MAGS October “Modern-Day Mythology” (CLOSED)

Stupot · Sat 01/10/2022 00:30:17

Topic: Modern-Day Mythology
Set by: CaptainD and Kastchey

Myths, legends, fairy tales... they have been part of humankind's culture for millennia. But what would they be like if you set them in the modern day?

The epic of Gilgamesh, the legend of Robin Hood, the 12 tasks / labours of Hercules / Herakles, fairy tales like the ugly duckling - anything that falls within the bracket of tall tales is welcome here! But what if Gilgamesh sought immortality in Dorset rather than Mesopotamia? What if Robin Hood stole from the rich and gave to the poor in Warsaw? How about 12 tasks set inside a virtual reality version of Bosnia? The ugly duckling retold as the story of a child growing up in Nepal, Jason and the Argonauts seeking a fabled Gold lode in the Klondike or Ulysses making an epic journey home from La Paz to Guatemala City?

Let your imagination run wild! Ancient myths, legends and fairy tales, set in the modern day.

pell · Sat 01/10/2022 08:21:24

Great topic. I'll see what I can come up with.

heltenjon · Sat 01/10/2022 11:46:32

Agreed, the topic is super! I hope lots of AGS-ers jump on this one.

If anyone more artistically inclined than myself need a hand with story, dialogue or puzzles, feel free to give me a shout.

pell · Sun 02/10/2022 01:35:36

Quote from: heltenjon on Sat 01/10/2022 11:46:32Agreed, the topic is super! I hope lots of AGS-ers jump on this one.

If anyone more artistically inclined than myself need a hand with story, dialogue or puzzles, feel free to give me a shout.

I'm game for a collaboration.

Kitty Trouble · Sun 02/10/2022 05:42:01

Just curious, do games submitted to these MAGSes have to be adventure games? Is is any game made with AGS fair game?

Stupot · Sun 02/10/2022 06:10:02

Quote from: Kitty Trouble on Sun 02/10/2022 05:42:01Just curious, do games submitted to these MAGSes have to be adventure games? Is is any game made with AGS fair game?

Not at all and absolutely!

You can submit whatever you like as long as it's made in AGS and somehow fits the theme.

People have entered platformers, racing games, abstract puzzle games, visual novels, various simulators. All sorts.

Ponch · Sun 02/10/2022 11:23:42

Great topic!

CaptainD · Sun 02/10/2022 13:16:54

Glad people like the topic

If anyone wants a hand with puzzle design / dialogue or something I'd be up for helping, won't have time for anything more in-depth this month.

Ponch · Sun 02/10/2022 15:34:30

Exactly how much leeway do we have in interpreting the rule for "modern day." I have an idea, but it's definitely more of a mid to late 90s vibe. Which to me, as an old person, the 90s feel rather modern-ish. But to the zoomers (who can be found all over the internet these days), it must seem like the ancient past.

CaptainD · Sun 02/10/2022 15:57:21

Quote from: Ponch on Sun 02/10/2022 15:34:30Exactly how much leeway do we have in interpreting the rule for "modern day." I have an idea, but it's definitely more of a mid to late 90s vibe. Which to me, as an old person, the 90s feel rather modern-ish.

I'd say anything 20th or 21st century is fine

Ponch · Mon 03/10/2022 00:06:49

Quote from: CaptainD on Sun 02/10/2022 15:57:21I'd say anything 20th or 21st century is fine

Sweet! I can't promise I'll actually finish it (I so rarely do), but I've started my new MAGS project!

adanior · Mon 03/10/2022 04:30:34

Really interesting prompt. Gives me all sorts of possibilities. I'll make one last attempt to make something and I won't come back until I have tangible proof that I'm making a thing.

Already considering doing something with Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The town itself in Upstate New York is now a tourist trap every October, that I unfortunately live near so I could do something with that.

DBoyWheeler · Thu 06/10/2022 00:50:49

Yeah, real life kinda prevents me from joining these, but I do save these MAGS ideas so I can work on them on my own time, to be kind of "proofs of concept" for future game ideas. But if I were to try this, I could imagine an Ancient Egyptian myth in modern day Japan (and no, Yu-Gi-Oh has nothing to do with this).

Anyhow, good luck to all who enter.

Stupot · Tue 18/10/2022 00:53:20

How's it going?
Does anyone have anything cooking?

Ponch · Tue 18/10/2022 02:27:27

My game is coming along nicely.

heltenjon · Tue 18/10/2022 08:33:14

Pell and I are trying to come up with something.

Ponch · Sun 30/10/2022 14:43:43

Backbacon Games Proudly Presents
DARKNESS AND DENIM

Canada. 1992.
A mythological monster has begun to terrorize the residents of an ancient forest. In desperation, they turn to a stranger for help. Can he defeat the monster? Will he find enough spare change to afford gas for his truck? Will he ever change his mullet for a more modern hairstyle?

Download and find out!

Thanks to kconan for playtesting.

newwaveburritos · Sun 30/10/2022 16:59:26

Darkness and Denim. Great name! Looks good, too! *punch game*

Ponch · Sun 30/10/2022 22:28:05

*punches your post*

pell · Wed 02/11/2022 10:32:15

heltonjon and I are not going to make the deadline, but we're still going to finish the game we started.

Stupot · Wed 02/11/2022 15:37:39

Quote from: pell on Wed 02/11/2022 10:32:15heltonjon and I are not going to make the deadline, but we're still going to finish the game we started.

Sorry to hear it guys. I hope you manage to finish the game nevertheless.

This does mean that we only have one entry.
Well done Ponch. Darkness and Denim is the winner.

Everyone play Ponch's game and don't forget to rate and comment on this page: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2640-darkness-and-denim-mags-/

CaptainD · Wed 02/11/2022 16:23:00

Congrats Ponch! I've already downloaded your game and hope to play it soon, looks really good

Ponch · Wed 02/11/2022 21:50:21

Quote from: Stupot on Wed 02/11/2022 15:37:39Everyone play Ponch's game and don't forget to rate and comment on this page: https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2640-darkness-and-denim-mags-/

Sound advice, indeed!

I'm happy to take a win, but I didn't want to win by default.

I hope pell and Heltenjon finish their game. it was a theme with a lot of potential. Thanks to CaptainD and Kastchey for choosing it!

glurex · Sat 05/11/2022 21:22:43

Nice game, Ponch! Congratulations!

Ponch · Sun 06/11/2022 00:35:56

Thanks!