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[Mr. Buckéthead]

So time for voting is over now and we have a winner. The lastest discussions here on the boards already showed what people liked... The result of the voting goes just the same:

The winner this time is Mr. Buckéthead and his Happy Ducky Adventure.

Also many thanks go to Gamer_V for entering the contest.

Okay - it's time for voting now. Two entries - here we go:

For voting please visit the MAGS site or make your choice right here:

Of birds and bees by Gamer_V
Happy Ducky Adventure by Mr. Buckéthead

Please vote only once and be sure to have played all games before sending your voice! Good luck to all participants.

What you cant be serious?  :o I worked my ass off to get it done in time and now you tell I actually have 7 more hours left...

Well, I am really sorry for your body parts but just check the timestamps of the posts... Nothing changed since the announcement yesterday... I refer to the timestamp as it goes along with each user's timezone (if the offset is set correct in the profile).

Great to see the first entry rushing in!

Ok I'm a few min late...

Actually there is still some time left for submissions: about 7 1/2 hours at the moment (see timestamp of this post).

[will]

Ack, I've got about two thirds of the way through my entry, but now I've started a part-time job. Now 'Jim The Pigeon' will never fly...

Well, just take your time and Jim will fly... It not today or tomorrow then maybe in a month or two.

For all others that want to join the contest please submit your entries within the next 24 hours (see timestamp of this post).

How must the plane be involved in th game?
Must it have a meaning in the story ot can it also be just flying around in the backdrop? 

It's up to you. So a backdrop solution would be okay. The better way of course is to include it in the storyline or in a riddle, but that's not necessary to fit the rules.

Bird in the literal sense of the word as 'being a member of the "bird" species'? Or would, say, a "Bird of Prey" work, too? Or, uh, "Admiral E. Byrd" or something?

Or a bird as in a woman?

Slang definitions and/or individual names should not be used - please go for "standard" birds:
Any of various warm-blooded, egg-laying, feathered vertebrates of the class Aves, having forelimbs modified to form wings. (answers.com)

[someone]

Or maybe someone forgot to proof read their cut'n'pasted text 

Oh yes, sorry. Actually someone made exactly this mistake. Sorry.
A nice member of this forums already sent me a PM about this typo right after I posted that entry but now I was too late to correct it. Sorry again for me being so absent-minded... 

[What is MAGS?]

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 (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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This month's guidelines are set by joelphilippage, winner of the last month's competition.

Topic: The Birds

From time to time we have a ruleset based on animals. Now this also goes for this contest. The storyline is completely up to you but

- the main character must be a bird of some sort
- the movie "The Birds" by Alfred Hitchcock must be an inventory item (may it be on a video tape, a film reel, a poster, ...)
- there must also be a plane involved somewhere

That's all - no further restrictions.

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All games need to be in by June 26th.

Please post a download link of your game entry to this thread, best with a screenshot. Thanks and good luck.

[joelphilippage]

So voting is over now. The results for each game were very close at the beginning but now - at the end - there's one clear winner again:

Congratulations go to joelphilippage and his game Owl's Quest.
Also many thanks to theatrx for joining the contest and his nice entry.

PS: Joel please check your messages for the setup of next month's rules...

So here we go: Two entries and a couple of MAGS inspired games we can hope for to be finished in the next few weeks, months, years...

For voting please visit the MAGS site or make your choice right here:

Roast Mother Goose by theatrx
Owls Quest by joelphilippage

Please vote only once and be sure to have played all games before sending your voice! Good luck to all participants.

Well, one entry in so far and there are still 20 hours left from now (see timestamp of this post) to submit your entries. Then - if actually more games are listed in the end - the voting will begin...

"Think of three beers cottage in Simon the Sorcerer 2." Is this a typo or should I really play that game to find out?

Oh, it was just a test to see if people do actually read the rules... Thanks for pointing this out

[What is MAGS?]

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 (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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This month's guidelines are set by zabnat, winner of the last month's competition.

Topic: Fairy Tale Mod

- Main story or a side plot has to be a modified classic fairy tale. That is some classic fairy tale (Cinderella, little red riding hood, Grimm's fairy tales, etc.) and alter it someway (like modernize the setting, ...), but it still has to be recognizable. Think of three bears cottage in Simon the Sorcerer 2.
- One inventory item must be a regognizable item from a different fairy tale than the one featured in the plot. Like Cinderella's shoe or the poisoned apple from Snow White.
- A yellow submarine must be included in the game somehow. It can be a location, on the background, as a hotspot, as an object or as an inventory item, it's up to you to decide.

Of course you can mix as many fairy tales as you wish, minimum is two (according to the rules above). There are no further restrictions.

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All games need to be in by May 26th.

Please post a download link of your game entry to this thread, best with a screenshot. Thanks and good luck.

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Some additional words in general: During the latest contests a number of entries were obviously created in a hurry, in just some hours or some days. Remember that this is neither OWOG (one week, one game) nor is it SHOG (seven hours, one game) - it is MAGS. So please use the given time to create your game, you have almost a whole month! Dont get me wrong: There's nothing against well tested short games and nothing against slightly buggy epic entries. Just don't rush and remember it is MAGS! Thanks

[competition]

So after a long time we have a real MAGS competition again: A (kind of) big number of entries, different game styles and the exciting uncertainty about who's to win...

First: Thanks for all your reviews. They surely will help the game creators to improve their next games.

Now who's to win..? It is easy to say this time as the winner received roughly the same number of votes as all the other games together. So congratulations go to zabnat and his first game Odot Tamat On!

Also many thanks to all other participants for entering the contest...
I hope MAGS in May will end in the same big number of entries... cu then.

So this time we face an unexpected big number of entries! So let's start the voting now...

For voting please visit the MAGS site or make your choice right here:

West Of The Root by KC
Unexpected Quest by Mr. Buckéthead
Test Rat Escape by Wells8892
Odot Tamat On by zabnat
Me Go Store by Akatosh
Day of the Fish by Ollibony
Cabbage of the Closest Kind by FruitStripeApe
Alien Attack by Jon

Please vote only once and be sure to have played all games before sending your voice! Good luck to all participants.

For the time of voting now you're invited to post your opinion about all entries: Pros and cons of the games. What did you like, what not. In this case it's interesting how you compare the games - if this is possible at all.

All games need to be in by April 26th.

So what is the exact deadline then

Okay, so let's be more exact: The deadline will end in 10 hours from now (see timestamp of this posting). Good luck and cu...

[all]

Is it okay if all my inventory items aren't really, well, items?

Yes that's okay: Talking about "one item" in the rules actually means "at least one item" and as there's no other rule that requires "real items" it's no problem to go that way... Good luck.

[What is MAGS?]

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 (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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This month's guidelines are set by Gamer_V, winner of the last month's competition. These rules go for the unexpected. This doesn't mean that your game has to be weird - you can also make a logical story out of this! A challenging contest...

Topic: Unexpected

- The first line must be "I wish I was a lettuce" (other plants are also okay and/or you can play with the word)
- The game needs to have an confusing menu/console screen (which means it shouldn't be too obvious how it works)
- At least one conversation with a character must make no sense at all to the player
- One inventory item must be something abstract (= love, greed, world peace, etc.)
- The ending needs to be confusing and unexpected to the story

That's it. No other restrictions.

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All games need to be in by April 26th.

Please post a download link of your game entry to this thread, best with a screenshot. Thanks and good luck.

[one]

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.