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I have a GUI bar that sits at the bottom of the screen the whole game, and when you press a button on the bar, another GUI pops up enabling you to do whatever that particular GUI does.. but the clicks aren't registering when I click on the buttons in-game. I've added an invisible "button" over everything on the bar, and like I said, it's not registering. I've attached the bar GUI because I know I probably didn't explain that well XD



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Alright, so I've recently begun work on a new game called "Epic Game"..(I know, epic name huh?). It contains a very loose storyline, if you could really call it a storyline at all, and the storyline in itself is not something I'm too worried about. Basically the idea of the game is loosely based around the idea of the movie "Epic Movie," which if any of you have seen, is essentially making fun of other movies. The idea of this game is to do just that, but instead of movies, it's pointing fun at other popular games, whether they're considered adventure games or not, ex: Mario, Sonic, Crash, other "classic games," and even Halo, Doom, Half-Life, Call of Duty, etc. I've been playing around with different games, how they would look, etc., and I like how it's turning out to a certain point, but I'd just like to gather any input you guys might have.


Ideas/Concepts so far:
--The game is NOT a point-and-click game, and actually doesn't use the mouse at all. Instead, it uses the keyboard up, down, left, and right keys to move, and the "E" key (or "Epic" key as I call it   ) to interact with objects. There is no Talk, Touch, Look at, etc., just a global "Interact" key. This is all set-up at this point but other ideas are welcome.
--A "World>Level" concept. What I mean by that is something similar to the latest Mario Games, where in between worlds you have a "map"-type thing to walk around to other worlds. This essentially just an area to recharge and move to other levels when necessary.
--The ability to change characters, ex: change from Sonic to Mario, or Mario to... Master Chief. Characters could be unlockable, and you may only be able to do certain things with certain characters.


Tell me what you think guys. I've been fooling around with this for awhile now, I just don't know where to start at this point. Any feedback, good or bad, is greatly appreciated.

Alright, so maybe this is a really simply thing, but for some reason, I can't seem to find the answer. All I want to do is to play "cutscenes" in-game, but in a video format, such as wmv, avi, whatever, for a more "modern" feel I guess? I already have the videos made, and they're currently in wmv format, but I can easily change that if necessary. So basically, how can I get one of these videos to, say, start playing when you enter a room, or click on an object/character, and is this possible?