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ok this fits but I'm not getting the 'aha moment'

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king is LEAR
definite article THE

LEARTHE ---> LEATHER

Then I got JACKET (JACKass & ET)

so my answer is LEATHER JACKET

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About 40% of this is from others work. (so you all can share the blame if its wrong )

Now own up did you get from the hints?

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L-space was a pretty massive hint!!!

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True, but I don't like to drag these things on

Nice one Cassiebg.

Now own up did you get from the hints?

EDIT: explanation

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DIS (insult) C (language of the geeks) WORLD (L WORD)

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Wrong I'm sure but let's see if any hints about right track/wrong track are forthcoming...

Sorry Mandle, you've got the clues split up correctly but the answers are wrong.

Since you asked, I will give a hint :

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It is adventure related

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and a big hint (use only if you cant work it out)

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the 'L word' is part of the answer, 'L space' points to the whole answer

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[WHEN INSULTING THE LANGUAGE GEEKS USE, BE SURE TO ADD THE L WORD. (9)]

OK on the assumption I got it right.

WHEN INSULTING THE LANGUAGE GEEKS USE, BE SURE TO ADD THE L WORD. (9)

purely on word count...

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Beginners' Technical Questions

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[MiteWiseacreLives & CrashPL]

Thank you all for your kind words, I'm working on getting voice acting for the demo and making some minor adjustments.

MiteWiseacreLives & CrashPL If only I'd included a dinosaur in my game!

A quick thought on backups, has anyone else used the Grandfather, Father, Son approach?

A quick explanation is here.

Essentially you keep 3 backups,daily,weekly and monthly then rotate each backup. It's a system thats very easy to implement, and can save a lot of hassle when things go wrong.

I have added the demo to the AGS games page and revised the links I provided to direct to that page, instead of directly to the download.

If people would like to respond to the demo, I would be grateful if you would add a comment on the AGS games page.

This has been a 'Mouse fetishist' approved message.

Now on to the task of adding voices...

[Mandle:]

Mandle: Cheers mate. And thank you again for your work on this.

Tabata: Glad you enjoyed it! Can I now put 'Mouse fetishist approved' on all my promotional material?

[splat44, selmiak, Cassiebsg and Mandle]

I have included a link to download the demo in the main post (the link is HERE.)

This is made up of the introductory level of the game. The puzzles are fairly easy.

I would like to thank splat44, selmiak, Cassiebsg and Mandle. They have been my bug testers and have also provided much needed suggestions for improvements.

The demo still is awaiting proof reading , but I wanted people to see this sooner rather than later. I am now going to have a lie down in my hollowed out volcano and take a break for a little while.

The way I would tackle this is to break the problem into smaller chunks.

Forget about animating (just temporarily).

1.Set up two variables above all your functions x[3] and y[3] and a third one called counter.

2. Store the values of each of your walk points in the x,y variables e.g x[0]=100; y[0]=200;

3. Set your counter to zero.

4. Walk your NPC to x[counter],y[counter] (non blocking).

5. in repeatedly_execute test if NPC is moving using '.Moving' if its not moving then increase your counter by 1 (if its 3 or above set back to zero). Repeat step 4.

Try to do this first, then build upon it by adding in the animating (you can test if a character is animating using '.Animating').

I'd write the code for this if I had the time, but I think tackling it yourself would be the best approach. That way you will learn & progress.

Cheers,

Dadalus.

EDIT: In repeatedly_execute a general rule of thumb I use is to test for something before executing any commands. Otherwise you just end up sending the same command over & over & over. so in the example above

Code: ags

if (cNPC.Moving) 
{
    //do nothing as the character is walking
}
else
{
    //character has reached his destination 

    //increase counter by 1 
    counter++;
    if (counter>=3) counter=0;
    //walk to next point
    cNPC.Walk(x[counter],y[counter],eNoBlock);    
}

hope that helps (I've not tested this)

I was just being cheeky, who knew I was on the right track!

Joke answer

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32K + 32K

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[SWEARING AT JERRY'S ENEMY WHEN YOU SHOULD BE TALKING]

I can only get the easy ones

SWEARING AT JERRY'S ENEMY WHEN YOU SHOULD BE TALKING (6,6) (AGS related)

Ahhh...maybe:

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Custom Dialog?

or Custom Speech?

Cuss for swearing, with Tom being Jerry's enemy, and dialog or speech for speaking (I guess either one works)

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Spot on Mandle.

[SWEARING AT JERRY'S ENEMY WHEN YOU SHOULD BE TALKING]

I can only get the easy ones

SWEARING AT JERRY'S ENEMY WHEN YOU SHOULD BE TALKING (6,6) (AGS related)

Damn nothing to to with my previous post

The answer is

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Sprite Slot (anagram of Lost Priest)

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Not a guess but maybe

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The Lost Priest is it possibly something to do with Mr. Eko (Father Tunde) from the TV series Lost?

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Video promo for the demo (just a teaser only minor spoilers)

[embed=420,315]http://youtu.be/nbJIxgwId-g[/embed]

still looking for voice actors (see earlier post).

A quick note so that people don't think this has been abandoned.

I have passed the rough version of the demo onto my group of testers and I will be refining and debugging the demo over the next 2 weeks for general release.

I am also looking for voice actors, please see recruitment thread.