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Nope, none of these.

No, but you're on the right path.

A cropped image so it's not too easy :

Questprobe featuring The Hulk?

Questprobe?

This looks super cool. Given that Mudlarks is still one of my top AGS games, I'm really looking forward to that one : )

Before reading the description I thought it was set in Ireland around the time of the Great Famine.

Given the growing popularity of You Tube Let's Plays we probably shouldn't be surprised that someone made one about our little game. Well... we're surprised nonetheless. If anyone out there hasn't played the game but still would like to see how it feels, here is the video (it's a complete playthrough so... SPOILERS!):

Spoiler

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I found small bug: when you load game there's "GAME SAVED" gui on screen .

Thanks Crimson! After watching the video I got a whole list of tiny bugs to fix. I will fix that one as well.

Nope, there was no Chmurnik/Planetnik in my bedtime stories

Slavic mythology a "reversed engineering" in most part and partly completely new creations from the Romantic Period and 60s. Not much survived.

Oh yeah I agree. What I meant is that during my childhood (and later) the pagan folklore wasn't really talked about or celebrated (maybe with the exception of the Drowning of Marzanna). Although, now I believe it's getting more and more popular (folk bands, some references in Witcher 3 etc.)

I happened upon this bestiary once at the uni but never had time to actually read it. Always wanted, though

Oops! I though it was a part of the parody (...)

Ekhm... of course it was! I knew perfectly well what I was doing                              *I didn't*

Wow, these boards look really nice! Did you use any bestiaries as a reference to make them?
I'm really happy that such things are made because in my opinion our country's dropped the ball on the folklore.
Also, I never heard of Chmurnik, so even if the kids didn't benefit from them, I just did

Wow, these animations/graphics look really nice!

Are they from an intro or outro? Just curious because I've noticed a slight change of colours comparing to other images.

Anyway, looking forward to playing your game when it's finished : )

Correct! Your turn Frodo.

The idea behind your comments was that depicting female-on-male violence is "just as bad" as male-on-female violence without consideration to the very real social ramifications of those portrayals. Which is what leads to the idea that no victims should receive special attention over others, which in turn I've already expressed my utter disagreement with.

Well... because it is as bad and I disagree with interpreting depictions of violence towards different social groups as worse or bad. They are equally wrong. Just like with your example of an employee hitting an employer and vice versa. You can put as many fancy labels to them as you want, but they won't change the fact that morally both situations are equally wrong.

And there we go again with the "you are doing feminism wrong, here, let me show you"

I hope you are aware that you are the person with this attitude.

I mean, you haven't replied to a single one of the very specific points I've made and defaulted to "you just hate men", so I'm not really getting anything from this discussion either.

I know you are not getting anything from it if you read my words as "you just hate men".

See you around.

[You interpret my words in a way that simply suits your mindset where all males deny inequality, have immoral take on every-day social conduct, are devoid of empathy and simply speaking are predators who dominated today's world.]

I don't even know where to start.

My idea behind my comments was to show a perspective, where a male can also be a victim of rape, torture or maltreatment. To show that content depicting such situations can be equally hurtful to people of the said gender as much as when a female is the victim. And that I disagree with the idea of paying more attention to victims of only one sex, nationality, religion etc.

What I read from your response, Laura, is that you accuse me of a bunch of things that I didn't say nor even imply. You interpret my words in a way that simply suits your mindset where all males deny inequality, have immoral take on every-day social conduct, are devoid of empathy and simply speaking are predators who dominated today's world. However, it is you who fail to notice that the current, fourth, wave of feminism has already achieved a lot. It doesn't mean that patriarchate has been gotten rid of completely, because there is still room for improvement, but now is also the time when we can start to acknowledge that inequality is in fact a phenomenon that exists on both (I'm simplifying for the sake of the argument) gender sides.

You say "a guy like you"... meaning? A feminist? For your information together with my wife we have been participating in many prides and women-rights marches, both in Poland and the UK. Also I live my life in a way that would challenge rather than reinforce gender, racial or religious stereotypes.

Making a point about gender inequality from a male perspective is everything but denying the existence of inequality. It simply shows my acknowledgement of its existence on all sides. However, this is something you seem to be strongly against of.

Also, I'm sorry but I must comment on this:

What about a reversed situation where a female subdues a male? From what you are saying it seems that that shouldn't upset us as much? Why?

Yes. I've already explained why. If you as a guy see that, chances are you're not going to think "oh god, that could happen to me". If you're a woman, there's a whole other layer of meaning to it which you are hell bent on denying with your whataboutism.

The only thing you are saying here to me is that I as a male am unable to feel empathy and sympathise with the victim. You are wrong, I am able to feel it, and as I am sure other males do, just as I am sure you can identify yourself with male characters. By denying that you are simply demonising males.

Also, please refrain from saying to me "guys like you" or "morally bankrupt" because you have no idea who I am and what I do outside this forum (which I visit only out of interest for point'n'clicks). This only suggests that you jump into ( wrong ) conclusions too quickly.

To be frank, people with such hostile and truculent attitude as you only put others off from the feminism cause. It seems that there is only one way of fighting for the cause in your opinion and any other points of view are just wrong. It is neither good nor inviting attitude for such a crucial social dialogue.

Nevertheless, despite you calling me a morally bankrupt person, I don't mean to fight with you anymore or carry on with this discussion. Although, I do stand by everything I said.

I'm sorry Laura but I don't agree with what you're saying.

First of all, the child-grownup hitting scenario. I'm guessing you mean that when a grown-up hits a child then they are using the physical power over the child therefore taking advantage of the weakness of the child. But what if the child hits the grown-up? Even if the child is physically weaker? The child attacking the grown-up may or may not know that they are weaker but that doesn't change the fact that the deed of hitting is equally wrong and should be frown upon. Obviously, if we are talking about a small child hitting a grown-up for the first time, they simply don't know better and should be told off, whereas the grown-up knows exactly what they are doing (which is unacceptable), but this scenario is irrelevant to the game. Besides let me ask you a question, in your example, who do you see as a child? A cute, innocent 5 year-old or a rebellious, pathological teenager? And as a grown-up? An aggressive and toxic parent that takes it out on their children or a loving parent making a mistake? I personally can't tell because people are different but whatever the situation hitting other people is equally wrong.

But this still doesn't apply to the scenario in the game, where we have two adults. And I don't think you can tell whether the power dynamics are symmetrical or not. Why would you say that? Basing on the gender of the protagonists? Not every male is an alpha prime ready to use his physical power to subdue other people. And what if in the game we had two males? Would then power dynamics be symmetrical? Would it then mean that the situation would be ok and the game's plot wouldn't spark this discussion? What about a reversed situation where a female subdues a male? From what you are saying it seems that that shouldn't upset us as much? Why?

So there's a real-world aspect for women in these types of narratives that make them particularly unsettling for us because they're not just crazy unrealistic fantasies.

I believe that narratives where any person, be it a transgender person, a male, a female, is hurt by others is equally upsetting. And claiming that such narratives where the victim is a women is particularly upsetting is against true gender equality. Also, there are plenty of males being victims of rapes and other offences. Not many of them want to speak out due to social stigma.

Hi,

I played the game but I must admit mainly out of curiosity about the whole discussion. Long story short, I don't think that this game crosses any line. As mentioned above, anything that this games presents hasn't happened in other point'n'clicks before and in my opinion the actions presented in the game are not of sexual nature. However, I do find it weird that the only goal of the game is to break in, subdue, tie up and hide away a person in their own house. I do think that the plot and events of the game are in bad taste and not to my liking but I wouldn't say they cross the line.

I'm not a fan of violence towards women as a means of entertainment (...)

I'm not a fan of violence towards any person as a means of entertainment
I am afraid that the outrage was caused partially by the fact that the character that gets tied up is female and the one that ties her up is male who breaks into her house. I am really curious if anyone would mind the game if the genders of the characters were switched around or different in any other way.

As for the game itself, I really liked the visuals (for example, the transformation animation was really good imo or the change of the character's view when carrying Britney). Visuals aside, my problem with the game was that it doesn't tell you what the goal is at all, so you end up wandering around the house collecting stuff not knowing what for (if I hadn't read the thread earlier, I wouldn't have known what to do).

My two cents in the discussion.

Hi,
I don't mean to bump the topic but I'd like to know if the automatic walking up to the hotspots is something only I'm experiencing or is it an option that can be disabled?

Hmm I thought this game would be a bit more popular

Here is one of the very firsts NPCs you meet:

Spoiler

Who calls slavic god using American vegetable?

Hah! You are absolutely right, I hadn't thought about that

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I'm glad you enjoyed the game. I've been planning to speed the character up ever since Lorenzo mentioned it before but... other things keep getting in the way

That's my script if you want to have a look at it too:

Code: ags

// new module script

function sayTextAsTypingMachine(String currentText,  Character *currentCharacter)
{  
  isTextBeingTyped = true;
  hijackOverMouse = true;
  
  int speechBubbleX = currentCharacter.x - 10;
  int speechBubbleY = 50;
  
  DynamicSprite* speechBubbleSprite = DynamicSprite.CreateFromExistingSprite(35);
  DynamicSprite* speechBubbleBackground = DynamicSprite.CreateFromBackground(0, speechBubbleX, speechBubbleY, speechBubbleSprite.Width, speechBubbleSprite.Height);
  
  DrawingSurface *speechBubbleSurface = Room.GetDrawingSurfaceForBackground();
  DrawingSurface *backgroundSurface = Room.GetDrawingSurfaceForBackground();  
  
  //draw speech bubble
  speechBubbleSurface.DrawImage(currentCharacter.x-10, 50, speechBubbleSprite.Graphic);
  speechBubbleSurface.Release();  
  speechBubbleSprite.Delete(); 

  //type the text out
  int length = currentText.Length;   
  for(int index = 0; index<=length;index++)
  {    
    String output = String.Format("%s: %s", currentCharacter.Name, currentText.Truncate(index));
    lblTextHolder.Text = output ;
    
    //if a clicked has been detected, show all the text
    if(showAllText)
    {
      output = String.Format("%s: %s", currentCharacter.Name, currentText);
      lblTextHolder.Text = output ;    
      break;
    }    
    Wait(2);
  }  
 
  //reset globals handling typing
  isTextBeingTyped = false;
  showAllText = false;  
    
  WaitMouseKey(100);  
  
  //redraw the background from underneath the speech bubble
  backgroundSurface.DrawImage(speechBubbleX, speechBubbleY, speechBubbleBackground.Graphic);
  backgroundSurface.Release();  
  speechBubbleBackground.Delete();
  
  //clear text box  
  lblTextHolder.Text = "";  
  
  //release action label
  hijackOverMouse = false;  
}

Yes, I meant an empty game.

Right now, not much is going on in the on_mouse_click(): 

Code: ags

function on_mouse_click(MouseButton button)
{
  if (IsGamePaused()){}

  else if (button == eMouseLeft) 
  Room.ProcessClick(mouse.x, mouse.y, mouse.Mode);    
}

For now, I'm switching between mouse modes using keys W and I (walk, interact - I'm not planning on using other modes).
Also, I am not using anyone else's modules but I created my own script with an intention to move there all my custom functions. At the moment, there is only one function and it's not affecting on_mouse_click() (so I think).