeks since this joke has gone old.

Let it die.

Czar · Sat 17/04/2004 21:36:24

Quote from: Pumaman on Thu 15/04/2004 21:39:32
Put one on eBay and find out.

Hey, dont think i wont take you for your word!
But, we dont have ebay here, so, blegh.

strazer · Sat 17/04/2004 22:14:38

While checking out the new website design, I noticed the first entry of the news archive:

"2 December 1998
Minor update now online. Removes shareware nag screen, and adds facility to define startup position of the character on the first screen."

Was AGS shareware at one point?

Pumaman · Sat 17/04/2004 22:24:43

Hehe yes, well when I first wrote Adventure Creator at the time it seemed that every other program was shareware, so it seemed the 'cool' thing to do. Then someone e-mailed me to ask how they could register, at which point I had a think about it and decided that going shareware would be far too serious for a temporary project that I would only work on for a few months.

Funny how things turn out

Domino · Sat 17/04/2004 22:27:31

probably never thought your little temporary project would become so popular.

Dan2552 · Tue 20/04/2004 16:20:03

can you still publicly release your games with the older versions? i only need the version i have at the moment, i dont think i'll ever get more advanced.

DragonRose · Tue 20/04/2004 16:36:30

Hey Dan, long time no see.

This was a joke APRIL FOOLS! HA HA HA! You can publicly release games with old versions, new versions, blah de blah blah. Nothing has changed.

Dan2552 · Tue 20/04/2004 16:46:12

Quote from: DragonRose on Tue 20/04/2004 16:36:30
Hey Dan, long time no see.

This was a joke APRIL FOOLS! HA HA HA! You can publicly release games with old versions, new versions, blah de blah blah. Nothing has changed.

Yeah. i read more than the 1st page after i posted...

but CJ, that really was NOT funny!

DGMacphee · Tue 20/04/2004 17:12:25

Yes it was!

rtf · Thu 22/04/2004 03:32:43

I think that that prank was the best thing to happen to AGS.
WHY?

Becasue it made you not take AGS for granted. We should all thank CJ for making AGS freeware, not the other type.
Now, whenever I use AGS, I think about how thankful I should be that suck a great program is not shareware, like so many great programs are.

Thank you, CJ

Gilbert · Thu 22/04/2004 04:21:05

This is still being posted on?

I think to avoid confusions, the first post subject should be edited to include words like [April Fool].

shbaz · Thu 22/04/2004 07:05:24

Quote from: Gilbot V7000a on Thu 22/04/2004 04:21:05
This is still being posted on?

I think to avoid confusions, the first post subject should be edited to include words like [April Fool].

Actually, I think it's kinda funny that people are still falling for it.

Not enough time to read through but still enough time to post about it.

Rave · Sun 25/04/2004 18:48:34

QuoteYes that's true because I want the Pluerphberg DVD, the Larry Vales vanity plate, and the Night of the Merhit wall clock, and I'll take the stupid $180 maximum value option to get ripped off for all the "free" extras!

LMFAO! I literally fell out of my chair because I was laughing so hard.

QuoteI think that that prank was the best thing to happen to AGS.
WHY?
Becasue it made you not take AGS for granted. We should all thank CJ for making AGS freeware, not the other type.
Now, whenever I use AGS, I think about how thankful I should be that suck a great program is not shareware, like so many great programs are.

Exactly what I wanted to say. I am definitely more grateful after reading this thread. Here I am on APRIL 25 reading this and I fell for it the whole time until CJ finally gave it up. *sob* I'm still getting over the shock. I actually feel sad that I didn't have a chance to yell out my long speech about the injustices of making separate boards for members and non-members. *sighs and tries to recover* anyway.....I need to head over to my GBA meeting. (Gullible Believers Anonymous).

Long Live The Underground!!

Edwin Xie · Sun 06/06/2004 00:24:13

is this some kind of joke or is this something so I would just quit AGS like I did to the others?

[April Fool] AGS to become shareware

m0ds