4 part AGS tutorial... in a MAGAZINE!!!

[Archangel (aka SoupDragon)]

I recieved my subscription copy of the magazine "PC Plus" today, and on turning to page 164 I was absolutely flabbergasted:



That's right, AGS now has it's own 4-part magazine tutorial, in one of the most prestigious PC magazines in England! All hail Richard Cobbett!

Edit: here's the whole article scanned:

Page 1
Page 2

[Esseb]

Woop, that is great. Do you have access to a scanner so you scan all 4 pages, in a readable size?

[Jimi]

yeah....we are all cheapscates!

Is it just a simple review of AGS or a tutorial?

[n3tgraph]

what!! That's awesome!

On the other hand, expect a lot of newcomers  :

(which doesn't have to be a bad thing)


btw,
Is it a good tutorial?

[Esseb]

Well, I couldn't buy PC Plus if I wanted to. Which I do. What issue is it anyway just in case. We always seem to get magazines 2 to 4 weeks after they're issued, so "latest issue" is no good I'm afraid :/.

N3t, the newcomers will have a good foundation. So woop.

[n3tgraph]

woop woop

t00t t00t

[Jimi]

Yeah, and it explainas its best for making adventure games, so we won't get masses of people hoping to make the next GTA.

[TheDude]

Hmm i'm gonna buy PCPlus tomorrow then

[Barcik]

Absoultely incredible!

[D · Y · D · O]

Do any of the Dutch AGSers (n3t?) know if it's available here? Can't say I've ever heard of it.

[Nacho]

Oh! Mass newbies ahead!  :o

[Jimi]

Maybe there should be a new "Introduce yourself here" thread in the gen gen forum?

[D · Y · D · O]

Hadn't thought of that. I think it's positive, though!

The issue will be available for legal download in half a year, U checked out the site.
PDF download area (nothing for us there yet)

[Evil]

I really dislike all of these things. I think they should really ask CJ first. They should also put these out in a cupple years... when I am an oldie ... Bring on the n00bs

[Privateer Puddin']

maybe they did, i see no problem, i cant imagine too many mega n00bs coming from reading this

[shitar]

... i dunno, the magazine page looks a little bit fake

[TheDude]

I wouldn't worry too much about annoying noobs coming from this. PCPlus is generally read by more mature people, it's not just one of those pc gaming mags. Sure you'll get noobs, but not annoying ones

[Archangel (aka SoupDragon)]

Heh ok:

1. This is not a fake
2. The issue is number 207, October 2003; should be hitting the shops in a couple of days
3. It's an IT professional and hobbyist's magazine, so expect lots of nice, interesting people, not n00bs
4. The PDFs don't go up on the pcplus website until a couple of months after publication, for obvious reasons
5. The tutorial is only 2 pages long, but there are three more parts planned over the next three months
6. I'm not gonna scan it, because it would need to be hi res and there's nothing you haven't seen before there anyway, and I cba.

So in short, w00t!

[shitar]

Well I guess thats enough for me to believe you. Start the party.
\o/

[Pumaman]

Wow Archangel, that is cool, I'm gonna have to get a copy of this

No, they didn't ask me beforehand, but then there's no real reason to - it's not like they'd ask JASC before writing an introduction to PSP.

The issue is number 207, October 2003

what the hell? August has only just started!