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Welcome to the AGDzine, the best online magazine for independant point and click adventure developers, players and fans. You may or may not be aware that a lot of people believe point and click adventures are dead, simply because LucasArts and Sierra stopped creating them and that they don't sell aswell these days as they used too - but this is totally untrue. There are hundreds of dedicated fans creating their own point and click adventures and there are still a surprisingly high number of point and clicks being sold commercially today. The AGDzine celebrates this fact and acknowledges the independant developers that create point and click adventure games for people to play for free and commercially. Over the last couple of years more and more developers are taking their point and click adventure creations to higher levels and selling them online and even in stores. Good examples of this is the recently released The Adventures Of Fatman and the not so long ago release of Gilbert Goodmate. There are also several commercial independantly developed point and clicks under development right now. Within our magazine which has been running for over two years and is highly acclaimed within the independant point and click scene, you'll find plenty of reviews, articles, tutorials and more that will prove to you that point and click adventure games are still alive and growing stronger. With more and more engines becomming freely available to develop your own point and click adventure game, you too may wish to get involved! If you've never really explored the world of independant point and click development, and are not sure what sites to visit, what to download or just generally what it's all about - read our special article that covers all the essentials facts, Join The Adventure. It's an insightful guide for beginners to the wonderful world of creating, playing and just following the point and click movement :) Brand new design, brand new content! What's new at the AGDzine Ron Gilbert does Development EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW "The key to being a great game designer is to design lots of games", Ron tells us. The gentleman behind The Secret Of Monkey Island and Monkey Island II: LeChuck's Revenge talks to the AGDzine about developing adventure games. Read... ECTS 2003 and Broken Sword ARTICLE We got the chance to meet Charles Cecil, head of Revolution who are developing Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon. Check out the interview as we talked about BS3, BASS and much more! Read... Recently Added/Updated > Development Do's And Dont's - A checklist for point and click developers. > Adventure Music - Take a lesson in composing for point and clicks. > AdventureX - Could an exposition to showcase point & clicks help the revival? > The Purist - Dimitris Manos tells us his thoughts. > Editorial - Mark Lovegrove is glad to be back. Recent Releases ¤ The Adventures Of Fatman $14.95 Available at SOCKO! Entertainment. ¤ Caleb's Drunken Adventure FREE Download directly from here. ¤ Just Another Point & Click Adventure FREE Available here. ¤ Project Evilspy II FREE Available at FenderQ Adventures. ¤ The Breakdown FREE Available at their website. Don't forget to read The Inventory, the downloadable magazine with all the latest news on adventure games. It includes reviews, previews, exclusive articles and interviews, and much much more including gossip and news! Create an adventure! If you're into point and click adventures, why not make your own for others to play? Even if you just want to make a point and click for yourself or for others to download then you should consider downloading one of the many free engines out there now. A popular choice is Adventure Game Studio which enables you to make classic point and click adventures in the the true LEC and Sierra style, but has the diversity to enable you to create stunning contemporary adventures - everything is customizable and you can have an adventure ready in hours! Another popular choice is AGAST, a script based engine that can create powerful point and click adventure games. This engine is suited more for those who prefer playing and developing higher res adventures. Also, don't forget to check out SLUDGE, a very nice and very powerful Windows based engine. Adventure news For all game, engine and website news - please visit Adventure Developers. For other adventure game news and gossip, you may want to visit AdventureGamers and JustAdventure. For a highly detailed list of up and coming point and click adventures, both freeware and commercial, check out the Adventure Archive. If thats not enough, read up on more independant adventure games at AdventureGamers Underground. Finally, remember to visit Mr Bill's Adventure Land and Quandary Land! Enjoy it! We hope you enjoy reading the AGDzine and we always want to know what you think about the site. Please contact us with your questions, comments and suggestions. If you've got a game in the making that you want to tell us about, let us know! If you've written a review, tutorial or rant - let us know! Now it's time to get tucked into the magazine - so what are you waiting for?

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