INGREDIENTS FOR A COOL GAME
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Dear bakers, gamers, cooks and developers! Who of you has the best recipe for game making?
Here's your chance to show us your skills in developing a game. Check your recipe for game making for the most successful ingredients and place them (at least one of them) in the shape for us to learn.
If you haven't made a game so far you should come up with ingredients that you'd expect to be part of the recipe for a cool game.
Of course, some extra informations and explanations to your contribution are welcome.
I can't wait to see what ingredients you will consider the most useful and place inside the shape.
... and here's your shape:
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You are allowed to rotate or mirror the shape (no scaling please â€" using imagezoom for displaying will make it easy for us to discover all the details).
You can use as much colors as you like, also to color the outline and choose the style you prefer.
Just stay in (the) shape and don't cross the given outline â€" but that's the point here anyway, isn't it?
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Trophies? - Sure!
In case you let us take a peek in your cooking pot I thought it might fit to offer some rare pieces from the AGS-treasury located in the deepest abyss of madness.
Here are some of the priceless and highly polished AGS-cooking pots â€" to be used just by the best 'cooks' from the AGS'ers
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So don't forget to reveal your secret ingredience post your entry before the 10th of April is over (forum time).btw.
You are allowed to come up with several submissions (but you can win just once â€" after the voting is done your 'strongest' entry will count)
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Now for the fun of it ...
... READY...
... STEADY...
... GOOO!
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Yay!!!! A new colouring ball!!!
Interesting if complicated sounding theme...
So, what kind of things would be covered by this theme:
Different adventure game characters/iconic graphics combined into the shape?
A bunch of concept words (plot, character, puzzles, etc) fitted into the shape?
Food ingredients representing different game components slotted into the shape?
All of the above?
It can be everything that you define as urgent ingredient for game making.
As long as you are able to explain it it's possible to place in the shape.
It is your recipe, so noone can say that it is wrong :grin:
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For example if you think that the main ingredient is time and lots of heart
you might fill in a clock and a heart. So in case the game will only be successful
with a special character he'd belong there.
But don't do it like the lobster in a pot :wink:
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trans:
"Actually only the hookers are missing!"
(complete misjudgment of an optimist)
Easiest color ball ever:
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* Not an actual entry, since it's copy/pasted from AGS website and not drawn by me.
COOL - we have our first entry ;-D
So we can note down that your most urgent ingredient is named "copy and paste" (http://s7.directupload.net/images/user/120922/alren33c.gif)
Quote from: Tabata on Fri 27/03/2015 12:51:45
So we can note down that your most urgent ingredient is named "copy and paste" (http://s7.directupload.net/images/user/120922/alren33c.gif)
(laugh) Yes, pile up those flappy bird clones and you'll be scroogemcducking in money and admiration in no time.
* Professional advice from a two-time MAGS winner and AGS awards nominee (nod)
Yeah!
This is really exciting - we will learn soooo much :grin:
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Your mom told you countless times not bring puppies or other helpless animals home, but you never did listen, did you?
When you found a little helpless "blob" at the beach you took it home anyway and decided the cat's litter box was a good home for it to live...
But you forget that babies do grow, and now you're stuck changing Blint's (as you named it) litter box every hour... and you have no idea where your cat is... When was it that you saw him last?? ??? 8-0
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Right now Blint fits nicely in the shape (wise of you to use the zoom to make it last a bit longer) (laugh)
One thing I need to ask because I am not sure if I understood your 'recipe'.
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Is that blob meant to be the ingredient?
Does it mean that you need sacrificing a cat to a blob in order to create a good (horror) game? :shocked:
There is only one ingredient that can help you through long game-making nights - a big pot of strong coffee
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Is that blob meant to be the ingredient?
Does it mean that you need sacrificing a cat to a blob in order to create a good (horror) game?
Ah! I thought it was obvious... You need a container, litter box, and an ingredient, a blob named Blint... This will ensure that you are sharp and awake to work on your game (you need to change the box once every hour providing that much needed break from coding)... And Blint doesn't take no for and answer, he wants you to make that game... he's a sucker for adventure games! :P
Nah, not really... it's just that when I read "ingredients that you'd expect to be part of the recipe for a cool game", I didn't really thought about on the coding/dev side, but on the game assets (like characters, sprites, etc)... :-[ When I started I was just going to draw a nice sofa with an alien sitting on it... but then Blint invaded the shape... (roll)(laugh)
Ahhh....There's the cat! See! No sacrificing cat! Am sure when the cat saw the blob on his litter box, he just took the wiser route and when to do his things else where.... cats are very smart you know?
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@cat
Ha, ha, ha (laugh) â€" I think that this ingredient gets a very high priority by
several game makers
(http://s1.directupload.net/images/user/120212/nxz7vyzp.gif) - well chosen, cat!
@cassie
Thanks for the explanation. I first saw it more like a failed voodoo-ceremony that caused never ending
disruptions for the developer instead of being a kind of relentless watchdog.
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Good to see you found the lost cat (Now I am speculating what your cat needed that litterbox for) (laugh)
Great starters! - Keep it coming!
I am eager to see more of your special ingredients for game making :grin:
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And so yeah...
Here's the sprite itself:
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and damn that screen width difference between preview and actual forums...foiled again!
The quality of the submissions in all of the competitions, lately, has me wondering if I have anything worth contributing. Nonetheless, the recipe for an awesome game might include one of these fellows. An elseif:
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And no, Adeel, he's not doing what you think he's doing. That's a switch in his hand. It directs the data path.
A good community that offers help, feedback, support and inspiration is often a key component, especially for hobbyists and small indie devs. I'm sure that a bunch of great games would have never seen the light of day if there weren't places like the AGS forum.
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WOW!
Three more entries 8-0
... and clever ... and ... aww â€" so nice to see the community, too :-*
I already love the recipe of all those ingrediants.
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Hmm - I think I need to search for a restorer who is able to get rid of the patina and crap
that still sticks at the trophies and polish them on high gloss all around.
You really deserve the best possible for your signatures. (nod)
All I can think of is the ingredient of Love.
AGSers try their best to stuff their big hearts into the world of AGS.
So here's an AGSer heart melting in the blue cup for all of you :-*
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Yippie â€" a new entry and with one of the main ingrediants (http://s1.directupload.net/images/user/120211/uq9yefx8.gif)
Thank you for paticipating :-*
Just to avoid confusion,
the MAGS theme isn't valid for this color ball :wink:
So in case that someone out there is still awake
and able to add an ingredient to our precious recipe
please do so!
Three days left for this tiny shape to be filled
and there are still lots of possible ingredients to choose from (nod)
>>> come on â€" soup's not ready yet <<<
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Time has come to decide who deserves to be included in the Guide Michelin.
Who did the best using of the shape, is most interesting by idea/ingrediant and style ...
Which of
the entries are your favorites?
VOTING!!! VOTING!!! VOTING!!!
Here is the complete recipe for creating a succsessful game,
with all of the needed ingrediants, recommended by the best chefss of our comunity: No 1 [imgzoom]http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/blint.png [/imgzoom] a Blint by
Cassiebsg No 2 [imgzoom]http://cat.agser.me/pics/competition/CB_Ingredient.png [/imgzoom] coffee by
cat No 3 [imgzoom]http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c201/Mandle/MagnifiedRantSprite01_zpslwjw5jtz.png [/imgzoom] magnified thoughts by
Mandle No 4 [imgzoom]http://fs1.directupload.net/images/user/150401/bj5bdrox.png [/imgzoom] an elseif by
jwalt No 5[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/uCwEqE2.png [/imgzoom] the AGS comunity by
Hobo No 6 [imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/ZAge6JT.png [/imgzoom] a melting heart by
AnasAbdin Everyone is allowed to vote for his/her favorite entry!
Please vote for the entries that you'd like best (first, second and third placed) and if you like, tell us why you have chosen it.
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Each entry has its own flavor. This is unfair, but rules are rules :-\
No.4 elseif
No.1 Blint
No.2 coffee
My mind works in the most weird way! The use of the shape by the elbow of elseif blew my mind!
1. magnified thoughts by Mandle - this sounds like some actual useful advice and that's a very unique and clever way of filling the shape.
2. a melting heart by AnasAbdin - yup, love for games and especially for making games is definitely necessary, usually nothing good comes out of hate and apathy. So, melt it up and shape it into games.
3. an elseif by jwalt - I was a bit torn between Blint and elseif, but I think jwalt's use of shape is slightly better, so I decided to go with it. And I certainly have a fair amount of ifs and elseifs in my games.
a Blint by Cassiebsg - various monsters and villains can be very important ingredients in certain games and I've already put your advice into good use. Behold, a new version of Kingdom of Ehcilc:
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coffee by cat - nice coloring, but sadly I don't drink coffee :(, haven't even had a single cup in the past 5-6 years, so I find it completely irrelevant when developing games (or maybe that's the reason I havent made any great games yet :-D).
1 a melting heart by AnasAbdin
2 the AGS comunity by Hobo (flirt trophy...)
3 coffee by cat
1st AnasAbdin
2nd jwalt
3rd Hobo
Just because this is how I would want games to be made without the corporate bull that spoils most movies and games:
1st: Community
2nd: Heart
3rd: Coffee
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Last call!
I'd like to close the voting soon.
So Cassie, jwalt and everyone else - if you'd like to throw some points in the pot - please do so quickly.
Come on - it is soo exciting! (laugh)
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Ooops, sorry, been somewhat away from the computer most of the week. :-[
Anyway, great entries everyone! :-D
1. Hobo - Awesome sprite and great ingredients! (nod)
2. AnasAbdin - Again spot on with the ingredients.
3. Mandle and jwalt (can I give half a point to each? (laugh) ) I just can't decide which is better and/or more important.
Sorry cat, love the sprite, but I also don't drink coffee, so it must not be an essential ingredient (to me at least... now if you had drawn caffeine - like in a cola - things might have been slightly different). (roll)
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Thanks a lot for taking part! :kiss:
My last official posting for this round is to proudly announce the winners and
â€" like an award ceremony -
to hand out the well polished trophy badges.
Without further ado my congratz go to
jwalt who gets a shiny bronze trophy for taking the third place (http://fs1.directupload.net/images/user/150401/cmd4czls.png)
Hobo who gets a shiny silver trophy for reaching the second place (http://fs2.directupload.net/images/user/150401/2iomnklw.png)
and * drumrolls * (http://s14.directupload.net/images/user/141118/slf4zrc6.gif)
AnasAbdin who gets a shiny golden trophy for winning this little comp (http://fs2.directupload.net/images/user/150401/feybqbpd.png)
Since all of the entries deserve to be rewarded I'd also like to offer a badge for all the participants that couldn't catch one of the above badges.
I think this shiny version in AGS-blue looks very classy - so this one is for you (http://fs1.directupload.net/images/user/150401/vafw249c.png)
Big applause for you all
and an extra one for our glorious winner,
AnasAbdin , who will take it over now and start the next challenge.
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Thanks to the voters and to every participant! Congrats to all winners ;-D
And finally, thanks to Tabata our awesome host for this great round and beautiful trophies :-*
hold on I'm gonna read the announcements one more time just to make sure that I won (imagine the embarrassment if I posted this and I didn't win :-[ )
See you soon in the next competition.
Congrats AnasAbdin! Looking forward to the next competition.
In the meantime, I'll put that pretty blue pot in my signature and pretend it's full of coffee ;)