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Happy birthday LimpingFish  8)

In other words, one day today will have been one of the good old days, even though it is currently only a mere average new day.

Or something.  8)

I sometimes check the forums on my telephone when very bored and not near a computer.

Which is regularly. 

I agree with ProgZ's method.

Happy birthday to Gilbet! 

Hello MT. Long time no see, man.

My game project is proving to be challenging as well. Seems to be a common theme, really...

See you in a year or two .

Happy birthday to Leon (now that it is his actual birthday  8))

I remember seeing this in the past and thinking "Those are really nice graphics". I am pleased to hear that the puzzle design is satisfying and even more pleased to hear that an English version is a possibility. Thanks for reminding me about this!

Hi Calin,

The sprite that really stood out to me was the side one - I really felt you've accentuated the breasts and bottom a little too much.

I agree with Matti that the legs would look better straightened up, and also had a go at reworking the sprite a little. I've made her skinnier, so if you meant for a larger frame then ignore that aspect of the sprite, but I felt these proportions matched the front and back views.


(non arm version makes for easier animation)

I hope this helps

[Syberia]

I very much agree with Ben, except I'd say you should definitely consider Syberia. It's an absolutely beautiful game visually, narratively and in terms of characterisation. One of my favourites, with a well written lead character too!

Well, then, seems like I didn't have to recommend it anyway  .

I admit to enjoying the games, and the story was touching to the point that I felt really quite emotional at the end of the second one, but the slow pace and puzzle design is what really held back the games, for me anyway.

Also, while I was never any really good at the puzzles in Myst games, I found that the universes created in Riven and Revelation really captured my imagination and drew me in. I guess this counts for the 'general feel of it' side of things.

Happy birthday Pablo and Miez 

The closest thing I can recommend is probably Fahrenheit (AKA Indigo Prophecy), in terms of game style. In terms of games that I'd recommend you play for characters and the whole atmosphere of the thing, I'd suggest Beyond Good and Evil. Although it really isn't much like Dreamfall, and I hear people say it was too easy/short/etc I really enjoyed it.

I really wish I could recommend the Syberia games, but although they contained some nice enough moments scattered throughout, I really can't recommend them

Whether you'd enjoy these 2 games or not is not something I can say for certain, but they're the closest things in my finished games list to Dreamfall

Hooray!

I already nagged one friend who loves buying Steam games and they agreed to purchase it! 

I think both of them look quite nice, and I am a fan of doing both tablet style and pixel style graphics as well, but I think that using backgrounds of the two interchangeably looks a little odd here. Both look very nice, but I'd suggest either using all tablet style backgrounds or all pixel style backgrounds. That terminal really would be quite easy to do in pixels...

Also, the graphics look very nice, but the little man is just a touch funny looking, legwise  

(quick edit that might give you some direction character wise... or maybe not  )

Happy birthday to Uhfgood and Radiant

Happy birthday Cameron

[Lad]

Okay, and it is time to announce a winner!

Two very nice entries this time, my thanks to both AtelierGames and Lad for your entries! It was a tough one to call, but I am announcing Lad as the winner!

Great work both of you, and onto the next comp

Happy birthday, OneDollar!

I have a notebook which is full of scribbles, x,y coordinates, crappy puzzle ideas, crappy dialog exchanges and then other random things not actually relating to games design.

For me, a game isn't something that you can plan out perfectly, because (like anything) you will want to make changes and adjustments as you go to make it more enjoyable, and also as you have new ideas.

And besides, stuff like descriptions of the stuff in the room isn't totally necessary to plan. AGS has features that make getting a script for voice acting easy (unless you're doing all the voice acting before you make the game, which seems a bit odd but I guess we all have our own preferred methods).

Happy birthday, Sebastian  8)