You're right, Ryos. This conversation is off-topic. I don't want people looking for contest information getting bogged down reading about surrealists. Oh, here's a perfectly good forum for this discussion! Hoorah!<br />
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So, Joe, I have Godel, Escher, Bach, but I never finished it. I moved while I was in the middle of it, and it's now packed in one of the boxes I haven't cracked open yet. I was mainly interested in the book because of his idea that human consciousness was actually created by some sort of unresolved logical loops, but I never got far enough into the book to understand his reasoning.<br />
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Anyway, I see what you were saying about the inversions. I was going by the visual quality. I was obsessed with M.C. Escher for a while, but I work at an art gallery, so I've gradually lost interest in the flashier intellectual concept artists in favor of more expressive and abstract pieces. I'm a Kandinski man, if you try and pin me down, and I've spent hours, literally, staring at a single Jackson Pollack. My Dali and Escher posters from college are languishing in a roll on a shelf, while my walls are full of textured resin pieces and heavily abstracted landscapes. Ah, times change.

In the Easy mode can one with the options adjust more highly to branch in the Easy mode. Now did I want to know whether this also go for created Mansion?

brell asked me, because he is absent to New Zealand for the time being, to release his third mansion as soon as I am finished with the last beta-tests. Well, the job is done and here it is.<br />
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Downloadable now at the Lists.

Mr. Sandman 1.0<br />
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Designer: brell<br />
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Size mansion: 20 KB<br />
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Checksum sha: 9ec6c915fd51f4e3ef645d4368d881b636e27a90<br />
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Size zip-file: 4 KB<br />
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<span style="color: #ff0000;">Info by brell</span><br />
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The smallest mansion ever to be built<br />
Difficulty: Very easy to easy<br />
Time: Less than a second<br />
Thanks to Freddy for thorough beta testing<br />

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I'm going to Utah for about a week. Bryce canyon and Zion (spring break) So... See ya! I think this could be one of my last posts... :<br />
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(I know what you're thinking- YES! THAT KID IS GOING AWAY! LET'S HAVE A PARTY!!! ;D)<br />
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I may be a dirty rotten sneak, but if this works, I'll be a SMART dirty rotten sneak. [smiley=evil.gif]

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Hey,<br />
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Since others have been recommending good games here, I figured I'd chime in with this one.<br />
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Cave Story is a very unique game written by a lone Japanese man and given away for free. It's something like a cross between Zelda and Metroid, with a compelling story, interesting characters, great music, and addicting, fun, challenging gameplay.<br />
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The graphics are a mixed bag, at times reminding of the NES, and other times surpassing many 16-bit-era games. What is consistent however is the quality of the art, which is very high. I personally find the presentation and style quite charming, though others may disagree.<br />
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It starts out a little slow, but the pace picks up fast!<br />
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Sorry to rave, but I just love this game, and if someone on another forum hadn't recommended it to me, I probably never would have found it. So, there you go.<br />
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Download the game from here: <a href="http://www.nakiwo.com/software.htm">http://www.nakiwo.com/software.htm</a> (the page is in Japanese, but the link to download says <blockquote>Ver.0.0.7 download (universal binary)</blockquote>). You can get the English translation patch here: <a href="http://www.wctc.net/~luvmimac/cavestory/DoukutsuEnglishPatchMacUniversal.tar.gz">http://www.wctc.net/~luvmimac/cavestory/DoukutsuEnglishPatchMacUniversal.tar.gz</a><br />
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Enjoy... <br />
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P.S. for aquaMat: This game involves a lot of shooting, so maybe you wouldn't enjoy it. However, it is about as violent as Space Invaders (IOW, not violent at all). You never know what you may enjoy...I'm finally starting to enjoy DoD, and I never thought that would happen! ;D

<strong>Eavesdropping 1.0</strong><br />
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Designer:  ryos<br />
Difficulty: Easy (Dying is an advantage!)<br />
Difficulty of mastery: Normal-Hard <br />
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Eavesdropping has you literally dropping from the eaves of a <br />
very high tower to see what manner of prizes you can collect <br />
during your swift descent. Can you get a high score?<br />
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Since I am no longer competing I am proceeding with Ghosthunter. Should be ready for beta in a couple of weeks. I'm almost done with the graphics set which I'll be posting after the beta. The background mountain screens are in place yet because I want to get the vantage points set but these pics should give an idea of where Ghosthunter is going.<br />
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Joe B<br />
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opening room

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Remember how I said I was working on my first mansion, and that it was slow going? Well...I got faster, and it's done!  8-)<br />
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I think it's pretty much a law of the universe that my first attempt at anything has to suck. So, rather than put a lot of time and effort into a real mansion, I figured I'd make a silly game that should still be fun. This has helped me learn how the editor works and the mechanics of level building without having to worry too much about the design of the rooms and mansion.<br />
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I think the product is pretty fun. It's called Eavesdropping, not because you're listening in on a private conversation, but because you literally must drop from the eaves of a very tall tower. On the way down are lots of prizes, if you're quick enough to retrieve them! Can you get a high score?<br />
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(Yes, this mansion is directly inspired by Wingy's <em>Jack Fall</em>.)<br />
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I had originally intended this for the free uploading forum, but I think I've built it up enough to merit a spot on the lists. So, that means I need a couple people to test it before I send it off to the admins. Any takers?<br />
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Thanks!