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Shoot. Looking over (belatedly) Pumaman's charter, I think this post is in violation of the rules. COuld a moderater please move the original post to general discussion or whatever and then delete this post?
thanks (sorry), bitby

Interested parties:

There is a sprite/animation competition on the Reality on the Norm forum that may be interesting to AGSers.

Have a look here:
http://ron.the-underdogs.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9=683

The basic idea is to create a walk-cycle or idle animation (or both!) for a pre-existing RON character. Entries are due on July 13th.

-bitby

This is a copy of my post to the RON forum:

Wow.

Thanks to RI for reconsidering (and reversing) his initial decision. I think that while it may or may not have been a mistake to initially turn down the game, RI took a reasonable approach to a difficult situation -- he listened to my appeal, sought a second opinion, allowed the game to be posted in the Game Announcement forum, listened to community feedback and every step of the way did what he thought was best for the community.

Thanks to Brentimous, Orange, Dave Gilbert, Creed Malay, Turquoise Daffodil, SSH, Trovatore, Duchess, Radiant, Mr. Colossal and Grundislav (and sorry if I forgot anyone) for supporting my game and putting so much energy and time into advocating for it. It has been amazing and deeply gratifying to read your posts in support of Au Naturel. Thank you.

Oggdaughter, thank you for articulating what actually IS offensive about this game, namely, that in it, the player helps the protagonist to look at naked pictures of an established likable female character without her consent. This is, as Duchess says, "mean." I am squeemish about this, I hope people who play the game are squeemish about it. Gower, in this game, is an anti-hero. You are not supposed to admire or emulate his conduct, but to laugh at it. I STRONGLY disagree with your statements that this game is on a continuum with sexual violence or in any way related to child pornography.

Brentimous, thanks again for your really thorough work in betatesting this game, and thanks for all the encouragement. I am certainly more interested in making the sequel to this game after seeing how much people care about what happens to RON. I am thinking about making a full-length follow up to Au Naturel, in which Mika sets sail to avenge herself against Hooky McPegleg. I'm not sure if a big production is realistic for me. Would anyone be interested in teaming up, or helping out with coding, art, music sound effects, etc? If yes, please PM me here or on AGS forum, or post or email bitby@boyinthebasement.com ... or skywrite, I don't care, just let me know.

-Bitby

@The Suitor: Thanks! Good luck with your RON game. Despite my disappointment over Au Naturel being rejected, I still think making a RON game is a great way to dive into AGS and adventure game design in general.  All the free sprites and backgrounds save you a lot of time and let you concentrate on story, puzzles, characterization, etc -- all the important stuff.
@paolo: Too bad more people aren't as inhibited and grossed out by violence as they are by sex.
@Dave Gilbert: Thanks for the praise and encouragement. Coming from someone who made so many fun RON games, it means a lot.  Also, thanks for posting on the RON forum.  I'm still guardedly hopeful that the administrator will change his mind.

The video that Limpingfish was trying to link to has been re-posted
here.
Interesting stuff, I think.  Makes me wish I had made a video game with a mature representation of sexuality.

Oh well.  Maybe next time.

@ProgZMax&SteveMcCrea: I think the III Spy Mika sprites are hotter AND superior.  I didn't even notice the big calves.  Must have been distracted by other prominences.
@pepetwingo: Thanks! If you're interested in RoN, I would start from the beginning: Lunchtime of the Damned.
@paolo: Thanks! I was thinking about making a second RoN game -- the sequel to this one -- but since Au Naturel was turned down by the RoN website due to it's content, I think I'll focus on something else.  It seems like a waste of time to make a sequel to a game that was rejected.

Thanks for the positive feedback, everyone.  If you liked the game, please don't forget to rate it on the games database.  If you didn't like the game, please don't think of something really distracting right now, like that important thing you forgot to do today.

@MichaelS: Thanks! I didn't have Discworld in mind at all. Is it because the dialogs are long-winded?

@Layabout: Yes, actually. It was a lot of hard work getting the flop just right and took several versions to achieve sufficient massiveness, but I think it was worth it.

@wavigravi: I think that's a touch unfair to other RON games, but I'll take the compliment! Thanks!

@Grundislav: I'm sorry.  I really should have asked you first before doing that with a character you invented.  It must be like seeing your adult child naked.  That is disturbing.

[Download installer:]

Reality on the Norm: Au Naturel

Download installer: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=download&game=1025&mirror=1
Download zip archive:  http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=download&game=1025

RoN: Au Naturel takes place, as the name suggests, in the universe of Reality on the Norm. (If you have not played  any of the RoN games, have no fear -- the necessary back-story for this game is covered in the introductory cutscene.) 

The premise: Photos of Mika Huy in the nude have fallen into the hands of Mayor Gower's campaign manager, Death. You play Gower as he strives to undo this injustice and return the photos to their rightful owner. Actually, he's just trying to see Mika naked. 

WARNING: In addition to this tasteless premise, the game contains a lot of blood and full frontal nudity (both sexes).  If you are already offended, please don't waste your time downloading and getting angry at this game. But if that didn't scare you off, all aboard!

Features:
--> about 1 hour of game play
--> 45 minutes of midi magic from John Philip Sousa
--> A vast world of rooms and characters to experience and explore
--> New Geoff walk-cycle

Screenshot:

Download installer: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=download&game=1025&mirror=1
Download zip archive:http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=download&game=1025