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I almost don't dare to say that here, but maybe AGS isn't the right engine for your project after all? *duckandrun*

I just released a game with 1280x720 resolution and several people had problems getting the game to run on their PC...

[Dialog editor:]

I made my OROW game with AGS 3.4.0.6 and found a few issues. I'll post them here now.
If needed, I can create tracker issues later, but I'd like to know if these are real issues at all.

• Dialog editor: when adding code in dialog editor, autocomplete does not add a space after typing a comma, however it does if writing code in normal script file.
  
• Sprite editor: after importing a new sprite (large with alpha channel) the editor switches to another tab (but the sprite tab stays open). Does not always happen.
• The BASS template that is shipped with AGS needs to be updated (processClick)
• I managed to crash the editor with the properties and help window. To reproduce:
  open room, select object in properties grid
  click baseline property
  open help (set as on top), help fills screen but does not have focus. AGS is hidden behind and has still the focus
  start typing without clicking in the help window
  click somewhere
  property error is shown but I can't do anything
  AGS and help crash
  
• Walk commands are combined???
  Having the following code, instead of walking straight left, down, left, the character walks diagonally:
  cMouse.Walk(2035, 715, eBlock, eWalkableAreas);
  cMouse.Walk(2035, 850, eBlock, eAnywhere);
  cMouse.Walk(1923, 850, eBlock, eAnywhere);
  
• GUI editor: Even for large GUIs there are no scroll bars.

Additionally, player reported problems with the graphic setup. The graphics are quite large (1280x720) and I was using Run-in-window, nearest-neighbour and Max-fit as default setting. I tried it on 3 different PCs and it was working fine on each of them, but players with older PCs and/or smaller monitors had problems. I try to get more info about this and what settings helped to solve the problem.

Happy birthday, Fish!

You made those little puppets! Those things really made that game stand out from the crowd. Great work! The plastic wrap water was a nice touch too.

Thanks! In the first draft of the script there was even a black and white cow, but it was later replaced by Cuppit.

And if Aardman uses cling film for water, I can do that as well

What a great OROW!

First of all, thanks to Bulbapuck for organising this - you did a great job as a host!

Thanks to qptain Nemo for choosing such an inspiring topic.

Congratulations to the winners and congrats to everyone who participated and finished a game within one week. I think it's great that so many different games won in the various categories. This emphasises the overall high quality of all entries. From a player's point of view, I'm also happy that all the games were adventure games in one way or another. From the given topic I was afraid that there would be mostly code-heavy non-adventure games in this competition but you awesome guys proved me wrong!

Thanks to everone who played my game and maybe even voted for it! I had lots of fun crafting all the items and I'm glad that many of you seemed to enjoy the result. I also want to point out that raeff helped me a lot by making all the photos required for characters, backgrounds and the various animation frames and object states.
Please note that the music was taken from public resource, namely from Kevin MacLeod's http://incompetech.com/, as mentioned in the credits. I can only take credit for listening to music from his archive and picking a tune .

I'll write some short reviews later on.

Great read, thanks for the link.

Two questions:

• Is there an overview of the final entries and where I can download the last version?
• Why is the voting not done on the MAGS-page?

It was a very hard decision but I finally voted. So many great entries! I'll post mini-reviews once the results are revealed.
Great reviews, Mandle and Stupot+, and great first Let's Plays, Bulbapuck

@HandsFree

Spoiler

Click on the door in the screenshot.

[close]

@Paradise

Spoiler

Just take the position in the alphabet: A=1...

[close]

@Alien Escapes (got a hint in the meantime)

Spoiler

One of the vents has to be uncovered

[close]

Spoiler

It's the one pointing towards earth

[close]

Alien Escapade

Spoiler

I have no idea what I am supposed to do. I collected a bunch of covers and put them on those vents, but I'm missing one. No idea what to do with the gun and crystal.

[close]

Sorry for not replying earlier, I just noticed that there was a follow-up on this topic.

Back then I tried to create a sample project that reproduces the error, but I was not able to do so. It was not reproducible.
I still don't know what exactly caused the problem.

I was using source control when working on my OROW entry and the room files are really painful there. You don't know what changes from version to version, cannot make a div, clutter the repo with copies of the binary etc.

I'd really appreciate if the room data could be stored in a non-binary, less obscure format.

Done.

Any news?

Happy Birthday, Miez!

That's one of the disadvantages of OROW (besides sleep deprivation and excessive consumption of caffeine) - since it is all super secret you cannot share your sorrows with fellow participants.

So I will just pat you on the back to give you a bit of comfort

I ran out of objects in the room (forgot that AGS has a 40 object limit per room) and thus I had to add a bunch of characters to function as objects instead.

Is this still the case with the newest alpha of AGS? Then you should report this in the tracker since so many other limits were removed already.

Thanks for the photos, looks like you had a great time!

[music]

OROW will start this night but I still haven't found someone to help me with music and sounds.

If you are interested in working with me on an OROW entry, please PM me!