AGS games by Ben and Paolo

Ben Chandler and Paul Giaccone (Paolo) have written the following games using Adventure Game Studio (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk):

"Trance-Pacific" was our winning entry to the MAGS (monthly AGS) competition of September 2007, and was awarded a "Maggie" as the MAGS favourite of the year for 2007.

The theme of the competition was "innovation". The rules of the game stated that:

• The game had to be set somewhere infrequently used in adventure games. We chose a cruise ship.
• The main character was not to be, to have been or to be trying to become a pirate, a private eye or an archaeologist, as these characters are major clichés in adventure games. We played around with this idea, as you will see when you play the game.
  
• The game had to include something innovative that you don't see in every adventure game. We came up with a GUI for a device that can store people's memories.

Screenshot:



Download "Trans-Pacific" from this site
Download "Trans-Pacific" from mirror site (link opens in new window - download the game by clicking on the link next to the Windows logo on the right)

Click on one of the links above to download the file. Once it has downloaded, unzip it and read the file README.txt to see how to play the game.

Version française: cliquez sur le lien ci-dessus ('Download "Trans-Pacific" ') pour télécharger le jeu; ensuite, décompressez le fichier zip et lisez le fichier LISEZMOI.txt pour savoir comment jouer au jeu. Ensuite, exécutez winsetup.exe et cochez (de préférence) 640x400 et "Run in a window instead of full-screen". Du menu "Game language:", choisissez "French translation". Appuyez sur la touche "Save and Run" pour lancer le jeu.

Versione italiana: clicca sul link sopra ('Download "Trans-Pacifico" ') per caricare il gioco; poi, decomprime il file zip e leggi il file LEGGIMI.txt per sapere come giocare al gioco. Poi, esegui winsetup.exe e scegli (preferibilmente) 640x400 e "Run in a window instead of full-screen". Dal menu' "Game language:", scegli "Italian translation". Premi il bottone "Save and Run" per cominciare il gioco.

Updates

2007-12-15 (version 1.06) Fixed another typo (hopefully the last!). Added Italian translation.

2007-10-31 (version 1.05) Revised and corrected some French text; made Vince's text more readable when he is hiding; made captain's dialogue more readable; other minor bug fixes.

2007-10-28 (version 1.04) Corrected some typos in French version; fixed bug in French version that meant some characters could not be hypnotised.

2007-10-15 (version 1.03) Fixed a few typos in dialog; added French translation (by Pierre Hopquin of http://regne.net)

2007-09-25 (version 1.02) Fixed Nick saying some of Vince's lines in the bar; fixed the interface disappearing if you come back to the bar after leaving it.

2007-09-24 (version 1.01) Fixed being able to use the Memo on the unconscious steward; made Vince not able to talk to the others while hidden.

2007-09-23 Released version 1.0.

"Anti-heroes" is Paul Giaccone's winning entry to the November 2007 MAGS competition. It's is a parody of the TV show "Heroes".

The theme of the competition was "parody", and the rules were:

* the parody was to be of the characters of a television programme or film
* the game had to take place on Thanksgiving Day or any other holiday that involved extended family coming to visit
* at least one character had to bring a weird date
* the player character had to do at least one thing that was out of character for him/her
* a tooth had to feature in the inventory at least once

Screenshot:


Download "Anti-heroes"

Updates

2007-12-01: Version 1.2: Fixed more bugs and typos.

2007-11-26: Version 1.1: Added feedback to final puzzle. Fixed a few bugs and typos.

2007-11-25: Version 1.0.