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Can you post that at 4x size so I can get a better look at it though, please?

Why don't you do it yourself?

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By the way, you could just download it in order to have a closer look..

Wow, this is going on and on. It reminds me of the banlieu-riots in Paris. It started with the death of two kids and suddenly the youth expressed their general frustration in aggression, mainly aiming at the police.

It's always the same, but it's hard to blame those who are throwing the stones. The problems have to be grabbed at their roots and that's mainly the task of the government, which is - in the case of greece, as far as I've heard - corrupt and inefficient.

Well, we'll see what this is leading to..

You can use Character.FaceLocation(int x, int y) and insert the coordinates of the hotspot. There's also a FaceCharacter and FaceObject function, but none for hotspots as far as I know.

Whoa. :o
I love this creative style, it looks amazing. I must have missed this thread somehow, but now I'm extremely curious how this will turn out. Gotta try the demo soon.

Thumbs up and good luck with further development. And again: Great and creative style.

I'm sorry but I won't join this one. I just don't find the time to participate in any competitions these days. I'm currently working on two adventures as well as on backgrounds for mod's dumbass drivers. Additionaly I have to do a lot for uni, so I'm afraid I won't be able to post any competition entries til march or so.

In this case it's a real pity since I like the given theme a lot. Perhaps I'm going to post a belated entry some day just to honor abstaubers idea.

Draw frames, insert them a sprites in AGS, use the sprites in the character's views and... READ THE MANUAL.

And like Akatosh said: Don't open a row of threads containing the same (stupid) question.

Are you putting a YEAR deadline on your test game?

Yeah, this seems odd.

Well, I like the style, it reminds me of very old games like Ascendancy or Leviathan. But since you haven't said much about the story I don't know what to expect.

Anyone else, so obsessed with this little gem?

Not really obsessed but it's much more fun than I expected. First I thought this is too retro but hell, it's entertaining.

Really nice game; graphics, dialogs, animations as well as the music were very appealing. The only thing that bothered me were the inventory graphics. The items had all different sizes and sometimes overlapped (plus the inventory arrows didn't make any sense).

Well yes, the end was too sudden and a bit disappointing. Another story of The Great Dung Shoveler shall be told soon I say...

Funny idea, bad realization.

Cute game. It's so short and easy I'd like to see a more challenging sequel some day.

Spoiler

After using the key you can get another from the little trophy.

If you want to take something from the winecellar it says: "I don't [] anything else".... "need" is missing.

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It really is a pity. This topic was great but I didn't have much time and I don'T think I'll have much the next months...

I personally take it as a collection of fables, notes, stories and cultural stuff from a time that is ripe with history and general "stuff going on". It's the same way you can't take everything in the Illiad and the Oddessey seriously... otherwise you'd think there were monsters everywhere.

Yeah, that has been said before and I think we all agree on that. And I don't think there are many people who literally believe in the bible, that's why I don't see a point in discussing that further.

Funny post, Increator, but I doubt any christians believe that heaven is a physical location somewhere.. 

Shantar, why do you start three threads about the same game?

And why don't you read the manual before asking stuff?

[why not start early?]

Wow. This thread explodes..


I haven't read every single post, but here are some thoughts:


I think the latest conversations with Nacho have become very stupid and are going nowhere. Most topics were basically about what the evidences for god or certain biblestories are and who gets into heaven and the "equality" of believers and non-believers as well as who is called christian and who are just members of a sect that is related to original christianity in a way. This is all not really worth a discussion in my eyes.


I'm not really surprised that people believe in something (supernatural). But I can't help but notice: it's a strange thing that all the people are believing in one and the same god. Why do all christians call upon Jesus as well as GOD, the one, the same for everyone. Why do you believe in the same thing some other person is believing? Where is the connection? Is it because of the bible? Because of the pope? If you're going to believe something it can't be the same as a billion people have too, doesn't it? Isn't belief and religion something very personal and therefore different everytime? Why follow a certain religion, a certain church, especially when blood and lies define it's history?


Belief in God really is just belief in "something", it' basically just a way to live life, but everything else than a neccessary one. And I also think it's a kind of escapism. It helps to explain all the cruelties and the overall situation mankind has to face. I do have a real problem with people who are living in respect and care to others, just because their religion told them that god wants him to do that and he has to live that way. Shouldn't all the positive parts of christianity (or other religions) be something natural?


As I said before, I really don't have a genuine problem with religion in general. But what KhrisMUC said: Those beliefs came up when thunderstorms, stars and the moon couldn't be explained in a rational way. That is obsolete. I know that many christians see god or belief as an idea or a guideline through life, and I can understand that this can be helpful, but there's no need for churches, no need for a label like "christian", no need for mythical transfigurations, no need to pray.

Regarding those people who genuinely believe in a supernatural entity that created men and the universe I can quote KhrisMUC:

I personally don't distinguish between the belief in God, Jesus, Santa Claus, unicorns or fairies. There's simply no reason to distinguish between it other than the fact that religious people might feel insulted.
[...]A few decades/centuries from now, it's probably perfectly acceptable to laugh at any irrational beliefs, why not start early?

I personally would like to see a society freed of religion. But, again, I don't have a problem with those who deal with religion in a proper and mature manner.

Opinions can't be proofed, but that's what you're aming for, isn't it?

Yeah, banana phones are strange but not necessarily the people using it. Sane people do insane things sometimes..

Just take me as an example, I'm replying to a more than absurd thread..

I don't get the the whole idea of not telling your kids about your faith. Here's my reasoning.

Of course you should tell your children about your faith. But e.g telling them to go to church on every sunday is something terrible in my eyes. And frightening them by saying that god gets angry if they don't (or something like that) is even worse. I guess you're not doing that but a lot of people do I'm afraid.

1. I believe that Christianity is true
2. I believe that its the only sure way to eternal life
3. I don't want my kids to die
4. But, wait, I won't tell my kids what I believe is true, so I'll just let them die... NOT.

You should let your children decide if they're afraid of death by not being christian when they're old enough to decide for themselves. I don't like the idea of raising children in a religious way.

If we find that a parent is putting a set of irrational ideas into a kid's mind, with no support of logic, rationality or critical thinking we would probably complain. It is unfair, the kid can' t fight against those irrational ideas. "Man, it' s my dad who is telling me that, it must be true! It' s my teacher who is telling me that! An adult! It MUST be true!"

Yeah, I think if no one would be raised in a christian way (by school and / or parents), christianity would just die, cause few would suddenly become christians as a result of a personal decision in a certain age.

And that's religion. Telling that the ones who do not believe are wrong, but with no support.

That is not true. For many people religion is a personal thing and religion can respect other religions (and atheists too), the beliefs are just different.


Apart of that I second everything Khrismuc posted. Well said.

It's natural for people to need something to fill this certain gap in their lives. People need something in common with others, a safety net to fall on, something that will be there for them. And for most people it is religion. They're taught to needing it from a child, and the peer perssure to needing it is high.

Yeah, I think this is what religion is basically about and it makes sense in a way. But it has nothing to do with genuinely and literaly believe in the bible which I consider plain stupid (and which is the topic here).