Hourgame Saturday, October 17 (Winners)

TerranRich · Sat 17/10/2009 20:19:21

You guys can use http://shutupload.com for uploading games as well. Free, unlimited space and bandwidth, no wait times, etc. I own it.

thecatamites · Sat 17/10/2009 20:21:28

finished cutoff and the original version of monster in the sea. the latter is ahead of everyone else in terms of actually including gameplay but lost points because i thought the moustache was just a set of giant spider legs. the good ending was cool though. also gonna give props to cutoff for the nice touch of having everyone arbitrarily speak like nineteenth century english gentlemen. nice work both of you!

gonna play seasorrow now!

AngelicCharon · Sat 17/10/2009 20:24:31

A little late, but here goes:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=78BFH38H
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kar987

The rushed version of...THE CREATURE FROM BENEATH THE SEA!

Bulbapuck · Sat 17/10/2009 20:26:17

Quote from: thecatamites on Sat 17/10/2009 20:21:28
finished cutoff and the original version of monster in the sea. the latter is ahead of everyone else in terms of actually including gameplay but lost points because i thought the moustache was just a set of giant spider legs. the good ending was cool though. also gonna give props to cutoff for the nice touch of having everyone arbitrarily speak like nineteenth century english gentlemen. nice work both of you!

gonna play seasorrow now!

The mustasch is the brown thing, he has spiderlegs. Thanks though

Gord10 · Sat 17/10/2009 20:43:39

Thanks everyone for your entries!

My personal favourite is bicilotti's Sea Sorrow, because I loved the atmosphere and plot. The visuals achieve reflecting the sorrow of our protagonist despite their simplicity.

thecatamites · Sat 17/10/2009 20:45:08

Quote from: Bulbapuck on Sat 17/10/2009 20:26:17
The mustasch is the brown thing, he has spiderlegs. Thanks though

i still can't see it! i can see a cut-off piece of brown near the top of the mouth but that's it. i must need to update my moustache drivers. still, i will give you the benefit of the doubt and add 5 "tachepoints" to your gamer club card.

anyway i really liked the graphics and atmosphere of seasorrow but i'm not sure if it's finished or not? it's quite hard to click on things (well, the fish, anyway). it got my attention though. the creature from beneath the sea is my favourite entry so far due to services rendered in the field of extremely perverse game design choices.

IndieBoy · Sat 17/10/2009 21:03:10

Not another one :'(
I think I'll just need to quit my job and learn not to make myself dinner at this time so I can enter for once.

bicilotti · Sat 17/10/2009 21:12:23

My choice is Bulbapuck's Monster in the sea. There is animation, subtle hints on how attractive giant octopus-esque things can be (or better, their moustache), multiple endings and most importantly, gameplay.

Dataflashsabot · Sat 17/10/2009 21:33:34

Okay, brief reviews in the random order that I downloaded them in:

Monster in the sea: It had animation, you can

Spoiler

pull down a raging infernal star in two different ways

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, and the monster had a moustache.

Sea Sorrow: I loved the graphics and music, but it was a bit too pixel-hunty.

The Creature from Beneath the Sea: Very simple, but nice artwork and the dialouge was amusing.

A Squid With a View: I liked the graphics style (I usually hate the photo-montage style, but somehow I really liked it here) and it made me laugh.

My final choice is Bulbapuck's Monster in the Sea, because moustaches. Good job everyone! I enjoyed this, I'll be doing it again sometime

bicilotti · Sat 17/10/2009 21:35:53

Quote from: thecatamites on Sat 17/10/2009 20:45:08
anyway i really liked the graphics and atmosphere of seasorrow but i'm not sure if it's finished or not? it's quite hard to click on things (well, the fish, anyway). it got my attention though. the creature from beneath the sea is my favourite entry so far due to services rendered in the field of extremely perverse game design choices.

There is quite a pixel hunt

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you have to take the ring on the bottom right of the screen, It's easier if you play it windowed.

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thecatamites · Sat 17/10/2009 21:52:10

oh, i finished it now! uh, yeah, that was some pixel hunt. i really liked the graphics though!

but yeah im voting for the creature from beneath the sea because i really liked the (literally) multiple endings.

Bulbapuck · Sun 18/10/2009 00:03:04

Quote from: thecatamites on Sat 17/10/2009 20:45:08
i still can't see it! i can see a cut-off piece of brown

You're right, I seem to have cutoff the moustasch.. Not an hourgame without a blunder I guess

Here it is:

_{..mmm..moustasch.}
Some great entries on this one!

I enjoyed the games a lot!

My vote goes to biciotti's Sea sorrow because of the great graphics and music! A really great game (though noobish me got stuck for a while on that pixelhunt, I didn't even see it :

)

Great job guys! And many thanks for the kind words and votes

AngelicCharon · Sun 18/10/2009 05:38:35

First off, thanks Gord for running it this week, was fun.

Thanks to my fellow competitors for their wonderful entries...

And thanks TheCatamites for not only your vote, but comments...you too DataFlashsabot.

That aside, a vote. I wouldn't vote for my own (for many logistical reasons)...and in my opinion, it really does come down to Sea Sorrow or Monster in the Sea (not discounting other entries...). Sea Sorrow was fantastic in so far as a minimalized aesthetic, fantastic music, etc...but while it started off strong, the pixel hunt and the somewhat rushed like ending kind of soured the rest of the experience a smidge. But only a smidge.

Monster in the Sea on the other hand has a bit of humour, a bit of gameplay, and two ways of getting an ending.

Again, don't get me wrong, A Squid With a View and Cutoff were great in and of themselves, especially for hour games.

My vote though? I'll go with Monster in the Sea. Only by a moustache hair though, since Sea Sorrow was great from an atmosphere perspective.

Oh, small plug...I'll upload a 'deluxe edition' of The Creature From Beneath The Sea tomorrow...some minor revisions and tweaks I didn't have time in the hour to do...nothing revolutionary...things like a title screen, ending(s) screens...more 'options'/interactivity that matters...etc.

TerranRich · Sun 18/10/2009 18:30:52

My vote is for AngelicCharon's game, The Creature From Beneath the Sea.

But shouldn't this be in the Competitions & Activities forum?

Gord10 · Mon 19/10/2009 15:45:00

I don't think anyone is going to vote more, I guess GMT 07:00 PM is a good time to announce the winner (which is 3 hours and 15 minutes after this post).

And yes, the best place for these threads are the Competition & Activities section. Let's start the next threads there.

NsMn · Mon 19/10/2009 15:53:45

Wait! I vote for AngelicCharon.

Gord10 · Mon 19/10/2009 19:50:34

Sorry, I have remembered to draw trophies in the middle of studying, they are a bit rushed. The sea dragons are drawn over the famous Caduceus and this is the Cthulhu reference I've used.

AngelicChaos and Bulbapuck shares the first rank while bicilotti receives the second rank award.

Thanks to thecatamites, Bulbapuck, Dataflashsabot, bicilotti, AngelicCharon for participating!

bicilotti · Mon 19/10/2009 20:12:25

Cthulhuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Let me cuddle it!

Bulbapuck · Mon 19/10/2009 20:16:54

wheee ^^ first rank! Thanks everyone! Special thanks to Gord for hosting and being awesome at drawing!

I'll send a PM to AngelicCharon about the hosting for next week. See y'all then

AngelicCharon · Mon 19/10/2009 20:58:43

First off, congrats to everyone!

Secondly, thanks everyone who voted, and participated!

Definitely thanks to Gord for hosting/drawn trophies/the like...

Bulba and I have discussed things now via PM, and it's been decided that I'll be hosting this upcoming Saturday - if but to allow Bulba to properly participate.

So, I look forward to seeing people then!