One Room, One Week Competition 2 - WINNERS ANNOUNCED

[Gilbert]

that doesn't work either...apparently. I think it was scotch that told me:
You can save some other game's setup with the correct resolution, then copy the acsetup.cfg file to the baghdad game.

Hey read this.

[Rocco]

i can't vote without the walktroughs, cause i dont want to vote
when i have only finished one or two games.

[Mr Jake]

Reading walkthroughs is hardly enough to vote on. I'd say play them or don't vote.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

I'd just like to know what the hell finishing a game has to do with voting on its merits?  That's like saying, 'Oh, the last guy kicks my ass in Gladiator Quest so I'm not voting on the game...Because I didn't see the ending!'

[Rocco]

it depends on the game, but normally adventure games build there story like
a cycle and at the end all comes together and the game makes sense.
So if i dont vote for a good game, reasonable cause im not a good adventure player
(and im a very bad adventure player, with no patience) and cant go through, this is not fair to the gamemaker, so i guess its better dont voting - my opinion.

[Kweepa]

I'd just like to know what the hell finishing a game has to do with voting on its merits?

How do you know what's in there if you haven't finished the game? I nearly gave up on Gladiator Quest before discovering the arena. That's a big part of the game.

On the other hand, I recognise that playing the game solely from a walkthrough isn't a good idea either. You can't judge the puzzles/gameplay if you've got the answers in front of you.

If you're having trouble with a game, post here (with [ hide ] markup) for some clues.

[Helm]

most of these games are pretty straightforward, and if they're not completely, usually looking at the help file that came with the game helps. Anna can get difficult, but is really really worth it, the rest are easy besides gladiator quest but in that case it's not the puzzles that are difficult but the arcade parts. Dance 'Til You Drop is probably the only game that's really involved and might take more than one session to finish. I can't see why people would 'give up' on orow games.

I think that if you haven't finished a game, it would be best if you consider why you haven't finished it. You haven't finished it because it's not appealing and irritating as a game, or you haven't finished it because you didn't invest enough effort and time into it. If it's the former, then you SHOULD vote and vote harshly because keeping a player interested is an important part of making a game. If the latter, it's more your fault than the game's and your votes should reflect that.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Exactly, and as far as I am aware, there isn't a voting option for 'best ending'.  Just play the games; if you like what you see (or don't), let your vote reflect it.  Simple as that.

[AGA]

Voting now open here.

[CodeJunkie]

What do game makers give themselves?

[scotch]

Whatever you honestly think your game is worth.

[magintz]

when does voting close?

[scotch]

In a week.

[Traveler]

I just voted on the games but got curious why the voting system has changed from last time? I found it finer-tuned for voting to vote on each specific area of a game (graphics, music, etc. and then aggregating those to get a winner), rather than giving a single score for each game.

[Vince Twelve]

Here's a quote from Helm on the first page of this thread.  I quite agree with him.

In action, it was proven that people voted great on all categories on the games they liked. This made the top few games come out with boosted scores across the board, whereas I think it would make more sense for some games to win scripting and graphics, others music etc. This was also the paradigm in the AGS Awards, with Apprentice sweeping most awards ( in my opinion) needlessly. People don't seem to understand the concept of categorical voting on any other level than rewarding the creators for nice 'gaming experiences' on the whole.

[Wretched]

Just tried voting and got this, Wait til later??

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/AGA/public_html/OROWC2/vote.php on line 415

Warning: mysql_select_db() [function.mysql-select-db]: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) in /home/AGA/public_html/OROWC2/vote.php on line 416

Warning: mysql_select_db() [function.mysql-select-db]: A link to the server could not be established in /home/AGA/public_html/OROWC2/vote.php on line 416
Could not select database.

[AGA]

Try again now. I was upgrading MySQL. Silly of me to do it in the middle of voting, really.

[Traveler]

Here's a quote from Helm on the first page of this thread.  I quite agree with him.

In action, it was proven that people voted great on all categories on the games they liked. This made the top few games come out with boosted scores across the board, whereas I think it would make more sense for some games to win scripting and graphics, others music etc. This was also the paradigm in the AGS Awards, with Apprentice sweeping most awards ( in my opinion) needlessly. People don't seem to understand the concept of categorical voting on any other level than rewarding the creators for nice 'gaming experiences' on the whole.

Last time I did that, too, simply because (for me, at least), Automation was a clearcut winner (The Bar came in a very close 2nd). This time, though, I didn't find anything clear-cut, so I would've gone for categories. It's no big deal, though, I was just curious.

[Mr Flibble]

(too tired to dredge old thread) Didn't Automation win last time? I only recently got broadband, and so was able to download the zip of last times' games.

[Helm]

Good to know your critical abilities this time around are at their sharpest, Traveller.