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Hey Junc, if you want, you could download my Simpsons Template, upload it to your site. If you even want, you could extract the graphics and leave them for download as well from the template. You have my full permission to do so.

Just check it out in the Simpsons thread for the link in the Games in production forum.

Just make sure that if you use my template that you leave the Zip File the way it is so that people could see the change log and disclaimer.

JD

If you guys want to sell your games that you make, and have the cover design and Jewel case design all set up for you and you dont want to pay for publishing rights etc..., then goto Cafepress.com.

Open a shop and add a CD as a product and there it will tell you how to setup everything for you to sell a game or whatever on CD.

Thought this would be good if you were making an Adventure game youwanted to sell buy didn't have a publisher or anyone to mass produce the product...

JD

I think both screenshots look great! If the graphics are consistent with eachother, I would continue it.

If you made 20 rooms already, I would definetly finish it, or atleast make a game out of what ever I have if I got tired of it. But looks great.

Continue it. If you finish a game, no matter how bad it is, people will take you more seriously for future projects.

JD

Ok here is info on the next template that will be released in a few days...


The Simpsons Game Template for Adventure Game Studio
Beta 3 (Coming Soon)

Changes:

Added Subrooms(All Sub-rooms are actually GUI's made to look like Sub-rooms like looking into a Locker in Police Quest games):

Barts Desk--- You are limited to only clicking in this mode
Family Portrait/Homer Portrait/Lisa Portrait --- Uses same GUI, just that when you click a certain hotspot, it changes the picture.


Rooms added:

KrustyLu Studio's parking lot

Objects/Inventory added:

Duff Beer

Programming:

You can View Barts desk in his room.
You can now get to KrustyLu studios from the Map and also get onto the Stage area, and Vice Versa.
You can now look at a few portraits in the Entrance Hallway to the house
You can now get into Flanders house
Flanders house is now walkable and has Walk Behinds setup
I eliminated the Conversation you have between Marge and Homer.
Changed About Information
Deleted Easter Eggs Script so that you could make your own. Look at previous Templates to see how you can program your own.
You can now walk from the Backyard to the Front of the house and Vice Versa.
You can now walk to the front of the door from the front yard
When saving and loading a game, GUI 6 will turn off now---Having problems, trying to fix it to work better



ToDo:
Add Moe
Add Apu
Add Kwik E Mart inside
Add Moe Storage Room
Add Flanders
Add Rod and Todd
Add Maud
Add Simpsons Character Databases
Add Krusty Burger
Add Comic Book Guy shop
Add School Hallway
Add Lisa's Class
Add Skinners Office
Add more Inventory objects
Add Town Hall
Add Mayors Office
Add Basement- Simpson Home
Add Garage- Simpson Home
Add Bathroom- Simpson Home
Program a way to get to Burns Mansion
Program The power plant rooms
Add Outside Moe's Tavern
Add Splash Screen
Program Light Switches
And More!!!!!

If you want me to release this new Beta now, let me know, or else I will wait till I add these other features. But remember, it could take a while!

Let me know.

ReadMe File:

DISCLAIMER: FIRST OFF, THE SIMPSONS ARE COPYRIGHT OF FOX AND MATT GROENING, 20TH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION AND ALL THEIR ASSOCIATED LOGOS. THE GRAPHICS ARE ALSO COPYRIGHTED TO THE BEFORE MENTIONED. GRAPHICS ARE TAKEN FROM "SIMPSONS CARTOON STUDIO" AND "VIRTUAL SPRINGFIELD" AND ACTUAL EPISODES AND SOME ARE ORIGINAL WORKS. "CARTOON STUDIO" AND "VIRTUAL SPRINGFIELD" ARE NO LONGER BEING SOLD. "ADVENTURE GAME STUDIO" ARE COPYRIGHTED AND BELONG TO CHRIS JONES. THIS TEMPLATE IS COPYRIGHTED AND CREATED BY JOSEPH DIPERLA. PLEASE DO NOT SELL COPIES OF GAMES MADE WITH THIS TEMPLATE AND PLEASE GIVE PROPER CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS THE FANS TAKE, NOR AM I RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS THAT FOX OR MATT GROENING TAKE.


There, now that we settled that...

Well, I have update the Simpsons Template again. These are the changes/additions to it,

Update to the template:

FileSize: Unzipped its about 9 megs. Zipped its about 2.6 megs

Rooms: (added)
Krusty Studio Stage room(Must be programmed in manually if you want to reach it)
Outside the School (Can be reached by the map)
Inside a Classroom (Must be programmed in manually if you want to reach it)
Map of Springfield (Updated it so that you could go to the school)

Sprites:

Well look for yourself. Krusty has a sprite file that is not used, you might want to look at it.

Characters added:

Mr. Burns
Mr. Smithers
Krusty the Clown
Nelson


GUI:
Added a GUI for Bart when he is controlled
Added a GUI for Lisa when she is controlled
Added a GUI for Marge when she is controlled

Programming:

Now when you switch characters and you right click, the appropriate GUI for the controlled character will appear.

Notes:
F5 will get the load save screen
F7 will get you the town of springfield
F9 will get you the character select screen
F12 may or may not save a screenshot.

Http://www.masterfxgames.com/simpsons/SimpsonTemp.rar

Check out the site of our engine (That belongs to Chris Jones): Http://www.agsforums.com

Checkout these good simpsons links:
Http://www.nohomers.net
Http://www.simpworks.com

Also, if your a Big Transformers fan, check out Http://www.energonplant.com , and come visit our forum.

BTW, is anyone using this template?

Joseph DiPerla
AKA: KeibakAruu
AKA: UltraRodimus
AKA: UltraPrime

WOW, nice job. But to repeat a question, what is this exactly for?


SIDENOTE:
If we could use DX9, then maybe we can use Revolution3d.net to make a 3D plugin... Just a thought.


JD

In case anyone is curious, this is something I posted on other sites, and I really think everyone should see this as well:


Hi there. Sorry for not keeping you all up to date on this project, but I had lots of things to do in real life. But I do work on this game. I know everyone here wants to see this game be made.

I am making two games, one is 99% complete, and I have made a template game. Here is what I posted on another site:


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Okay so Beta 1 of the new Simpsons Template has been released. Right now there are a ton of files from the actual game still missing. I had to redo the template from the Start becouse I already programmed the game and I didn't want to delete all that stuff. I did use an old backup of the game to make this Template so there might be some stuff in there that reveal codes and other stuff about the game that is going to be released.

I released this so that all of you could make your own Simpsons game based on what I release now. Have fun with what I have. The Template contains the following:

Characters:
Skinner
Bart
Lisa
Maggie
Homer
Marge
Kudos
Kang

GUI's: (9)

Load/Save
Speech
Character picking
Inventory
and more

Rooms: (28)

The entire House except for the basement and the garage.
Evergreen terrace
Front of Flanders house
Map of Springfield
Inside Flanders house
Alien Ship
Church intro
Inside Moes Tavern
Front of Kwik E-mart
Mr Burns Mansion
Mr. Burns office
Power plant
Sector 7g
Reactor room

There is also a lot of sprites to use as inventory and objects as well as other images.

All in all, there is enough to make your own game in here. I really hope I can see a series of games being made here.

Please make the game in 640x400 becouse there might be a problem if you choose another resolution.

The Template is about 2.28 mb's. Here is the link: www.masterfxgames.com/simpsons/SimpsonTemp.rar

Enjoy all, and keep waiting for those games, they will be released!

JD

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What is a template? Well, download AGS from www.agsforums.com, then put the template file in the same directory as AGSEDIT.exe. After that, start AGSEdit.exe and make a new project. Click on the SimpsonTemp icon and type a folder name in the space below and click ok.

What this does is create a whole set of Rooms, characters and GUI's. All you have to do after that is make your own plot and program it in along with the interactions. If you have other graphics you can import it and use it in the engine. I am hoping this will start something totally awesome as far as Simpsons Game making is concerned.

If you make a game, please post it here in the AGS announcement forum: http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=5

If you plan on making a game using AGS that is Simpsons based, post it here: http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=8

The official Thread on my games are here: http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=8;action=display;threadid=2667
So please post any comments or questions on my games or this template over here.

Also if you need help on AGS, goto any of the following pages to get help on customizing this template for your own games:

http://www.agsforums.com/ackb.shtml
http://www.agsforums.com/acres.shtml
http://www.agsforums.com/acres.shtml
http://www.agsforums.com/acfaq.htm
http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=6       ---This is a forum for total beginners.
http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=2     ----This is for more advanced beginners
http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=10     ----This is a technical Archive with loads of resources for AGS programming
http://swunlimited.freeservers.com/AGSTUTs.htm    -these are my tutorials
http://www.agsforums.com/ags24bmanual.htm    ----here is the AGS manual
http://xo7.adventuredeveloper.com/                 ----Script reference


Please make games from this. The only thing I ask in return is a few things:

*Give special credit and thanks to Matt Groaning and Fox and all people involved in making the Simpsons
*Make sure the game is suitable for people of all ages
*No swearing that wouldn't be used on TV
*Give Credit to Chris Jones, the creator of the AGS Engine
*Give me credit for setting up, not creating(Fox and Matt Groaning are the creators), this template.
*Give Credit to Virtual Springfield and to Simpsons Cartoon Studio.
*Give Credit to the AGS Community for their expertise and help in providing technical answers
*Any new characters you incorporate, or backgrounds, or sprites or sounds must be made downloadable for all of us to use in our games.--- THIS IS THE BIGGEST REQUEST I ASK.
*If someone creates a new character or background or other resource, proper credit with a possible weblink must given.

-----ALL CREDIT MUST BE GIVEN IN A DISCLAIMER TEXT FILE AND MUST BE PRESENT IN THE GAME ITSELF, EITHER IN THE GAMES ABOUT MENU, OR IN THE INTRO, OR IN THE END CREDITS--------

Now without further interruption, the link to the file: http://www.masterfxgames.com/simpsons/SimpsonTemp.rar
It is about 2.28 megs in its .Rar format, and about 6 megs unzipped.

Joseph DiPerla, AKA UltraRodimus, AKA UltraPrime, AKA Keibak Aruu
And checkout my awesome Transformers site(In Construction) at www.energonplant.com which is hosting Transformers Quake Files and many other things. Be sure to check out the forums also.

Okay so Beta 1 of the new Simpsons Template has been released. Right now there are a ton of files from the actual game still missing. I had to redo the template from the Start becouse I already programmed the game and I didn't want to delete all that stuff. I did use an old backup of the game to make this Template so there might be some stuff in there that reveal codes and other stuff about the game that is going to be released.

I released this so that all of you could make your own Simpsons game based on what I release now. Have fun with what I have. The Template contains the following:

Characters:
Skinner
Bart
Lisa
Maggie
Homer
Marge
Kudos
Kang

GUI's: (9)

Load/Save
Speech
Character picking
Inventory
and more

Rooms: (28)

The entire House except for the basement and the garage.
Evergreen terrace
Front of Flanders house
Map of Springfield
Inside Flanders house
Alien Ship
Church intro
Inside Moes Tavern
Front of Kwik E-mart
Mr Burns Mansion
Mr. Burns office
Power plant
Sector 7g
Reactor room

There is also a lot of sprites to use as inventory and objects as well as other images.

All in all, there is enough to make your own game in here. I really hope I can see a series of games being made here.

Please make the game in 640x400 becouse there might be a problem if you choose another resolution.

The Template is about 2.28 mb's. Here is the link: www.masterfxgames.com/simpsons/SimpsonTemp.rar

Enjoy all, and keep waiting for those games, they will be released!

JD

I need a feature where I can change a characters Scaling per room, not every character, but an individual character. Can this be done?

JD

I dont know... A friend indeed showed that you are capable of making a really great game, Graphics wise, puzzle wise, story wise and scripting wise.

I dont know how much you need to learn. I consider you a top AGS'er in my book.

But take as much time as you need with the game. Star Wars is my favorite movies/book so I look forward to seeing this game.

JD

Well try it out first. Next if the customer service dont help, goto ebay and see if they have it for $5. I got my q2 for that much and if all that fails, try here again.

JD

Speaking for mar85, when he is done and when his life permits.

Speaking for myself and the English Trans... The same answer

Ok when I say development software, I dont mean like Microsoft products, or 3ds max.

I mean more things like the following:

AGAST (I am sorry CJ, dont be offended. AGS is still my favorite)
Wintermute
Dev C++
3d Gamestudio trial (And no I dont plan on cracking it cause you cant)

Other things I was also gonna download:
Uncertainty machine
Beneath a Steal sky freeware edition with voice
And some other game AGS members have created but I havent had the chance to play or download cause of size.

Some movies:
I am a big transformers fan, and I already have all the legal episodes that you can buy. I just wanted some never before released in US episodes that are not for sale, therefore not illegal to download.

Does everyone feel better about what I want to download now?

And Geoff, I heard of those but I dont know where to get those services from. But if anyone finds it for me that would be great.

JD

Ok, I guess we could say Vulgar. But its just not something I agree with. And please dont feel that I condemn anyone if they enjoy it. I dont really. Everyone makes their own choice in life. And becouse people do certain things doesn't make them bad.

So please, I apologize if anyone felt offended in anything I said above.

But before we go off-topic, does anyone want to help me in this?

JD

Well... I find porn offensive.

So its definetly not porn. Its more like Development software, and stuff from webattack.com and some fan movies etc...

JD

Ok you read it right. My modem stinks and I need to download things that I cant get. Big files basically.

So what I am asking is, is there one person who could download stuff for me to a cd and mail it to me? I will pay you $20 for upto 3 cd's and I will pay for shipping. For additional CD's you would require, I will pay 1.75 for each.

Other guidelines... You cant be offended for what I ask. Basically your conscience cannot bother you. But I just added that as a disclaimer really. I dont think anything I will ask for is offensive or illegal. ATLEAST I DONT THINK.

Anyone interested in helping me out here?

JD

To whoever said "what kinda game can be made multiplayer..." I think you could make a lot of good adventures multiplayer.

Let me give you an example or a few:

Spy vs Spy.--- Perfect game that can be made multiplayer over a network/lan

How about the platform games that are being released like that tanks clone or James Bond. Those type of games can easily be made Multiplayer.

I can see making a game like "Murder on the Missisipi" Multiplayer with a few tweaks. One person could play the part of the detectives trying to find who the murderer is. Another player could set traps and try and stop them (In other words this player is the murderer).

Someone could make an app like that website that allows chatting in a sierra environment. You could do the same. It doesn't necessarily have to be a game. It could be just an app.

an mmorpg is another thing you could use this plugin for. Although the mmorpg wouldn't be as big as others, but this is a possibility.

Maybe make a game like maniac Mansion where a group of work together online and try and find pieces and put puzzles together.

Maybe you could make a capture the flag type game. EG: You have multiple players. Each one has to mix and match items. Whoever finds the main item wins the game.

There are several things you could make with this game. Me, I would make something, but I am not that skilled or patient enough to do so.

JD

Edit by strazer:

Please keep any further unrelated non-technical discussions about multiplayer adventure games to this thread: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=12421

I need to know how to wake this guy up. I dont know how to fill the bucket and I dont know how to wake him up. Any ideas?

JD

They should make BASS2 a 3d rendered to 2d game. And they should use AGS to make the game.

Chris, can you implement a feature that will allow us after we import sprites to scale them in the sprite manager.

For instance, I imported a sprite that is 140x80, and its huge. Then I have another imported at 40x32. I know I could resize the image myself in paint. But when I scale the room, the characters and images that are scaled dont go well together.

I would either like to suggest that there is an option that can be turned on and off that would allow the object, sprite or character to be scaled or not in a specific room. Or maybe you could use Scale2x or 3x in AGS and allow it to scale the sprites in the sprite manager to the required size.

JD