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I liked that most of the Myst series was so steampunk, sort-of Jules Verne.
I find that whenever they introduce "technologies that work with plants in place of bolts and levers" into the games, it breaks my suspension of disbelief. And the Obduction trailer seems full of it (like, the alien ship that looks like a giant gleamy chestnut)

I remember you saying that before, but I'm pretty sure they're quite old (by design) and use a lot of obsolete technical choices.
Just one line like "if color==COLOR_TRANSPARENT" is enough to sabotage the whole module.

Anyway I'll look into it and come back to the community when the investigation is over

Hi everyone,

At the moment we have a few cool particle engines around (akumayo's particles engine, the weather module, snowRain module, etc.).
But all of these were created before AGS got really up-to-speed with alpha blending. Unless I'm mistaken, none of them handles alpha (only full transparency).

If one of you skilled gentlemen decided to look into it, I and others would be eternally grateful.

IT's ok to have the high ceiling only if you thought properly of the kind of light that'd be on this wall. That "semi-circle" shading is ok in small rooms, but here on this big wall it looks quite naive. Where does the light come from? Large windows? Lights ont he ceiling? Etc. That could help make your wall more "alive".

Also, the scratchings on the wall could do with more personality : instead of just horizintal lines, how about brick shapes here and there? Or lines that follow the wall paper? Or small sracthes with a slightly more advanced shading?

In the front view you might want to keep his feet closer to each other, otherwise ti looks like he's running/walking an overly manly walk.

Really cool.
I like the Blade Runner feel to it.

The contrast on Desiree seems more pronunced than the contrast on Ollie. When they're next to each other it looks out of place

I just found that while lurking on the Interwebz : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyaninc/obduction
They have $1,300,000 out of 1,100,000 requested.

I believe you can assume that every game made with SteveMcCrea's "Panorama" module/plugin can be considered Myst-like, at least in the aspect (even though they probably have inventories, unlike Myst). And SteveMcCrea was the one who used his own module the most.
Specifically, there was one in the "noir" genre, that was pretty cool. I can't recall if it was a short game or a demo, though.

Also: what? You've never played Myst? Hurry up, it's one of the reasons why you can be sent to hell after death. The best one (puzzle-wise and consistency-wise) is Myst II: Riven. The most gorgeous one is Myst III.

Do you guys know the site eJamming? I heard it allows to play togeteher live, allegedly with no lag -- in order to make live concerts from distant places.

I have the same issue on XP.
I have a Windows XP with the French language pack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLGHIN2HrVU

We should create a "game with the least awards" award.
Just to make sure Crystal Shard doesn't get all the awards each time they release a game.

Duals we love you, we do. Just don't make clumsy jokes about repeatedly-mocked minorities again.
Give us a hug.

Ali I love how you play completely on auto-pilot, while you speak. You don't hesitate for a sec, get in, take the required object from the room, and leave. I wonder how many times you've completed that game!

Hey, that's really cool!

About the 9-verb Scumm interface: true.
As you know I'm working on an Indy fan game, and it's taken for granted that the interface should stay that way. One day I woke up and thought "that interface makes no sense, we must change it in our game!" and then immediately after "but that would be ruining the fan game", followed by some confusion (I never shared that personal experience with the other team members, haha!).
There was a (very short) internal debate on our team forum. Anyway, it could be worse: it could be the "switch on/switch off" interface of Maniac Mansion

Is there a #macro defined in the plugin so that it's possible to simply enable or disable it in AGS' script?

But where was it apparent that he was mocking people who will use lesbians as an incentive? Especially if he actually did show sexual images of lesbians.

Well, (to me) it seems obvious: One cannot repeat 100 times "there will be lesbians! come!" (when it's obvious that there will be none -- even though this time he actually did show lesbians, to spice the eneverending running gag. That wasn't a very good idea, as it blurred the line), and be serious. But as you've seen it's not obvious for everyone.

Now, you have two choices :
- take my word for it. And you've explained your point at length, and some people understand and agree, while some don't, and are the most vocal, and you can't do anything for them.
- not believe me.  But you've explained your point at length, and some people understand and agree, while some don't, and are the most vocal, and you can't do anything for them.

I think it's the time to leave all that behind, since everyone's position is clear -- even if someone answers again something incredibly stupid and makes you want to answer them. We should stop on this topic.

turn "show player character" off. It disables the walking cursor.

I had no idea that option exists. I've learnt something.

[I understand Myinah's points,]

I understand Myinah's points, and I fully agree with them, every aspect of them...

...BUT... Myinah, there's something you failed to see, and aparently also some people who seem to laugh at Dualname's joke without undertsanding it: Dualnames is actually mocking the people who use "lesbians" as an incentive.
That's what he wrote, and that's also how I understood it:  "It's a joke, that's intentionally childish".

Therefore, both Myinah and Duals are saying the same thing: Myinah, in a serious manner, and Dualnames, by using derision.

It's sad though that some people miss the point and write such things as "it's ok to mock lesbians, it's humour". Nope, as a community of heterosexual white male, it's not ok to mock or diminish lesbians. It's only ok to mock people who mock or diminish lesbians. That's what Dualnames did, and he's cool.