Use this thread to chat or discuss the competition.
Never post information regarding your project, or the whereabouts of your team's website/forum.
PM Andail for further questions.
/This post was edited by Andail. Thanks Vel for all your efforts; now focus on your project!)
Tanker - Coding, Story
pixelcat - Art, Story
Peter Thomas - Music, Story (These are the only two skills in the entire world I possess, so don't be surprised when I start flaunting them like big, jiggly breasts)
Attention K-Mart Shoppers:
Name : Alky
Madskills : Story
Also : Art
I'm moving to America, but I should near definately still be able to work on this. Apparently, America has also discovered the internet (well, somebody told me they had. I don't really believe them, y'know..)
Minimi - Art, Music
I have time until 1 August.. because then I'm on vacation :)
TikiTikiMan - Art, Story
YOke - Art, Code
I'm best at bg-art, but I guess I could draw an acceptable character if somebody yelled at me...
Os is in for Story and Coding... ;)
Ultimo, it looked as if you hadn't read the rules on IRC, please make sure you read the rules.
Fawful has fury- Art, Story
Donny Brook - Story, Art
Sorry, I cant compete remove me, Im gonna be out of town for a while
Farlander, art, story...
Releasethefrogs- Story, Coding, Music, Art (In order LTRÃ, :P)
Note-Ã, I will not have access to anything (except for Story) until the 13th.Ã, Only 5 days, thoughÃ, :P
custard - (Background can't do chars / animation :P) art
Migs - Moral support.
Veeery funny Migs.
By the way, Andail is the official host now, not I.
Sign me up. Story and dialog/coding
Whoo, this sounds awesome. I'm signing myself up for Art/Music
Look at all these people! :o
Evil - Art
I will be gone from the 10 to the 17 of July. However I can still do concept art and such while I am gone.
Why am I not added to the list? I take offense! :P
Hmm. Looks like a shortage of musicians and coders.
Alright... I'll try to learn how to use FL Studio during this week (I have to anyway because of my upcoming game). Expect an updated post on whether or not I can actually become a team musician on July 6th.
EDIT: If there's a sudden need for any back-up artists or story creators, then I'll participate in those areas. I don't think this'll happen, though. Or, if any team needs a beta-tester, then I'll be that.
Quote from: Vel on Mon 28/06/2004 18:08:23
Ultimo, it looked as if you hadn't read the rules on IRC, please make sure you read the rules.
Yes, and when you asked in IRC which I wanted to do... I said whatever... so Story or Coding... either can be my first. :-\
Quote from: releasethefrogs on Mon 28/06/2004 19:31:33
Releasethefrogs- Story, Coding, Music, Art (In order LTRÃ, :P)
Note-Ã, I will not have access to anything (except for Story) until the 13th.Ã, Only 5 days, thoughÃ, :P
Haw Haw! I'm quoting me! :D
Anyway.
Come to think of it, I
will have access to the internet from probably the 5th to the 12th, so when I am placed on a team, I will know what team I am on.
That is all.
Hm. I'll sign up!
InCreator - character/bg art, random
But I'll skip music and walkcycles (weak).
Dart should I sign you up or wait for you to update your post?
Babloyi- story, art-not animations (as well as being dependable enough not to bail out)
Redwall - Coding, Art
However I will not be available July 7, as it's my birthday and I don't plan on spending it online. :P
Shouldn't we also have time zones or something so we can talk over IM? I mean, e-mail is a bit prohibiting for a real discussion.
This is a decision of the teams.
Quote from: Vel on Tue 29/06/2004 09:43:50
Dart should I sign you up or wait for you to update your post?
Please wait. I'll update that post on July 6th.
P.S. I think I'm getting the hang of FL Studios. :)
This sounds cool. And I hear musicians are needed. So I sign up.
EldKatt - Music, story.
Zor -- GUIs, Coding, and maybe if you can squeeze them out of my limp lifeless body like toothpaste from a tube then Beegees and Characters.
Hehe..Sounds cool...
Grrrr.... I "got" a job for summer... take me out. >:(
Pity, Farl. :-\
ScottDoom - Story, coding.
Gord10- Story, coding
Also I have Adobe Photoshop, I can add effects like that light or texture to the backgrounds.
I will be on holiday for 1 or 2 weeks and I won't be able to use computer so much,Ã, but I think I will still be able to work on the story.
scotch - Art, coding.
Alpha- Art ( including Backgrounds, Charactor art and Animation.)
but I will be away from the 9th to the 16th, but if you work out the plot and tell me what to do before then I will create the art on my lap top while I am away :).
Vel, I changed from Art, story.... to Art, Music.
So if you could change that I'd be happy :)
Sure, no problem.
Assuming I have time, I can freelance myself out as a (rather poor) rogue musician. I'm not signing up per se, just that if any team is severely lacking in musicianship, I can try to help out.
NB, Vel. *Not* signing up, just aiding the needy.
Like Robin Hood, with midi.. and stuff.
osc- art,story
Sinitrena - Coding and art (I can do backgrounds, but I'm not good in character animations)
Ginny - edit: Story, Coding.
Like I said, more in a coding aura lately :), so Coding, Story.
Yay, I can't wait for this to start! The theme sounds.. mysterious.. ;)
Sign me up too, story and coding.
BassFisherman-Story, music
Just if I'm needed PM me or email me
Alright... I've tried using FL Studios and I'm pretty sufficient in it, except there's this one problem: I can't create a beat. Well, I can create an extremely simplistic and mediocre song, but that's just about it.
No matter... I'll participate in this team challenge anyway.
Dart - Art (no animations), Story, Music (music ONLY if the team is desperate and they want something a little better than nothing)
Bluke4x4 - Art, Story
Maybe there should be a group of artists on a team acording to abilities. There seems to be many artists with enough capabilities.
That would make less teams and thus less musicians required, and so far there aren't many musicians, so I second Evil's idea. Anyway, there's still time, looks like the challenge is succeeding in number of contestants :).
Oh well, here I go again, just because you're in need of musicians. So,
Petteri - Music
Er... Vely?
You seem to have placed me into music and story. Could you perhaps change that to art and story?
Dart - Art, Story
Thank you. :)
And I also second Evil's idea; let there be about two-three artists to a team, since there would be less teams (and a lesser need of musicians) and also a lesser workload for the artists.
There could be one background artist and one character artist.
These are easy to distinct, and they don't interfere much with each other.
Of course, it requires that everybody edits their posts to specify which suits them better.
The problem is that we already have a good team size, namely four. The team size should definitely not be more than five, that would ruin the chances of good cooperation.
Then again, chances are that some people disappear or sign off in the middle of the project, so being one extra per team couldn't hurt.
Also, I must say I'm really thrilled to see the amount of people so far. It looks really promising.
I'll give it a whirl:
LGM - Story, Dialogue, Puzzle Design.. Art if need be.
If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to switch to Coding, Story, instead of Story, Coding. Change the order that is. I've edited my first post, just thought I'd mention it here just in case. I feel an urge to program! :D
edit: Tank-you ;)
OK, I'm gonna change from Story and Coding to Coding and Music.
Thanks :)
i think im going to put my self down for,
art and a bit of story
-Daz
Iqu
Bitchin' Skill: Falling on my ass, drunk.
Slightly Bitchin' Skill: Muzak.
The signing up phase is over, the teams will be drawn tomorrow.
Aw, crap...
Stupid big, bold sticky topics...So easy to miss...
Oh! Oh! Its today! Its today! :D
Sh*t. Only spotted this thread now ... and I wanted to join ... :(
The teams are not yet drawn, if you are fast enough you may sign in...
Okidoki:
Miez: art, story
Woo, I can't wait! I just remembered i'll be away from august 1st to august 5th (half day), but I still might get access to a computer there to do some work, and I'll put in super effort before and after :). So, yeah, anyway, can't wait!
(http://www.lumpcity.co.uk/ags/stuff/forvel.gif)
(ScottDoom, Sinitetra, Fawfulhasfury, Eggie..Ã, I'd like to apologise in advance).
[18:03] <Rog> ------- Team Challenge Team Selections -------
TEAM 1:
Member Writer/Designer : Vel
Member Scripter : Redwall
Member Musician : Petteri
Member Artist : Alpha
Member Artist : InCreator
Member Extra : Pixelcat
TEAM 2:
Member Writer/Designer : ScottDoom
Member Scripter : Sinitrena
Member Musician : Iqu
Member Artist : Fawfulhasfury
Member Artist : Eggie
TEAM 3:
Member Writer/Designer : Babloyi
Member Scripter : Tanker
Member Musician : Peter Thomas
Member Artist : Evil
Member Artist : Miez
TEAM 4:
Member Writer/Designer : Lazy Z
Member Scripter : Zor
Member Musician : Eldkatt
Member Artist : osc
Member Artist : TikiTikiMan
TEAM 5:
Member Writer/Designer : BassFishermans
Member Scripter : Ginny
Member Musician : Minimi
Member Artist : Bluke4x4
Member Artist : Daz
TEAM 6:
Member Writer/Designer : Dave Gilbert
Member Scripter : YOke
Member Musician : BeserkerTails
Member Artist : scotch
Member Artist : Dart
TEAM 7:
Member Writer/Designer : LGM
Member Scripter : Releasethefrogs
Member Musician : Alky
Member Artist : custard
Member Artist : Donny Brook
------ The theme is "Mystery", have fun ------
Kneels down and cries up at the sky in despair
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO etc etc
yay
That is for the team to decide.
BassFishermans, Minimi, Bluke4x4, Daz, we should choose a captaina and a team name. Do you spend time on irc? :)
ok
I'm in! I'm in! W00tage! Thankyou!
us two artists i wonder who our team will pick to be char. and backgrounders ??? 8)
Thank scotch, Eggie.
Quote from: Fawfulhasfury on Mon 05/07/2004 16:34:34
us two artistsÃ, i wonder who our team will pick to be char. and backgrounders ??? 8)
That's a good point. We both seem to specialise in characters.
There's only one thing for it...Knifefight!
lol
will you take the swiss army or the steak knife as your weapon of choice :P ;D 8)
So you guys decided who is going to be our team capain?
(I vote evi.. err.. i mean Tanker!)
Edit: People i will be in the irc chat room!
Vely... just wondering:
Do the winners of this AGS Team Challenge get to be the judges for the next challenge, or basically, what happens if you win?
Anyhoo, I guess it's time to contact my team members now. :)
Dart... I guess. You should ask Andail on that matter. Good luck, everyone! May the best team win.
Don't look here, something messed up with my computer.
I'm not allowed on on IRC ( I don't allow myself, looking at the quotes page, I really don't want to :P.) AOL Instant Messages work for me though.
Gah, the only messanger I don't have is AOL IM :\
Have you got MSN messanger?
you could come on irc without joining #ags, just our own channel. What do you say?
And, I remember reading a post where you said you were 10, are you really? You don't act your age, but in a good way :).
We'd better move this to PM :P.
Okay team. My AIM is BTailsComics, msn is troncpu_lvl6@hotmail.com
I'm going to PMing you all this information too. Hopefully you'll all PM me back yours and we can get working on this thing. I'm excited, I think we have a good team here!
what is irc? ??? ??? ???
Heh, check the main AGS website under 'Chat' to find out how to get there, it's basically a channel with chat and ags related stuff too, and you can create your own channel, which'll make it comfortable to contact your team for 3 several reasons:
1) You can have all your team in one place and discuss, brainstorm, etc.
2) You can send each other stuff like art, music, etc.
3) You can leave each other messages incase you miss each other online.
:P
I dunno, I just felt like making that list.
In case someone is wondering, we drew teams of 5 because 1.we lacked musicians ans 2.realized it would be too much artwork for 1 person.
PS: Alpha, InCreator, PixelCat and Redwall, look at your PMs please.
Allright, this will from now on be the chat-thread.
Only reply to the new formal thread with information that belongs there, which is - at the moment - your team captain and team name.
Dart: The winning team will just recieve some sort of banner, and of course the ultimate honour of winning one of the biggest AGS-competitions there are!
Quote from: Bluke4x4 on Mon 05/07/2004 17:51:48
I'm not allowed on on IRC ( I don't allow myself, looking at the quotes page, I really don't want to :P.) AOL Instant Messages work for me though.
me too
Hell Alky I dont know how did this happen... Maybe I misread your info or scotch mistyped your secondary skill... I dunno. However, would there be a musician here kind enough to join Alky's team?
I'm kind enough to help out. Just let me know what I have to write.
-Eigen
People, I have an advice: You can get forums with password protection in http://www.conforums.com
It's suitable to discuss/communicate for your game project. Good luck everyone :) (I hope I can join the comp. next month. 'Cause I will have been on holiday this month )
Vel/scotch/Andail: How long should a team wait to get in touch with a teammate?
Howdy Vel,
Just a request. Is it possible to extend the deadline by one week? I can't speak for everyone, but many folks are going to Mittens and will be out of the running for the last week.
Yes, im out too the first week of August. Extend it 1 week would be good! Then we can also add Speeeeeeech :p
Alky, you will be an extra member of your team. Just get started in any area.
Eigen will join your group as a musician.
Eigen, please confirm this before I update the formal thread.
As for the time extension; actually I was going to suggest this myself. So I hearby declare the final deadline to August 14:th instead.
Count me in!
-Eigen
Andail, just to ask again, how long should we wait for a team member to show up? We've had to start on story without Bass. :\
Ginny: Patience, we've started brief plans without all ours :)
Yes, obviously, I'm just thinking ahead a bit too much. It's just that I haven't seen BassFisherman on the forums lately, and being the storywriter, he is very needed. ;)
Glad this was extended by a week, as I'm also away some of the first week of august too :).
edit: Now only Bluke4X4 missing, hope we find him :)
Webdesign, oh well, i guess story too...
Umm, I have a question :P. If a team asks help on the forums, such as in Critic's lounge or Technical forums, is that allowed or is that considered outside assistance (as mentioned in Andail's sticky post, no outside assistance). This is just for future reference :).
As hard as it is to monitor, I meant no outside assistance whatsoever.
It's impossible to draw a limit between a subtle hint and a major contribution to the making of the game, so I have to set a none-tolerance. If you can't solve a technical issue, you have to lower your standards.
Don't aim too high; be realistic.
Please be honest on this one; don't use irc or msn, nor the forums, nor your buddy, to get aid in your projects. Cheating will render disqualification, so don't take any chances!
Heh, ok, I figured that would be it. Thanks for the clarification nonetheless. :) Anyways, I have another little question: Obviously only team created content means our own GUI and cursors, but does it apply to fonts? Not many people know how to make custom fonts. I could try, but it's likely to be very difficult to learn SCI studio or a similar program quickly. So, are we allowed to keep the default font?
Thankyou for answering quickly ;).
OMG, I've been away for a week or so and the whole world event pases thrugh me. SIX PAGES!!! And a pocket full of dreams!!!
Damn, not that i would compete anyway, but really. You really arent aware of this things if you dont experience them.
:P :P
Ginny, the default fonts don't count, naturally!
Without fonts, the game wouldn't be very comprehensible
Ah, ok then, so we can keep those. Thanks ;).
If the comp goes vel*, will it take place every month or just during summer?
*apologizes for thinking of new questions all the time* :P
*well hehe, typo
Just to make sure, can we use TTF fonts?
...?
Oh, and one more thing - should we update the status in the official ATC thread or in the GiP thread we will start?
The mandatory status report goes in ATC.
I haven't mentioned any GIP threads, and it's up to you if you wanna start any. For the sake of the competition, there's no need for any GIP-threads, but then again, it's optional.
Andail, what about mixing the roles within the group? Say, for example, the programmer helps with a couple animations. Would that be okay?
QuoteAndail, what about mixing the roles within the group? Say, for example, the programmer helps with a couple animations. Would that be okay?
Quote
* A team member is allowed to take part in work in other areas than the one they signed up for.
I think thats a yes. ;)
Oh, and Andail,
Do we turn in the game open source?
Please! NO open source!!! Please!!!
I'm a messy scripter... ;)
Andail, I'm away the whole day on the 14th and am only back on 15th. Should I post the status report today, or can I leave the info on the team forum and ask someone else to post it tommorow?
:)
Ginny, it seemed that sorted itself out.
Judging from the ATC-thread, you're doing very well, over my expectations, and I almost regret I wasn't a part of one of the teams instead :(
I look forward to playing your games immensely!
PS:
Oh, and two teams still need to hand in status reports.
Oh dear, that's what I get from only reading the technical forums :)
Anyway, any team in need of a programmer or scriptwriter? If so I'd be happy to apply.
Ok, it's soon time to hand in your blurbs and screenshots to the ATC thread.
When do we have to report progress again?
Man, this looks sweet.
I can't wait for the games to be over so i can play them.
Btw, All bets here i'm giving 4:1 until july 28th or whatever.
Quick question Andail.
If we finish early, can we beta test?
Sorry, no other people than your team-members may be a part of the creation of the game.
That also goes for advice, c&c, beta-testing etc.
If you finish it that early (bravo!), spend the time on polishing whatever you can think of.
I have a small question aswell, are we allowed to immedeatly release the game or should we only e-mail it to you at first and wait? Just wondering.
I presume that, if the file won't be changed, it doesnt make the difference who gets it first.
The judges will have to play it sooner or later.
Only, i think you should post the game with the status and all stuff.
No, the games will be delivered to the jury first. I don't want the common opinion to affect the decisions.
The jurors will look very thoroughly at all aspects of the games, and will make their decisions based on various parameters.
In the ordinary games' thread, all sorts of people can keep yelling "wow" page up and page down, and their noises shall not interfere with the judging!!!
Gosh, I sound harsh.
Anyhow, the delay will just be a week, so it's not much to debate.
Now go on with your games. And don't forget the final status report tomorrow. I'm aware that two teams have sad news to announce.
mousemat:art
(characters and small sprites not backgrounds)
Hey Andail,
One question about the deadline.
What time on Saturday is the "official" deadline? Midnight? GMT? EST? PST?
-Dave
Noon, Greenwich time.
The link to your game should be in my inbox before this time.
Sweet. That means we have a few hours on Saturday to finish our ga- I mean... Add extra content...
...
<Goes back to working>
Im now back and fortunately our team members finished it ^_^
Finished by the skin of our teeth!
My GOD what an experience. The challenge of a deadline was refreshing for all of us. I had a great team and was proud to have every one of them on board.
Till next time,
-Dave
When do the General Public get to see these?
Heh, our team didn't make it. But we're to finish the game anyway.
aye, us also... Big eyes :=
Ok, the race is over.
I've recieved two games, and it feels a bit awkward electing a winner out of two games, so I pronounce both of them winners.
This also means you can release the games on the forum immediately, there won't be a jury grading them.
Extremely well done, all of you, and especially the two teams who actually made the deadline.