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Baron

  • Mittens Serf
  • Order of the Maggot
  • "You are a good daddy, swarm queen..."
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    • I can help with voice acting
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  • Baron worked on a game that was nominated for an AGS Award!
Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (Extension - 5th May)
« Reply #40 on: 06 May 2012, 02:58 »
Since it's still May 5 my time and I had an unexpected hour to myself, I went ahead and made the option to watch the intro more explicit.  I also added in a few sounds that I'd wanted to track down but hadn't beforehand, and fixed a few stray pixels and hotspot label bugs.  I hope that's cool, contest wise: if not, I'll re-upload the old version.

Between the Pillars of Creation
« Reply #41 on: 06 May 2012, 04:58 »
Here it is, in all of its buggy and untested goodness.




   


   

A crippled ship with missing crew
A crippled man with missing memories
7000 light years from home and trapped...
Between the Pillars of Creation

Here's the link - 75MB

Uploaded with 3 minutes to spare

 - Cogliostro
« Last Edit: 08 May 2012, 04:16 by Cogliostro »
"We are the makers of wonders, my gentle friends, and we are the dreamers of dreams.  Life is but the briefest glory - we burn brightly, then are gone.  Let us dazzle while we may." - Caleb Strange

Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (Extension - 5th May)
« Reply #42 on: 06 May 2012, 06:42 »
LOTS and LOTS of planning had to be dropped in order to make the deadline.   I fully intend to create a second version that covers all of the story and plot gaps I left in this version.

 - Cogliostro

EDIT -- Found my first serious bug.  You will have to use the arrow keys to walk around most of the rooms.
« Last Edit: 06 May 2012, 21:39 by Cogliostro »
"We are the makers of wonders, my gentle friends, and we are the dreamers of dreams.  Life is but the briefest glory - we burn brightly, then are gone.  Let us dazzle while we may." - Caleb Strange

Radiant

  • Mittens Knight
  • AGS Baker
  • ...and we are the Dreamers of Dreams.
  • Radiant worked on a game that was nominated for an AGS Award!Radiant worked on a game that won an AGS Award!
Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (Extension - 5th May)
« Reply #43 on: 06 May 2012, 12:09 »
75 Mb. For a MAGS game. Wow, I'm impressed!

Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (Extension - 5th May)
« Reply #44 on: 06 May 2012, 18:22 »
Since it's still May 5 my time and I had an unexpected hour to myself, I went ahead and made the option to watch the intro more explicit.  I also added in a few sounds that I'd wanted to track down but hadn't beforehand, and fixed a few stray pixels and hotspot label bugs.  I hope that's cool, contest wise: if not, I'll re-upload the old version.

Baron -- If my opinion matters, its completely cool.  Of course, I had to push it to 11:57PM EST in order to get my game uploaded in time.

Radiant -- Thanks!   Of course, that's the size when its COMPRESSED.  Its a complete monster when unzipped.

 - Cogliostro


« Last Edit: 06 May 2012, 21:41 by Cogliostro »
"We are the makers of wonders, my gentle friends, and we are the dreamers of dreams.  Life is but the briefest glory - we burn brightly, then are gone.  Let us dazzle while we may." - Caleb Strange

Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (Extension - 5th May)
« Reply #45 on: 06 May 2012, 21:04 »
Thanks Baron and Cogliostro, now it's voting time!


For voting please visit the MAGS site or make your choice right here:

Wages of Darkness by Baron (Art by Kastchey, Music by Doc Savage)
Between the Pillars of Creation by Cogliostro

Please vote only once and be sure to have played all games before sending your voice! Good luck to all participants.


Also, finally cleared backlog of MAGS entries on the site (hadn't been updated since November). This means Maggies 11 can begin in a few days after the Awards Ceremony and its aftermath has passed!

Tabata

  • mouse-fetishist & smiley-maniac
Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (VOTE)
« Reply #46 on: 08 May 2012, 18:57 »
... now it's voting time!
...

Until when do we have to be done with the voting?
             
 

Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (VOTE)
« Reply #47 on: 08 May 2012, 19:30 »
... now it's voting time!
...

Until when do we have to be done with the voting?
             

Indeed

Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (VOTE)
« Reply #48 on: 08 May 2012, 19:37 »
Usually after fifteen days or until there is a clear winner.

WHAM

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    • I can help with translating
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  • WHAM worked on a game that was nominated for an AGS Award!
Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (VOTE)
« Reply #49 on: 08 May 2012, 19:42 »
Cool games, glad to see people making the most of the unusual theme! :) 
Quote from: Ghost
My penis still talks to me in the dark of the night but that's okay, he always does that.

Ghost

  • Guest
Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (VOTE)
« Reply #50 on: 13 May 2012, 22:29 »
Is there a winner yet?  (roll)

Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (VOTE)
« Reply #51 on: 15 May 2012, 02:10 »
what about now :)?

Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (VOTE)
« Reply #52 on: 15 May 2012, 21:47 »
We certainly have a winner:

Wages of Darkness by Baron (Art by Kastchey, Music by Doc Savage)
9 vote(s)
Between the Pillars of Creation by Cogliostro
5 vote(s)

Congrats Baron, Kastchey and Doc Sav!

Actually the winner was changing all the time until Wages of Darkness got a majority of 4, because of 2 more contributors I assumed 2 more intrinsic votes. Alas first past the post has been upheld in all its glory...
By the way, next month I will be scrapping the vote, and instead you must write an essay of 1000 words min on why strawberry Cornettos are better than mint and chocolate. Whoever has the most convincing argument wins woo!

Ghost

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Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (CLOSED)
« Reply #53 on: 16 May 2012, 08:35 »
Congratulations, baron and team!

Strawberries are an atrocity!

WHAM

  • WHAMGAMES
    • I can help with AGS tutoring
    •  
    • I can help with play testing
    •  
    • I can help with scripting
    •  
    • I can help with story design
    •  
    • I can help with translating
    •  
    • I can help with voice acting
    •  
  • WHAM worked on a game that was nominated for an AGS Award!
Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (CLOSED)
« Reply #54 on: 16 May 2012, 08:36 »
Congratulations, Baron!
Quote from: Ghost
My penis still talks to me in the dark of the night but that's okay, he always does that.

Baron

  • Mittens Serf
  • Order of the Maggot
  • "You are a good daddy, swarm queen..."
    • I can help with AGS tutoring
    •  
    • Best Innovation Award Winner 2011, for the concept and management of SWARMAGS
    •  
    • I can help with voice acting
    •  
  • Baron worked on a game that was nominated for an AGS Award!
Re: MAGS April: "Distorted Senses" (CLOSED)
« Reply #55 on: 16 May 2012, 12:39 »
Thank you, thank you!

I couldn't have done it without my team.  To be more precise, I probably wouldn't have done it without my team: time is such a precious commodity for me these days.  But I'm glad they were so keen on the concept to put in all the (free) work to make it a reality.  I plan a few tweaks and polishes and then I intend to release the game to a wider public (ie more than the fourteen (?!?) people that play MAGS games).  Thanks to everyone who voted for Wages of Darkness, and thanks to Cogliostro for providing some stiff competition!

As a side note, I like the idea of voting with an essay, but on the topic of the games.  Yes, such a process will inevitably yield some ugly truths and probably more than a couple elaborate falsehoods, but the feedback would be invaluable for a developer keen on building a better game.  Plus it would be immensely entertaining to watch the debate rage one way and then another as each voter tries to outwit the arguments of the one that comes before.  I guess I've just got a soft spot for the good old days of the Roman arena....