AGS Awards 2015 Winners List
Best Demo - Troll Song Verse One - Completely Stoned
Best Background Art - Technobabylon
Best Character Art - Technobabylon
Best Animation - Technobabylon
Best Music and Sound - Technobabylon
Best Voice Work - Technobabylon
Best Programming - Rogue State
Best Puzzles - Technobabylon
Best Gameplay - Technobabylon
Best Short Game - Cornelius Cat in: The Uncontrollable Pest, Mess Goblins, The Surprisingly Short Adventure of Leopold Kettle
Best Character - The Jimi Hendrix Case (Jimi Hendrix)
Best Writing - Technobabylon
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS - Rogue State
Best MAGS Game - Mess Goblins
Best Game Created with AGS - Technobabylon
Best Freeware Game Created with AGS - Camp 1
Recording, supplied by Gurok: AGS Awards 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2abzsMvJxA)
AGS Awards 2015 ceremony client (http://techtroupe.net/posted/AGSAwards2015RC1.zip)
For those who can't run it, you can follow along in #Awards on the server irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk
AGS Awards 2015 Ceremony beta
AGS Awards 2015 Ceremony beta 2
This has several bugfixes and all of the core features, including all the sound I intend for it to have.
There are a handful of mostly cosmetic things I'd still like to do before tomorrow, like finishing the intro, fixing the irc window, and adding a few more joke animations. Then I also keep forgetting to get more than just a screenshot for the voice, music and animation nominees. So make sure to update tomorrow rather than using the beta.
Let us test the clap system.
AGS Awards 2015 Ceremony alpha 1
Still a few things I need to do, but the core features should all be working.
All sound is still conspicuously missing, but that's a metaphor for the long wait.
I await you in the Grand Hall, where breasts and awkward rehearsals will be served.
Now we're cooking with gas!
Is that definitely 20:00 GMT, or BST?
I can confirm that the test build is up and running. Also, with no one to stop it, I have stormed the stage and declared myself ruler of AGS. It could have been prevented, but everyone was too lazy to test but me.
(http://www.barnrunner.com/pics/misc/AGS_2016_Test.png)
Life will be harsh under my new regime, but you have no one to blame but yourselves. :=
Yeah, seems to work. And I'm kinda sorry that I missed when Ponch was on.
Quote from: Stupot+ on Fri 10/06/2016 01:48:20
Now we're cooking with gas!
Is that definitely 20:00 GMT, or BST?
Hmm, I think Mods actually specified BST last time now that I think about it.
Quote from: Adeel on Fri 10/06/2016 02:02:46
Yeah, seems to work. And I'm kinda sorry that I missed when Ponch was on.
It was a glorious tale of my rise to power and the unavoidable culling of the unbelievers, Adeel. Only those present who would bow to my authority were spared. As you can see, there were few survivors. :=
It looks great, Jack! Well done.
See you all on Sunday.
Quote from: Ponch on Fri 10/06/2016 04:02:28
It was a glorious tale of my rise to power and the unavoidable culling of the unbelievers, Adeel. Only those present who would bow to my authority were spared. As you can see, there were few survivors. :=
Ah, yes. I can never forgive myself for missing that Coup d'état---the great revolution.
Quote from: Stupot+ on Fri 10/06/2016 01:48:20
Now we're cooking with gas!
Is that definitely 20:00 GMT, or BST?
BST of course, since that's the currently active timezone. I've edited the thread title. Not really a distinction most people make in my experience, GMT just means 'the time in London' to most of us!
Quote from: AGA on Fri 10/06/2016 08:08:42
Quote from: Stupot+ on Fri 10/06/2016 01:48:20
Now we're cooking with gas!
Is that definitely 20:00 GMT, or BST?
BST of course, since that's the currently active timezone. I've edited the thread title. Not really a distinction most people make in my experience, GMT just means 'the time in London' to most of us!
I was just double-checking, not being a smartass. I know some people use online time-zone converters. Plugging in GMT will give them the wrong time. And for me it might mean the difference between deciding to stay up late or get up early.
Ooh I can't wait! :-D
This will be the first AGS Awards Ceremony that I've ever attended.
How long do they usually last?
By the way, I tested the client, and it works perfectly.
Although I'm curious about that Password feature. It doesn't seem to do anything.
Ponch has been spreading the tall tale that he "stormed" the stage. The truth is that I helped him up the stage, as one would an old lady.
Quote from: Danvzare on Fri 10/06/2016 11:13:25
Although I'm curious about that Password feature. It doesn't seem to do anything.
The password is for if you want to log into an existing IRC account. It should work. The unlock code is to lock away the naked avatars until we're ready to... use them.
Quote from: Stupot+ on Fri 10/06/2016 09:34:47
I was just double-checking, not being a smartass. I know some people use online time-zone converters. Plugging in GMT will give them the wrong time. And for me it might mean the difference between deciding to stay up late or get up early.
Fair enough. Would be a bit weird for an online converter to offer the option of seeing GMT times when it's not active, but who knows!
Quote from: Danvzare on Fri 10/06/2016 11:13:25
How long do they usually last?
Generally around three hours, though it depends a lot on how snappy the hosts are at keeping things moving.
Let's try to meet tonight at 20h00 BST.
The client should be tested with a lot of users connected.
What's the difference between GMT and BST? and what do you mean with "it's not active?" ???
Quote from: Jack on Fri 10/06/2016 01:09:49
I await you in the Grand Hall, where breasts and awkward rehearsals will be served.
Is this going to be a lesbian/breasts all over the place awards show? They removed it from the ceremony last year in an effort not to alienate female AGSers and those in general who felt it was a bit much. They had a more R rated after party to cater to both camps. I'd like to know in advance so I can decide whether or not I will attend the show.
GMT is without the daylight savings adjustment, BST is summer time. During summer, Britain uses BST, not GMT.
Funny, we use GMT in Portugal, had no idea it didn't had the daylight savings adjustment. Guess "we" change to BST as well, without even realize it. (roll)(laugh)
Quote from: Myinah on Fri 10/06/2016 14:48:27
Is this going to be a lesbian/breasts all over the place awards show?
We weren't planning on it, but now that you make that suggestion...
We'll save the breasts for before and after the awards.
I included no lesbians, but I will consider it if you can prove the ones you submit are authentic and not just acting for the camera.
Old wounds guys! let's keep it safe for work :)
Well done on all the hard work Jack, looking forward to a fun drunken ceremony :=
Ponch, your behaviour is completely unacceptable! All hail the bovine overlord!
If it's SFW then I will gladly attend. If it was reverting I would have given it a miss even though we are nominated. Thanks for clarifying. The mention of breasts made me wonder, but I'm glad to hear they are not being added in again.
Quote from: REDACTED on Fri 10/06/2016 11:39:21
Ponch has been spreading the tall tale that he "stormed" the stage. The truth is that [REDACTED] helped him up the stage, as one would an old lady.
See? It's this sort of backstabbing that gets you get kicked out of the glorious revolution and airbrushed out of history.
(http://www.barnrunner.com/pics/misc/AGS_2016_Test_Redacted.png)
Seamless! And we have always been at war with Oceania, citizens!
Quote from: Chicky on Fri 10/06/2016 18:57:02
Ponch, your behaviour is completely unacceptable! All hail the bovine overlord!
Excellent work, Chicky! You are now my new Minister of Truth, replacing [REDACTED] who never existed at all and has been sent off the work camps. :cool:
You need me.
Taking over the REAL ceremony will require getting up on stage again. If you can see your way clear to appointing ME as Minister of Truth once again, I could have a ramp installed, but purely because of my unique interpretation of the fire codes.
Don't be so easily swayed by animated gifs of mischievous young women. Send this upstart Chicky to the dungeons.
AGS Awards 2015 Ceremony beta
AGS Awards 2015 Ceremony beta 2 (http://techtroupe.net/posted/AGSAwards2015beta2.zip)
This has several bugfixes and all of the core features, including all the sound I intend for it to have.
There are a handful of mostly cosmetic things I'd still like to do before tomorrow, like finishing the intro, fixing the irc window, and adding a few more joke animations. Then I also keep forgetting to get more than just a screenshot for the voice, music and animation nominees. So make sure to update tomorrow rather than using the beta.
Let us test the clap system.
Quote from: Jack on Sun 12/06/2016 00:28:10
Let us test the clap system.
That's a heads-up for everyone to bring the appropriate protection, folks!
STUPID QUESTION ALERT. AWOOOGAH AWOOOOOOOGAH!!
Are the awards going to be on both the client AND IRC? Or just client. I only ask as I'm at work until 10 pm tonight (wont be home until 11 ) meaning in gonna miss 3/4rs if only on Client. (unless someone wants to build a windows phone app just for lil old me ). :-D
I can't connect. Is there more I have to whitelist in my firewall other than the AGSAwards2015.exe? Like some irc.exe process running wherever?
edit: alright, restarting the .exe after whitelisting did it! Looking good. Thanks Jack!
but it's so empty, let's have a warm up already! ;-D
I get a game crash if I try and select Gribblers 'the Bum' character.
Edit - I get a game crash if someone else selects the Bum character too!
Quote from: SinSin on Sun 12/06/2016 08:17:32
Are the awards going to be on both the client AND IRC? Or just client. I only ask as I'm at work until 10 pm tonight (wont be home until 11 ) meaning in gonna miss 3/4rs if only on Client. (unless someone wants to build a windows phone app just for lil old me ). :-D
IRC too, I'll post the channel name tonight with the RC.
Quote from: Haggis on Sun 12/06/2016 11:42:23
I get a game crash if I try and select Gribblers 'the Bum' character.
Edit - I get a game crash if someone else selects the Bum character too!
Weird, never had that issue with that avatar. Will check it out.
EDIT: Can anyone tell me whether they are still seeing the host,winner,clear,panel buttons on the top middle of the screen (like in Ponch's screenshot)? I can't reproduce this issue locally but it appears for others in alpha and beta 1. These should only appear for the host, and I'm hoping I managed to fix it in beta 2.
We're not seeing eye to eye behind the scenes. So unfortunately I won't be hosting it tonight sorry, but it's okay, Jack says he will. Have a good evening!
Yeah no idea what that's really about*, but I don't mind hosting. Kind of a pain in the arse though.
Gonna fix the footballer bug and the irc window, RC should be available soon.
*Apart form me missing every deadline we set, obviously
Quote from: Jack on Sat 11/06/2016 11:36:52
You need me.
Taking over the REAL ceremony will require getting up on stage again. If you can see your way clear to appointing ME as Minister of Truth once again, I could have a ramp installed, but purely because of my unique interpretation of the fire codes.
Don't be so easily swayed by animated gifs of mischievous young women. Send this upstart Chicky to the dungeons.
Only if I get one of those cool motorized carts. My knees and ankles are getting stiff with age. I'd like one of those motorized chairs for the staircases too. :=
Quote from: Ponch on Sun 12/06/2016 18:02:03
Only if I get one of those cool motorized carts. My knees and ankles are getting stiff with age. I'd like one of those motorized chairs for the staircases too. :=
Too late. I've chosen to back another despot.
AGS Awards 2015 ceremony client (http://techtroupe.net/posted/AGSAwards2015RC1.zip)
For those who can't run it, you can follow along in #Awards on the server irc.adventuregamestudio.co.uk
Is it just me or is anyone else having problems connecting? I'm running the release candidate that Jack's just posted. After selecting my avatar, I get stuck on a progress window that just says "Joining channels..." (with a randomly positioned random avatar next to it).
Or am I just here too early?
EDIT: I'm afraid it eventually crashed:
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Adventure Game Studio
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An error has occurred. Please contact the game author for support, as this is likely to be a scripting error and not a bug in AGS.
(ACI version 3.4.0.6)
in "GlobalScript.asc", line 607
from "GlobalScript.asc", line 1193
Error: MoveCharacter: character not in current room
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OK
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:~(
Hmmm, yeah, I'm stuck on the "joining channels" progress screen as well... the client worked fine when I tried it this afternoon.
Are you sure it's the RC and not beta2? Only the old clients should have that issue.
Jack, it's the client at the link "AGS Awards 2015 ceremony client" in your posting from 19:42:07. Is that not what we should be downloading? Or have you linked to the wrong version?
I have the same problem with version beta2. I was able to connect fine with that version earlier today.
UPDATE: OK, RC1 is working for me now. I was running it through winsetup.exe before, but this time I ran it directly. I don't know if that was the reason for the hang/crash, but if anyone's having the same problem, try running the game directly rather than through winsetup.
UPDATE 2: Nice show, and everything went smoothly! Well done all.
Thanks to Jack and company for putting together a fine awards ceremony. Much fun was had! :cheesy:
(http://www.barnrunner.com/pics/misc/AGS_2016_Formal_Annoucement.png)
Where and when will be the winners announced for those who are not on the IRC ? :)
BEST AGS CLIENT AWARD GOES TO JACK!!!
Seriously: No crashes or other technical problems! Great work on the total rebuild!
And thanks for the fun ceremony!!!
Spoiler
(http://i63.tinypic.com/abm0p3.png)
Quote from: Ponch on Sun 12/06/2016 21:55:14
Thanks to Jack and company for putting together a fine awards ceremony. Much fun was had! :cheesy:
Spoiler
(http://www.barnrunner.com/pics/misc/AGS_2016_Formal_Annoucement.png)
Looks like someone's not listening to your announcement there... (laugh)
Thanks everyone, was worth the wait!
Thanks everyone, it was fun, and went better than I could have hoped.
Group photo supplied by Pangaea (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XSE7k49m0Q)
The musical number (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quBCjo2rUZg)
did this happen already?
But... but??? where do I get teh drunkz now? Congrats to you winnarz!
Quote from: Mandle on Sun 12/06/2016 22:01:40
Looks like someone's not listening to your announcement there... (laugh)
Of course not! All part of my master plan. Why do you think I timed my announcement to coincide with that video? Have you never read Marx? "Boobs are the opiate of the masses!" :=
Quote from: Ponch on Mon 13/06/2016 00:21:05
Have you never read Marx? "Boobs are the opiate of the masses!" :=
Ahhhhh...of course...from his titular manifesto...
Sorry I missed out guys.
I gather there was no MAGGIES announcement after all.
So, after plenty of ado, here are the results of MAGGIES 2015.
I present to you, the top three.
In
3rd place:
Spoiler
Bitstream, by Chicky.
In
2nd place:
Spoiler
The Jimi Hendrix Case by Gurok and CatPunter
And in
1st place,
the winner of MAGGIES 2015 is:Spoiler
Mess Goblins by Dropped Monocle Games
(http://imgur.com/RUO0SFj.jpg)
Quote from: Mandle on Mon 13/06/2016 00:49:01
Ahhhhh...of course...from his titular manifesto...
I'm not abreast on Marxist writing.
And congratulations to Dropped Monocle Games!
Congrats, Dropped Monocle! :cheesy:
missed another one...
are the results available yet?
Apparently not. Watch this space (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/wiki/AGS_Awards_2015).
A very nice ceremony (considering the fact it was my first one :P), certainly was a lot of fun to watch read all of the reactions. :D A pleasant background tune as well.
Congrats once again to the winners!
Quote from: CrashPL on Mon 13/06/2016 07:20:09
A very nice ceremony (considering the fact it was my first one :P), certainly was a lot of fun to watch read all of the reactions. :D A pleasant background tune as well.
Congrats once again to the winners!
It was my first one as well. :-D
Congratulations to all the award winners. And a big congratulations to Dropped Monocle Games for winning the Best MAGS Award.
I had a fun time attending. :-D
Also, big thanks to Jack for finally finishing the client.
One day I will win something other than "Best Demo". I will I will I will...
AGS Awards 2015 Winners List
Best Demo - Troll Song Verse One - Completely Stoned
Best Background Art - Technobabylon
Best Character Art - Technobabylon
Best Animation - Technobabylon
Best Music and Sound - Technobabylon
Best Voice Work - Technobabylon
Best Programming - Rogue State
Best Puzzles - Technobabylon
Best Gameplay - Technobabylon
Best Short Game - Cornelius Cat in: The Uncontrollable Pest, Mess Goblins, The Surprisingly Short Adventure of Leopold Kettle
Best Character - The Jimi Hendrix Case (Jimi Hendrix)
Best Writing - Technobabylon
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS - Rogue State
Best MAGS Game - Mess Goblins
Best Game Created with AGS - Technobabylon
Best Freeware Game Created with AGS - Camp 1
I don't have the results for lifetime achievement or innovation, but I trust they will be posted soon.
Congratulations to all the winners :)
Quote from: CaptainD on Mon 13/06/2016 12:00:42
One day I will win something other than "Best Demo". I will I will I will...
No worries: We got "Best Voice Acting" in the bag for next year!!! (laugh)
congrats to the winners!! :)
Well done everyone.
I wasn't in attendance but a big thanks to all who voted for Mess Goblins. I'm glad our little game did so well.
Congratulations to all the winners and nominees for making some great games.
and some big special congratulations to Jimi for winning the best Jimi award! I voted for you! ;-D :-D
Good news, Myinah and anyone else interested. I recorded the entire thing and uploaded it to YouTube.
The production quality isn't the best. FRAPS crashed once and there might be some brief background audio later on.
Enjoy!
[embed=640,360]http://youtu.be/V2abzsMvJxA[/embed]
And thank you so much, everyone, for the AMAZING award. Thank you, selmiak! I really wasn't expecting it. TBH, I wasn't very prepared at all when it came time to accept it because I never thought we'd win. I can now say I've made an *award-winning* game. That's so amazing!
Also, congrats everyone who got nominated or won. I threw out a big thank-you on Twitter. It was a wonderful evening and it went so smoothly that Jack should really be congratulated too.
Congratulations to the winners and to all the nominees! And better luck next time to all those who should have been nominated but were overlooked.
Disheartened to see the gratuitous tits return (I mean, even from just an "is this the best we can come up with?" point of view), although at least that was only after the ceremony itself had more or less wound down.
Congrats to the winners! And big thanks to everyone who voted for Cornelius Cat :)
Also congratulations to Mess Goblin for winning MAGGIES!
Sadly, my favourite games of the year (Jacqueline White and The Visitor) didn't win any award.
The client was amazingly stable, I didn't encounter any crashes or issues. Good job on that! Still, I was missing a few features from last year (scrollable chat log, different speech colors, showing character name on hover,...). As Snarky, I was also very disappointed by the tits in the end. It was just so pointless and tasteless...
I was also a bit sad that MAGGIES and Innovation/Lifetime achievement were not announced during the ceremony.
I'm looking forward to next year, with even more great games being made!
Oh wow. I completely missed the fact that this was happening! Perils of Daddyhood.
Thank you all so much! :) And major kudos to Technocrat and everyone else involved in Technobabylon!
-Dave
Some thoughts on the ceremony...
Good points:
-The fact that it finally did go off, and that the client actually worked without serious bugs (I had my doubts for a while!)
-The move to high resolution and Direct3D support was a good call, and made the text in particular easier on the eye
-The semi-transparent chat window is slick
-I liked that the pace was considerably quicker than in previous years, though that was partly because there were few acceptance speeches
-A couple of the new background music tracks were very nice
-I liked the subtle animation of the AGS logo screen
Not-so-good points:
-I question the wisdom of rewriting the client "from scratch". I saw no major additions or things that last year's version couldn't do, and a LOT of cool and useful features and bells-and-whistles that were missing (e.g. not being able to use IRC /me actions, not being able to control what way the character was facing, no way to see the name of each person, the program not updating to show which categories had been announced and who the winners were, lack of music cues and the more elaborate nominee presentation from last year, etc. etc.), so this was in many ways a step back. I also experienced a number of smaller bugs, including stray characters showing up in walls, and already logged-on people not all appearing when you join. I look forward to the release of the source code to see what was changed under the hood.
-Relatedly, of course all the delays and last-minute cancellations, as well as the short notification for the final date and time.
-The snafu with the host not having the winners for the Innovation and Lifetime Achievement awards or the MAGGIES.
-Some minor mistakes from inexperience, like pausing the ceremony in the hope that the winners of an award might drop by to accept it. (Last year at least, nominees were contacted especially in advance over PM or email to remind them of the ceremony, and if they didn't show then well, they didn't show.)
I would hope this has taught us that we shouldn't put off preparations for next year until the last minute, and that we need stability so the organizers and developers can work together and with the community.
Right on, Gurok!
Quote from: Snarky on Mon 13/06/2016 17:45:19
Some thoughts on the ceremony...
Agree across the board.
I'm glad that the ceremony finally came together, and thanks to the people involved, but in the larger scheme of things this year's awards were a bit of a...well, a bit of a shit-show, to be honest. Almost five months late simply isn't acceptable when most of the hard work (preparing the nomination process, the voting process, tabulation, etc) is already done. We sat on the results all that time for the sake of a bit of fun that most of us could probably wouldn't miss if it we didn't have it.
Next years awards (and I'll be putting my hat in the ring to help out come the time) should be over and done with by the end of February (or early March) at the latest, with a working client to go into testing at least two weeks before awards night. If we can't get a working client by that time, or we simply can't find anyone to do it, then we should go
straight to IRC.
On the other hand, if Jack would like to start working on the client about, oh, I'd say, right about
now, to implement all the features Snarky pointed out that this years client lacked, we should be right on target. :P
And lose the tits.
...
Congratulations to all of this year's winners!
Congrats to all the winners & nominees and thanks to everyone who voted for camp 1!
Unfortunately I missed the ceremony so thanks to Technocrat for filling in for me!
Glad to see that a ceremony happened at all, and congrats to the winners!
Sorry I wasn't there, looked like tons of fun! Congrats to all the winners!
But vengence victory shall be mine ours! Next year In some indefinite future!!! (laugh)
So, who got the Lifetime Achievement award and the one concerning the innovation?
Thank you to everyone that voted for Mess Goblins :D
Sorry I missed the show Congrats to all the winners
(http://i.imgur.com/SAroqV2.png?1)
Was sorry I missed this, but the final date meant it took place at a time during which I was in the US and also attending a wedding, so I couldn't make it along. Proud to see TB do so well, congrats to all the winners and nominees, and I hope to see a little bit more diversity in award winners next year! Thanks, everybody! :)
I missed the first hour, sadly, but was able to catch the second half of the awards. Thank you for choosing Rogue State as 2015's award winners for Best Programming and Best Non-Adventure Game. AGS changed my life by making game development accessible in the absence of a formal education in programming, and five years later, seeing Rogue State on the stage alongside such fantastic titles has been a humbling and proud experience.
> Some thoughts on the ceremony...
Snarky, are you in my head? That sums up exactly my thoughts.
Congratulations to all the winners and well done for the smooth running of the ceremony.
Good work, Jack. Especially due to having to pick up the hosting last minute.
The one comment I would make is that traditionally the awards ceremony had +m (moderated) mode on most of the time, which allowed only those with +v (voice) mode to speak at any given time. It makes things a lot less messy if you don't have dozens of people talking across each other, and especially not talking while the award winners are being announced. Normally +m would be removed temporarily after the announcement of each award, to allow people to applaud for a minute or so before the next announcement. Perhaps this doesn't look as messy in the visual client, but if you're trying to keep a text log (which I'll upload soon!) it looks quite chaotic...
Quote from: AGA on Tue 14/06/2016 07:42:44
The one comment I would make is that traditionally the awards ceremony had +m (moderated) mode on most of the time, which allowed only those with +v (voice) mode to speak at any given time. It makes things a lot less messy if you don't have dozens of people talking across each other, and especially not talking while the award winners are being announced. Normally +m would be removed temporarily after the announcement of each award, to allow people to applaud for a minute or so before the next announcement. Perhaps this doesn't look as messy in the visual client, but if you're trying to keep a text log (which I'll upload soon!) it looks quite chaotic...
I purposely left it out (though I might use such modes for other things in future), and I quite liked the result. It may be chaotic, but I think this way is more fun.
Hmm... I could also set that mode during announcement and have the chat temporarily flow through the command channel, that way we can still carry on whooping it up in the client and the IRC users can get only the nominees.
If whoever is organising next year wants me to do the client again, I will indeed add the missing features from the old client, and there is a bunch of new ones I had in mind but didn't get around to.
Congrats to all the winners and nominees. A very special thanks to everyone that made a game, and also to everyone that played, commented on games, and voted. There were some amazing games made this year. Thank you to all involved in the awards too.
Quote from: Jack on Tue 14/06/2016 12:07:49
Hmm... I could also set that mode during announcement and have the chat temporarily flow through the command channel, that way we can still carry on whooping it up in the client and the IRC users can get only the nominees.
That's an interesting idea, I wonder why no one's ever thought of that before (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=44841.msg600338#msg600338)? Oh, right! That's exactly how it had worked since 2011, before you decided to rewrite it. :-\
When I entered (too) late, there were only boobs, Jack and empty glasses.
Here are ye 2 missing awards
Lifetime Achievement - Peder Johnsen, for his services with AGS archives, hosting (agser.me) and many other contributions over the years. Little explanation is needed, so well done Peder!
Innovation - ddq (Drew Wellman), AdventureX 2015 Live Stream*
*Although not quite so specific to AGS itself as previous winners, ddq/Drew did a fantastic job providing AGS folks and others the chance to watch talks and demonstrations about AGS games, tutorials etc in HD quality with excellent audio and very few, if any, faults along the way. He came from america to do it and was totally on the ball at the event. Sometimes it's not all about the engine (as lifetime achievement often isn't) but also about the innovations and ideas people have outside of the engine, for the community, and how they execute them. There was positive feedback about the stream and clearly something AGS folks want to experience again (in some capacity, not necessarily AdventureX, but thats where this one happened!) Well done Drew!
Congrats Peder and Drew.
Can't disagree with those.
The AdventureX stream was a massive improvement over previous years. And Peder is just an amazing dude who is long overdue some official recognition for all the great work he's done and will hopefully continue to do.
Very well deserved! Congrats Peder and Drew - you both did a great job for the community!
Huzzah! Peder should have won Lifetime Achievement long ago. I didn't catch any of AdventureX live, but from videos I watched of it later on it was clear that the whole setup was a big improvement, so kudos to Drew as well!
Congrats to all winners, entirely well deserved.
Also Kudos to Mark and jack for getting the awards done.
(laugh)
Grats Peder and Drew! ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D ;-D
Congrats Peder and Drew :cheesy:
Congrats to all the winners and participants :) So many great titles! I'm happy that some of my 2015 favourites got some recognition!
Also, congratulations to Peder and Drew for their totally deserved awards, and a big shout out to all those who made the Awards possible :)
I was very thankful and excited to be among the nominees, thanks to all those who voted for A Landlord's Dream's Sound and Music :)
And, of course, thanks to Kastchey and CaptainD for their gigantic contribution to the development! Without them, the game would have never been possible!
I've tagged all the winners in the games and forums databases, so people should have their little icons, mentions on their profiles, and credits in their games page entries. Please let me know if I missed something.
Hi Guys
What an anti-climax!!!!
All the great games nominated and nearly every category award
went to just two games.
Congrats to the winners, but I'm surprised there weren't others.
Quote from: BarbWire on Mon 20/06/2016 15:03:03
All the great games nominated and nearly every category award
went to just two games.
I guess you weren't here when Heroine's Quest came out... :P
Quote from: Mandle on Mon 20/06/2016 16:28:41
I guess you weren't here when Heroine's Quest came out... :P
Or basically any year. Pretty much since the Awards started one game each year has won the vast majority of the awards.