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> Kindly accept the offer and assign him as ROYAL GARDENER. Order Construed to build a fence in the ROYAL GARDEN so Annabelle doesn't eat our precious herbs.

[Best Background Art]

As these games have not been mentioned here yet:

Cross Stitch Casper



Please consider it for

Best Background Art The graphics are done in a unique cross stitch look.
Best Story The story is sad and touching with believable characters.
Best Short Game The game might be short but it is worth playing indeed!



Richard & Alice


Best Story Again a deep and touching story.
Best Dialog The dialog is fantastic and helps to build up a relation to the characters.

Awesome! Too bad this is not animated

Now I'd like to talk to the herbalist, we could grow some stuff in the garden and sell it later

> Grant next audience

There seem to be plenty villas in Croatia that fit our needs, didn't check Malta or Portugal yet.

Does anyone have specific time constraints?

Yes, this year August will be difficult for me. I'd prefer June or July (which usually is also cheaper).

[Definite attendees]

Hello, fellow Mitteneers!

Mittens is going to take place in Portugal in this villa http://www.sol-domus.com/sintra-manor-house/ from July 19th till July 26th.

Definite attendees
Disco (July 17th)
cat (July 19th 16:55 - 26th 16:45)
raeff (July 19th 16:55 - 26th 16:45)
AGA (July 19th 12:35 - 26th 20:05)
Arj0n (July 19th 13:45 - 26th 19:55)
Tamara (July 19th 13:45 - 26th 19:55)
Snarky (July 19th 11:55 - 26th 20:00)
Esseb (July 19th 10:10 - 26th 16:25)
MillsJROSS (July 19th 09:45 - 26th 12:35)
Andail (2014-07-21, 7.05 pm - 2014-07-25 7:05 am)
CJ (July 22nd 16:35 - 26th 16:10)
CJ's better half
violetnotpurple (July 17th)
DutchMarco (21:40)

Shown interest
bicilotti
LimpingFish
Radiant
Mods
Grundislav
Grim
Ascovel
Chicky
Miez

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Now is the time of the year, where many companies require their employees to plan their vacation days. So let's talk about next Mittens!

Last year we decided that next Mittens should be in a somewhat warmer place and we were talking about Croatia or Malta, also Portugal was mentioned as far as I remember.

What are your preferred times and locations this year?

AGA made a doodle poll, so vote for your favourite house:
http://doodle.com/gmpc8yqfpqkv3v9g

New poll: http://www.doodle.com/b2h88i2dxhu96hnb

Shouldn't we first try to find out more about her? Doesn't it bother you that one of the guys is blind? If we don't pay attention he might accidentally shoot Annabelle when trying to kill an enemy.

I'll hi-jack this thread for a question: I had an idea for a module, but encountered some problems with it and would like to discuss it on the forums. Would this then go to Modules & Plugins or better to Advanced Technical since it is not finished?

Exactly, that's why he should change the year. I just installed the new beta and noticed the old date.

You mixed up the format in the box where the names of the people go who worked on the game. I fixed it, so it should be fine now

[2013]

Just don't forget to update the text in the license agreement:

Copyright (c) 1999-2011 Chris Jones and 2011-2013 various contributors.

Oh, actually a herbalist might even better than Robina (we are currently training guards, should be enough for now) and a herbalist might provide us with income (trading herbs)

>>Order the jester to make arrangements for the small feast tonight (including the appropriate invitations) and admit the next audience.

>>Order the jester to make arrangements for the small feast tonight (including the appropriate invitations) and admit Robina as the next audience.

+1 changed my mind

Wow, you confused me with that title anyway, 良いお年をãâ,¬â€š

Which CDs are they?  I like a bit of J-Rock.  Not the Visual Kei stuff though.

From Aldious, we saw them in Tokyo in October but only bought one CD back then.

MAGS and OROW should be separate fields. When I search for "Short Game" I want to get all short games and I don't care if they were MAGS or not. It is nice to see the information (like "commercial game") but IMHO it has nothing to do with game length.

I got a hand-crocheted loop scarf from my sister and two J-Rock CDs from my boyfriend.

Thanks for fixing the big text, AGA. This was really bothering me.

>>Tell Lancelot to begin gathering volunteers for the TOWN GUARD and grant next audience.

+1

It looks like someone cut it with a scalpel, which is not a tasty thing to think of. Why not make it look like someone couldn't resist and made a huge byte? I also think that Matti's color (and especially the edges!) looks better.

Yesterday I played a very buggy demo and I recently played a commercial game with obvious quirks.

So my question is for the game developers and testers here, commercial or non-commercial:

How much time do you plan for beta testing? When you have a release date, how long before it do you start with testing? Do you also do alpha testing? Do you have different testers for alpha and beta testing? What is your development/testing time ratio?
A software is never free of bugs, so when do you draw the line and release the game anyway?

I'm curious, because I get the feeling that some people here take testing very seriously while others seem to be happy by just releasing a buggy product and wait for the players to do the testing.