MAGS April “Finish Your MAGS Game” (OPEN)

heltenjon · Thu 04/04/2024 09:01:34

Quote from: eri0o on Wed 03/04/2024 20:57:35To update... At the end of the day, there is a chance it rains: >>surviving v3<<

Hmmm...a bit strange that the hydration level decreases when it rains?

eri0o · Thu 04/04/2024 11:31:20

Good catch. You won't be able to drink rain water directly, you will need to find something to collect the water to drink.

I am trying to come up with the available items and the systems they will work, how to combine things and all. Trying to think about having a few items that just go bad with time or just cease to exist when used and which they are. Additionally some items will be placed in specific places and some will be randomly put every time you sleep.

Edit: on second thought I think you are right and you should stop getting thirsty when exposed to the rain.

eri0o · Fri 05/04/2024 03:20:47

Wasted the two hours I had trying tile editors, concluded they all suck... Quickly created a tile from one of my old tiles. Ended up just using Aseprite.

I didn't made anything beside changing the map, but the map has night and day (it's just inverted colors for now): >>surviving v4<<

Radiant · Fri 05/04/2024 11:36:59

Ok, I didn't have enough time in this March to finish the MAGS game ("Cut In Half") so I'll see if I can finish it in April. I'd say that's fitting

OneDollar · Fri 05/04/2024 12:43:51

I managed to find the puzzle chart for "In Our Midst" which was supposed to be an entry for MAGS September 2022 "Sometimes Evil Wins", so I'm working on that this month.

There were two 'puzzle goes here' holes in the design which I've now filled in. One miiiight be a pain to program, and I don't know how fun or logical it will be for players. We'll see.
A lot of art was already done - I've got 5 backgrounds and walking animations for the characters - but there's still a lot of random objects and animations to do.
There's not a lot of code written. A couple of graphic-less objects to pick up and some bits of unfinished unconnected puzzles.
I wanted it to be wordless but originally I didn't have time to make that work, so there's some sticking plaster text descriptions that pop up for some actions. I'm going to give this another go and see if I can make it work with as little text as possible. That probably means more animation and sound effects though.

Ponch · Sat 06/04/2024 16:36:53

Sweet biscuits! Why did I wait a week to check this forum?!?

Not to brag, but I have so many games to choose from!

I'll need to dig through the hard drives to settle on just one. I can remember several projects I'd love to finish, but I have to see how much of each project I actually preserved before choosing. If memory serves, my most completed ones are probably "Under The Sea", "Dressing Up", "Glass of Water", "Rescue", or "Monsters". I'll dig through the archives and see if I can find something finish-able.

eri0o · Sun 07/04/2024 01:40:13

Spent the last little hours I had in both days playing with the idea of the map... I am using the beta of Aseprite now, which has a tiled mode!

Spoiler

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I set up two layers with two different tile sets so I can work on the map and the walkable area there too.

So, made a new version with nothing but the map and also the world gets a bit harder to see at night now : >>surviving v5<<

Ponch · Sun 07/04/2024 01:58:55

Okay, after much delving into the ancient fragments of the past, I've decided to finish my MAGS from February 2019, theme: "Dressing Up"

As I said here: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/competitions-activities/mags-february-dressing-up-result/msg636602982/#msg636602982

QuoteI loved this theme and gave my best effort in ages at actually finishing a game in time. I didn't announce it because my track record is so terrible lately. Ultimately, I ended up with about 5/6 of a game when the deadline caught me. No surprise there, I suppose, but it was fun to try my hand at AGS again after a long time away from it.

... [a few posts later] ...

The first room is nice, but it gets very crude very quickly as you progress from the starting point. It's practically an MS Paint game by the end. It would need a lot of work to make it presentable...

I might rework it at some point in the future when I have the time.

That time is now!

The untitled game is about 1/3 done. The menu, the intro scene, and 2 mini-games work. 1 more mini-game kind of works, but with placeholder art. Judging from the notes I could find, there are at least 2 more mini-games I have to make along with several different possible endings. I hope I can cobble this together in time for a second chance at finishing it.

glurex · Sun 07/04/2024 23:33:26

Wow! Unintentionally, I jumped ahead of the theme of this MAGS

The Last One is a game I started for the November MAGS (Worlds Collide), but due to a series of family health issues, I couldn't finish on time (I only had a couple of things left to do). Obviously, it doesn't count, but I'm looking forward to see what out of this month's theme.

eri0o · Mon 08/04/2024 02:33:00

Been thinking on how to give a feel to the stats, so I added running : >>surviving v6<<

Now if you top your fatigue, you won't be able to run.

Spoiler

There is no way to rest or eat or drink yet, so no recovery of the stats. I am trying to think about the items, I think I want an inventory that can hold items individually, but multiple, and also to have a limit - divided into arbitrary item limit vs carry capacity, but leaning to arbitrary limit. And then some mechanic that you could store the items on the car and retrieve. This will be a complex work week for me, so not sure when I will be able to experiment and keep grinding at this game.

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VampireWombat · Wed 10/04/2024 14:10:59

Well, this definitely seems like a sign that I should actually try again with MAGS.
I'm slowly getting used to life again with internet after over a year without, and today is the day I returned here.

I'll definitely have to look at my other hard drives since this hard drive only has the last game I attempted, which I remember nothing about.

cat · Wed 10/04/2024 15:21:04

Great to see you again, @VampireWombat ! I have been wondering where you have been. Welcome back

VampireWombat · Wed 10/04/2024 17:27:28

It looks like I have 3 possibilities. Currently copying the files and will look over them this afternoon to figure out which might work best.

Quote from: cat on Wed 10/04/2024 15:21:04Great to see you again, @VampireWombat ! I have been wondering where you have been. Welcome back

Thanks. Yeah, I hadn't planned on being away from home and the internet for so long. What was meant to be a month or so ended up like 15 months.

VampireWombat · Wed 10/04/2024 22:22:11

After going through all of my hard drives, I have chosen which game to work on...

Alien Tailgate Party. I was going to make it for February 2019, for the Dressing Up theme. I didn't get very far with it and ending up doing the graphics for someone else's game. I don't remember a lot of what I had in mind, but I do remember the main thing was that gameplay would be somewhat based on Dropsy. And the second thing is the alien understanding American football and tailgate parties only slightly less than I do.

Ponch · Wed 10/04/2024 23:33:56

Quote from: eri0o on Sun 07/04/2024 01:40:13So, made a new version with nothing but the map and also the world gets a bit harder to see at night now :

Night falls fast in that forest! And that weather! I assume it takes place in Canada.

Blondbraid · Fri 12/04/2024 13:07:28

I might as well dig up an old MAGS I started years ago, hopefully I'll finally get it finished this time!

Cassiebsg · Thu 18/04/2024 17:07:02

Rats, haven't had time this week to even touch it, and this weekend won't be gold either. :/
Too much overtime at work, atm.

Ponch · Fri 19/04/2024 02:16:36

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Thu 18/04/2024 17:07:02Rats, haven't had time this week to even touch it, and this weekend won't be gold either. :/
Too much overtime at work, atm.

heltenjon · Fri 19/04/2024 11:27:31

Quote from: Ponch on Fri 19/04/2024 02:16:36
Quote from: Cassiebsg on Thu 18/04/2024 17:07:02Rats, haven't had time this week to even touch it, and this weekend won't be gold either. :/
Too much overtime at work, atm.

Then we're going to need another MAGS theme called "Finish Finishing Your MAGS Game".

OneDollar · Sat 20/04/2024 09:32:46

Quote from: heltenjon on Fri 19/04/2024 11:27:31Then we're going to need another MAGS theme called "Finish Finishing Your MAGS Game".

The MAGS participation thread talked about doing this regularly. I'm told that in the sewists community they have a 'Finish it February'. If we did a fixed thing like that though we'd have to delay e.g. December's winner to setting the rules for March.

This weekend is my last clear block of time this month so I'm hopefully on the last stretch of my game, otherwise it'll continue to be unfinished. I'm firmly in the "I'm fed up of working on this, why did I design puzzles that are so complicated to script, is this game even any good?" part of the development cycle.