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Dualnames,

Yes, everybody like old Sierra quest, even me! Few hours ago I post in "Best adventure game of all times"! Check my favorite games there! But these games are in the past!

Ben, I'm necessarily evil. Like the woman in the family Sometimes it's good to hear a things from the other side. Nevermind if it's right or wrong. It helps.

It seems like you're trying to give the community here a shape up. I don't understand the point of all these posts you are making. If you want something to happen, lead by example. Encourage people in the GiP thread yourself. Make a high resolution game yourself.

Just don't expect people to say "Oh, of course, yes Sir!" every time you make a comment or share your opinion.

In the section "AGS Games in Production" there are 2 or 3 post for the last 24 hours. And sometimes there are 0 posts for a 24 hours. This is very sad for the game authors that need feedback

"5 days A stranger" - The greatest Adventure Game of all time ?!?  I don't think so.

The Greatest Adventure Game of all time should be a good adventure game that bring something new to the genre.

Larry I
Space Quest I, II, III
Syberia I
Larry 7
Gold Rush
Grim Fandango

5 days A stranger, it was just simply awesome, it was scary, sort of funny, and it was just overall great!

You think more about the website and its navigation. Think about what will happend with this website if after years the game authors are the same as now and produce the same low res games.

I still think that we need to stimulate more the modern tehniques. Now we say - "There are not good enough hi res games". And thats all. But if this website have a future, it is in the more modern games.

But it's only my opinion.

You are right! I will not play them. I will find something in hi res. Unfortunately there is no option for searching by resolution. I have to browse all games.

Then don't play them
And a search for "can not set video mode" would have led you to the solution in a matter of seconds, btw

See, 320 games causes more and more problems

The best way to play 320 games on modern hardware is using windowed and the x3 filter or fullscreen and the x2 filter.
Changing the resolution might screw with certain graphical stuff like fonts and character scaling (that's why that option was removed recently).

Developers should mention this in their readme and publish the game with an acsetup.cfg already set to one of the two settings.

SSH, sorry if I wasn't kind.

I understand. If you divide the games by resolution for pick its understandable. But why you have to do it. If someone make a GREAT game that everybody likes in 800x600 and the quota for the pick of the month is spent what you will do? You will publish a game that is not that good but in 320x200 because they have quota?

I think that the games should be devided by resolution for the pick of the month.

6.4% is that a larger chance? Every game is a game. For the "pick of the month" they shoudn't be devided!

So I think that you admit that there is discrimination for 800x600 games. What are these percents? Every game is a game.

I suggest in the main page of the site to put a message:
"Do not make game in 800x600. They have a smaller chance to be included in Pick of the month section."

I just proved that they have a larger chance.

So I think that you admit that there is discrimination for 800x600 games. What are these percents? Every game is a game.

I suggest in the main page of the site to put a message:
"Do not make game in 800x600. They have a smaller chance to be included in Pick of the month section."

The small quantity of 800x600 games is not a reason not to include them in pick of the month.

I'm not saying it is, but it would be unfair for them to be proportionally overrepresented. I have chosen 31 games for pick of the month and 2 of these are 800x600 (I forgot META, too).  That makes about 6.4%. 17 out of 500 games that are user-rated makes about 3.4%. Therefore 800x600 games are actually already over-represented in my choices.  


And as for special sections, the AGS Awards are voted for by forum members. Why not check out the winners there?

Thank you, Ali. This works for me and for the gamers that are using the forum. But the sad is that others will not ask in the forum like me. They will close and will delete the game. Thats why are my postings about 320x200! Too much attention for this resolution that new video cards don't support.

Use Setup.exe and change the resolution to 640x80 or higher possible. I think you mentioned an awareness of this function in another thread. I wouldn't try alternate graphics drivers, that could only cause trouble.

Is this your solution? I want to play it in full screen. The "Windows" interface distracts me.

Use the "run in a window" option in  setup.exe

Even the best created adventure game could be lost here. This website needs more special sections like "Pick of the month". And these special section should contain the best games from the website!

The best game should be lifted up!

Today I tried the pick of the month game Cougar Quest for a Freedom. When I run it the error appears:



Are you familliar what kind of driver I have to install. I installed the original video card driver but the error still appears.

2x and 3x filters helps, but not enough! Another thing: I can't run any game 320x200 on my PC. The new video cards doesn't support this resolution.

The small quantity of 800x600 games is not a reason not to include them in pick of the month.

I think Stan hasn't realised about the 2x and 3x filters in the game's setup.exe, or the larger resolution options in older games.

It also now has a resolution column so you can see that 17 games out of about 500 are 800x600. Which is maybe why you don't see many in the pick of the month. (The only one, I think, has been the farm)

I think that the games in 320x240 have a big MINUS. Is you want to play them like the way they are designed you have to play them in a small window instead of full screen. And this is the real problem.

- If you play them in a small window you a loosing from the game's atmosphere. You see the WINDOWS icons and buttons, and toolbars. Also somethimes the game can be a pixelhunting because of the small window.
- If you play them at full screen - the resizing is terrible.

I prefer to play hi res in full screen. In 800x600 there is also resizing if your monitor is 1024x769 but that resizing is not too much.

[smumm]

SSH,

Earlier I agreed that there a bad games in hi res! But the question is that there are good hi res games that don't appear in the special sections on this website. And smumm - the author of the topic said the same. These low-hi res arguings are just part of the main topic.

Smumm said:
"This is just something that came to mind when I was writing the previous suggestion. There have been some cases that I really doubt the pick of the month, don't get me wrong here, the games picked are at least avarage, but it's really shame when there's a lot of greater games without recognition. In the long run, the pick of month loses it's value when the game is more or a less just a random pick (with some exaggeration.)

It's really great publicity to the game and to be fair to everyone, it would be better if the game is voted every month from few to ten choices. Or possibly people could suggest games to be the game of month. (Or something even better?) As a concerned gamer and possible future adventure game maker, I think it's too much authority for one man!"

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And I want to add:
Why games like Al Emmo, Diamonds in the Rough, Picaroon, Cosmos Quest don't appear in "Pick of the month"?

Ok. Which screenshot looks better?



OR

Tell me guys what do you prefer? A same game in 320x240 or in 800x600?