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I am stuck quite at the beginning:

Spoiler

I activated the elevator, got some stuff in my inventory (I don't remember what it is, there is no description for it), use the party horn on another guy, and was able to place, for whatever reason, a broken bottle over the guy in the observatory. I assume I have to wake up or move him with the crystal and later get the ring to cut the glass dome, but I have no idea how.

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[AGS Awards]

Welcome to the AGS Awards, the event where you, the player, choose the best games of the year!

Step # 0 - play them games!
You have some time to play games made in 2020. Do it!
Step # 1 - nomination time!
Select games you deem worthy in each category!
Step # 2 - vote, folks!
Pick from the nominees and we get a winner!
Step # 3 - party!
Big party to celebrate the winners!


The awards are over! Congratulations to all winners!

Huge thanks to Snarky and Kastchey who did the awards ceremony.


The winners are:

Best Game Created with AGS
Urban Witch Story


Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
Urban Witch Story


Best Writing
Urban Witch Story


Best Character
"Billy Masters" from Billy Masters Was Right


Best Gameplay
Urban Witch Story


Best Background Art
Urban Witch Story


Best Character Art
Zniw Adventure


Best Animation
Zniw Adventure


Best Music & Sound
Urban Witch Story


Best Voice Work
SLEUTH


Best Demo
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking


Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
Barn Runner: Pucker Factor


Best Short Game
Billy Masters Was Right


Best Programming
Zniw Adventure


Best Puzzles
Billy Masters Was Right


Lifetime Achievement
cat


Best Innovation
eri0o



The awards ceremony took place on Saturday April 17th, starting at 19:00 BST.

Spoiler

The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday April 17th, starting at 19:00 BST.
(Check your local time here)

As usual, there is an AGS client to connect to the virtual ceremony.




AGS Awards Ceremony Client Download v6.0.06

Windows (.zip) â€" 289 MB [mirror]
MacOS (.zip) â€" 300 MB [mirror]
Linux (.tar.gz) â€" 292 MB [mirror]

Once extracted, the client is about 500 MB in size.

You can also join through text-only IRC, on the server irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk:6667, channel #awards. If you don't have an IRC client, you can use the web-client Mibbit.

There should also be a livestream and recording of the ceremony at https://www.twitch.tv/tulevikeu

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Nomination Results

Spoiler

Best Game Created with AGS

Billy Masters Was Right
Broken Windows - Chapter 1
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure


Best Freeware Game Created with AGS

Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Billy Masters Was Right
Broken Windows - Chapter 2
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story


Best Writing

Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Billy Masters Was Right
Falling Dark 2: Relapse
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure


Best Character

"Billy Masters" from Billy Masters Was Right
"Oomla" from Off The Clock
"Wendy Whedon" from Wendy Whedon 2 - Nature's Rejects
"Zniw" from Zniw Adventure


Best Gameplay

Billy Masters Was Right
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Lord of Light
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story


Best Background Art

Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
The Cabin
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure


Best Character Art

Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Elia, Ilaria & the Kids Having a Good Time at the Sea (or at least they try)
Off The Clock
Zniw Adventure


Best Animation

A Prelude to an Adventure
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Zniw Adventure


Best Music & Sound

Falling Dark 2: Relapse
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Urban Witch Story
Zniw Adventure


Best Voice Work

SLEUTH


Best Demo

Absurdistan - Demo
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Stellar Mess - Demo


Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS

Barn Runner: Pucker Factor
Futurama: Who Said That!?!
Rain & Snow - The Bouncer
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive
The Mind [MAGS March 2020]


Best Short Game

A Prelude to an Adventure
Bartolomeo, misled by circumstances, learns that appearances can be deceptive
Billy Masters Was Right
Dangerous Derek's Livestream
Off The Clock


Best Programming

Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
SLEUTH
The Ancient Art of Staying Alive
Zniw Adventure


Best Puzzles

Billy Masters Was Right
Broken Windows - Chapter 1
Indiana Jones and the relic of the Viking
Off The Clock
Zniw Adventure


Congratulations!

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How do the AGS Awards work?
(This is information mostly for new members, same procedure as every year)

Spoiler

Every year, the AGS community embarks on a quest to find the best games made in the last year. All games are eligible, that were added to the AGS Database in the year 2020. There is a For Your Consideration thread where authors can promote their games and players get a good overview what might be worth playing.

The awards are a two-step process: First there is a nomination phase where all community members can nominate the eligible games in several categories (it will be the same categories as last year). The top five games of each category make it to the voting (as long as they've received at least five nominations). Again, all members of the community can vote on their favourite games.
The final result is then announced in a live ceremony that can be joined either with a special client or any regular irc client.

Party like it's 1990 in this thread!

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[AGS Awards 2020]

Have you made a game in 2020 and want it to compete in the AGS Awards 2020? This is the topic where to showcase it!
Post a database link, a brief description and some pictures (thumbnails preferred, here is an excellent FYC post from last year).

Do not be shy, by posting your game you are helping the players who will take some of their time to play/nominate/vote!

Usual remarks:

• please include a link to your games page on the AGS games database
• if you think a game deserves mention but the author isn't around, post a FYC for them! The more worthy games we get here, the better it is for everyone!
• this thread is for FYC posts only, if you want to discuss the awards go here!

Post your games here before nominations start. The earlier you post, the more time people have to play your game!

All the comments here show the same timestamp 2020-02-11 20:15:57 which is definitely not correct.

https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/399-no-action-jackson/

...whenver I try editing my ags game entry (click on this hyperlink) and correct the link, I get a message that "You must enter at least one author before submitting. Please go back and correct this," rendering me unable to change this.

If you have any advice on how to prevent this so I can hypothetically reupload edited versions of the game, I would be thankful.

I tried to fix the DB entry, but I also don't see the boxes for entering the authors for this very game page (for others it works).

[AGS Awards]

Welcome to the AGS Awards, the event where you, the player, choose the best games of the year!

Step # 0 - play them games!
You have some time to play games made in 2019. Do it!
Step # 1 - nomination time!
Select games you deem worthy in each category!
Step # 2 - vote, folks!
Pick from the nominees and we get a winner!
Step # 3 - party!
Big party to celebrate the winners!

The awards are over. Congratulations to the winners and all nominees!

You can watch the video of the ceremony (thanks Cino!)
on twitch
on youtube

The written chat log is from this post onwards:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=57686.msg636618465#msg636618465

The winners are:

Best Game Created with AGS
Whispers of a Machine


Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
Metaphobia


Best Writing
Whispers of a Machine


Best Character
"Molly" from Feria d'Arles


Best Gameplay
Whispers of a Machine


Best Background Art
Whispers of a Machine


Best Character Art
Feria d'Arles


Best Animation
Metaphobia


Best Music & Sound
Whispers of a Machine


Best Voice Work
Whispers of a Machine


Best Demo
Theropods


Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
Tales of Jayvin


Best Short Game
Tea For Two: A Detective Logan Case


Best Programming
Whispers of a Machine


Best Puzzles
Whispers of a Machine



MAGGIES
A Christmas Nightmare by Alan v.Drake (with Thrymly Disguised and Escape Literature as runner-ups)



Best Innovation Award
densming - For his many video tutorials, that taught a lot of people how to make games in AGS.

Lifetime Achievement Award
CaptainD - For creating many fun games and helping other developers make their own.



The ceremony was held on 4.4.2020 at 18:00 forum time

Spoiler

The ceremony will be held on 4.4.2020 at 18:00 forum time


AGS Awards Ceremony Client Download v5.0.40

Windows (.zip) – 253 MB [mirror]
MacOS (.zip) – 261 MB [mirror]
Linux (.tar.gz) – 261 MB [mirror]

Spoiler

Note on Mac client:
Because the Mac build was made without an Apple developer license, you may get a security alert when you try to run it, and it may refuse to run. In order to get around this, instead of double-clicking the file, right-click (Ctrl-click) and choose "Open" from the menu.

Note on Linux client:
The client is built with AGS 3.4.3, which has a dependency on libpng12.so.0. See the GitHub issue tracker for fix. (Edit: The download has now been repackaged with the library included.)

As before, the Mac and Linux versions do not have clipboard support (copy-paste from outside the app).

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You can also join through text-only IRC, on the server irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk:6667, channel #awards. If you don't have an IRC client, you can use the web-client Mibbit.

If you can't join the chat at all, there are live-streams of the ceremony:
https://www.twitch.tv/vga256
https://www.twitch.tv/tulevikeu
Thanks vga256 and Cino!

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Here are the nomination results:

Best Game Created with AGS

Feria d'Arles
Guard Duty
Metaphobia
Tales of Jayvin
Whispers of a Machine


Best Freeware Game Created with AGS

Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Buy a Used Spaceship
Metaphobia
Tales From The Outer Zone: Fleshworms
Tales of Jayvin
Tea For Two: A Detective Logan Case


Best Writing

Feria d'Arles
Guard Duty
Metaphobia
Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
Whispers of a Machine


Best Character

"Clotilde Soffritti" from Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Buy a Used Spaceship
"Molly" from Feria d'Arles
"Richard Elmstat" from Metaphobia
"Tondbert" from Guard Duty
"Vera Englund" from Whispers of a Machine


Best Gameplay

Feria d'Arles
Guard Duty
Metaphobia
Tales of Jayvin
Whispers of a Machine


Best Background Art

Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Buy a Used Spaceship
Feria d'Arles
Guard Duty
Metaphobia
Whispers of a Machine


Best Character Art

Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Buy a Used Spaceship
Feria d'Arles
Guard Duty
Metaphobia
Whispers of a Machine


Best Animation

Feria d'Arles
Guard Duty
Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements
Metaphobia
Whispers of a Machine


Best Music & Sound

Feria d'Arles
Guard Duty
Metaphobia
Sumatra: Fate of Yandi
Whispers of a Machine


Best Voice Work

Guard Duty
Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements
Metaphobia
Tea For Two: A Detective Logan Case
Whispers of a Machine


Best Demo

Another Hero - First Look Demo
Brothers & Wreckers (demo)
Personal Rocket - DEMO
Theropods


Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS

AGS Awards Ceremony 2018
Hell's Puppy
Mr Bear Teaches English
Tales of Jayvin
Vivarium


Best Short Game

A Christmas Nightmare
Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Buy a Used Spaceship
Tales From The Outer Zone: Fleshworms
Tea For Two: A Detective Logan Case
The World is Weird


Best Programming

Hell's Puppy
Mage's Initiation: Reign of the Elements
Metaphobia
Tales of Jayvin
Whispers of a Machine


Best Puzzles

Feria d'Arles
Guard Duty
Metaphobia
Tales of Jayvin
Whispers of a Machine


Thanks to everyone who took the time to play the games and nominate!



How do the AGS Awards work?
(This is information mostly for new members, same procedure as every year)

Spoiler

Every year, the AGS community embarks on a quest to find the best games made in the last year. All games are eligible, that were added to the AGS Database in the year 2019. There is a For Your Consideration thread where authors can promote their games and players get a good overview what might be worth playing.

The awards are a two-step process: First there is a nomination phase where all community members can nominate the eligible games in several categories (it will be the same categories as last year). The top five games of each category make it to the voting (as long as they've received at least five nominations). Again, all members of the community can vote on their favourite games.
The final result is then announced in a live ceremony that can be joined either with a special client or any regular irc client.

[close]

Party like it's 1990 in this thread!

[AGS Awards 2019]

Have you made a game in 2019 and want it to compete in the AGS Awards 2019? This is the topic where to showcase it!
Post a database link, a brief description and some pictures (thumbnails preferred, here is an excellent FYC post from last year).

Do not be shy, by posting your game you are helping the players who will take some of their time to play/nominate/vote!

Usual remarks:

• please include a link to your games page on the AGS games database
• if you think a game deserves mention but the author isn't around, post a FYC for them! The more worthy games we get here, the better it is for everyone!
• this thread is for FYC posts only, if you want to discuss the awards go here!

Post your games here before nominations start. The earlier you post, the more time people have to play your game!

[cat:]

I just realized I never made a thread for this, so:



Mr Bear Teaches English is an English learning game for toddlers. Discover various items Mr Bear will pull out of his hats and learn their names.


cat: Concept and coding
Marcin K.: Graphics and animations
CaptainD: Voice acting


Download here!



You can run the Windows version on an Android phone using the AGS Android launcher app that can be found here: https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags/releases/download/v.3.5.0.22/AGS-3.5.0.22-debug.apk

There is also a Linux version available.

With the new 1.1 version, you can do a quiz, once you have learned the words from all categories!

[Ghost]

I'm sad to announce that Ghost has passed away.

[imgzoom]https://www.aachen-gedenkt.de/MEDIASERVER/content/LH222/obi_new/2019_12/Bj%C3%B6rn-Ludwig-Traueranzeige-94ec3c19-62ae-4001-a9ef-4bf6a4a46c8f.jpg[/imgzoom]
Link to German obituary page: https://www.aachen-gedenkt.de/traueranzeige/bjoern-ludwig


Even though he was not active for some time anymore, he was still a highly valued member of the community. He delighted us with tons of games and wonderful drawings as well as being just a great guy. I am glad that I had the pleasure to collaborate with him on a few occasions.

I like to believe that he is indeed a ghost now, watching us while baking cakes and arranging furniture in a RAM house.

Farewell, Ghost!

I guess everyone knows the drill by now so:

Have you made any game with AGS this year? This is a friendly reminder to add your game to the AGS database. Only games that were added to the database in 2019 are eligible for the AGS Awards 2019.

Do you have some half done game or unfinished MAGS entry lying around your hard disk? Maybe you can find some time during the holidays and finish it off.

What are you waiting for?

[<<]

<<  COLORING BALL: Christmas Decoration  >>

Santa got the Christmas decoration from the attic to decorate his house.
What did he find there? Did maybe something not so pretty slip into one of the boxes?

I'm looking forward to see what he finds!



Just pick a shape and color it as you see fit!

You may:

-color the outlines
-rotate the sprites 90°, 180° or 270°
-flip the sprites horizontally and/or vertically
-use animation
-submit multiple entries
-use as many colours as you want

The trophies:

To be announced (and made).


The deadline:

Entries are accepted until December 24th. We want to get the house ready for Christmas in time, you know?


(Disclaimer - Text shamelessly stolen from Cassiebsg.)

[(?)]

My colleague brought a puzzle pod to work. This is basically a box with a combination lock of five letters.
One person fills it with chocolate and sets the word that is required to open it. Then everyone has to solve a puzzle to find the solution and get to take a piece out of the box.
Would you like to start puzzling here as well?

[imgzoom]https://www.7gadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/nhh.jpg[/imgzoom]



Here is the current puzzle that I set up:


1. f3 e5
2. g4 (?)h4#



The rules:

• The answer is a 5 letter word
• Use spoiler tags for posting answers but also for posting ideas and theories
• Don't google the solution. However, you may use Wikipedia or Google to look up something, i.e. if you think the puzzle is about pigeons, you can read about the topic.
• The first person who solves the puzzle can create a new one

The game DB offers only one main download link and one backup. But now AGS can compile native Linux versions of the game and it is possible to build Android packages.
It would be great to offer specific download links for various OS.
Additionally it would be nice to specifically search for games that provide e.g. Linux builds.

[Split off from this thread:https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=57557.0]

Split off from this thread:
https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=57557.0

(Sorry, I'm not giving out my real address!)

Is the address forwarded to developers or others or is it just stored by itch? I understand your reservations, just wanting to make sure what the situation is.

Hi!

The game I'm currently working on is intended to be played either on PC or on phone/tablet. It is running nicely on my phone when I copy it to my AGS folder and start it from the AGS app. However, I don't want to show the mouse cursor when running on a touch device.

Is is possible to detect if the game is running on a touch device? Or do I have to provide a second game pack for mobile? Are there compiler switches I can use in combination with ifdev so I don't have to change the code every time I want to build for the other platform?
Or is it best/easiest to build a real apk for my game?

Hi guys!

I'm a total noob regarding using voice acting in AGS. I used the search but didn't find anything.

In my code, I have a function that sets

Code: ags

currentText = "A lemon!";

Later, I will call

Code: ags

player.Say(currentText);

I get all those texts included in the translation file, but they are neither in the speechref.txt nor in VoiceSpeech.txt
Is it even possible what I want to do? Or should I just import those lines as normal sound and play it? I don't want to show the text anyway, just play the voice acting.

[Download Cave of Avarice]

Download Cave of Avarice

The mirror provides a Linux version.

A former Dahomey Amazon turned mercenary has been hired by two explorers for leading them to a cave said to contain a great treasure. The mercenary has been tasked with guarding the entrance while the two explorers enter, but as gunshots are heard from within only to be followed by silence, she chooses to investigate...

Blondbraid: Story, graphics, animations and writing
cat: Puzzle design, writing and coding
Slasher: Puzzle design, writing and testing
CaptainD: Writing and additional testing

Made for MAGS May 2019


I strongly suggest playing the game in fullscreen mode with sound turned on for the best experience of the atmosphere.

This topic has been moved to Advanced Technical Forum.

https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=57096.0

[AGS Awards 2018]

Have you made a game in 2018 and want it to compete in the AGS Awards 2018? This is the topic where to showcase it!
Post a database link, a brief description and some pictures (thumbnails preferred, here is an excellent FYC post from last year).

Do not be shy, by posting your game you are helping the players who will take some of their time to play/nominate/vote!

Usual remarks:

• please include a link to your games page on the AGS games database
• if you think a game deserves mention but the author isn't around, post a FYC for them! The more worthy games we get here, the better it is for everyone!
• this thread is for FYC posts only, if you want to discuss the awards go here!

Post your games here before nominations start. The earlier you post, the more time people have to play your game!

[AGS Awards]

Welcome to the AGS Awards, the event where the you, the player, choose the best games of the year!

Step # 0 - play them games!
You have some time to play games made in 2018. Do it!
Step # 1 - nomination time!
Select games you deem worthy in each category!
Step # 2 - vote, folks!
Pick from the nominees and we get a winner!
Step # 3 - party!
Big party to celebrate the winners!

Results!

Thanks to everyone who played the nominated games and voted.

Here are the winners:


Best Game Created with AGS
Unavowed

Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
The Knobbly Crook

Best Puzzles 
Lamplight City/The Clockwork Labyrinth

Best Short Game
Tales From The Outer Zone: Cyborg Seppuku

Best Writing
Lamplight City

Best Background Art
The Knobbly Crook

Best Gameplay
Unavowed

Best Character Art
Detective Gallo

Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
The Rat Pack (MAGS version)

Best Music & Sound
Football Game

Best Character
Miles Fordham from Lamplight City

Best Programming
Unavowed

Best Animation
Lamplight City

Best Voice Work
Unavowed

Best Demo
Echo in the Clouds (Demo)



Best Innovation
Snarky - For his numerous additions to the AGS open source ecosystem including the new Awards Ceremony client and modules

Lifetime Achievement
Stupot - For his efforts as a MAGS host




The nominated games:

Spoiler

Best Game Created with AGS   
Detective Gallo   
Football Game   
Lamplight City   
The Knobbly Crook   
Unavowed
   

Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
Adventure: Welcome to the Genre
Commissar's Contrapasso
Tales From The Outer Zone: Cyborg Seppuku
The Knobbly Crook
The Shaft


Best Writing   
Commissar's Contrapasso   
Football Game   
Lamplight City   
The Knobbly Crook   
Unavowed


Best Character   
Detective Gallo from Detective Gallo   
Miles Fordham from Lamplight City   
The Commissar from Commissar's Contrapasso   


Best Gameplay   
Commissar's Contrapasso   
Football Game   
Lamplight City   
Unavowed   
Wilfred:2088 [MAGS Feb. 2018]   


Best Puzzles 
Lamplight City   
Tales From The Outer Zone: Cyborg Seppuku   
The Clockwork Labyrinth   
Unavowed   
Wilfred:2088 [MAGS Feb. 2018]   


Best Background Art   
Commissar's Contrapasso   
Detective Gallo   
Lamplight City   
The Knobbly Crook   
Unavowed   


Best Character Art   
Commissar's Contrapasso   
Detective Gallo   
Lamplight City   
The Knobbly Crook   
Unavowed   


Best Animation   
Commissar's Contrapasso   
Detective Gallo   
Lamplight City   
The Knobbly Crook   
Unavowed   


Best Music & Sound   
Detective Gallo   
Football Game   
Lamplight City   
The Knobbly Crook   
Unavowed   


Best Voice Work   
Detective Gallo   
Lamplight City   
The Knobbly Crook   
Unavowed   
Wilfred:2088 [MAGS Feb. 2018]   


Best Demo   
Echo in the Clouds (Demo)   
Subterra (DEMO)   


Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS   
BlindSweeper   
Lab Rat Maze!   
Racist [MAGS]   
Space Tunneler Deluxe   
The Rat Pack (MAGS version)   


Best Short Game   
Don't Ice Your Cool   
Tales From The Outer Zone: Cyborg Seppuku   
Tales From The Outer Zone: The Goat Crone   
The Shaft   
Wilfred:2088 [MAGS Feb. 2018]   


Best Programming   
Lamplight City   
Racist [MAGS]   
Unavowed

   

[close]

How do the AGS Awards work?
(This is information mostly for new members, same procedure as every year)

Spoiler

Every year, the AGS community embarks on a quest to find the best games made in the last year. All games are eligible, that were added to the AGS Database in the year 2018. There is a For Your Consideration thread where authors can promote their games and players get a good overview what might be worth playing.

The awards are a two-step process: First there is a nomination phase where all community members can nominate the eligible games in several categories (it will be the same categories as last year). The top five games of each category make it to the voting (as long as they've received at least five nominations). Again, all members of the community can vote on their favourite games.
The final result is then announced in a live ceremony that can be joined either with a special client or any regular irc client.

[close]

Party like it's 1990 in this thread!