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Thanks, Frodo. Glad to see you around the forums again. I assume you went on a holiday after all those long hours you spent working on your last game? 

Awesome. I respect the amount of work that went into this. Many years ago, I tried something similar to build a DRADIS combat game set in the Battlestar Galactica early 2000s remake series. I got it to work, finally, but the code was so kludged together that I will take that digital spaghetti to my grave! 

Thanks for sharing!

But can I jump the alligators from Pitfall? 



This should be the DLC pack for your game when MAGS is done. 

For the fun's sake of everyone playing here's the debugged version:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2428-fatman-the-survival-tale-of-jim-woods-demo/

I removed the glitches (nothing else changed), so you can just have fun till the end even if you need a few attempts!

Thank you! I was stuck! 

For me, it's probably just about any Bob Dylan cover. Weird fact: I like Dylan's songs, but I can't stand his voice. Many of my favorite songs are covers of Dylan songs. Guns and Roses "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watchtower," and the Ramones' "My Back Pages." Every one of them a Dylan song sung by better vocalists.

But if I had to pick one, it'd be Jeff Healey's bluesy cover of "When the Night Comes Calling"

By way of comparison, here's Dylan's original, which is like nails on a chalkboard to my ears.

Holy mad cow in confinement Batman, it's Ponch !  I'm so going to try the sh** of of this.

Be sure to vote the sh** out of the game (of your choice) too! 

  I had a blast playtesting this!  Seamlessly moves between arcadey, puzzle-em-up, and hilarious dating sim.  It was the most fun I've had filling up a heart-o-meter since my days as a single guy.

Filling the heart-o-meter is a lifelong pursuit, dude. You never know when something you say or do will cost you points. You can never relax! 

For those who missed it or who want to watch it again with some random commentary from the Discord chat crew, here's the vid: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/583216791

And big thanks to the organizers and big congrats to all the nominees and winners!

Thanks! 

I was supposed to present an award, but my internet went down sometime in the middle of the night. The service guy just left my apartment five minutes ago and I finally have access to the tubes again.

I'm incredibly sad that I missed this (I try to attend every year) and I'm especially disappointed because I wasn't able to present. Sorry guys. 

Congrats to the winners, though! And thanks to everyone working behind the scenes to put this together. 

The important thing is that you tried to resist temptation. 

Thanks for the nice mini-review, Lorenzo. It was a lot of fun making a new game. I'm already hard at work at the full version of the game. Originally, I had planned to do only two more arcade sequences and one puzzle, then I would consider the game done. However, I've hand tons of free time on my hands this week and it looks like next week will be more sitting around, looking for something to do. So I've already added the previously mentioned three things to the game, and now I'm adding at least two more arcade sequences, an inventory puzzle, and possibly another dialog sequence. Who knows, it might turn into a full-sized game at this rate. It already has a secret ending, depending on how well you did on the arcade sequences and how well you filled up the heart-o-meter. Since you're a charming guy, I'm sure you won't have any problem with the latter one.

Thanks again for the nice feedback. After so long away from the world of AGS, I wasn't sure if my style of gaming/storytelling was still a good fit for the new young people around here these days. 

AGS was built on Fatman, Davy Jones, and Larry Vales 

Damn, that was fast. 

It's all yours.

They said it was okay to go shopping with only a mask and gloves... But when I got there everyone else was wearing clothes.

I'd just like to point out that I posted this originally as a joke.

It's too late to hide your shame, Mandle! 

Michael Ironside was chewing the scenery in that one. Great pick!

Here's mine:

Space Hunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (in 3D) 

Saw that movie in the theater when I was a kid!

A new game by Ponch and it's a Barn Runner one? Is it Christmas already?!
I don't know if I should play it now or wait for the expanded version. Or both?

I know, right? It's been a while! 

If I were you, I'd play this version (and then vote for it  ) and then dive into the much more deluxe edition a few weeks from now before we're all allowed to go back outside again.

Happy b-day Dave Strazer and Ali Gilbert! 

[http://www.barnrunner.com/games/BR_MAGS_2.zip]

After several years of not finishing an AGS MAGS game, I am proud to somehow find myself presenting a finished product!

BARN RUNNER: PUCKER FACTOR

For those of you not familiar with the term, "pucker factor" is aviation slang for how scary something is. And for Dr. Noriko, her decision to pursue a younger man* while also trying (at great personal risk**) to recover an item she lost, that term can be read in more than one way.

My first completed Barn Runner game since 2012, this is part of the larger Barn Runner series that has been ongoing since late 2003. For the continuity hungry among you, it takes place a couple of months before The Forever Friday, part 1.

Part flight sim, part dating sim, Pucker Factor will hopefully entertain you through these long days locked inside our apartments.

Download and enjoy! (and vote!)

http://www.barnrunner.com/games/BR_MAGS_2.zip

MOAR SCREENSHOTS!!1!

Arcade-y Action!

Talky Action!

Thanks to kconan for play testing and spell checking! 

A larger version of the game will be posted after MAGS is over (and I've finished the new art).
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* If she fails in her attempt to seduce him, she might die of embarrassment!  (Theme appropriate!)
** She might crash her aircraft and die (double theme appropriateness!!)

Wow, so many amazing looking entries! Unfortunately I have 7 more hours before I can play, but it's something to look forward to.

Are you going to make the deadline? Time's running out!

I'll be there. 

[http://www.barnrunner.com/games/BR_MAGS_2.zip]

After several years of not finishing an AGS MAGS game, I am proud to somehow find myself presenting a finished product!

BARN RUNNER: PUCKER FACTOR

For those of you not familiar with the term, "pucker factor" is aviation slang for how scary something is. And for Dr. Noriko, her decision to pursue a younger man* while also trying (at great personal risk**) to recover an item she lost, that term can be read in more than one way.

My first completed Barn Runner game since 2012, this is part of the larger Barn Runner series that has been ongoing since late 2003. For the continuity hungry among you, it takes place a couple of months before The Forever Friday, part 1.

Part flight sim, part dating sim, Pucker Factor will hopefully entertain you through these long days locked inside our apartments.

Download and enjoy! (and vote!)

http://www.barnrunner.com/games/BR_MAGS_2.zip

MOAR SCREENSHOTS!!1!

Arcade-y Action!

Talky Action!

Thanks to kconan for play testing and spell checking! 

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* If she fails in her attempt to seduce him, she might die of embarrassment!  (Theme appropriate!)
** She might crash her aircraft and die (double theme appropriateness!!)