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[What is MAGS?]

	Mamma Mia by fernewelten
	Goat Burn by VampireWombat

Theme: "Little unknown traditions"
Theme provided by: LostTrainDude

Description:
Even though I don't think it's much unknown, these days, where I come from (Naples, Italy) there is a custom: when you order an espresso, you can decide to pay for an additional one so to leave it paid in advance for someone who may not be able to afford it. It's called "caffè sospeso" (translated as "pending coffee") and it basically is an anonymous act of kindness.

For this month's MAGS I'd love to see entries including some little-known traditions or customs from your birthplace, culture, religion, folklore or whatever else you think would be nice to share.
Your entry doesn't have to be built around it, but you can do it if you so wish!

We AGSers come from all over the world, and I thought it could be a nice way to share and explain little - maybe otherwise inexplicable - bits of culture!

If you can, point out - either here in the thread or in the game, if you find a clever way to do so - which tradition\custom you have included!

Images:





What is MAGS?

Started in 2001, MAGS is a 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, and provide a kick-start into making adventure games. Regardless of skill, MAGS is for everyone. Voting is based on "favourite" 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.

Rules

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

* A working download link
* The title of your game
* A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fourteen days and the winner chooses the next month's theme.

A guy on the Facebook group is trying to register but having problems. I thought I'd try to work out what's up but on the page for registering it just says the words “Hacking attempt”.

Is that a bug or really some kind of anti-hacking failsafe.

[What are they doing in there?]

Time to find out what you've all been doing in there all month.

Two games. Please vote using the poll above.

	A Suspicious Date by Artium/Tuathlait/Durq
	Cave of Avarice by Blondbraid, cat and Slasher

Topic: What are they doing in there?
Chosen by: Retro Wolf
Deadline: May 31st

Maybe there's somebody suspicious making some strange noises in their shed.
Maybe you need to sneak in when they're not around.
Perhaps the player is the one building something secret that they don't want other people to know?
Is the person innocent and the neighbours are just paranoid and nosy? Maybe they're brewing alcohol during prohibition! Maybe it's a killer robot about to be unleashed on the world and no one believes you!

These are just ideas and the theme can be interpreted in any way you wish.
Previously made graphics and sounds can be used.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaLjwSpZ6Cs






What is MAGS?

Started in 2001, MAGS is a 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, and provide a kick-start into making adventure games. Regardless of skill, MAGS is for everyone. Voting is based on "favourite" 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.

Rules

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

* A working download link
* The title of your game
* A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fourteen days and the winner chooses the next month's theme.

[LostTrainDude]

Voting is over and we have a winner!

Congrats to LostTrainDude for his game, Travelers. Well done to you.

Commiserations to the other three, and an honorable mention to Mandle who was actually leading the votes until the day before voting closed.

	TRAVELERS (Prototype) by LostTrainDude
	The Era-Gone Trail by Mandle
	Shamrock High School: Graduation by VampireWombat
	Heroes of Wyrdale by Jack

Topic: End of an Era
Chosen by: Blondbraid and Cassiebsg
Deadline: April 30th

All things must come to an end. Whether it be the end of an historical era, a geological age or just the leadership of a local authority figure coming to a close in order to make room for something new, the topic of this month will be the end of an era.

Here are some pictures to give you some inspiration.




What is MAGS?

Started in 2001, MAGS is a 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, and provide a kick-start into making adventure games. Regardless of skill, MAGS is for everyone. Voting is based on "favourite" 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.

Rules

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

* A working download link
* The title of your game
* A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fourteen days and the winner chooses the next month's theme.

AGS alumnus Yahtzee (of Trilby and Zero Punctuation fame) was interviewed on Stuart Goldsmith's Comedian's Comedian Podcast. It's an hour+ long interview and a really cool insight into the man and how he works. He does mention AGS briefly, which was cool.

I've listened to every episode of this podcast anyway and he usually interviews stand-ups, clowns and sketch performers so this one is a bit of a different episode. If you like Yahtzee, or even if you don't, it's well worth a listen.

By the way, Ali. When are you gonna be on ComComPod? IIRC Stuart did mention your name on the show a number of episodes ago.

[Glass of water]

The voting is over and we have a runaway winner:

Hydrate by Retro Wolf!

Well done, sir. You'll be contacted soon about coming up with a topic for May.

Thanks a lot to all participants and voters.

	Hydrate by Retro Wolf
	Flukie by VampireWombat
	Suspicious Mind by Creamy and Kastchey

Topic: Glass of water
Suggested by: Cassiebsg and morganw



The theme for this month is "glass of water".
Specifically the game must display the text "glass of water" during a complete playthrough.
Use of any pre-existing assets is permitted.

Rules:

• the case of the text may be modified
  e.g. "GLASS OF WATER" or "Glass of water"


• the text can be part of a longer phrase
  e.g. "I'd like a glass of water"


• the game name must not reference a glass of water
  (this is to help ensure that game names are not duplicated and that the text displaying requirement is not met by the title screen)

Deadline March 31st

competition.


What is MAGS?

Started in 2001, MAGS is a 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, and provide a kick-start into making adventure games. Regardless of skill, MAGS is for everyone. Voting is based on "favourite" 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.

Rules

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

* A working download link
* The title of your game
* A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fourteen days and the winner chooses the next month's theme.

This is the old thread for MAGS March.
The thread has found a new home in a much friendlier location.
Please follow this link to find the new friendly MAGS March.

https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=56971.0

I'd appreciate it if this thread would be locked.

[The object of the competition is to present the best possible "elevator pitch" for an original adventure game.]

Voting is underway. Please vote using the poll above.


Game Pitch Competition - Round 9: “What's Wrong With This Pitch-er?”


The object of the competition is to present the best possible "elevator pitch" for an original adventure game.
Come up with a cool idea, and explain it very briefly to someone in order to catch their interest and make them excited about it. (Check out the last round to see how it goes.)

You probably know the drill by now, but if you don't...

Spoiler

Procedure

• Submit your game pitch via this form.
• I will post the entries (anonymously) as they come in, in order to inspire others to join.
• Submissions close 12th February. I will then open a thread poll for voting.
• Voting will last 7 days. Discussion and feedback on the entries is encouraged, but make sure to maintain anonymity.
• After voting is over, the results and authors of each entry become public.

Rules

• The pitch should be for some kind of adventure game (under a broad definition of the genre).
• Stick to the word limits: An elevator ride is not that long! (If you run over, those parts will be placed behind spoiler tags.)
• You may submit only one entry in the round.
• The entry should be anonymous. Do not reveal your authorship until voting closes.
• Do not vote for your own entry. It's not cool.

[close]

I'm looking forward to your pitches!

[Dressing up]

The winners of MAGS February are Blondbraid and Cassiebsg. Well done, team.

	New Kid Gotta Steal Somethin by Durq and VampireWombat
	Thrymly Disguised by Blondbraid & Cassiebsg

Dressing up
This month's topic was chosen by cat.

February is carnival time, so let's put on some costumes! Some ideas to get you started:

• A cosplayer assembles his outfit for a comic convention
• A teenage girl searches for the perfect prom night dress
• Kids need to find hat and scarf for their snowman

In the end someone or something should be dressed up wearing something fancy (or fail miserably trying).

Feel free to use any existing material but let us know which parts you reused and what was originally created for this competition.


What is MAGS?

Started in 2001, MAGS is a 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, and provide a kick-start into making adventure games. Regardless of skill, MAGS is for everyone. Voting is based on "favourite" 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.

Rules

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

* A working download link
* The title of your game
* A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fourteen days and the winner chooses the next month's theme.

[Cassiebsg and Morganw]

The votes are in and we have a winner!
Well done to Cassiebsg and Morganw. You will be contacted soon about coming up with a theme for March.

Thanks to all participants and voters.

	Alice in Maniacland by Dog Rat
	Ego in Planet of the Apes by Durq
	Space Cross: The BSG-Team by Cassiebsg and Morganw

Topic: Crossover
Chosen by: Danvzare



Description:
The hot new trend recently has been cinematic universes. Everything's got to be connected to everything else! So that's why the challenge this month is to pick two or more works of fiction and combine them.

Do you have two games you made before that you want to make a sequel to? Then now's your chance!
Never made a game before? Then why not have Sherlock Holmes meet Dracula!
Don't have any art skills? Make a special crossover episode between Reality on the Norm and Maniac Mansion Mania!

The possibilities are endless! Just make sure it's combining two or more works of fiction, regardless of whether those works of fiction are games, movies, books, or comics, that you or someone else has made. As long as it's possible to see the original source materials, then you're good to go.

Special Guidelines:
If you're making a crossover/sequel to two of your past games. You are allowed to reuse the sprites from those past games, and if necessary, a background or two.
Of course, all publically available assets can be used at any time.

[Cat]

Voting is over and we have a winner.

Congratulations, Cat. And thanks for bringing Cornelius back.

	Santa and the Orphanage by Slasher
	The Goat Crone by The Outer Zone
	Cornelius Cat in: How the Cat Saved Christmas by Cat

Topic: 'Christmas'
set by Slasher and Mikeg.

....Maybe to make it more interesting:  There are three choices of how to make your game:
1) Saving Christmas,  2) Avoiding Christmas,  3) Stealing Christmas.



We have to keep the festive season alive

Deadline December 31st

[Black Friday]

The voting is over and we have a Winner:

Black Friday by Danvzare.

Well done, Dan. You will be messaged in Due course about coming up with a topic for January.

Unlucky to Nr 2698 for your close 2nd. You could call it a Nr miss.

Thanks to everyone else who participated. Great numbers this month. Let's keep it up.

	Scarecrow and his Quest to Find a Brain by Slasher
	Black Friday by Danvzare
	Blooded Fields by Nr. 2698
	The Strawman Augment by Durinde
	STRAWMAN  BOMBING  DISPOSAL by Mandle
	Sniper and spotter climbing a tower by Blondbraid
	The Wicked Witch of the West by Cleanic

Topic: Scarecrows
Suggested by: Slasher and Kastchey
Deadline: November 30th



The challenge for this month is to make a game featuring a scarecrow in any form or role.
Regardless of the above picture, your scarecrow can, but does not have to be spooky! Feel free to pick the setting that best suits your game idea.

Using pre-made assets is fine.
Don't know where to find free assets? Try AGS Trove!


What is MAGS?

Started in 2001, MAGS is a 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, and 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.

Rules

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:

* A working download link
* The title of your game
* A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fourteen 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.

[Dr. Chuckles' Miniature World of Madness]

Voting is over and the winner is Dr. Chuckles' Miniature World of Madness by Slasher and Mikeg
Congratulations, gents.

	Captain Downes and the Pirate Princess by Blondbraid
	Captain Carver's Carnival Curios by VampireWombat
	Dr. Chuckles' miniature world of madness by Slasher and Mikeg

Topic: "MINIATURE"
Guidelines by The Outer Zone
Deadline October 31

Interpret the theme in any way you want.

Since the dawn of man, we have built small worlds. A dollhouse for the kids, a ship in a bottle, art installations showing us a grand scene inside a box. We have written tales of "the small folk" living in the furniture in the attic, and created small scale models that transform into titans on the big screen.



I place the power of the miniature in your hands! - I look forward to see what you do with it.
...a snowglobe pick-up is also accepted

Using any pre-made assets is up to you.



___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is MAGS?

Started in 2001, MAGS is a 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, and 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.

Rules

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:

* A working download link
* The title of your game
* A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fourteen 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.
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[The object of the competition is to present the best possible "elevator pitch" for an original adventure game.]

While Snarky is away on Mittness, I'm sharing Game Pitch duties. so I hope you're ready.  It's time for another...

Game Pitch Competition â€" Round 6: "The Pitch-hiker"

The object of the competition is to present the best possible "elevator pitch" for an original adventure game.
So, come up with a cool idea, and explain it very briefly to someone in order to catch their interest and make them excited about it.

We're being strict about the word limits so if you go above the max length, the remaining part will be placed behind a spoiler tag, and voters may choose to ignore that part of the pitch.

Procedure

• Submit your game pitch via this form.
• I will post the entries (anonymously) as they come in. Hopefully this will inspire others to join.
• Submissions close October 1st. I will then open a thread poll for voting.
• Voting will last 1 week (until October 8th). Discussion and feedback on the entries is encouraged, but make sure to maintain anonymity.
• After voting is over, the results become public. I will post the list of participants, and we can then work to identify the authors and discuss the entries further.

Rules

• The pitch should be for some kind of adventure game (under a broad definition of the genre).
• Try to stick more or less to the word limits: An elevator ride is not that long!
• You may submit only one entry in the round.
• The entry should be anonymous. Do not reveal your authorship until voting closes.
• Do not vote for your own entry. It's not cool.

All clear?
Then start sending in those pitches!


Here are all nine entries:

Spoiler

1.
FALL FLAT
5 people wake up free-falling in the skies, with no memory of how they got there.

No time for chitchat when you're falling to your death.

"Who are those people? do I know them? What is that thing we're falling towards?
What are those devices we carry?
One of the devices is a communication device, and somebody is talking!
It looks broken, though (on purpose?)."

As they try to figure things out, they'll start to experience (playable) flashbacks which will slowly reveal what's going on.

Will they make it in time, or will they.. FALL FLAT?


2.
N00b
A game thriller set where you live: On the Internet!

Kara is the founder and admin of a tight-knit online community, until one day her identity is stolen and she is locked out of her own site. With a new account and a collection of hacker tools, she sets out to rebuild her status, uncover the usurpers and take back control before it's too late. But how far will she go?

N00b is a simulated alternate reality game with chats, video, images, etc. across multiple social sites and services.


3.
Homo-Sapiens
Find out the secret of the exodus. A true classic point&click adventure.

Half a millennium ago the last remnants of the homo sapient left Earth and settled in a planet to and start a new life.

While cleaning your parents' attic you find an old metal box, which reveals a 500 year old journal! It account for life on Earth, leaving it and their hopes for the future. What you do not find is the answer you always wanted to know: Why?

Intrigued you decide to embark on a journey to Earth.


4.
Town of nightmares
Save the town of Braden!

In the small town of Braden the townsfolk are plagued by nightmares from which some never wake. As the sheriff of Braden you have to find what's causing it.
Gameplay is divided into two parts, day and night. During the day you're investigating, while on the nights you enter a nightmare where you try and save the townsfolk from a grim monster. Your actions during the day have consequences at night, so remember, the monster is after you too.


5.
Chekhov's Balance


A short adventure where two friends have to deal with slice-of-life topics (first love, bullying, trying stuff out). They are writing a fantasy novel, the progress of which the player can take part of in dialogues between the two (simplified: “Should we kill this side character?” â€" “Yes/no!”), but thus also affecting the game world which respectively also reacts to your decisions, forcing you to balance between an interesting and a boring story for the sake of your characters' well-being.

6.
A Break From Reality
Why is reality starting to break down?!

The plane you are travelling on has to ditch in the ocean near a coastline. Upon exiting the plane you find that it is now too small for you to fit back inside. One wet arrival at the nearby coastal town later and you find reality breaking everywhere. A man disappears/reappears every 17 seconds. Posters of famous people are not them. Outdoor spaces shrink while indoor ones stretch. Combination adventure/survival gameplay.

7.
Happy Scrappy Hero Pup
A little good dog in a big bad world

The dog Scrappy must save his human friend Baby kidnapped by filthy people then moved in an occupied mall! He have to make his way through devasted stores, weird guys and girls who crave something. And find the kidnappers hideout before some very bad happen to Baby! But he can count on his fine nose, his smartness and the power of his happyful smile!

8.
The other paperclip
A kidnapped engineer has to escape a strange city that's an amalgamation of alien tech and various human cultures

An engineer finds himself kidnapped by aliens and sent to their planet. He soon learns that the aliens are using a human workforce to terraform the planet, and in addition to a large native population of humans descended from slaves taken centuries ago, the aliens have in regularly kidnapped various earth scientists in order to expand their knowledge. An elderly german scientist, himself abducted in the 1950's, tells the engineer that this their version of ""Operation Paperclip"".

The engineer has

Spoiler

to pretend to go along with the engineering tasks he's given while devising a way to reverse-engineer the alien technology and find a way back to Earth.

[close]

9.
Found Footage
A comedy adventure game that revolves around the found footage craze of the early 2000s. No monsters, just real problems.

It's fall of the year 2000, and you've secured funding to shoot a found footage horror movie on an island in the Atlantic Ocean. You as the director only have a week to overcome a number of challenges related to shooting in an isolated environment. Deal with odd locals, manage a B-movie diva, convince the crotchety widower to let you shoot on his lawn, and engineer props out of the materials on hand. Can you produce a found footage hit?
Screen reader support enabled.

[close]

[Kastchey and Slasher]

Voting is over and we have a tie!
Congrats to Kastchey and Slasher. You'll be contacted soon about choosing a topic for November.
Commiserations VampireWombat.
Thanks to all entrants and voters.

	Jason and the Golden Apple by Slasher
	Here Be No Sirens by Kastchey
	Sweet Mythery by Vampire Wombat

Topic: Mermaids and Sirens
Chosen by Kastchey



A mermaid is a half-human, half-fish. A male version of this creature is called a merman, but its appearance in tales and popular culture is significantly less common. The mermaid steals the spotlight!
A siren is a human-bird hybrid, most commonly depicted as a large bird with a head of a human female. They would lure the sailors to their dwellings with their singing and crash their ships for the rare delicacy that is mariner meat!

Since these two entirely different mythological creatures are often confused with each other, why not use both for a MAGS theme?

For this month's competition, your challenge is to create a game featuring a mermaid, a merman or a siren.
It can, but does not have to feature the actual living creature. It can be a person disguised as one, it can be a painting, it can even be a homonym (e.g., siren as a warning sound device is also acceptable).

Some ideas to get you started:

1. A merman boy sets out to find his dolphin friend who has gone missing, and rumor has it that there are sharks around! Well only one shark who is old, half blind and missing most of his teeth but to a small merman boy he sure looks scary.

2. A crackpot journalist needs to get footage of a real mermaid to pay the bills, but they just wouldn't show up. Out of better options, she decides to fabricate one.

3. A mermaid gets entangled in a fisherman's net. She needs to free herself and get her tail out of there before anyone spots her.

4. A prankster or an activist wants to hijack the emergency siren system to play a custom sound.

5. A brave adventurer has been tasked with obtaining the priceless plume of a siren.


There is no restriction on the use of pre-made assets.
Don't know where to find free assets? Try AGS Trove!

Ending: September 30th

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What is MAGS?

Started in 2001, MAGS is a 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, and 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.

Rules

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:

* A working download link
* The title of your game
* A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fourteen 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.
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[Cola Skunkette: A Bit of Cleanup]

The voting is over and the people have spoken.
The winner of MAGS August, with a whopping 9 points is Mr Outer-the-blue himself, The Outer Zone for Cyborg Seppuku.

Congratulations on the impressive win. You will be contacted by PM soon about choosing a topic for MAGS October.

	Cola Skunkette: A Bit of Cleanup by DBoyWheeler
	The Campaign Of Daphne White by Slasher
	Cyborg Seppuku by The Outer Zone
	The Man Who Liked Cats by Mandle
	Vacant Bodies by VampireWombat
	Fists of Murder by Jack

Vote using the poll at the top of the page.

Topic: Censorship
This month's guidelines were set by Hobo

Feel free to interpret the theme any way you want. As a guidline I suggest pushing a pro- or anti-censorship agenda, creating a world where someone or something is suffering from or forcing a censorship or simply censor some parts of your own game (which is also a good way to excuse any missing assets and unfinished work )

PS! I totally added an awesome image to inspire and motivate you all, but sadly it was censored


Pre-made and public domain assets are allowed.

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What is MAGS?

Started in 2001, MAGS is a 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, and 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.

Rules

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:

? A working download link
? The title of your game
? A suitable in-game screenshot

At the end of the month, voting will begin, usually lasting for fourteen 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.

Someone on the Facebook group is trying to register on the forums but is having an issue:

“Hi! I have problems On Signing Up On the Forums, It seems I have the Right Answer on Registration Quiz but It always give me an Error Message saying I have one wrong Answer even though my answer is correct. Can you please help me? I wanna join the AGS Community Forum because I have lots of questions when It comes to Scripting and Such.”

Any idea what could be the problem? Other than maybe he is getting one of the Qs wrong

[Step 1]

October is still a little way away but I had the idea of putting together an ultimate horror-themed watchlist by the AGS community.

Obviously, I don't expect anyone would actually watch all 31 films in 31 days but we can all try to watch some of them, perhaps even watching them together and chatting about them in the forum or on Discord and IRC. If at least a few people are watching one of the films on any given day and keeping the thread alive then that would be awesome.


I've come up with a preliminary list of ten horror categories with the idea that we could all choose ten films that fit these ten categories and then together we can compile a list of 30 (assuming that number 31 is going to be Halloween). We can discuss any adjustments or changes over the next few days before settling on a final ten, but for now, here is that list:

• Curses/witchcraft
• Possession/demonic
• Undead (zombies/vampires)
• Ghost stories
• Slasher flicks
• Psychological horror
• Creatures/monsters
• Comedy/parody
• Miscellaneous horror
• Miscellaneous not-necessarily horror.

As you can see, I've included a non-horror option with the idea that we could have a little breather from horror at regular intervals throughout the month. If people think that's a lame idea we can scrap it. There will obviously be some cross-over between the categories, but they are just intended as a guideline to make sure we get a good spread of horror.


Here's how I see things working (it's just a rough outline for now):

Step 1 (3-4 days) Discuss the categories and settle on a final ten.
Step 2 (2-3 weeks) Fill in this Google Form with your ten films*. We can discuss our choices in the thread while this is going on.
Step 3 (2-3 weeks) Compile all the suggestions and choose three from each category to get 30 films. Also discuss where to place each film in the month.
Step 4 (2-3 weeks) Locate, borrow, rent, as many of the films as we can. We can share information on where to stream or buy the films. We may even be able to lend/gift each other some of the films.
Step 5 (October) Watch the films. One film will be assigned to each day. We can watch them individually or try to synchronise so we can chat about them as we watch.

* This isn't necessarily a voting process. These are just recommendations. We will discuss which films to include in step 3. Of course films that lots of people chose will get priority but I want to compile a diverse and eclectic spread, so some editorial decisions with be discussed. Also, it would be nice to try and make sure that everybody gets at least one of their suggestions onto the list.


A couple things I want to point out before we start talking and making our choices:

Try to ensure that your 10 contains a mixture of tones and settings.

Try to include a spread of movies from a range of eras. From black and white monster movies through 80s slashers to something released just this year.

Preferably think about how readily available the films are for most people to rent, stream or buy cheaply (and legally if possible). It's not expected that anyone will actually watch all 31 films over the month but would be nice if as many people as possible had the best chance to watch as many as they can/want.

All that is to say, try not to show off too much by listing a bunch of obscure films that no one else has heard of. It's not intended as a contest of horror geekery. Of course, a handful of little known gems would be great, so please think of one or two, but I hope to expect some big-hitters in there, too. Feel free to even include one or two titles that you haven't actually seen yet yourself.

Who's in?

[The Shaft]

The voting is over!

Well done to The Shaft by Kastchey, the person with the most difficult to remember consonant cluster in their name.

You will be contacted soon about choosing a topic for September :-)

Thanks everyone who participated.

	Stories of the unexpected: 'Until further notice' by Slasher
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	The Shaft by Kastchey
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Topic: Shocking
Deadline: July 31st

Topic suggested by fernewelten.

Make a game in which energy or electricity must play an important role. (Might mean power stations, might be in Paris, France (town of the light) or Vegas, USA, might mean cops with tasers chasing thugs, might be a quest for energy in a distopian world...)

Pre-made assets are allowed.

I changed my signature the other day and then I noticed that my profile pic/avatar was gone. I definitely didn't go out of my way to delete that. I'm wondering if there's a bug in the page that caused the text for the avatar url to be deleted when I saved the new signature.

It could be that I somehow inadvertently did it by clicking on something I shouldn't have... but I don't think so.

I'll test it again later when I've got a moment. But for now, any ideas?