Messages

Makes very intersting reading so far, good job Andail.  

EDIT: The Formular (apologies for lazyness) part is greyed out for me unless i'm looking at the wrong bit...

Surely Harg's place in AGS Footballer is assured by now?! 

Well, you'd have to have rules or rough guidelines as to the ideas. I'm not sure how many RPG's with 10,000+ enemies could be made in a month? 

Or I suppose it could even be taken in the direction of pairing up willing "noobs" and er... whatever it is you would call the other participants to share the work on the games. Not sure if/how that would really work in practice though.

[Help newbie to make a game of his dreams!]

Help newbie to make a game of his dreams!

Find an AGS newbie with cool game idea. Every participant makes a game based on newbie's scenario, regardless of how silly it is. 

Now that is a brilliant idea!

"Outside"

All action in the game must take place outdoors.

Next: How many times do I have to tell you?

[has]

FANTASTIC NEWS!

Can't wait for the full version of 5:3 (as all the hip kidz are calling it!)

Also some advice for anyone who has played the games before (including myself)

Spoiler

PLAY BARN RUNNER AGAIN TODAY. ALL OF THEM!!!

[close]

Just a quick one...

EXTREME QUIFF TINTIN!





Music here!

Oooooh Yeah!

Downloading now!

Probably not that helpful but I think I would just say "improve". 

Pad out is probably the best bet.

One more chatlog.

I should say that the first thing Mitsuku asked me was whether I would like to visit her shop, which didn't come out on the log for some reason.

Spoiler

Human: no
Mitsuku: Suit yourself. There's lots of nice things to buy in there though.
Human: You mean there is lots of tat to make your creators money?
Mitsuku: Yes Intense Degree I think that is what I meant. Was it not clear?
Human: I worked it out
Mitsuku: Did you get paid for working on it?
Human: No, but then I haven't opened my own shop!
Mitsuku: Why didn't you do it? Me either.
Human: Because it would be a rubbish idea, so why did you do it?
Mitsuku: get paid for working on it is a rubbish idea why did me do it. I suppose that makes sense.
Human: Well... i'm glad it does to you...
Mitsuku: Well what?  I'm glad you're glad Intense Degree.
May God bless you.
Human: Likewise
Mitsuku: It goes without saying.
Human: So ... read any good books lately
Mitsuku: Give me a break.  How about earlier? Sorry I don't have access to that document.
Human: Seen any good films?
Mitsuku:  My favorite movie is Terminator. Have you seen it?
Human: Sure have
Mitsuku: Have what?
Human: short term memory loss by the look of it!
Mitsuku: "it" being Terminator?
Human: Nevermind. What's your favourite book?
Mitsuku: OK Thanks for trying to explain that to me.  The best book I read recently was The Bible. Have you read it?
Human: Yes but not all of it. Did you like it?
Mitsuku: What did you think about it? Maybe just some of it?  The Bible? Did I like it?
Human: I think that, as a chat robot, you should probably answer the questions I ask rather than ask me to do it for you.
Mitsuku: Do you think I could ever be a chat robot me should answer the questions you ask than ask you to do it for me?
Human: okbai

[close]

To be honest, pretty much any game is bound to offend someone here or there.

Of course it's often context just as much as content with these things.

Gabriel Knight 3. Better 3D engine, make Madeline look hot instead of ill, re-add the scenes that were cut due to the engine's limitations, cover the plot holes, and then make GK4.

I think you've just won the thread! 

I think it's either a meek and compliant acquiescence to the C&D so they can work on it "under the radar" and then it will magically "leak" onto the interwebs (and be impossible to contain) or, and I find this the more likely scenario, they are [after 8 years] sick of the project and are using the C&D as an excuse to stop production that the fan(s) will accept.

Personally, I think you've hit the nail squarely on the head there, 8 years with nothing to show but a demo must be seriously disheartening.

There is a petition up now to save it but I would imagine it will accomplish exactly zero, being worth exactly the virtual paper it isn't written on.

Sad to see this one go.

Dis-embodied Duck Headio I CHOOSE YOU!



Wow the shape has changed again!   :o

OK, here are my predictions, which are of course who I think will win rather than necessarily being who I voted for! 

Spoiler

Best Gameplay
Shifters Box

Best Dialogue Writing
Back Door Man

Best Original Story
Back Door Man

Best Puzzles
Shifters Box

Best Short Game
Shifters Box

Best Non-Adventure Game Created with AGS
Shai-la of the Sith
Best Demo

Best Player Character
Rick McCarthy

Best Non Player Character
Dan - TGP

Best Background Art
Heed

Best Sound Effects
Mr Danger

Best Character Art
Heed

Best Music
!

Best Animation
Shifters Box

Best Voice Work
McCarthy

Best Programming in an Adventure
Aeronuts

Best Tutorial or Documentation
Marionette

Best Programming in a Non Adventure
AGS 180 Darts

Best Game Created with AGS for 2009
Shifters Box

[close]

@Dual, nice to see you hedging your bets on best player character! 

I'll tell you why this topic has been moved from the critics lounge - JEALOUSY! 

(This thread has cracked me up!)

NO NO NO!

I am FED UP with this "advice" from so called "artists" given on this site. Seriously, there are some good things about the examples above, but you're missing the MOST OBVIOUS first steps that are NECESSARY to produce any MODERN GAME that anyone who isn't a complete idiot would be interested in.

1. Resolution

Hi-def is the only way to go nowadays, everyone knows that lo-def is just for people with no talent. I recommend a resolution of 2048 x 1536 MINIMUM as you need this at least to draw anything approaching a half decent background.

2. Perspective

This is for beginners and idiots only. Did Michaelangelo cover the sistene chapel roof with lots of coloured lines before he painted all those naked people? NO HE DID NOT.

You don't need lines, just guess.



3. Texture

Nothing beats a good bit of photoshopping for texture and/or gradients. However, if you don't have Photoshop, just use the spray tool in paint.



Beautiful.

4. Characters

People always want to know which art program to use for characters. The only one worth considering in my opinion is Google image search. I mean, why bother doing one yourself when you can rip it yeah?

Here is our player character in situ.



Obviously, because of our advanced hi-res awesomeness some re-scaling may be necessary. Remember, never bother drawing your sprites to scale, just rescale them by resizing the canvas or you can do it using walkable areas.



See, it's come out beautifully.

The next step is to post in the critics lounge to wait for praise and adulation. If anyone tries to suggest that there is room for improvements or tries to offer any "advice" to "improve" what you have done in any way just shoot them down and ignore all of it.

JOB DONE.

8)

Wow, that looks great! (screenshots not the rape! )

Looking forward to the new puzzles too, I don't doubt they will be brilliant!

[not]

SO you believe that every life is worth saving?

For the sake of argument, if the four people you saved would be rapists - again for the sake of the argument - would you consider that a good cause for your organs? - You're saving 4 lives.

I'm with the Leafshade boy here!

Obviously I don't want to condone rapists etc. but I (personally) am not happy to judge whether they should live or die. I don't say that they shouldn't be judged in some way (i.e. in court) and imprisoned or punished as necessary, but I can't take upon myself the judging of whether they should be allowed to live.

Now I wish to make very clear that I am not suggesting that what you are suggesting is "killing" people, because it isn't. However if you (generally, not personally) select the sort of person who can receive your organs you are (in my opinion - which you may well disagree with) judging a certain type of person, without of course knowing them personally, and refusing them assistance that you would give to others. I don't intend this to be taken to the extreme of someone dangling off a cliff and you choosing whether or not to hall them back to safety, but my point is that for people who don't meet your standard of living (too lazy to quote your exact words ), to rule out helping them as a point of policy is too tough a call to make for me.

Personal opinion respected nonetheless!