Hi there,

The dynamic_menu class in BGT has an option to start directly at a given item, with or without speaking the intro again. Check out the run_extended method for these options.

Kind regards,

Philip Bennefall

Muhammad, I've just tried the game and I've got a few comments. Some things I liked and some things I didn't like so well. So here goes.

To begin with I'll start with the good news. I really liked the intro, the menu music, and I like the fact this guess the number game is not limited to a range of 1 to 10 as most Guess the Number type games are.

However, one thing that really annoyed me is when I guessed a number it gave me no indication if my choice was too high or too low. In a future update might I suggest letting the player know if his/her selection is too high or too low so they can make a more educated guess as to guess higher or lower?

The second issue I found was that the user documentation is full of grammatical errors. You might want someone to go over the document and rewrite it using proper grammar and punctuation. It looks very unprofessional, and I think should be rewritten.

The final issue is just me nitpicking. My apologies to the person in advance, but I'm not sure who voiced the main menu etc but he or she sounds like a little kid. Its better than a Sapi voice, but I'd prefer someone more adult sounding to do the voice overs. Perhaps the person who did the Help menu can do the rest of the game as well?

Sincerely,
Thomas Ward
USA Games Interactive

hello every one
@tward
I am planning to do what you've said
rewrite the read me
and put down the girl in in the menus
and replace it with my voice or someone alse
cause a lot of my friends has told me about her voice

I hope the next read me has no grammar misstakes
I hate the grammar at all
but I'll try to do it if I can

but, it's not bad,

Well, since you all hate my voice so much, thank you for informing me that it's basically crap, bye. BTW, i'm not doing a walkthrough again, so you don't have to suffer from hearing my childlike voice again.

@lauren
look at the reply number 5 and see what do you think?
+ a lot of my friends have said the same thing

Hi.

Well, I don't really mind Lauren in the main menu. It doesn't bother me a lot actually.
As to the game, I wasn't sure if my guess was too high or too low.
Also, when I up and down arrowed in the number list, the numbers were not spoken by sapi. This might be a problem with VW Kate, because I've noticed that the voice won't always read things made by BGT. I've tested it, and Sam, Mike, Mary, and probably other voices work fine.
I'm wondering if this error is caused by BGT?
If so, it's annoying and should be fixed.
Anyway, nice game, and I don't know why you guys are complaining about Lauren.

Hi.

Sorry if what I said came accross as being rude or offending, I'm just not sure why you guys are complaining about her voice in the main menu.
I think it sounds ok, certainly not bad actually.

I don't mind if your voice is in the game, it isn't bad or anything...
I still hope that people would read the whole post before they begin to say anything...

Personally, I would like to see a little more appreciation for things that people do for other people for free in the community.  There are plenty of things that I don't necessarily agree with out here that are free, but they are still matters to which other people have contributed their voluntary time to fix up as best they could and knew how.

Of course the recordings and gameplay are not professional; he didn't hire professional actors, nor spend money to seek professional consulting on this project.  He simply went with what he had on hand and ran with it.  You don't go to a Mcdonalds and pay for the same meal there that you would get from your mother for free; it's a different place with a different environment and different standards, and, depending on your mother's cooking, you might like Mcdonalds better or you might not.

@Lauren,
I am absolutely sorry you had to endure this side of the community.  It is things like this that have actually set my mind into debate between trying harder and to simply running away at times.  With so very few of us in the community, I find it almost insulting that people will find the dirtiest corner of the room and milk it for everything its worth if they feel they themselves can do better either because they have the money, knowledge, or both to pull it off.  I miss you over on techtalk, and though you will probably never return, I hope you'll take that for what it is. 

well, looks like nocternus and nightrage said what it was I was planning to say.  I honestly don't know what to think of this community some times.
Lauren, I think its great that you volunteered to do this.  Plus, everyone hates their voice; well, most do anyways.
Personally though, I think tom's message got mis-interpreted or worded wrong, which is irritably a common and constant issue when writing in text. 
Just again, be thankful that people offer their services and are willing to help out, else we will! be stuck with MS anna and nobody wants that, right?
I know i'm no moderator but we sure don't need another flame war or anything of the sort. 
Sort it out guys.
Anyways, I'm gonna try this game now...

Lauren, my apologies for hurting your feelings. Please, understand I was attempting to give Muhammid some constructive criticism regarding his game. I was not setting out to intentionally hurt you or put you down.

As for your voice I didn't say I hated it. What I did say to Muhammid is that I would have prefered someone more adult sounding, and I thought that your voice sounded a little too childlike for the game. I'm not sure how I could have gotten that point across without hurting your feelings, but a game developer, voice actor, etc has to be willing to take constructive criticism when and where its given without getting upset.

As for those people who thought I was wining I did my best to constructively point out things that I liked and disliked about Muhammid's game. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but the people who think I was wining think that any negative criticism good or bad is wining?

I don't know about you guys but I certainly know the difference between constructive criticism and outright wining. Constructive criticism is criticism given in the hopes that it will improve a person's performance, will improve a product, etc by giving the person alternative ways of doing something. I.E. I feel a different actor or actress would sound better in Guess the Number. Wining is stating a negative opinion without any attempt to give positive suggestions how that person might improve something. I.E. this sucks, I hate this, this product is crap, etc are all examples of wining.

Now, if you think I was wining please go back and reread my message. Was I actually wining by my definition of the word? If you think I was still wining I'd like to hear why.

Sincerely,
Thomas Ward
USA Games Interactive