Hi,
I'd like to run a new competition called "24 hours of AGS". I'm posting here to solicit feedback before I post the thread. Here's a tentative outline of the competition:
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Depending on how you look at it, 24 hours of AGS is an extended hour-game or a short MAGS. Like MAGS and hour-game, a theme will be announced in the thread when the competition begins. You'll have 24 hours to build a game from scratch, with only the default templates allowed. All other graphics, sounds, text and code must be NEW.
The competition will start at:
12 PM on Saturday the 25th of February (London time)And finish at:
12 PM on Sunday the 26th of February (London time)You can check the start time in your local time zone by clicking on the links above.
These times won't work for everybody, and that's part of the challenge. You have *up to* 24 hours. If the competition starts while you're at work, you have the time following that. If the competition finishes at 5 AM for you, you have as long as you're willing to hold out for.
I know there will be some people who decide to stay up for the entire 24 hours. This is not expected, and people who do so will be fighting sleep deprivation.
What IS expected of a 24-hour game? Nothing more than an hour game in quality. In fact, if you can spare an hour during the competition period, you can enter.
To help equalise the playing field, there will be two voting categories (and hopefully trophies):
- Best art
- Best gameplay ("fun factor")
There will also be a special award for the earliest submission.
Teams are not allowed. This is about what YOU can do in 24 hours, 12 hours, an hour, or however much time you can spare.
Submitting a theme:
The theme will be chosen at random from submissions received via PM. Submissions will be open from the time of the thread posting until the competition begins. To submit your theme, PM me with the subject "24 hours of AGS Theme".
If you submit a theme, you agree that you will return to vote when the competition has concluded. Voting will last for one week.
Theme submitters CAN enter the competition, but do so under the honour system. If your theme is selected, it is expected that you have not put any prior effort into a game with that theme.
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So, what do you think? I plan to open the thread tomorrow. That gives us around a day to collect theme submissions and a day to run the competition.