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I like this idea too. Perhaps rather than MAGS give the competition a different name so it's not exclusively AGS related. I think the game should feature 4 different game developers all with a different set of living conditions / domestic dramas (with less emphasis on the parenting theme). Suggest one of the characters still lives at home with Mum and Dad and as well as dealing with daily choirs and the like he is also being hassled to stop playing those silly games!

[Hire that man!]

I DEMAND TO BE GIVEN THE POST OF A MUSICIAN.

Cap'n D.. Hire that man!

Just another thought.. This game shouldn't just focus on one game developer but several. Maybe four. And we get to experience the routine things in their lives as well as their game creations. This way we can include developers from all walks of life and then everyone can relate to this project, not just those with a young family.

So, we're making a game are we?

Fo shizzle!

See? I'm up with the lingo. Not all dads are daggy!

I like the idea of a bunch of manic arcade-style mini games. Perhaps we could intertwine these with some alternative gameplay, say whatever the game developer is working on. Blue Lobe Inc. and its Kentucky Scott game-within-a-game springs to mind.

[Baron]

I nominate the following:

Baron - project manager

Gribbler - Polish translation

miguel - testicle jokes

What?! I was just about to reply to the other thread and already I've been recruited?

Well, ok!

I imagine the end product looking something like this game: Bobo

Heh... I was thinking more along the lines of Jack the Nipper in reverse. But that game looks quite funny Lasca!

I was thinking along the lines of a Breaking Bad scenario - juggling the relentless life of an AGSer with the responsibilities of family. Drugging the kids (and the wife too) would be a practical solution to score more AGS time.

Hey Dave. Good read, although I just sort of skimmed through it. I should be working!

Good stuff!
I'd like to see an interview fully dedicated too how you manage to work on all this with two kids. I mean, technically and practically. What's the best drugs to make them sleep, how did you clone your self, what's your brand of coffee, stuff like that.

There seems to be a few of us on the forums juggling AGS with a young family. Someone should make a game about this.

How do I make it so an event happens only the first time you do it?

Depends what event it is.

If the event is walking into a room, use function room_FirstLoad().

If the event is something else, say clicking on a hot spot, then declare a boolean variable with an initial state of 0, and set it to 1 once the event has happened. Only run the event on the condition that the variable is 0.

Good luck!

I fixed it.

Yes we can!

Releasing Sleuth is my goal this year. It's nearly there too! Just waiting on a few collaborators to pull their weight! Hopefully this thread will encourage them.

Well done peoples! Kim Jong approves of these results!

Nice idea about having community-inspired cases too.

+1

Cracking idea!

Looks good. I'll check this out this weekend.

Best Non-King Character: Myinah (Mr. Reinhardt), and Sinitrena (the Narrator)
Best King: Myinah (Mr. Pak)
Best Atmosphere: Myinah
Best Ending: Myinah, Sinitrena
Best Background World: Myinah, kconan
Best Writing Style: Sinitrena (liked the 'breaking the fourth wall' style)
Most Substantive: Myinah (Kim Jong Un has hit rock bottom running a Taco shop, but that doesn't stop him behaving like an egotistical madman gone berserk with power!)

Well done Myinah! Your story was my favorite.

Sorry WHAM. The supernatural theme didn't get the juices flowing for me. I guess I prefer the traditional flavour of incompetence, with extra pineapple.

And Adeel.. Far from incompetent. You are The King of the AGS forums and don't you forget it! (Take care though. Would-be kings lurking in the darkest depths of the Advanced Technical Forum might be planning your assassination!)

Cute game!

I've got a lot of catching up to do.. I'm still playing games from 2004!

In Portugal people who stray from the path get their testicles removed, okay? Yes? Good.

Yes! First testicle joke of 2015!

[MY BOSS IS A WANKER]

That's funny....  Your dog just told me that he ate it. 

We don't have a dog. Maybe you spoke to the possum who lives in our roof.

       

Inspired by the rhymes of Roald Dahl, and elaborating on the theme of an earlier post about my dickhead boss, I present the following ramblings..

MY BOSS IS A WANKER

Believe me that I wouldn't mind
Half so much the daily grind

If not for one potentially
Most annoying employee.

Indeed, not being hesitant,
This creep from middle management

Not only drives me round the bend
But fucks me right up my rear end.

Quite manically, he'll spring on you
A task to complete by half past two.

It never ceases to make me smile,
His ad-hoc managerial style.

Now swamped with work that can't be done
Prior to the setting sun.

‘Sorry,' I say. ‘It'll have to wait.
‘I've got too much on my plate!'

The boss grumbles and starts to pout
And furiously stomps about.

Then he storms off in a huff,
My response clearly not good enough.

His behaviour, like a spoilt child
Is anything but meek and mild.

Nothing really can compare
To the antics of this circus bear.

Then after a minute, maybe ten,
From out of nowhere, he's back again!

Announcing he's talked to the other guys
And got them to reprioritise.

‘Drop all other work,' he says with glee.
‘You'll now work exclusively for me.'

Great! I think, well ain't that swell.
I'm being sarcastic, as you can tell.

Now, being fair, he's not that bad,
But golly gosh he makes me mad!

He's as organised as a bag of shit
And that's only the half of it.

Routinely he'll check up on you,
Hourly before the day is through.

It's impossible to do any work
Being interrogated by such a jerk.

Questioning every little detail
Verbally and via e-mail.

It becomes a pain, to put it nice
When I need to justify things twice.

And when he doesn't get his way,
He'll rant and rave and dock your pay.

Well, no, I just made up that part.
But he would if he could, the petty old fart!

I've had enough! I'm going to vent!
‘Hey bozo!' I shout out loud. ‘Get bent!

‘I've had enough of your ignorance!
‘And idiotic song and dance!

‘I'd say you're really up shit creek!
‘So don't mess with me, you twisted freak!'

Now emerges an ugly side to me,
Like some crazed ape-shit monkey.

I smash my fists down angrily
And clear the desk of stationary.

‘I'll never work for you again!'
I shout, wielding a biro pen.

Now, I suspect the statement's flawed
That the pen is mightier than the sword.

In fact it proves rather dull
To embed a pen in someone's skull.

Failing that, I grab my cup
And shout, ‘I'm gonna fuck you up!'

Then, swiftly as a woodchuck loggin'
I smash it down upon his noggin.

But no. Wake up. It ain't to be.
It's all just been a fantasy.

‘Stop dreaming employee 424!
‘And pick this stuff up off the floor!'

*Sigh!* Back to reality.
Violence is not my cup of tea.

He adds, ‘Remember who is boss here!'
As the French would say: Mon Dieu! Le tossèr!

Please Mr Baron sir. I need an extension! I was going to submit my piece last night but there was a power outage sometime yesterday evening before I got home and it still wasn't resolved this morning! The majority of work is saved on my home PC and the rest is scribbled down on a scrap of paper. Hopefully the power will be restored soon!

Still working on my piece. I'll post it this time tomorrow.

Get Sleuth finished!!

Stick to my exercise routine.

Be nice to my in-laws.

Continue working hard to put food on the table.

Buy a dish washer.

Something about family and stuff..

And if time permits..

Play more AGS games!!!

Fantastic!

He's doing better than this guy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cubV4nELOyk