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I've said this before and by golly I'll say this again. I don't think the point of amateur development should be to simulate the expectations of a commercial market. With that, I don't mean in any way that amateur should be "crappier" but simply tak advantage of the possebility of not needing to score many buyers. It's a bit like small press; it is often shorter, less slick and has it's moments of odd occurances, but it's unique, charming in it's personal execution and often highly enjoyable.

I myself have wandered that path of experiencing the posseibilities of AGS, and creating whilst enjoying the process. Then came the big project, and I work and work to achieve gameplay beyond your wildest expectations. Only to take one break too many, and now 2 years of work is doomed dead and lie on a disk somewhere.

There's another step too. You get to a point where you start question the very creation itself. Why do I make a game about this? Sheer entertainment? What do I wish to give the player, because a game is experiencing, no? I think many can feel this without reflecting on it. Somehow, the ideas just aint good enough. Not good enough to bother anyway...

Glod: Budapest? Cool!

mods: I reckon I am no longer a threat in ANYTHING seeminly athletic since the last years have reduced my former physical glory to a thin, heap of anorectic proportions. But booz is still booze, but I won't bring, I'll buy it down there 

Renting tents seem like the way to do it. Could you, Helm, look up the possebilities and show us some possible numbers?

I will however still only bring money and pen and paper. Spare clothes, bah! Hygien articles? Pffft!.. but I'll bring some dice or cards if there's the slightest interest in some roleplaying.

First, I cannot believe how you manage to work where you do, And. I have been in such a situation, and it filled me with nothing but a vast empty hole where my soul was. It grew back eventually, but never to it's full extent. I can see how money is crucial and this is what you sacrifice for it, and I admire your willpower and endurance, and don't know what to say about the numbness.

Secondly, the most discussion has been of doing something of your own life, and make something valuable out of it. Family has been mentioned, but mostly as something making your life accelarate even more. But for one worry more about getting a family or not. My professional streak is in a phase of false security. I know that working professionally with art is something you're lucky to be at 30. Up to that, it's struggle struggle struggle, and then work until you literally die. Hey, I've got a decade to make it! My worries lie in the fact that I'll never have kids. Never have an innocent life whose childhood you can fudge up into oblivion, thus causing a vast set of neuroses and psychiatrist bills for. Nor have someone to share my life with. Now, I'm not a total failure when it comes to women, it's not getting them, it's keeping them that's the problem. I have a serious compulsive disorder, and even though I live a living hell, I prefer to the hell of curing them. My girlfriends does not agree. I've had debates around the approrpiateness of even raising kids in my state, and this worries me even more. It is not a race against your life in the same sense, but for me, living a full life and living it to the fullest is also getting a family. And I really don't care if I'm a professional artist when I die, as long as my loved ones are around me.

The biggest reason P:tNI is useless for scrolling is that the code was specialized to cure som really nasty bugs, also known as "features" at the screen edges. I suspect this code lingers on. I gotta check Geoffkhans code out!

Also, the only reason I'll attend Mittens is to burn down Greece and gay Helm to death!

Gold, you flying with LOT?

I have the same feeling as Petter, prefer not to bring a tent, but will make an effort if I have to. So rollcheckk?

I will bring: Eh.. apart from clothes an such.. um.. money? What can I bring that would benefit the crew in the slightest way. Oh, I'll bring pen and paper for sure, but I wonder if it'd be beneficial.

I will not bring: The guitar nor a tent (unless, you know.. but definatly no guitar).

Strange.. last time I tried that, it posted afternoon flights..

Well I've booked now, I'll go with Polish airlines from Arlanda, and arrive at E. Venizelos at 02:20.. sorry Chrille, but it was a) cheaper and b) cheaper.

Anyone planing to travel with LOT from Warzaw around 22:40?

Well, since it's not exactly free to get to Gotheburg, I'll ponder carefully for a while, deciding which plane to catch. The Dutch flight is 50 SEK cheaper though, dunno if it's due to cancellation insurance..

EDIT: Huh, weren't you suppose to arrive very late in Athens? I can't find that flight so either it's allready full or I've misunderstood somerthing

Hah, I've spent a whole year without excercise! But I still going to beat you despite of the greek sun and the fact that I'm bleeding more than Helm did!

YARRR!!

It looks like I'll go Polish ad travel with LOT. It's the heapest I've found anyway so far, Chrille, Andail, what company do you travel with?

Havn't booked yet, but I do plan to attend..

Give me a sec or two

Flippy: I dare not think about how many typos there are in the comics.. but thank you for telling me that one. I was quite sure it had an 'o'

..and Nausicaa is a huge source of inspiration for.. everything. I urge anyone to see it. Twice.

Rui: The regularity has taken a halt until further notice, since the project is over. Sorry to let you down..

Everyone else: Thank you very much!

Well, if you havn't had a period AT ALL since you were 17, you're in for a treat when stopping the hormones.

I'd go with hormones I guess, I don't trust surgical adjustments, but you can't be fully sure on any thing I guess, so.. just go with what you feel comfterable with. A full vasectomy will probably be cheaper in the long run, and if you're sure, you're sure.

Oi, I don't wine! ;p

Thank you everybody for voting! I've whipped up some pure evil restrictions for the June MAGS competition, and I would very much like as many as possible to join in the fun! Let's dig into gaming design!

Isn't his "fake" parents named Skywalker? It would be more odd if he didn't have the name of his allegied parents you know.. Furthermore, Padme names them, Anakin does not know that he has childs, nor their names, so he can't exactly get Herodes on the star systems, hunting down every firstborn. So hiding Luke on Tatooine is rather clever IMO. Who'd suspect it?

Obi-Wan however, and keeping the name Kenobi.. that's just asking for trouble! No, learn from Yoda; get a trunk in the middle of nowhere and eat muck for the rest of your life..

I plan to attend. Dates does not matter that much, so we'll just let other decide.. I can probably bring a 2 or 3-inhabitant tent, unless it has crawled away or burned up or something equalent.

Travel plans ala Suede?

Yeah, who plan to attend and HOW do you travel? Since I suddenly got a horrid amount of spare time (like being unnemployed), I'm looking over the possebilities both practical and financially to attend. Plane or train? I'm looking at you Andail

*clicking link*

*not doing much else for a while*

Nowhere to be seen, just as the guidelines state Read 'em again Skurwy..

..and somehow I can't get my eyes off that avatar..

Can it include BOTH Mr. T. and Dubya?

I wouldn't bet on it. I could have made much better usage of the required inventory items.. looking forward to see your game. Get it finished before deadline!

Mace IS evil. He's a not a goodie goodie, he's balancing inbetween light and darkside. Anyone with such an eager and will to fight will claiming to be the a guardian of light is one step into the abyss

..plus, did you see him trying to KILL a POOR DEFENSELESS old MAN?! The notion of Mace being in league with the Sith is nice, but sadly ruined with that scene. Damn..

Nah, what bothers me the most, or rather tickles me, is that Jedi and Sith are alike in methods and way. The real issue comes to old philosphical values, you may even call them esotheric contra "carnal". The way of the Sith is equalent to the way of LaVeyists: Putting yourself first, then your loved ones, and finally everyone else. Any action beneficial to your loved ones without benefitting yourself is a bad action. Yea, that makes sense. But then there's the fascist ideals, where strength and power is the key to everything. I mean, there can only be one sith lord. And then some uptight apprentice comes and beats the living sh*t out of you. Pleasant. Sure, it is meant to be a constant strife for more and more power, and teh best is the master, nothing less. But I loathe the Jedi ideal aswell. The notion of reducing yourself only to a tool of tranquility is to flee, or hide. It is life reduced to a vegetable, since conflict is the key to development and evolution. No conflict - no life.

The real question starts with what happens AFTER lord Vader rises. Why is Sidious next goal? Building a Death Star? For what purpose? Only to be a military supremacy and thus conquest the entire galaxy? And then what? Peace I guess. A dictatorship but peace non the less. Galaxy police? Now we're getting closer to American foreign politics. Why havn't the first movies been accused of this?

WAR STARS
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Yea, it's not another WKKR, not at all. It is short, swift and I demand you beat it within 30 minutes tops! I have some music issues, which I believe is a fault on my computer rather than the coding (because honetly "Play music on room loading" should not fudge up

I say this is v0.9, I tested it through with some buddies, and they saw some errors I corrected. But who knows what'll pop up along the way. It SHOULD be bug free. HAAAAAAAAA! Too bad I didn't make anything better with the guidelines. Yes, I am ashamed..

And make sure you read the manual!

This reminded me how much I hate making adventure games. It'll take another year for me to get stupid enough to try it out again

Hope you'll enjoy it
//Tomateyou

P.S. You can DIE!! D.S.