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Hello all, I need a little help if possible. I bought Discworld 2 for the PC, & I'm having troubles getting it to work I can get it to load to the start intro, but then it cuts off. It installed fine etc? I set it to an earlier windows & it loaded a little more, but then cut off? the disc is fine too. The laptop I'm using is an old Dell inspiron 1000 2.4ghz model with XP professional, which runs broken sword 3 perfectly ? I just don't get it & I would really like to see rincewind once again!

Thank you all for the warm welcome & thanks for the quick replies & answers to my questions too, I look forward to making a game using AGS & these forums (which I do need to read in more detail). The links you provided will be most helpful, I'm starting on the videos now

Short games can be extraordinarily short - sometimes they don't even involve a character that moves, or just one room

Thanks for the support, in regards to your answer: I'll be hoping to create at least 4 scenes, & I want a main character & some side characters. This may increase as I go along, I may want to develop it further once I get the hang of it, I just don't know yet. I won't get ahead of myself though

But beware, if you get through the first few weeks you will start to lose any tan you have, your friends will start to wonder where you are, and your girlfriend might get jealous.

Fortunately I'm already sporting a milk bottle tan, single & can count my friends on one hand, maybe I'm cut out for this?

Regarding the moving on this thread, hopefully a moderator can move this for me please?

As I am new, I thought I'd post & say hello I am 25 years old & live in Yorkshire, England. I have played many, many games on many different consoles, starting from a commodore & spectrum(which I still have under the stairs ). I have no game making experience whatsoever, although that hasn't stopped me wanting to make one. I found this site through a forum on Revolution software(Broken Sword) & have read the tutorial, & I believe I could start making a game using AGS. I am by no means trying to sound 'cocky', I just feel the tutorial is so well written I couldn't go wrong. Obviously I will not be making a full length game on my first go, nor will it rival the quality of the games made on here, but I want to make something of quality, something I'm really happy with (& hopefully something that makes you lot happy playing it)
I suppose my 'pros' are drawing (if anyone has an idea for something, say a landscape or character, I might be able to help you with some sketches that you can build on) & also I am quite good at doing accents. My game will include hand drawn scenes & full voice overs done by myself & anyone I feel is suitable.
I do have 2 questions that may not related to this thread so please don't shoot me for posting it here:
1. I read in another post of a 'manual' with all the examples of game coding, if anyone knows the link to this I'd appreciate it thanks
2. How short is a 'short game'? ie what is passable as a short game, x amount of scenes, characters etc?