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Well, I could probably assist you with scripting a bit... but I'm not exactly good in scheduling, so expect long periods of slackery mixed with hasty 12-hour scripting marathons. 

Depends on whom you ask. Most people like to refer to it as "What the hell is that, TAR?!", but I just call it "strongish coffee".

Exactly. And that guy obviously doesn't even know the definition of the word "hacker" (or spelling, for that matter), and if he's claiming to own some sort of "hacking device" and announcing / claiming he's going to "hack" somebody, that probably makes him an attention whore... but not a "hacker".

These forums are starting to feel more like a surrealist painting day by day.

/EDIT: Ten seconds of research suggest that our friend here appearantly is talking about the threats of this kid... just when you think it couldn't possibly get more retarded...

Or you could just, y'know, work your way around registration.

[Evil Genius]

Evil Genius (stupid working title from times immemorable. The game idea has changed notably since then, too.)

As sketched up before, this game would let you play as an evil genius - but not in the restricted way it's normally possible. You would be able to create your own villain pretty much from sketch, with a limited collection of Hats, Beards, Faces, Skin Color, Genders (obvioulsy  :) and "villain archetypes" (I sketched up "Ex-General", "Presidente", "Alien", "Evil Scientist" and "Crazy AI", I think). The actual game would be split into several parts afterwards: Building a hideout with your limited funds (depending on profession and background), choosing yourself a target (Erasion of Humankind or World Domination) coming up with a nice plan (adventure-y), then arming your base with traps and troops and ultimately holding off a certain amount of heroes, one at a time, in a turnbased sidescrolling tactics game, with your troops and traps. Of course, the hero has every single advantage on his side - your troops are hindered by fog of war, have a limited view range, can take VERY few damage and are generally only dangerous in amounts of 5 or more. You can, of course, hire strong troops, too, but with a hard limit and at a high cost; remember - you are the evil guy, your mercenaries are disposable! We're talking in terms of "send in cannon fodder until he runs out of ammo" tactics here. Kamikaze tactics. Zap Brannigan tactics. You see where I'm going here?

I might still start this game and maybe sketch up a coupla fake screenshots someday... just thought I'd share this idea with you. 

Ahhh. Much, much, MUCH better. Thank you.

No restrictions on palette or size.

Whee! In that case, might attempt something. Might.

Ooh, I think I remember this from some months (or is it a year already?) ago... waiting for the English translation, all I can say in Spanish is "No hablo Espanol."

Then why not post here?

Oh, and how do you think are my chances to beat Art of Theft with _Access (or finishing _Access 2 in time)? "Minimal" or "non-existant"? 

Hell, probably I'll even be shameless enough to polish and expand the game AGAIN and release it as 1.3 or 1.4 or something. Sounds a lot like something I'd do.

Cool... looks really nice, maybe a little too bright for my taste, but still - sounds promising!

Thanks, dude, but you're a little early... it's just the 8th of December!

Unless I fell in a time machine again, that is.

I have an... interesting idea, but it'll strain the rules to the very limit and I don't know if I'll have the patience and time to whip something up. Well, we'll see.

And no, it won't be "Me Save Christmas".

And what the heck is a "chipmunk"?

That's a pretty good accidental description of it. 

On topic, I once found a crisp that was shaped roughly like the United States with smoother edges. I looked for Canada, but to no avail.

Heh, thanks. Anyway, what I mean is that this image is mainly that it's way more detailed than the one of El Presidente. First of all the hobo wears recognizable clothing (a ragged business-suit-esque thing), actually has HAIR and such. But you never know, maybe you people like the less detailed thing better! 

Awesome? Mmmmm.... well... It's a doodle, with different wide black outlines, , resollution too big for being usable... I don' t know.

Yeah, well, it IS sort of a doodle... but what makes you think the resolution was too big? It's never been a problem in the games I've been using sprites of this size in. At 640x400, it works just fine. And the different width of the outlines kind of belongs to this style... it looks kind of weird when I don't do this.

Why do you want it? It's virtually the same as "El Presidente"... You can't "adopt the style" since it' s not the fist time you use that style.

It's quite similar to the style of El Presidente, but there are some important differences. Compare:

Why do you posted it? Is it some kind of joke?

Uh... no. I just doodled around and wanted to know if you people like this kind of style - a bit like the El Presidente thing with lots more details. Sorry, probably should've explained this better.

(Not trying to offense you, I am not really sure why you posted this...)

No offense taken. 

Is it a plane?
Is it a bird?
Is it an experimental alcohol-fueled missile from the military base next door?

No, it's... SUPERBUUUUM!


"Thisch bottle ish almust empty, but I'm shure I didnut drink from it! There ish sumthin fishy goin' un..."

Just a little something I did for fun, but it went out pretty "awesome" and I thought I might adopt the style. What do you think?

It's a guy with a tophat and a monocle, scientifically proven to be the first and second most awesome pieces of non-essential clothing. Need more extrapolation?

A chinese restaurant around here has a special "How Much Can You Eat! Buffet" offer.