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Wow! Looks great=)

I absolutely love the hand-drawn graphics and the stopmotion elements. It's always exciting to see a mishmash of different media like this and just proves you don't need high-res digital artwork to make a game.

Your students should be very proud of themselves. I'm sure they've learned a great deal from the process, not least how to finish a game! How long did it take them to make?

Very nice write up on your blog (nice design btw). I look forward to the playable version.

Wow! Thanks for the votes guys, did not expect that at all. They were all really good entries I thought. I enjoyed reading them as much as taking part=)

Oh and thanks to Andail for the awesome trophies=)

Welcome to the forums!

I look forward to your creations=)

Congrats!=)

I know what you mean. I could say the same about games: I have SO much catching up to do.

[The Dresden Files]

Aside from textbooks, I haven't had the energy to read much while i've been doing my degree. Now that i'm finished, I picked up the first book in The Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher: Storm Front. My partner got it for my birthday back in April and I picked it up just recently, finishing it in two days. I've now devoured the second book, Fool Moon, and i'm on the third book, Grave Peril, with the fourth, Summer Knight, sitting on my shelf. I like supernatural stuff and all the crime dramas on tv so it's right up my street=)

I tend to read sci-fi/fantasy stuff normally though I don't pick up new books as often as I should. I've got The Engines of Light trilogy by Ken McLeod and The Commonwealth Saga by Peter F Hamilton. Both of which i'd recommend. I'm also two books into Hamilton's Night's Dawn Trilogy. It's an interesting story but it's been over a year since I last read it so I need to start again. Oh of course George Orwell's 1984 and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley have to be in there too=)

On the fantasy side anything with magic and wizards etc. My favourite book of all time is Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea. I read it in school many years ago but I absolutely adore it even today. It's part of a series of five books, and they're all great, but I only discovered the rest a few years ago. The first one is the best though=)

I've also enjoyed the Black Magician Trilogy by Trudi Canavan, and the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini, though i've yet to read the last book, Brisingr (its over there on the shelf). I even enjoyed the Harry Potter series, but i'm a couple of books behind. I'd also recommend the His Dark Materials books by Philip Pullman, though I haven't watched the film adaptation as i'm sure it won't compare.

For a bit of light relief I like to read The Numa Files by Clive Cussler. They centre around Kurt Austin, rather than his more famous creation Dirk Pitt (haven't read any of those). It's all silly swashbuckling adventurous fun. Oh and there's always Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels for a laugh=)

Whoops! Sorry for going on and on..hopefully something in there can help keep the discussion going=S Aside from reading a novel to unwind and reading a games design/programming book for learning, I don't normally read more than one book at a time. I like to stick with one book and see it through to the end of the whole series. I've tried audiobooks in the past but I didn't find it as appealing as the real thing. I like to fold the pages in my books=)

Re. Mati256's suggestion of http://www.anobii.com/ for keeping a virtual library: Haven't used it myself, but my partner (who is a much more prolific reader than me) uses LibraryThing (seems you have to pay after 200 books though ), while I use Delicious Library on the Mac.

[Idea -]

Idea - Crimson Wizard
Design - Victor6
Technique - SookieSock
Functionality - SookieSock

[very]

Looks fine at my end. Colour overall is a bit richer than pastel, but I don't see a problem with the green. The whole thing works really well.

It's very good=)

 :o WOW! :o Amazing entries from everyone, it's almost a crime to tack my crappy entry on the end=S

Well I did say i'd enter. So here's some filler:



There's plenty I wanted to add -  more shadows, fix the bird table and greenhouse etc, better highlights on the tree.. but i'm shattered to be honest. Gonna call it a night.

Great entries everyone=)

Oliwerko =)

[Story A -]

Woo! This was just as much fun taking part as it was reading all these crazy entries. Mind-bending stuff=)

My votes

Story A - Entry 4
Story A - Ending 4

Story B - Entry 5
Story B - Ending 1

My titles
Can't think of any decent titles, though tzachs suggestions for Story B gets my vote, lol

Special thanks to Stu for being such a welcoming host=)

Very interesting theme!

I like all kinds of sci-fi, including those with all the big ships and special effects, but the thing I like about stuff like Cowboy Bebop/Firefly etc is how down to earth things are: the same societal problems exist despite the advance in technology, and the characters are not hopping on transporters or firing phasers at everything (though I like that too). Instead the technology is very low tech and gritty.

This theme's right up my street, but I won't promise an entry yet. Will see though.

Curiosity satisfied=)

Great interview, and my favourite sound bite from Josh sums up some recent thoughts of mine pretty well:

When I look back on all the games i've played, the ones that had the most emotional connection with me, were games that had great stories, and great characters.

Time to Tweet this baby.

Ah it's so not gonna happen, sorry. I think i've let this story run away with me, never going to wrap it up properly in time for the deadline=S

Not concerned about winning though,lol, i'm just happy to take part. I'll post it up here anyway when it's done.

Submitted after Stupot relaxed the rules. Up to him if he wants to count it.

1,475 words

Just to let you know I haven't forgotten.

Sorry I haven't submitted my entry sooner, I will get it to you before the deadline though.

That's great news! I hope you get more entries.

I had started an entry - it's literally "a garden" since it was also meant to be a father's day card (my dad's a gardener, obviously) - but it never really went anywhere.

I'll try to finish it and enter it to make up the numbers. No way I can match Sookie's quality though!

[SookieSock]

My vote goes to SookieSock =)

Can't see myself managing to enter this one, with or without an extension, sorry.

All really good entries though, I look forward to the result=)

Seriously?! Or am I missing something? (Typical me) Personally I liked the name "Boryokudan Rue". :'(

I understand if it was for artistic reasons - whatever they may be - but if practical reasons is just so people can pronounce it..well that always set it apart.

Oh well, I'm sad to see it go, but it doesn't change what promises to be a fantastic game.

Sorry if it seems self-indulgent, it was a suggestion given to me and I'll see how it goes. I plan to keep updating it.

Not at all, it's a very interesting read. I left a comment over at your blog.

It can be quite cathartic to get this stuff out there sometimes (hence why my own blog is such a jumble of stuff!). So long as you get something out of it, keep it up, and i'll keep reading=)