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The Winner of MAGGIES 2023 is:
The Distant Door by Durinde (with 7 votes)
Well done, indeed.

In 2nd place we have The Devil's Teeth by GOC Games (with 5 votes), and injoint 3rd place with have both Elevation by Rootbound, and Tales from a Forgotten Tavern by Ponch (with 4 votes each).

Thanks to everyone who has taken part in MAGS over the past year. We had a quiet 2023 in terms of entries, but the quality of those entries was really high, and things have already picked up for 2024, so with lots of cool-looking games. Keep up the good work.

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Now it's time to decide the best of the best. The cream of the crop. The cherry on top, the icing on the cake, the toad in the hole... Now I'm just hungry.

It's time to cast your mind back to 2023 and vote for your favourite games among the winning MAGS monthly entries. There are 14 entries to choose from (as we had two winners each in June and September).

Voting is simple. Just choose your best three games in no particular order. The game with the most tallied votes will be the winner.

A few requests before we proceed.

1) Please try to have played as many of the games as possible (preferably all of them). If you really don't have time to play every game, some of them have videos you can watch instead (🎬). I will try to add more videos over the next couple of weeks.
2) Only one submission per person.
3) Please vote for games based on their own merits (visual, enjoyment, puzzles etc.). Don't just vote for your friend or fellow countryman's games.
4) You do NOT have to be logged into a Google account but you will be asked for your AGS forum name for verification purposes.


Click here to vote (https://forms.gle/sY4GBm1raa9h3qK2A)

The winner will be announced as part of the forthcoming AGS Awards ceremony (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/adventure-related-talk-chat/127942-ags-awards-2023-nominate!/).

Now, here are the games.
As always. Please let me know if I've missed anything.

(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2658_1_thumb_200.png)	January The Sea The Devil's Teeth (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2658-the-devil-s-teeth/) by GOC Games 🎬 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fQ5O-LIm-U)	(https://i.ibb.co/tKjW3My/2.png)	February Make a Demo Splendor Solis (demo) (https://www.mediafire.com/file/oltzx4mfga7xrwh/Splendor_Solis_%25231.rar/file) by tbook
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2671_1_thumb_200.png)	March Uplifting Elevation (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2671-elevation/) by Rootbound	(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2678_1_thumb_200.png)	April Hiking The Errand (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2678-the-errand/) by 4KbShort 🎬 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz0Q1uoSIK8)
(https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMjEwODA1Ni8xMjQwOTg1NS5wbmc=/347x500/d3wz4S.png)	May Air The Passenger (https://4kbshort.itch.io/passenger) by 4KbShort 🎬 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWPXoLweaFI)	(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2677_1_thumb_200.png)	June* Stranded The Road Trip (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2677-the-roadtrip/) by 4KbShort
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2676_1_thumb_200.png)	June* Stranded Mad Jack: Breakdown Shakedown (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2676-mad-jack-breakdown-shakedown/) by Rootbound	(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2683_1_thumb_200.png)	July Last One Tales from a Forgotten Tavern (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2683-tales-from-a-forgotten-tavern-mags-) by Ponch
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2686_2.png)	August Distance/Separation The Distant Door (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2686-the-distant-door/) by Durinde 🎬 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT_OljzrYzE)	(https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMjI4NDA0NS8xMzUzNzM3OC5wbmc=/794x1000/yII8gY.png)	September* No Talking, Please The Delivery (https://4kbshort.itch.io/thedelivery) by 4KbShort
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2700_1_thumb_200.png)	September* No Talking, Please Lost & Found (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2700-lost-found/) by Creamy	(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2702_1_thumb_200.png)	October Prolific Super Author Simulator 2023 (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2702-super-author-simulator-2023/) by Rootbound
(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2713_1_thumb_200.png)	November Worlds Collide Worlds Literally Collide (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2713-worlds-literally-collide/) by The Great Underground Empire	(https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2721_1_thumb_200.png)	December Forbidden Dead Phones (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2721-dead-phones/) by noblonski

(* June and September had two winners each)

If anyone can help making videos of some of the games, that would be a great help. Games that currently have videos are marked with this clapperboard 🎬. If you are able, you can PM me the link or just post it below.

Happy voting

Thanks to (almost) everyone who interacted with MAGS in one way or another in 2023.

@4KbShort @BowsetteGamer @Blondbraid@Bulbapuck @Cassiebsg @cat @Coco_the_Clown @Creamy @DBoyWheeler @Durinde @eri0o @glurex @The Great Underground Empire @HandsFree @heltenjon @Intense Degree @jwalt @Kastchey @Kitty Trouble @lanchong @Mandle @MOCCA @noblonski @Ponch @Radiant @RootBound @Shadow1000 @Stupot @tbook @Tomags @vertigoaddict @Volcan

Voted.  :-D

Voted!  :cheesy:

When is the deadline for voting?

Voted.  :)

@The Great Underground Empire I finally got around to playing Worlds Literally Collide, and I have to say, it was hilarious. I really appreciated

Spoiler

the combination of ridiculous humor and references to realistic physics. As a space fan, I was thoroughly amused.  (laugh)

Got stuck with the babies though. I have the gold disc but can't figure out how to use it. All the other entities have been chased away.

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Quote from: pell on Mon 05/02/2024 17:59:57When is the deadline for voting?

To be confirmed. It's all down to when the AGS Award ceremony is set for (late-March-ish). When we know the exact date, I'll close the voting a few days before it.

Voted :)

Quote from: Stupot on Mon 05/02/2024 20:52:26

Quote from: pell on Mon 05/02/2024 17:59:57When is the deadline for voting?

To be confirmed. It's all down to when the AGS Award ceremony is set for (late-March-ish). When we know the exact date, I'll close the voting a few days before it.

If I were to make videos, should they be full playthroughs?

Quote from: pell on Tue 06/02/2024 07:18:35

Quote from: Stupot on Mon 05/02/2024 20:52:26

Quote from: pell on Mon 05/02/2024 17:59:57When is the deadline for voting?

To be confirmed. It's all down to when the AGS Award ceremony is set for (late-March-ish). When we know the exact date, I'll close the voting a few days before it.

If I were to make videos, should they be full playthroughs?

Whatever you can do would be great. My personal preference is full playthroughs with no talking over the game audio, but if that's not your style, that's cool. Anything that gives a flavour of the gameplay and graphics, and  shows off some of the puzzles, would be awesome.

Quote from: Stupot on Tue 06/02/2024 08:03:04

Quote from: pell on Tue 06/02/2024 07:18:35

Quote from: Stupot on Mon 05/02/2024 20:52:26

Quote from: pell on Mon 05/02/2024 17:59:57When is the deadline for voting?

To be confirmed. It's all down to when the AGS Award ceremony is set for (late-March-ish). When we know the exact date, I'll close the voting a few days before it.

If I were to make videos, should they be full playthroughs?

Whatever you can do would be great. My personal preference is full playthroughs with no talking over the game audio, but if that's not your style, that's cool. Anything that gives a flavour of the gameplay and graphics, and  shows off some of the puzzles, would be awesome.

OK. Thanks.

I've played all the games, left a comment in the database where available and voted.
Lots of great games this year!

My votes have been cast.

I also just want to say thanks for all the new positive comments on Elevation.  :)  It's really heartening and fulfilling to see that little game get some more love all these months later.  :)

The deadline for voting is now set at 23:59 GMT on March 20th.

Play the games and get your votes in if you haven't already.

Last chance to vote (https://forms.gle/sY4GBm1raa9h3qK2A), gang.

Voting is over.
Thanks to the dozens of people who voted. Your support is appreciated.

I just wanted to thank everyone who voted "The Distant Door" as the 1st place winner of this years Maggies. Some very talented people made some very awesome games in a month in 2023.

The Winner of MAGGIES 2023 is:
The Distant Door by Durinde (with 7 votes)
Well done, indeed.

In 2nd place we have The Devil's Teeth by GOC Games (with 5 votes), and injoint 3rd place with have both Elevation by Rootbound, and Tales from a Forgotten Tavern by Ponch (with 4 votes each).

Thanks to everyone who has taken part in MAGS over the past year. We had a quiet 2023 in terms of entries, but the quality of those entries was really high, and things have already picked up for 2024, so with lots of cool-looking games. Keep up the good work.

Thanks to everyone who voted for Elevation! It was really an honor to win alongside these other excellent MAGS winners. Here's to another great year of game-jamming!