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I have a dialup connection and i HATE streaming content, that gives NO option for download. Even if I was to have a copy on my hard drive what would it hurt, most of the content distributed this way are non commercial products or media and are created for free entertainment. The problem I currently have is I can't even view them becuase the stream stops 1/10th of the way in.

Is there a way to download the video files off of You Tube, Atom Films etc??

I'm serious this is highly ridiculous that this sort of content should be withheld in this manner, its ludicrous.

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Ok maybe i've calmed down a little now...

Hi... Think is Kandyman. I think I have a problem. For a while now I've ben drinking too much and too often. since september of last year. I lost my currrent job, current girlfirend and, and the one of the ony musical shows i've ever wanted to be in. I ended up drinking about a bottle of red wine a day until i was re-employed somewhere around october or early november.... but then the job became very stressfull and i started drinking again around january or febuary and because of that at talks with my boss i lost that particular job... Also to give you an idea, within the last 5 days I've had 13 standard drinks, then 5 standard drinks then 8 standard drinks then 12 standard drinks....

Tonight i felt very inspired to check out AA (alcoholics anonymous). I even woke my brother and ex girlfriend to talk to them about it. My brother told me to fuck off (prolly cos i live with him) but my exgirlfriend was very receptive (and i can't fully trust that because i believe she wants some sort of relationship with me).

I think I drink too much, at the same time i think i'm wasting my time, and other peoples pretending this is a real problem.... I know it sounds very contradictory...

look forget all about this, it really feels like bullshit just forget about it.

Hello Everyone,

I', in a bit of pickle about a year and a half ago I lent some very important games to a friend. Then a little bit on I ended up moving to a different state. He now can't find them, I don't have them and I am becoming confused if i ever lent them to him. He has told we that i can find them to buy he will pay from them. But i can't really even seem to be able to do that.

The Lucas Arts classic adventure games don't seem to be being sold in australia anymore. At all. Because of this I have lost. Sam and Max, as well as DOTT, the dig, and Fullthrottle. But I would also like to find a talkie version of Loom (which I know is as rare as hell and is a collectors item).

It's a damn pity I just can't ask if any of you nice chaps had games that I could get a copy of but I realise this is against the law.

Kandyman in need of adventure help.

Hello this is Kandyman.

I used to be here about 6 months ago. I am currently looking to get back into making artwork again, but my brain isn't coherant enough to work on my own stuff, I can't get the story to last more than the intro the outro and the inbetween cutscenes. I'm having trouble thinking about what to do for everything between the major animation work.

I am now offering my services to anyone who is currently wanting to work on a small project who has a strong story but can't make their own artwork.

Games I have completed are "little Jonny Evil", not completed are "Bomb Squad: Motionless" and done random art work for mod's "Kinky Island" (namely the naked and semi naked pixel girls as well as some animations)

Anyone who would like to see examples message me and I will provide them, I'm looking for space to upload them now.

Contact me asap because I'm very keen to get back into my art, both pixel and animation.

Hello KANDYMAN here, I know I haven't been seen for a long time. But I thought I'd pop in and see if anyone here wants to get together, and celebrate the AGS community in Australia...... At least the part that is in Melbourne.

All Melbourneites who would like to chill out and have fun?

(as a reminder for those who don't know, I made Little Jonny Evil, I guess I haven't been here for a very long time.)

Hi Chris have you considered adding support for the mobile platform? ie Pocket PC's, and Tablet PC's that run Windows CE??

Just wondered...

love Kandy.

Just found out that gilbert goodmate has been released in a PDA edition.

Who would be your personal adventure idols? Who are the adventure game creators who you look up to? Both professional and amatuer.

And would it be possible to design a competition where adventure game creating hopefuls could be encouaraged and eliminated in their attempts to become the next "Adventure Idol"?

Who would be your personal pick for the judges?
CJ is definately in there.... ummmm maybe!

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And do you think you have what it takes?

Well Allo everyone...

I've just tuned in to discuss a topic I that is ver close to my heart. Socialising... I know that sounds crazy because I have a habit of pissing off for months... to a year at times... then turning up purely to steal everybodies drinks, and throwing up in the entry ways of their tents.

But what it comes down to is that I favour, over the digital medium, is talking to people in person. And the first mitteneers can attest, that when excited I am a real motor mouth.

I have just been informed that there is NO aussie mittens... I think that is sad... and i believe we should rectify this TERRIBLE tragedy.

Okay everybody who is an aussie raise their hands... mention where they are, when in the year they could get time off... their favourite idea of a meeting point... And then lets get together and have a Jolly good time.

with drinks, entertainment, BAD karaoke, video games, showing off, maybe an amusement park... and partying like its nineteen ninety five...

I'll go first.... *waves hand* I am in Melbourne, I can make myself free, and i'll go anywhere (except perth... or darwin... cos they are holes)

[I've had a new nightmare... at bottom of page.... this one REALLY BAD]

I had this bad dream last night.... I'm curious if anyone could tell me what they think it might mean?
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Last night I dreamt about a gender changing serial killer who escapes from a hospital. He/she attacks and kills women and cuts off their genitalia with a scalpel. The killer changes gender to avoid detection. And woe's his/her victims pretending to be either gender. But when it comes time for sexual intamcy after he/she arouses his/her victims instead of performing a sexual act he/she attacks them and kills them. The dream included several attacks of various women after the killers escape from hospital. Until he reaches the last victim in the dream a dark skinned woman. While in bed with this woman, in his current male gender the killer places the scalpel to her, but doesn't attack, this woman reacts to him differently... and the killer engages in love making with his would be victim instead and enjoys it. Since he has made love to her he can't kill her, but he also isn't sure he can trust her and tries to stop her from leaving the house... although she has a business meeting to attend. He then tries to woe her several times to get her to make love to him again...

the dream ends with a group of detectives giving a recap of the nature of the killer before he met this last victim, their discussion was as if they were explaining his/her MO.

Ok, its now offical. I got the job. I got a full time position with techworks in Officeworks, South Melbourne. I start around the 23rd.... not alot of time.

I'm moving to Melbourne, and I have to say I feel good... bad news though.

I am moving in with my ex-girlfriend... temporarily.

I need to finalise things with her in some way, she let me keep telling her how much I love her despite her continueing disinterest. Makes me feel kinda dumb. It's all my stupid fault, now I have to move on... she won't be expecting that.

Anyone wanna meet the KANDYMAN in Melbourne???

Hey guys,

I've been thinking about it, and I'm curious about the prospect of becoming a male escort. Building up my body, and then hiring it out to women for a night of intellectual and physical intamacy... What do you think??

I think this plan has lots of potential. I have professional photos, that make me look like a ralph lauren model. And I'm reasonably worldly and sophisticated. Also according to my EX I am very good in bed, she always teased that she would hire me out for money. Funny thing is despite the amount of positives she tells me I have, she still dumped me...

Male Escort what do you think... I think its a winner.

But I'd like some opinions.

Love Kandyman...

(I'd 100% be advertising myself as a "hetrosexual" male escort.)

It's a comedy screen play script. This is just a small section, where one character is getting introduced. I don't know which option to go with... and if anyone wants to comment on the style or anything they would add... or cut. Or just anything they like.

I'm putting this in general, because, it isn't related to adventures at all, and I don't think it fits in the critics lounge (I might be wrong).

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That's Deniss, he suffers from fits of uncontrolled aggression, he's currently under going counselling. He's usually pretty good, you'd never know unless you hit one of his triggers. Most of them tend to be territorial... hence the recent break up with his girlfriend. It all stems from his family, which is pretty messed up.

Before last Christmas Deniss' shrink suggested that he give self help gifts to his family members and quietly address to them how they can benefit their lives, and the lives of others around them. It didn't go quite as planned. Christmas rolls around, he turns up at his parents place on Christmas day and dumps a box in his fathers lap. His father opens it to find that it's a penis enlarging pump. His father asks him what the hell is going on, so Deniss tells him it's a "self help gift". He then says he couldn't find anything to cure his father's arrogance, petty small mindedness, lack of imagination, inability to relate to others, or chronic selfishness...

but it might stop his moodiness about having the smallest dick in the family.

but it might help remove his jealousy towards all the males in their family, including his 12 year old son.

but at least this might help him to be able to find his dick without the aid of a mirror, and magnifying glass.

Though apparently it wasn't the most uncomfortable Christmas he had been to.

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Hi let me start by saying, Hi. My name is KANDYMAN (creator of "little jonny evil" cousin of RhubarbCelestial who is currently dating Yahtzee.) and I currently live in Mackay up in queensland. But in 3 weeks I will be living in Melbourne. I have started to scare the shit out of myself, so let me continue by saying....

fuck fuck fuck FUCK omigod omigod omigod..... shit shit shit shit, ARSE!!!

Now thats out of the way I shall continue. I have been planning to move to Melbourne for a little while now. I haven't, in all honesty thought it ALL the way through. I was originally invited to move there by two VERY close female friends of mine, whom sadly are now no longer as close. And in all honesty one is now not even a friend. I have accepted this and still kept my plan to move anyway.

I then met and fell in love witha very beautiful woman, I am twenty she is thirty. We have been together for a year and a quater, and living together for at least 11 months of that. I was delighted when it turned out that she also had plans for Melbourne. Actually I have to say the last 11 months are the stablest I've been... messy on occasion but very stable. Which is why it crushes me now that we shall NOT be moving together... she has dumped me.

Not for another person, not for bad behaviour, and not because I am a bad boyfriend... (according to her I am the PERFECT boyfriend)... it is because i haven't decided what I want out of life. I asked her why she couldn't take my age into consideration on that, she said my age was the exact reason she couldn't take it into consideration. (if anyone could better explain that i would appreciate it).

So now I am alone. Without emotion support, or stability. I am lost, and I am moving and time is ticking down. I have talked to work about transfering, they have found me a new position, with the same hours, but more money in the EXACT spot I wanted to move to. I also have some family that I can stay with breifly until I find somewhere of my own to live.

I now just lack a clear head on the whole damn thing.

So could people please tell me if they would be interested in meeting up, and answering my questions here online.

Some about accomodation that is available, like share housing? If that particular option is safe? How much etc etc...

And then anyone who would like to know about my past relationship that thinks they could help tetangle some of the crap that went on...

Faithfully yours.... John, the KANDYMAN

Hi Guys which AGSers live in Melbourne???... I'd check but my bloody computer won't show AGS MAP JesusChristMonkeyFucker.

And as the heading suggests I am about to move to Melbourne in late December... goodbye tropics hello rainyness...

Hi guys, guess what...

it looks like i may be able to make an adventure game with AGS for a special project piece for UNI... I get to come to an understanding with one of the lecturers he will help find appropriate readings. I want to do my special project on game design, planning and implementation.

limit the size of the game, story board, come up with a theory as to what makes games more palyable than others etc etc etc...

i think it will be great. i was currious if anyone on here could recomend readings or reviews i could list or look into.

i may even do a running journal of the work i do on the project throughout my UNI term ... now i won't have any time based excuses... hehehehehe

its made me happy as hell, my first 6 months sucked dogs balls worth of boredom.

I want to write heaps more but currently I'm just getting over a nasty bout of food poisoning. I've only just started eating again... and even then not much. I just ate most of a sandwich and i think its really tired me out.

Kandymans adventures in game production land...

Here is the idea, I make a series of games that teach people design principles, and game creation techniques.
It works by moving the character through a series of stages, which i have decided to define as "LANDS". There would be a storyline, but mainly to enhance the entertainment value of playing through the learning experience.

There could be storywriting land, storyboarding land, creation land, and finally scripting land.

You can imagine all sorts of possibilities while at the same time emparting ideas and knowledge on to people...

plus the design tips imparted are translateable into all other fields of creative production...

i can imagine the scripting land something like a matrix take off...

Who would like to cowrite this with me???... as a community we could all contribute ideas knowledge, and principles of learning... i would like to track down and incorporate those adventure game writing tips that "adventure developers" released a while ago.

This is quiet a different idea to the Demo Quest, and one i think will be quiet useful, and will serve as a guide to all those who imediately ask... "how make game.... tellllll me nooooooooooowwwww!!!11!1!1, why game not funny,Ã,  arrrrgghghghghghg...."


ok i'll get off the soapbox now... oh, and the crack....

I posted a topic in about mid 2002... earliest i would have posted would have been about april of 2002...

I asked people to list obscure items, objects, characters and ideas.... and i was going to amalgamate them all into the same game...


the list was intesely weird and i was quite pleased with it... and i copied some down at the time making note to get the rest later... then i moved towns, changed families and gained a social life...

and now that i have come back to AGS i want the FUNKING list...

but i can't find it in any of the boards on the old forum... or this one...

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME

the game was gonna be called "dave of daveland"

Hi this is done based on a song i did last year... the cover is what is being marked and has to suit the song style...

please criticise both...Ã,  the band never took off cos i lost the guitarist... and all i had as a guitarist...



and here is the song...

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/myangel.zip

PLEASE RIP IT TO BITS... I want this to look GOOOOODDD... (plus i wanna get the song nice as well)

I've taken the same file and tweeked it slightly... what do you guys think???

http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/natasha.zip

is this person any good??

Ok, i've been playing broken sword 2 recently, and noticed that in a lot of (if not all scenes) there is a forground that scrolls independantly to the background...

Is this possible to create in ags?? i have made some sketches and want to use it myself but can 't figure how to script it.

it logically should work like this... the background is actually the interactive scene, the foreground is shorter in width, and takes up very minimal amount of space, but gives the illusion of the room having definiate shape all around.

when the character walks along a long room the foreground (that is shorter than the background) scrolls at the same time as the scene the character is walking through, but at a slower speed to compensate.  So that the foreground doesnt run out before the end of the screen.

How would i accomplish this???