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Here are some awesome African Images ... maybe. So some time ago, Getty's Images made it free to use some of their images. I'm wanting to test out the feature using the codes they provided. I tried it on Twitter first but tweets are too damn small to fit the code. And Facebook failed me for some unknown reason so I came here to try them. Why is this my 3rd choice when there are so many other social media to try... I don't know, I'm comfortable here. Anyway hopefully you will see a Dogon village in the 1st photo and a Dogon mask in the 2nd photo. If this works, I'll add more images to look at.

As for why I'm trying this, Gettys and some other sites like them, have certain images of Africa that can't be found anywhere else and they are professional photos so it would be nice to use them freely. Not sure if the free ones will remove the annoying watermark but we'll see maybe.




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Well $#!+ that didn't work. You can click the links in the code to see the images but obviously thats not what I was trying to do.

PS. So as not to totally disapoint people who click here's some other Dogon images that will work.

Just saw that RPG Maker games are on sale on steam and like I've done in the past I'm letting you all know about it.

That said I have a question. Is there a point to buying both MZ and MV as a bundle?

I've been thinking to buy MZ but I see that MV can be bought together, what advantage would that give me?

Frankly I'm still cozy with good old XP but I'm thinking I would like to make games that can be played on phones in the future and I think both MV and MZ can do that, correct?

I was looking around the internet for comparisons between MV and MZ but the posts I found were all years old back when MZ was new. I saw someone say that MV the older one was somehow better for mobile games. I don't get how that could be the case. But for the most part people were saying MZ was better but didn't have as many community made plug-ins or something like that.

(EDIT: I just realized RPG Maker Unite is supposed to come out this year, figured I should mention that. But I have no idea what that one will cost.)

Anyway what are your thoughts?

What's an idea you have for gaming hardware?

I'd like a controller that has all trigger buttons behind the handles instead of on top which contorts and hurts the hands. A trigger on a gun is way more sensible and ergonomic than a trigger on a game control. I don't see why game manufacturers don't understand that. The Z button on the N64 was in the correct comfortable spot.

On a wackier note, I'd like a 4 pronged controller 2 for the hands and 2 for the feet and you can control a 4 party team simultaneously with it.

Can I show number values of Stats and number value of Variables in a Text Window?
For example, say I want an NPC to mention how strong someone is and they litteraly say the STR stat in the Text window.
For another example, say I want to make a mini game with a score system and the score is counted with a variable. I might want that variable score number to be shown in a text window to the player at the end of the mini game to show them the score.

I noticed a bit of a contraindication in my thoughts recently about going out of bounds in games.

In one instance I've been playing Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana which is a wonderful Zelda-esq game and anytime I get the chance to I'll jump around to see if I can reach a spot on the map I shouldn't because although I enjoy the game there is a ton of invisible walls and I can't help but want to explore more and get some extra fun out of the game.

On the other hand I also been playing a game on the Switch called Timothy and the Mysterious Forest. I bought it because it looked like almost exactly like Zelda Link's Awakening but the Timothy game is a huge disappointment and not very fun.
I have gotten beyond the normal game boundaries pretty easily on several occasions. And each time I accomplish that, it just adds to my negative opinion of the game. I think to myself look at this crap game they can't even program walls right.

Its an odd contradiction because if I were able to get out of bounds in Ys, I would probably feel accomplished. And yet when it happens in this other game it annoys me.

I think part of it might be because I expect 2D games to have very solid boundaries and 3D games not so much. So when a 2D game messes it up I judge it more harshly.

But I think the main thing really is just I already disliked the Timothy game so that's why I saw this as a negative.
Whereas getting out of bounds in a game I like seems like fun mischief.

It reminds me though that, in my own RPGmaker game I added a few weird easter eggs in some maps just in case someone found a way to get out of bounds.

So my question is, what do you think about exploring parts of a game map you weren't supposed to get to? Is it a big deal to you if there is some collision errors? And, have you ever put some intentional out of bounds secrets in your games?