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Hmm...
I think, the game I'm talking(hallucinating?) about was 3rd person. I'm also quite sure that it was disc based... but I'll take a look at it. Thanks!

Just tried the first bits: no, it's not Labyrinth of time..  :'(

Hey,
I'm also looking for a non-AGS game. It has to be from the 80s or early 90s and I'm not sure if it even was an adventure game.
Here's what I remember:
- It had quite neat graphics
- it started with a fortune teller machine (or at least I think so)
- it's possible to travel in time (!)
- you start in the victorian times (or was it a save game that brought me there) at a train station
- i think you could somehow use the train, it brought you to the future and turned into a subway
- In the future it turned into a cheesy, unfair platformer, once you leave the subway station
- it was the game where I first heard of the word "token" I think you needed a token for the train and/or for the fortune teller.

Does that ring a bell?
I can't get that game out of my head... even after decades

@Crimson Wizard
I'm pretty sure you're talking about "Last Half of Darkness"
http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/last-half-of-darkness

I liked that one too although I could never finish it.

I start to believe that there must be a connection between Iron Maiden and AGS

*looks at ShiverMeSideways, Jon_swe and possibly more*

Happy Birthday Jeroen (Dekker). Your moose avatar will not be forgotten (if you're that guy from 2001, if not - still Happy Bday!)

Great! Thank you guys!

Hey,

does anyone have Jonas Tapfer - Our finest Hour on their HDD?

I've stumbled upon it on the MAGS homepage, but download link is broken.

Screeny:

Happy Birthday, Chris!

Argh! Ben, sorry I've missed your BDay too.

Apologies and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy BDay Ponch and Dervish.

Happy Birthday, Helme!

Happy Birthday, Kastchey!! 

Deluxe Paint 2e:  Borders and Patterns

If you work with layers and lock your transparent pixels before shading, it's not too hard.
His rim light is pretty neat though

Nevermind, I've found it here:
http://kafkaskoffee.com/tutorials/gradients2.shtml

Thanks anyway and also thanks for that Screenshot, Ghost.

Cool, thanks a lot! As of today I've only used custom patterns and filled them - lets see, how this brush thing works

As for the tutorial, I was looking for. It was something cobble stone related with seamless tiles. I think the author was filling the road in front of the scumm bar with it, but I'm not sure.

Another art related thing...

how do you conveniently texture big structures like a cobblestone road. I think there was a tutorial around, but I can't find it anymore.

Oh and yes, pixel art hints are preffered

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Ghost! 

Hey, awsome find. I think the basic version would do it in the most situations.

And that guy sells the pro version for only 199 $ ... coding protactors is a money-spinner

[Scottish Super Hero]

This tool is clearly overpriced. You can make your own protractor using something vector-based, thus accurate, such as Illustrator or CAD software or... hell, even drawing angled lines in PS and keeping it as template on separate layer.

Sure, but it's so much faster with the protractor

Actually, it gave me an idea. I'm using ArtiosCAD for my work, how would it benefit in making a room outlines, and then exporting vectors to Photoshop?

You mean, like creating a wireframe room in your CAD proggie and then exporting it to PS?
For people knowing how to use CAD programs, it might work. But those stuff you've posted earlier already looks very nice so I don't really see the need.

Also:
Maybe recoding that app for free is a call for the Scottish Super Hero

Oh, sorry about the link. But yes, that tool is incredibly expensive. There's still a trial, but I don't know, how feature limited it is...

Too bad, I'm just a php/javascript guy, so I can't recode that tool for free. Though it can't really be that hard to write such an application...