What is MAGS?
MAGS is a monthly competition for all amateur adventure game makers. The idea is to use AGS to create a game in under a month, following the rules set by the previous winner.
For more information please visit the Official MAGS website (http://www.mags-competition.tk).
Why should I enter MAGS?
We're not here to tell you that you should enter MAGS, but merely allow it as a creative opportunity to help you work to a deadline, improve your skills, and generally as a good kick-start for the new comers (a.k.a n00bies).
MAGS is the perfect opportunity to make a game, and the wonderful prize is to announce the next month's rules, and all competitors get the game placed on the MAGS website.
MAGS is meant to be fun and is aimed at everyone, despite their skill. If you have poor art skills work on graphics, and vice-versa, as the voting is based on "favourite" games, and not the most artistic, you may get help for the competiton, but should try not get anyone else to do any part of the game for you.
You are not allowed to (re)use material already created before this competition, you game must be completely new! An exception goes for sounds and music where you can also use free material that is available to the public.
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These rules are kind of a mix out of the suggestions of the previous winners Akatosh and FSi. Hoping for some creative entries...
Topic: Gone forever?
The game should proof that "something" is actually gone forever or still exists. The definition of "something" is up to you. For example think of aliens, of special communities in history, of vinyl discs, ... there is a lot of things you could come up with. As said these are just examples! You can also go for "something" different. People are also allowed (think of Elvis).
Each entry must:
- feature the former existance in a cutscene at the beginning of the game (maybe a flashback of earlier times, ...).
- make use of an inventory item that is related to that "something" (eg. extraterrestrial plant for aliens, blue suede shoes for Elvis, ... - be creative).
- have at least 3 different locations. Many rooms in one house and the garden of that house would still be one location! So they really need to be completely different.
At least one of these sentences should show up in a dialog:
- "No, we have no bananas!"
- "Vodka? Better have some juice!"
- "Hey, this is not about religion!"
That's it. No other restrictions.
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All games need to be in by March 26th.
Please post a download link of your game entry to this thread, best with a screenshot. Thanks and good luck.
This sounds interesting!
Might make a small entry for this one :P
Will see what time I got....
Peder.
So the something can be a ficticious person? As in a character i create. I am thinking of a war story where a resistance leader, of my own fabrication is thought to have died, but it is revealed that he is still alive, and there is a rescue attempt.
Hm... if I am only partly responsible for the rules, may I enter?
I'm pretty sure you can enter even if you're entirely responsible for the rules. Wretched did so more than once and won a grand slam as a result.
And this time, I WILL finish my entry .. hopefully. :P
Quote from: Layabout on Mon 05/03/2007 13:58:24
So the something can be a ficticious person?
Yes it can... Your idea sounds interesting so got for it :)
Quote from: Akatosh on Mon 05/03/2007 17:46:04
Hm... if I am only partly responsible for the rules, may I enter?
Just like Erenan already said: You can even enter if it would (completely) be your own rules. No problem.
Ahh, excellent. I'm sure it will please many if i complete this game.
So... I might enter. Probably with "Democracy Quest"... hehehe...
Here is my entry, Ray's Rods, Thanks.
http://tarantulasoup.googlepages.com/
Hmm, looking very unlikely i will finish this on time.
Here is mine,
Encounters of the Closest Kind
Enjoy
http://fruitstripeape.googlepages.com
when does this end so I can plan if I still will enter?
Quote from: Mr. Buckéthead on Thu 22/03/2007 16:05:05
when does this end so I can plan if I still will enter?
Just as it is written in the very first post:
Quote from: Klaus on Fri 02/03/2007 16:07:32
All games need to be in by March 26th.
To be more detailed it will be in the evening of 26th (about this hour)...
omg! sorry , how could I have missed that? hmmm I will have to hurry but I might pull of a small game.
I won't this time :'(
You know that the rules for this one have been out for over 2 weeks.
Why does everyone act like they haven't seen guidelines yet?
IT'S been up for over 2 weeks.
Ladies and gentlemen, time is up: Please submit your entries within the next 24 hours (see timestamp of this post) if you want to enter the competition...
24 hours? Sjees, you were thinking 'let's give Gamer_V a deadline'? :P
Quote from: Gamer_V on Sun 25/03/2007 19:57:59
24 hours? Sjees, you were thinking 'let's give Gamer_V a deadline'? :P
Well, actually it's just a repetition of the deadline announcement from March 22nd (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=30384.msg388711#msg388711)... with 3 additional hours.
Hm, I'm tempted to post a link to a 404 page stating that my entry for this month is gone forever. I'd like to join some MAGS later this year but didn't have time for this one.
Am I not too late? Am I not too late?
Ok, another fineawful release from FSi...
Text Parser Game
Gone Forever? Haha.
(http://www.ljplus.ru/img3/f/s/fsi/textparsergame.gif)
Linky:
http://fsi-files.110mb.com/stuff/game/textparsergame.rar (http://fsi-files.110mb.com/stuff/game/textparsergame.rar) (less than MB)
p.s. Quite rushed, sorry.
Woohoo done! ;D
Geometric Shapes 1: Circleboy
(http://xs113.xs.to/xs113/07131/titel.png)
Let me just find an upload space and I'll edit it in in a moment.
Edit:
Circle.zip (http://www.fileupyours.com/files/90166/Circle.zip)
Be warned: It's a one button interface. Everybody could play it. :P
We reached the deadline - four entries in. So let's start the voting...
For voting please visit the MAGS site (http://www.mags-competition.tk) or make your choice right here:
Text Parser Game by FSi (http://mags.typo.i24.cc?page=voting&fav=Text%20Parser%20Game)
Rays Rods by KC (http://mags.typo.i24.cc?page=voting&fav=Rays%20Rods)
Geometric Shapes 1 - Circleboy by Gamer_V (http://mags.typo.i24.cc?page=voting&fav=Geometric%20Shapes%201%20-%20Circleboy)
Encounters of the Closest Kind by FruitStripeApe (http://mags.typo.i24.cc?page=voting&fav=Encounters%20of%20the%20Closest%20Kind)
Please vote only once and be sure to have played all games before sending your voice! Good luck to all participants.
I'd like to point out (whoever hasn't noticed) that KC and FruitStripeApe are the same person.
We've been through this before, for Pete's sake. They're not.
Time for voting is over now. So finally there's one winner again in this competition...
I wondered why most enties base on the "space and alien" theme where it was possible to do so many other things. Of course it's not a bad thing - it just made me wonder :) Also many greetings to the new AGSers! Thanks for joining the contest.
Now who's to win? One game started on top right at the beginning of the voting and kept its position until the end: So the winner is Gamer_V and his entry Geometric Shapes 1: Circleboy. Congratulations and many thanks to all participants for their games.
Hurrah! I'm hoping that's not an April fools joke! ;D
Thanks to everybody who voted for me! ;D
Hurrah