Hourgame Saturday, October 17 (Winners)

Gord10 · Fri 16/10/2009 19:12:11

I'm the host of the week.

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The purpose of Hourgame Saturday is, to encourage the amateur game-making, or to put it bluntly, to make you tear your ass off your chair and finally make something.
In this activity your task is to make an AGS game within a strict and a very short deadline (i.e. one hour).

Timeline:
The event takes place every (surely hope so) Saturday, starting at 7:00 pm GMT, when the theme is revealed on the IRC and in this thread. The participants then have one hour to make their entries and 15 more minutes for uploading. In brief: the deadline for entries is 8:15 pm.
Then the voting takes place till the Monday Morning (since I can't use internet on Sunday afternoons, that's what we'll have to settle with).

Basic rules:
- Participants should join IRC for rules and updates, but stickam/tokbox is fine as long as there's someone to relay the information. (crap, I hadn't noticed this rule!)
- The theme is set by the previous week's winner and by the contest's host in event of his/her absence.
- While it is not forbidden for the theme-setters to participate in the activity, their games cannot be voted for (to prevent accusations of cheating and to discourage regular participation).
- Instead, theme-setters are encouraged to draw trophies for the contest's winners.
- Making your game from scratch is strongly encouraged, though it is not forbidden to use music or artwork from public sources if you are allowed to (e.g. using public domain music tracks in your game is OK, but not really necessary). It is also possible to use a pre-existent AGS template for your game (e.g. that Verb-Coin GUI template).
- You cannot use the stuff you've made earlier, because this competition is about making something new.

Uploading:
Suggested hosts to upload your entry to are:
- http://www.mediafire.com/
- http://www.sendspace.com/
- http://www.rapidshare.com/
- Or your own place.

Voting:
Just tell us your favourite game (and possibly a couple of less favourite ones), and hopefully someone will do the counting.

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The competition is going to start approximately 24 hours after this post, when I announce the theme.

I am trying to create a new FTP account in my hosting space so that the participants will be able to upload their games there instead of the free (and probably slower) hosts. I will update this topic as soon as I prepare them (yes, I have misunderstood the concept of hosting. Of course uploading to my space is not a rule, it's just something that I thought to be helpful.

bicilotti · Sat 17/10/2009 09:34:08

This time I won' miss

edit: I've missed a 't'

Bulbapuck · Sat 17/10/2009 09:44:44

Quote from: bicilotti on Sat 17/10/2009 09:34:08
This time I won' miss

edit: I've missed a 't'

That edit made me laugh

Oh, and I'm in too

EDIT:
About the IRC...

Quote from: Al_Ninio on Sat 17/10/2009 03:26:19
It is down for maintenance, should be back later today.
Maybe.

This is pretty poor timing..

FSi++ · Sat 17/10/2009 10:46:15

I think I'm not participating this time (depends on a theme choice though).

NsMn · Sat 17/10/2009 10:52:55

I will also try to participate, and not miss the deadline this time.
Hopefully, #AGS will be back soon...

FSi++ · Sat 17/10/2009 11:12:35

Quote from: NsMn on Sat 17/10/2009 10:52:55
I will also try to participate, and not miss the deadline this time.
Hopefully, #AGS will be back soon...

If not, there's always tokbox (gee, I'll have to stop all my torrents then) or some backup channel somewhere.

Gord10 · Sat 17/10/2009 13:41:31

Chat Environment:
I don't think it is going to be such a big deal as I am intending to announce the theme in the forum at the certain time. I have signed up TokBox though, my profile is http://www.tokbox.com/Ahmet73# but I am not sure if any unsigned users are able to see my texts and camera.

I can create a temporary room in FreeNode channel, which can easily be reached. I guess it's securer than TokBox.

Optional FTP space:
I have created http://coolbluefiles.net/ags1hour/ in case anyone needs a new host space.
Server: ftp.coolbluefiles.net
Account: ags1hour
Password: TheLost1

Bulbapuck · Sat 17/10/2009 14:22:19

err.. I don't have a webcam, can you still join a room in tokbox?

ThreeOhFour · Sat 17/10/2009 14:24:33

You sure can

FSi++ · Sat 17/10/2009 16:07:33

Freenode or something would be better though.

Gord10 · Sat 17/10/2009 17:09:12

I wasn't sure if I would be able to create a problem-free temporary chat environment in TokBox, so I have created a room in the FreeNode channel:

#ags1hour_tmp

The address of FreeNode is irc.freenode.net, joining the channel is easier with ChatZilla. I'm the Loreance person there.

thecatamites · Sat 17/10/2009 18:11:39

i dont go on irc at all (security concerns - 9/11 never forget), but if you post the theme here ill try to get something done whether or not it ends up being eligible

Gord10 · Sat 17/10/2009 18:25:39

Worry not, the theme will be announced at the same time I will do in IRC, at 7:00 pm GMT (a few seconds after IRC, though).

35 minutes left to start it, so this's the time to prepare your foods and drinks.

bicilotti · Sat 17/10/2009 18:40:59

Quote from: Gord10 on Sat 17/10/2009 18:25:39
Worry not, the theme will be announced at the same time I will do in IRC, at 7:00 pm GMT (a few seconds after IRC, though).

35 minutes left to start it, so this's the time to prepare your foods and drinks.

Ok, shower, pizza and wine and then hourgame.

Post a quick guide on how to get safely on IRC (what abou 9/11?)

thecatamites · Sat 17/10/2009 18:43:53

Quote from: bicilotti on Sat 17/10/2009 18:40:59
(what abou 9/11?)

never forget

EDIT: also if you run out of time and aren't able to finish the game should you still post it?

Gord10 · Sat 17/10/2009 19:00:40

Our theme is

GIGANTIC SEA MONSTERS

Two examples that I know are Cthulhu and Leviathan. Of course you are free to use any other gigantic aquatic creature of your preferance. Which creature/creatures and how those will be used is up to your imagination.

Good luck!

@thecatamites: Unfortunately, can't participate after 08:15, which is the deadline. You can post here what you have done, but it can't be voted.

thecatamites · Sat 17/10/2009 19:59:35

finished, uploading now

EDIT http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=9f10c900240ae4286e7203eb87368129e04e75f6e8ebb871

title: a squid with a view

this is possibly the worst thing ive ever done and not just w.r.t. games either but it was completed in 58 minutes so. although 10 of that was finding the digital camera from my brothers room.

current activity: strangling brother with phonecord
music: toto-africa 8) 8) 8)

Bulbapuck · Sat 17/10/2009 20:03:25

Monster in the sea:
~~http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ykjltdiwoww~~
2 endings!

I'm gonna start working on updating it in 10 mins

Update
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1nynonx0hmv

Dataflashsabot · Sat 17/10/2009 20:09:19

Cutoff Enjoy, as much as possible anyway

edit to add some notes now that it's safely posted:
Three rooms, two of which are all black.
File size of .zip is 632 KB (647,672 bytes), which is 636 KB (651,264 bytes) 'on disk', whatever that means.
You may want to uncheck 'play in a window' before playing.
I forgot to turn off debug mode.
Contains one whole sound effect.

bicilotti · Sat 17/10/2009 20:19:06

Oric/atmos approved, let me show you sea sorrow.
Warning, contains pixel hunt!

http://rapidshare.com/files/294332538/seasorrow.rar.html
http://www.sendspace.com/file/hsp0rm

I'll find a better host soon

edit: found another host