To a point, a game is only as good as it's customer support. -- If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryan Peterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] AGM concerns
>I agree with you completely Che. The funny thing is that even in its >current > limited form, AGM has the potential to produce some incredible games, and > that's now. If it's ever updated I could see even greater potential. But I > can say right now that that's not going to happen if people don't know how > to use it, and I'm sorry to say that the manual is not much help in its > current form. That's probably what spawned most people's questions, > and > a lack of answers to them has got to be frustrating. Heck, I've got my own > share of questions and i've asked them oon the forum a few times. Such as > the thing about getting opponents to behave the way you want them to or, > in > the case of my Adventure game, if it's possible to make the sword stop > making its default sound once it's picked up. I too understand that those > guys have lives, but so do you and Thomas and yet you still find time to > drop in fairly often to help people sort out problems with your games. > It ain't pretty when the pretty leaves you with no place to go. > J.D. Fortune, Pretty Vegas > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Che" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:27 PM > Subject: [Audyssey] AGM concerns > > >> Richard, I know people have lives and wives and kids and all that. >> But you guys have released a program with mediocre documentation at >> best, >> leaving lots of questions from potential users. >> I realize this is a free product at this point, but perhaps the timing >> was >> bad for release if every single one of your support people are gone for >> several days at a time. >> I have been helping out a lot of AGM users the past few days, and they >> are >> very frustrated with the docs and lack of answers to their questions. >> As I have stated before on here, I am willing to do an audio tutorial, >> which I think will be very helpful, but I need some of my own questions >> answered first before I can share the information with others. >> I think you guys are getting precariously close to this think falling >> flat >> on its face if some more energy isn't devoted to it by your support >> staff. >> Why someone who is actually still part of the project is not on this >> list, >> I dont know, but that would be a very good idea I think. >> You can pffft me all you want, but that is not a professional response >> to >> a series of posts and concerns about your product here. >> Again, I am not flaming you guys, I think AGM has a lot of potential and >> I >> hope you guys take it as far as you can and get the grants or whatever it >> is >> you are after to continue the product, but simply releasing it with poor >> documentation and then not sacrificing time to answer users questions >> isn't >> the way to get off to a good start. >> I have devoted a lot of time to learning AGM and helping others do the >> same, so I hope you take these comments as what they are intended to be, >> which is constructive criticism. Many others are afraid to post about >> their >> frustrations with the program because people ten to jump down their >> throats, >> but I am not, and I feel my comments about AGM are well grounded and >> worth >> the AGM team taking seriously. >> I have a life too, but for a while after I released RR, I had to devote >> almost all of my waking time to the support that is involved in having >> hundreds of people using a new program, that is just the way it is if you >> want to be successful in life and business. >> Feel free to forward this to anyone in the AGM team, and I hope they >> will >> all join this list, or at least some of them, because there are many AGM >> users here with many questions that have not been answered. >> If any of the team wishes to email me off list, they are free to do so >> at: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Again, I am here to help you guys, and I have spent considerable time >> doing so already, and I hope to do so in the future. >> Thanks for reading what I have to say. >> Che Martin - Audio Game developer >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "AudioGames.net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 2:52 PM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] AGM question >> >> >>> WEEKEND, CHE!!! >>> >>> We Have Lives ;) >>> >>> (And Wives) >>> >>> (well, some of us) >>> >>> (and Sander went to Scandinavia to play upright bass for some band for >>> the >>> weekend) >>> >>> (and Holland just had two days of summer - now it's fall again) >>> >>> (so) >>> >>> (pffff) >>> >>> :) >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Che" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gamers Discussion list" >>> <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 7:55 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] AGM question >>> >>> >>>> Hi Josh, >>>> I'm not sure if this is possible or not. >>>> It looks like the AGM guys have quit responding to questions on this >>>> list >>>> and most questions on the forums as well. >>>> Very unfortunate, as I had high hopes for AGM regarding potential game >>>> developers getting their feet wet with game ideas. >>>> They have a good concept going, but without customer support and >>>> further >>>> upgrades, it is going to be a dead horse pulling a heavy cart. >>>> Later, >>>> Che >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Josh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "gamers discussion list" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 6:33 AM >>>> Subject: [Audyssey] AGM question >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Is it possible to use spawnPoints to spawn random items such as >>>>> different >>>>> kinds of weapons to attack with? and then once you have that weapon a >>>>> trigger will then be available for you to use that item in the world >>>>> of >>>>> the >>>>> game? >>>>> >>>>> Josh >>>>> >>>>> Most of the reason I don't like spam is because a lot of it is true. >>>>> email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> AOL: kutztownstudent >>>>> skype: jkenn337 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Gamers mailing list .. 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