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Matt, I like the idea - which I will discuss further soon, but, what happened with the boxed version of AGS + manual idea?

Still a possibility - I guess we could consider the AGS Annual a 'test run', although a printed manual would be financially impractical.  A topic to discuss in July 

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Hi Guys,

Sorry for the delay in updating this post.

First of all, I want to thank everyone who gave me permission to include their software - I know most of you had probably never heard of me, so that fact you were all so helpful means a lot to me, and says a lot about this community.

Secondly I must make a couple of apologies. I was a very disorganised in getting this put together, and left the contacting of a large number of you until the last minute.  I know some of you gave me permission to include your games after I had produced the discs, and so I'm sorry that I 'messed' you guys around - I hope it is ok to include your games of AGS Annual 2, which I promise to give myself more time to get organised!  Of course, in the rush to make my own deadline, a few mistakes crept in, including a couple of corrupted files.  Again, this is something I will give myself more time to deal with for volume 2.

The following is a breakdown of what was included on the CD:

Applications

AGS 2.7 by Chris Jones
Demo2Turn11
AGS 2.70.864 for Linux by EvilTypeGuy
AGS 2.62.772 for Linux by EvilTypeGuy
Midipatch
Wurd Problems 2004 by RodeKill

Documents

AGS Annual Topic Post!
Brittens 2004 Topic Post

Games | Demos

Byzantine by Dark Stalkey
Revenants by Gassop Software
The Zero Hero by Magintz

Games | Short

6 Day Assassin by Mr Colossal
Automation by Mr Colossal
Barn Runner 4 by Ponch
Ben Jordan Case 1 by Francisco Gonzalez
Earwig is Angry by Shawn Guzzo
Grr Bearly Sane by Duzz
Mikes Room by Candle
Rob Blanc I by Yahtzee
Rode Quest by Shawn Guzzo
Satan Quest by Trapezoid
Saturday School by Netmonkey
Spellbound by Mr Colossal
The Elevator by Don 'Barbarian' McPherson

Games | Medium

5 Days a Stranger by Yahtzee
7 Days a Skeptic by Yahtzee
Aprrentice I by Herculean Effort Productions
Barn Runner 1 by Ponch
Ben Jordan Case 2 by Francisco Gonzalez
Ben Jordan Case 3 by Francisco Gonzalez
Ben Jordan Case 4 by Francisco Gonzalez
Bestowers of Eternity by Dave Gilbert
Calsoon by Chrille Blomqvist
Crown of Gold by Helm
Demonslayer 4 by Squinky
Duzz Quest by Duzz
Mourir en Mer by Dorcan
Norman Cooks in Search for the Don by Danny
Permanent Daylight by 2ma2
Pirate Fry by Squinky
Pirate Fry 2 by Squinky
Pirate Fry 3 by Squinky
Rob Blanc II by Yahtzee
Rob Blanc III by Yahtzee
Rode Quest 2 by Shawn Guzzo
SOL by Helm
The Trials of Odysseus Kent by Yahtzee
Tulles World 1 by Andail
Two of a Kind by Dave Gilbert

Games | Full Length

Apprentice II by Herculean Effort Productions
Calsoon 2 by Chrille Blomqvist
Escape from Evergreen Forest by Don 'Barbarian' McPherson
Frank the Farm Hand Part 1 by Mattias Jeppsson
Frank the Farm Hand Part 2 by Mattias Jeppsson
Larry Vales by Phil Reed
Larry vales II by Phil Reed
Pleurghburg The Dark Ages by Chrille Blomqvist
Rode Kill by Shawn Guzzo
The Book of Spells by Spyros
The Great Stroke Off! by Don 'Barbarian' McPherson
The Journey Home Part 1 by Dark Stalkey
Tulles World 3 by Andail

Games | Joke

Ben Jordan Paranormal Warrior by NetMonkey
Captain Muchly Drinks Bleach by Shawno's Computer (honest)
Snails Quest 1 by Helm
Snails Quest 2 by Helm
Snails Quest 3 by Helm

Games | MAGS

Demonslayer 1 by Squinky
Demonslayer 2 by Squinky
Demonslayer 3 by Squinky
Jingle Bells by Magintz

Games | Non-Adventure

AGS Mittens Shooter by Squinky
Moose Wars by Ghormak

Games | Non-AGS

Urban Joe Episode 1 by Gassop Software Projects

Photos

Brittens 2004 by Chris Jones
Brittens 2004 by Magintz
Mittens 2002 by Magintz
Mittens 2003 by Magintz
Mittens Visit to the Barbican by Matt Goble

Resources

RON Resources by the Ron Community.

Videos

Brittens 2004 by Magintz
Mittens 2004 by Scummbuddy

Thanks again to everyone who contributed.

Group Photo courtsey of Magintz

And on with Volume 2...

I will soon be contacting people with regards to contributions for volume 2 (Available at  Brittens / Wittens 2006 and Mittens 2006!).  In the meantime,

please feel free to post suggestions what you would like to see, and those of you who got Volume 1, what you would like to see different!

All the best!

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Hello Everybody, thankyou for coming...

So the thing is, I've had a thought.  Unoriginal, probably, but still a thought.

What do people think about a software AGS annual, or yearbook.

Most AGS users will download, and have their own collection of demos, games etc that they have collected over the years, but wouldn't it be nice to have it all collected together on one series of discs, a but like the Fred Fish collections back in the days of the Amiga.

I don't want to use the word 'official' here, but I'm thinking a 'standardised' series of discs, containing the best (and worst) that AGS has to offer.

This may be of use for people still on dial-up, who cannot download the bigger files, but mainly it would be the opportunity to own a tangible 'product', which can take pride of place on your Adventure Gaming shelf.

Now, Brittens is about 6 weeks away, and Mittens not long after that.

I am offering to collate and produce a CD-ROM with packaging for no cost (as long as things don't get silly).  I will bring completed product to Brittens for everyone who attends, and supply discs and printed parts to someone to take to Mittens (Which should be quite easy to pack and carry).

Now, I don't want to start going through the forums and just helping myself to people's games etc, as I appreciate that some people will not wish for their work to be distributed like this.

Anyone who wishes to contribute to this, can either PM me here or send me an email to my Gmail account which is 'mattgoble' and you can work out the rest...

Requirements

- It has to be AGS related.  At this stage I don't think it is wise to pull in funny star wars related videos that forum members have made.  If it's GEN-GEN, then its NO-NO (For now)

- It shouldn't be grossly offensive.  I honestly don't think there has been anything that falls into this category, but I don't want to be proven wrong!

Suggestions

- As this is the first annual, I am open to including anything related to AGS from the year dot to June 26th, which will then give me the following week to put the final touches on the disc.  Volume 2 will then start from the 27th until Brittens / Mittens 2006.

- An archive of previous releases of AGS?
- Demos
- Games
- Plugins
- Tools / Utilities
- Photos from AGS Events
- Walkthoughs
- Tutorials
- AGS Manuals / Documentation
- Screenshots, either of classic games or up and coming games.
- Music / Sound Effects

Now, I suggest that anyone who wishes to contribute, does so by the two forms of contact listed - NOT by this topic.  That way, it will be a nice suprise / shock when people recieve the disc.  Ideally, lets keep this topic for general discussion about the concept and as a general update to how this disc is coming along.

Comments attacking me for not producing games will of course be accepted 

Finally, if there is enough interest, we can do this again next year, and perhaps organise for an torrent file of the ISO image to be made available for those unable to make either Brittens and Mittens.

I think that will do for starters.

Matt

Matt - I've found your deck-chair! So that's definitely coming back. It's flowery but its not the comfy one... :p

And whut about magintz?

Souper!

I can post a picture of it's brothers and sisters to confirm identity 

Any news on Magintz?

Have we started to put together a list of item's we'll need?  Are we intending on doing a trip to London?

Yeah, silly matt. Wife Beater is Stella, not Carling.

Yeah, true, but I'm sure there's a Will-Carling probably libellous (sp?) comparisson as well.

Or maybe I should just go to bed.

Me, I'm In!!

Might just be a Saturday / Sunday depending on work.

Mark will supply me with a chair won't you Mark...

I'm so excited I have to wee.

He would've if they'd served it in that pub.  He had to settle for England's answer to it, Carling.

You're saying Chris was on pints of "Wife Beater"?

Oh Chris, how could you!

M0Ds: It was a white folding garden chair - Didn't someone take a photo of all the stuff 'unaccounted' for?

JetXl: Well at the rate you were stung for Cabs, could you afford for it to last any longer than 4 days Seriously, I see Brittens as an AGS-fix for those of us too skint / disorganised / insert own excuse to make to to full-on Mittens.  Mittens will be worldwide, Brittens will always be for us Brits...  but anyone is welcome... as long as they're old enough...  I think that's it.

Hey Petteri,

How you keepin?

I drift in from time to time, although I'm still waiting on my mail-order brain to understand AGS 2.7 

I'm sorry you won't be able to make it this year, but I'm sure our 'little' gatherings will go on for many years to come!

Matt

Keeping it real for the Staines Boyz

Hurrah! Brittens, time for me to show my face again!

A weekend sounds best, especially as CJ says for those who have to book time off work.

M0DS, any chance you can bring my chair with you 

I guess I should take a stab at an adventure fame or something (Otherwise it's another year of me stroking my chin and congratulating other people on their games...)

I think I also have one of your deck-chairs Matt, if you brought one with you.

ARSE!

Yes, MODS, you probably have one of my deck-chairs.  Give it a nice home until I see you next.

Better break the news to the old man...

I don't care much for you ugly brits. Except for Mattgobble, pleasant as always.

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Hey!

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Yes, a great time was had by all.  What was Creed's demo like? I never got to see it as the laptop needed plugging into a wall socket, and the only two on the camp site were being used for cutting hair and charging mobiles!!

Andail, one point Saturday night the 'yoofs' in the tents next to us were still quite loud at almost 11:30.  All the mitteners were getting ready to shout that immortal phrase 'shut the f**k up!' - how we have all grown old!

I alway enjoy getting to these events when possible / when I get myself organised - it's like a more natural freeform version of these forums.  Everyone's games look really good, and not one of you seemed to be a complete *cough* wankaaar *cough*

With regard to Magintz photo - when we were up in London, Magintz took us to a Namco arcade, where he beat us all at Daytona.  Chris paid Magintz to play the Samauri sword game you see in the photo, where you have to swing a sword between a sensor to 'attack' the onscreen enemies.  Of course we had to bundle Magintz into the right position when we realised his sword swinging was having no effect - I guess that's why they put those feet shapes on the floor in front of the cabinet 

Just a quick note to say I've returned from the Brittens Camp Site.  A good time was had by all, and is still being had by most!

I'll post a bit more later this evening, but here are a few nuggets for now.

- Plenty of new Avatar / Wallpaper images featuring CJ!
- Petteri and Davey brought down a couple of demos, plus Magintz showed some screenshots of his new game.
- It rained, a LOT!

Pop back over the coming week as various members recover from their ordeal.

Matt

So has everybody already gone?

I'm intending to come down mid-morning Saturday if anyone is still here!

MODs, I tried your mobile number, but haven't heard back - have you changed it from --3602

Matt

GarageGothic,

Are you beta-testing at EA?

I spent a week working at Bullfrog when they were in Guilford - a group of us were divided into two, with half working on one floor for Bullfrog, and the other half working for EA.  The Bullfrogger's started half an hour later, much to the disgust of the EA Beta Testers!

Matt

Just purchased my tent.

Hopefully the weather will be good enough next week for me to have a dry-run at putting it up!

Matt

I'm awake, I'm awake 

Ooh, a PM!

Right 441 is the correct Bus - I meant to find this info out weeks ago, sorry guys (new job is my excuse and I'm sticking to it!).  The journey is about £2, possibly less - I would advise having change, as bus drivers can be unhelpful if you hand them a £10 note!  You get the bus from Heathrow bus garage, which is in the center of the airport - I'm assuming everyone is coming into either Terminal's 1,2 or 3 (ie: NOT 4!).  The journey takes about 30-45 minutes and you get a nice free view of Terminal 5.

I would suggest getting off at Staines Bus Garage - MODs, that is where we got the bus to and from Laleham, and is directly opposite a large pay and display car park.

Anyone making their own way to the site / Laleham, should go to the bus garage and get a 55-something which goes through Laleham village.

Anyone getting a Taxi from the airport, please be re-assured this should only cost between £15-£20, not £50 or whatever stupid amount JetXL got fleeced for at the first mittens!!!

I shall probably meet you at the site, having bummed a lift from the Dad/Taxi combo - must remember to buy a small tent at the weekend!

What is the final headcount for this?  MODs, as official organiser, do you want us to scope out anything else beforehand?

Matt


Hey, when did I loose my 'Mittens' name tag?  I haven't been gone that long have I?

The great thing about those 'disabled right click' sites, is that it's just Javascript, so using a browser like Mozilla Firefox you can just click on the tab and de-select 'Allow Javascript'.

Of course if you're using IE, you have hover you mouse over an image to get context sensitive icons to save, print etc.

Watermarking seems to be the only true method - but make sure you way up the size of your watermark against the appearance of your image.  Too small and people can remove it easily.  Too big and people will most likely get pissed off and loose interest.

Matt

Thanks for the responses guys,

Yes the GameCube & Controller are brand new, but I might pick up a second controller anyway (I'll need it for two player games, and it gives me something to compare againsr).

As Steve says, it could just be I'm not used to the dead spot of the analogue stick.

Thanks again

Matt

I managed to pick up a cheap GameCube and a couple of games in the recent WHSmith Megasale, but I've noticed a couple of issues with the analogue controller when compared to the PS2 - am I getting old, or becoming a complete muppet?

The pad seems very plasticy and 'toy-y' when compared to the PS2, but more importantly it appears to be slow and unresponsive - you make a move with the pad, and there is a noticable gap before your character responds (This is in both Wave Race, Zelda and the Start up screen).

At the same time your characters also seem 'over-sensitive' with anything more than a very minor tilt causing them to shoot off in extreme directions.

- Has anyone else experienced this?
- Are Nintendo pads just like this - can the responsive be improved with 3rd party pads?
- Is my pad faulty?

Cheers boys & girls!

Matt

MODs,

Hope you got my email ok - I think I've downloaded that last track for Predator so I'll burn you a new disc and bring it along - DATA CD right?

Matt