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The only way I see of doing that would be some hard-time coding or AGS 3D if you could. You could always use a 3D sprite and make a mario kart like game (like the SNES version).

Well one function won't do what marble madness does, and trust me, there aren't any hidden functions. Its possible though, in fact, I think I might go try to do this. I suppose you could use regions for the falling part ( I think KQ VGA did this ) but as for the rest:

Keyboard Control: Could be mapped to the arrow keys using bernie's 8-Direction Movement module. Or you could use strazer's keyboard module. Either way the controls need to let the marble or whatever the object is move 360 degrees.

Level: Marble madness has isometric levels, if I remember correctly.

I say its highly possible in AGS.

Yay! But now I feel like a noob!

I noticed that there are quite a few links on the AGS games page that are broken, so I did a search in Google for some of them, and I found this:

http://aafiles.bicycle-for-slugs.org/full/

Its a whole page with AGS games, old and new. I haven't tried all of them, but im sure they all work. I also didn't know if anyone else knew of this page but I may be wrong or something.

BEST IDEA: loominous
BEST FUNCTIONALITY: loominous
BEST DESIGN: loominous
BEST TECHNIQUE: loominous

Nice one loominous!

Canon Powershots are generally very good. I still have my Powershot A60 (with only 2.0 mega pixels!) and it's excellent especially in leisure use (for example, photographing AGS meetings). It's not too bad for artistic photography either, but the settings, like exposure time and stuff, are too limited. I've taken truckloads of photos with it, for example these two:

I'm planning to get a new one some time soon, hopefully.

But anyways, it very much depends on what you're going to do with your camera.

That quality of photo is perfect for me! I just need to save up now for a nice Canon Powershot!

@lgm,helm,zor= I don't need too many MP's just enough to have a nice quality photo. I'll have to save up and get a Powershot because you all seem to think its good. Well thanks for all your help! Im off to save up for a Powershot!

If you need space like doors that open automatically, thats not hard either. Do this:

1) Draw out 3 or 4 frames of a door going up.
2) Import the images and set up the object to use the door image.
3) Create a view and plug-in the frames for the view.
4) Set the view to the object.
5) Make a region outside the door.
6) Make another region outside of the region.
7) For the script in your first region, put this under player stands on region:

Code: ags

//Sorry, my coding in 2.7 isn't too good, I'll use an older version, shouldn't be too hard to port over.

SetObjectView(0,viewhere);//where 0 is object # and viewhere is the viewÃ,  Ã, that object uses

AnimateObject(0,0,3,0);//where the 1st zero is object, 2nd 0 is loop of the view it uses, 3 is the delay of the animation, and the 3rd 0 is the repeat.

FadeOut(putyourspeedhere);
Wait(30);
NewRoom(newroomnumberhere);

Now go to your views and go to the one with the animating door. Under loop 1, put in the door frames but this time go from open to close.

Now on the other region, the one that you drew outside the first one, put this code in under player stands on region.

Code: ags

AnimateObject(0,1,3,0);

Its been a while since I have done anything in AGS but I think this will work. It's only for automated doors but I didn't know if you wanted an automated door or a regular one. Just remember to draw the walkbehinds for the door if you plan to have a character go through it.

Welcome to the forums but one thing:

Look at the top under your name, there should be a list of options. Click SEARCH and search for this topic. Its been asked before.

EDIT: Sorry Wonko, I was just trying to help you find some answers. I hope you didn't find my post to be insulting.

Candle: Your ripples are pretty good. Just one thing though, the fan ripple. It would be great for water.

Kodak: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009ZBVKE/qid=1147665238/ref=br_lf_p_6/002-2142230-9728001?n=493696&s=photo&v=glance

Canon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AYGDWU/ref=pd_cp_p_title/002-2142230-9728001?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=502394

Sony:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00008MZ0B/qid=1147665549/ref=br_lf_p_1/002-2142230-9728001?n=497272&s=photo&v=glance

Amazon and Google are your friends. A digital camera for under 100 is hard to find. Well, good ones are hard to find. eBay is the best place to find cheap digitals. I suggest anything from Canon or Nikon that you can afford. But remember, you'll have to invest in a memory card too for more shooting space. Most cameras come with little memory, or none.

www.dpreview.com is a great resource for reading reviews and learning the techno-babble of digital photography. Read up, kiddo, nobody here's gonna lay it all out for ya.

Ill have to look at those later today. Thanks  for helping though, I didn't really know what a good camera might cost so I ranged between 60-100.

Anything under $100 isn't really worth buying. If you're going to invest, buy a nicer one. But, I can understand why money might be an issue. The Kodak EasyShares are the best built for the cheap end, but for $100 more you could buy something ten times nicer.

Yeah money is a problem right now. Im always broke, but i'll keep on lookin'

Thanks for the replys!

Can anyone reccomend a nice, digital camera? I need a cheap one, around 60-100 dollars US with computer hookups. I've searched E-Bay for cheaper ones but they seem faulty.

EDIT: Sorry if this post is dumb, but Im not very big on cameras.

Man this is my favorite sprite jam by far! Nice entries! 

Well, now I have proof that some people just don't read anything...

I would also like to see something of the like.

Just an old skool wizard (except no stars, damn 16 color limit!)
35x35 16 colors

EDIT: Great topic BTWÃ, 

EDIT2: Just for fun



3X:



Wizard attack frame!

Nice, but I have a suggestion.

I know its a padded room and its supposed to be plain, but maybe add some shadows or something to the walls?

Thanks for the help. Im new to 3D rendering and modeling so I was looking for a nice easy program to do backgrounds with. Some people reccomended Blender so I downloaded it and I didn't understand one bit of the interface!

I don't really know where to put this, but is it possible to create rooms in Anim8tor? I've looked for tutorials but so far I've only found character tutorials.

I guess I agree with you mods. Maybe its just not needed.

Why don't the moderators control it? Say for a MAGS competition, when everyone votes and the winner is chosen, he will get some points for winning the MAGS competition. I think this would make more people participate.

EDIT: I don't know if you've noticed it, but the May MAGS has I think maybe 2 people participating. Maybe it's the topic of MAGS, maybe it's just bad luck, but still thats not alot of people.