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[A Christmas Nightmare]

The voting is over and the winner is: A Christmas Nightmare by Alan v.Drake . Well done Alan.

Topic: Create Your Own Christmas Adventure
Chosen by: Slasher

	Create your own game: Your dreamy Christmas by Slasher
	A Christmas Ghost by Racoon
	A Christmas Nightmare by Alan v.Drake

You must make a 'Create your own Christmas adventure' game. It  must have elements that will change the way your Christmas adventure plays out. Your adventure will differ depending on the choices/actions you make. You MUST have a minimum of 5 sets of choices/actions that will differ the game. You may use previous assets to create your game and you may have a text based or book style game as well as the usual adventure game style.

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If it's okay, I'll post a puzzle:

9
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Spoiler

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It's an upside down clock

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Congratulations Kastchey! We can swap notes.

Thanks for the congrats and tips. Keep them coming. This is all useful information, thank you. I'm already so in love with my little boy.

Those of you mums and dads on here, what are some of the things that most took you by surprise about having a kid, especially early on. And what lessons did you learn the hard way that you can share to help out me and other new and future parents?

Hi all. Last Sunday, my wife and I were gifted with an adorable baby boy.

Any survival tips for the father of a brand-new adventurer?

Is it relevant to the puzzle that the first letters are capitalized or was that just normal automatic capitalization?

Cool idea. Should any future puzzles in this thread be 5-letter words?

IIRC we had two ties in 2017 (or was it ‘16?) but we also had two months with no entries so we still ended up with 12 finalists for the MAGGIES

It is indeed a typewriter rubber and brush. Well done to Cassie :-)

Or maybe an eraser, with brush to clean the leftovers (that we normally just use the back of our hand)

You are basically correct but I need something a bit more specific.

Came across this at my in-laws' house today.

Can you guess what it is?

The winner is: Desmond: The 'Thing' from Another World by Slasher

Well done, Slash man. You'll be contacted soon about picking a topic for December's MAGS.
Thanks to you and Creamy for your entries.

Nice one Babs. Was it a coincidence that the the for the Jam was ‘cloud' or was that chosen because it was the MAGS theme?

Not too late for more entries, folks 💋

Last call for votes. Two days to go.

This is cool. I've played a couple of these but it's worth getting the bundle for the ones I haven't.

Thanks for the entries for MAGS October.
Here they are for your voting pleasure.
Vote using the poll above.

	Paper Planes by Creamy
	Desmond: The Thing from Another World by Slasher

Please let me know if I've missed anything.

And check out November's topic, "cloud".

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Topic: Cloud
Set by Reiter

The winner of MAGS November was Fernewelten. Well done :-)

	Night Witches: Women of the clouds by Slasher
	Night Witch by Blondbraid and Crimson Wizard
	Brothers & Wreckers by Flugeldufel & Creamy
	Jake's Very Last Journey by fernewelten

'For the November bout of the MAGS, the topic is Cloud. Gathering storm clouds, serene cirrus clouds, cloudy moods, data clouds, clouds of all sorts. Let your ideas soar to the heavens.

A few text scraps for inspiration?

'Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold'
'All data will be safe for eternity within The Cloud.'
'Cloudy with a chance for Friendship.'
'And in the olive groves upon those pleasant hills did Pliny see his towering Pine Tree.'
'Clouds don't smell bad. They taste of butter! And tears.'

Best of luck, brave aeronauts!'






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.

Check your PMs, Reiter.

Never meet your heroes, Jack. 

Well done to Reiter.
Escape Literature is the winner of MAGS September. You will be contacted soon about choosing a theme for November.