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Maybe we need giraffes instead?

Bring it on your tablet and show it to everyone. This way you would also get immediate feedback

And now for something completely different.

this, that and something else

this and that

There we go.

Shall we do the hotel-formally-known-as-Mercure bar?

See you there on Friday!

For a quick and easy change: can we simply add this link http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/allgames/1/date/desc/ to the right side menu of the games page labeled as "Recently Added Games" under the "All Games List"?

Congrats Slasher, it was a fun game!
Thanks to the people who voted for cheKKen!

Is anyone up for meeting at a pub (or the bar of the Ex-Mercure or the Premier Inn) on Friday evening?

Whenever I go to the All Games list in AGS Games, I find myself sorting the list by release date to see what's new:

Same here. Since the recent news on the main page is not recent anymore - wouldn't it be a good idea to show new games there instead?

I'm actually toying around with a proof of concept, to see if I can find a way of making verb coins that I would like to use myself.
I found interesting the idea of having them on a right click as a list, showing to the side of the hotspot, with a contextualised list of verbs, and have it close by itself if the mouse gets too far away from it or if the users clicks outside.

I once made a game with a context sensitive verb list (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/1359/) and people seemed to like it. I'd love to see what you come up with. Maybe you could try it in a new MAGS game - I'd play it

Congrats on the release! Please don't forget to add the game to the AGS database to make it eligible for the next AGS awards!

The thing is, it also differs what people like/dislike. I, for example, dislike the old sierra GUI. I find it very inconvenient.

The two button interface is very convenient but unusable for mobile and you have to add a description or tutorial on how to use it because people not used to it (i.e. almost everyone who does not frequently play recent AGS games) don't understand that they can even use the right mouse button. Despite the name, people don't read readmes.
Same for the hold-down-mouse-for-verbcoin GUI. I once rage-quit a game because I didn't understand how the GUI is supposed to work. And when finally finding out, I was so angry I couldn't be bothered to try it again.
The single-click verbcoin and LA onscreen verbs on the other hand are rather self-explanatory.

Something we all seem to agree on though, is that the two-button system is better. Although our reasons for that seem to vary greatly.

No, we don't.

Edit: I just want add, I love the discussion here - so much valuable input to consider.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, guys!

I'd still be interested in hearing what you don't like about verb coins (and I don't mean those where you have to hold down the mouse button) and what other input method you would suggest that doesn't rely on having a right mouse button.

Honestly, I don't think the verbcoin per se is bad. It is terrible if you have to hold down the mouse button to activate the verbcoin but it's okay if you just have to click once to show the verbcoin and click once more to select the option.
Verbcoin also does not say anything about what verbs to be shown. They can be even context sensitive.

I think with the increasing popularity of mobile gaming, left-right-click will soon be rather obsolete.

Happy birthday, Snarky!

You are a game making machine!