Poll
Question:
What was your favourite game of MAGS May
Option 1: Magic-8-Ball by Mandle
votes: 2
Option 2: The Fickle Hands of Fate by LostTrainDude
votes: 8
Voting has finished and the results are as follows:
• Magic-8-Ball by Mandle - 2 votes
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The Fickle Hands of Fate by LostTrainDude - 8 votesWell done LTD. You will be contacted soon about choosing a topic for July.
Thanks to all the participants and voters.
(https://i.imgur.com/s01fJHP.jpg) | Magic-8-Ball (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2158/) by Mandle |
(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2159_1.png) | The Fickle Hands of Fate (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2159/) by LostTrainDude
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Topic: The Fickle Hand Of FateThis month's guidelines were set by Mandle and Blondbraid
(https://image.slidesharecdn.com/day6storyresponseparagraph-150917200030-lva1-app6891/95/day-6-story-response-paragraph-8-638.jpg?cb=1442521131)
The theme is fully open to interpretation in any way: Fate may play a hand in the game's outcome, the entire game could be on rails driven entirely by Fate, Fate could betray the player, or we could discover that there is "No fate but what we make."
One particularly intriguing idea Blondbraid had was a game where a self-fulfilling prophecy, as in "An Appointment In Samarra" pictured above, could be the core story of the game but, given the interactive nature of games, this could lead to some very interesting situations: Every branch created by the player's actions could still somehow end up delivering them into the hands of inescapable Fate, or they could find ways to avoid or somehow trick Fate along the way.
Hoping for some fateful, fatalisic, or even just plain fatal entries...Ending: May 31st___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is MAGS?
Started in 2001, MAGS is a competition for amateur adventure game makers. The idea is to create a game in under a month, following the rules set by the previous winner. It aims to help you work to a deadline, improve your skills, and provide a kick-start into making adventure games. Regardless of skill, MAGS is for everyone. Voting is based on "favorite" games, and not the most artistic, or the best coded. If you have bad art skills, use it as a chance to do some graphic work. If you're sub-standard at coding, use it as a chance to give scripting a go. Ultimately, people will vote for the most enjoyable entry.
Rules
• You may work in a team to produce an entry.
• You are not allowed to use any material created before the competition. Your game must be completely new! An exception is music and sound; you can use any audio that is freely available to the public.
• Any modules and templates featured in this board (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?board=10.0) are also allowed.
Entering MAGS is simple. First, conceptualise your game following the month's criteria (see top). Second, create your game fueled only by coffee. Finally, post your game in this thread, including:
âÅ"“ A working download link
âÅ"“ The title of your game
âÅ"“ A suitable in-game screenshot
At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fifteen days. The winner chooses the next month's theme, and their name and game is immortalised in the MAGS Archive (http://www.mags-competition.info/?page=games). For more information, please visit the Official MAGS website. (http://www.mags-competition.info/)
Any early interest?
It's worth noting that the Adventure Jam 2017 starts on the 5th of May (http://jams.gamejolt.io/advjam2017) and lasts for two weeks. So, why not enter both with the same game? That's what I did two years ago.
Super-early WIP
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C-xPaywXcAEjwyK.jpg:large)
Please let me introduce you to Fate. Oh the irony (laugh)
Nice stuff LTD. How's that WIP coming along?
Anyone else in?
As always, things started escalating (roll)
Worldbuilding in progress:
(http://i.imgur.com/qUDSoJE.png)
Also, poor art skills don't make it any easier :P
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C_LGciuXsAAuW41.jpg)
fate looks very interesting :)
Thanks selmiak :)
I wonder if I'll ever make her walk by the end of this MAGS (roll)
Anyway, since I can't seem to stay focused on a single task, here is a short guitar track (https://www.dropbox.com/s/lq17w0hty184gxf/guitar_test.mp3?dl=0) I recorded to help me set the mood of what I have in mind.
Looks like a cool entry, LostTrainDude! 8-)
I do hope we'll see more entries this month than the last though...
A quick update. I know the month's not over yet, but I don't think I will make it.
As CaptainD already told me "Might have helped if you'd kept it under 100 locations" (laugh) (laugh)
Thing is: I'm not planning many locations, but I want them to make sense.
The plot, unless I have some kind of epiphany later on, is simple but I'd rather think a little more about the actual world it is set in and craft hopefully clever puzzles.
Also I'm making use of tools I have never really used before, such as articy:draft (http://store.steampowered.com/app/570090/articydraft_3/) (the now "outdated" version 2, which I got for very little money on a sale they did on Steam, that now doesn't show it as available anymore).
I don't know if it's slowing me down or not, but it should help me keep things organized while not compromising the "improv" design approach I always had :)
Oh, and screenshot, 'cos why not?! Here is an example of articy:draft's way of creating dialogues
(http://i.imgur.com/Uk2GYUe.png)
(In case you can make sense out of the images in the portraits, they are indeed placeholders)
LostTrainDude
You know what they say: Keeping it simple is sometimes the best.. and trying to include too much in the time provided is not such a good idea if you want to make the deadline, especially if you are not that fast..
Perhaps you could make it short it for the MAG (like a Demo) and produce a longer game as a normal completed game..
slasher
I agree with slasher there, a short demo or even an unfinished game is better than no entries at all. It'd be a real shame if you can't get at least something out before the deadline.
I also hope someone else also will try to make an entry so that there will be an actual vote this month. :-\
I hope you can squeeze something out LTD.
It seems may might be another quiet one.
Let's all try to make June a bumper bonanza! Tell your estranged AGS friends, tweet, retweet, sort out your teams now and let's breathe new life into this wonderful contest.
At last some props began to make their way to Fate's place.
Fingers crossed for more (laugh)
[imgzoom]http://i.imgur.com/ybyFb80.png[/imgzoom]
Thanks everybody for the support, I hope to not let you down and at least provide something playable!
Hi LostTrainDude
anybody producing a fairly well put together game in such a time limit is never a let down.
Keep at it mate (nod)
24 hours left.
How's it coming along LTD?
Or any other secret entries?
Something will be here 24 hours from now (wtf)
Cannot guarantee the quality. It's going to be pretty short and easy.
A playable teaser, if you will. (laugh)
I started a game idea about an hour ago to give LTD something to win against or just a game to fill the void with...
About half finished...
DONE!!!
A game made in pretty much exactly 4 hours start to finish:
MAGIC-8-BALL
(https://i.imgur.com/s01fJHP.jpg)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE GAME (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2158/)
Ask the Magic-8-Ball any YES or NO question and it will reply.
But tempting the fickle hand of fate too much could be a bad idea...
I should finish in a couple of hours (except disasters)!
Thanks Mandle for joining and congratulations for the release! :D
THE FICKLE HANDS OF FATE (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2159/)
A short
single-click point and click adventure game
[imgzoom]http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2159_1.png[/imgzoom] | [imgzoom]http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2159_2.png[/imgzoom] |
Fate is finalizing her last recording in the steeple of an abandoned church in a village she is about to leave. Then, off to another city and another recording: her search is not over yet.
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Phew. Did it in the end.
In case anybody may be wondering, yes I have reduced the scope A LOT indeed (laugh)
Hoping to make something more out of this concept :)
Thanks everybody for the support! I'm really tired but happy to have pushed myself a little further than I thought.
Okay, The contest is over. Let the voting begin:
Vote using the poll above.
(https://i.imgur.com/s01fJHP.jpg) | Magic-8-Ball (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2158/) by Mandle |
(http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/images/games/2159_1.png) | The Fickle Hands of Fate (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2159/) by LostTrainDude
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Thanks guys. And thanks to Mandle for making this a two-horse race.
I just played The Fickle Hands Of Fate and found it very charming. As has been mentioned, it's a small segment from a larger story, and I felt I could sense the background of the story from the hints given by the characters, which made me want to play the whole thing!
So, well done indeed!
Thanks Mandle!
And, after a few hours of sleep, here I am again, tempting fate...
(http://i.imgur.com/kINdiI5.png)
GOTY!Spoiler
Nice one! I didn't really know what to expect reading the summary :D
It reminded me of this short movie from a few years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOU3m_tHtQ
Mandle, your game has a great concept and is really well done for the short amount of time you had to complete it! Great work! ;-D
LostTrainDude, I loved the story in your game! I really want to find out more about Fate and her journey. I thought the interface was done really well and the graphics were lovely. Very well done! ;-D
Thanks a million, Riaise!
I hope to bring you more of Fate in the future :)
Also, I agree with you! Mandle's entry is great especially considering the amount of time he worked on it!
I played both games and each had their own merits.
Enjoyed both.... Mandle: I did notice 'type' change after about 4 seconds...(laugh)
It's difficult to pick a winner but I guess we need to look at all the merits for both games and what went into the game...
Will be voting soon..
Well done guys (nod)
Cheers for all comments!
Also, don't forget that just because the voting is automated that the game devs still appreciate feedback on who voted for what and why. And their thoughts on each game, for better or worse...
The worst feeling is when you put a game out and feel so high on releasing something, and then mostly silence... So please leave a comment either here, on the game release forum, or on the game page itself, as well as your vote if possible...
Quote from: LostTrainDude on Thu 01/06/2017 11:37:58
It reminded me of this short movie from a few years ago: Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOU3m_tHtQ
I had not seen that film until just now. I just checked it out and OMG it both scared the shit out of me, and also freaked me out about how similar the story is...
The film's story is much better done of course, but still... Freaky as hell about the coincidence, and now I have to have fun nightmares about the film... :-D
Last chance to get your votes in, girls and boys.
done
well done guys for getting them complete!
Voting has finished and the results are as follows:
• Magic-8-Ball by Mandle - 2 votes
• The Fickle Hands of Fate by LostTrainDude - 8 votes
Well done LTD. You will be contacted soon about choosing a topic for July.
Thanks to all the participants and voters.
Thank you all for your votes!
It is such a short game but it was challenging to work on :)
Also, thanks again to Mandle who jumped in and delivered his work in so few hours!
Congratz LTD!!! Can't wait to see what you come up with!
Congratulations, LostTrainDude! That was a really lovely game. And well done again to Mandle for getting a game finished in that tiny amount of time! :-D
Grats to LTD. Hopefully the June one will have more to vote for. I look forward to see how many games will be completed for June's theme!
And I also look forward to LTD's theme for July.
Congrats to LTD, you made a nice game!
But your entry wasn't bad either, Mandle!
Two nice entries this month, both completely different.
Well done guys (nod)
Quote from: Slasher on Sat 17/06/2017 11:22:26
Two nice entries this month, both completely different.
Well done guys (nod)
I think I beat the Slasher time record as well... (laugh)
Quote from: Mandle on Sat 17/06/2017 15:20:06
Quote from: Slasher on Sat 17/06/2017 11:22:26
Two nice entries this month, both completely different.
Well done guys (nod)
I think I beat the Slasher time record as well... (laugh)
(http://i1181.photobucket.com/albums/x423/qikfire/MANDLE%20CROWN_zpsaxcvs6cy.png) (http://s1181.photobucket.com/user/qikfire/media/MANDLE%20CROWN_zpsaxcvs6cy.png.html)
On a time basis yes but not content, but I will give you a temporary Crown for your time (laugh)
The Slasher ;)
That crown is really well deserved!
It is my honour to wear this crown!
Quote from: Mandle on Mon 19/06/2017 23:41:41
It is my honour to wear this crown!
Ooooo suits you sir (laugh)
So this is where you got that crown mandle.
Quick, make another game this month and you'll get a second crown ;-D
Quote from: selmiak on Wed 28/06/2017 22:09:08
So this is where you got that crown mandle.
Quick, make another game this month and you'll get a second crown ;-D
Hahaha, well the crown was for making this game in 4 hours, but this month I'm asking for an extension, so maybe not.