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Hi!
I have been very much busy on my MAGS game these few days, and I made an animatedbackground. Plz tell me your opinion on this one, and also on the overall graphics.

this the updated version over the one beneath.

inside your home where mum and dad will be.


the walk animation of the main character


an ingame screenshot, wich shows the place you are starting at.


another background for the game, with some footprints of the yeti on the ground, and some ice, and mirroreffect of the icebergs.

Hi there! I started with working on my long detective game, wich im making with flash, and I was wondering what you think of this background. It's from one of the first scenes where you investigate the murder on the golfyard. Plz give me advice on how to make it look better, or does it look ok?
I need to know this, because I first need to get my style ok, before I'm continuing creating more scenes and backgrounds

Im writing this message at my dad's 486, and this is really slow. Why I must write this at his pc, is because I got on my screen that i need a very long code for winxp prof. to register or something... I need some serial code, can someone give it plz to me! Otherwise i just lost all my work, and wurst, all animations and concept art! GRR PLZ PLZ help me out!!

I am making a game in the Jack Orlando style, and I was wondering, if it is possible and how to make, a window popup in the top of the screen while in a conversation? There should popup a talking animation of both the characters, wich will animate while speaking. Does anyone already made a code for this, or could they make an example for me? here is a screenshot out of the game Jack Orlando wich shows the conversation popups I mean.

Hi there! I'm joining the MAGS this month, with Puddy Penguin! The rules of this month is to create a game with a classic mythical beast outside of its "natural" habitat.

Puddy Penguin is a penguin, that lives in Antartica. Puddy lives there together with his whole family, and they are happy. But one day the Yeti appears on the scene, and he's not feeling very confortable, so he starts breaking ice. Puddy must stop the Yeti before the yeti ruins their whole penguintown!

I finished the main character. Tell me what you think of the character and the plot!? I hope to see lots of others join the MAGS this month! This is bytheway, my first time I'm joining the MAGS!


the walk animation of the main character, drawed with my tablet WOOT!

a first quick screenshot of the game!

Well... I'll let you know the progress of the game, and It will be finished before 25th september

THIS QUEST HAS BEEN FINISHED AND THE WINNER IS DAVE GILBERT. CONGRATULATIONS TO DAVE GILBERT AND ALL OTHERS THAT HAVE ENTERED!
SECOND PLACE IS FOR DRAGONROSE, WITH NOT MUCH DIFFERENTS, BUT THERES ONLY ONE THE BEST.

DAVE GILBERT, YOU MAY CHOOSE YOUR PRICE, PM ME FOR IT!
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Hi there! This is a new competition, and I started this one, with the permission of Andail. This competition is about making a Original plot/story. Every little detail about the competition, from rules, till an example, is available at www.ags-oq.tk !

Go there, to find all the information you'll need to join this new competition! Just for some extra info. When you have mailed your plot/story to the email, and you followed the rules, then your entry should be added to the site, within 3 days

When the time of this competition is over, wich is 20th september, then the voting system will start. Everyone may vote for the winners! Voting will go like this :
#1 - 3points
#2 - 2points
#3 - 1point (not allowed to vote for yourself.. DOH!)
And all points are counted together by me (YES I CAN COUNT!), and the one with most points wins! So post in this topic your votes for #1, #2, and #3!

I hope you like my website design. It's the first time I made something with drawing in flash, wich I like already very much! If you have any other questions, do not hesitate to ask me here

Oh, I almost forgot this one thing. There will also be some prices available for the winner of the competition(s), like adding your banner for a month to the site, or getting a MIDI pack from me that I composed... stuff like that. If you have yourself something cool, that I can use as a price for the winner(s), then you can pm me or mail me!

Well... I hope you all take the time to read the site, plus the rules carefully, and I look forward to seeing some entry's!
DO NOT POST YOUR ENTRY IN THIS TOPIC!

Happy Competing!
Greetz,
Minimi (Peter Olthof)

Well, I have some concept art on paper, but I haven't got a scanner. So I tried to draw over the lines with my tablet, but the result is not that good as the original on paper is! I did this, with using Flash, and the smooth style drawing. This is the look of the main-character of the game. I hope you'll like it. He should have an end 50's look. He didn't fit fully at the page, so I only drawed his upperbody.

Tell me what you think of him. Just remember that some lines in this picture are not excactly as they should be I quickly coloured it, without any shading, but it's just to give you an idea of the style

C&C PLZ!

This is really weird, cause I'm just maybee a few hours away of releasing the demo of my first game, but suddenly I can't get it fixed that a certain object appears when I open a wardrobe. I want to have that when I use the wardrobe that then somewhere over the wardrobe a object appears, that wasn't visible before, so it looks like its in the wardrobe. How do I make this? I tried checking for the object INVISBLE, but with what code do I make the object reappear?

Trapped in the past - a detective adventure game by Solidus Software
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Born In 1931, and at the present 72 years old. It all started in 1958...

My name is Jack Boots, 27 years old. I am detective in Frostville.
I was still pretty new to the underworld of crime,for I graduated in 1956.
I was assigned to this case, where the owner of the famous theatre industry named
"Moonlight", found dead at the golfyard, of the golfclub "The Swinger".
It was publically known that this man "Kurt Fernando", was addicted to drugs.
He was found with an overdosis of pills in his body, so everything pointed to suicide.
I went talking to Kurt's lover Emma, who told me that Kurt said the day before his death,
he needed to go away for a few days, for business matters. This was very rare, because
Kurt hated travelling, so he always got visited. Another thing that strucked my mind,
was that Kurt was found at the golfyard. Why there?? So I as the detective,
started a investigation, to find out, what actually happened.
And that is where the trouble began...

2003 - AAAAH! Oh my! Another nightmare! I'm 72 years, and I have alot of times nightmares,
and bad sleeping. It's hard for a old crook like me, to keep it up with the world.
Everytime I get to bed, and everytime I wake up, the memories are flying by,
of that old time, wich costed me everything. I must remember myself to not think about that
all the time, but to live my life on, well at least what it's still worth.
I'm a retired detective, and I'm now doing some job for free at the shoeshop,
across the street. I'm shining shoes in the midst of this world, that is in a big damn hurry!
I feet my bird named "Joe"and close the door behind me, and lock the door.
While I'm walking outside, a lady, that is in a hurry, try's to cross the busy street.
A taxi that didn't saw her that quick must brake very hard. The whoman jumps away,
and her bag with lipstift, cream, and all sorts of makeup, are rolling over the ground.
That reminds me of that time I got to the theatre back then.....
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This plot gives a little idea of where the game will be about. There hasn't yet been done
any art or scripting or whatsoever, only some art with pencil and paper, and the plot,
and storyline. I'm almost finished with my first game, and my goal is to make this a full
length game, with way better graphics.If anyone of you is interested in seriously helping me with the art, scenes and characters,
so we can make up a team, I would love to hear it. Also tell me what you think of the plot!

As an addition to it all, to clarify the style of the game. It will be like 2 different times. One moment you are playing with the young Jack in end of the 50's, with all the typical things of that time, and the other moment you are flashing forward, to the present where your playing the old Jack, in the present world with all it's techniques, and electronic signs and cars. So you'll be thrown forwards and backwards in time, to make a complicated story, with also lots of different puzzles. Well that's about all I can tell you right now about the game!

PS: So sorry, I don't have YET any screenshots, but this project is definatley going on, and soon there will be some first screenies of characters and maybee backgrounds, though I'm still experimenting about different styles of drawing.

Greetz,
Minimi

Do I have to make a new view for each character's talking animation? At the characters tab you can choose the talking view, but not the loop number. It's getting pretty messy for making a new view for each animation. I need to show up view3, loop 8 for my character while talking.

Well, you might think, this  is yet another idea to add to the forum competion, but far from that.

My point is, that there are created lots of games with the plots like "evil this, evil that" i call it. And Hero needs to escape... there is really nothing wrong with that but it becomes a big cliché in the adventure world.

I was thinking about making (with some other guys that valunteer) and when I finish my sam&moos game in a few weeks, a website where people can send a very original plot idea, with storyline. Then the great ideas will be posted on the site, and the idea is, that these plots will be worked out, to make some original games. When time passes by, the list might become pretty big, and can be used as a database of original games.

Let me ask you this! Why is the player almost always human or alien... with legs? Why not make a game with furniture or electronics as player, and also make some original inventory!

A while ago there was a thread about never used inventory items in adventuregames. This thread could be helpfull to make a nice very original game.

Just tell me what you think of it, and maybee we can discuss this thing, that games are indeed a big cliché and that they need a fresh breath.

PS: I hate the big cliché of "something is locked, so I need a key", or something is too high, I need a stick to pull it of. Maybee you can come up with a more complex way to solve puzzles, to make some more variety in the games.

For my first game Sam&Moos ... I'm making that in a bookcase with lots of books, you can click on each seperated book, and watch the title. But could you people help me on some titles of books. It's a game about 2 alien children in the house of their grandpa. So maybee you guys can come up with some funny titles!

I just installed Linux redhat 9.0, and i'm pretty new to linux... because of all the damn viruses in windows and also just windows... you know what I mean. I was wondering if any more people are using linux here?

I just began with making my first tutorial on making a wacky room. This is the screenshot of what you accomplish when you finish my tutorial im still writing. I will soon add a url to the tutorial. I was wondering, if you people need this to know? The tutorial is about Corel Bryce 5.

I want to make that after a certain dialog a character, not the player.. will walk onto a door, and disappear when it's on the right position in front of the door. How to make that?

I'm pretty satisfied with this result! Because of I really can't draw good grahpics, I'm using 3D rendering, and I now edited my old 3d rendered wardrobe. I used photoshop and with shift holded I drawed over the outlines, and after that I coloured it. Then I replaced the white colour with black, and this is the result!



Now I finally know how to make some nice graphics, without showing 3d renders.
The image above is ofcourse just a test image What do you think of it?

I just made this background in about an hour.. and I was wondering what you think of it? It's for the game Sam&Moos

I just got again inspired to work more on my project Sam&Moos! I only don't have so much free time anymore, but I'm definatley going to work on it right now!

Ok, I just couldn't resist in making this. It's going to be a one room game about the discussion on this forum about the subject. A so called Chis came here to tell us that we are all lame, with lots of weird words coming out of his mouth. If you want to read it for info :

http://www.agsforums.com/yabb/index.php?board=3;action=display;threadid=7547;start=0

Well... I made the maincharacter for the game, just for the info, he got a penis as a nose, and he LOOKS gay


ps: the text under the picture is wrong! stupid me

I want to make a cdcover for something and I must know the exact size in pixel of it, its for a jewel case. If don't understand I mean... something like 300x250... and then when i print it, that it will fit with the case

Tnx in advance!