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It's possible and not even too complicated. One of the easiest ways I can think of is a simple dialog where the choices are the dialog lines. Can easily be fancied up, too.

Yeah I think I haven't been very precise here.

I have made an attempt to get the shading done on the  right part of the Milky Way bar. The left part is not shaded at all, that is placeholder stuff.

I am running into problems getting the colour right, and the texture of the bar looks all wrong.

Like selmiak suggested I did quite some research- even before I posted here- and fact is, I can't get this to look tasty. It's a candy bar. You should look at it and say, yes, I want to pick that thing up now and eat it, and then buy more.

I am really looking for paintovers here, or pics I may not have found. I need help. I am desperate. And I have no more Milky Ways.

Gee, I read the book when I was a kid- together with a lot of Famous Five novels they shaped my idea of a world where kids solve crimes by being small enough to fit into a car trunk, and knowing about invisible ink!
Downloading. This looks charming and I like the idea a lot!

We had a tie there, which I resolved with one vote.

GOLD for Eric

Silver for ArjOn

Bronze for Tabatha

Thanks a lot to all participants, and see you next round- your round, Eric!

Yeah, I really suck at celestial bodies. You KNOW what I doodled here (it's a popular candy bar after all), but how to make it look tasty?

[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/1HkPcVR.png[/imgzoom]

For reference: That is the good Commander (a shepherd) chasing a rogue Ghost across the Milky Way. Jus' so you know.
The sheep are space sheep and can breathe in space.

Not a command but a suggestion- Radiant, why not combine maping out the route to Turbinistan AND seeking out strange valuables? Since we know hardly anything about the kingdom's layout? In addition, Kevin would be travelling in company of a merchant who *knows* the route, and might be able to share his knowledge.

> Hire Sir Kevin and order him to escort the southern merchant back to Turbanistan mapping the trade route as they go.

This could work. Shame no-one wants me to initiate the short-term dragon-slaying, so yeah: +1 this!

We are knigts

And tightly knit at that

Please show your graphics here. To know your style

Just a suggestion, give a more specific description of your project to allow people to get a better idea WHAT they are entering. Might raise a bit more interest, and people can create specific test assets. No use getting an artist who is great at high-res art when you want low-res, and so on

Miguel- he wears an awesome wide-brimmed felt hat with a feather in it. And he's more eloquent than Dennis. Their love for each other is eternal unless it isn't. And that's it, really. Nothing else is known/canon/important/made up yet

I like to start testing as soon as the game is playable- not even finished, just with the GUI and some first locations in place. If that's not possible I like to take the old-fashioned "release when no bugs are found" approach.
For a MAGS game I reserve a little under a week for testing since that are small-scope games, though.

I should mention that I can rely on at least three very competent testers who always do their job to the fullest. Not just testing, also suggesting and bouncing back ideas, and that is a great plus.

I'll let voting open until Sunday if everyone's okay with that? I see a trend forming but there's plenty of ways to tip the scales.

>> SEND SIR KEVIN & COMPANY TO SEEK OUT STRANGE STONES, EXOTIC WOODS OR THE BONES OF SOME EXOTIC BEAST TO THE NORTH; AND SHOULD HE BE SUCCESSFUL WE WILL HIRE (AND TRAIN) HIM AND HIS MEN

Definite +1 on that.

Congrats team Sell-Me-Ack! And Captain-tea!

Dear moving thread, I learned something important today. No matter HOW good you are a Touhou player, you should avoid listening to the soundtrack while driving. Heavy traffic is NOT an opportunity to display your ability to weave between tight spaces, no matter how small you think your hit box is.

So my split personalities can vote, too?

>Grant audition to Sir Kevin of Axemont. Ask our military advisor Sir Lancelot to stay for advice during the audition.

+1

+1

Well, here we are! Thanks to everyone who took part, now let's... let's do what... er....

We could...



No.... but thank you for sharing, badly-drawn Spider-Man.

We shall vote it out now.
Let's do it  gold old-fashioned "Gold, Silver, Bronze" style. Cast your votes and tell us who deserves which metal.

Entries are:

Arjon's suspiciously cute rodent!
[imgzoom]http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/ColoringBall/magical%20christmas%20ornament%20-%20candy%20canes%20stealing%20hamster-b.png[/imgzoom]

Eric's mouse-king doing strange things to a thin-necked girl!


Jwalt's Snorkelfish (?) !
[imgzoom]http://i1341.photobucket.com/albums/o756/jwalt10705/forOrnament_zps6bd4c958.png[/imgzoom]

Tabata's double-entendre Pinnocchio!
[imgzoom]http://s7.directupload.net/images/user/131130/tr52ayq4.gif[/imgzoom]

Vote it out, guys.

[charge admission]

No, the genius of my scheme is this: charge admission.  Yeah, that's right.

+1. AND we invite the dragon, yes?

In fact, just to be sure we aren't tempted I say we dress the jester up in a dress and spend the whole evening "smitten" with him.

Aaaaand thanks for yet another picture I'll never get out of my head.

I disagree with your logic.  The dragon may well have been quite tiny, just very powerful.

Agreed. Still there is a dragon, and my guess is based mostly on basic fantasy fare. Dragon == hoard == money.

I was a bit silly, but I think there IS some potential here. We need money. Trade will not really get us started and as is seems there are many things to take care of (and pay for) before we will have something like an economy. We should warm up to the idea to get money quickly. Taking on a dragon clearly would be a dangerous affair. But maybe there is more? Leprecauns with a pot of gold maybe? A rock in the fields with treasure buried under it that can only be taken by those pure of heart?
We should learn about the FANTASY aspect of the realm and monetize it. And that actually *is* a serious suggestion.