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2. Thorny bush?

[Alhambra]

I started watching TableTop on youtube, kind of made me wish I had more friends, but I went to local multimedia store and somebody actually asked one of the workers if they had Alhambra...and I kind of geeked out because I knew what that random word was.

I'm quite fond of that game, it's the only one I play regularly online. Have you tried it out?

If you use

Code: AGS

object[ID].SetPosition(x ,y); // or any other object function

//or

if(Object.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y) == object[ID])

It uses the object of that ID number in whatever room you're currently in, no matter what script it's put in.

Glad you took the gamble but no it's not gods.

I was thinking that it was a little ostentatious a claim for a riddle to make.

1. (4 letter word)
You can count on them, though
Some would rather curse them.
You can speak dear to them,
Though we all know 'tis just in vain.

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Gods?

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Thanks for the link. A nice rendition, the pan flute compliments the song really well.

A thoroughly enjoyable podcast, lads. I'm always excited to this thread updated.

You guys rock, these podcasts are the perfect inspiration for game making. For that i thank yee!

Agreed. Never fails to make me dust off the old game ideas notebook on my desk. 

Ah, I was thinking 'snail' for that last one, but I didn't think snails were bloodless.

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1. Stove
2. Bed
3. Fleas

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- Quantum stuff... how big is planet Earth in the cosmos? Can we relate our size in the cosmos to the size required to experience quantum effects as studied today on sub-atomic levels? If so, is it possible that we (the planet) can simply shift position, disappear and reappear on a different location? Can it happen without us being aware? Can it happen, period?

I don't think it's possible for that to happen. As far as I understand, the differences in the way the macro-scale world and the micro-scale world work is not to do with the size difference from our perspective, it's to do with the number of particles and interactions between them. In large systems, there are many dynamic sub-systems which are all interacting with each other, observing each other, which is not the case for the microscopic scale.

- The fact that the outcome of quantum experiences is different IF we are "looking" at it or not, does it raises the question: If planet Earth doesn't change position (we watch the skies since the Sumerian, at least) as it was never reported so, is something watching us or not watching us?

The observer effect isn't talking about whether or not a process is being perceived by conscious being, it's about particle interaction. If we want to observe an electron visually for instance, we have to bounce at least one photon off it. To my understanding, this is what 'collapses' the wave-particle duality of the electron, and causes it to change into a non-quantum state (one place at one time, etc.).
The photon later ending up in an instrument or someone's eye is of course important for us to know about it, but that is not the observation which caused the change.

This is an interesting talk on the topic of why large objects don't behave like quantum particles. He and his team managed to make a small, but macroscopic (approximately 60 micrometers long) wafer of silicon inhabit two states of vibration simultaneously, just like a quantum particle. This is made possibly by removing all the external forces which are acting as observers to the wafer.

He speculates how, in theory, the concept might scale to larger objects, but the fact that for this to occur for the wafer required a vacuum, completely without light, and had to be cooled to a hundredth of a degree above absolute zero, suggests that these conditions would be unattainable for anything significantly larger (which ties into your first question).

I've been excitedly following your progress since that determined initial photo of your desk. Looks like it's really coming together, keep up the awesome work!

...  Also, birthdays and public holidays will only show on the board index, not on the calendar itself.

So I won't be able to look for when someones birthday will be anymore
It was the only way (I know) how to look for the birthday-date from a member and I used it sometimes.

Or is there an other way to see them now?

You can view upcoming birthdays at the bottom of the main forum page.
It was convenient to see them in calendar form though, despite cluttering the calendar somewhat. Perhaps a 'Show birthdays' check-box could be added the calendar page.

1.

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Peace?

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2.

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A shadow.

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[The Gold of the Red Dragon]

Scarab Games Presents...

The Gold of the Red Dragon

A Mongoose Fitch Adventure

Meet Mongoose Fitch.
Loveable peasant and nephew to a wizard.

There is nothing Mongoose loves more than the princess of the realm, so when it is announced that the king is looking for a husband for her, our hero must set off on an adventure to make himself a wealthy and suitable candidate.

This is a short game which started out as an hourgame in 2010 and has been an on-and-off pet project since then.

Controls:
    Left click - Interact
    Right click - Look, Deselect inventory, and accelerate text speed.
    Esc - Skip intro sequence.

I hope you enjoy my first completed game.

Download Here

With thanks to:
    Gabriel_Down for the original soundtrack.
    ShiverMeSideways for help with the Scarab Games theme.
    Babar for testing and bug hunting.
    Ben304 and Grundislav for convincing me to finally release it.

All right, here's another hidden word riddle:

"How old is this mess?"

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2013 years? (Christ-mess)

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1.

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A hole?

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I think 3 might be

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A splinter.

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Hahahaha Fun times.
Someone giving directions is what was always missing from the original.

I haven't posted here since about halfway through the creation of Project Crowdventure...
Even though I stopped posting, I still didn't realise how much I lurk here until I find myself faced with an 'unavailable' page every time I power up the Internet...

I've received a report that One Room One Cheese (a v2.7 game for the last OROW contest) doesn't work under Windows 7 64-bit: to be precise, it runs but doesn't update the screen. This happens in both windowed and fullscreen mode.

...does this sound familiar to anyone? What can be done about it?

This is not a Windows 7 specific problem. I'm on vista and it happens to me rather often. It seems to happen when I haven't shut down my laptop in a long time, and only put it to sleep, or if I'm running on battery only.

It's quite bothersome, because it often stops me from testing my own games. The two solutions that usually make it workable for me are rebooting (doesn't always work), and moving the window ever so slightly off the screen (just a one pixel overhang).

Interestingly, I've found that this problem doesn't affect areas under transparent GUIs, and only that area of the screen is refreshed while the rest remains static. Perhaps you could put a transparent GUI over the whole screen? That's worked for me before.

"GET ON MY HORSE! I'll take you 'round the universe, and all the other places too!"

"I think you'll find that the universe pretty much covers everything."

"Shut up woman, get on my horse!"

Hahaha, this is my ringtone