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I agree completely with Trap's list - ecspecially Brazil: that would make a great game. I think that a lot of Terry Gilliams' movies translate into adventure game pretty well: Time Bandits, Baron Munchhausen, etc.

Well, I took the card out, meaning to take it back to the store (the tech guy from the card manufacturer told me it was probably defective), but the store was closed. A few hours later I put it back in, left the cover off, and lo and behold, it's running perfectly. I'm assuming it was the heat. Man, that's insane.
Thanks everyone.

Get yourself an extra case fan, that should keep your system running.

It looks like a tent allright - it's just very big...

What motherboard do you have, Rode?

I'm not quite sure about the logo - this one looks very much like a big corporation's logo, why nor try something a bit more loose, handdrawn maybe? Try to tell everything about Slaveino Studio in the logo itself (which is a bit of a tall order, I know).

I'd choose one font-family and stick with it: in your buttons, menus and bodytext. Mixing fonts can be a design strategy - I personally prefer sans-serif fonts for anything web based. They're much easier on then eyes

The grey tables are very serene and peaceful - but if you can find a way of using the blue in "Slaveino Studio"  somewhere else in the site, I'd definitely do that. Don't be afraid to use color, just be afraid to overuse color.

I like it! nice BG, the coloured glass windows in the church are really cool. But that is one HUGE tent, which wouldn't have to be a problem if it was a circus tent - but they have another shape
Really looking forward to your game.

Well, I guess Satan is coming to visit, because this capalert website warned us against the following unholy obscenities, all present in the movie:

-bird defecation on shoulder
-slappings
-storm peril at sea
-inappropriate touch

I have got to see this movie, even if it means me going to hell in a handbasket.

The buttons are pretty, but your logo (the dot, with four arrowheads) looks a bit ... harsh ... not very playful

And that is my special "Fishy Dick" Teddy. I swear, he's a fish, but his body is this almighty penis. He was designed for 2 - 4 year olds, god knows why.

Which reminds me immediately of this  

Not exactly abandonware, but if you're are looking for something obscure, old and good go to: http://www.the-underdogs.org/

Cool! Keep that up for say, 10 years, and THEN make a game. It'll be even more bizarre than the one your building now!

Igor - feel free to ignore this question, if you want to keep your secrets of the trade - but how was the trailer made? flash?

The night after the attacks was Karoake night at our local pub.  We were all up there and people were really somber and down ... one guy got up there and sang our National Anthem and everybody in that pub was on their feet, tears on their cheeks, singing at the top of their lungs.  Those are the Americans I love and would defend with my life.

That's the America I love.
dm

I think people on this forum are a bit too blasé to become touched by that...we've seen it a million times in cheap american heroic movies...it just doesn't do it...

In my eyes, nothing is worth dying for except possibly some family member or g/f or something...no bloody nation...

Andail, I think you are (partly) right - most of the people here are too blase. But if DM was touched by that situation, then he was touched. Nothing more or less. After all, being touched by something is not a conviction, it's an emotion.
And I agree that very, very few things are worth dying for. Especially things ending in "ion" and "ism" are never worth dying for.

Right - Igor - let me make this absolutely clear: this is a forum for AMATEUR adventure makers. That trailer was anything but AMATEUR. What are you doing here?  

Gobsmacking ... bowelturning ... better than sex ...

What filter is that, Pesty? - it looks rather groovy!

*swoosh!* [sound of bandwidth disappearing down the drain]

Wait! You didn't mention that in your tutorial! Miez is holding out on us!

It'll be in the next tutorial: "Backgrounds - hax0rz w4y!"

Is that a playboy bunny on your shirt?

I'm very curious to the non watermarked version

Could it be ... m0ds avatar? ... omg!!!1!!!!

The one and zero button on my keyboard have stopped working though - must be the strain.

Seriously, Stab: check this thread - http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=4;action=display;threadid=5644

It tells you all you've ever wanted to know about paint programs and why (not) to use them.

My few eurocents worth of "wisdom": have you all noticed how people tend to get dumber if they operate in bigger groups?
When two people get together, it can be like magic - great ideas flying about the place, loving each other, etc. Then when you look at a larger scale, say a group of people that call themselves a "nation", "country" or "religion" they tend to treat each other as spoilt little kids ("that's my oil!", "you look stupid","you shouldn't eat creatures with more than three legs!"). They don't actually say it like that - just cover everything in ubercomplicated political b*llshit - but it IS how they act. And if you look at humanity as a whole: that's just like this enormous, mindless, amoebal blob that covers the planet. We know we're killing other creatures and our own habitat by the bucketload, but we just seem unable to act in a reasonable way.
Funny eh? or rather, not so funny ...