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Hey there!
I need an article for the AGS ezine, specifically on the MAGS games made in February and March. If anyone is interested, send it to me via email( vel@abv.bg ) by tomorrow. I know it is a tough deadline, but I feel very sure about releasing issue 8 tomorrow. If no-one sends an article, the mags games wont be reviewed - not that big a deal, but I would like to publish reviews of mags games.

Here is a variation of the Wolfgang Ritter theme I sequenced. C&C welcome.

Here are a couple of photos I took last summer:












Tell me what you think.
PS: Moderators, if you think this should go to crits lounge, move the thread.

Hey there.
What I want to do is just a 3D cutscene for my game. It is supposed to be an hourglass with moving camera angles - nothing too complicated.

However, I don't have the slightest idea what software to use. It has to ave the following features:

1. Simplicity of use. I havent done anything in 3D before, so I guess it'd be best to start with something simple.
2. Rather small file size/around 20MB or so/
3. Ability to change camera angles and save as a mpg or avi.

Thanks for your suggestions in advance.

One of the good old adventures, flight of the amazon queen, has now been released as freeware! Check this out: http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=483

Okay, so, I've asked m0ds's permission for this, and so I post a thread in this forum.
The AGS chess competition will start on March 12th, when draw will be cast. In order to enter the competition you should do two things:
a)reply to this thread to sign in
and b)Download the program available from www.worldchessnetwork.com - it will be used for the competition.
Rules:
The games will be 60 minutes long, that means 30 minutes for each to think. Do not swap between programs during the game, because WCN considers it as cheating. Once the draw is cast, your partner and you should agree on a time and date to play the game of chess within one week. WCn decides who is playing with black and who - with white. Good luck to all participating!

People already signed in:
Inkoddi
Shbazjinkens
Lost Traveller
MillsJRoss
Andail
Minimi
Hotspot
Flippy_d
Lazy Z
Bluke4x4
foz
Panda
mage
Earlwood

Who in your opinion are the most underrated musical artists?
My top 3 are
1. Asia - a wonderful rock band, but alas produced only one hit single. When they reunited in early 90s, they made many wonderful songs like "Love under fire"(you've gotta hear it, it is as perfect as "The show must go on" imo), "Someday" and "Arena".Alas, none of them became major hits, but the band is still playing, their latest album, Aura, was released in 2001.
2. Sergey Vasylevich Rachmaninov - A genious composer, romanticist, who, alas, was born before his time. His piano concertos are genious, and I must say that they are the hardest thing to play I've heard.
3. Uriah Heep - They are not exactly underrated, but are not considered rock legends as they should, in line with Pink Floyd, Deep purple and Queen. I had the chance to see them live last summer and I've gotta say that they are as good as ever. Your thoughts?

Hey all, wouldn't it be cool if we had a chess tournament? We could play with one of the many programs or just chess notation. What do you think?

After a long break, the ezine is back!
I have to appologize for the lack of content though - this issue should have included an art tutorial, and several other things, but the consequences were against it. Grab the new issue here though.

PS: Darth, could you please make at least an index page for the ezine? Thanks in advance.

Hey again.
is it possible to change a sprite at the title screen if the player has reached a certain point of the game (not necessarily the end)?

[Veliarts entertainment presents:"Rise and Fall" - A "Who Wants to Live Forever?" prequelStory:]

Veliarts entertainment presents:

"Rise and Fall" - A "Who Wants to Live Forever?" prequel

Story:[/u]

The game begins when Andrew Barksdale graduates from Literature, and real life begins. No-one wants to publish his books, nor is his friend Sean Matthes having better luck. This is just the beginning, the whole game will cover a period of about 20-25 years.

Design:

As "Who wants to live forever?", its prequel will not be puzzle heavy, although it will have more puzzles. There will be no inventory, and the notebook will be more interactive. The dialogues will also be vastly improved, with an innovative system that makes the fact when you say a thing and the order in which you say the topics matter. Technically, the game will also be a step forward, using a slightly modified interface. As for length, I think that it will be 2,5-3 times bigger than "Who wants to live forever?"

Graphics and Sound:

The background graphics will be in the style of "Who wants to live forever?", hand-drawn and then coloured mostly with gradients. This time it will have 4 walkcycles, I promise. Music will be made by Petteri Aartolahti, and will be converted to digital audio by me. Here's a screenshot to keep you warm and follow the forum rules.


You can now listen to the digital version of the title tune composed by Petteri and recorded by myself here.

Help wanted

Right now, I need only one sketch artist to draw several character sketches(and by several I mean literally several, no more than 7-8). As the game progresses, i will be looking for one or two beta testers.

Release date:

it is quite difficult to predict, but I'd say July or August.

Updates:[/b]

02.03.2003
The intro is almost entirely done, I am now in the process of drawing the last screens of it and the new two walkcycles for the main character. You can now listen to the title tune Petteri composed here. Special thanks to AGA for hosting the file.

I've tried to use lip sync, but it somehow does not seem right. What assignments for letters and sounds do you suggest?

Would it be possible to dump all text from the game into a file? I know that there is such function now, but it is for creating translations. Ill try to make an example:

room 21, line 44
DisplaySpeech(EGO, "Hey!");
room21 line 45
DisplaySpeech(EGO, "That bit me!);


This would be very useful when creating voice packs for already made games. Thanks for reading.

http://www.cathnews.com/news/311/161.php
Ha! Who will dare to beat Liverpool now that they know they will burn in hell if they do? Harhar!!

Thats a sprite I made a while ago and I still can't figure out how to fix it. He is supposed to be sitting on a chair, hence the legs. Anyway, any suggestions would be welcome.

Alkaline has kindly made a homepage for Veliarts entertainment. Check it out and tell me what you think.

This month:
TEH SEKRIT Project revealed!
BTS preview
MIDI tute
Scripting tute
Erm.. more stuff.
DOWNLOAD doc version

PS: Will someone please convert it to pdf?

PPS: Necro, please upldate the page. I know you're busy, but it's been 2 months.

Hey again!
It's 11th of November, and there yet is yet no pick of the month. I'd be intersted to know which game released this month will desrve it, even if it aint mine.

In the next issue, Im going to put a rubric in which you can offer your services or look for help in the AGS ezine. If anyone would be interested, pm me his ad with game info, email and position wanted.

Look what Mr.Fozbee done to my game's page:
http://www.agsforums.com/games.php?action=detail&id=290
Try to d/l and you are linked to Flashbax instead to WWTLF! Foz, seriously, you suck. People want to d/l my game. I hope you realize that.

Note: I will fix the link as soon as you have read this thread. thanks to Alkaline for finding this.