UltraVariables

Well, after some thought, I renamed DeNGVaT to UltraVariables in its new release. I added a few features that I know that people on real projects (like Les Mis and Blackwell Convergence!) might use, so check out the forum thread if you use variables in your game at all!

Your face looks all gooey

Following Dave Gilbert's problem of GUIs obscuring his Sierra-style character portraits, I made up a module that works around the problem by using another GUI to show the portraits on. I guess most people use Lucasarts-style speech so don't have this problem.

AJA OROW WIN

Yes, for the second time in succession, AJA has won the One Room One Week competition, following up last time's walkover in all categories by The Heist with a narrower win, How Many beating MashPotato's Beauties and Beasts. You can still download all 12 entries, and play, but I expect the best ones will be heading into the games DB in their own right shortly.

Converge on some new screenshots

Affianced Titan of AGS, Dave Gilbert has released some new screenshots from his new Blackwell Convergence art team and they rock bigtime. Check them out in his GIP thread or on Wadjet Eye's website.

Zero Punctuation Hero

Well, Yahtzee won the "who should get the next lifetime achievement AGS Award" poll. We'll have to wait half a year to see if the committee agrees. In second place was a handsome and clever chap and those of you who voted for me are obviously fawning fanbois (look, I'm trying to sound like Yahtzee to get more votes next time, OK!)

Now, can I think of an exciting new poll? Doubt it.

Dread locks July

This month's pick is Dread MacFarlane, a game where you assist a buxom young lady from the Caribbean, who has grown up with Peter Pan and the Lost Boys, to become a pirate on Captain Hook's galleon ! And given the price of a galleon these days, that's some task!

You can check out Leon's review elsewhere in this blog.

Picatrix Dominatrix

Jonas Tapfer - Our Finest Hour, ProgZMax's Indy-antagonist entry to the June MAGS won out. In this you play a Nazi archaeologist and have to beat the famous Dr Jones to a McGuffin called the Picatrix. As the winner, ProgZ has selected a retro theme for the July competition.