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[Tardigrades is 500MBs when compiled (Aug 25th 2019) without speech.]

Just be glad he's swimming on his belly and not on his back. 
The water and the cycle look great! 

Lol thanks! About the cycle, I'd like to remind you that I rotoscope the cycles in this project   

What a pretty underwater background!  Great animation.

Thanks dactylopus! This is only a cropped part of the room, which is a part of 16+ underwater rooms 

I like it how the bubbles sometimes make it look like...

Nevermind, I'm a child.

Dude.. I'm more childish than you! As Crimson Wizard provided the link, I will let one slip away 

BTW, from technical perspective (and knowing some AGS limitations), I keep wondering, how do all those animations impact game size? Looking back at all the screenshots and gifs, you have almost every room animated in some way.

Actually I'm very careful with this to an OCD level. I try to be "smart" and I try as much as possible to recycle sprites by reusing them. The cut-scenes animations are also very carefully made with large solid colors areas to prevent large video sizes. Man I'm even super careful with the code size! Btw the underwater effect is a plugin 
Tardigrades is 500MBs when compiled (Aug 25th 2019) without speech.

[Slasher]

So glad you are making great progress 

Thanks Slasher! I may not be able to share much now, but this doesn't mean I'm not working hard 

Could you not make a space suit out of Tardigrades?

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I am looking forward to this! How much will be the total gameplay time?

Thanks! I can't estimate precisely due to the massive non-linearity open-world aspect of the game 

Here's an update! I think the up-view of this frog-style-swim-cycle will cost the game a rating 

[We have a winner![imgzoom]http://ags.pics/D7p1.gif[/imgzoom]Third place is a tie between both DWR's Game Controller & Klatuu's bucket of snakes!You two get the bronze pinwheel![imgzoom]http://ags.pics/Dkry.gif[/imgzoom]And in Second place, Klatuu's miniature Grim Reaper gets the silver pinwheel![imgzoom]http://ags.pics/DpvN.gif[/imgzoom]And our First Prize winner is Krysis' wind-up toy camel!Congratulations Krysis! Here's your golden pinwheel![imgzoom]http://ags.pics/DW6P.gif[/imgzoom]I would like to mention that DWR have submitted a cool "friendly entry" on Twitterfor fun! Here's the image (it's outside the shape but still awesome work DWR!)Thank you all for participating, voting, visiting! <3 <3 <3Congrats to all winners and see you soon in thenext coloring ball by Krysis![imgzoom]http://ags.pics/DMZF.gif[/imgzoom]]

We have a winner!

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Third place is a tie between both DWR's Game Controller & Klatuu's bucket of snakes!
You two get the bronze pinwheel!

[imgzoom]http://ags.pics/Dkry.gif[/imgzoom]

And in Second place, Klatuu's miniature Grim Reaper gets the silver pinwheel!
[imgzoom]http://ags.pics/DpvN.gif[/imgzoom]

And our First Prize winner is Krysis' wind-up toy camel!
Congratulations Krysis! Here's your golden pinwheel!
[imgzoom]http://ags.pics/DW6P.gif[/imgzoom]


I would like to mention that DWR have submitted a cool "friendly entry" on Twitter
for fun! Here's the image (it's outside the shape but still awesome work DWR!)


Thank you all for participating, voting, visiting! <3 <3 <3
Congrats to all winners and see you soon in the
next coloring ball by Krysis!

[imgzoom]http://ags.pics/DMZF.gif[/imgzoom]

[Please! Let's get more votes!The competition is close to an end! Two more daysuntil the winner is announced!]

Please! Let's get more votes!
The competition is close to an end! Two more days
until the winner is announced!



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[Thank you cat for the pipe for relaxing bubbles!And now it's time to VOTE! Please vote for your favorite three itemsin this format:First: #Second: #Third: #]

Thank you cat for the pipe for relaxing bubbles!
And now it's time to VOTE! Please vote for your favorite three items
in this format:

First: #
Second: #
Third: #



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[Come on people! 2 days left!]

Come on people! 2 days left!

[Thank you Krysis and DWR for the items!There are so many new items! So many!!!]

Thank you Krysis and DWR for the items!
There are so many new items! So many!!!


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[Thank you Klatuu for the miniature Grim Reaper!He's small in size but look what he did here!]

Thank you Klatuu for the miniature Grim Reaper!
He's small in size but look what he did here!


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[Come on people! Let's see moreitems for our heroes!]

Come on people! Let's see more
items for our heroes!

[Thank you JudasFm for the Support Slug and thecomplimentary little jug of pond water and algae!Tempting... tempting...]

Thank you JudasFm for the Support Slug and the
complimentary little jug of pond water and algae!
Tempting... tempting...

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[Thank you Tabata for the original Babel Bird!This is such a rare find!]

Thank you Tabata for the original Babel Bird!
This is such a rare find!

[imgzoom]http://ags.pics/D5Un.gif[/imgzoom]

Btw, it seems you used another version of the EGA palette. The colors were slightly different but I fixed them 

[Thank you Klatuu for the bucket of snakes!Surely our heroes can find many uses from them.]

Thank you Klatuu for the bucket of snakes!
Surely our heroes can find many uses from them.

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[Ben X:]

Ben X: Nah.. you're good. I blame the floating rivers and the double slit quantum mechanics 

[Thank you Cassiebsg for the backup spaceman and the Genie in a bottle!I have to be careful how to spend my only wish! Hmmm...]

Thank you Cassiebsg for the backup spaceman and the Genie in a bottle!
I have to be careful how to spend my only wish! Hmmm...

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[Thank you VampireWombat for the fresh minotaur horn!I think it'll be my snack after the contest!]

Thank you VampireWombat for the fresh minotaur horn!
I think it'll be my snack after the contest!

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[Thank you Privateer Puddin' for the weirdly shaped button!I will find use for it in my adventures.]

man n fist: Would love to see your entry soon 

Thank you Privateer Puddin' for the weirdly shaped button!
I will find use for it in my adventures.

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[Thank you Privateer Puddin' for the hint book!The heroes will read it while they are relaxing.]

Thank you Privateer Puddin' for the hint book!
The heroes will read it while they are relaxing.

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Wow, a huge leap in under a year, there!

I think the OP may be a little confusing. The numbers you see there are based on May 8th 2014 

[Ben X]

Thanks Ben X 

Are the progress percentages in your OP still accurate? I see you haven't edited it in about a year...

I'm cautious with editing older posts obviously for legal reasons. I'm even careful what to show and what not.. 

This is my current estimation of the progress:

[July 12th 2019]

Scripting: Game mechanics 100% General 85%
Graphics 80%
Audio 70%
Music 90%
Story 100%
Puzzles 70%
Translations 40%

[josiah1221:]

josiah1221: lol thanks! I'm afraid the river is too thin for your kayak 

sawyer: Thanks! Glad you like it!

CrashPL: Thanks! Welcome to the club 

Here's a spaceship I've been keeping away for long. I think it's time to share a spaceship since I haven't shared one in a long time (there are many in Tardigrades that I haven't shared yet!)

It's The Ancient Egyptian Double Slit Spaceship, if you read about quantum mechanics you probably know about the double slit experiment. If you don't, then consider it as a huge space toaster 

It's charging... it may do something subatomic or pop a toast:



Here is the 3D sketch: