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What a pleasant surprise...

I agree with all the fine artists who've already commented on the lighting/shadows!  Could really help punch this up!

You have a great talent! 

I know this probably won't go over well but I'm gonna say it anway ...

I would love to see you do something in this technique, but without the wacky perspective.  Such clean lines and fine details (at the higher resolution) doesn't, for me, work well in this off-perspective style.  Something that follows proper perspective, but in this technique, would surpass most commercial games.  That's just my own feelings of course

I, too, noticed the tentacle supports right way.  Very nice addition!

Nacho, that is a good point: a candidate's religion should not matter. Who here wants to tell a 7-year-old Muslim American that he or she can never be president despite their dreams?

In an ideal world yeah, a candidate's religion shouldn't matter.  Just like black people shouldn't be voting for Obama simply because he's black and women shouldn't vote for McCain simply because Palin is a woman.  However ... we live in a FAR from ideal world and these are sad realities.

Too many religion freaks will rally around, "this country was founded by Christians and we need a Christian as President!!".

Personally I think only atheists should be President.  Too many religious nut-bags are in power over the world and make stupid decisions based off of books written thousands of years ago that have no practical use in the modern world.  I am really not comfortable with a person (President) making decisions about my future, who truly believes human-kind winked into existence 10,000 years ago because a book (written so long ago they still believed in magic) claims it was so.

I smell another religion good/evil thread-hijacking comin' on

[Mountain Dew]

As far as I remember, Darth, you were beaten very hard, raped and then given to the dogs to eat you... And this only because you said no to a bloody beer!

Is it rape if I asked for it?

Bah, everyone knows that Mountain Dew is the choice of sexy and intelligent men and women everywhere

Does Coke Zero count?  I love that stuff ... same taste (really) and zero calories and no sugar.
** Darth goes off to cash the endorsement check from Coca Cola **

[YOUR A MORAN]

If you want an example of the over-all stupidity and dumbing-down of this planet visit youTube and read any of the video's comments.

One of my favorites was the one, in all caps, that read "YOUR A MORAN"

Absolutely delicious and frightening at the same time.
(If you don't get it, go back to youTube and leave a few more comments)

Amendment: Should your first language not be English, you are excused from the insult if you don't get it.

Jeez dudes, does Darth not deserve the benefit of the doubt?

Was it a generalization? Sure. Is that reason to jump on him and demand satisfaction? I don't think so.

Thanks ... I think?

Although I didn't make a generalization.

Even Republicans? I thought they campaigned on greed and lining their own pockets, which certainly the last 3 Republicans presidents achieved.

Sure, they just make lofty promises to a different group of voters than the enlightened group that frequent these forums

The Republicrats don't offer any solutions to any of the important issues.  They prefer, instead, to sling mud at each other as per usual.

This is another issue I have ... I cannot stand the kindergarten-playground-insults between grown men on national television ads.  When I can get through an election year where I see ads for a candidate that are only about their positive stuff and not their opponent's short-comings I might be inclined to vote for them.  It's disgusting to see two men, one of whom will be the President of the United States waging cry-baby wars with their opponent.

Oh man I feel your pain!!

A few years back I had a toothache ... the dentist did a root-canal and missed a nerve in the tooth.  I spent a night in the most agonizing pain I've ever felt.  Like you I've suffered many injuries that most would consider painful and I just shrugged them off.  This 'exposed nerve' was so mind-bogglingly painful that parts of the night are actually blacked out.  I know I was on the floor with only my head and my heels touching the ground with my back arched so strongly and my fists clenched so tightly that I drew blood on my my palms.

I have a theory that an exposed nerve in your tooth is more painful than child birth because if child birth were that painful no woman would have more than one kid!!  Granted I have no basis for comparison ... it's just a theory.

Mods I love your enthusiasm on the subject!

Just want to reiterate that I believe in UFOs.  I've seen a few myself.  I don't think they're aliens (from a planet other than earth) but they are unidentified flying/floating objects for sure!

Do I want them to be aliens?  Hell yeah!  I just think they aren't.   I, for one, would like to find out exactly what they are!

Would it make everybody feel better if I changed it to, "some people" instead of, "a lot of people"?

Would  that sooth all the delicate nerves?

I never said "all voters are doing this as a race thing" ... I never even implied that.  But if everybody wants to bury their head in the sand and think that the fact that Obama is black isn't an issue by all means go right ahead.  Whether we want to play all 'enlightened', and falsely accuse me of being a bigot, it is an issue to a lot of people (as I stated in my original point). Personally I don't care that the man is black (I was raised to judge a person on their actions, not on the color of their skin).  I care that he's a presidential-level politician and, as such, I'm extremely hesitant to trust him even a little bit.  How quickly we forget the every presidential candidate campaigns on all these lofty goals and ambitions and then, when elected into office, accomplishes none of them.  "But this time it's different!" just like it was in 2004, 2000, 1996, 1992, 1988, 1984, 1980, 1976, 1972, 1266 ... blah blah blah.

You realise that saying:

a lot of black people are simply going to vote for him 'cause he's black

is the same thing as saying:

a lot of women are simply going to vote for Sarah Palin 'cause she's female

which is a ridiculous statement to make.  You cannot reduce the political agency of a whole sector of society into such black and white terms without coming across as bigoted.  And suggesting that because you said "a lot of people" rather than "every person" somehow removes you from the responsibility of the words you said is a cop out.

It's actually not ridiculous.  I'd wager there are quite a few ("some" if it makes us all feel better) women voting for McCain because of Palin being a woman.  Do you truly believe that there are no women doing this?  Or no black people voting for Obama because he's black (even though my link shows this is the case)?  Do you truly believe that McCain (and his campaign people) didn't, in some part, choose her (a woman) to compete with Obama being black? I am not reducing the 'whole sector of society' into anything.  I made a point that a lot of people will vote for Obama 'cause he's black (rather than having any idea about his politics) and then provided a link to some actual proof on the subject.  I'm not bigoted and I don't appreciate being labeled falsely like that.

Nor is it a cop out.

Anyway you look at it: 'A lot' does not equal 'all'. Period.

Again, if it's really that hard to grasp the concept of "a lot" I will amend my previous statement to use "some".  If it's really necessary.

If you want to interpret "a lot of people" as "EVERYbody" then so be it.  I won't get into a pointless debate on semantics.  Bottom line, she insinuated something that I did not say.  I said "a lot of people..." and not "everybody is ..."  I really don't see why this is difficult to comprehend.

That's not what I said.  Not even close really.

[Smoking/Drinking Issue]

Nacho violated you as well? I thought I was the only one!

Perhaps not the only, but the most memorable

Smoking/Drinking Issue
I do not smoke and I drink very little.  Neither was a problem at Mittens (for me).  I was asked on several occasions if I wanted a beer (or other drink) and my refusal was accepted with no problems.

[Obama wins]

McCain will be President.  The Electoral College puts who they want in office and I highly doubt they want Obama in there.  They want a rich white-dude in office.

Personally I don't give a shit either way.  No matter who the president is he's still a politician (as Nacho said) and is a liar and a crook and the rest of the world will still complain about him and hate the U.S.  I don't see anything changing there.  What I'd like to see change is the removal of bi-partisanship and/or have the democrats or republicans stop putting up duds as their nominees.  Sadly, this isn't likely to happen.

However ... I see dark times for my country either way.  I see it like this:

Obama wins
We have a no-experience black president.  All the ignorant racist white folks will bitch about the 'ni99er' (censored for you sensitive folk) president and all the ignorant racist black people will be on high horses thinking they're entitled to something because the president is black.

Obama loses
Good lord!!  The country erupted when some low-life druggie (Rodney King) got beat up by some white cops can you just imagine if Obama doesn't win?  Or even worse, he wins the popular vote but the electoral college doesn't vote him in?!?!  It'll be a nightmare!

And I think Obama is very likely to win the popular vote because a lot of white people think it's 'cool' to vote for him 'cause he's black and they can show how un-racist they are (rather than paying attention to what he's saying) and a lot of black people are simply going to vote for him 'cause he's black.

Case in point; listen to this and puke with me

Dangerous ignorance.

Sad times are a'comin'...

[PSD File]

I did a quick, down 'n dirty paint-over ...



Just added some more lighting effects from the soft orange light of the windows.  Felt like it wasn't hitting the environment right (not that what I did is necessary accurate of course).  This is just a quick idea to show what I mean.

Here is the PSD File (~350k) if you want to see how I accomplished this (using adjustment layers)

I also adjusted the lighting of the fence but you posted an update for that already

Hope it helps!

[1. Space Quest 3]

1. Space Quest 3
This was one of the first adventure games I bought on my own and played all the way through without cheating.  The story wasn't overly amazing but the immersion was something that really made an impact on me.  One scene that really stands out for me is Fester Blatz's World 'O Wonders shop on Phleebhut that whole scene ... it was ... transporting to a young boy.  And the game had a brilliant usage of the EGA palette (which, in my opinion peaked around the time this game came out).

2. Loom
Such a cool and full world this game created!  I remember just being blow-away by how 'deep' the game felt to me.  The use of colors, the music, the originality all really appealed to me.  I was unable to complete the game without some help from a friend who had already beaten it, but still.  The same as with SQ3, the usage of the EGA palette was incredible (I did later play the VGA version/talkie but it lacked the magic to me that the EGA version had)

3. Full Throttle
Full talking with some 3D animation mixed in and bikers kickin' ass!  This game was, to me, way ahead of it's time and I played it over and over (with very little calls to the helpline - you kids might not realize this but the internet wasn't always there for us to use!)  It was the first very professional feeling game that felt more than PG rated to me.  I felt like I was playing an 'adult' game ... and I liked that.

1) Review the Rules before posting (not just on this board but all boards)
2) I'm not moving this 'cause it doesn't belong in the Chat boards either (see the post above for the proper link)
3) Welcome to the forums ...

[Some Amazing Animal Facts by PETA]

excellent!

1. Porcupines cannot swim.

2. Frogs have an ear drum on the outside of their head.

3. Sea otters always float on their backs when they eat.

4. Polar bears look white, but they actually have black skin.

5. Snakes always keep their eyes open, even when they are asleep.

6. Crickets have ears on their front legs.

7. Aardvarks can hear and smell termites and ants.

8. Cobras are able to kill with a bite as soon as they are born.

9. Flamingos have knees that can bend backward.

10. The pistol shrimp catches its prey by surprising it with a loud banging noise made with its claws.

11. Some species of Australian social spiders eat their mother when food becomes scarce.

- Some Amazing Animal Facts by PETA

What a fascinating story.

Talk about commitment to the task at hand!

How incredible that must have been for those kids to have that experience.  Perhaps they won't be the typical rich-kids that grow up to be the millionaire-dim-wits-so-outta-touch-with-reality-it-makes-one-sick types that we all love so much.

First, please include a second (different) in-game screenshot.

Also ... make sure the images appear in this thread so people don't have to click on them to view.

Lastly, you cannot post BMPs on these forums so see about converting them to PNG or some other small-ish filesize.

Please update soon so I need not lock this thread...

Thanks ... good luck with your game.

Really good stuff!

I'm in almost complete and total opposition to your beliefs, but I still find the subject [in a fiction kind of way] extremely entertaining!!  I liked the over-all format of the show!  Was only able to watch the one (I'm at the office now) but will definitely watch more later!

Cheers!

Do you realize you're asking for a site that I (my company) would charge approximately 5,000 USD?

I don't think you're being too demanding, just a tad too hopeful maybe

I'm always, free-time permitting, willing to help out my fellow AGSers with a design or two but creating a content management system is a whole other bag of tricks!  The folk around here are quite giving so who knows, you might land somebody willing to do this for you.

Personally I'd recommend searching Google for an alternative.  I'm sure there are portfolio hosting sites out there that could fill your needs adequately.