Re: The Heads Up Thread(deals and such)

by SanAndreasX Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:00 am

pspiddy wrote:Thanks, San, rub it in my face that I don't own a 3DS

I've been playing around with Game Maker Studio (free version). The tutorial is pretty comprehensive and anyone who is used to Flash will grasp the concept pretty quickly. It's to actionscript what Dreamweaver is to HTML.

It's free and if you like it you can upgrade. Knowing you guys, you all are probably pros and I'm slow on the uptake. Fuck this forum and all of you intelligent assclowns.

Even if I - or more correctly, my wife - didn't own a 3DS, I'd have probably still picked this one up because I know it's going to be a little rare, especially with a good CE in such easy reach. Smile

You're ahead of me on Game Maker Studio, at least.

I mess with RPG Maker VX Ace on and off myself. I have a few RPG ideas kicking around in my head. However, for right now I'm too ~~dumblazy~~ busy to really mess with the scripting system.

by pspiddy Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:20 am

Wow. I had no clue they were still making RPG Maker. I own the PSone and PS2 editions. I'll investigate this PC iteration. Oh, and I found a download of Crispin's Quest for PC a few years back. It's probably still floating around on the web. If not, I can email you a copy. Good looking out on RPG Maker.

by SanAndreasX Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:25 am

pspiddy wrote:Wow. I had no clue they were still making RPG Maker. I own the PSone and PS2 editions. I'll investigate this PC iteration. Oh, and I found a download of Crispin's Quest for PC a few years back. It's probably still floating around on the web. If not, I can email you a copy. Good looking out on RPG Maker.

RPG Maker is alive and well on PC, several versions of it are available. Right now, the PC versions all seem to be 2-D sprite-based games. I'd like to see them try a version that allows 3-D modelling. I'd love to make my inner Final Fantasy VII... or Shadow Madness, LOL. But still, it is an impressive package that lets you do whatever you're capable of doing with it.

by Krubixcube Fri Jun 28, 2013 5:39 am

I love the word janky...thanks Trip. Gonna bring that one back into my vocabulary.

by pspiddy Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:11 pm

GOG is continuing to knock it outta the park with the No DRM summer sale. Telltale games for around $5 a pop is sweet.

by ajapam Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:18 am

I'm actually kind of disappointed by the GOG sale. They've been repeating the same deals for a few days now. Their downloader keeps messing up on me, too, but that's a different story

by pspiddy Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:39 am

I haven't been checking everyday so it seems pretty sweet to me. Also, don't use their downloader!?

by ajapam Sat Jun 29, 2013 12:45 am

But their downloader lets me easily pause downloads and resume them later. All my browsers just cancel everything if I even close the browser and my internet's too slow to download everything in one sitting

by pspiddy Sat Jun 29, 2013 1:00 am

Hey aj, since your checking the deals daily, just copy paste them to this thread. If it's not a problem.

by Krubixcube Sat Jun 29, 2013 3:27 am

Not sure if you guys would know this, but if i bought something like Planescape or Baldur's gate woudl it automatically work with no CD stuff or would you have to fanagle it a bit to get it working?

by ajapam Sat Jun 29, 2013 1:31 pm

Do you mean if you buy it from GOG? I think it would just work, but I haven't tried installing anything that old yet. I'll get on posting some of the deals, spiddy

Snapshot, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, Capsized, and Pid - $11.21

Myst collection - $9.45

Unfortunately you only get the 75% off if you buy the whole pack, otherwise they're 50% off. I actually got to playtest Capsized. It's a fun little sidescrolling shooter. I had some issues getting stuck behind things but a lot of things were fixed for the final product

by volvocrusher Sat Jun 29, 2013 1:32 pm

I reviewed Giana Stisters a while back and loved it. Great choice Aja

by SanAndreasX Sat Jun 29, 2013 2:56 pm

Krubixcube wrote:Not sure if you guys would know this, but if i bought something like Planescape or Baldur's gate woudl it automatically work with no CD stuff or would you have to fanagle it a bit to get it working?

I don't think you need to "finagle" anything, GOG does that for you. I don't own Planescape or BG, but I do own Fallout 1 and 2, and they worked fine as soon as they were installed by GOG's installer without me doing anything to them.

by pspiddy Sat Jun 29, 2013 6:52 pm

@T-wolf: Just d/l, install and enjoy.

Anyone know if the music in the trailers for the platform bundle is in-game music? If so, I'm down for that whole bundle. Incredible jams.

by pspiddy Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:17 pm

New Leaf is already down to $26 @Amazon and Wally World.

by volvocrusher Sat Jun 29, 2013 7:29 pm

I prefer to call that place Little China

by Krubixcube Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:10 pm

Might pick up Planescape Torment then. Since I pirated it ages ago but it required much finagling. That said, I wonder if I have to install all the mods and stuff...

by pspiddy Sat Jun 29, 2013 9:58 pm

It's kind of shitty the platformer bundle only includes mp3 samples of the soundtracks. I jumped anyways because the games look amazing and the soundtracks are unreal.

by Krubixcube Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:08 am

Decided to buy planescape torment, hopefully I don't need to jigger around with the mods and stuff to make it look halfway presentable. But I figured the only thing that was stopping me from buying planescape was that it wasn't available in a format that I could easily install but if it is...hey, I'm all about supporting good stores which GoG seems to be. Also win and win for giving me the manual and soundtrack.

by pspiddy Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:35 am

GoG is great. It's funny how sites like that and Steam have made a business out of impulse buys that keep their customers happy and supportive.

by Krubixcube Sun Jun 30, 2013 12:38 am

Yeah, I booted up the game, unfortunately old saves don't work but the game looks and works great (for such an old game) so I'll just start from the beginning.

by ajapam Sun Jun 30, 2013 1:02 pm

New gog deals today:

Wadjet Eye bundle: Resonance, Primordia, Blackwell Bundle, and Gemini Rue - 80% ($8.96 total)

Legacy of Kain bundle - 75% off ($5.96 total)

One thing I just discovered: if you already own some of the games in the bundle, you still get the full discount if you only buy the remaining games. For example, I already own Primordia and Gemini Rue, so I can complete that bundle for about 5 bucks. Gog is great

by pspiddy Sun Jun 30, 2013 8:56 pm

Amazon is having their massive PC downloads sale. Too many good deals to list so if you're interested you're gonna have to dig.

by Krubixcube Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:46 am

Anyone here played Planescape? It blows my mind...literally every NPC has a unique and well-written description. It's nuts.

by ajapam Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:27 pm

I bought it, but I haven't played it. Heard the story was incredible, though. Today's deals are some pretty big bundles

Indie Adventure game bundle: To The Moon, Botanicula, Machinarium, The Cat Lady, Stacking, and Lucius. 75% off ($18.69)

Turn based strategy game bundle: Alpha Centauri, Master of Magic, Master of Orion 1-2, Colonization, Fragile Allegiance, Galactic Civilizations, and Space Empires IV. 75% off ($12.43)

by pspiddy Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:55 pm

From the playstation blog-

7/2

Free for PS Plus:
Battlefield 3 (PS3)
Metal Slug XX (PSP, Compatible on PS Vita)
Jet Set Radio (PS3)
Dokuro (PS Vita)
Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee HD (PS3)

Discounts: (Normal/Sale/Plus prices)
Call Of Duty: Black Ops II $59.99 $41.99 $37.79
The Amazing Spider-Man $49.99 $29.99 $20.99
Batman: Arkham Asylum $19.99 $9.99 $5.00
The Lord Of The Rings: Aragorn’s Quest $9.99 $4.99 $2.50
Mortal Kombat PS Vita $19.99 $9.99 $5.00
Mortal Kombat $19.99 $9.99 $5.00
Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands $19.99 $7.99 $4.00
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game $9.99 $3.99 $2.00
Shadow Of The Colossus $19.99 $7.99 $4.00
Ratchet & Clank Collection $29.99 $14.99 $7.50

Time for everyone to bitch about HDD (and Vita card) space. There are some $5-$10 off PSN cards floating around out there. I know Best Buy had something going on for RewardZone members (free membership).

by Miraculous Kaydybug Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:21 am

Mortal Kombat for 5 dollars? Might jump on that.

And I'm just going to pre-empt any recommendations for SotC with I can't. I mean I'm sure it's a great game but when I first played it on PS2 it gave me the worst motion sickness i ever had. I remember the game as a bunch of white lights, then vomiting and sleeping for the rest of the day. Maybe they fixed it maybe they didn't, but I'm deathly afraid of even touching that game.

by pspiddy Tue Jul 02, 2013 4:12 am

Which MK, kay? I planned on picking up the vita one again, but if you go ps3 I may do that for some mp. Also, SotC isn't much better besides the framerate. Smoother, but still shiny and blurry and janky.

by ajapam Tue Jul 02, 2013 11:44 am

Pretty glad to see BF3 and Oddworld as PS+ freebies. Deals for today are:

Introversion Originals Bundle: Darwinia, Multiwinia, Defcon, Uplink - $7.16
FTL: Faster Than Light - $2.49
Defender's Quest - $3.74
Zafehouse Diaries - $2.49
King of Dragon Pass - $1.49

I jumped on FTL even though I'll probably never get around to it. There's been too many recommendations from Spiddy and friends to pass that one up

by Miraculous Kaydybug Tue Jul 02, 2013 3:37 pm

pspiddy wrote:Which MK, kay? I planned on picking up the vita one again, but if you go ps3 I may do that for some mp. Also, SotC isn't much better besides the framerate. Smoother, but still shiny and blurry and janky.

i dont know actually. Does the Vita one have more content?

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