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I made this scrolling room (800 x 600 resolution), containing 7 large objects with alpha-channels and didn't have any slowdown. I have a 2x2 GHz, 4 GB RAM Laptop with a crappy graphic card.

The main thing that slows the game down is the size of the objects and whether they have alpha-channels or not.

Nice style with great atmosphere, lookin' forward to it.

Good luck.

I played a bit and generally like the idea of the game. But I think the menu/GUI structure is unnecessarily complicated. Okay, there are hotkeys for most most of the stuff but imo the game would benefit from simpler gameplay.

Oh, and a happy b-day, Gepard.

Hm.. just went through the global script of the standard empty game and couldn't find any hint on why the cursor changes to the pointer when over the iconbar on top of the screen.

It seems that the cursor automatically changes to pointer whenever your mouse is over a Popup-GUI. Sorry, can't help you here, it's been so long since I did some inventory-related cursorstuff, but I remember that I've had these problems too.

Leafcave Bearhouse.
Or alternatively, Bearleaf Housecave.

I'd say Bearhouse Leafcave.

Or alternatively, Bear'n'mouse leave the cave

I like the skeleton song. Reminded me of Zappa in parts, which is a good thing. In fact, I'm gonna listen to him right now. 

but I worry about a black hole wandering our way.
(...)
Had a dream about that recently... woke up sweating and scared shitless at three in the morning. It was the most intense dream I had ever had.

Really? What an odd thing to dream about...

Perhaps you shoudn't watch those stupid Roland Emmerich movies..

Karlos, that totally depends on your skills and style - of course a pixel artist won't choose a 1024x768 resolution, while a vector artist like me won't use a 320x resolution.

Also, if you're a beginner (in art) and have problems with filling the background, a game in a high resolution could happen to look rather stale and dull. The same goes for animations - the larger the sprites are, the smoother the animations have to be in order to look good.

Icey games, what the hell is wrong with you?

You don't need to switch the engine - all you need is to READ THE FORUM RULES. That's why everytime "this sh!t happens".

This is the completed game announcement and when you posted here, your game wasn't finished. Also, you need to post about the story as well as some screenshots and a download link. Is there anything unclear with simple rules like these?

I find this line of thought funny
"Get out of my way, stupid government! Let me harm my body if I want to!"
"Help me, you stupid government! I'm falling! I'm damaged. Fix me up!"

Well, not providing healthcare isn't an option, wouldn't you agree? But people have the option to destroy their body anyway. Also, as I said, most of the weed smokers I know drink and smoke less than non-smokers, so I don't see a threat to the public's health at all.

I can understand your demands. They just seem incredibly naive in light of what happened with tobacco.

You can grow tobacco if you want to, it just doesn't make much sense. But if you grow your own cannabis plants, you know that you smoke weed without additives. Also, I'm not at all optimistic about cannabis being legalized so my demands will remain demands anyway.

I'm a chain smoker myself, but the mental addiction is nothing compared to the physical addiction. As I said, I'm smoking weed for 10 years now, but I never got 'mentally' addicted to it though I really like it.

You're saying yourself you're not mentally addicted so how can you know whether it's difficult to overcome or not? Many smokers (tobacco) that want to stop say that a difficult part in stopping is fighting the urge to have a cigarette in your hand in a specific context, even if they don't need a nicotine fix: while having a coffee, after lunch... That's mental addiction.

Mental addiction exists for pot smokers, it's a fact. How easy is it to overcome? You're certainly more informed than me on the subject as all the ex-smokers I know did tobacco, so there was a part of physical addiction. So, how easy was it to quit weed, assuming you were a regular smoker and were indeed mentally addicted? Not compared to tobacco, but in its own right.

Most of the weed smokers I know (and they are many) don't have an addiction in any way. All of those who had bad experiences just stopped smoking it without a problem. And those who keep smoking (like me) do it in a proper way (not smoking too much that is).

But the survey was still on the whole population, right? To take into account both consumers that stopped and non-consumers that started after the legalization? Anyway, assuming these are reliable stats, it's definitely weighing in favour of legalizing cannabis. Though we don't have the percentage of weed smokers in the population to know if that drop is actually significant as a whole. (How much money will be saved in absolute terms.)

Don't you agree that a country like the Netherlands doesn't have a problem with legalized cannabis? Show me any statistics about higher crime rate/addiction/unemployement or whatsoever. It's common sense that these things won't increase..

I uploaded the game here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VZX9QD9E&setlang=en

Hope, that's okay, Gepard 

Acid Pinball?

In the global script should be this piece of code:

Code: ags

function show_inventory_window () 
{
  gInventory.Visible = true;
  // switch to the Use cursor (to select items with)
  mouse.Mode = eModeInteract;
  // But, override the appearance to look like the arrow
  mouse.UseModeGraphic(eModePointer);
}

Just erase the last line everything except the first line.

Leaf House.

Yeah, me too. Cool theme.

My drugs of choice are caffeine and alchohol and I've never even smoked tobacco, let alone anything like pot or hard drugs. I also think people who take drugs are idiots.

You mean people with other drugs of choice than yours?

Yay, I won... absolutely nothing... 

Nice work!

You really think if cannabis smoking is legalized, they'll let you grow your own pot? Really?

That would be what I demand, just like I demand a legalization. The left-wing party in Germany for example wants to let people have up to four plants at their home.

And if companies put all that crap in cigarettes to make them more addictive, what will be stopping them from doing the same with joints, if the same commercial model is taken?

That wouldn't be good. The drug should be controlled and sold by the state, not by companies. And/or there should be very hard restrictions (like no additives AT ALL).

I've never heard of this, but I'm sure those people already have a predisposition to those types of mental illnesses. If you know your Grandma had schizophrenia, and you're concerned about also having a mental illness (which you should), then don't do drugs. It's not like smoking pot every once in a while will make you go ape shit crazy.

Damnit people! If you don't know what "exacerbate" means, just look it up in a dictionary! Let's not forget that many cases of mental illness are not diagnosed because the symptoms are too mild. Let these people become pot smokers and you have a problem. Also "ape shit crazy" is a very small proportion of mental illnesses. People can have depression, schizophrenia, bipolarity or psychosis without qualifying for "ape shit crazy".

Like I said before: If their mental problems should increase, then they shouldn't smoke it, that's it. You shouldn't burn cars if you have a long criminal record, you shouldn't eat sugar if you have diabetes and you shouldn't study philosophy when in fact you want to become an economist.

You can form a habit out of everything, but marijuana isn't physically addictive.

But the mental addiction exists for regular smokers and it's difficult to overcome. No, really, it is.

I'm a chain smoker myself, but the mental addiction is nothing compared to the physical addiction. As I said, I'm smoking weed for 10 years now, but I never got 'mentally' addicted to it though I really like it.

Again, if some people can't deal with certain things, we can't just forbid them. Should knifes be banned because some people like stabbing? Should sugar be banned because people with diabetes eat too much of it? Should marijuana be banned, because of some people being stupid enough to smoke it, despite knowing that they're getting shizophrenic?

I don't really see bad points for marijuana.

As for the illegality of dope: In many countries it's "decriminilized". In Germany it's legal to possess a very small amount for personal use, but you're not allowed to smoke it, sell it or to grow plants. Here's a map of the european situation (though I think that it's not completely up-to-date):

http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Datei:European-cannabis-laws.png&filetimestamp=20080802085622

And yes, law can't stop people from smoking it. But legalization would prevent dealers from selling dope that is mixed with plumb (and other stuff), which is the only real dangerous thing about it.

I'm a chain smoker (tobacco ofc) and when abroad, I'm quite amazed how little people smoke elsewhere. For example, I felt really weird in Stockholm because during 3 days of tripping through capital, I saw only 2 people smoking, out of massive crowd you'd see in such period while touring city.

I guess that's because cigarettes are damn expensive in Sweden. I just spent a week there (once again) and forgot to buy me some tobacco beforehand. The cheapest tobacco did cost about twice as much as the most expensives in Germany (8 Euro for 32g).

Legalized cannabis being smoked would be ever more rare sight. And who does, would smoke anyway, law or not. So what's the big loss?

Yeah, as I said, there really wouldn't be losses. The marijuana prohibition is ridiculous and those who don't know its story should read about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger

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I wouldn't like to see that awfull shit (marijuana) legalised or even advertised as good, and I've used it for 8 years, daily and in big quantities (up to 20 joints a day) because marijuana is plain bad for people, especialy in a cummulative way, that is, the more you smoke it (talking time and volume wise) the worse the bad sides of its use get pronounced.
And no matter what people may think, it is a habit forming drug and makes the user want more of it each time.

That's just not true. You can form a habit out of everything, but marijuana isn't physically addictive. I'm unregularly smoking weed for 10 years now, but I never wanted "more each time" and I often don't smoke for a month or two. If the weed is good, I need less, if it isn't I need more. Perhaps it's "plain bad" for you, but not for people in general. I know a few people who definitely smoke a bit too much, but the vast majority of the smokers I know cope well with the drug.