Why? Think of it as an unofficial mini-comp. My way of giving a little support to the community, I guess. Hopefully, we all get some good games to play as a result.
$40 is not a lot of money. It’s not as awesome as winning MMF2 or whatever. But, it’s a lot better than working your ass off for some worthless DC points.
So, here’s the deal: you have all summer to work on a game. I need a theme to dissuade people from entering games they have worked for years on, so your game has to be about anthropomorphic animals. You know, like Porky Pig, rather than, say, Babe, the pig in the city. Please try to keep the “furry” fetish to a minimum. It’s really not my thing. Also, try to throw in some zombies, aliens, necromancers, and/or robots. Cowboys, ninjas, and pirates are good, too. You know, awesome stuff. Ass kickers and such. Just be sure to make them all animals, except perhaps the aliens. Maybe not the zombies. Your call.
It’s not the best of themes, or the most contained, but I’d like to keep the guidelines flexible to allow for a lot of variety. I don’t want to have to sort through 27 sports-themed puzzle games set in Victorian England, you know?
First prize wins $25. Hey, it’s enough for a Greatest Hits game. Second prize wins $10. It’s enough for half a Greatest Hits game. Third prize wins $5. It’s enough for a… Happy Meal, or something. Hey, it’s $5 you wouldn’t have otherwise, right? Anyway, all others receive my thanks and condolences, as well as the satisfaction of having completed a decent game. All prizes will be paid in the form of a gift certificate to an online retailer like Amazon or BestBuy.com. Winners may request a specific retailer, but I don’t want to sign up for a lifetime of spam from bigandoilylove.com just to get you what you want. I’ll try to work with you, but I can’t promise anything. Please note that those are dollar signs, not pound signs. I pay in American and however that translates to your local economy is your issue.
Anyone may enter, except me.
Teams are fine. Prizes will either divided equally amongst the members or according to the submitter’s directions. Please don’t bother explaining how you want this done unless I tell you you’ve won something. Keep in mind that no share can be less than $5. So, if you have three people on your team, and you win 3rd prize, the submitter gets $5. You can fight over it amongst yourselves.
All judging will be done by me. I’m not going to pretend there’s a complicated formula for judgment. If I like it and want to keep playing, it rates well. If I think it’s boring or stupid, it’s probably not going to do very well.
Some tips:
Originality is important. I may prefer one type of game to another, but if I get 12 games of one type, and 1 that is completely different, it will stand out more. Try for new types of games. Think hybridization. A horror-themed dating sim will probably get more consideration than a conventional shooter. That said, if the shooter is more fun, it will do better.
Storylines are good, too. This is to differentiate from objectives. “Your goal in this game is to stop the evil Zobons from invading Earth” is not a storyline. It’s an objective. I’d like to see some plot development, some good characters, some dialogue. That kind of stuff. I’m not looking for Shakespeare, but you’ve got a couple months. Do something with it. Also, steer clear of clichéd BS and melodrama. That stuff pisses me off.
To give hope to our less talented friends, ripped anything is allowed, but do something original with what you rip. Also, try to rip stuff I haven’t already seen a million times. Sonic clones will not do well, but if you use Sonic sprites to make a completely different, high-quality game, you might surprise me. If you use seek out obscure stuff from lesser-known games, you’ll probably do better. If you recolor stuff, I’ll probably appreciate the effort. I’m not going to launch an investigation into whether what you submit is 100% original. Just make sure your style is consistent and cohesive. Don’t mix Maniac Mansion sprites with Fallout sprites because the difference in resolution, style, and color depth will more than likely make it all look terrible. The effort of creating original graphics, sound effects, and sprites will be appreciated, but creating something that looks and sounds great and has a cohesive style is more important than how you put it together.
No real limit on size, but as always, it’s how you use it that matters. A 25 meg pong clone is not going to do well. If you can pack as much fun into 300kb as someone else puts into 3 megs, you’re probably going to do better.
Please note that I will not be rewarding pure crap. If I get 3 entries and they are all ugly, unplayable, steaming turd piles, then I reserve the right to reward entrants how I see fit, or not at all. Hopefully, I won’t have to use this clause. $40 is not a huge amount of money, and I don’t mind spending it to encourage people to complete good games. But you probably wouldn’t want to give somebody $25 for making Tic Tac Toe Xtreme Mario Edition with Ace Ventura Wav Samples, and neither would I.
The deadline is currently August 6 at midnight Central time (CDT UTC/GMT -6 hours). You can figure out for yourselves what time that is where you live. The point is to give people that last Sunday to finish up. This may be adjusted based on what I have going on at the time, but I’ll post any changes to the deadline or anything else well in advance of this date. By my count, it’s about 11 weeks. Enough time to do something good, but maybe not enough to create an 80-hour epic. Use your time wisely.
I’ll make a post at the deadline and anyone submitting after that is out of luck. That’s when I download all the entries. Then I play them and decide on the winners. Then I notify people and e-mail their prizes. I have no idea how long that will take, but I’ll have some time to do it then. Figure on a month or so, but don’t bug me. It will piss me off and I will start to hate you.
Questions, comments, suggestions, requests, etc. below. Any whining should be kept to yourselves, thanks. Good luck.
Deadline: August 6 @ midnight (CDT UTC/GMT -6 hours)
Theme: Anthropomorphic (cartoon-style) animals. Please include one or more of the following charatcer types: zombies, aliens, necromancers, robots, cowboys, ninjas, pirates, or something similar. All but the aliens and zombies should be animals (i.e., cowboy animals, robot animals, etc.) Why animals? Who cares?
Prizes:
1st Prize: $25 gift certificate
2nd prize: $10 gift certificate
3rd prize: $ 5 gift certificate
finally, a decent competition. (although circy's crimbo one owas good, i just hated the forced xmas theme)
animal pirates and ninjas, sounds good to me.
Well, folks, it's July 6th. That means there's one month left to put together a game for this contest. There hasn't been a lot of talk here, so who knows how much it will take to win? Hopefully we will all see some good entries and remember: the top three walk away with some cash. Good luck, all.
Damn, I noticed this topic a bit too late. I thought it was spam when I saw the money.
Bah, anthropomorphic is so 90s, back when Disney & Looney Tunes ruled the cartoon world. Today's trend is super teenagers with normal everyday problems. I blame Spider-Man and Smallville.
Disclaimer: Any sarcasm in my posts will not be mentioned as that would ruin the purpose. It is assumed that the reader is intelligent enough to tell the difference between what is sarcasm and what is not.
hah i thought this was fake when i saw the title, like spamming or something. i geuss ill have to get started on my game late (its 4:05 am on july 18th right now) but who cares. its worth trying, right? btw defenestrator do you want us to send you a DC mail with the link or like post here or what when we're done?
"Actually sir, we found a tiny unicorn in your exhaust. It was jumping around poking holes in your gas tank." "Oh thank you I did not know that. A tiny unicorn? Wow."
Post a link here.
For all the exceptionally beautiful folks were too "Duh I can't fucking be bothered to read because I have to post on all of HBK's 'Du yu likee ranbows' threads," keep in mind that, if no one else makes a game, and you make even a mediocre game in a week, you will still likely come away with something. And you still have two and a half weeks left! If nothing else, you'll have done something productive with your time for a change.
So no cry-babying. There wil be NO EXTENSIONS. If you don't have a link up here by midnight on the 6th (that's my time, not yours), then you're out. If webspace is a problem, let me know WELL IN ADVANCE and I'll consider making an e-mail account someplace to review your submissions.
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18th July, 2006 at 12:52:28 -
Im still gonna win and beat alll of you Im not gonna put a screen shot because you all will steal from me... well mabey not the better people but Aggggge and skydragon and noodle and adam.... those stealer peopleablessswss.
DaVince This fool just HAD to have a custom rating
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18th July, 2006 at 14:14:06 -
Damn, you're stupid.
Old member (~2004-2007).
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20th July, 2006 at 18:02:53 -
Im one of "those stealer peopleablessswss"
Why? What have i done?
I have to bump this so a new batch of people can come in to let us all know that they aren't taking part because they don't know how to read.
Anyway, for both of you who are still working on something for this, you have a week left. Oh, and for anyone who wants to try to throw something together in the hopes of winning some FREE MONEY, you have a week to do so. Good luck.
moonbird99- yes, I think he said something about that in the original post. Sure is a lot to read, though. It's almost Moby Dick.
Adam- it's more than nothing, which is what people normally get for making games. Wait... have you made any games? Why are you here?
Anyway, if what I'm offering is beneath your high standards, let somebody else win it. No need to complain about it, unless you live to complain about things that don't concern you, I guess.
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31st July, 2006 at 00:36:41 -
Your posts are dripping in sarcasm, and just for that, I'd make a game for you if I wasn't leaving on vacation tomorrow after tomorrow. However, I might just try to anyways.
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
~Belgarath
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31st July, 2006 at 00:36:42 -
Your posts are dripping in sarcasm, and just for that, I'd make a game for you if I wasn't leaving on vacation tomorrow after tomorrow. However, I might just try to anyways.
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
~Belgarath
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31st July, 2006 at 00:38:47 -
Apparently that needed to be said twice.
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
~Belgarath
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31st July, 2006 at 02:03:31 -
disneyland can wait, peblo
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31st July, 2006 at 02:52:29 -
Actually I'm going to Ohio then Hawaii.
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
~Belgarath
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31st July, 2006 at 05:01:07 -
Disneyland then California Adventure Park?
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31st July, 2006 at 11:58:33 -
Yeah, apparently.
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
~Belgarath
"Adam- it's more than nothing, which is what people normally get for making games. Wait... have you made any games? Why are you here?
Anyway, if what I'm offering is beneath your high standards, let somebody else win it. No need to complain about it, unless you live to complain about things that don't concern you, I guess."
Cool-it. How on this Earth, have you managed to totally flame me out of what you call a "COMPLAINT" when it OBVIOUSLY was harmless by the use of a cute and friendly-looking emoticon?
I just helped win GOTW, and Im also working on 3 large-scaled platform games currently
-www.crobasoft.com
Also Im helping various people with games all the time, and constantly spriting.
Perhaps you should have researched a little more, and put that flame-thower down plz, mister.
I started making a game on this theme when MMF2 came out... but I simply didn't put enough time into it, and there's no way I'll finish it in time. If you look at the beginning of the thread, it looks like quite a few people decided to make a game, but judging from the most recent posts, I fear that we won't see much. Except for, maybe, shit.
Must say there's been an exceptional amount of whining at a guy who merely tries to stimulate game making. Some people seems to consider it an insult, making a game for "just $25". Quite some way to reward a man giving something for nothing. Well, I won't be winning that $25, but at least I got a few nice pointers for my game! Zombies, aliens, necromancers, robots, cowboys, ninjas and pirates - all animals! Perfect!
I was going to enter but then I copied over what I had done over to my laptop since I was going to stay at my parents house over the summer. When I tried to open the file later on at my parents place it gave me errors so I couldn't work on my game at all for the whole summer. I still want to finish the game though.
Well just thought I'd mention that if anyone cares.
Defenestrator even if you had $40 to spare you'd be better shoving it up your arse. That would give you a far bigger thrill than trying to wind people up (unsuccessfully) bless you
to start press any key ...... where's the ANY KEY??
YEAH MCDONALDS! Let's spend $40 on the corpses of slaughtered cows! Yay! We get free heart disease and bowel cancer too! At the same time we're funding animal cruelty, deforestation and worker exploitation!
By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named night,
On a black throne reigns upright,
I have reached these lands but newly
From an ultimate dim Thule
From a wild clime that lieth, sublime,
Out of space
Out of time.
I want everyone to know that I considered your suggestions very carefully, and I decided to go for it! I would shove $40 up my ass, and I would enjoy every scintilating minute of it!
First, I decided to break the $40 into singles, then ball them up to increase volume. I only got a few bills up my ass before I accidentally slid the long edge of one of the bills along the skin of my sphincter, resulting in a bloody paper cut. It hurt, but in a way that I found almost pleasurable. "What the hell," I thought. "Why not pour lemon juice on that bad boy?" So, I did.
The pain was immesurable. This was worse than the time my "friends" bet me I couldn't fit a hot sewing needle up my pee hole, then they welshed on the bet, leaving me with nothing to show for my daring feat. Sure, I can tell my grandkids about it, but why would I?
I needed to disinfect the wound. I hired a meth-addicted prostitute from a nearby trailer park to suck the venom out of my pooper. Then I sewed myself up with colored yarn. I left a little bit hanging out so I could have a tail like a fancy kitty. I'm fancy, bitches. Get over it.
Anyway, my job was unfinished. I needed to fit another $33 up my ass, and I needed to do it in a hurry. My anus could not be kept waiting for more cold, hard cash.
Then I had an epiphany! I went to the bank with my fancy kitty tail and changed the $33 into 66 rolls of pennies. Then I dropped my pants (that's "trousers" for my Coalition friends in Olde America) and started shoving rolls of change up my ass. The crowd cheered. A baby smiled. And I was escorted to the police station, jingling all the way.
Good Game.I am from Poland and I handly ever watch the good game.
By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named night,
On a black throne reigns upright,
I have reached these lands but newly
From an ultimate dim Thule
From a wild clime that lieth, sublime,
Out of space
Out of time.
I wish I knew what Novasoft was talking about.
I also wish I could hear people give more reasons for why they didn't make games for this. It's really fascinating.
Anyway i think the fact this was an unofficial mini-comp lessens the impact it makes to the community.
If it was an official Click competition with mmf2 developer as a prize or something with it's own section rather than just a forum thread it may have been more successful.
I will fax you each $20 in poop-encrusted nickels.
Wait! I have a better idea: I will announce a new mini-competition where the winner gets to pay me $40, which I will use to replace the ass change I fax you two. I will post the announcement here to ensure that 80% of the people who come here won't read it. Good luck everybody!
I believed you Defenestrator... I just don't have the determination or patience to complete anything... Gawd! Someone tries to rouse some community spirit funded from their own wallet and this is the thanks they get!
By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named night,
On a black throne reigns upright,
I have reached these lands but newly
From an ultimate dim Thule
From a wild clime that lieth, sublime,
Out of space
Out of time.
Now, see, godd*mn motherf*ckers gonna come in here and try to start some sh*t with me. You can't judge my notherf*ckin' lifestyle, you fat, toothless party b*tch! I ain't no b*tch, an' if I wanna shove my own motherf*ckin' money up my own godd*mn motherf*ckin's *ss, then that's what I'll d*mn well do, b*tch. You know why? Cuz it's MY good*mn life, gape-*ss. You think you're all cute with your godd*mn f*ckin' avatar lickin' the window. Oh, that's so cute. Just like yo f*ckin' wh*re-*ss momma been lickin' my fat n*ts. I j*zzed in her hair and she said that was extra. I said "B*tch, I look like some kinda godd*mn b*tch to you? I just f*ckin' c*mmed in yo motherf*ckin' hair, an' you think I the one who look like some dumb c*nt?" I slap that b*tch till she cry, then I make her lick my *sshole clean. Then I just sh*t in her mouth and say "B*tch, you ain't gonna swallow that sh*t, an' you sure as hell ain't gonna spit it the f*ck out. I just want you to hold it their in yo f*ckin' mouth while I watch some godd*mn TV for awhile. Feel the vapors, b*tch. And don't you start whining or I'll rip your godd*mn arm off and shove it up your p*ssy." That's the kind of sh*t I just can't stand, is when some pasty b*tch come up in here, not like he was even talkin', not like he was even a godd*mn part of the motherf*ckin' conversation that's been going on for two godd*mn months. He just walks in the f*ckin' room an' starts complaining about shit that don't even concern his dumb *ss, like I really give a f*ck what you think. Where the f*ck were you two months ago, you b*tch *ss f*ckin' c*ck afficiando? Were you too busy makin' some godd*mn game about f*ckin' anthropomotherf*cking morphic animals, b*tch? No, you ain't done sh*t. Your whole f*ckin' life, you ain't done sh*t, and now you show up, expecting f*ckin' people to roll out the motherf*cking red carpet just cuz you here now. "Uh, guys, I don't know if you should be shoving U.S. currency up your booty hole. I think it's a federal crime, and I may have to report you to the proper authorities." Well, you know what? I been just fine all these many long f*ckin' years without your uninformed f*cking opinion about me and my *sshole. And you know what? Me and my *sshole have been getting along just great so far. So why don't you turn the f*ck back around, go home, and tell your crack wh*re mommy about your f*cking day, because at least she might pretend to give a sh*t what you think. B*tch.
Okay, here's the idea for the new mini-competition, everybody: make a fan game for your favorite children's television program from the seventies. All games must be puzzle fighters. You have six weeks to finish. Oh, golly jeepers, I'm so excited. Who's in???
I'm in! If Care Bears or The Moomins are from the 70's...?
By a route obscure and lonely,
Haunted by ill angels only,
Where an Eidolon, named night,
On a black throne reigns upright,
I have reached these lands but newly
From an ultimate dim Thule
From a wild clime that lieth, sublime,
Out of space
Out of time.
Peblo Custom ratings must be 50 characters or less
Registered 05/07/2002
Points 185
17th August, 2006 at 17:10:16 -
What are the 70's?
"Isn't it always amazing how we characterize a person's intelligence by how closely their thinking matches ours?"
~Belgarath
Dustin Gunn Gnarly Tubular Way Cool Awesome Groovy Mondo
Registered 15/12/2004
Points 2659
17th August, 2006 at 17:24:21 -
Apostraphes are possessive, so the 70 must be a noun, but what does it possess?
Perhaps he meant the '70s. Note the apostraphe comes before the 7 to indicate it's a contraction of 1970s. I remember I watched one episode of Drawn Together and it had "the 80's" written on the bottom of the screen, so I screamed and threw my TV out the window and wrote them a nasty letter, then found the editor for comedy central, stalked him for a few weeks to learn his routine, then slit his throat in the parking garage.
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17th August, 2006 at 17:45:47 -
i feel sorry for you man, i wouldve entered, but i didnt notice.
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