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Yes, but there are no more games being made for my SNES. Or my Sega.

Actually, a Genesis game was released in 2006.
Furthermore, people play adventure games all the time. Metroid and Zelda are examples of this. Sure, they're not point-and-click, but they still meet the basic description of an adventure game. The problem is that people don't even think of them as adventure games, they think of them as shooters and RPGs, respectively. Most people seem to think that any "adventure game" is a Myst clone.

Sweet! I'm definitely going to download this one. The "no dead ends" option is genius! I hate games with dead ends. The graphics look beautiful, by the way.

Add code in the before fade-in function to set the viewport to where you want it to start.

Scripting is extremely easy, don't worry. AGS scripting is based on the same syntax that C++/C/C#/Java and several others use; it's both intuitive and logical. You'll have no problems picking it up.
For an example, something like a character saying "see ya!" and leaving the room would be as simple as:

character.say("See ya!");
character.walk(400,200);
character.changeRoom(2);

Pretty cool game. My only real complaint is the lack of interactions with many objects.

Evil hamsters who want your soul, and have recently declared a war on the Great Walrus.

This is sad. I've only seen the movie, but I can understand how fans of the comic book must feel.

You're using Irrlicht? Sweet! I love that engine. I made an dungeon crawling action RPG with it (unfortunately, I think I lost the source/media files) as well as a number of test games and tech demos. It truly is a wonderful engine. I'm looking forward to seeing your plugin.

Hi. In the game I've been working on, I've been bugged by something. Due to the visual style of the game, talking animations really don't look very well. The characters have no mouths, therefore exaggerated body movements are required to convey talking. However, I dislike this 'look' and am perfectly happy with the characters staying still while they talk. Unfortunately, this comes across as cheap, since it would appear that less effort was put into animation then one would expect. Would you guys prefer that I stick with the exaggerated body movements or just have the characters stay still? Or is there some third option I'm completely overlooking?

Pretty good looking, I like the 3D style. One thing that I think I should mention is that the first screenie has a typo in it. It should be 'I'd', not 'i'd'.

Very good short film. I suppose it was a little on the derivative side, but it was wonderful just the same.

Interesting point about Jehova's Witnesses and blood transfusions, Nacho. I think the important thing to remember is that their reasoning for this belief is an unusual interpretation of Scripture, specifically Acts 15:18-29. Most Christians have no problems with blood transfusions. In fact, I gave blood less then a week ago.

But' s let' s imagine he is "The person with less sins on Earth".

But he has still sinned at least once; that is all that is required to separate man from God. He needs atonement. He can never redeem himself because he is fallen. He needs a savior. We have all sinned at least once, except for Jesus himself.
I don't like to deal in absolutes. But God is big enough to deal in absolutes. Each person is either redeemed or not.

But if you open the door to believe in something irrational, you apened the door for:
Be scammed by bastards like John Edward, Peter Popoff, and any other kind of cheater asking you money for nothing, such a "spiritual clean" (300â,¬), light on a white candle to increase the power of your aura(100â,¬) or kill a chicken to protect you from bad spirits (150â,¬), spending money in different ways to see the future, recover your lost love, etc..

Jesus became angry when he visited a temple and people were selling sacrificial animals for profit. He overturned tables and yelled at the salesmen. It is made obvious in the Bible that if one has to pay for a spiritual blessing or relic, you're being ripped off. That's why when churches have offerings they are entirely optional. People who scam in the name of religion are evil.

Abandon serious medical tratments in benefit of homeopatic remedies, oriental medicines, acupunture, psychic surgery, hand imposition, etc... (With the following results for your health).

As a Christian I can say that most 'alternative' treatments should not be used. We are to take care of our bodies, and that includes being responsible when choosing medical treatment.

Every time I approached to religion I found the same. Not even a small evidence. "Healings" Which ones? "Miracles"? Which ones? Like that one that says that Saint Bernadette' s  body is uncorrupted, and you can feel the "shiver of misticism" around her when you enter in the room where she is? I' ve seen it. It' s uncorrupted because it has an inch of wax and "the shiver of misticism" actually is the shiver you feel when you enter in a refrigerated room. Like the miracle of "The blood of Saint Gennaro", that "blood" that magically licuates? That blood that is taken out of the refligerator in August and is kept between the hands of the priest for a couple of hours? Must I believe in God because of the "mystical experiences" I' ve seen in believers? The "same" experiences we can see in teenagers in a concert of "Take That" or in fans at any premiere of a new Star Wars films? Must I believe in God, "because the Bible is a very old book"? Yes, like Critias, and I don' t believe in Atlantis. Must I believe in "God" because it has a lot of followers? Well... 100% of the people believed that the Earth was in the middle of the Universe and it wasn't.

We are to go not by what we feel, but by what we believe and know. Human feelings are flawed because of our sinful nature. Many people do get mixed up in what religion feels like, but that's not supposed to be what it's about. That doesn't mean that God doesn't give us joy or happiness, but that is the result of faith, not a measure of it.

Try anim8or. It's the easiest 3D program you will ever use. The new beta version even has a built-in ray tracer.

Alright, regarding the Aborigine: We are all born with an inherently sinful nature. Somewhere along the line, we are going to lie/steal/cheat/whatever. Therefore, no matter how otherwise humble, good, loving, and polite he is, he has still been damaged (for lack of a better word) by sin. Therefore, he still needs complete forgiveness.

Non forgived people can enter in Heaven?

No. Only those who have been rendered blameless can enter.

Can non Christians enter in Heaven?

Not anymore. God chose Israel (both the man and the country) to bring forth a savior for the world. Before the savior came, people who followed the God of Israel would be saved, but the atonement  was not yet complete. When Jesus died, all those who believed -and will believe- were forgiven.

All christians enter in Heaven, since they are forgiven?

All who call on Jesus to be saved will enter. Not everybody who considers themselves to be a Christian will enter. (E.G. "I'm a Christian because my parents were", or "I believe in a god, so I'm a Christian") I actually like to avoid using labels for people, anyway.

Isn' t unfair that an Australian aborigen can' t enter in heaven for not being Christian, and spite of having less sins that a Christian?

The Australian Aborigen needs Jesus as much as anyone. We are all born with a sinful nature as a result of the fall of man.

More questions come to my mind:
Does becoming Christian one second before of passing away count for being forgiven?
If a Christian renegates of his Chrisitianity one second before of pasing away, without time to do a sin, is he forgiven, since he was a Christian when he did the sins?

Yes and maybe. The second question depends on what doctrines you accept.

It'll be very hard to make a game like this that doesn't offend somebody. Heck, remember Spore? A bunch of angry atheists complained about it because the evolution in the game is god-controlled. Alternatively, Left Behind: Eternal Forces got quite a beating from both atheist and Christian groups, and for good reason. Aside from the game itself being horrible, the game features sexism, bigotry, forced conversion, and large amounts of violence for a game that's supposedly Christian. It's also worth mentioning that in the online mode, one of the players assumes the role of the Antichrist(!) and tries to kill everybody.

That said, good luck with the game. As a Christian myself, I wish there were some good Christian games out there (although "The Bible Game" could cross into so-bad-its-good territory) that weren't horrible.

These guys would love it.

... yeah, all nuts.

It's sad that this is the best conservatives can do. Some of the pages are so unintentionally funny that I started laughing out loud. Besides, the entire thing is superfluous.  Wikipedia aims to be as neutral as possible, so if there's something with an obvious liberal slant, make it more neutral. Of course, since the aim of that site is to have a conservative slant, maybe neutral isn't good enough for them.

*Unless it requires 3D

Technically, 3D is very possible with AGS (especially a raycasting engine like Wolfenstein 3D or Doom), the problem is that performance would be horrible, and there are already other tools that would make doing such a game very easy.

I'd say it's absolutely possible with a plugin, but some work would be required.

The first thing I thought of when I saw this thread is the scene in Legend where Darkness reaches his hand out to Princess Lili through a mirror. Really freaked me out when I first saw it.