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If you ask me, it's not very creepy.  I know it's just a pencil drawing right now, but it's hard to give a pencil drawing the creepy look to it.  Especially with no colors.  It's a cruise ship, just not a scary one.  I think the creepiness of a ship would increace by alot if you had a dark backround.

One thing you can do is to not have any lights on the ship.  Make all windows and lights that should work (which would make it look non-creepy) and turn them off.

I don't see why we should worry about that now.  It's never happened before, and to my understanding in past BG blitz it's been winner-by-a-landslide.

I'm not so sure I get what you're saying.  What gives a game freedom is not the inventory--Having lots of extra items seems more like it would confuse you than anything else.  For me anyway... The way i play adventure games i overthink the items I pick up.  If I played Maniac Mansion, I would die trying to figure out what to do with the chainsaw, and utterly devote myself to finding out how to make it work.  If I had an entire inventory screen filled with entirely useless items, it would kill me.  Also some of the sierra "get-everything-that-isn't-nailed-down-and-try-using-everything-on-everything"
puzzles were based on the characters common sense--as he would care weather or not he carried around a bolder, but the player wouldn't.  I can't remember how many times I played one of the sierra games and heard that announcer guy say something  along the lines of "You don't need it" or "It might be useful, but you can't carry it" messages.

The war over the world.  Master Cheesemonkey, Meatloaf wannabe, tiny military, and giant nuke cow. 

Next: Who wins?

Actually... I did.   

Well, that's nice.  I knew that.  But if I get banned for saying that, then this forum is pretty much run by tyrants.  It's like in some of those 3rd world nations where people get shot for saying things about their leader that don't include benevolent, beloved, or any other kind of word like that.  Plus it's not like I was insulting or sarcastic... I was pointing something out. 

Wait... I'm confused... isn't the whole point of this thread to think the idea through?  That's what I thought... I mean, it's not in Gen. discussion so it's currently not being voted on having as a comp.  And isn't that what we do in group brainstorming?  Come up with a basic idea and work it through?

Bumping up you're own thread is always wrong.  Especially when the thread is only in the middle of the page.  But you shouldn't just start yelling at him for the idea.

Victor, is your new hobby posting random 'Why?' topics to create meaningless discussion?  I mean, we have the rest of the forums for that 

This makes me sad.  I only entered because I thought there would be more people... 

Next: A 9-lb monkey with a nuclear bomb.

I'm sorry, but we probably won't be able to help you on a mmorpg/mud/myowncreation game.  Adventure game studio, not mmorpgmudmyowncration game studio 

If you want, there's always www.realmcrafter.com, due to come out soon with it's mmo maker thingamabob.  Plus if you want any help with something of that sort, there's also mmorpgmaker.com which specializes in that kind of game.  I'm not sure if anyone here can help you, but there, more than likely you'll find some stuff for you mmorpgmudmyowncreation.  My older brothers a moderator there, and although you probably can't find a team to help out, you can get tips and help and all sorts of fun crap 

Actually, I think this belongs in Gen. discussion if you want to make it a competition or activity in the C&A forum.

  I like the concept of sending all the work of many people together to create one über-game, but there are some problems.  For one, who would compile all these backrounds, characters and songs?  I can imagine it as a competition OR and activity... either way though, it sounds like a good idea.  I can imagine it will be very screwed up, but funny as HELL.  It's the stresses of scripting, without the burden of everything else!  It sounds very good, and will probably get many games made and motivate those lazy bums out there to get up and make a game (including myself... )

Holy shit!  I'm quoted in your sig! 



Edit: Next: Me getting shot by a rapid mule with a spud gun because I drew him so crappily 

I never said todays gamers were stupid, and neither did tuomas.  I said that gamers didn't want to have to go through mind racking puzzles, which doesn't make them stupid.  Rather, they prefer a more liesurely play.  That or a more exciting one.  Either way, my point still stands.  Also, some of the biggest games of the time are World of Warcraft and Halo 2.  World of Warcraft isn't too complicated, yet at the same time is amazingly popular and filled with the complex warcraft universe.  Halo 2 is a shooting game, where you jump around trying to hit another person.  I personally don't mind the game, but I dont particularly like it either.  Modern gamers aren't into the puzzles we were into.

I don't see how it's not.  I mean, that was essentially "I can get my brother to make an animation for you, if I convince him".  His computer has Photoshop, and that photoshop animator program, plus he's better than me at drawing on the computer. 

My point was not to be useless, but to try to offer help and be funny at the same time.

I think it has something to do with graphics.  I have a friend who plays some pretty bad games.  He mostly just plays Halo, which I don't find too amusing.  But he says the graphics are incredible, so he plays it religeously.  He has doom 3, which he also plays (mind you, it's not the fact that he's obsessed with fps, he's not) and refused to play Doom I or II because of the graphics.  Basically ruling out all old fashioned games (if that's what he feels about Doom, then imagine some of the old VGA's...)

I'd say it's the graphics for some people.  For others, it's just the whole "thinking about puzzles" thing.  I played Myst, and Riven.  I know what hard-as-hell tedious puzzles are about.  You had to do everything just right, otherwise you'd end up getting shot or killing Atrus' wife, and get this sad voiceover while your sitting there in the star fissure.  One of my other friends doesn't want that crap--he just wants to play through a fast paced fighting/shooting game without worrying about an outcome. 

And you're also overlooking the fact that large companies have forgotten Adventure Games.  I'm sure all of them--QFG, DOTT, MM, SM, etc. have won the game of the year award, but eventually companies move on.  QFG ended off with Dragon Fire, which was very similar to the World of Warcraft GUI.  Great game, just barely an adventure game.  The point is--companies will move on, even if we don't.  And yes, Tuomas, people these days do fall for action and graphics alot of the time.  (Star wars... stupid lucas!)

No, that's just the cloak of the wizard--plus, no one's going to notice unless they count out the pixels.  And if you can find someone (other than yourself) that will do that, I will give you a reward*.



Please note: Reward may or may not be alive/rotten/diseased.  Traveling by next millenium air.  Donkey Rounda Studios & King_Nipper are not responsible of death or horrible disease.

Well, i think you'd be glad to hear that this is the greatest thing ever invented.  It shall amuse me for hours--no, years!  Indeed, this is a true mastery of--Oh crap, i should really put down the QFG anthology box...

Well, it's a big black box.  With some lines in it.  And I think you should be quite proud of yourself.  You can draw a strai- a line.  It looks like the british flag, only... not red white and blue.  And, you know, it's entirely useless to the world... (Hmm... this should be the french flag).

(Note: that was not an insult to the british flag...)

Yes, but when they don't it's funny as hell.  Especially when someone comes and locks it ().

I just use my older brother