MAGS March: A game of two halves (No entries closed.)

Dualnames · Sun 28/02/2010 20:20:48

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.

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.

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 "favorite" games, and not the most artistic. You may get help for the competition, as long as you end up doing something yourself. You should however be warned that it should prove hard to organize a big team within 25 days.

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. Modules and templates are allowed.

Please do not just enter the competition with a rushed entry (a game created in just some hours)

This means that you can make a game and rush it, but don't do it to just win by default.

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Topic: A game of two halves :

This month's guidelines were set by last month's winner tzachs:

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Something in the game should be drastically changed in the middle of the game.
Examples:
* The genre of the game should change from horror to comedy
* The music for the game should change from rock to classical
* The character of the game should change from a boy to a girl
* The interface of the game should change completely
* etc etc, anything goes!

The only limitation here is, there has to be a clear justification in the plot for the change. If the user will ask himself "Why???" then you have failed...

For bonus points, you can change more than one thing

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Thread Rules:

1) Comments are allowed at all times but should be hidden before and while the voting.

2) Participators are allowed to patch their games even while the voting but I should be informed via pm or here, and only IF the game has a serious bug that makes it crash. Due to the inability of keeping track of versions of the games, I've settled to this.

3) It would be wiser to add the game to the AGS database, so you can easily do changes to the game, while the voting is going on, without having to inform me at all.

So you can patch your game, if it crashes or if it can't be completed.

Have fun this month too!!
All games till the 25th.

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So changes starting this month:
1) Anyone can comment, critic and express his opinion about an entry, the MAGS, and the host's mother, without being obliged to hide it! As long as the critic isn't like "You suck", something more elaborate could be more useful because after all this is a test for all developers to see if they can really make a game within a month, therefore feedback is crucial.

2) If you don't wish comments for your games..don't look at them! Seriously. Would you post a game and not expect feedback? Only Yahtzee is expecting "You're a god!" type of feedback. The rest of us mortals don't have fanboys.

Chicky · Sun 28/02/2010 21:03:44

AWESOME COOL.

I'm in.

Here is a picture from last months attempt that will never see the light of day.

cat · Mon 01/03/2010 16:57:00

I totally love that topic. Not sure if I have enough time to make a game though...

Jakerpot · Mon 01/03/2010 19:16:10

Pretty cool!

AGAIN, i can do backgrounds for your game, just send me a PM.

Dualnames · Mon 01/03/2010 20:40:51

Chicky you bastard!! You denied us of this game!!

Cat, you go ahead girl!

Jakerpot...going to make it a regular here eh?

ddq · Mon 01/03/2010 21:49:45

I actually had a nice idea along those guidelines, though I can't see myself entering as I've got this terrible disease called midterms. Still would enjoy helping out.

Jakerpot · Mon 01/03/2010 22:08:15

Wait... Can i enter this MAGS too? I made the backgrounds for the winner entry so, is this in the rules?

Leon · Mon 01/03/2010 22:16:51

Yep, winners can participate again. The high score for this is held by Wretched, who won three times in a row.

uncle-mum · Tue 02/03/2010 14:53:17

I've got an idea that could work really well for this, I just need to see if I can finish the other game I'm failing to make before I can turn my attention to something new.

Scarab · Tue 02/03/2010 18:09:39

I do believe an Aeronuts II would satisfy the rules of this contest...

Ethan D · Wed 03/03/2010 02:26:26

Well, my greatest weakness is time management so, I'm gonna give this a try. Not to mention this will be a good way to force me to practice my abysmal artistic abilities.

I do have a question though. Does something actually have to change or can it just be that the perception that the player has of the game totally changes?

I'm pretty psyched up about the story idea I have for this so I hope that it fits the criteria, heck I'll probably make it regardless.

Jakerpot · Wed 03/03/2010 02:54:22

Remembering: If someone needs help with backgrounds...

I can't remember how to script. 1 year ago, i lost all my habilities with AGS. Now i just know how to draw.

Ethan D · Wed 03/03/2010 03:42:42

Quote from: Jakerpot on Wed 03/03/2010 02:54:22
Remembering: If someone needs help with backgrounds...

As incredibly awesome as that would be, it would kind of defeat the purpose of doing this to work on my art.
*Sigh*

Fedx · Wed 03/03/2010 08:02:48

I might enter if I finish some animations, I have an idea that may work (Or not

) But if I don't finish it in time, I'll work on it anyway

tzachs · Wed 03/03/2010 18:08:52

Quote from: Ethan Damschroder on Wed 03/03/2010 02:26:26
I do have a question though. Does something actually have to change or can it just be that the perception that the player has of the game totally changes?

Perception counts as something in my book, so yeah, that would definitely be ok

Anything goes, people, just make games!

Bulbapuck · Wed 03/03/2010 19:46:59

Quote from: Jakerpot on Wed 03/03/2010 02:54:22
Remembering: If someone needs help with backgrounds...

I can't remember how to script. 1 year ago, i lost all my habilities with AGS. Now i just know how to draw.

Sent you a PM

Questionable · Thu 18/03/2010 11:57:14

Oh God... I just had a brilliant idea for this, and it ends in a week. I feel like a moron...

tzachs · Thu 18/03/2010 16:11:01

Quote from: Questionable on Thu 18/03/2010 11:57:14
Oh God... I just had a brilliant idea for this, and it ends in a week. I feel like a moron...

Dualnames, I think it's time for your monthly post saying you once did a MAGS entry in a week

Crimson Wizard · Thu 18/03/2010 16:57:16

I once did a MAGS entry in 5 days!

and also, if you have a great idea but can't do it for MAGS, do it for people

Questionable · Thu 18/03/2010 17:14:20

Would if I could but i'm already working on something, and I just started working on another game that if all goes well I would like to be my first community-released project. Maybe I'll spill the beans on what my idea was when it gets to be the day before.