MAGS October: "Hallowe'en" (Winner Announced)

Stupot · Tue 07/10/2014 12:41:46

Quote from: Adeel S. Ahmed on Tue 07/10/2014 08:48:53
I'm sorry but I won't be entering this month's competition. This theme has been used to death by hundreds of games that now it fails to inspire me. I tried coming up something for this month's MAGS but failed to do so.

Sorry you feel that way, bro. I checked and there didn't seem to have been a Halloween MAGS for over ten years, so I thought it was about time. Plus I liked the idea of packaging them up as a little themed bundle, though we might not have enough entries to make it worthwhile.

@Mandle - nice All Hallow's Doorstep. ooOooooOOOoooOOOO

miguel · Tue 07/10/2014 13:05:57

I'm in again!

Honestly, I'm still finishing last month's game but will enter this one, hopefully in time!

Adeel · Tue 07/10/2014 13:38:58

Quote from: Stupot+ on Tue 07/10/2014 12:41:46Sorry you feel that way, bro. I checked and there didn't seem to have been a Halloween MAGS for over ten years, so I thought it was about time. Plus I liked the idea of packaging them up as a little themed bundle, though we might not have enough entries to make it worthwhile.

I apologize if that came as hard and/or rude. By no means that post was directed at you. I didn't know that this theme had not been chosen for over ten years. It's just that I've seen too many Halloween games that now I feel uninspired. This feeling might also be due to the fact that I'm 'foreign' to this festival. I've read up on it quite a bit but that's all. I failed to get the true spirit and/or essence of this festival.

Stupot · Tue 07/10/2014 15:20:45

No need to apologise mate. I know it's not a very original theme, but just seemed like a good idea at the time.

@Miguel, I look forward to both of your games, sir :-)

Mandle · Wed 08/10/2014 16:50:29

Well...I've got almost all the house decorations done, and working myself up to start work on the Trick-Or-Treaters' costumes, and AprilSkies has coded the PvP interactive file import/export thingy I need to make the whole shebang actually work...Now I just need to code an actual structure his code can get plugged into...

I will release it in a ready-or-not state anyways by the deadline, but I hope I can get it completed in full...

We will see...

Cassiebsg · Wed 08/10/2014 17:28:12

Good luck Mandel!

Looking forward to see what you come up with.

miguel · Fri 10/10/2014 00:55:25

Quote from: Stupot+ on Tue 07/10/2014 15:20:45
@Miguel, I look forward to both of your games, sir :-)

You are very kind Stupot,
I've released the September entry and am from tomorrow working on this month's game.

Mandle · Fri 10/10/2014 16:42:40

Quote from: miguel on Fri 10/10/2014 00:55:25
Quote from: Stupot+ on Tue 07/10/2014 15:20:45
@Miguel, I look forward to both of your games, sir :-)

You are very kind Stupot,
I've released the September entry and am from tomorrow working on this month's game.

I'm sensing that you have the brilliant idea to make a game series and adapt it to the MAGS theme, no matter what, in chapters...This would be exciting for you and us (the players)...We get to play your games and anticipate your next response to the MAGS theme at the same time...

Here's what I think you're planning right now:

Spoiler

I sense our heroine will be making a large drug-deal on Halloween Eve and come across some complications requiring her to pull out her gun and get all bad-ass on everyone again...

[close]

As for my own project: Well, I coded a lot today but run across some ridiculous problem in my coding where "oBject.~~Visible~~Transparency =" worked perfectly as long as it was 80% and failed totally when I changed it to 75%...I wasted about 2 hours searching for the problem because I wanted the learning experience, but finally caved and went back to the working 80%...

I'm sure I will slap myself in the head when I learn the problem...But for now it's time to move on...

Cassiebsg · Fri 10/10/2014 17:23:41

Quote from: Mandle on Fri 10/10/2014 16:42:40
worked perfectly as long as it was 80% and failed totally when I changed it to 75%....

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, but have you tried 76% or 74%? I seem to vaguely remember reading something about 75 not working, but might be totally unrelated to this and it could even be a completely different number (I'm a bit dyslexic when it comes to numbers). Just a thought, and probably not to hard to test.

Stupot · Fri 10/10/2014 17:52:38

Isn't .Visible a true or false? Maybe you need .Transparency instead?

Mandle · Fri 10/10/2014 23:26:04

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Fri 10/10/2014 17:23:41
Quote from: Mandle on Fri 10/10/2014 16:42:40
worked perfectly as long as it was 80% and failed totally when I changed it to 75%....

I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, but have you tried 76% or 74%? I seem to vaguely remember reading something about 75 not working, but might be totally unrelated to this and it could even be a completely different number (I'm a bit dyslexic when it comes to numbers). Just a thought, and probably not to hard to test.

Hmmmm...I'll look into that, thanks!

Quote from: Stupot+ on Fri 10/10/2014 17:52:38
Isn't .Visible a true or false? Maybe you need .Transparency instead?

Ah yeah...I meant to type .Transparency and failed...Cheers!

miguel · Sat 11/10/2014 00:49:01

Mandle, get your transparency shit together dude!

Mandle · Tue 14/10/2014 00:21:25

Quote from: miguel on Sat 11/10/2014 00:49:01
Mandle, get your transparency shit together dude!

Tranparent? Shit? Reminds me of an old Aussie joke that's too racist to repeat here...

Anyways, will do!

In further exciting news, I have received an offer from a talented musician to do music for the project! Can't wait to see what develops there!

Not much progress since last time...I planned to get a ton done over this weekend past but my wife threw her back out at work and I've kinda been playing nursemaid instead.

Hopefully tonight/tomorrow I can get stuck into it again...

miguel · Thu 16/10/2014 12:38:14

Been working on this month's game pretty much every day, I don't want to miss the deadline again due to laziness.
Is it only me and Mandle this month?

Mandle · Thu 16/10/2014 12:42:50

Quote from: miguel on Thu 16/10/2014 12:38:14
Is it only me and Mandle this month?

Oh crap...Now I GOTTA get this thing out on time...Can't have you winning by default! Much better if you win by crushing me!

Stupot · Thu 16/10/2014 15:26:06

I think it might just be you two. So much for the Halloween bundle, hehe. Still, looking forward to them. I still haven't played your last one Miguel, so I might play them together when this one comes out :-)

Nightfable · Thu 16/10/2014 18:36:33

I may join although it's a bit late now, I won't have much time to put something together. How many rooms, minimum, can we have for a mags?

Cassiebsg · Thu 16/10/2014 20:06:20

I think one is probably the minimum... then again, if you make a game that only uses a GUI, then you probably get away with zero rooms....

Atelier · Fri 17/10/2014 00:15:31

No room number needed - as many or as little as you like! Doesn't even need to have a 'room' as such - could be some other type of game, like a simulator.

Mandle · Fri 17/10/2014 00:23:42

Quote from: Cassiebsg on Thu 16/10/2014 20:06:20
I think one is probably the minimum... then again, if you make a game that only uses a GUI, then you probably get away with zero rooms....

ORLY?!