Hourgame Saturday! TOWEL EDITION - Winner is Magma42!

Scarab · Wed 26/05/2010 02:49:44

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

When will it take place?
This Hourgame session will take place on Saturday 29th May 2010. Starting at 19:00 BST (14:00 New York, 20:00 Budapest) participants will have an hour to make their games + 15 minutes to beta test / upload (i.e. the deadline is 20:15 BST).

How do I participate?
A theme is set by the previous week's winner and by the contest's host in event of his/her absence. It will be announced on IRC (3 simple steps to IRC) and here.

Why should I participate?
Because it's FUN!
The more the merrier, and it's great pactice for the ol' game making skills.
And I will personally supply the victor with:

Additional info:
- 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-existing AGS template for your game (e.g. the Verb-Coin GUI template).
- You cannot use stuff you've made earlier, because this competition is about making something new.

Camwhoring:
If you have Camtasia or Camtasia-esque software, it would be great to see your "Making of"! Or blog about it, or just open Notepad, do something! No twittering.

Uploading:
Suggested hosts to upload your entry to are:
Recommended:
TerranRich's ShutUpload

Not recommended:
http://www.mediafire.com/
http://www.sendspace.com/
http://www.rapidshare.com/

Or your own place.

Voting:
Just tell us your favourite game. You don't have to enter to vote!
(If you want to tell us what you liked and disliked about all the entries, that would be super nice of you!)
The voting will end when all the entrants have voted, or on Wednesday, 2nd June, whichever comes sooner.

Please post below if you're interested in participating, if the change in time will/won't work for you, or if you have any other questions.

Hope to see you there!

Kweepa · Wed 26/05/2010 04:40:02

I'm in!

Bulbapuck · Wed 26/05/2010 15:58:58

Gaahhhhhhhhhhhhh.....hhhhhhh....

I cannot believe this, I've been free every other saturday and busy every other saturday. And since it's the wrong saturday I haven't been able to join these for quite some time..

Including this saturday.. I'm busy Saturday. Though I was free last Saturday and I have no plans for the next one..

This sucks....... .... .... :'(

Oh well, I guess I'll join the hoursong cxompo

Wonkyth · Thu 27/05/2010 11:12:52

Scab, as a fellow Aussie I petition you to change the time to a more suitable time of 8:00 +10 GMT!
Just this once, at least...

bicilotti · Fri 28/05/2010 19:28:47

Quote from: wonkyth on Thu 27/05/2010 11:12:52
Scab, as a fellow Aussie I petition you to change the time to a more suitable time of 8:00 +10 GMT!
Just this once, at least...

bumpo

Scarab · Sat 29/05/2010 18:02:40

Bump!

The hourgame is going ahead at the ususal time, exactly one hour from the posting of this.

Join, or the ghost of Hourgames past will come and haunt you. ~WWOOOOOOOHHH!~

See you there!

Scarab · Sat 29/05/2010 19:03:16

As we all know, a towel is the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitch hiker can have. So this week, in celebration of Towel Day, and the release of HHGG, the theme is...

TOWELS!

That's right, this is Hourgame: Douglas Adams Edition!

NsMn · Sat 29/05/2010 20:14:11

Here is mine. Graphics by JimReed, interface by me, actual game by some douchebag (wasn't me I swear!).

QUEST FOR THE GIRL WITH THE GIANT TOWEL IN THE SHOWERS AND THERE'S SOME GAMEPLAY TOO (yes, that IS the title)

Dualnames · Sat 29/05/2010 20:15:28

To honor Douglas, I didn't make a Douglas Adams related game. For his sake.

Now, here's my entry
SOMEHOW: SHE CAN'T ENOUGH

Download it

Worst game ever. But one detail.
It has SEX. Yes, no more subtext stupidity.
No more 'loove'' and shit.
SEX people! And SEX!!

oh, and a towel.

Kweepa · Sat 29/05/2010 20:16:23

Here is my entry.
The "puzzles" are rather weak I'm afraid...

http://www.kweepa.com/step/ags/games/Towels.zip

bicilotti · Sat 29/05/2010 20:24:50

Towel shit

http://shutupload.com/dl/1da040a74c9c/

crap, but I'm happy on how I managed to fake dynamic memory.

It's Not winnable, but you can lose it!

ShiverMeSideways · Sat 29/05/2010 20:29:49

I've also finished my hoursong, and it's called...

Wet an' Slippery

(download) | (listen on Newgrounds)

Made with Guitar Pro 5.

Oh, what's the relation between something wet and slippery and a towel?

Spoiler

... You use a towel to clean it up.

[close]

Also, this was made in actually 30 minutes :/

Scarab · Sat 29/05/2010 20:32:51

This is Wonkyth's Untitled entry, as he couldn't make the HG, so he PMed it to me a few hour beforehand.
Enjoy!

http://shutupload.com/dl/59b6a4b13064/

Rex Mundane · Sat 29/05/2010 20:39:39

Magma42 is proud to present, One Fine Day at the Shop
.

A Magma42 production of a Magma42 game.

Now with Screenshot action!

Jim Reed · Sat 29/05/2010 21:03:34

Yes, you buncha losers, and soft hearted geeks. Rape is the game, NsMn's the lame...err, winner!
NsMn, GO NsMn!

* Jim Reed casts his vote for NsMn

ShiverMeSideways · Sat 29/05/2010 21:07:57

Third place: Dualnames 'cos of the "narration & story".

Second place: Bicilotti 'cos of the music and "innovation".

First place: Magma42 'cos of the dialog that made me laugh.

So, yeah, my vote goes to Magma.

bicilotti · Sat 29/05/2010 21:09:52

Wonkyth, because albeit simple, that did really make me smile.

special mention for Magma42: dialogues are very enjoyable and the overall feel is very bulbapuckesque!

also, SMS, your track rocks!

Kweepa · Sat 29/05/2010 21:15:26

1. bicilotti. Hero Code! And Doom music!
2. magma. Classy dialogue. Points off for being real late.
3. wonky. Very entertaining. Awesome ending cutscene.

Rex Mundane · Sat 29/05/2010 21:24:26

Odd theme this week, as towels immediately lead about half of us to sex for some reason. Ah Well.

Bici, not enough feces.
Wonkyth and Nsmn, seems both of you just programmed the one single interaction. Pretty simplistic, dont you think?
Dual, nicely done, several interactions, interface was a bit unnecessarily odd though, I felt.
Kweepa, Nice art, Simple puzzle with an unconventional solution, me like.

Vote Kweepa

Scarab · Sat 29/05/2010 23:41:47

I made one too, although I spent a couple of extra hours tweaking it.
Without further ado, I present to thee:

AVOID THE TOWELS!

And of course, to the victor, go the spoils:

My vote shall come later.