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oh my god.... can't show that to my legomaniac kid  :-D

Yes, it's very lego-ish !!

But it's epic too, have a look here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaMTedT6P0I

Minecraft web site is currently down, so everyone can try it for 
free: http://www.minecraft.net/

nice trailer !!  :-D

http://achrongame.com/site/looks cool, i don't have the pc power 
for it right now

Civ V.... must resits.

This may be of interest to those of you who need to [quickly] create 
hexagonal game maps ... but don't want to master a complex CAD program. 
My QAD attempt at a declarative solution yields results like this:

	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8269768/ACW.png

The prototype code can be found here:

	http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8269768/MapMaker.zip


No documentation, but the sample map file (ACW.r) shows how the PNG 
above was generated. Note you can drag the map around by click-moving 
it. Map, game and software still WIP.

AWESOME  :-)

looks cool ....

That's amazing Ashley.

Very nice Ashley.

Did you code that ACW.r file by hand? Wow.

Thanks. ACW.r coded by hand, but helped by the fact that I used a 
real map as a background image to trace over (the compass rose method 
of indicating paths is really easy ... "start in Cairo, go 3 hexes 
north, etc"). By comparison, I spent days trying to get the same 
results with CC3 (Campaign Cartographer 3) ... but I'm only a casual 
CC3 user.

well, what can I say... Ashley is directly responsible for my failure 
to resist getting Civ V.... yes... your tile map tilted me into buying 
Civ V   

;-)

Cool...

yes  Civ V is really nice.

One of the first computer games, I bought, had 25th anniversary.
Memories of Elite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpN_WXUxWx0

Machinarium's PlayBook version mentioned on GDC:

http://unplugged.rcrwireless.com/index.php/20110302/devices/7239/we-play-with-the-playbook-at-gdc-video/


Unfortunately it requires to be in AVM2 bytecode (usingActionScript3) 
so I must rewrite the game :/  But I use REBOL to help me with the 
task and a nasty REBOL script to scale the game to the correct resolution 
1024x600.

I like the choice of cheat code for Machinarium :)
    http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/machinarium/hints.html

ech.. so it's public now.. that's new to me... :)

The hidden secret.....REBOL is the way to win :)

Oldes: I just mentioned Machinarium on twitter and my designer wrote 
me out of nothing how he really likes this game and has played it 
over 3 times even though he knows it by heart

Oldes, nice to see Machinarium at number 10 in the top ten paid apps 
in the Mac App Store. :-)

We just released one smaller project. It's Flash again, and almost 
no REBOL used this time.. only just a few file manipulations and 
find/replace while moving from AS2 to AS3 code :/
http://amanita-design.net/games/osada.html

very cool Oldes

Oldes you just smoke something realli toxic ! :-)

cool demo oldes

that's not a demo, it's just a small free (if you want) game. And 
we are Amanita.. we eat muchrooms;-)

That is fantastic!

still playing :)

I just saw a flame thing ... killed it

just finished.. really fun! it just wow!

I finished it also .. great interactive music/game thing! I love 
it..

Cool, but....................... I must be too old to understand 
what I was doing.... :(

its pointless cool, but cool nonetheless.  


In art  it would have been an interactive multi-media project.  the 
fact that its looped re-inforces this even more.

anyone here play GT5.... I'm so pissed off by this game.


everytime I play I get aggravated.  If anyone here is a game designer 
this is the game to study about how *not* to build a game.

from the stupid menu and useless extra screens (which are slow to 
load, pointless, irritate and can't be turned off), to the cosmically 
idiotic AI which repeatedly slams your car if you dare get into the 
driving line until it eventually drives you out of the road wtf?... 
funny that they don't bounce out... did the authors forget the basic 
laws of physics... the same force is applied to both objects in a 
collision.


I mean like come one.  even GT3, 15 years ago, was more fun and actually 
felt a lot more real in many things.


the braking is ridiculous and many times, cars just spin out of control 
completely randomly.  NASCAR racing is totally bullshit.

actually, the GT5 preview game is more fun, hands down, in *every* 
aspect, except it doesn't have online play.

Oldes, machinarium is on place 28th in the German OSX App-Store of 
most bought applications. Great stuff!

To mark the end of the Shuttle program, I want to share this link 
to one of the best simulators ever.  http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/

Reichart: I'm playing "IGoWin" from David Fotland which has good 
AI (or my "AI" is not good :) ).

It is not an online game but you can test yourself with computer. 
As I heard it plays dan level. 
http://www.smart-games.com/igowin.exe

Just tried it, and it does not look like a dan level at all

It is worse than 9 kyu

If you want to play online ... then http://www.playok.com/is an 
interesting site.  I think it's mainly populated by eastern europeans 
though as they chat in russian and other languages from that region

I can't comment on the Go levels as I haven't visited that group 
...

https://plus.google.com/stream/circles/p7f75634d89318aef

Games API coming soon to G+

For playing online, http://www.gokgs.com/applet.jspis another place 
I've been in the past

I think that good AI on Go is an unsolved problem still.

Ladislav: Yes I thought that it is not dan level. I'm not good on 
Go but I mostly win until 2-4 kyu on IGoWin.

Gabriele: Many Go player says that you should not play with a computer, 
instead, play a human. Or start with a higher handicap.
Its AI is much more difficult than Chess.

Endo, that was perfect.! Thank you, it is good enough to "play with" 
to teach a person the basic play.


I was hoping for online version of EXACTLY this.   The two online 
versions appear to be free of A.I. unless I'm missing something. 
 They are lobbies where you can jump into a game with someone.

good A.I.

 is not important to me, just good enough to confirm basic rules, 
 attempt to win, etc.  You know, something that could replace any 
 president of any country, that type of thing ~

If you want to try more alternatives, Reichart, then there is the 
gnugo program, which may be worth a try as well.