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I think adventure games (for me) are just an extension of me.  I make the games I want to make ... and for me, I like a serious line, with comedy interjected.

To answer the deeper question you ask ...

I don't think that making them more serious would help the genre.  At least not a 2D (psuedo 3D) adventure game.  The sad reality (as I see it) is that we are now in the 3D world.  I think there's a market for adventure games sure (as the genre still is appealing) but to be commercially viable (mainstream) I just don't see making them more serious as a way to put them on the shelves of Best Buy.

I have been wanting to make FPS type environment, but Adventure game-play style game for years (even started on it a few years back with the HL2 engine) but I think the modern trend is "if I'm not running and gunning I'm not interested".  I think the "pace" of adventure games just doesn't sit well with today's gamers.

I'm definitely interested in the catacombs and I know Davy (Creed) is too!  I'm arriving in Paris around 1:00pm (13:00) on 14 August ... I'm not sure where I'm staying yet (Nacho ... is there room with you guys?)

Also ... I will be renting the car this week (that's car "B" to those in the know!).  Who will be in the car with me?  Eric and Jess ... who else?

A nice trailer!

Good to know it's still in production! 

The video has some really nice animation in it!  I won't comment on the graphics other than to say while I'm not wild about the over-all style they are unique and interesting!  But the life in the animation is really interesting!

Keep on keepin' on!

Is this actually a game?

Technically the two screen shots (not the third since it's mock-up only) but the first two do meet the rules if they are "in-game" ... would be better to show some actual backgrounds, guis, a player character, etc.  Cut scenes are not against the rules ... but people want to see the playable screens.

If you haven't got any playable screens, and thus aren't that far into production you might have jumped the gun a bit.  However you mention a 3 weeks time-line ... so maybe post up a screen or two on the game play parts!

If this isn't a game and is just something "promo" it doesn't really belong in here and I'll move it over to the Adventure Related Talk & Chat board.

No less than 1, but not more that 345,127.

Okay everybody ... I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that (s)he understands that the images are dark.  No need to keep mentioning it.

This isn't the Critics Lounge.  If (s)he wants advice/critics on the graphics (s)he'll post them in the Critics Lounge. 

Lets move on.

Tell me that's an Atari ST!!?!?!  Oh the memories!!  That's the computer I learned to program on (Basic WAY back in the day!!)  Well I started on the 800 and then the 800xl but really got going on the ST! I programmed on that sucker until the early mid 90s and towards the end I had to use duct tape to cram (and hold) the power cord in a certain position for the system to remain powered ...  Look at the disc drive!  I love it!!

Ahh ... thanks for the nostalgia!!  Fantastic memories!!

The problem I see right off the top is that the "noise" in the image is uniform from the top (distant) to the bottom (closer) ground plane.  Single pixel dots.  This gives it a feeling of flatness no matter the amount of shading.  I'd suggest keeping the noise up front (on the closer levels) and having it "blend" into solid colors as it gets farther away (or vice versa).  This will create depth that would help this image greatly!

Other than that I like the "mood" of the image and feel it's a pretty functional background for an adventure game!

I'm currently on my second Dell laptop.  The first was an Insprion 1705 (which was a heavy sucker!) but a wonderful work-horse!

Now I have an XPS 1530.  Smaller, MUCH lighter, and a great work-horse as well!

The only bad thing I will say about them (both of them) is that they have annoying stand-by mode that sometimes is hard to "wake" them up.  I've been using them for over 2 years and I still can't figure out the exact way to make it work!

Bottom line, I like 'em.

Two words:

Mr. Miagi



But seriously ... this is a tricky situation.  Usually in situations like this I try to talk my way out of a fight.  Say things that lead the conversation to a place that makes him look stupid and ignorant if he fights you.  For example, "We've proven that you were wrong.  If you're not a big enough man to own up to being wrong and can only solve your problems with violence well that's up to you"  This has worked for me before ... but fair warning, it can back-fire if he's just an ignorant f**k all and doesn't give a shit.

I will always try to avoid a fight ... but sometimes there just aren't enough words.

Best of luck.

Babar, this is your opportunity to dress like Kevin Bacon and dance around your college while totally cutting loose, footloose with the female students. Don't let your John Lithgow-esque administrator not let you cut loose.

That is awesome.

You know what else is awesome?  DG posting again!!  Are you still getting married?

1) Read the rules (in all boards) before posting
2) This belongs in the Need Help thread in the Adventure Related board, not in here

The thing I find most silly about this is that, just by human nature alone, when you tell somebody they cannot do a thing it only makes them want to do it that much more!

Make it taboo and watch people flock to it!

It's like smoking and drinking age limits here in the states ... high school kids think they are soooooo cool when they drink because they aren't supposed to be doing it and it's become some kind of "cool" badge to wear.

I can't speak for the nature of the students at your school ... but if they're anything like the students I've been exposed to this notice will only serve to backfire badly in the administration's face!

Please, Babar, paint two nipples in both "OO" in "ROOMS"... Then the notice would really be AWESOME!

Yes do that!  Hilarious!

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It is a nice topic! (I think we've done it before ... but it was a long time ago!)

However ... I don't think 1.b (a background) should be used to help pick the winner ... this is a sprite jam after all.  Just a thought.

Also; by colors: 256! do you mean it must use 256 colors, of that's the max number of colors allowed?

I am trying to figure out why this would be enacted ... what possible reason would the administration have for this?

Did something happen on campus (a rape or something) and the school was sued?

That just doesn't add up ... could it be somebody's idea of a joke perhaps?

Cheers Nik!  Glad you like it!

The reason I chose the note I did was because it represented music to me ... and I'm a VERY non-music person!  I figured on that symbol because if I thought of music when I saw it then so would other non-musical sorts like me.  I made a leap and assumed that the people you'd be giving these cards to would, like wise, be non-musical types (or they'd not need the card and would do their own music!).  So it made sense to use a "univeral" symbol of music!

I really like how LimpingFish incorporated the N shape of the note into your name!  I thought of doing that as well, but wasn't sure it would be clear enough as an "N" but it looks pretty cool!  I still feel it's too much though (too busy I mean) ... but that's just personal preference!  I like a completely sleek/sexy look like my two-sider!  Again ... that's just me

Keep us posted!

The non-eroded rim of that crater is so super sexy to me.  It leaves me fairly spellbound.

Good to know there's others out there as mind-blown by this as I am ... there's just something about the thought of that crater sittin' on Mars for longer than the span of human-kind on Earth ... just sitting there undisturbed ... I don't know.  I find that utterly fascinating.  I read  that the diameter of that crater is over 10 km across!  Makes meteor crater in Arizona look like a pimple!

Beyond cool.

[Template Landscape]

I've always been a fan of super simple business cards ... and I find jet-black to be super-sexy and elegant.  I also have always really liked portrait cards (rather than landscape)

I did a few quick ideas for you:



Now ... all of these feel "text heavy" to me.

So I did up a 2-sided version (if you were willing to use full color I'm assuming you don't mind spending a little bit on these cards (and 2-sided black and white is usually cheaper than 1-sided full color!))


(this could also work in portrait layout as well)

I have both the PSD files if you need/want them
Template Landscape (~260k)
Template Portrait (~290k)

Anyway ... feel free to use/not use them as you see fit!  I hope it was helpful!

~ darth

[Another GREAT shot ... this time much higher resolution!]

Another GREAT shot ... this time much higher resolution!

Just incredible ...

Millions upon millions of dollars come from the US to go towards the fight against hunger!  It's not an issue of money being spent, but rather the resources those nations (the ones receiving the money) put forth.  I've heard countless stories of food rotting on the docks because the governments of those nations are just as greedy as the rest of the world's governments and the food rots and their people continue to starve.

Just because there ARE starving kids in Africa (or anywhere) doesn't mean the JPL rocket scientist, who's life-long dream is of space exploration, should be forced to use his talents to fight hunger.  It's a mis-use of resources in my opinion.

I also think/agree with Nacho ... space exploration holds the key(s) to solving many of the earth's problems.

I personally think it's a HUGE tragedy that we went to the moon almost 40 years ago and have done jack-shit since.  Nothing but low earth orbits (with human passengers). 

If NASA came to me tomorrow and offered me a seat on a mission to Mars I would leap at the opportunity.  No matter the risks.

We're stagnating on Earth ... it's time to broaden our horizons.