Hourgame Saturday [V for Valentine - VVinner announced!]

Vukul · Fri 12/02/2010 18:40:58

!Hourgame saturday!

I, as a host of this new competition, won't be original and just cite the rules given before:

It's 2010 and Hourgaming is back!

What's an hourgame competition?
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).

When will it take place?
This hourgame session will take place on Feb 13, 2010, Saturday (what a coincidence!). It will start at 19:00GMT and participants will have an hour to make their games + 15 minutes to beta test / upload (i.e. deadline is 20:15GMT).
The time has been tested by several competitions already, so I think, it is generally suitable. If not, see below.

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 annouced on IRC* and here.

Additional infos
- 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:
- TerranRich's ShutUpload
- 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.

Important: please post here if you'd like to join but the timeline is not ok for you! Slight changes are always possible!

* Is there anybody willing to help me announce the theme in IRC?

Vukul · Fri 12/02/2010 18:43:03

And, please, post if you're interested in taking place in this activity. Just to see the possible turnout...

...and overall interest.

There will be trophies this time, I promise!

NsMn · Fri 12/02/2010 18:44:05

HERE! HERE!

Bulbapuck · Fri 12/02/2010 18:57:26

Posting

I'm in!

bicilotti · Fri 12/02/2010 18:58:18

Totally join!

edit: for IRC help, join IRC, annouce theme, live happily thereafter

FSi++ · Fri 12/02/2010 18:59:42

me too

Vukul · Fri 12/02/2010 19:28:04

Quote from: bicilotti on Fri 12/02/2010 18:58:18
edit: for IRC help, join IRC, annouce theme, live happily thereafter

Oh well, you convinced me

Dualnames · Fri 12/02/2010 20:06:29

Quote from: Vukul on Fri 12/02/2010 19:28:04
Quote from: bicilotti on Fri 12/02/2010 18:58:18
edit: for IRC help, join IRC, annouce theme, live happily thereafter
Oh well, you convinced me

I'm declaring interest!

Rex Mundane · Sat 13/02/2010 00:04:33

Ho.

LRH · Sat 13/02/2010 06:15:39

Unfortunately, I won't be available tomorrow for the competition. (Crowd goes 'Awwwwwwwww!')

I will try to check out the games, though.

Vukul · Sat 13/02/2010 07:53:31

Quote from: Domithan on Sat 13/02/2010 06:15:39
I will try to check out the games, though.

Please, try

The previous competition definitely lacked peer comments.

Vukul · Sat 13/02/2010 18:10:31

Roughly half an hour to start.

Edited: Okay, check for new post!

*Still looks like I need some assistance to announce the theme in IRC. For some reason my computer prevents me from connecting the server.

NsMn · Sat 13/02/2010 18:20:15

Bad, very bad. I think the point is to make a new post so that the participants can see it just by looking at the index.

Vukul · Sat 13/02/2010 18:58:46

Okay, again, I won't be original

The theme is...

V for Valentine!

Valentine is a keyword this time: it should be by all means used in your game (at least in the title).

If somebody succeeds to convey the mood of the coming St.Valentine's Day - it will be very good

And, yes...

Ready!

Steady!

GO!!!

Vukul · Sat 13/02/2010 20:06:23

The hour has come to the end... Now is a quarter-hour testing/debugging session.

Post your entries!

Kweepa · Sat 13/02/2010 20:09:54

Here's mine:

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

Enjoy!

bicilotti · Sat 13/02/2010 20:12:04

Can I have a bit more time? My crappy connection doesnt allow me to upload!!!

Wyz · Sat 13/02/2010 20:17:46

Let me present...
Cup-o-Valentine
http://shutupload.com/dl/f5a58f709154/

Vukul · Sat 13/02/2010 20:18:54

Of course, you can. In fact, I suppose, anything made within 2 hours limit is still an hourgame... but don't count it as an excuse!

You have time to upload till 20.30!

bicilotti · Sat 13/02/2010 20:22:32

Quote from: Vukul on Sat 13/02/2010 20:18:54
Of course, you can. In fact, I suppose, anything made within 2 hours limit is still an hourgame... but don't count it as an excuse!

You have time to upload till 20.30!

http://shutupload.com/dl/f5a39c74d6c3/