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Well...

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Alynn can't climb the tree, but there is someone near the bananas that can.

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and then

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Monkeys tend to throw things when they are mad, perhaps you can make the monkey mad somehow

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And if that wasn't enough

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Throw the rock at him.

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Well...

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C'mon, he wasn't annoying enough to not WANT to squish him? Don't worry though, since the demo was released I've made him even worse.
Anyway, check out the bottles on the table in the barn, one of them may be of great interest to you.

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and if that wasn't enough of a hint

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The lower right side of the bottles, is different than the others when you look at it, it's empty... that one may be able to be picked up.

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Once you have that

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Take a look at the bottle, things may become clear then.

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The good news is...

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You have done me a great service by finding a walking death that I hadn't eliminated.

However the bad news is, it is a walking death. Hopefully you have a save before you used the rope with the banana.

In other words the banana is what he is looking for.

I appologize for any issues this may have caused you.

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Well since you seem to need to be hand fed.

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Check out the barn, the well, the flowered field

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and if that still wasn't enough

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go to the barn, talk to the horse

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And just so you know I never give anything away the first time, if you only had those 3 items then you couldn't have possibly tried everything, or been everywhere to try those things.

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Ahh well...

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You need to explore more, there are plenty of things to look see, and find.

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It's a security room, hence all the survalance screens and computer monitors. hrm... maybe a lever or two, but that's a bit more mechanical than electrical... I suppose it doesn't entirely matter, as they won't really do anything.

Ok, Update in top post.

I added a flat monitor into the console, a lever housing (sans lever at the moment) another gauge, and some people that are being monitored.

There is still a few bare spots, I'm debating on just putting more colored buttons/lights in that area...

Anything else?

Bah I finished it (the full thing) and good god was that a brain bender, I didn't even bother to solve the top by itself. Once it was translated I went right to solving the whole thing...

And then when I get my handy dandy code... bandwith is exceeded on site... so I can't even join the ranks of the uber Linus Bruckman defeater squad... or something.

Ok I was going along just fine with my newest background when I hit a bit of spriters block...


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The left console as left me blank, I thought about putting more monitors on it like I have on the right side, but that would make it a bit too symetrical, but an entire panel of colored lights seems like overkill.

So could you perhaps give me some ideas on what can go on that left console portion?

Hmm, same here. Funny thing, I usually get 'em all...

Like Pokemon?

Ok I put a new demo up, it takes care of a bit of scripting bugs and debug code that I accidently left in there while I was testing. Also, fixed some spelling errors.

I'd like to thank everyone that sent me bug reports (people here, and people over at skytower).

You know honestly I have no idea my build is Build 2.72.651 but a download of the engine again wouldn't hurt me I guess....

I'll try that and see if that fixes it.

EDIT: Yup, newest build is 2.72.652, so I did have the one just before the final release, and as soon as I overwrote the old ags the icon went right in and the game loaded with no issues.

Sorry about that CJ, didn't mean to waste your time.

And thanks everyone for the help.

Pumaman: do you want the un-icond or an iconed version?

The uniconed exe is at http://www.yelloweyedstudio.com/projects/AGS/skytower/STR.zip already compiled.

I started a new default game and tried it as well, this never starts either, this is the full game folder, the only thing added was a single (empty) room the normal default template stuff, and the custom icon.

http://www.yelloweyedstudio.com/projects/AGS/skytower/iconerror.zip

hope it helps you lock it down.

Ahh well you see...

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As you already know since you already completed the demo, it does nothing, just a bit of a red herring

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Has anone discovered anything about this yet?

On my own I've discovered that any icon I make and use as the setup icon works like a charm, but the executable is still a no go. Everything else is just about the same.

Oops yeah, sorry, I had that block commented out. Also, I locked down the lockup problem with the overlay, basically it was trying to run an interaction after you click to remove the overlay, if the mouse was over a hotspot when you clicked to remove the overlay, and that hotspot interaction involved a blocking function.  I've put in  extra checks now, so that should never happen again, the checks also keep you from clicking on any hotspots while the inventory is open, which has the potential to do the same thing.

Gah, I must rememember to get a beta testing staff before I release a full version.

Anyway new version up, that should let you go all the way to the end of the demo, which it does tell you when you finished it.

Thanks for playing.

Oops, sorry about that, it's fixed now and I'm uploading it again. I guess you just can't think of everything, can you. Also, fixed anotehr but if you use other inventory items in the same area.

Anyway Thanks New version that fixes that bug is on the server.

I hope you are enjoying it so far.

Thanks for that, I'm taking a slight break now since I have a test coming up shortly, so let me know how it goes with the demo.

Oops I forgot I didn't include that info

AGS Editor for Windowss
Windows XP ServicePack 2
v2.72, July 2006
(Build 2.72.651)

Also, I did try a 16 color icon as well and the results are the same.

But, in other words, I have the newest version. It should be working

I've been trying to make a user.ico for my ags game. I've used 3 seperate icon editors, but for some reason everytime I put the user.ico in my game folder and compile the game exe has a fatal exception error.

I have tried 16 color, 256 color, full color, only 32X32 pixels, and different editor and each time after the game is recopiled and I have the new icon the game exe throws the fatal exception.
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STR.exe - Application Error
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The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on OK to terminate the application.
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OK   
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As soon as I remove the ico file and recompile the game works fine again.

Link to one of the ico's I've made

I mean it's quite possible that I had 3 bad editors, but it doesn't seem likely.

Thanks

n00bs, the scourge of the internet. Wherever there is an amateur game making community, these little blighters come out of the woodwork. To some they are just a minor annoyance, to others mild amusement, but to moderators, they are THE ENEMY.

Join our hero Alynn the Yellow Eyed, the resident n00b nazi of Skytower Games and help him rid the skytower of the evil n00bs that have taken it over, and perhaps help him gain the respect (and some other things as well) of LadyKiki

Some may easily recognize the graphics from RM2K's RTP. This is completely intentional as most of the graphics ARE from RM2K rtp. The reason is that back when this game was origionally envisioned (back in 2004) Skytower Games was a primarily RM2K site. When the game was lost, and later found again, even though skytower has gone away from being a primarily rm2k site, I decided to keep the graphics as is instead of starting over from scratch.

There has been some changes from the origional intro I posted way back when, mostly with the use of modules instead of plugins.

It will have some strange quirky things to it, I'm trying to be reminicient of the old NES style RPG's and the like, hence the small character sizes and limited colors on them.
There will be adult language used, the main character (which is based on my internet personality) has some foul language, and the fireball guy uses it more often then not, not to be vulger but that is just it's personality.

Storyline is based off my moderation prowess on an RM2K(3) website YaBB board... You could also title this game "Alynn vs. the n00bs" as all the bad guys are the n00bs that have taken over the Skytower (The website is SkytowerGames), if you notice the flame guy above, thats Flame n00b (thus the bad language).

All the rest of the staff are captured, and it's up to Alynn to free them from the clutches of the n00b. Although Alynn's main motivation seems to be getting into the only female staff member's pants (LadyKiKi), of whom the Knig n00b wants to make his queen.

Basicly, it will have lots of bad puns followed by rimshots. Sexual inuendos, toilet humor, satire, and all that other goofy bs that I find funny.

Screenshots (click for larger view)



There is currently a demo available playable though to the end of chapter one. I'm pretty sure I worked out all the bugs (2 days of playtesting and I havent found another one), but if you find one please let me know.

NOTE: There is cartoonish violence and deaths in this game, also there is tons of curse words, so this is your warning. Also, it's a 320X240 game but it's best viewed running at 640X480 due to the TTF fonts I use.

Anyway the demo download page can be found here.

FYI I've had a couple of issues with the upload, some things got messed up, so I'm in the process of fixing them so if for some reason the game text looks messed up, double check the setup and make sure it's running in 640X480...