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Same here. Taking some time to play games this month. 

Same with me.

I don't hunt or eat meat, but if I ever happen to come to South Africa, I'll drop by for some broccoli 

I would love to take part in a broccoli hunting safari! Any excuse to wear a pith helmet, really. 

You are more than welcome. And I'm serious. Bring your AK47.

7.62mm for wild broccoli? A light round like that may be suitable for feral Brussels sprouts or wild celery, but I wouldn't use anything less than an express rifle to take down a stalk of untamed broccoli stampeding towards our Land Rover.   

I don't hunt or eat meat, but if I ever happen to come to South Africa, I'll drop by for some broccoli 

I would love to take part in a broccoli hunting safari! Any excuse to wear a pith helmet, really. 

[never even got a rating]

Ultimately, an AGS Panel review is just that: a single review. Some of my favorite games, be they triple A or freeware, didn't get the best reviews from the gaming press, but I still love them. And other games I've played were critical darlings but they didn't do much for me. Heck, most of my own Barn Runner games earned a middling 3-cup rating, and that's fine. Two of my games did a little better, and one was rated a measly 2-cups (which it probably deserved, although for a MAGS game, I'm still really proud of it). Further, two of the games I worked the hardest on, and am the most proud of (Forever Friday chapter 3 and 5) never even got a rating by the AGS Panel, but that's fine too.

Everything that happens at this site is done by people who give up a little (or a lot) of their free time to support a hobby that is kind of fringe nowadays. Some people work on the next build of the engine, other people take time to help newcomers trying to understand the rather quirky AGS engine, and some take the time to actually play many of the games made by this community and rate them for the benefit of people poking around in the ever-growing database looking for a new adventure game to play.

If one reviewer really liked one of my games, that's great. If another reviewer didn't, that's okay too. Like most of the people here, they're doing this because they have a passion for AGS (and they're doing it for free -- let's not forget that!). At the end of the day, it's just a single review. And a rating of 3 is more than acceptable (unlike that 2, which will haunt me until my last breath    ). I've played lots of 3-cup AGS games, and enjoyed most of them. I'm chagrined to admit that I rarely rate the games I play    but most of them I would probably rate a 2 or 3, if I'm being honest.

I'm glad to have you here, Lapsking, and I appreciate that you've chosen to spend the time and effort needed to make good games with this engine. As someone who's been using AGS since 2003, I understand why the games we make mean so much to us. But there's not much to be gained by being this upset over something as inconsequential as a couple of average game reviews. I don't know about you, but I make my games to entertain myself more than for any other reason. Sure, I wish all of my games were rated 5-cups and swept all the categories at the annual AGS Awards, but that's not why I do this, you know? 

Am I in? Yes!
Will i finish? Maybe! 

Congrats to those who finished their games. Sadly, I made a lot of progress early on, but once the holidays arrived, I just couldn't find time to work on it. Still, when measured against most of my (many, many) other unfinished MAGS projects, this is probably closer to completion than most of them. Maybe I'll finish it up later this year, when "finish your mags" time rolls around again. 

Out of Africa?

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Superhot?

Voted! 

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Stupot (I'm a sucker for limericks!)

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I started a story about a nun, but I wasn't able to finish it. 

There ain't nun this time around. 

Truly, my failed attempt at a story died not with a bang... but with a wimple. 

I started a story about a nun, but I wasn't able to finish it. 

Congrats to everyone who made it across the finish line!

John Carpenter's The Fog?

Top Gun? 

Count me in. It's an interesting theme and I'm pretty sure I'm going to have some free time this month to work on a MAGS game. 

Voting (late) 

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Mandle - 2 Votes
Sinetrena - 1 Vote

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Reminds me of the Volus from Mass Effect. 

The majority of your game must take place in/on/around a large body of water, something bigger than a pool.

What about a very large swimming pool? Or an incredibly long slip-n-slide? 

I wasn't expecting this thread to become so blatantly erotic! 

Well, I've hit the inevitable part where I begin to question if my game will be worth finishing or not.