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Welcome to the boards notarobotyet. 

Against all odds, though, I'm about to finish my first demo/game/experiment, which I will most certainly post here very soon, I'm thinking probably a week from now .

Sounds like you know how to keep things small. A very useful skill indeed. Most people get overambitious on their first project, and try to make something that would take years for an expert to make. Starting small, is always the best way to go. So great job there, I look forward to seeing your game.

I can't draw or design to save my life, but I'm really invested in the idea of learning how to do pixel art

As someone who couldn't draw to save their life as well, up until a few years ago. Here's some friendly advice, traditional drawing skills translate into pixel art skills. I don't know how, but when I started practicing with a pencil, I suddenly found myself able to make decent pixel art.
So draw everyday. Get a pad (something cheap will do), find a comic you like the artstyle in, and everyday draw a panel from that comic. Don't trace, use it as a reference. Try to enlarge the panel to cover the entire page. After you've filled in the entire pad, you'll be able to draw. Not very well, but you'll definitely have the basics. And unfortunately there's no other way to learn those basics. It's like riding a bicycle, you've got to do it to learn it.

Good luck! 

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I'm sure it's a good film, I just can't stand subtitles.

That's unfortunate. There's so much worthwhile cinema out there, in languages other than English.

Yeah well. I hear that you can get used to subtitles if you watch enough with them. But as of right now, watching with subtitles for me, is like having a kid constantly kick the back of your seat during the entire film. I'll only tolerate them if I really want to watch the film, and even then the film kinda gets ruined for me.
But personally I think it's more unfortunate the amount of books, comics, games, and movies other people will never experience, either because of preconceived notions or because they were never translated. I could give a huge list of brilliant stuff, ranging from Japanese Boardgame videogames, to B-horror movies.

Pan's Labyrinth is definitely in Spanish. As far as I know, Guillermo del Toro only has directed movies in Spanish and English. And there's the fact that Pan's Labyrinth is set in Spain.

Seriously! 
And here I've been thinking for the past ten years or so, that it was set during one of the french civil wars (probably the WW2 one.).
Wow, was I wrong. 

[Pan's Labyrinth]

I especially liked Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro

I thought Pan's Labyrinth was in french?
Well either way, I personally couldn't get into Pan's Labyrinth. I'm sure it's a good film, I just can't stand subtitles. And in a film like Pan's Labyrinth where the majority of the appeal is in the awesome designs and the delivery of lines, you lose a lot with your eyes glued to the words at the bottom of the screen.
I always hoped that there would be a dub, even a subpar one. But to my knowledge, there's never been one.

Also it's been a long time since I last watched Pan's Labyrinth, so correct me if I'm wrong here. But based on my vague recollection, it was implied that the monsters and such were just in her head. Because they never actually interacted with the real world. Which I didn't like. I wanted to see everyone get killed at the end because I thought they all deserved it.
Please correct me if I'm recalling that wrong though. I think it's been well over ten years since I watched it.

Bridget Jones Diary?

AL Gurbish in Nick it & Run, I played recently by a recommendation of a friend and it was fun

Hey, I remember that being one of the first AGS games I ever played. 
I also remember disliking it.
So um... two conflicting emotions there. Hmm, I'm sure nostalgia will win over. 

Hmm... Don't Escape 4?

The Walking Dead?
Sorry, that's the only AMC show I know. 

I think the most recent horror film I've watched, was the latest Halloween film. (Halloween 2018)
I went in expecting something laughably bad. But it was remarkably good. I'd highly recommend it.
It's not very scary though. At least to me.

drugs and bodily fluids.

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There are recipes for productivity?
I just attempt to do it when I'm in the mood.
Or if it's something I have to do, as in the case of my comics. I just do it on a scheduled day every week (currently Sunday).

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If I sat down and really thought about it, I could probably come up with some really good contenders. Since most children media is quite messed up if you think about it too long (For example: In The Night Garden is a show about the dreams of someone who is lost at sea.)

But the first that comes to mind, is something I haven't watched but been warned about (and of course isn't for kids).
It's called "Boku no Pico". And yes it's an anime, but anime is just short for animation, and cartoon is just another word for animation, so I stick my tongue out at anyone who says that anime aren't cartoons. 

Hi! I recently started posting here because I wanted to put my little project where someone could eventually see it. I have had the user for a while, but most of my technical questions were solved by forum/manual digging, so I haven't needed to post for that luckily. I've been playing with AGS on and off since 2010 and I've been actively developing the game I'm working on now since 2017. I found the latest updates on the engine (modifying custom properties at runtime!) so amazing and I generally enjoy coming here and seeing how much this place has grown. I'm mostly a forum lurker, though, and may become active for a while and then go back to lurking...

I have, however, a little thing that makes it kinda hard for me to be anything close to active here and it is this question:
"Are you a human, or a robot?:"

You see, I understand this whole robot discrimination that's been going on online, since most of my kin are prone to vandalism and such, but I find this question to be terribly annoying, since I can't for the life of mine find a way to answer it. (Jokes aside, I mean it... I tried all answers that came to my mind, and non really work? I'm resorting to reload the page till the other questions appear because I haven't figured that one out and it's quite tiring having to do that every time).

Welcome to... um... posting on the forums. I can't really welcome you to the forums since you've been lurking here for so long. 

As for answering that question. The answer "human" (without quotation marks) seems to always work for me.

Well, the EU wants to get rid of it, so there's good news for you.

It grinds my gears that despite the EU wanting to get rid of it, Britain is fighting to keep it. Despite the majority (if not all) British citizens agreeing with the EU and wanting rid of it!

Solomon's Key? 

Close, but no cigar.
This game is kind of obscure. So obscure, that simply putting its name into Google, doesn't yield any results unless I append "game" to the search.

I looked for 'Solomon's Key Clones', and found Zipang.   
https://www.giantbomb.com/zipang/3030-52560/images/ n

That's right, it's Zipang. 

But Zipang IS Solomon's Key, just a dolled-up installment to tie up with a movie. It's licensed from Tecmo.

Well I did say it was close.
And besides, I think some (if not all) of the levels in Zipang are different to those in Solomon's Key. I'd have to check to verify that though. 

Speaking of Solomon's Key clones, have any of you ever encountered an old windows version, with a level editor and the ability to play with up to three players, and a chibi artstyle?
I've been looking for it forever, but as far as I can tell the game doesn't exist on the internet.

Solomon's Key? 

Close, but no cigar.
This game is kind of obscure. So obscure, that simply putting its name into Google, doesn't yield any results unless I append "game" to the search.

Caren and the Tangled Tentacles.

You'll have to give me a moment to think of something for my turn.

Edit:
Ok, thought of somehing.
[imgzoom]https://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/2/23093/2822738-zipang_%28j%29-007.png[/imgzoom]

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Stephen King has some powerful short stories, but imo usually he is a hack

In my opinion, Stephen King is an exceptional writer, but a terrible story teller.
To better explain this, Lovecraft is an incredible story teller but a terrible writer.

I've yet to find someone who is a master at both skills. But then again, the number of books I've read is only in the double digits. So there's bound to be someone out there.

But can it run Crysis?

Lovecraft isn't really that close to my style

Really?
I always figured you'd be a big fan of Lovecraft, considering your viewpoints on horror.
Or do you mean writing style? In which case, I completely understand.