http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/-t1.htm Discuss anything that does not fit into the other forums. Please do not post just to post, and follow the forum rules. Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:39:13 GMT 10 http://i687.photobucket.com/albums/vv238/headoflead/zfl.jpg http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/-t1.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/so-i-met-a-warcraft-addict-recently-t110.htm Alex I was at a friend's house a few days back, and I met his little brother. He wakes up, gets some food from the kitchen, goes back into his room, and never comes out. He's flunking school, and his social skills are only so-so. He didn't even say hello to me. You find a stranger in your house, and you're not even curious at the very least? So, I've actually met a video game addict. And it was a terrible sight to see. The guy's been given one life, and he spends it without feeling, without ... General Chat Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:39:13 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/so-i-met-a-warcraft-addict-recently-t110.htm#799 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/so-i-met-a-warcraft-addict-recently-t110.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/why-no-one-bought-mp3s-back-then-t109.htm Jonny I got a free song as a promotion a few months ago. I thought, what's the big deal? It's free! The site was a slightly-less-popular mp3 store. I browse their limited selection of music until I found a track I liked. I bought it with the coupon code and downloaded it. It was a DRMed wma file encoded at 192kbps, which I regard as the bare minimum for enjoying music on my setup. It wouldn't play in Foobar2000 (aka the best media player ever made) so I had to use WMP to listen. I then looked ... General Chat Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:31:21 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/why-no-one-bought-mp3s-back-then-t109.htm#798 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/why-no-one-bought-mp3s-back-then-t109.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/blue-smoke-studios-t108.htm pez263 Hey,some of the sw members formed blue smoke studios not to long ago and are kinda lonely at the forums,hit us up [url=bluesmoke.darkbb.com]here[/url] and sign up to see what we have in progress,were not taking new team members but that cant stop any of you from the fun,come join up!!! General Chat Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:38:58 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/blue-smoke-studios-t108.htm#792 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/blue-smoke-studios-t108.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/long-time-no-see-t107.htm pez263 Hey,I just came accross your site zandair,this is fatmanpez from the sw forums,glad you and johny are still online,i missed you 2. General Chat Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:29:13 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/long-time-no-see-t107.htm#789 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/long-time-no-see-t107.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/good-jazz-artists-t106.htm Jonny Zandair I know you listen to jazz or something like that. After hooking up a (tube?) amp I found around the house and plugging them into my DT770s, music sounds MUCH better now. I have no clue why I didn't check out my smooth jazz collection earlier on this set-up. If you know what the term eargasm means (that rush you get when hearing something so good it relaxes your entire body), well I've had a lot of it after listening to some jazz on this rig. So... what are your favorite jazz artists? ... General Chat Wed, 19 Aug 2009 03:47:34 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/good-jazz-artists-t106.htm#785 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/good-jazz-artists-t106.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/lights-t105.htm Jonny Hey Zandair, there's a synthpop singer called Lights that my friends are into. Her voice is I think the best I've ever heard, and I've heard a LOT of music. Lyrics are just a bunch of love songs, but I'll let her go because she's hot (I've heard way too many love songs over the past years) February Air (people say this is her best song but I like Drive My Soul much better): Drive My Soul (I hate the music video for this one so you'll get this instead): I also like White. ... General Chat Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:49:02 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/lights-t105.htm#784 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/lights-t105.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/why-i-want-to-make-games-different-from-everyone-else-t103.htm Alex http://fatpita.net/?i=1952
It describes it better than I could have.]]> General Chat Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:25:22 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/why-i-want-to-make-games-different-from-everyone-else-t103.htm#773 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/why-i-want-to-make-games-different-from-everyone-else-t103.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/microsoft-decided-windows-7-was-too-good-to-be-true-t101.htm Jonny http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/windows-7-skus-announced-yes-your-worst-nightmare-has-come-to/2 Microsoft thought they would mess with us and release 6 different operating systems for their new Windows 7 line. Because Microsoft likes giving developers headaches. It's true, look at IE. Try the acid3 test in IE and you'll get an idea of how much of a pain IE is for web developers. Why don't they just release one version instead of 4 crippled versions and 2 full ones? Most people won't buy ... General Chat Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:24:00 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/microsoft-decided-windows-7-was-too-good-to-be-true-t101.htm#764 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/microsoft-decided-windows-7-was-too-good-to-be-true-t101.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/free-3d-engine-t99.htm Alex I want to learn to use a real 3D game engine. I've narrowed down to three choices: Irrlicht, Panda3D, and the XNA Game Studio. Do you know anything about any of them to recommend one? General Chat Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:35:35 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/free-3d-engine-t99.htm#759 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/free-3d-engine-t99.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/i-can-t-stand-this-michael-jackson-hoopla-t96.htm Jonny Alright, I have to admit, the day MJ died it was important news. I was sort of sad. However, about a week later, I'm still seeing his name everywhere. EVERYWHERE. They are profiting off his death. Normally I wouldn't care about something like this because it happens all the time, but all this attention and coverage angers me. The news shows (not that I watch TV) make MJ seem like such a great guy and using words like "untimely" to describe his death. Michael Jackson wasn't a good person ... General Chat Fri, 10 Jul 2009 05:33:48 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/i-can-t-stand-this-michael-jackson-hoopla-t96.htm#751 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/i-can-t-stand-this-michael-jackson-hoopla-t96.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/-t92.htm Jonny I still need time to consider my decision. If I do make games again (tiny tiny chance) I'll make something totally different from what's been done. The games would take the forms of short, interactive novels with little to no replay value. But why do that if, instead, I could learn to write, or express my creativity in some other form? I find it weird how you think of games as such a shallow way of expressing yourself. Please don't take this the wrong way, but any literate person can write ... General Chat Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:00:36 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/-t92.htm#743 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/-t92.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/sick-of-playing-games-t88.htm Alex I've been finding that games have really absorbed too much of my time and dominated my life. So I decided to wipe my computer clean of all games on its hard drive this morning, save my own. My feelings are much more complicated than that, but I'm in no mood to write an editorial. This does not mean I am done game making yet, however. For all of the canceled projects in the past, I owe you guys at least one more complete project. And I'd be glad to help with SW: CE. However, I really ... General Chat Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:11:22 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/sick-of-playing-games-t88.htm#703 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/sick-of-playing-games-t88.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/i-registered-gm-t80.htm Alex Caloo callay!]]> General Chat Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:16:33 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/i-registered-gm-t80.htm#673 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/i-registered-gm-t80.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/what-makes-a-good-game-t75.htm Jonny This article was on the old site, and it deserves some light. _________________________________________________ What Makes a Great Game By Alex Higgins (Zandair) Making a great game starts at design. A game that’s been poorly designed from the beginning is doomed to fail. Here we’ll be analyzing some of my favorite games and discovering what made them great, what made similar games rot, and then what you always should consider when making a game. The Basics One ... General Chat Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:42:54 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/what-makes-a-good-game-t75.htm#652 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/what-makes-a-good-game-t75.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/silent-walk-is-over-edit-p3d-has-begun-t73.htm Alex http://www.silentworks.hu/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2934 A sad day indeed. I really wanted to see how far this could go... I support Zoltan's decision, but am nonetheless disappointed. I was done working with SW anyway, but after everything its taught me about good game design (things that I had previously be unable to learn with game maker) I can't help but feel sad. What are your thoughts on it? EDIT: Oooh... plutonium 3D... sweet... Free, and open source. General Chat Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:50:08 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/silent-walk-is-over-edit-p3d-has-begun-t73.htm#636 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/silent-walk-is-over-edit-p3d-has-begun-t73.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/new-board-feature-i-didn-t-notice-until-now-t71.htm Jonny
A little scary... :O]]> General Chat Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:22:12 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/new-board-feature-i-didn-t-notice-until-now-t71.htm#629 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/new-board-feature-i-didn-t-notice-until-now-t71.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/prank-call-t61.htm Jonny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxT3UWd8foU&eurl=http://forums.facepunchstudios.com/showthread.php?t=523374

I saw this on Facepunch Studios... I almost died of laughter.]]> General Chat Mon, 14 Apr 2008 02:32:43 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/prank-call-t61.htm#549 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/prank-call-t61.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/neverball-t60.htm Jonny If you like Monkeyball or Marble Madness, then download it.
If you have played neither, download it and see what you're missing,

It's free and they have a ZIP file for the Windows version.

http://icculus.org/neverball/]]> General Chat Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:55:49 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/neverball-t60.htm#544 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/neverball-t60.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/this-just-made-my-day-t39.htm Jonny You might know that I'm a huge fanboy when it comes to Vigilante 8... although it's still "in the works," some of the programmers of Vigilante 8 are creating a next gen Vigilante 8 for Xbox and PS3!!1 You might not care, but I'm going to rent it right away when it comes out and play it all day and night. It's being developed by Isopod Labs, a new company. This might just be a rumor though But, one of the members wrote a letter half a year ago saying they started to make it. General Chat Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:04:47 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/this-just-made-my-day-t39.htm#321 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/this-just-made-my-day-t39.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/leaving-for-trip-tomorrow-t59.htm Jonny
I'm going out of town tomorrow for around 9-10 days... so I won't be here for a long while.

I'm going to Florida (the place I was born). And I'm taking a van (road trip )

I'll be on for the most part today if you need me. I'll leave very early in the morning, so maybe I'll go to bed early, I don't know.

Have fun without me.]]> General Chat Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:37:30 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/leaving-for-trip-tomorrow-t59.htm#539 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/leaving-for-trip-tomorrow-t59.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/sw2-games-t57.htm Alex Taking a break from Dead Cell to play around with SW2. I'm making another sci-fi game. The player is an elite soldier who had his memory wiped before starting his mission. His suit's computer knows his orders but simply tells the player to trust it and follow orders. Until the namelss soldier begins to question the computer that is. The computer will communicate with the player through triggers. This is meant to be have more tactical gameplay, and plot-wise to be a psychological thriller. ... General Chat Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:52:28 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/sw2-games-t57.htm#528 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/sw2-games-t57.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/read-this-t56.htm Jonny A noob on the GMC said this about Midnight Offices: The Midnight Offices isn't created with GM. It isn't created with program created with GM. ( Silent Walk FPS isn't created with GM)...How can you think Silent Walk FPS is created with GM. He is pretending to be Zoltán Pércsich the real developer of this program. Most of the tools in his website: http://www.percsich.hu/gamemaker/index.php aren't his ( including Silent Walk FPS )...they are other people's. If you just enter http://www.percsich.hu ... General Chat Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:44:34 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/read-this-t56.htm#526 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/read-this-t56.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/alien-arena-2008-t55.htm Jonny http://www.download.com/Alien-Arena-2008/3000-7453_4-10447379.html?tag=nl.e415 I played AlienArena 2007 last year, which was an OK game, but it really didn't impress me much versus other free games like Nexuiz (mostly because of the weird guns). This version looks really cool though judging by the graphics in the screenshots. Does this game interest any of you guys? I think I'll download it now and see how I like it. EDIT: Those graphics are REALLY good! The guns are not weird, ... General Chat Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:51:56 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/alien-arena-2008-t55.htm#522 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/alien-arena-2008-t55.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/post-your-multiplayerpc-game-collection-t47.htm Jonny I am curious to see what I get from you guys. I don't have much because I just chat online, code, or create graphics all day, but I still want to know... In no order 1. Halo PC 2. Tribes Vengeance 3. Tribes 1 4. Unreal Tournament 2004 5. Battlefield 2142, which I haven't even played yet. 6. 007 Nightfire (sucks), bought for 2 bucks 7. Nexuiz 8. Team Fortress (haven't even played yet) That's all I can remember. Most of my games are single player. General Chat Sun, 17 Feb 2008 00:18:57 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/post-your-multiplayerpc-game-collection-t47.htm#448 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/post-your-multiplayerpc-game-collection-t47.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/neat-flash-game-t38.htm Alex http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/cursor10/
Original minigame, you have to reach the top floor of the tower within the time limit. You have 10 lives, and each time you die your previous life is replayed. The twist is that you have to work with all your previous lives to get to the top.
Pretty neat idea, I had to share it with you.]]> General Chat Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:06:37 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/neat-flash-game-t38.htm#306 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/neat-flash-game-t38.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/running-ubuntu-linux-under-windows-xp-t37.htm Jonny http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/virtualbox I wanted to run Linux for a little while now, but I didn't wish to reformat my harddrive. So, I found something that I didn't even know existed: virtual machines, which are NOT emulators. I just followed the tutorial on the site, and I now have Linux running inside my XP. Here's proof: http://static3.filefront.com/images/personal/j/jonsandacz/92442/xtwobomflf.jpg The Ubuntu download is very steep: about 700MB, but I found and torrent for it, ... General Chat Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:16:34 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/running-ubuntu-linux-under-windows-xp-t37.htm#295 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/running-ubuntu-linux-under-windows-xp-t37.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/stories-t30.htm Aaron Does anybody know any publisher companies? I like to write stories, and maybe I can write for ZS! Or at least we can have a little area with stories... Or we can sell E-Books. 1 Dollar per story... Maybe we should see if anybody likes my stories first... You can find my first story on my DeviantArt. There isn't many pictures there yet, but I'll put more soon! UltimateAgent on DeviantArt General Chat Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:22:41 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/stories-t30.htm#175 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/stories-t30.htm http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/second-life-sucks-t21.htm Stroggos BY DAD PLAYS A GAME CALLED SECOND LIFE AND TODAY OUR DOWNLOAD LIMIT WAS BOOSTED TO 5GIGS AND HES ALRADY USED IT ALL General Chat Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:52:50 GMT http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/second-life-sucks-t21.htm#77 http://zandairstudios.forumotion.com/general-chat-f9/second-life-sucks-t21.htm