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I agree, on_mouse_click should be called *every* time the mouse is clicked. It doesn't make any sense to stop it doing so over a GUI.

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My mind is blown.

Looking good!

I actually wrote a more complete GUI system for AGS which had support for layout based arrangements and had a full suite of controls but it's written in Lua so I doubt anyone would use it.

hopefully Calin (being feature author) would be able to do the same.

Yes, I will do this. The only reason I didn't do so to begin with was that I wanted to get out a version for Ali ASAP and those changes would require more testing since they require additions to the project file and further error trapping.

From what I can tell, this is actually considered short for a personal statement. Most actually run more like 2 pages as opposed to this one and a half.

Often, these debates are labelled as "fruitless" or "pointless". I disagree. In fact, my very position on the matter has been forged in debates like these.

If using a small palette then the best idea to change colours is simply to make an indexed image and change the palette rather than change the image at all. I realise you are using anti aliasing but if it was done manually then the palette should still be limited.

Ha, amusing typo.

I'm really more interested in what colleges actually want to see in a personal statement. This is the 4th or 5th rewrite of it over the last 6 months and we aren't totally sure that we are even putting the right stuff down. I think this is the best version by far though.

I was only trying to teach him a life lesson. If you want society to turn into a bunch of Youtube comments, then enjoy it as much as you like, Calin.

Better to educate society to ignore such ill-thought critique rather than attempt to eradicate its inception.

It's not the job of the player to educate the game maker. If the player thought the game sucked then they should be free to say so in however many or few words they wish.

I do not support having multiple accounts (unless there is a reason for this) but i fully support Stroumph's right to be as vocal and brief as he likes in a public forum.

My girlfriend is a newly qualified art teacher and she is looking for work but the market is *very* competitive at the moment and she has had a success rate of 0% thus far. I think this is mostly due to her personal statement. This is the area of the application in which one 'pimps' themselves. Is anyone an active teacher either in the UK or elsewhere who could possibly give some advice? Even if you're not a teacher yourself but perhaps someone else involved with recruitment or HR your input would be appreciated.

The job in question is this one: http://www.leeds-art.ac.uk/home/job-vacancies/vacancies/vacancy/study-skills-tutor/

She is, as far as i can tell, exceptionally suited to the position so we want to have absolutely everything covered to give her the best chance of being shortlisted.

Here is the text in full of what we have so far:

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My interest in education and the learning process began when I was diagnosed with Dyslexia. Upon learning more about the condition I began to understand why I had such trouble at school when dyslexia was not routinely identified in students. I realised then that I could perhaps help those in a similar situation to my own and be sure that all learners could be taught inclusively while safeguarding the needs of children and vulnerable adults. This is consequently my main goal as an educator. As someone with fairly severe dyslexia, who has learnt how to deal with the challenges associated with learning difficulties first hand, I feel I am exceptionally qualified for the position.

I elected to study a Fine Art degree at Nottingham Trent specialising in photography and digital art. Immediately after completing my degree I enrolled in a DTLLS course with a view to teach older students in a further education environment.

During my DTLLS course I took part in a volunteer placement at Ashfield Technology College teaching mainly in their Sixth Form. I was responsible for leading and planning lessons in Photography and Art at GCSE, A-Level and BTEC levels. In addition to my main classes I also ran after school and lunchtime sessions for those hoping to achieve higher grades or those who perhaps needed some extra time and guidance. The achievement level of the students in my classes was exemplary and all but one of my students achieved their predicted grade or higher and all but one of my students achieved a C or greater (or the equivalent in their course). Also while at Ashfield School I contributed resources for other staff to use. For instance, at the time the school used a worksheet for photography entitled “The Three Rs”. These were Relationship, Recognition and Realisation. I felt this lacked perhaps the most important part of one's development as a working artist and refined and submitted my own version which included a fourth R; Reflection. My version was adopted by the teaching staff and is now taught in place of the old lesson.

One of my main classes while teaching at Ashfield was a level 2 BTEC class especially tailored for students with learning difficulties. This was certainly my favourite class to teach as I felt that I was not only using my training as a teacher but also my experience in the education system as someone with a learning difficulty.

My primary interest in art lies within the digital domain. As an artist I specialise in digital painting for media projects and have produced works for independent video games. The games industry is the largest entertainment industry in the world and provides a very solid career for those in the creative sector and never fails to energise my students. With this in mind I am currently studying 3D modelling as an artistic discipline with a view to perhaps teaching it when such courses become available. In addition to digital art I also have a love for analogue, lo-fi photography such as Lomography and DIY photography like solargraphs and pin-hole cameras. Sculpture has also been very important to me as an artist as I began my artistic practice with Mod-Rock sculpture at college.

My digital art practise has ensured that I am extremely computer literate with both Macs and Windows PCs. I am adept with practically every mainstream program and more than familiar with many lesser-known ones. These include the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop et al.), the Apple range (mainly Aperture) and some other lower-cost alternatives such as Art Rage. In addition to my extensive experience with art packages I can also use office software including Microsoft Office and Open/Libre Office. My work at Ashfield School also taught me to be very at home in their modern VLE.

My own experiences as a student, coupled with my training as a teacher have defined my philosophy of valuing each child as an individual, while not disregarding their part in a community. Students learn best, in my opinion, when exposed to as many learning opportunities as possible. This is especially important when preparing them for later life. A creatively designed curriculum is essential to develop a student's understanding of a subject and the skills they need to apply that understanding. Learning creatively through art and related subjects not only supports sections of the Every Learner Matters agenda but I feel it is also a necessary part of students' education.


I am able to manage challenging behaviour in the classroom but I think it's important to work towards finding the root cause and resolve it for the student. I try to find common ground with students who are disinterested to encourage them to participate in lesson. I also find it helpful to open up the facilities and work with students one to one or in small groups at lunchtimes and after school to help them catch up if needed. I have a student centred approach when teaching, making every effort to support, motivate and encourage the individual learner.

Besides art, I also have a strong interest in literature and I am the co-founder of a bi-weekly creative writing group. My role in the group is to organise our activities for the meeting and to provide pastoral care and motivation to the members. Creative writing can be something of a disheartening process so my services are required almost every week to rally the group. This can sometimes cause tempers to flare but as a resilient leader I am always able to mediate and calm the group. I find my training as a teacher invaluable in this regard.

Continued education is very important to me and I am always eager to pursue new avenues of study whether they are vocational or academic in nature. Following my QTLS (and QTS by-proxy) certification I hope to enrol in a part-time, flexible MA in Education at The University of Nottingham to increase my understanding of the education process. This is a distance learning course and will not reduce my effectiveness in the classroom while studying.

Outside of teaching, I have a strong background in team-based customer service. These positions provided me with skills that are easily transferable into the classroom. My time at a bartender taught me the valuable art of mediation under trying conditions and my time at Ikea, who are famous for their team-based approach, prepared me for working as part of a driven and professional team. My brief stint as a receptionist in a busy veterinary surgery taught me how to be exceptionally organised under pressure.

I would truly welcome the opportunity to help those with learning difficulties as best I can. I am not afraid of hard work and feel I would be an asset to your team.

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EDIT: Updated with grammatical fixes.

If the new changes are at beta state then they should be included in the beta. If they are basically feature complete and work fine (excepting unforeseen bugs) then they should be included.

Looks fine to me. All his comments seem to be reasonable and certainly not trollish even if some are negative.

Right. I don't believe that I ever said the Earth is only 6000 years old. The Bible doesn't either.

I think it's arguable that the bible does say that or at least that mankind is approximately 6000 year old since it has a full genealogy from adam to jesus.
Although this genealogy is arguably 'faked' by the author of luke since it was important to have jesus be a direct descendant of David for the prophecy to work.

AGS is still an excellent program, which is why I'm still using it for mccarthy but it does need modernising.

Allegros DIGMID does not output midi (to Timidity or whatever), it uses the patches to output the audio itself. I could not get Allegro to output midi either.

I thought this would be the case since it takes a patch file.

It's a shame AGS can't output pure midi in linux though.

I made half an adventure game engine and it took me about half a week or so. I'll let you do the math on that.

Love2D is *just* a framework really. It can play sounds, draw pictures and handle input but thats all so it's certainly not as easy as a dedicated adventure game engine.

But if you think about about it, adventure games are very simple. Once you have a room system and a character system you are like 75% there.
The benefits over AGS are very high though if you want to make a high res, graphics heavy game though: Hadware acceleration, different blending modes, subpixel accuracy, resolution independance and more.

I'm using Love2D for my current main project and I think there is an unstable android port but no iOS port.

It shouldn't be too difficult to port but it hasnt been done yet.

Science is, partially at least, the study of removing bias and subjectivity. We try to *measure* things rather than make judgments on things. We don't say the world isnt 6000 years old because we think thats about right. We say that because all our measurements tell us so.

Epistomologically though, no. Humans can never be objective because we don't have an objective lens through which to view reality. We are, and will forever be, fundamentally disconnected from the universe. Science accepts this fact and does the best it can to mitigate it's effects. This is not a plus for the abrahamic religions though because they make actual claims about the nature of reality (all powerful god and creation and so forth) rather than some other religions which merely advise us on how to deal with our relationship to the underlying reality from which we shall forever be oblivious.

Love2D would be an excellent choice for an adventure game and I was very close to choosing it for McCarthy but I decided against it due to phone support.