AGS Awards 2017 - Results!

cat · Mon 01/01/2018 09:06:45

Welcome to the AGS Awards, the event where the you, the player, choose the best games of the year!

Step # 0 - play them games!
You have some time to play games made in 2017. Do it!
Step # 1 - nomination time!
Select games you deem worthy in each category!
Step # 2 - vote, folks!
Pick from the nominees and we get a winner!
Step # 3 - party!
Big party to celebrate the winners!

Results are revealed!

Best Programming
Last & Furious

Best Short Game
I Want Out!

Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
Last & Furious

Best Demo
Jorry [Demo]

Best Voice Work
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots

Best Music & Sound
Neofeud

Best Animation
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Character Art
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Background Art
I Want Out!

Best Puzzles
I Want Out!
Black Morph
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots)

Best Gameplay
Black Morph

Best Character
"Captain Disaster" from Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots

Best Writing
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Game Created with AGS
A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition

Lifetime Achievement Award
Slasher

Best Innovation Award
monkey0506
for his work to help AGS games reach the widest possible audience - through popular distribution platforms (Steam, Galaxy) as well as other operating systems (Android, Linux).

A bit of statistics

There were 106 games released last year
49 people nominated games
68 people voted for the awards, which is more than last year
24 games were nominated for at least one award
8 games won 17 awards in 15 categories
12 awards went to freeware games

The number of awards per game:

4 awards
Terror of the Vampire!

3 awards
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
I Want Out!

2 awards
Black Morph
Last & Furious

1 award
A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Neofeud
Jorry [Demo]

See the nominated games on the wiki page: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/AGS_Awards_2017

Here is a list of the games sorted by nomination count (thanks CaptainD!):
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=55659.msg636581039#msg636581039

And here are the nomination results per category (thanks JimRead for putting them in order)

Spoiler

Best Programming

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Black Morph
Kanji Gakusei
Last & Furious
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Short Game

Archeos
Black Morph
Hang On
I Want Out!
Memories Fade

Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS

AGS Cycles
Astron
Dungeon Hands
Last & Furious
Pickpocket RPG

Best Demo

Detective Gallo
Dysmaton (Formerly "Forgotten City") Demo Version
Jorry [Demo]
SRAM 2 - Cinomeh's Revenge (demo)
Stable Pete and the Joust (DEMO)

Best Voice Work

10 Ways From Sunday
A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Neofeud
Rat Channel

Best Music & Sound

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Neofeud
Unexpected at the Rising Star

Best Animation

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Black Morph
Jorry [Demo]
Legend of Hand
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Character Art

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
I Want Out!
Legend of Hand
Neofeud
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Background Art

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Black Morph
I Want Out!
Neofeud
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Puzzles

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Black Morph
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
I Want Out!
Legend of Hand

Best Gameplay

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Black Morph
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Last & Furious
Legend of Hand

Best Character

"Captain Disaster" from "Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots"
"Dr. Ego Goodmind" from "Terror of the Vampire!"
"Karl Carbon" from "Neofeud"
"Luke" from "I Want Out!"

Best Writing

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Legend of Hand
Neofeud
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Freeware Game Created with AGS

Archeos
Black Morph
I Want Out!
Last & Furious
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Game Created with AGS

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Legend of Hand
Neofeud
Terror of the Vampire!

[close]

Congratulations!

How do the AGS Awards work?
(This is information mostly for new members, same procedure as every year)

Every year, the AGS community embarks on a quest to find the best games made in the last year. All games are eligible, that were added to the AGS Database in the year 2017. There is a For Your Consideration thread where authors can promote their games and players get a good overview what might be worth playing.

The awards are a two-step process: First there is a nomination phase where all community members can nominate the eligible games in several categories (it will be the same categories as last year). The top five games of each category make it to the voting. Again, all members of the community can vote on their favourite games.
The final result is then announced in a live ceremony that can be joined either with a special client or any regular irc client (details to follow).

Party like it's 1990 in this thread!

cat · Thu 11/01/2018 19:01:58

Nominations will start soon!

Game makers: Make sure you add your game to the For Your Consideration thread. You should add it before nominations start!

Players: Play the eligible games! A good starting point is the For Your Consideration thread or the AGS Database.

cat · Sat 20/01/2018 14:10:30

Nominations are open!

Use the link in the the forum banner to select the games you deem worthy in each category.

There are a few innovations this year (thanks AGA!):

Your nominations can be edited, no need to redo it all
When you select a game, a screenshot and link to the database will appear
When there is a draw, the time of the nominations will count (first nominated one wins).

Nominations will close on 10/02/2018 at 13:59.

CaptainD · Sat 20/01/2018 19:14:21

Thanks Cat and AGA!

Cassiebsg · Sun 21/01/2018 22:47:07

Awesome innovations! Thanks for doing them!

CaptainD · Mon 22/01/2018 14:17:41

Question from a YouTuber I chatted to earlier - is it okay for him to stream / record the awards ceremony? Any objections / any rules about doing this? Can't remember if the question has come up before.

cat · Mon 22/01/2018 15:25:26

Quote from: CaptainD on Mon 22/01/2018 14:17:41
Question from a YouTuber I chatted to earlier - is it okay for him to stream / record the awards ceremony? Any objections / any rules about doing this? Can't remember if the question has come up before.

I don't see any objections. Last year's ceremony was recorded and uploaded by Gurok, and so were the previous years recorded by someone. I might also pastebin the chatlog this year. It would be best if he contacted Snarky before the event, because he is the one responsible for the client.

Quote from: via PM
I wanted to ask if I can nominate my own game. Is it allowed?

Yes, it is allowed, if you think your game did well in that category. Please don't nominate your (or actually any game) in every category right away but for the categories where you think it is really good at.

Danvzare · Tue 23/01/2018 12:50:58

Quote from: cat on Mon 22/01/2018 15:25:26
Quote from: via PM
I wanted to ask if I can nominate my own game. Is it allowed?
Yes, it is allowed, if you think your game did well in that category. Please don't nominate your (or actually any game) in every category right away but for the categories where you think it is really good at.

Good to know, thanks for this.

KyriakosCH · Tue 23/01/2018 14:35:30

Great!

I started nominating games (4 by now..., in 5 categories). Will have to play a few more to complete as many categories as possible

cat · Tue 23/01/2018 17:40:21

Just for your info: it is not necessary to nominate 10 games in each category. If you only want to nominate for example 3 games for best voice acting, that's okay as well

Cassiebsg · Tue 23/01/2018 18:00:55

Is there a technical reason why some games don't show the picture when selected, even though they do have pictures uploaded into the database?
I thought I would use the feature to quickly remind me of the game and BGs, but noticed that a lot don't show the picture.

Oh well, at there's the link.

KyriakosCH · Tue 23/01/2018 18:36:04

Quote from: cat on Tue 23/01/2018 17:40:21
Just for your info: it is not necessary to nominate 10 games in each category. If you only want to nominate for example 3 games for best voice acting, that's okay as well

I noticed that. Up to now I only nominated 1 game per category

AGA · Tue 23/01/2018 21:18:10

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Tue 23/01/2018 18:00:55
Is there a technical reason why some games don't show the picture when selected, even though they do have pictures uploaded into the database?
I thought I would use the feature to quickly remind me of the game and BGs, but noticed that a lot don't show the picture. Oh well, at there's the link.

The images were marked as broken by some naughty people. I have fixed the 'broken' images, so the thumbnails now load.

Cassiebsg · Tue 23/01/2018 21:20:12

Thanks for the fix AGA

cat · Wed 24/01/2018 18:27:12

A few people have already nominated!

However, one of the commercial adventure games got some votes for "Best Freeware Game", "Best Short Game" and "Best Non-Adventure Game". While I appreciate the enthusiasm regarding nomination, please only nominate games for the categories that apply

cat · Sat 03/02/2018 19:41:14

Only one more week! Don't forget to nominate

Cassiebsg · Sun 04/02/2018 20:11:24

Edit by cat: Moved this here to keep the FYC thread clean:

Quote from: Texmurphy78 on Sun 04/02/2018 20:05:28
Detective Gallo

- For your consideration

Possible Awards:
Best Game created with AGS
Best Writing
Best Character
Best Gameplay
Best Puzzles
Best Background Art
Best Character Art
Best Animation
Best Music & Sound
Best Voice Work
Best Demo
Best Programming

Since the game isn't released yet, I believe you're only eligible for best demo... but maybe I'm wrong?

cat · Mon 05/02/2018 13:18:37

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Sun 04/02/2018 20:11:24
Since the game isn't released yet, I believe you're only eligible for best demo... but maybe I'm wrong?

No, it is eligible for the other awards as well. The The Journey of Iesir Demo was nominated for several awards last year, but only won best demo.

CaptainD · Mon 05/02/2018 14:50:34

Quote from: cat on Mon 05/02/2018 13:18:37
Quote from: Cassiebsg on Sun 04/02/2018 20:11:24
Since the game isn't released yet, I believe you're only eligible for best demo... but maybe I'm wrong?
No, it is eligible for the other awards as well. The The Journey of Iesir Demo was nominated for several awards last year, but only won best demo.

Ah yes I remember that (I was gutted for Dan that he didn't win "Best Background Art" but the competition was really tough!). I would expect that "Best Game created with AGS" is out of bounds for a demo though?

Gallo's art is lovely, wouldn't be surprised to see it get a nomination or two... or three or more!

Cassiebsg · Mon 05/02/2018 16:05:34

Okay then... though to me doesn't make sense, so to me any demo is only eligible in the demo category. The The Journey of Iesir Demo is a bit different since it's a canceled game making the demo the final product (unfortunate).

Anyway, since it's just me, never mind, I'm a "special" person with weird ideas most of the time.

Now back to your regular schedule of For your consideration topic....

EDIT: Thanks for moving the topic.

Stupot · Mon 05/02/2018 22:42:17

I think I mostly agree with Cassie. It's not very likely but I can imagine a scenario where a demo was good enough to win a bunch of other non-demo awards, like best animation, BG art, best story etc. only to then win all the same awards in the same categories for basically the same content the following year.

Gurok · Mon 05/02/2018 23:07:53

I've nominated, but I'm still being told I haven't. When I open the nomination form, my previous entries are all filled out, so I assume something's been saved.

cat · Tue 06/02/2018 11:11:49

Quote from: Stupot on Mon 05/02/2018 22:42:17
It's not very likely but I can imagine a scenario where a demo was good enough to win a bunch of other non-demo awards, like best animation, BG art, best story etc. only to then win all the same awards in the same categories for basically the same content the following year.

Then this game shouldn't be allowed either - it is the same game but with improvements for writing, graphics, voice acting etc.

Short games, non-adventure and freeware games are all allowed for Best Game and the art categories.
I find it difficult to set limitations here. If you don't want to nominate a game, then simply don't do it.

Cassiebsg · Tue 06/02/2018 20:30:39

Yeah, I've been having a hard time figuring where the Deluxe version fits to be honest... Mostly cause I never played (or even seen) the previous version, so I really don't know how much new content there is. In my mind it should be game for anything that is new content: BGs and animations suffered touch ups? Yes.

New voice?

New lines and stuff?

But again, It's hard when you don't know the previous incarnation and what exactly was improved/changed.

And I wouldn't exclude any from any category, we already don't do that. I can nominate a demo for best game if I want... To be able to exclude, the list we can choose from should already exclude all non applicable... As in the non-adventure games the drop-down would only show those that are non-adventure, the demo one would only show demos, etc... That isn't the case (though we could, if in the game settings we could choose the categories that the game has... as a check box if it's a demo, a check-box for voice acting (already there), a check box for music and sfx, for non-adventure, etc... so that when generating the list of game for nomination half the work was already done for us, and it would be hard to "misplace" a game in the wrong category

).

So at the end of the day is up to those doing the FYC thread to suggest the category(s) their game might fit in, and those nominating and casting their votes to decide.

cat · Thu 08/02/2018 18:21:09

*bump*

Nominations close this Saturday at 13:59 GMT! Don't forget to cast your votes before it is too late

AGA · Thu 08/02/2018 19:19:37

Quote from: Gurok on Mon 05/02/2018 23:07:53
I've nominated, but I'm still being told I haven't. When I open the nomination form, my previous entries are all filled out, so I assume something's been saved.

Should be fixed now?

KyriakosCH · Thu 08/02/2018 20:23:02

Nominated a couple more, though only from those i have played, which in total seems to have been 6 or 7 games from 2017... Financial situation is dire, so 7 is not as bad as it sounds

cat · Thu 08/02/2018 20:53:10

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Thu 08/02/2018 20:23:02
Financial situation is dire, so 7 is not as bad as it sounds

There are tons of freeware games - there is still some time to play a few of them.

KyriakosCH · Thu 08/02/2018 21:11:46

Quote from: cat on Thu 08/02/2018 20:53:10
Quote from: KyriakosCH on Thu 08/02/2018 20:23:02
Financial situation is dire, so 7 is not as bad as it sounds
There are tons of freeware games - there is still some time to play a few of them.

Oh, the issue is time. Freelance translating means i have to be out on the look for euros

Creamy · Thu 08/02/2018 21:15:08

I 'm thankful for the hard work of the people behind the ceremony but this monstrous form is really off-putting.

I couldn't find how to stay logged on indefinitely so I crossed my finges and filled it.
It's only when I clicked on the "submit" button - about one hour later - that I knew that I had been disconnected

Is there really no way to put the categories on different pages?

KyriakosCH · Thu 08/02/2018 21:21:22

^You can list some in one go and then list more, afaik as many times as you want to. At least i hope it works (it did for my two tries, but who knows until we see the code

)

cat · Thu 08/02/2018 21:31:03

@Creamy:
I'm sorry you experienced such inconvenience. KyriakosCH is right, you don't have to do the nominations in one go. Just fill in one category and submit, then do the next. Your votes will be stored and should re-appear when you open the form again.

AGA · Thu 08/02/2018 21:56:42

Quote from: Creamy on Thu 08/02/2018 21:15:08
Is there really no way to put the categories on different pages?

"Really no way"? Of course it's possible, but I've never seen anyone even suggest it before!

However, I think people would find clicking through 20 pages to vote just as annoying...

Oh, and click 'stay logged in indefinitely' or somesuch when you log in to stay logged in.

Creamy · Thu 08/02/2018 22:11:17

QuoteJust fill in one category and submit, then do the next. Your votes will be stored and should re-appear when you open the form again.

QuoteOh, and click 'stay logged in indefinitely' or somesuch when you log in to stay logged in.

All right, that's just me being stupid. Will do.

Gurok · Fri 09/02/2018 00:46:55

Quote from: AGA on Thu 08/02/2018 19:19:37
Quote from: Gurok on Mon 05/02/2018 23:07:53
I've nominated, but I'm still being told I haven't. When I open the nomination form, my previous entries are all filled out, so I assume something's been saved.

Should be fixed now?

Yes, it's fixed now. Thanks for that! I wasn't sure if I'd missed something.

cat · Fri 09/02/2018 20:10:18

Only a few hours left!

Only the top 5 games of each category will be nominated and they need to have at least five votes each. If the required number of votes is not met, there could be less than 5 nominees for a category.

SilverSpook · Fri 09/02/2018 20:34:33

Everyone immediately vote for Captain Disaster, and simultaneously open a category for most sci-fi references in a p-n-c adventure game.

Cassiebsg · Fri 09/02/2018 20:40:59

What do you mean by "Only the top 5 games of each category" ??

Hope you mean the 5 most nominated in each category (but with a minimum of 5 votes)... And not the order in which they are nominated...

Quote
You can select up to ten nominations for each of the categories below; the order you enter them is not significant,

cat · Fri 09/02/2018 20:47:24

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Fri 09/02/2018 20:40:59
Hope you mean the 5 most nominated in each category (but with a minimum of 5 votes)... And not the order in which they are nominated...

Yes, of course. The order does not matter. Sorry if it was not clear.

CaptainD · Fri 09/02/2018 20:58:21

Quote from: SilverSpook on Fri 09/02/2018 20:34:33
Everyone immediately vote for Captain Disaster, and simultaneously open a category for most sci-fi references in a p-n-c adventure game.

I second this notion!!

KyriakosCH · Sat 10/02/2018 11:05:15

Isn't a minimum of "5 votes" for actual Nomination a bit unrealistic?
I think it would make far more sense to have a minimum of nominated options, tbh. Nominating is NOT voting for the game.

Jack · Sat 10/02/2018 11:38:15

Quote from: cat on Fri 09/02/2018 20:10:18
Only the top 5 games of each category will be nominated and they need to have at least five votes each. If the required number of votes is not met, there could be less than 5 nominees for a category.

Is this new?

Hobo · Sat 10/02/2018 12:21:59

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Sat 10/02/2018 11:05:15
Isn't a minimum of "5 votes" for actual Nomination a bit unrealistic?

Probably not for most categories, at least I have faith that the community is more active than that. And hopefully this decision is based on statistics from previous years.

Anyway, I managed to fill up almost all of the categories. Lots of good games this year again, a few clear favourites for me, but in some cases it was very hard to decide, which ones to keep in or leave out.

KyriakosCH · Sat 10/02/2018 13:31:24

I think it isn't a good idea at all. Furthermore, we weren't told it was going to be a voting contest to just have a game nominated.
Anyway, it seems my game won't give me the fame and money i deserve, afterall

Snarky · Sat 10/02/2018 14:08:27

Quote from: Jack on Sat 10/02/2018 11:38:15
Is this new?

No, it's been like this since... forever, apparently (lots of categories with only 3 or 4 nominees in the 2001 Awards). It has often meant there have been less than 5 nominees for Best NPC, Best Sound Effects or Best Demo, for example.

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Sat 10/02/2018 13:31:24
I think it isn't a good idea at all. Furthermore, we weren't told it was going to be a voting contest to just have a game nominated.
Anyway, it seems my game won't give me the fame and money i deserve, afterall

It's tacky to complain about the rules mid-way through the process. If you think they should be changed, make a proposal for next year.

NicolaGs · Sat 10/02/2018 14:27:51

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Sat 10/02/2018 13:31:24
we weren't told it was going to be a voting contest to just have a game nominated.

We were, KyriakosCH...

Quote from first post :

QuoteStep # 0 - play them games!
You have some time to play games made in 2017. Do it!
Step # 1 - nomination time!
Select games you deem worthy in each category!
Step # 2 - vote, folks!
Pick from the nominees and we get a winner!
Step # 3 - party!
Big party to celebrate the winners!

Jack · Sat 10/02/2018 14:33:16

Quote from: Snarky on Sat 10/02/2018 14:08:27
No, it's been like this since... forever, apparently (lots of categories with only 3 or 4 nominees in the 2001 Awards). It has often meant there have been less than 5 nominees for Best NPC, Best Sound Effects or Best Demo, for example.

Right, but is it new that games with fewer than 5 nominations gets thrown out?

KyriakosCH · Sat 10/02/2018 14:40:08

Quote from: Jack on Sat 10/02/2018 14:33:16
Quote from: Snarky on Sat 10/02/2018 14:08:27
No, it's been like this since... forever, apparently (lots of categories with only 3 or 4 nominees in the 2001 Awards). It has often meant there have been less than 5 nominees for Best NPC, Best Sound Effects or Best Demo, for example.

Right, but is it new that games with fewer than 5 nominations gets thrown out?

This

Personally i think it doesn't make sense, given getting to be an option to be voted upon means just that; it doesn't mean you won. So it seems overkill to have to get 5 votes as a nomination, so that the game can be then voted upon.
Yet i agree it is just fun, so no hard feelings obviously. Just noted i wasn't aware one needed 5 votes as a nomination to be allowed to be in the games then to be voted upon for anything

Snarky · Sat 10/02/2018 15:52:56

Quote from: Jack on Sat 10/02/2018 14:33:16
Quote from: Snarky on Sat 10/02/2018 14:08:27
No, it's been like this since... forever, apparently (lots of categories with only 3 or 4 nominees in the 2001 Awards). It has often meant there have been less than 5 nominees for Best NPC, Best Sound Effects or Best Demo, for example.

Right, but is it new that games with fewer than 5 nominations gets thrown out?

I don't know how to make it any clearer: No.

cat · Sat 10/02/2018 16:11:23

Nominations are over

A huge thank you to everyone who took the time to play and nominate the games.

The nominated games will be announced soon once the votes have been counted.

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Sat 10/02/2018 11:05:15
Isn't a minimum of "5 votes" for actual Nomination a bit unrealistic?
I think it would make far more sense to have a minimum of nominated options, tbh. Nominating is NOT voting for the game.

No, I don't think so. Many people participated in the nomination process and everyone could nominate up to 10 different games for each category.
The goal of the nominations is to create a shortlist of the best games in each category. If not even 5 people thought a game stood out in a certain category, then probably it didn't.

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Sat 10/02/2018 13:31:24
Furthermore, we weren't told it was going to be a voting contest to just have a game nominated.

Of course you were - it's in the first post:

Quote from: cat on Mon 01/01/2018 09:06:45
The awards are a two-step process: First there is a nomination phase where all community members can nominate the eligible games in several categories (it will be the same categories as last year). The top five games of each category make it to the voting. Again, all members of the community can vote on their favourite games.
The final result is then announced in a live ceremony that can be joined either with a special client or any regular irc client (details to follow).

And Snarky is right: The rules can be discussed and changed - but only for next year's awards. For now, we stick to the rules of last year (and most years before that)

AGA · Sat 10/02/2018 21:31:56

There are more than enough nominations in almost every category every year. And yes, it's almost always been that it's five votes minimum. If fewer people than that nominate a game, is it really deserving of being called award winning, or just the best of a bad bunch?

cat · Sun 11/02/2018 11:15:37

Votes are counted!

The results will be revealed in a casual irc ceremony tonight at 20:00 GMT.
Join us in #ags on irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk with the irc client of your choice.

CaptainD · Sun 11/02/2018 12:41:53

Thanks Cat and AGA!

cat · Sun 11/02/2018 19:44:11

Join us in #ags on irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk with the irc client of your choice.

CaptainD · Sun 11/02/2018 20:47:34

Congrats to all the nominees - some great games this year. The voting is going to be very close I think.

Thanks for hosting!

cat · Sun 11/02/2018 20:52:42

Here are the nomination results (thanks JimRead for putting them in order)

Best Programming

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Black Morph
Kanji Gakusei
Last & Furious
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Short Game

Archeos
Black Morph
Hang On
I Want Out!
Memories Fade

Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS

AGS Cycles
Astron
Dungeon Hands
Last & Furious
Pickpocket RPG

Best Demo

Detective Gallo
Dysmaton (Formerly "Forgotten City") Demo Version
Jorry [Demo]
SRAM 2 - Cinomeh's Revenge (demo)
Stable Pete and the Joust (DEMO)

Best Voice Work

10 Ways From Sunday
A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Neofeud
Rat Channel

Best Music & Sound

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Neofeud
Unexpected at the Rising Star

Best Animation

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Black Morph
Jorry [Demo]
Legend of Hand
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Character Art

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
I Want Out!
Legend of Hand
Neofeud
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Background Art

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Black Morph
I Want Out!
Neofeud
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Puzzles

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Black Morph
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
I Want Out!
Legend of Hand

Best Gameplay

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Black Morph
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Last & Furious
Legend of Hand

Best Character

"Captain Disaster" from "Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots"
"Dr. Ego Goodmind" from "Terror of the Vampire!"
"Karl Carbon" from "Neofeud"
"Luke" from "I Want Out!"

Best Writing

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Legend of Hand
Neofeud
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Freeware Game Created with AGS

Archeos
Black Morph
I Want Out!
Last & Furious
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Game Created with AGS

A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Legend of Hand
Neofeud
Terror of the Vampire!

Congratulations!

KyriakosCH · Sun 11/02/2018 21:27:27

Well done to those who got 5 votes

I know some of the games, and thankfully one of those i voted for ended in (Memories fade). (actually two; Last and Furious as well

)

Stupot · Sun 11/02/2018 23:59:11

Congrats to the nominees.

Still a few there I haven't played yet. When does the voting proper begin (and end)?

Gurok · Mon 12/02/2018 00:16:37

Congratulations everyone who got nominated!

I'm a little sad that the Smallest Points missed out on a nomination. Oh well.

Second to Stupot's question, is it too early to ask when the awards ceremony is going to be held? Are we using that pick-a-time tool again? We could do that at the same time as voting.

LimpingFish · Mon 12/02/2018 01:22:55

Congratulations to all those nom'd!

Nice variety of titles, a few expected, but with some surprises.

SilverSpook · Mon 12/02/2018 02:50:57

Congrats to all nominees this year!

cat · Mon 12/02/2018 08:26:58

Quote from: Stupot on Sun 11/02/2018 23:59:11
Still a few there I haven't played yet. When does the voting proper begin (and end)?

Quote from: Gurok on Mon 12/02/2018 00:16:37
Second to Stupot's question, is it too early to ask when the awards ceremony is going to be held? Are we using that pick-a-time tool again? We could do that at the same time as voting.

Voting will run from 13/02 to 07/03.
There will be a voting about the ceremony date. I'll set up a poll soon (I need to check with Snarky first, when the client will be ready).

Radiant · Mon 12/02/2018 10:22:54

Congrats to all the nominees!!

Danvzare · Mon 12/02/2018 11:53:34

Congratulations everyone who got nominated!

There's a nice diverse list this year.

CaptainD · Mon 12/02/2018 12:18:38

In case anyone's interested, these are the nominees sorted by number of nominations:

10
A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition

8
Terror of the Vampire!

7
Black Morph
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
Neofeud

6
I Want Out!
Legend of Hand

4
Last & Furious

2
Archeos
Jorry [Demo]

1
Kanji Gakusei
Hang On
Memories Fade
AGS Cycles
Astron
Dungeon Hands
Pickpocket RPG
Detective Gallo
Dysmaton (Formerly "Forgotten City") Demo Version
SRAM 2 - Cinomeh's Revenge (demo)
Stable Pete and the Joust (DEMO)
10 Ways From Sunday
Rat Channel
Unexpected at the Rising Star

24 different games nominated in total. As Danzare mentioned, a fantastic diversity of titles! Almost a quarter of the eligible games got a nomination for something, and let's not forget that there are some quality games that didn't quite make it to a nomination.

The AGS community is awesome

Danvzare · Mon 12/02/2018 12:27:31

*When you see a game that you nominated, only got one nomination.*

CaptainD · Mon 12/02/2018 12:30:21

Quote from: Danvzare on Mon 12/02/2018 12:27:31
*When you see a game that you nominated, only got one nomination.*

... it means at least 4 other people nominated the same game in the same category, no?

cat · Mon 12/02/2018 13:03:40

Quote from: CaptainD on Mon 12/02/2018 12:30:21
Quote from: Danvzare on Mon 12/02/2018 12:27:31
*When you see a game that you nominated, only got one nomination.*

... it means at least 4 other people nominated the same game in the same category, no?

Absolutely!

And thanks CaptainD for compiling the list by nomination count, I linked it in the first post. This is useful to see which games you have yet to play before voting.
Lots of different games got nominated. And while a few games got nominated for many categories, nomination count varied for each category. This means people did not blindly nominate one game in every category but really thought about which game to nominate. Thanks for that!

Riaise · Mon 12/02/2018 13:29:30

Whaaat?! I can't believe it! Thank you so much to everyone who nominated Memories Fade, it really means a lot to see it there amongst all those other amazing games!

Congratulations to all of the other nominees!

EDIT: Yaaaay! And now I have one of those nice shiny icons below my username!

Cassiebsg · Mon 12/02/2018 15:57:00

Hey, just like to thanks those that thought my little games were worth a nomination.

And congrats to all nominees.

KyriakosCH · Mon 12/02/2018 19:16:46

Quote from: Riaise on Mon 12/02/2018 13:29:30
Whaaat?! I can't believe it! Thank you so much to everyone who nominated Memories Fade, it really means a lot to see it there amongst all those other amazing games!

Congratulations to all of the other nominees!

EDIT: Yaaaay! And now I have one of those nice shiny icons below my username!

I am happy your game is there. I plan to vote for it again in the actual vote

I am sad, by contrast, that Joe's miserable life didn't get enough nominations (it got mine).

cat · Mon 12/02/2018 20:00:13

AGA updated the wiki page:

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/AGS_Awards_2017

You can see all nominees there with a link to the database entry.

Cassiebsg · Mon 12/02/2018 20:50:50

Ahm... cat, the Best character is messed up

â€" Dr. Ego Goodmind is from Terror of the Vampire! no Capt.Disaster
And then all the others characters need to "jump" one place up to fit their games...

Edit:
And Last & Furious should be Crimson Wizard & JimReed

EDIT2:

As much flattered as I am... Unexepected wasn't nominated for best voice, Rat Channel was.
At least that what you posted on irc and on the post above...

FireFlower · Mon 12/02/2018 21:20:35

Congrats!

Creamy · Mon 12/02/2018 22:15:37

Wow...seven nominations!

Thank you, morphing enthusiasts.

SilverSpook · Tue 13/02/2018 06:28:59

Congrats everyone on the nominations! Thanks to everyone who voted for Neofeud.

I blame its seven nominations on the fact that no Wadjet Eye games were released this year! Hahahahahahahahahahadavegetunavoweddonehahahahahahahahaha!

Riaise · Tue 13/02/2018 13:35:41

Quote from: KyriakosCH on Mon 12/02/2018 19:16:46
I am happy your game is there. I plan to vote for it again in the actual vote

selmiak · Tue 13/02/2018 13:37:38

I can only echo Creamy here, WOW 7 FREAKING NOMINATIONS FOR BLACK MORPH! Thanks everyone that nominated this nice little game!

Congrats to all other nominated games and authors...

NicolaGs · Tue 13/02/2018 14:34:11

I came here with no real expectation.
Now, thanks to you, dear voters, I'm feeling a bit anxious...

.

Thank you and congrats to all the nominees...

xBRANEx · Tue 13/02/2018 16:16:09

I don't get it. I've nominated Robolovers.

One can't nominate his own game?

Cassiebsg · Tue 13/02/2018 16:20:41

I've also nominated Robolovers in more than one category, but takes at least 5 ppl to nominate it in the same category, plus then it needs to in the top 5 of the nominated... so it might have ended as 6th place nomination in a category or two.

CaptainD · Tue 13/02/2018 16:26:53

What Cassie said - there are a lot of good games that do miss out every year, not because they're bad games or that people don't like them, but just because don't get as many votes as some other games. With over a hundred games released last year that were made with AGS, there was a lot of competition!

Looking at the excellent user ratings your game got I would say that you probably missed out very narrowly!

CaptainD · Tue 13/02/2018 18:52:20

Anyone else getting an error message about not being Admin when they try to vote?

cat · Tue 13/02/2018 19:05:00

Voting has started! Use the link in the forum banner and vote for your favourite games!

@xBRANEx Cassiebsg and CaptainD are right - only the 5 games with most nominations per category get nominated.

SilverSpook · Tue 13/02/2018 19:46:59

Quote from: cat on Tue 13/02/2018 19:05:00
Voting has started! Use the link in the forum banner and vote for your favourite games!

@xBRANEx Cassiebsg and CaptainD are right - only the 5 games with most nominations per category get nominated.

Hm, the link appears to only let admins through.

cat · Tue 13/02/2018 20:34:06

Should be working now - can you please try it?

SilverSpook · Tue 13/02/2018 20:57:33

Yep it's working now!

xBRANEx · Tue 13/02/2018 21:41:34

Oh, I get it, sorry! None of the games I nominated are in the poll, though. Will have to find one to vote for!

CaptainD · Tue 13/02/2018 22:02:00

Unexpected at the Rising Star is listed for Best Voicework but I don't think this is correct (much as I would love it to be!).

Ibispi · Tue 13/02/2018 22:09:18

I noticed that Archeos is in the 'best background art' category for voting. But it wasn't so for the nominations, Neofeud was there instead. I mean, I don't mind it (and Fantome Bleu doesn't - he drew the backgrounds) but it seems like an error.

AGA · Tue 13/02/2018 22:30:14

Quote from: CaptainD on Tue 13/02/2018 22:02:00
Unexpected at the Rising Star is listed for Best Voicework but I don't think this is correct (much as I would love it to be!).

Quote from: Ibispi on Tue 13/02/2018 22:09:18
I noticed that Archeos is in the 'best background art' category for voting. But it wasn't so for the nominations, Neofeud was there instead. I mean, I don't mind it (and Fantome Bleu doesn't - he drew the backgrounds) but it seems like an error.

Thanks for the honesty, both. I've fixed them both, and double checked all the possible votes against the top nominees.

KyriakosCH · Tue 13/02/2018 23:38:10

Voted

As a rule, i only would vote for games i actually played. Almost all my nominations were on games i played too -- only exception was Last and Furious, but it was in a special category as well

shaun9991 · Wed 14/02/2018 09:43:34

Thanks so much guys for nominating Legend of Hand in so many categories!

It's an honour to be among so many great games

Arlann · Thu 15/02/2018 18:03:56

Thanks for these nominations for Jorry, is very encouraging.
Congratulations to all and good luck!

Pilchard · Thu 15/02/2018 18:53:56

Thanks for the nod to Hang On for Best Short Game, any of you who voted for that! I'm honoured, and it was a nice surprise to find out from Chicky over Discord the other day.

m0ds · Sun 18/02/2018 14:08:32

Good luck! And hey, if you don't win, remember, you can just update your game next year into a "deluxe" version, give it a new db page and enter it again

Fizzii · Sun 18/02/2018 19:25:02

Quote from: MJL on Sun 18/02/2018 14:08:32
Good luck! And hey, if you don't win, remember, you can just update your game next year into a "deluxe" version, give it a new db page and enter it again

To be fair, ATOTK doesn't even set this precedent - Technobabylon was also a remake.

This sort of comment dismisses the amount of effort we put into updating the game - with organising voice recording and editing, painting several backgrounds from scratch, redoing many many sprite frames and adding in extra animations, rewriting of the script, and not to mention reprogramming it all (especially with the updated background layouts, and all the wandering NPCs and different actions that occur on the same screen(s) at different points in time, this isn't trivial). We didn't make the Deluxe edition for the purpose of winning AGS awards either - we did it because we felt the game deserved an update and also needed one to be fit for a commercial release.

Also, in the For Your Consideration thread, you may have noticed that Radiant didn't ask to be nominated in every category (and I certainly didn't nominate for more than what he listed, and I put down a bunch of other games too). Getting nominated in so many categories was very much a surprise for us, so we are happy that the broader AGS community is supportive of the game.

Good luck to all that are nominated! There are certainly many interesting games on the list

Snarky · Mon 19/02/2018 17:41:48

(This note refers to a now-deleted post.)

How to treat remakes/deluxe versions is a difficult question, and I can see both sides of the issue there. Might be worth having a debate about for next year's awards. Derailing the thread into direct personal attacks is clearly unacceptable. There will be a moderator discussion. Please leave personal animosities out of this thread. Thanks!

cat · Mon 19/02/2018 19:53:49

Ceremony Date and Time Poll

Once the votes are counted, we want to award the games Oscars-style. Let's decide on a date and time for the ceremony!

We need a bit of time to update the awards client. So the ceremony will happen on the weekend 23-25 of March.

Please add your preferences for date and time to this doodle poll using your forum name (you can also choose "ifneedsbe" for a time)
https://doodle.com/poll/9rtubmsievcmvqbq
I hope the time zone is shown correctly for you.

And remember, we still need help with the client:
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=55641.0

cat · Sun 25/02/2018 20:02:22

There is a strong tendency towards March 24 (Sat) from 20:00 to 23:00 GMT. Unless this changes significantly in the next few days, our ceremony will happen then.

SilverSpook · Sun 25/02/2018 21:00:40

Yeah 20:00 GMT is fine!

Privateer Puddin' · Sun 25/02/2018 21:05:40

Isn't that starting at 10 AM for Hawaii? Will be 4am for me in Hong Kong

edit: you changed your reply

cat · Mon 26/02/2018 09:50:31

I know it is an inconvenient time for a few people. The problem is, we are an international community. For someone it will always be in the middle of the night...

Privateer Puddin' · Mon 26/02/2018 09:55:22

Quote from: cat on Mon 26/02/2018 09:50:31
I know it is an inconvenient time for a few people. The problem is, we are an international community. For someone it will always be in the middle of the night...

No it's fine - It's why I didn't enter a time because I knew I'm in the minority

Snarky · Mon 26/02/2018 12:05:41

Quote from: Privateer Puddin' on Sun 25/02/2018 21:05:40
Will be 4am for me in Hong Kong

Given that it usually runs for almost 3 hours, you might be able to at least catch the "Best Game" presentation at the end, if you get up early at 6:30 or so.

Privateer Puddin' · Mon 26/02/2018 12:15:28

It's fine, I only mentioned it because SilverSpook's original post had the wrong time for Hawaii

cat · Mon 26/02/2018 19:10:42

Alright, since there are no more votes in the poll, let's finish the doodle. The ceremony will be held on March 24 (Sat) at 20:00 GMT. Details about the client will follow.

In the meantime, there is still time to play the games and vote. And because the ceremony will happen that late, the voting period has been extended - more time for you to play all games and vote

Stupot · Tue 27/02/2018 00:27:34

Oh damn. I won't be able to participate. I work first thing on a Sunday morning here.

I could try to get up early and join the first hour but I think rather than get a â€˜where are you?' phone call from Mandle for a third straight year, it's better to officially rule myself out and hand over MAGGIES presenting honors to someone who will definitely be present.

CaptainD · Tue 27/02/2018 10:00:09

Just a small point - clocks change on Sunday 25th March so awards ceremony will still be BST not GMT.

cat · Tue 27/02/2018 12:14:01

Quote from: CaptainD on Tue 27/02/2018 10:00:09
Just a small point - clocks change on Sunday 25th March so awards ceremony will still be BST not GMT.

Huh? Don't you mean the other way round?

CaptainD · Tue 27/02/2018 12:15:19

Quote from: cat on Tue 27/02/2018 12:14:01
Quote from: CaptainD on Tue 27/02/2018 10:00:09
Just a small point - clocks change on Sunday 25th March so awards ceremony will still be BST not GMT.

Huh? Don't you mean the other way round?

Er... yes, that's what I meant.

Danvzare · Tue 27/02/2018 13:37:24

Quote from: CaptainD on Tue 27/02/2018 10:00:09
Just a small point - clocks change on Sunday 25th March so awards ceremony will still be BST not GMT.

Oh my... this could get confusing.
At least for me.

CaptainD · Tue 27/02/2018 14:18:04

Quote from: Danvzare on Tue 27/02/2018 13:37:24
Quote from: CaptainD on Tue 27/02/2018 10:00:09
Just a small point - clocks change on Sunday 25th March so awards ceremony will still be BST not GMT.
Oh my... this could get confusing.
At least for me.

My attempts to clear up the confusion have only added to the confusion... I'm sure I rather unintentionally styled Captain Disaster on myself!

paolo · Thu 01/03/2018 20:35:39

So that's 8pm UTC.

AGA · Fri 02/03/2018 06:07:53

A useful link for anyone in doubt. cat, I added this to the first post.

cat · Fri 02/03/2018 16:56:00

Thanks for the link! I'll also post a reminder here before the ceremony starts.

cat · Wed 07/03/2018 19:21:59

This is a quick reminder to vote! In a few categories it is VERY close at the moment, so every vote counts!

CaptainD · Wed 07/03/2018 22:06:46

Quote from: cat on Wed 07/03/2018 19:21:59
This is a quick reminder to vote! In a few categories it is VERY close at the moment, so every vote counts!

May I just say in behalf of everyone nominated...

EEK!

cat · Mon 19/03/2018 19:56:46

Aaaaaand we are done with that - voting is over! Thanks to everyone who played the games and voted

Now everyone prepare for the ceremony this Saturday evening - details to follow. Would be nice if you could dress up your avatars again this year

Danvzare · Tue 20/03/2018 13:53:31

Quote from: cat on Mon 19/03/2018 19:56:46
Would be nice if you could dress up your avatars again this year

Done.

I still can't find my trousers though. $:-\$

Tabata · Tue 20/03/2018 19:59:07

Quote from: cat on Mon 19/03/2018 19:56:46
... Would be nice if you could dress up your avatars again this year

Hey cat, I searched thru my dresser and found an old outfit from looong ago. Would this be more appropriate than my disco-outfit?

Snarky · Tue 20/03/2018 20:25:40

BTW, I'd like to do a beta test of the client this Thursday at 21:00 UTC. Not sure how complete it will be by then, but some testing is better than no testing!

If you have a chance to join in, I'd appreciate it. I'll upload a test build some time Thursday. (At the moment it's a 200+ MB download compressed, and almost 900 MB when expanded.)

cat · Tue 20/03/2018 20:39:01

Quote from: Tabata on Tue 20/03/2018 19:59:07
Would this be more appropriate than my disco-outfit?

You should wear what you think is best to party!

Quote from: Snarky on Tue 20/03/2018 20:25:40
BTW, I'd like to do a beta test of the client this Thursday at 21:00 UTC.

That's great! I hope a few people will join.

Danvzare · Wed 21/03/2018 12:39:31

Quote from: Snarky on Tue 20/03/2018 20:25:40
(At the moment it's a 200+ MB download compressed, and almost 900 MB when expanded.)

Oh my.

Was it that big last year? I could've sworn it was less than a quarter that size.

selmiak · Wed 21/03/2018 13:37:59

Quote from: Danvzare on Wed 21/03/2018 12:39:31
Quote from: Snarky on Tue 20/03/2018 20:25:40
(At the moment it's a 200+ MB download compressed, and almost 900 MB when expanded.)
Oh my. Was it that big last year? I could've sworn it was less than a quarter that size.

there might be some awesome animations that eat up lots of space....

Stupot · Wed 21/03/2018 13:44:51

Will someone be recoring the event?
I gotsta see it.

Gurok · Wed 21/03/2018 14:42:40

Yes! Stu, I'll be recording it and uploading it to YouTube shortly after. I heard someone might be streaming it this year too.

Snarky · Wed 21/03/2018 16:22:15

Quote from: Danvzare on Wed 21/03/2018 12:39:31
Quote from: Snarky on Tue 20/03/2018 20:25:40
(At the moment it's a 200+ MB download compressed, and almost 900 MB when expanded.)
Oh my. Was it that big last year? I could've sworn it was less than a quarter that size.

It was slightly over 500 MB last year. There are a lot of new graphics and music tracks in this version that add significantly to the size. There might be some outdated ones that can be removed to cut down on the size, but there are also still some things left to import, so don't count on it getting any smaller.

CaptainD · Wed 21/03/2018 17:13:16

Quote from: Gurok on Wed 21/03/2018 14:42:40
Yes! Stu, I'll be recording it and uploading it to YouTube shortly after. I heard someone might be streaming it this year too.

A guy I know on Twitter - GameWalker - is planning to stream it, and I believe SilverSpook is too.

SilverSpook · Wed 21/03/2018 20:28:33

Yes, I will be livestreaming the AGS Awards from my Youtube channel, as I mentioned on the Neofeud Steam site and Itch devlog.

Ponch · Wed 21/03/2018 21:48:41

Looking forward to the event.

Snarky · Thu 22/03/2018 15:57:38

As a reminder, the beta test takes place at 21:00 GMT tonight (a little bit more than 5 hours from the time of this post). You may download a test build of the Awards client here:

Dropbox
Google Drive

There's a minor bug that means if you log on while no one else is online, and you're not a channel op (moderator), you'll get stuck behind the wings of the stage. So just be aware of that if you play around with the client ahead of time.

One of the main things I want to try out in this build is support for registered nicks. So if you're a regular IRC user, you should be able to use your NICKSERV-registered, password-protected nickname. Unfortunately I haven't had time to implement the UI to actual input your password, so for now you have to test it by manually editing the profile.dat file that the client creates to store your profile data. See instructions:

Spoiler

The profile.dat file is stored in the $APPDATA$ folder (this is probably something like C:/Program Data/Adventure Game Studio 3.4.1/AGS Awards 2018/, or "Application Data" instead of "Program Data", depending on your system).

So to test it:

1. Run the game client once, going into the main hall (in order to create a profile.dat file)
2. Locate the profile.dat file that's been created
3. Open it in a text editor
4. Add a line like "nickpassword=mysecretpw" (where mysecretpw is the password for your nick, which should in turn be stored in an existing line like "nick=mynickname")
5. Save and close the profile.dat file.
5. Run the client again. Choose the existing profile.

You should then be able to log on with that nick. If the nick and password don't match you'll be stuck at the login screen and will have to quit the client.

[close]

Obviously I'll fix it so you don't have to go through this process for the actual ceremony. Which, lest you forget, is this Saturday!

m0rph84 · Thu 22/03/2018 16:00:42

Cool,
probably I'll try it...see you in 5 hours.

m0rph84 · Thu 22/03/2018 16:02:25

P.S

Dropbox link seems down

Mandle · Thu 22/03/2018 16:07:05

Quote from: Snarky on Thu 22/03/2018 15:57:38
if you're a regular IRC user, you should be able to use your NICKSERV-registered, password-protected nickname.

And if not? Still able to join?

Snarky · Thu 22/03/2018 16:10:32

Dropbox link seems to have picked up an extra http. Thanks for the catch.

Yeah, if you use a non-registered nick you can simply log on through the client as normal.

Snarky · Thu 22/03/2018 20:13:54

I might not be (properly) online by 21:00. I've been traveling, and first my flight was an hour delayed and now the train is apparently having issues as well. $:-\$

selmiak · Thu 22/03/2018 20:15:09

my avatar enters the venue and then this crash happens

cat · Thu 22/03/2018 20:18:22

@selmiak: update the profile.dat, as described by Snarky.

@Snarky:

The textwindow has no scrollbar
People joining without the client are not visible at all. In earlier versions they were stuck behind the door I think. Would be nice to read their text when audience is muted.

Cassiebsg · Thu 22/03/2018 20:47:43

the GUI for the text with the black transparent BG is very annoying and blocks for the action.
Can you remove it or give an option to remove it?

Personally I would rather have the text in the empty space to the left between the top buttons and the lower clapping buttons... (and limited in lenght to not bleed into the stage. But that might just be me

Oh, I also don't have the apostrophe on the client. when ever I press the key nothing happens (except that it "eats" the next key that I press.... so that instead of typing "I'm" it just types "I" . I'm using a danish keyboard.

Snarky · Thu 22/03/2018 22:08:46

Quote from: Mandle on Thu 22/03/2018 16:07:05
Quote from: Snarky on Thu 22/03/2018 15:57:38
if you're a regular IRC user, you should be able to use your NICKSERV-registered, password-protected nickname.

And if not? Still able to join?

Quote from: Snarky on Thu 22/03/2018 16:10:32
Yeah, if you use a non-registered nick you can simply log on through the client as normal.

Apparently I lied. Due to a bug you can't currently log on without a password. I'll fix that, obviously.

Thanks for everyone participating, and thanks for detailed bug reports and requests.

selmiak · Thu 22/03/2018 22:09:36

Quote from: cat on Thu 22/03/2018 20:18:22
@selmiak: update the profile.dat, as described by Snarky.

I was in the normal #ags IRC with the same nick, that broke the client. A message, that the nick is already in use would be preferred

Deleting the profile.dat and retrying with a new nick helped.

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Thu 22/03/2018 20:47:43
the GUI for the text with the black transparent BG is very annoying and blocks for the action.
Can you remove it or give an option to remove it?

Personally I would rather have the text in the empty space to the left between the top buttons and the lower clapping buttons... (and limited in lenght to not bleed into the stage. But that might just be me

+2
one for each point

MiteWiseacreLives! · Sat 24/03/2018 07:18:31

Haven't been around much lately... will we see a final download Saturday?

Snarky · Sat 24/03/2018 10:48:32

Yes. A crack team of dedicated men and women are still hard at work putting the final touches on the ceremony, but there will be a download at least several hours before the ceremony. When it's ready it will be announced in this thread.

shaun9991 · Sat 24/03/2018 11:29:07

Looking forward to the ceremony! Thanks to the organisers for all their hard work

LostTrainDude · Sat 24/03/2018 12:12:36

Thanks for making this possible again, this year, folks!

Mandle · Sat 24/03/2018 12:32:29

Quote from: Snarky on Sat 24/03/2018 10:48:32
Yes. A crack team of dedicated men and women are still hard at work putting the final touches on the ceremony, but there will be a download at least several hours before the ceremony. When it's ready it will be announced in this thread.

Any time soon?

Stupot · Sat 24/03/2018 15:23:31

Have fun folks. And good luck to all the nominees. Can't wait to see the video :-)

horusr · Sat 24/03/2018 17:55:32

Anyone has a list of people who will stream the ceremony? I heard silver spook and gamewalker will stream and gurok will record for uploading later.

SilverSpook · Sat 24/03/2018 19:18:19

Hey there, let me know when it's ready to go! If you want to see my stream here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/user/twiliteminotaur

Snarky · Sat 24/03/2018 19:37:27

I've had a bit of difficulty, due to trying to get too many things in at the last minute.

Just as I was about to call it and upload the final build, I discovered a series of fatal bugs. (Hopefully) fixing them has unfortunately meant having to disable several nice bits of functionality that was supposed to be in.

... Aanyway, I do have a final build now. However, it's taking ages to upload it for some reason. As soon as it's up I will post the link.

CaptainD · Sat 24/03/2018 19:39:18

Thanks for all your hard work on this Snarky!

Mandle · Sat 24/03/2018 19:40:16

Quote from: CaptainD on Sat 24/03/2018 19:39:18
Thanks for all your hard work on this Snarky!

+100000000000000

Cassiebsg · Sat 24/03/2018 19:40:49

Maybe once the awards are done, we could open a thread called "AGS AWARDS 2018 - Suggestions" or something like that, so who ever wants to work on it, can start working with it already after the awards and not wait 10+ months to start?

Snarky · Sat 24/03/2018 19:47:27

We have that every year, Cassie. There is no shortage of suggestions to be working on, just time to do it in.

A big part of the work is importing all the game resources from the nominated games, a part of the work that cannot be done very far ahead of time.

Haggis · Sat 24/03/2018 19:50:00

I suggest having a cut off point for award client upgrades BEFORE the award nominees are announced.

Once the nominees are announced updates are then solely related to the awards themselves e.g. nominated game content.

Saves having to do both in a tight window.

Cassiebsg · Sat 24/03/2018 19:50:06

Do we have a thread for the awards? Didn't realize that, need to go look for it.
Yes, importing the stuff can't be done before hand, but a lot of the stuff we noticed was missing in the client during the test run was not related to the importing of data.

cat · Sat 24/03/2018 19:51:29

The awards channel will be moderated, i.e. it is muted while presentations go on.

Join #AGS with any irc client to chat with other people now and during the ceremony

Server: irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk
Channel: #ags
If you don't have an IRC client, you can use this web client.

Haggis · Sat 24/03/2018 19:52:05

Exactly - which is why that should all be dealt with beforehand (suggested updates, testing etc) rather than come out the woodwork when testing the nominee content.

cat · Sat 24/03/2018 19:56:52

No need to discuss this now. We can see later if there is a way to improve it.

Snarky · Sat 24/03/2018 19:57:55

Update: The upload status now says it will take 35 minutes; it's about a third of the way through a 250 MB file upload. If that holds it should be available in time for the ceremony, barely.

MiteWiseacreLives! · Sat 24/03/2018 20:01:04

crappy internet, our common denominator amongst ags'rs...

Snarky · Sat 24/03/2018 20:01:58

Oh hell. I thought it was supposed to start in an hour, not right now. Well, I guess it's IRC, then.

cat · Sat 24/03/2018 20:08:13

We are having delays with the ceremony client upload. In the meantime

JOIN #ags and #awards with any IRC client

Server: irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk
Channel: #ags and #awards
If you don't have an IRC client, you can use this web client.

MiteWiseacreLives! · Sat 24/03/2018 20:10:55

anyone on the irc?
maybe i'm doing it wrong

CaptainD · Sat 24/03/2018 20:11:48

Quote from: MiteWiseacreLives! on Sat 24/03/2018 20:10:55
anyone on the irc?
maybe i'm doing it wrong

Lots of us there buddy, are you on #ags?

Jim Reed · Sat 24/03/2018 20:12:51

server address: irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/6667
channel is #ags for chatting and #awards for the ceremony

Snarky · Sat 24/03/2018 20:30:15

OK, finally the client is uploaded. Get it here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=19K5Xw_4r7JNMEuFskFV50D4uJtH1wpG7

cat · Sat 24/03/2018 20:38:41

Starting in 5 minutes!

Privateer Puddin' · Sat 24/03/2018 23:00:30

Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to everyone who organised!

cat · Sat 24/03/2018 23:04:54

Ceremony is over!

Thanks for joining us!

Here are the results:

Best Programming
Last & Furious

Best Short Game
I Want Out!

Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
Last & Furious

Best Demo
Jorry [Demo]

Best Voice Work
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots

Best Music & Sound
Neofeud

Best Animation
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Character Art
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Background Art
I Want Out!

Best Puzzles
I Want Out!
Black Morph
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots)

Best Gameplay
Black Morph

Best Character
"Captain Disaster" from Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots

Best Writing
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
Terror of the Vampire!

Best Game Created with AGS
A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition

Lifetime Achievement Award
Slasher

Best Innovation Award
monkey0506
for his work to help AGS games reach the widest possible audience - through popular distribution platforms (Steam, Galaxy) as well as other operating systems (Android, Linux).

Mandle · Sat 24/03/2018 23:05:06

Thanks for the amazing ceremony guys!

dactylopus · Sat 24/03/2018 23:05:12

Quote from: Privateer Puddin' on Sat 24/03/2018 23:00:30
Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to everyone who organised!

Yes, this! Well done, everyone!

shaun9991 · Sat 24/03/2018 23:14:01

Congratulations to all the winners! And thanks cat, Snarky and all for organising the ceremony!

CaptainD · Sat 24/03/2018 23:14:47

Thanks Cat, Snarky, AGA, Katschey and anyone else who helped make this such a great awards ceremony!

Two Tales · Sat 24/03/2018 23:56:09

A big congratulations to all of the worthy winners. Well done.

Cassiebsg · Sun 25/03/2018 00:01:01

Congrats to all winners, nomineees, staff that made it possible and of course all the players and voters!

TheBitPriest · Sun 25/03/2018 00:26:27

Congratulations to all!

Fizzii · Sun 25/03/2018 02:11:31

Congrats to all! And thanks to those who ran the ceremony and the whole process; it was very well done this year

SilverSpook · Sun 25/03/2018 02:32:04

Thanks to everyone who put the ceremony together, great job! Congrats also to all the nominees and winners, and to everyone who tuned into my stream of the AGS Awards.

LimpingFish · Sun 25/03/2018 02:47:53

Well done to all winners and nominees! A really strong year with some awesome stuff on show. Thanks to cat and Snarky, and everybody else involved, for their dedication to bringing us this years ceremony. Really top notch work, guys.

Gurok · Sun 25/03/2018 03:33:27

I have uploaded the awards ceremony for 2017 to YouTube

Stupot · Sun 25/03/2018 05:36:28

Quote from: Gurok on Sun 25/03/2018 03:33:27
I have uploaded the awards ceremony for 2017 to YouTube

Nicez thanks G-Dawg. I just watched the first 30 mins on my lunch break. Will catch the rest soon. Very impressive with all the animations and sound clips. Impressive stuff. Well done Snarky and co.

Slasher · Sun 25/03/2018 06:21:22

Thank you all so much for your nominations..

There were some great games released last year that well deserved being nominated.

I congratulate them all

I myself got a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye.. Thank you so much for nominating me with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

I am deeply honored. The whole of the community as well as making games has given me more than life itself and I am truly grateful.

Having recently lost my wife to cancer this Award helps give positive vibes and hopefully I can hold out to make a few more games.

Thank you all.

Slasher.................

SilverSpook · Sun 25/03/2018 06:49:39

Nice one Gurok, and I should have remembered to thank you for being one of the early Neofeud Patreon patrons!

So thanks!

And also major congrats to Slasher on that Lifetime Achievement Award! Well deserved, sir!

I had a few folks asking if they can watch the livestream of the AGS Awards, which includes live commentary from myself, several other AGSers, and the Six Billion Dollar Baller from Neofeud (as voiced by yours truly

). So here it is!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQmDf0pUtN4&t=2s

CrashPL · Sun 25/03/2018 09:21:22

Too bad I couldn't stay and watch the entire ceremony, so I'm extra glad you uploaded the thing on YT so quickly.

Congratulations to all winners and nominees for their awesome games! And a huge thanks to the orgs for such an excellent awards ceremony!

Ibispi · Sun 25/03/2018 10:28:32

Congrats to all winners!

This is the IRC log of the ceremony, for those who prefer text over video: https://pastebin.com/c9Rjeehz

TheFrighter · Sun 25/03/2018 11:07:54

Goodbye to 2019!

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SinSin · Sun 25/03/2018 11:09:22

Congratulations to all the winners !!
Sorry I couldn't make it I got busy :S

paolo · Sun 25/03/2018 11:35:19

Big congratulations to everyone who won an award last night! Good to see a nice spread of winners this year rather than one game scooping the lot.

It was way too late for me to stay up to the end so I'll watch it on YouTube - thanks to Gurok for uploading it.

Arlann · Sun 25/03/2018 12:56:32

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!
Because I live in the past I didn't download the client in time for the beginning of the ceremony, I just discovered my random avatar on youtube for the best demo award, LOL!
Thank you for this award and this ceremony.

Riaise · Sun 25/03/2018 13:34:16

Congratulations to all of the winners! And a huge thank you to everyone involved in hosting the ceremony!

Special congrats to Slasher for the lifetime achievement award! That was really well deserved.

KyriakosCH · Sun 25/03/2018 13:54:47

Well done to all!!!

Snarky · Sun 25/03/2018 13:57:10

Thanks everyone! You guys are great.

Congratulations to all the contestants, winners and non-winners alike. Putting together the nominee resources for the client really makes me appreciate all the excellent work people are doing. So impressed!

I'm sorry for the mess I caused getting the client out, and particularly to those of you, like Arlann, who couldn't download the client in time because of my delay. That's not what this thread is about, but I will say...

Spoiler

I started seriously thinking about this year's update in September of last year, but life has a tendency to get in the way, and I took on a couple of paid projects that had to be my first priority. For this and other reasons I wasn't able to really work on it much until this last month. Getting it done by the deadline within that timeframe was brutal, and in the end I just missed it. I am sorry.

The good part of it was all the great contributions I received, which really pushed me to try to get as much of it in as possible, and the awesome collaborators who pitched in. Their efforts are right in front of your eyes. I really regret the stuff that had to be left out, most of it simply for lack of time. I hope it will see the light of day in a future ceremony, and I hope we'll work together more!

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cat · Sun 25/03/2018 14:07:12

Again, congratulations to all winners, nominees, and actually to anyone who released a game last year!

Sorry we had some delay with starting the ceremony, but I think it was totally worth the wait! Snarky did an amazing job including all new game resources, avatars and features. It may not look like much, but it is a huge amount of work to do. Thanks to selmiak for the great intro animations and Kastchey for the beautiful GUI and trophies. And thanks to all the game authors who provided the resources to their games.

I'm very glad that MAGGIES were part of the ceremony again this year. MAGS is so important for the community and leads to constant creation of games. Thanks to Stupot for doing a great job in running MAGS and to Mandle for being up at inconvenient times to present it.

I'm also glad that the ceremony was recorded and streamed. Some people could not attend the ceremony so it's great they can watch it now.

It is great to see so many different games receiving an award. Voters really considered each games strengths and weaknesses.

AGA will update the game database soon, I suppose. Thanks again for doing the administrative side of the awards!

Now a bit of statistics:

There were 106 games released last year
49 people nominated games
68 people voted for the awards, which is more than last year
24 games were nominated for at least one award
8 games won 17 awards in 15 categories
12 awards went to freeware games

The number of awards per game:

4 awards
Terror of the Vampire!

3 awards
Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots
I Want Out!

2 awards
Black Morph
Last & Furious

1 award
A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Deluxe Edition
Neofeud
Jorry [Demo]

Arlann · Sun 25/03/2018 14:38:47

Quote from: Snarky on Sun 25/03/2018 13:57:10
I'm sorry for the mess I caused getting the client out, and particularly to those of you, like Arlann, who couldn't download the client in time because of my delay.

No need for excuses, I just completely messed up my speech and my partner too... Maybe because it was dinner time.

This was my first ceremony and I am very impressed by the quality of the event. Thanks for this!

Dave Gilbert · Sun 25/03/2018 16:06:05

Congrats to everyone! I was on a plane travelling back from GDC so I wasn't able to join.

Bavolis · Sun 25/03/2018 17:12:10

Congrats, devs! Awesome to see this community still trucking along (and delivering the goods) every year.

Gurok · Sun 25/03/2018 17:13:40

I was entertaining guests at a cocktail party aboard my yacht, but I still made time for it.

Also, congrats to everyone! Congrats especially to Terror of the Vampire, which I think finally got the recognition it deserved after slipping by in the MAGS voting. Congrats to SilverSpook with Neofeud! The excitement was palpable from the snippets of your stream I watched. A big, hearty congratulations to Slasher! You're not allowed to stop or even slow down now that you've won an award, but I doubt there's any danger of that.

Tycho Magnetic Anomaly · Sun 25/03/2018 17:37:53

Well done to all the winners .. what an amazing set of games this year.. really great! Keep pumping them out.

Well done to all involved with the awards thanks for making it all happen.

AGS Awards 2017 - Results!

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