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And just as I thought that I might still be able to make it, it sells out. Bad luck, I guess.
Still, keep us updated here and we might follow you on the live-stream.

[Angelica Crosley]

I'll pick Angelica Crosley.

This sounds absolutely awesome, Mandle!
I've played a few of those games together with friends in real life (including dressing up as the character and talking in a weird pseudo-italian accent the whole evening when the game took place in a Mafia setting).

I'm in!

Oh well, then maybe the links can be of some inspiration.

[Sinitrena]

So, a bit late but nonetheless my comments:

First of all: Sinitrena, you did a fantastic job as a game host! You managed to set up a great mood and role playing was so much fun.

I started this game with a lot of enthusiasm and tried my best to help Mandle by arguing in his favour and convincing other people that he was on the good side. Of course Stupot would pick me to blame as murderer, it was just the logic thing to do. But when Mandle chose me as the one who should be lynched next, it was like a slap in the face. I was basically punished for being active and enthusiastic about something. I regretted all my effort I put into the game so far and the time I wasted with it. I was so pissed that I even took a break from the forum (which no one seemed to have noticed anyway). The good thing is: once I've cooled off my head again, I've realized how much more time I have for family/work/hobbies when I'm not wasting it in the forums.

If I had more free time, I'd love to play a real murder mystery game (with a scripted story where you have to find out who did it and where there are no tactics) as I really enjoyed the role playing aspect. But I will not join another werewolf game.

There has already been a box art illustration workshop:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=48770.0 and
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=48852.0

Would be nice to have another one.

Yes, please, keep the info coming!

I most likely won't be able to attend this year as well, but I'd love to watch a few of the talks online.

[cat]

Dear diary,

This is the last time I'm writing to you. The mob is after me, trying to kill me. Terrible things have happened in this house, but I tried my best to help clearing things up. But instead of being thanked I'm now their main suspect.
I don't blame Dr. Stupot - he was just trying to save his neck. I supported the other guests where I could but now this seems to have come back at me. I can hear them in front of my door, coming closer.
I will not give them the pleasure of lynching me. I'll jump out of the window into certain death. My only consolation is that the price of my paintings will at least double when I'm dead.

Yours, cat

*Jumps out of the window*

Sorry, you are right, let's wait.

[VampireWombat]

Oh well, I guess I'll just follow you and say VampireWombat. At the beginning I found tzachs suspicious, but it has changed since.

Yeah, sorry, I overreacted a bit. It was just that I felt everyone is up to lynching my now anyway due to some ghost whispers.

True. But why does it matter then who I vote for?

Yup. And I wonder who will cat decide to vote for if Josiah says she should be lynched.

And who will Kastchey decide to vote for if Josiah says he should be lynched?

Doing translations is a lot of work, even more so for text-heavy games like yours. You need to know both languages and the game itself very well to make a good translation. I translated a few of my games to my native language (German) and even then it was not that easy.

I still haven't gotten my game translated and I was wondering if anyone has any tips for what to do in such a situation.

The question is: Why do you want to have your game translated? Is it really worth the effort? Dave Gilbert for example doesn't even do translations of his games, because he thinks it's not worth the effort. A translation alone will not give you many more downloads unless you also reach out to foreign gaming communities or are lucky and get featured in an article.

If having a translation is important to you - have you considered paying someone for it?
Can you maybe translate your game into another language yourself (this will also show you how tedious this work is and why other people don't want to do it )?

There we go:
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Edit: Weird, the dithering looks terrible here on the forum - is this just my Firefox messing it up?

Remember back to when the Psychic told me who the Nurse was... I don't remember that being you!

No, actually I don't remember. The psychic knew who the nurse was? Then why did you have to call out for the nurse to contact you? This doesn't make any sense at all.

I scanned Cat on night one. CAT IS A KILLER!
...
If you ask Dayowlron, he will tell you that Mandle asked him to protect Cat. This is because Mandle and Cat are working together.

This is not true either. I am not a killer (I'm a regular guest) and I just found a note (read:PM) by Dayowlron in my room telling me that he can't protect me this night because he has to protect the psychic.


So, I'm really confused who to trust at the moment...

I wouldn't want to drink wine that was made from mineral water

[Stupot]

Not another murder! And then even a nurse that could have been so helpful in our situation. I will paint a portrait of dayowlron and Riase in their honour.

As for who did it - Dr. Stuart Pottington? A doctor killing a nurse? How terrible and gruesome! What shall we do with him? We cannot contact police but we need to make sure he doesn't kill again. We could lock him in the wine cellar. But if there is another murderer around, he could let him out in no time, we need a safer solution. Can we trust a psychic enough to justify killing him? State your case, doctor! Unless someone can convince me otherwise I vote for throwing Stupot off a cliff.

I don't see a reason why it has to be in summer. Why wait a whole year when we can do one in autumn as well? Besides, when the weather starts to get worse, people are maybe more likely to spend a week in front of their computer instead of the pool or beach.