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Fucking hell, it’s not even September yet.

Google’s not helping.

Any silent era actors who never spoken on film? Most of the famous ones eventually acted in ‘talkies’ but I want to know if there is a well-known example of a silent era actor who’s voice was never recorded for film.

It’s for a Twitter joke for which the moment will have long passed by the time an answer is found:

“Who would narrate your life story?“

[Cloak and Dagger]

MAGS September is now officially open.

The theme chosen by Slasher is:

Cloak and Dagger

Check the first post for details.

Anyone else in?

I’m planning to open September’s jam tomorrow, two whole days early.

Watch this space.

Was Harland put in the dungeon specifically to save him from the volcanic eruption?

Was the natural disaster a wildfire?
Was the natural disaster an avalanche?
Was the natural disaster a tornado?

Was Harland released from the dungeon by a human.
Was Harland released from the dungeon by the natural disaster.

I played this a while ago. I can’t remember if I needed a walkthough at all but I do seem to remember quite enjoying the puzzles.

Was there anyone else in the dungeon with him?

Was Harland put in the dungeon for a crime he didn’t commit yet (as in, he was going to commit a crime but was locked up before he could commit it)?

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Does he have multiple personalities?

Was he put in the dungeon for his own protection?
Was he put in the dungeon to protect others?
Was he the same form going into the dungeon as he was coming out?
Was he a werewolf?

Was the real perpetrator known to Harland?
Was the real perpetrator related to Harland?
Was Harland tricked?
Did he get “what he deserved” because he had committed a separate criminal act?
Did he get “what he deserved” because he had done something stupid, rather than criminal?

Did Harland accidentally lock himself in the dungeon?
Did Harland deliberately lock himself in the dungeon?
Was he covering for the person who actually committed the crime?

Whoops, I posted this in the wrong forum. Could a mod please move it to the competitions board?

Cheers :-)

[Cloak and Dagger.]

The joint winners for this month we’re Slasher and JackPutter.
Well done guys.

	The Spider's Web by Slasher
	DAGGERHELL by Mandle
	My Father's Secret by JackPutter
	Max Fury by Olleh19

Topic: Cloak and Dagger.
Chosen by Slasher

A private investigator game. Either based on a film / tv private investigator or original. 'Cat and mouse' game, escape death, solve the case and win over the girl....

Previous assets may be used....




What is MAGS?
Started in 2001, MAGS is a competition for amateur adventure game makers. The idea is to create a game in under a month, following the rules set by the previous winner. It aims to help you work to a deadline, improve your skills, and provide a kick-start into making adventure games. Regardless of skill, MAGS is for everyone. Voting is based on "favourite" games, and not the most artistic, or the best coded. If you have bad art skills, use it as a chance to do some graphic work. If you're sub-standard at coding, use it as a chance to give scripting a go. Ultimately, people will vote for the most enjoyable entry.

Rules
Entering MAGS is simple. First, conceptualize your game following the month's criteria (see above). Second, create your game fuelled only by coffee. Finally, post your game in this thread, including:

* A working download link
* The title of your game
* A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fourteen days, and the winner chooses the next month's theme.

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Need a little help with graphics? Perhaps The AGS Trove has something you can use.
Don't want to go it alone? Try the Recruitment board.
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Looks like we have a winner.

Well done to Slasher for Distance No Object. You will be contacted shortly about picking a topic for September’s Jam.

Unlucky to KyriakosCH. I hope you’ll give it another go. And apologies for misspelling your name.

Thanks to both entrants and everyone who voted. Keep an eye out for the next Jam on [ideally] September 1st.

Why not start putting together a team now?

Last couple of days to vote.

They really went to pains with this film to show that Marta was good. The whole not being able to lie thing was a bit gimmicky I thought, but probably necessary if you really want the audience to trust her side of the story. Everyone else clearly had reasons to lie, but Marta apparently couldn’t even lie if she wanted to.

But what if she can lie? If it hadn’t been for Ransom’s confession in the final scenes, I might actually suggest that the whole can’t lie thing was a massive long-con and she’d been working her way into Harlan’s affections all this time. She said all along that she wasn’t playing the game like the rest of the family, but what if she was all along? When she’s standing there on the balcony with her ‘my house’ mug, she looks like someone who has just won.

It’s much more believable that someone might have the gift of being about to throw up when they want to, rather than the curse of throwing up when they lie.

I wonder if they filmed alternate endings. They would be fun to watch.

My wife came up with the point that it must have been Ransom whodunnit, purely because of how expensive it probably was to have him in the movie in the first place. He’s barely in shot for more than a few seconds in the first part of the film that you almost forget it’s Captain America. He was surely always going to have some major part in the Endgame (pun intended), which kind of made him a pretty strong contender for whodunnit.

I’ve now seen it and agree that it’s a great film. I’m already looking forward to the sequel.

The only downside is that there’s one part that my wife and I thought was pretty obvious from the moment it happened but was later presented as some big reveal like it was supposed to be a big twist.

Spoiler

The fact that the vials had already been swapped, meaning that Marta had actually given him the harmless painkiller. When Marta realised she’d made a ‘mistake’, My wife and I both nodded and said, ‘yep, they were already swapped’. And Harlan knew it too. His reaction, to come up with such a detailed plan to clear Marta, was a far cry from the rambling old geezer he’d just moments before, so he’d clearly been given the good medicine and knew it. We thought that was kind of obvious.

So when it was later revealed as some kind of big clever twist with the toxicology report, we were both a little disappointed because our minds had been trying to guess some even wilder twists.

(For example, I thought the old nana was long dead and that someone - maybe the supposedly dead husband of Joni - had been posing as the old gal for years in order to come up with a chance to kill Harlan.)

I was surprised by one aspect of the reveal though: The fact that Marta herself had noticed the bottles had been swapped and had deliberately switched them again to save his life “because she’s kind”.

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I’m planning to watch Knives Out this week, so I’ll be able to add something soon enough.