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Got it, CptnD, thanks!

> Really press 'Return' key

[the old man and the sea]

The database for the old man and the sea doesn't look right. 0,0MB...
Played the other 2, it's great to see Ocean Spirit Dennis!

A good plot with those graphics and this game has everything right to be a top game.
Best of luck for Kathy Rain!

Maybe we should put some of the stuff in our backpack into the kubelwagen instead? When the evil mummy appears, we're not going to be able to run very fast carrying all this stuff.

+1, but lets open the kubelwagen trunk and see what we can find first.

>de-punk kubelwagen

Maybe someone's still in range to hear us?

Right, Ghost. Maybe something still in range to hear us. 

I'm pretty sure that we have been detected lurking around the camp site carrying a lantern. We never told WHAM to act particularly stealthy, we carry so much stuff with us that we are going to make noise, and we even had some ghost appearance!
I have a feeling that we'll have to fix this car later on...

> examine kubelwagen

>> Really examine vehicle and surrounding depot area

+1

>press enter

Miguel: Thanks Incidentally, NickyNyce -- the maker of Visitor -- was one of the betatesters for Gray. We're also forming a secret aliance to take over the planet

I knew that, the nude alien 2D art gave it away!
If you guys do team up for upcoming games then we have a winner for AGS, that's for sure.
Both of you are a fresh addition to AGS with tons of potential to be game authors with commercial value. I had the pleasure to tell Nicky that same thing.

Take care, happy game making!

[UPDATE]

UPDATE: all positions have been taken;

The team now consists on:

Ivan (Ilyich): background painter;
Elise Thrin: general description writer, dialogue writer;
Donald Castro: 2D artists, character animator;
Luis Santos: icon design, gui design, splash screens;
Miguel Santos (me): story, design, coding, concept art for backgrounds and characters;

DEMO expected by middle January 2013.

Thanks to all that answered my call,

Miguel

Loving this game. Best AGS game since the Visitor(s).

Nice song Duals. You should not be afraid to sing louder, there's nothing wrong with the vocals, it reminded me of Elliott Smith sometimes.
Take care man!

Wow! This was very rewarding! I finally found how to jailbreak Afrika Korps! The trick here is to insert the word REALLY before your actions. This way the software acknowledges that you really mean it.
Also, although it doesn't show, I feel like my Sneak skill increased.

> strap and unstrap rucksack several times until the rucksack feels like a extension of own body

Check the "offer your services" thread. Contact the musicians and explain what you have in mind.

Legally you can't distribute any copyrighted material, you know that. I've always used copyrighted music on my games and most of the time I thought I was doing the authors a great favour, since none of it was main-stream hits.
Anyway, it's not cool to use music that belongs to others, even if it's old stuff that nobody ever heard of.
Also, some people will rightly tell you that there are some music artists around the forum that will collaborate with you if they find your project interesting.
With all this said, I've done it and people will carry on doing it, but it's always best to have original stuff and people will respect your work for it.

Is it another tent we see or is it the desert sand?

Although we have been walking from tent to tent without noticing any kind of life, I believe that someone or something is watching us. Or might be near. So I think we should:

>really get everything strapped to the backpack TIGHT.

We don't want to go around sounding like tin man. I remember when I served in the army that we use to have a rough time with superiors when we didn't muffle our gear.

I never joke about Helga!

Before we leave this tent we should prepare ourselves for the desert. Probably we'll be hunting desert animals like lizards, bugs and snakes.
I don't know about you but I sure don't like my snakes rare. We should be prepared to cook food when we are out there.

>tie iron forged stove to backpack
>carry it like a man, think about dear Gretel and Helga.

[massive propaganda system]

Legalizing death.
A "free kill" when you turn 30 would serve the interest of the government that created it. How?
First of all, this government would be built on a massive propaganda system, so that the population would focus on the targets they want eliminated when they turn 30.

1)So, if the main goal of the country that allows "free killing" is population decrease (due to water/food/oxygen shortage) then the criteria chosen to pick who to die would fail on the less protected, poor layers of society.

2)If on the other hand, the decision on who to be targeted was of a moral nature, and the goal was to reduce crime, prison population and costs, then criminals would be the first choice.
Getting rid of paedophiles may sound right to many, most would agree that the world is a better place without them.Terrorists would fall in the same place, I guess. But what of gay couples that decide to raise children, the fine line on the general acceptance of it might become too thin. And what about the more refined criminals, the corrupted politicians, the mafia? My guess is that they would get away as they do right now. A common person who just turned 30, would primarily chose another type of criminal to "use his right to kill" because he would be afraid of retaliations.

3)The government decides that a certain percentage of the population that believe in deities (or specific god/gods) are harmful to the society. The individuals are encouraged by official propaganda to use their "right to kill" on them when they turn 30. The rising of martyrs and prophets would be a logical outcome. Holy wars may occur.

4)The government decides to put away opposing forces, the press, a big profitable corporation, opposing political parties; freedom of speech and commerce would end. And in what way a "free kill right" could serve them? Believing that we are talking about a big country with thousands of people turning 30 every day...

5)This is the less logical way a government would profit with the "free kill right":
   - government does not actively propagandise targets or even chooses to issue laws on possible targets; 
   - everybody who has it may decide freely on who to kill;
   - although people would gather together on groups and smaller societies, probably to establish targets, nothing would stop a guy from shooting a man that he found sleeping with his wife;

Sorry for the long text, but I think this topic is really interesting. My opinion is that for such a thing to exist, it would only be possible if a specific set of rulers could benefit from it and use it for their own purposes. People in general would become puppets and ultimately, criminals. And if one day this regime would fall and the "right to kill" abolished, the people that did use their legal right would be persecuted and put on trial (best case) for their crimes.

This sounds like something made by the devil, where no good things could come out of it. Something out of the Twilight Zone. The people that create such thing as a "free kill right" are responsible for the outcome.
But it can be interesting to debate and extrapolate on a philosophical realm. Would the owner do it or refuse to do it is the big question here.

Such a thing could not exist in a modern civilized society. Take the Nuremberg trials, for example. The families of the victims could, if such a law existed, demand the right to own the "free kill right". If a country or organization decided to give those "rights" to people then they would become responsible for it. Therefore they would allow people to kill out of revenge, independently if moral justice was being done or not. The cycle would restart.

Third world dictatorships do include laws and rights that sound pretty much like the "free kill card" though.

We came very far to abolish people's right to kill others. So, morally, it would be wrong if such a thing existed, although it does leave content for a very interesting debate on human existence.