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Such an awesome song, He-Man.

I'm rather fond of Slayers and El-Hazard.  I recommend those.

I've never used FMOD, but this article is rather informative and helpful.

Very nice work, Dorcan.  It's good to see someone using a-v-o's TCP/IP plugin.

It works fine for me.

Yes, You always need a base to work off of, You dont build a tower in the sand, you need a concrete foundation

No disagreement here.  I mentioned I'd like to make a smaller game first.  But your idea and more has already been accomplished in a-v-o's test game: http://a-v-o.selfhost.de/ags/  Players can walk (materialize) around and talk to each other.

http://www.nomoreaolcds.com/

Have you ever considered for a start a no interaction online game? Like you can see the other character but theres no contact?

What would be the purpose of such a game?  Just to test the functionality?

Here's some more of the composer's music, in IT format.  These were for a N64 version they were doing awhile back, but they're going to be recomposed for this new one.

http://tssf.i-web.net/Remakes/ChronoStuff/CTNew/

*Sigh* I can draw just fine, but I cant sprite for crap.

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I think it looks great, Evil.

I wish I had a fraction of your artistic talent, Bernhard.  Keep up this excellent work!

Are you really a beginner?  You're quite good.  The village/peaceful tune is very nice.  It loops well, although I would probably add a little more variation within the piece.  The ending theme doesn't seem to have any direction, though, and it doesn't really stand out for me.  It could use a little extra work, in my opinion.

uhh.....you kinda stole that song http://www.ebaumsworld.com/burgerking.html

You said we could remake songs.  He didn't break any of your rules.  Frankly, I like JudgeDeadd's version better than the one on ebaumsworld.

hi there!

I'm very interested in all your plans and I also read Migs thread about the future of multiplayer games in AGS and don't get me wrong: I think your ideas are great, but imho a bit complicated.

Why don't you start with minigames? Such as an insult-sword-fight like the ones in MI?
there would be 2 players and each one has a range of possible insults and answers and they would fight each other.

exactly like in Monkey Island only that the AI is replaced by a human opponent. You could even use the same view for both gamers, as if each one would play Guybrush in single player Monkey Island.

Further on you could even use the inbuilt dialog function of AGS...

And I think it could be a really funny and simple game!

I'd love to do it, but my AGS coding skills are very weak so far and I don't haven enough time right now... but there seem to be so many people that are motivated to do a multiplayer adventure game, so feel free to use this idea! I'd love to see the result.

greetz

I actually did state in the thread that I'd like to start something smaller and simpler first, such as a Spy vs. Spy game.  A multiplayer insult fighting game would definitely be interesting.  Anything involving network programming is far from simple compared to single-player counterparts, and one thing I'd like to see happen in the development of AGS multiplayer games is the creation of code that can be reused, mostly in the form of functions.  That way, we won't have to keep reinventing the wheel.

I know it doesn't help to say this to any teenager, but ultimately it really doesn't matter if you've never been kissed or had a girlfriend during your teenage years.Ã,  It doesn't prove anything about you, your character, what kind of a person you are, how friendly you are, how social you are, or anything.Ã,  You haven't "failed" in life if you're 30 and never been kissed.Ã,  What's far more important is that you're true to yourself, good to others, and known as an honest and trustworthy person.

I do think sometimes people make attracting the opposite sex more of a mystery than it needs to be.Ã,  It's rather annoying how it's been turned into a game of skill, wits, and intrigue.Ã,  When you're young, it's "does she like me?Ã,  what do I do?Ã,  should I become friends first?Ã,  should I ask her on a date?Ã,  what if she says no?Ã,  should I tell her how I feel about her?Ã,  would that just scare her?"Ã,  In my experience, it became much simpler as I got older.Ã,  It became simply a matter of talking to a stranger for a few minutes then saying, "Hey, would you like to go on a date?Ã,  Great!"Ã,  No assumptions, just an opportunity to get to know the person better.

Migs, I agree with you about 14 year old boys, but I think everyone's opinions on love and dating are valid, even if they're wrong or haven't had the experience older folks have.

I'm not saying his opinions are invalid or anything, I'm just suggesting that Gord needs more straightforward advice on how to relate to women.  A minority of guys are lucky enough to be smooth with the girls, but I don't think they really understand why they are.  They're just being themselves, after all.

Ã,  Ã, Hey, I couldn't guess this topic would be 2 pages in a day
Ã,  Ã, I still don't think I should ask her out. IMO I should get close to her and gain her friendship first.
Ã,  Ã,  We've talked three times by now. In first time, I was sitting in the canteen of the school alone, and she asked me if a seat was empty and I said yes (no, she didn't sit by me; just took the chair to her table where her friends were :)Ã,  ). The second time, she collided me while walking and said pardon. The third one is more different: I would give somebody who is in her class a floopy disc for the Geography Club in the school. I went their classroom, and asked somebody in front of the door if the boy who I'd give the disc was there. Then, she appeared and said "He isn't in the classroom now. I can give the disc to him for you, if you want.". I gave the disc to her and said "OK, thank you "
Ã,  Ã,  I don't know why I told it. I felt like that I should write these, because it could help people to give me ideas.
Ã,  Ã,  By the way, what is "dude" ? I've heard this word before a few times, but couldn't find the meaning in dictionaries.

becoming friends is the very worst thing you can do! Believe me! I had this gf 2 years ago, everything sucked and in the end our relationship broke up and we hated each other... But she had this friend, I already knew for a long time, and I really liked her a lot. So I started hang out with her and we became good friend, BUT that bastard of an ex-gf became jealous, because I was hanging out with her friend, so she made her stop seing me...
By now I think I shouldn't have tried to become friends with that girl, but I should have told her from the begining what I felt for her, maybe than everything would've become differnent.

So what I was going to say, don't let the relationship between you and that girl become to complicated. Just do something! I know it's not easy - trust me I know your situation, and believe all the time it ended, that someone else got her (mainly the stupid, but sportive guy...)

I'm not sure becoming friends is the worst thing you can do, and I think you're jumping way ahead of yourself, kl4Uz.  It does seem like a good, practical approach, and becoming friends first is often what girls want.  After all, she might not want to go on a date with you if she doesn't know a little bit more about what you're like.  You don't have to become best friends with her, or hang out with her or anything before asking her out.  Gord, I think it's obvious she's at least willing to talk to you, which is a good sign, but it's really difficult to tell anything without knowing more about her.  Just become cordial acquaintances, so that you can carry on a 5-minute conversation, and then if you have any slight inclination she might be interested in you, kick it up a notch.

No offense, but 14 year-olds typically don't have a clue when it comes to to adolescent romance.Ã,  It's usually only when adults look back on their teenage years that they realize what they should've done differently.Ã,  We old folks have more insight into these things and more wisdom to impart than you young whippersnappers do.

Migs, WTF. Evil is a ladies man, and he can impart all the advice to me that he so desires.

Oh please.Ã,  14 year-old boys and girls are so hormonally charged they contaminate the air with testosterone and estrogen.Ã,  The vast majority of people Evil's age aren't lucky enough to be "smooth with the ladies."Ã,  Adolescence is a time of sexual awkwardness, confusion, frustration, and downright anger.Ã,  Gord is a down-to-earth adolescent.Ã,  What he needs is not advice from a "ladies' man" like Evil, but other down-to-earth people who've been there before and have good ideas on how to deal with the situation.

The plugin doesn't work like that.Ã,  The problem is you don't know what the others' IP addresses are.  If you're not playing with anyone else but just want to talk to other people playing their own game on their own computer, the most prudent way I can think of to do this would be to connect to some central server, likely on the web, which maintains all the whiteboard chat.  Alternatively, the server could keep a list of all the IP addresses of people currently playing the game instead of the chat dialogue, so each individual game automatically connects to the other computers on startup.

This is something that would require another plugin to translate the data to interface with the web, or some crafty web programming to interface with the plugin.Ã,  It seems like it would be a lot more trouble than it's really worth.Ã,  If you want to talk about a game, why not just post a message in a message forum like we've always done?

and I've had more fun making out with a couch than her.

Do you make out with the couch often?

Be a honest, great, funny guy and they will come to you. Trust me. The ones you will love the most will find you.

No offense, but 14 year-olds typically don't have a clue when it comes to to adolescent romance.  It's usually only when adults look back on their teenage years that they realize what they should've done differently.Ã,  We old folks have more insight into these things and more wisdom to impart than you young whippersnappers do.

I imagine it's some sort of attempt to fool automatic email spam detectors.  Not entirely sure, though.