This happened to me once and it took a while to figure out how to fix it. The two little grey bars that give you the double arrow nned to be double clicked. That will expand and contract the layer's labels.

If the shape over the area is not a movieclip, convert it to one. Then go in to filters down were the properties are and change 'blend' 'invert'.

Both the Bamboo and the Bamboo Fun have driver downloads for XP. So yes, they will work on XP.

I've seen some photo gallery tools, but I don't think you can just download a portal like this. You will need to learn some php, sql, html, and maybe CSS to make your own like this.

Pro is no different in terms of apperance and capabilities than student. The only notable difference is that the student version is not aloud to be used for profit.

If you need help learning flash or Actionscript, Lynda.com is a great site for learning just about any program, though it's $25/month. If you don't want to spend any more money, you can find lots of help from Google.

At 12/22/07 05:15 PM, El-Presidente wrote: I submitted it at the worst time of day, seeing as 1 AM, most people just like the 0 key.

The time of submission plays a huge role in the final score. There is a huge amount of research that could be done on this topic. I personly believe that the best time to submit is at about 4:30 EST on a weekday, preferably Friday. This is about the time kids will get home and log on. The younger members tend to vote higher than the hardcore members, and there will be a swarm of them on at that time. Of course there are many more variables that are applied. But I think this is one of the better times to submit.

Like Jindo said, I think the menu could of been more helpfully designed and that there could of been a hot key or button that returned to the main menu if the player got bored of the game. Next year we'll have to make sure we have those features.

As far as I've seen, we are in first by 20 points. Plus we have 9 people 5'ing it every day. It looks as if it's sure to win! Chad's game is in second, (from all the games I've seen) though behind by this one by 20, but ahead by a couple points.

Everyone seems too be distracted by Mochiads and the Maxgames contest to submit anything in the AG contest. So I decided to make another last minute game! It didn't do as well but you can still play it here!

Here is a list of all the games I've seen so far in the contest:
Reindeer Crusher
Christmas Rush
Terrorist Santa 2
Christmas Race
Chimney Diver

Also, I think ENTER should return to menu just in case someone doesn't want to play through the game.
And like I said before, I think the title on the menu needs to be brought out a bit and there should be some music on the menu.

!WAIT!
There is a bug
Tower shooter won't return to menu

Also just a note that Dan is in CA (I think) and is 8 hours behind you. So you still have a good 14hours+ to finish it up :)

At 12/20/07 04:57 PM, souled wrote: The presents do have SOME relevance with each game, though it doesn't show what the game's like, which is why you roll over it.
Which games have problems? I don't have time on my own to check them all. :/
Game info fades in now.
I'll try and get rid of the overlap.
Got any suggestions for music on the main menu?

basic loop. It can get anoying after a while.
I don't think the fifth is working (from the left)
third isn't working (Ithink because of depth)

I can't do in in-depth bug run, but I have some more graphical ideas:
add drop shadow or bg around title on menu
make titles color a gradient and maybe darken the red some

Some fixes that MUST be fixed:
Some games have problems with creating MCs. This is most likely because they are trying to spawn on the same depth
Some games need directions
Game info should fade in with the text bubble
Presents overlap making multiple text bubbles appear

Some things that can be changed/added:
Music player so there is always music (theres nothing better than music to getthe player in the Christmas spirit)
Text bubbles fade in faster (people are impatient)
Something to make out what each present(game) is without rolling over it.

Wich I could help, but I've got finals tonight so I have to study.

.dank

At 12/20/07 08:27 AM, souled wrote: I'm going to be on all day today, putting everything together and submitting it. :)

dank is really brilliant but annoying. He's putting his games in but in his last PM he said "Here they are" but provided no link to download them. I hope he comes online. >.<

Yeah, sorry. I always do that D :<

Hello everyone! We (Chad and I) are submitting our games in the collab!
Here is a list of what we got:
Chimney Shoot - dank
Chimney Maze - Chad
Present Catch - dank & Chad
Toy Factory - dank & Chad

If someone could fill us (me) in on how everything is going, that would be great.

.dank

Sorry, link didn't work.
try this

Please reply by Monday night if you are still in and you are currently making progress with your game.
I need to know if you are going to complete the deadline of the 18th or not.
Latest version of my game. Tell me what you think.

Please contact me if you need help or have any questions.

At 12/6/07 08:09 PM, Bossa wrote: Is this still open? I have an xmas game ready to go that I made for my college to send out as an xmas card... would just need to remove the soundtrack.

At 12/6/07 09:41 PM, Reed wrote: Is there room for me?

Yes and Yes

At 12/6/07 08:19 PM, PyroflameProductions wrote: Sorry, but I would have to agree with El-Presidente... It seems like this collab was some awesome, now I don't know what it is. I would love to join as I am a game maker, but sadly I seemed to be tied up at the time. I hope you guys can finish it time.

I hope it will look better when it has been polished up. I'm extending the due date to the 18th and I submit it 19th or 20th.

If everyone has made any progress, please post what you have. I will be done with my first game soon and hope to move on to another.

At 11/25/07 12:04 PM, El-Presidente wrote: Guys, these games are really not good at all...

Thank you for the input.

I would like everyone to heed his advice and make your game(s) look and play like a good game that could do well by itself in the portal.

At 11/24/07 05:08 AM, sickstick wrote: Everyone's games are really good and coded well, but if we want to beat the others to first position, then we need to improve the graphics. That's all.

Anything specific that needs to be worked on or changed?

At 11/23/07 03:51 PM, Reactions wrote: What if I edit MY game so it goes in that fps? And then i could give you the code for edit it back?

If it works for you, that's ok.

At 11/23/07 12:33 PM, sickstick wrote: So what's the definete font we should be using?

You can use anything. Just make sure it's readable. If you want it to be like mine, I'm using Lucida Sans, I put all of the Lucidas I had in the zip though.

This is what I've got so far. I'll finish it up this weekend.

At 11/23/07 09:05 AM, Reactions wrote: Why don't we just add a little bit code in the start of every game that changes the fps? Then everybody can choose it their selfs... And when somebody click the "menu" or "back" button the fps changes back?

It would be a lot of extra work and we would have to re-write more than half of the games.

At 11/22/07 03:46 PM, Reactions wrote: Damn, don't you think Baveuse is more a "Christmas'font"?

I think it's a bit too fancy for the buttons. But you can use it if you like it.

At 11/22/07 02:57 PM, sickstick wrote: Oh, dank can you add us all as one of your 'buddies' so that you can co-author us?

Sure. And the font is Lucida Sans. You can download it here

At 11/22/07 01:59 PM, Reactions wrote: I got a question: If someone make two games, does that mean they get a bigger share then the rest of us? :P

I wasn't going to allow two game per person. But I think I will.
And yes.

your share = prize / 12 * numberOfGamesSubmitted

At 11/22/07 01:18 PM, Reactions wrote: Is my game ok enough to get co, or do i have to add obstacles...?

obstacles would be nice. But I suppose it's ok the way it is.

At 11/22/07 12:09 PM, Reactions wrote: Then I got a problem because my game look screwed with 30 fps.

What kind of problem?

At 11/22/07 11:11 AM, Reactions wrote: Why don't you set the FPS to 50, the games will run smoother...

30 Should be pretty smooth. The eye can't see anything much faster than 30 FPS.