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Welcome to the forums Dmitry!

MAGS January is open now: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=49773.0

There is an extension to the December MAGS so people could finish their entries - the December and January competitions are running side by side for this first week.

[Don't Drink the Pink]

The competition has now ended and voting is underway.

(download in a bundle)

	Don't Drink the Pink by Hobo
	Rex and Sissi in Pink Cult by Robin Gravel (Volcan)
	Pink Sky by HanaIndiana
	The Ice-Cream Mystery by Dmitry Stefantsov
	A-Mused by LostTrainDude

Click on the game title to download.

Be sure to play all the entries before sending your voice! Good luck to all participants.

VOTE

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Topic: 'Something Cold, Something Burrowed, Something Pink'

This month's guidelines were set by Captain D, selmiak, and Emont:

The game should have COLD as a major feature of the game in whatever way the game authors decide; the main element of the game should revolve around something that happens under ground (BURROWED) (be it the turtles or beeing buried alive or a cave adventure or whatever the author comes up with) and the color PINK should have an important role too.

Ending 31st January



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What is MAGS?

MAGS is a monthly competition for amateur adventure game makers. The idea is to create a game in under a month, following the rules set by the previous winner. It aims to help you work to a deadline, improve your skills, or provide a kick-start into making adventure games. Regardless of skill, MAGS is for everyone. Voting is based on "favorite" games, and not the most artistic, or the best coded. If you have bad art skills, use it as a chance to do some graphic work. If you're sub-standard at coding, use it as a chance to give scripting a go. Ultimately, people will vote for the most enjoyable entry.

You may get help for the competition, although you must end up doing something yourself. You should however be warned that it proves difficult to organize a big team within thirty days. You are not allowed to use material already created before this competition. Your game must be completely new! Music and sound is an exception; you can use free material that is available to the public, if you wish. Modules and templates are also allowed.

Entering MAGS is simple. First, conceptualise your game following the month's criteria (see top). Second, create your game fueled only by coffee. Finally, post your game in this thread, including:

âÅ"“ A working download link
âÅ"“ The title of your game
âÅ"“ A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fifteen days. The winner chooses the next month's theme, and their name and game is immortalised in the MAGS Archive. For more information, please visit the Official MAGS website.

[7th Jan]

Entrants, I PMd you with the new deadline (7th Jan)!

The Hobbit was way too unrealistic for me. Yeah I know "but it's a fantasy!" yet even fantasies shouldn't exceed the framework of the world it's set in. Eg everything in Lord of the Rings or GoT is believable if you accept the basic rules of the fantasy world. But I'm pretty sure the hobbit and dwarves wouldn't survive a 10 million foot drop inside the goblin kingdom, and that chase scene was way too action movie-ey, and there was a genuine WTF moment when I saw that messenger on the string that the goblin with the deformed ball sack on his head speaks to. I also hated the whole White Orc subplot, not withstanding the CGI for it just looked so out of place for some reason. And in the trailer for Desolation of Smaug I saw Thorin jump about 10 feet into the air off a cliff, that would never happen.

I was hoping to see something in the same vein as the LotR but it turned out to be a dumb children's movie (the scene where that hedgehog called Sebastian dies actually made me angry). At least PJ stayed faithful to the text as it's essentially a children's book anyway. As a massive LotR fan I still hated it though.

Hehe woops, didn't see that!

The text for thread titles is noticeably larger now. Is this intentional or a mistake?

[7 votes]

Results are in!

Eternal Chrysalis by selmiak and CaptainD (music by Emont) - 7 votes
Magic Owl by emont - 4 votes


Congrats to selmiak, CaptainD, and Emont!

Anyway... may I ask why is it taking so long to proclaim the winner? Has there been issues in the voting?

Nope, voting usually lasts 15 days. However, I may post the results later today!

Anybody interested?

[Cryo]

This month's winner was Cryo by Peder Johnsen and Atavismus.



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Topic: 'Rebirth'

The year is almost over, but that also means a new one is just around the calendrical corner!

This month, make a game all about something old/at the end of its 'life' starting anew. Think fresh starts or reinvigoration.

• A family move away from their old life in the city to a strange village
• A bear emerges from hibernation in the spring to find everything has changed

Ending 31st December



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What is MAGS?

MAGS is a monthly competition for amateur adventure game makers. The idea is to create a game in under a month, following the rules set by the previous winner. It aims to help you work to a deadline, improve your skills, or provide a kick-start into making adventure games. Regardless of skill, MAGS is for everyone. Voting is based on "favorite" games, and not the most artistic, or the best coded. If you have bad art skills, use it as a chance to do some graphic work. If you're sub-standard at coding, use it as a chance to give scripting a go. Ultimately, people will vote for the most enjoyable entry.

You may get help for the competition, although you must end up doing something yourself. You should however be warned that it proves difficult to organize a big team within thirty days. You are not allowed to use material already created before this competition. Your game must be completely new! Music and sound is an exception; you can use free material that is available to the public, if you wish. Modules and templates are also allowed.

Entering MAGS is simple. First, conceptualise your game following the month's criteria (see top). Second, create your game fueled only by coffee. Finally, post your game in this thread, including:

âÅ"“ A working download link
âÅ"“ The title of your game
âÅ"“ A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fifteen days. The winner chooses the next month's theme, and their name and game is immortalised in the MAGS Archive. For more information, please visit the Official MAGS website.

[VOTING]

VOTING

The competition has now ended and voting is underway.

Magic Owl by Emont
Eternal Chrysalis by selmiak and CaptainD

VOTE

Click on the game title to download.

Be sure to play all the entries before sending your voice! Good luck to all participants.

Cool, I'll open voting in a few hours peeps!

Just under 48 hours to spit and shine your entries Emont / CaptainD and selmiak!

Nice that there's loads of interest this month!

Hey. No Shower November and Movember are practically made to coexist.

Jay, the graphics are gorgeous

Anybody else attempting Movember this year?

I've never let my bumfluff grow for more than a week so we'll see how it goes!

Pics a must if you have an impressive Movember 'stache!

What is the last thing you take off before you go to bed?

The duvet (then get under)?

Moi!

[Eternal Chrysalis]

This month's winner was Eternal Chrysalis by selmiak and CaptainD (music by Emont).



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Topic: 'Night-Time'

This month's guidelines were set by Fitz:

A solar eclipse? A curse cast on the entire kingdom? Or just an ordinary night resulting from the sun hiding below the horizon? You decide. You name the time and the place the story is set. Ancient Inca city? A magical kingdom? New Jersey! All that matters is it all happens at night -- which might be your ally (say, in carrying out a store robbery), your foe (imagine you're a small, furry creature that big feathery creatures love to hunt at night) - or a trap (if, for example, you're lost in the woods). Go! You have until dawn!

Ending 30th November



__________________________________________________________________________________________

What is MAGS?

MAGS is a monthly competition for amateur adventure game makers. The idea is to create a game in under a month, following the rules set by the previous winner. It aims to help you work to a deadline, improve your skills, or provide a kick-start into making adventure games. Regardless of skill, MAGS is for everyone. Voting is based on "favorite" games, and not the most artistic, or the best coded. If you have bad art skills, use it as a chance to do some graphic work. If you're sub-standard at coding, use it as a chance to give scripting a go. Ultimately, people will vote for the most enjoyable entry.

You may get help for the competition, although you must end up doing something yourself. You should however be warned that it proves difficult to organize a big team within thirty days. You are not allowed to use material already created before this competition. Your game must be completely new! Music and sound is an exception; you can use free material that is available to the public, if you wish. Modules and templates are also allowed.

Entering MAGS is simple. First, conceptualise your game following the month's criteria (see top). Second, create your game fueled only by coffee. Finally, post your game in this thread, including:

âÅ"“ A working download link
âÅ"“ The title of your game
âÅ"“ A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fifteen days. The winner chooses the next month's theme, and their name and game is immortalised in the MAGS Archive. For more information, please visit the Official MAGS website.