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[Nocturne]

The Official Jam #5 Voting Topic

(click here for the discussion topic)

VIDEO OF ALL THE JAM ENTRIES COURTESY OF THESNIDR

After a long two weeks of voting I have tallied up the votes and it seems that we have a tie for first place! So without further ado, here are the listings of all the entries :

1st place:

Disillusion by TrueValhalla

Breaking The Facade by Ziggler1

3rd place

An Inconvenient Facade by RetardedLemon

4th place

Duality by TheSnidr & Zekka

Citified by Venomous

False by JonathanPzone & KodyT

7th place

Nothing Will Ever Hurt You by DxSmiley

8th place

Boximus by Harrk

Dawn Of Nightmares by mads2194

10th place:

Falling For Milk by 11clock

11th place:

Water, Water, Water by orange08

Fix It by ThatSnail

You Monster by Klassic

RedHood Revelation by _250500

15th place:

Subterranea by Viloen

16th place:

SpyBot by TheM

Mario Norris Kart by Yal

18th place:

Save Us by Khornel

Mystery Men by RedOctober

20th place:

Shadow Runner - Behind the Facade by Fireball16 & Zesterer

Moonlight Sonata by Docopoper

22nd place:

The Fountainface by masterofhisowndomain

Feet Of Clay by Blake

Kaities Flight To The Netherlands by Zeddidragon

25th place

Julius Dragonslayer by wakeskater_x, IceMetalPunk & TheUltimate

Fake Date by ShinyJiggly

Cellz (The Viruses' Facade) by Hgameguy

28th place

Hallucinogun by NAL

29th place

Gaming 404 by makerofthegames & Speedchuck

Money Running Out by free_napalm

Bots by Ivaxlar

Bubble by Rusty

ICTOAT by snailman

Defend! by ariugh

Dungeon Deceiver by Keevor

FayKade by HayManMarc

BakLush by Desttinghim

Squirrel Launch by Follomania

Facade by SkullSoft

Fac-Ace by Joh

What You See by TrickPixel Games

Twisted Mission by Earthwalker

Agency by Sondar

Masked Awesomness by faissialoo

Bair by NicroGames

City Mania by ahmed#elyamani

Seeds And Weapons by RekNepz

Clown Fish Coffee by DarkClower & Tribbe

Masks of Duhkovu by True_Predator

SHAP3 SH1FT3R 2600 by Bobmoo

I Love My Wife by blopit

PolyWorld by DarKblaDe

Wanted - Dog Not Alive by jakobs98

RGB by snailman

Eulophoria by mrScience00

BallX by ImperialGames

Eeveelution by alex1101

Daface by exar3000

Modern Hero by BruceCollins

Shoot The Pigeon by Rusty

Don't Judge A Building By It's Facade by Irfanfox

Defender Of Rospuda's Valley by Nirvan

Fake Guide by The_Puzzle

Molten Lead by CaptainApril

Congratulations to the winners and I'll be in touch in the next day or so to discuss your prizes and to present you with your banners for winning this 5th Jam. And to those of you who didn't make it into the top 5 or so, better luck next time and I hope that you aren't disheartened, but rather encouraged to try harder and do better in the next one!!!!

Spoiler

Well, after a fantastic and exciting weekend, the Jam has finished and the games should all have been posted in this topic... So lets start the voting!!!! How? Well, it's simple really... just copy and paste the following :

My votes go to

• name of the game - author
• name of the game - author
• name of the game - author

Best Use Of Theme - author
Best Presentation - author
Best Devblog - author

into your post and add the names of the games you wish to win, together with the author (name of the person that posted the game). You may vote for as many (or as few) games as you wish in order of preference, with 1 being the winner and all subsequent games being runners up, but please vote for at least three! Apart from the voting you are encouraged to post a mini-review of the winning game (and any others) explaining what you liked/disliked and why you think it deserves to win... Remember, this is a Community Jam and so feedback from the community is all important! We want to know what you think! Apart from that there are a few more rules to stick to...

• Voting will last 10 days from Tuesday 1st February to Monday 13th February 23:59GMT;
• Please post your votes FIRST, before any other text.
• Only ONE post per person. Any further coversation can be held in the Jam topic or in the topic of the game itself (if it has one), and any posts breaking this rule will be removed.
• Your top three games MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A SHORT REVIEW and posts with no reviews of at least the top three games will be considered <void> at the time of counting.
• If you are reviewing the games over the course of the 10 day voting period, use the <EDIT> button to add to your post, rather than post twice.
• Constructive criticism is fine, but comments like "This game sucks" will not be tolerated... so think before commenting!
• Please vote for at least YOUR TOP THREE GAMES, although you can vote for as many as you like (and every vote DOES count!)
• Please also vote for "Best Use of Theme", "Best Presentation" and "Best DevBlog"

It should be noted that in the previous Jam there were certain suspicions of cheating going on... Now, I want to hear NO talk of this in the Jam topics please. If anyone has any doubts about a post or a vote, then please REPORT the post or PM me with your thoughts and action will be taken.

So that's it I think... Take your time to play as many games as possible, and we shall see you all here again in ten days time to see who has the honour of being the Jam winner this time around!

Good luck to everybody and thank you all so much for participating!!!!


Nocturne


Previous Post

Spoiler

This is the official GMC Jam#5 Games Topic. Here you MUST POST YOUR GAMES to be considered for the final voting and to recieve any prizes. There are some strict rules for posting in this topic and anyone who does not follow them will have their posts removed :

• Each entry has ONE post only. It must be used to show developement of your game (while the Jam is on, you may EDIT your post to update people on your progress), or the actual finished game itself. Posts that "reserve" a spot or offer no content will be deleted.
• A link to your game MUST be posted here before the end of the Jam to qualify for votes in the final stage. An actual topic in the Games Forum is not necessary, but bare in mind that this topic is only for games and, after the Jam, voting - so if you want feedback, criticism or comments on your game it is recommended that you create a WIP topic and link to that too.
• This topic is ONLY for showcasing the games and their progress, not for discussion or any other type of post. If you wish to comment on a game, do it in the actual games topic (or in the GMC Jam side topic), but not here! All posts that break this rule will be deleted during the Jam. When voting begins, comments can then be made within the context of the vote.
• When adding new progress blogs/screenshots to your post (via the <EDIT> button) please use the SPOILER tags to hide previous content. In this way we can keep the topic tidy and organised and people can see the progression of your game from start to finish.
• If you drop out of the Jam, PLEASE delete everything from your post so that your game is not included in the final voting and then <Report> the post so it can be removed.

A zip file will be created within a few hours of the Jam finishing to facilitate the playing of all entries, and a linked list will also be added to this topic containing all the entries too. It is recommended that you use the "f1" help file function of GM to hold important information about your game as some people will NOT have read your posted topic and so have no idea what controls your game has, nor how it is to be played etc etc etc... Not including this information will have a negative impact on your game so I recommend strongly that you take a few minutes to do it.

And that's about it. I encourage each of you that is working on a game to create videos, take screenshots and generally create a developers blog in your post. Each new entry can be edited into the post while old entries can be hiddin using SPOILER tags and If you wish to discuss anything Jam related, remember that we still have the Official Jam Topic, which I check regularly and there you can ask questions, make suggestions or discuss entries.

Good luck to all who participate and I am really looking forward to see what the combined creative talent of the GM Community can come up with for this jam!

Nocturne

[color="#FF0000"]IMPORTANT NOTICE

As this topic is where the voting will be done too, all games that are in the Jam MUST BE POSTED HERE WITH A WORKING DOWNLOAD! If a post contains no download link when the voting starts, then I will be forced to remove the post and the game will be DISQUALIFIED.

[Nocturne]

Linked List of all GMCJam #5 Entries


Clicking the game will take you directly to the download...

Money Running Out by free_napalm
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3897752

Gaming 404 by makerofthegames & Speedchuck
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3897959
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530460

Disillusion by TrueValhalla
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3897960
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530514

Duality by TheSnidr & Zekka
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3897967
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530488

Bots by Ivaxlar
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3897985
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898987

Shadow Runner - Behind the Facade by Fireball16 & Zesterer
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3897989
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530322

Water, Water, Water by orange08
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3897991

Julius Dragonslayer by wakeskater_x, IceMetalPunk & TheUltimate
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3897993
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530472

Bubble by Rusty
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3897997
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530493

ICTOAT by snailman
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898000
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530433

Fix It by ThatSnail
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898003
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530539

You Monster by Klassic
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898012

Defend! by ariugh
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898025

Save Us by Khornel
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898034

Dungeon Deceiver by Keevor
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898041

FayKade by HayManMarc
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898053

Citified by Venomous
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898055
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530454

Breaking The Facade by Ziggler1
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898066
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530508

BakLush by Desttinghim
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898076

Squirrel Launch by Follomania
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898082
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530501

False by JonathanPzone & KodyT
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898087
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530531

Facade by SkullSoft
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898089

Mystery Men by RedOctober
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898100
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530486

Fac-Ace by Joh
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898104
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530463

What You See by TrickPixel Games
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898111

Twisted Mission by Earthwalker
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898125
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530507

Agency by Sondar
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898133

Masked Awesomness by faissialoo
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898181

Fake Date by ShinyJiggly
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898185

Bair by NicroGames
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898199

City Mania by ahmed#elyamani
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898200
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530518

Seeds And Weapons by RekNepz
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898242

SpyBot by TheM
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898259

Nothing Will Ever Hurt You by DxSmiley
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898372

The Fountainface by masterofhisowndomain
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898390

Clown Fish Coffee by DarkClower & Tribbe
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898417

Boximus by Harrk
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898470

Cellz (The Viruses' Facade) by Hgameguy
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898539

Masks of Duhkovu by True_Predator
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898548
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530462

SHAP3 SH1FT3R 2600 by Bobmoo
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898568

I Love My Wife by blopit
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898612
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530464

PolyWorld by DarKblaDe
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898678

Wanted - Dog Not Alive by jakobs98
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...ndpost&p=389870

RGB by snailman
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898782

Hallucinogun by NAL
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898808
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530430

Eulophoria by mrScience00
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898882

BallX by ImperialGames
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898888

Eeveelution by alex1101
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898948

Daface by exar3000
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898963

Falling For Milk by 11clock
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898977

Modern Hero by BruceCollins
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899098

Feet Of Clay by Blake
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899103

An Inconvenient Facade by RetardedLemon
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899145
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530562

Mario Norris Kart by Yal
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899204
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530481

Shoot The Pigeon by Rusty
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899363
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530500

Don't Judge A Building By It's Facade by Irfanfox
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899376

RedHood Revelation by _250500
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899414

Dawn Of Nightmares by mads2194
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899441

Kaities Flight To The Netherlands by Zeddidragon
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899510

Defender Of Rospuda's Valley by Nirvan
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899513
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530523

Moonlight Sonata by Docopoper
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899571
topic : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530534

Fake Guide by The_Puzzle
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899577

Subterranea by Viben
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899581

Molten Lead by CaptainApril
post : http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3899582

Edited by Nocturne, 02 February 2012 - 07:35 AM.

[Nocturne]

Zip File Of All GMCJam #5 Entries

Here is a zip file with all the Jam Games together. Each one has it's own folder with the game name and creator so that it's easier to know who you are voting for!

DOWNLOAD : http://dl.dropbox.co...Jam%235_Zip.zip


PS: Due to Nirvan originally posting a bad link, and then my overlooking of a PM by him, his game "Defender of Rospudins Valley" didn't make it into the zip. It can be downloaded here : http://globalgamejam...rospudas-valley

[Nocturne]

THIS GAME IS BY free_napalm. He got it wrong and sent it to me instead of posting...

Money Running Out

Four Euro coins get confronted with news of the Euro crisis. The coins from different countries must work together to save them all.
Find a way to get all tools and leave the house!

FEATURES :

• Single player teamwork plattformer gameplay - Lost Vikings, anyone? Four characters with different personalities make place for one great dialogue
• Challenging difficulty: To keep up the facade of being merely coins, you must beat the game in under 20 minutes without mistake, or melt trying
• Simple, pastel-colored art style

Download : http://sandbox.yoyog...ney-running-out

P.S.: You can not pick up things in front of a plug with your fork for safety reasons.
P.P.S.: That one strange thing is a thimble. You can store stones in it with Left Mouse Button.

[makerofthegames]

Gaming 404

STATUS: Done. http://www.box.com/s...no8yo0t4jt8g648
Controls: F1, Z, X, Arrow keys or WASD, Enter, Spacebar, you need the mouse at a point. F1 explains it a bit better, but you need these at different parts.
Here's the topic.

I won't give anything away on the plot, but the devblog has hints.

Devblog:

Spoiler

0 minutes into Jam: All I got so far.


Seven minutes into the Jam, speedchuck is creating music. I haven't done anything but make the picture below.

35 minutes into the Jam, I decide to start. Speedchuck is still not done creating the music.

42 minutes into the Jam and I'm not done with what I was doing but Speedchuck made a music for me to use/edit/whatever.

An hour and eleven minutes into the Jam, it's going pretty good. I haven't gotten too much done. My house is very loud.

4 hours 17 minutes into Jam, progress going well, it is playable at the moment, I would upload a demo, but I'm not going to.

7 hours 1 minute into the Jam, I've basically stopped working at this point for the night I guess? I dunno. Me and Speedchuck had an argument and also he went to sleep.

19 hours 22 minutes into Jam, I woke up not too long ago but the laptop I was using is somewhere else today. I don't mean to say it's stolen, I mean to say I don't own it, and I can't use it for most of today. I'll have to redownload GM8 lite which I was using, and I'm glad I did all my work inside my Dropbox folder.

22 hours 51 minutes into Jam, I'm basically worthless without a lite copy of GM 8.0, couldn't really find a download anywhere. Although, Speedchuck is still working on his portion. I was basically done with my portion anyway.

24 hours 16 minutes into the Jam, I decide to play some 3DS.

25 hours 49 minutes into the Jam, I have the laptop back. Whoopie!

26 hours 4 minutes into the Jam. The laptop is acting a bit differently than I remember, it's probably nothing.

26 hours 42 minutes into the Jam. The game seems different, my portion not speedchuck's obviously.

27 hours 18 minutes into the Jam, speedchuck is acting a bit off. And when I say a bit off, I mean other than his regular personality.

28 hours 29 minutes into the Jam, I haven't done anything in awhile, I'm trying to see to the fullest extent of what has been changed on the laptop.

28 hours 59 minutes into the Jam, I've gotten pretty tired as I woke up pretty early, and I'm kinda weirded out by speedchuck, the game, and the laptop, so I'm getting some sleep. Planning to work more tomorrow.

30 hours 0 minutes into the Jam, I woke up to a nightmare, all of my skin melted off my bones. And I could tell Speedchuck was walking up behind me. I would tell him about it, but he's asleep.

30 hours 38 minutes into the Jam, I'm basically staring at my screen. I don't believe what I see. My only break is writing these logs.

31 hours 27 minutes into the Jam. I forgot what I was supposed to be doing. I haven't moved from this spot yet.

32 hours 13 minutes into the Jam.

40 hours 33 minutes into the Jam. I'm not sure how, but I seem to have fallen asleep before writing my previous log entry.

42 hours 56 minutes into the Jam. I've gained contact with Speedchuck, on account of him having woken up. However, I still don't kn

43 hours 12 minutes into the Jam. Hehehehehe

44 hours 0 minutes into the Jam. It was all because of you.

44 hours 9 minutes into the Jam. What was even the point?

44 hours 49 minutes into the Jam. Why me?

45 hours 0 minutes into the Jam. I didn't need all of this excitement.

45 hours 25 minutes into the Jam. But you didn't care. That's why I had to do this.

45 hours 54 minutes into the Jam. You deserved it.

46 hours 20 minutes into the Jam. Ha Ha Ha Ha. You'll never defeat m

46 hours 25 minutes into the Jam. Um, it's me now. I don't want to talk about what happened. I'll upload what we have left of this game in a minute, but first I'm going to rearrange all these logs for easier reading.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.c...h?v=Sak2Gfg2fpc
Warning: Spoils everything except the final boss.

Edited by makerofthegames, 31 January 2012 - 11:53 PM.

[True Valhalla]

Disillusion

Completed

A minimalistic, kind of abstract platform game with a focus on exploration.

Download

GMC thread

Source code is also available in the topic for anyone that's interested.









If you take the time to play, please take an extra moment to leave a comment. All feedback welcome

Let's Play

Watch this amazing let's play video of 'Disillusion' - it's hilarious!





Dev log

Spoiler

Concept

http://dl.dropbox.co...205/concept.png

Entry 01

Began developing a basic engine, and experimented with different visuals. Decided to stick to very simple shapes instead of using complex tiles for all the terrain. Defined game resolution and room dimensions, added a soft gradient background, and basic terrain and depth layers. Added some basic movement (working on the platforming mechanics next), and parallax backgrounds. It took quite a while to get the background how I wanted.

Still haven't decided on what the character will look like, or a name for the game:

http://dl.dropbox.co...Jam%205/d01.png

Entry 02

Spent 2.5 hours coding a basic platformer engine. It's been over two years since I last worked on a side scrolling game, and while I encountered all the same typical problems, the end result is much neater, more flexible and more refined than it ever would have been then. It's not perfect of course but it serves it's purpose and gives me some functionality to work with.

Entry 03

Added some effects, including a sun/moon which slowly moves across the sky as you complete the room, a 'misty' sort of overlay effect, and some weird particles at the top of the screen. I also added a player graphic, which I stole from one of my other work-in-progress games and recolored. I also attempted to give it some animations (running, jabbing, slashing)...they are quite bad but it's the best I can do, and I think they are necessary. Oh well, good practice!

I also finalized the base platform engine and added some ground tiles for a bit of variation.

Still unnamed. Waiting to begin implementing the theme before I decide exactly what to call it.

Time to relax and sleep, then tomorrow I'll be up at 6am to work on the core game mechanics, AI, and menu.

http://dl.dropbox.co...Jam%205/d02.png

Entry 04

Awake now, after over sleeping about 4 hours...Added an animation system to incorporate all the animations I've attempted. In motion they don't actually seem as bad as I expected. The player now has a standing, running, jumping and falling animation implemented, plus he now faces the direction he's going. Still yet to implement the 2 attack animations I've made. Combat and AI comes next, I think.

Also decided on a name: "Disillusionment". I just hope I have time to incorporate the theme as I plan, so the name has a meaning.

Entry 05

Implemented the animation system for creatures now, and added some parenting. Defined some base stats, added a hp bar which is drawn if the creature has been damaged, added combat collision detection. Added a "death" state with sprites to match, and blood too.

Finally getting to enemy AI.

http://dl.dropbox.co...Jam%205/d03.png

Entry 06

Fully implemented "death state", then added the creature AI definition structure, and completed 3 basic actions: randomized movement, turning around at walls, and not walking off edging. I still have some more functionality in mind yet.

Removed all reliance on static creature size, so a creature can now be any size. Improved collision masks so falling down holes works better now.

Next, I will finalize the AI and add creature combat.

Entry 07

Added WASD movement controls and finalized the platforming engine. Improved AI random movement, added AI retreating, distance restrictions, line of sight, chasing, creature attacking and more. The AI is pretty complex for a game made in this time frame, I hope that shows through in the final product. Also improved the efficiency of a lot of the effects.

I feel like I'm a bit behind where I wanted to be by the end of today, but the core mechanics of the game are now finished - that is: movement, combat, AI. The combat still needs some depth but I'll work on that tomorrow along with the remaining minor systems I have in mind.

The actual game content and story will be done in the last 12 hours, most likely.

Entry 08

Added day/night and rain, changed the fog lighting a lot, added a simple menu, and a logo/icon. I woke up 2 hours ago, will be up for the next 22 straight to finish this game off - I still have a lot to do!

http://dl.dropbox.co...Jam%205/d04.png

Entry 09
I've been pretty productive over the past 4 hours. Here's what I added:

• A dark overlay effect for caves
• Audio
• Greatly improved water: color change, puddles, sparkling effect, splashing effect
• Added the readme
• Added more terrain tiles
• Designed the game rooms I want to create (6 rooms)
• Began work on the first zone (a dungeon)
• Added lava + effects
• Added more death effects
• Added gates
• Improved flexibility of effects such as mountain parallax backgrounds

http://dl.dropbox.co...Jam%205/d05.png

Entry 10

Have been working more on the game content, and the systems required to tie it together. Added a basic dialogue system, waypoints, respawning, lever toggles to interact with the gates, and a bunch more. I also added room transitions which is pretty important, and began working on the next room (a forest region) since the dungeon is now done.

http://dl.dropbox.co...Jam%205/d06.png

Entry 11

Added all the finishing touches and created all the game zones. Finished at 5:49am - enjoy the game

Edited by True Valhalla, 02 February 2012 - 01:45 AM.

[TheSnidr]

Duality
A game by TheSnidr

The game is finished - but I still retain the rights to update it until the end up the jam!

Spoiler

Devblog:
Day one, 28/01/12

Spoiler

00:50
I cheated and began a few minutes early making a first person camera controlled by the mouse!
01:00
Downloaded P3DC.dll, need a proper physics engine for my idea…
01:06
Hm... I should probably have downloaded the dll earlier and learned how it works. How stupid of me. I also need to find a way to make the idea fit the theme, gimme a second
01:13
It's almost 15 minutes since the jam began. Why is my pulse so high?
01:25
Nah, screw P3DC.dll. I'll make my own physics
01:36
The game will be a first person puzzle game in 3D. And then I mean the gameplay also will be 3D
01:42
This'll probably be a mix between Metroid Prime and Portal. Though the main gameplay element won't be portals, it'll be based on physics and weird phenomena kinda similar to the portals
01:56
Okay, basic player movement done. Now to the physics - for simplicity the only obstacles will be cubical. I need to make the player avoid cubes. Luckily I've done something similar to that before, so it'll hopefully be done quickly
02:14
Basic player physics done. I'm thinking about creating a level editor for the game
02:25
It's getting late here... Better work faster then! The level editor will probably take some time to make, but once it's finished it'll make game development much easier. Got the basics lined out
03:21
Level editor is starting to look like something. Gonna work out some kinks in the player movement engine
09:52
Slept for 5 hours, way too long! Before I went to bed I prepared everything for making the main gameplay element in the game, hopefully it will be painfree to implement... Come to think of it, I still haven't explained what it is. Oh well, you can wait until it works
10:42
Got some proper breakfast before going back to code land... This project is starting to become rather advanced
11:60
Fixed some lighting for my rooms
17:28
Been working all day, sorry for the lack of updates - though I place the blame on the GMC downtime, which lasted for a long time.
Lots of new stuff, I can't remember them all:
Lighting
Black outlines
Possibility to go from one room to another
Seamless loading, you can always go back to the previous room
Springs
Spikes
Gravity direction changers
Diamonds to collect
This'll be good!
18:20 -
Made myself some dinner, just remembered I hadn't eated for 8 hours.... Time flies when we're having fun.
19:50
Been polishing the engine some, almost ready to start designing levels
21:08
Player movement is perfected, worked out some more kinks and polished the system overall. Also added carryable cubes! These can be placed on buttons to keep them down
21:29
OH SWEET, just managed to pull of cube-against-cube collisions! Now I can put cubes on top of other cubes in 3D ^^ Another gameplay element!
22:29
Hm... Problems with collision between player and cubes again. Finding the problem in as advanced code as this takes a lot of time
23:02
Fixed the weird collisions with a simple patch - if the player ends up inside a block, he dies. This will only happen if a block falls on top of him or he crashes into one at high speed, so it's only logical he should die.

Day two, 29/01/12

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01:17
Added a button, retractable spikes and some scenery for the looks. Also made the very first actually challenging level! This will be a rather hard puzzle game, if I manage to do it right
03:58
Lots of minor bugfixes...
Zekka's been working on the soundtrack: a dark, creepy ambient background music. He's also making sound effects <3
13:22
Holy crap I overslept today! Got a lot to do and so little time
Luckily I think I'm done with the gameplay elements and can start focusing only on designing levels
15:55
Been working on some kind of story, a reason of the game. I'm not sure yet, but as of now the player is walking inside the prison-like mind of a mentally disturbed/depressed person. Each level is a new thought. The person is trying to hide the fact that he's different by putting on a facade of happiness (I had to implement the theme, didn't I? ^^)
21:42
Level creation is going smoothly. I currently have a game that takes 5 minutes to complete if you know exactly what you're supposed to do, which probably translates to 7-8 minutes for other people. I still need to create more levels though. There are currently 9 levels of varying difficulty

Day three, 30/01/12
07:01
Ugh, only ate two boxes of tuna yesterday... These jams are gonna kill me, lol, next time I'll forget to eat completely and starve to death
08:10
At school, nice to get some time away from the screen. I need to learn how the citric acid cycle works today. I'll skim through the book so I can get home to game maker as quickly as possible ^^
12:57
There are now a total of 11 levels of varying difficulty. I've spent the last few hours polishing the levels and checking that there are no unplanned shortcuts. When you play the game, remember each level (and especially the later levels) has been designed with love <3
I am ready to finish my project. I'll tinker a little with the level editor to see if I can manage to make another good level, but for now I say my game is finished. Phew, these have been some hard days with a lot of time spent in front of the computer... Good to be finished, can't wait for people to try it.
19:03
Been fixing some minor bugs, and improved pickup up cubes. They're no longer dropped as easily. I probably won't make many more levels

Edited by TheSnidr, 30 January 2012 - 10:55 PM.

[Ivaxlar]

A menu-based game of life getting in the way of a cocktail.
Download: http://nthgames.webs.com/Bots.zip (includes source)
Game Page: http://sandbox.yoyog...om/games/193531
Game Topic: http://gmc.yoyogames...dpost&p=3898987



~ Dev Log - Day 3 ~

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10:14a PST - Totally should have set an alarm
1:28p PST - Posted a demo
4:41p PST - Items, stats, and bots all done. Working now on quest system.
8:53p PST - .. and done. sorta. Well, more like I made an ending and that'll have to be good enough lol.

~ Dev Log - Day 2 ~

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10:42a PST - Fixed a really annoying menu focus bug and now adding some content.
1:08p PST - Added cooldowns and refactored a tiny bit.
6:44p PST - Laid down a lot of behind-the-scenes code.. always frustrating when progress isn't visual
7:27p PST - Starting to wonder what I was thinking with "should be okay with the time since it'll be menu-based."
9:41p PST - Crafting and inventory are finally complete, now to start on the bots
2:52p PST - Bots are almost finished.. but sleep calls!

~ Dev Log - Day 1 ~

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4:10p PST - Let the games begin.
7:37p PST - Finally have the menu and button system working, now to add menu types.
8:40p PST - Starting to wonder if this was such a good idea.
10:46p PST - Adding the quest system and soon items.
12:01a PST - Styled menus a bit and working on main game buttons now.
1:51a PST - Finally starting to look like something.. but now, it's time for sleep!

~ Old Screens ~

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http://nthgames.webs.com/b_scrn7.png
http://nthgames.webs.com/b_scrn6.png
http://nthgames.webs.com/b_scrn5.png
http://nthgames.webs.com/b_scrn4.png
http://nthgames.webs.com/b_scrn3.png
http://nthgames.webs.com/b_scrn2.png

Lots of RPG elements in this one, but should be okay with the time since it'll be menu-based.
Logo is from cooltext.com, rules said external sites are okay.. so I hope it's not a problem.

Notes I scribbled down during class this morning :]

Edited by Ivaxlar, 30 January 2012 - 08:11 AM.

[Fireball16]

Topic at the GMC : http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530322

Dev Log:

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-Entry 11-
Developer: Zesterer
Time: 22:35 (GMT)
Fireball still doesn't feel up to doing this, so it's me making the devblog entry. How's that for a change? Anyway - progress is good, and we are making a number of changes. Adding the highscores was a good idea, so now I'm adding a proper highscore table. Fireball is working on making the level MASSIVE with many different worlds incooperated into one. We are making the help button more prominent, and maybe adding enemies tommorrow. Problem - tommorrow is Monday, and I don't get much free time on Monday's. :S Oh well. I shall have to work around it!

-Entry 10-
Developer: Zesterer
Time: 19:06 (GMT)
Hey guys! Not much is going on at the moment, but we have plans for stuff to implement. I am taking a long time to implement the amazing storyboard created by the genius SMP. I'm trying to make it as polished as possible, so it is taking time, but I'm getting there. Fireball has recently 'ordered' me to not talk over skype! Apparently he's going AFK to build the highscore table, and wants some peace and quiet. Typical. Anyway, I need more ideas. Ideas people, ideas! Any suggestions, tell me! I see 238 of you guys have visited this topic, but only a handful of you have bothered to post, or even play the game! Come on, we need this support we haven't got much of in the last few hours!

-Entry 9-
Developer: Zesterer
Time: 13:53 (GMT)
Ok, my development skills have completely lost momentum. I really want to build a simple platformer game, but oh well. I need ideas, people. Currently browsing through other people's blogs, posts and games. I am pretty bored. I'll probably pick up the pace when Fireball comes back online, but for now I feel like taking a break for about an hour. Any ideas? Feel free to... oh god I'm tired of saying that. :D

-Entry 8-
Developer: Zesterer
Time: 13:20 (GMT)
It's just me working now. Fireball has gone off to do some stuff. I have been busy beavering away, and I really need a break. We are well on the way to implementing online highscores, and I have much improved the points and 'level complete' system! Don't forget to vote for us in the GMC jam - we will be counting on your votes, reviews, and comments to spur us on in development!

-Entry 7-
Developer: Zesterer
Time: 11:16 (GMT)
Yeah, yeah Fireball. We've still got alot of work to do. Anyway - progress is swift, and we are starting to get some good reviews. I'm digging up some sound effects from my harddrive, and Fireball has just requested music on a composers topic (I hope he comes online). We are thinking of adding enemies, and more faced-paced gameplay, but we have asked alot from PWL recently, and more spritres and graphics are pretty demanding to make. Bug fixes, more testing, and graphical improvements await us!

-Entry 6-
Developer: Eamon
Time: 21:42PM (GMT)

The game is progressing quicker than I would have thought possible (Even if Zesterer says other wise!) The latest things to be added are the first proper level, an amazing looking death animation and lots more scenic objects to add variety to the levels. Anyway, more updates and hopefully some screenshots soon.

-Entry 5-
Developer: Zesterer
Time: 20:30 (GMT)
I have just added a load of new content! A new level, and the menu system is looking better than ever. There is now also a help file included, accessed with 'F1'. I still need more ideas for enemies and plots, so if anyone has any suggestions, keep me informed! We are thinking of adding 'worlds' but I don't think we have enough time. Oh well. Time to just get on with it, I suppose!

-Entry 4-
Developer: Eamon
Time: 17:15 (GMT)
All seems to be going well, updated the graphics with Zesterers help and the game is looking good! Thinking of adding a day/night engine but I'm not sure if this would add or take away from the game. There will be more screens and information later on!

-Entry 3-
Developer: Zesterer
Time: 07:15 (GMT)
Oh god, I overslept! Time to log on very hastily and get working on the project. I'll need to make a WIP topic soon. I have had a few ideas... And I believe I have enough now to give the game a proper plot. At least I hope so... ;D. Added a new forward flip feature! I'm working on rolling now, and perfecting it...

-Entry 2-
Developer: Zesterer
Time: 01:23 (GMT)
Meh. I cant be asked to go to sleep. :D At 01:04 I started on some concept art and backgrounds. I am so glad we requested animated character sprites before hand - everyone is busy with the jam now, so the chances of getting them is next to nothing. Silhouettes is gonna be the main idea of our game... It should look good with a really contrasting background, and it means we do less work with colours! I never was good at any pixelart bigger than 64x64, through. Oh well. Progress is less than perfect, but at least I can call it progress!

-Entry 1-
Developer: Zesterer
Time: 00:25 (GMT)
Ok. It's twenty five part midnight, and the themes just been announced. Facade. My first impression - that's a terrible theme. But I have been researching, and it's actually quite clever. I guess I was proved wrong. I have a rough plot formulating. I'm writing that down now. Just hope it works out... I have a few other ideas too, but they won't form in my head. They just keep whizzing around my head like uncoordinated satellites. Time to take a 4-5 hour catnap and grab some proper sleep while I can...

Edited by Nocturne, 30 January 2012 - 11:45 PM.

[orange08]

Game Title: Water, water, water

Finished!

8:33 PM January 28 EST, the game now has 3 endings, I've added a music track and a few sound effects, I'm going to call it finished... maybe I will make a 2nd entry

PRESS S TO SPEED UP THE GAME
Download(Updated!): http://www.host-a.ne...comma water.zip



[spoilers]4:00 PM January 28 EST, The game now has 2 different endings. I plan to have 4 total. I have also added a sun with spinning rays in the background.
[/spoiler]

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9:35 PM January 27 EST, I've added a climbing function, a text system, and a room changing system.
This is the player climbing:

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8:00 PM January 27 Water, water, water

Changed the basic idea. You're a guy with a broken arm in the desert. :3

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7:30 PM January 27 EST, 30 minutes into the jam and I've got a trashy tileset, player movement system + standing and walking sprites and a black outline around the screen.

Still working on the concept, it will involve something that the player is searching for.

Edited by orange08, 30 January 2012 - 10:37 PM.

[wakeskater_X]

Title: Julius Dragonslayer


Devlog 7: 1/30 4:19 PM The end draws near. Well we have 3 completed levels, and plenty of stuff for you to discover, but no boss sadly for the Jam. Everything we have has been created during this time period, 100% brand new sprites, sounds, music, backgrounds, etc. We really have done a lot of work making this game beautiful. There are tons of words to collect, 4 different enemies, tons of secrets to find and soothing music to go along. We hope you enjoy our work of art, our "Masterpiece": Julius Dragonslayer.


As usual, another blog post to go with the devlog: http://spaceblasterx...hing-touch.html
Also the WIP TOPIC: TRY THE GAME!!! http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=530472
And you can download the game here (Sandbox): http://sandbox.yoyog...us-dragonslayer

The Sandbox Link is updated with our final entry! It's in a zip file, i'm testing it now to make sure it works


New Splash Screen Video! And New Screenshots!




Screenshots: NEW!

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Older Devlogs:

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Devlog 1: Began Brainstorming Process with teammates IMP and TheUlt: Our team name is The IMProved Ultimate Wakeskater Studio. Formed a Chat Channel and began discussing possible scenarios.

Devlog 2: Temporary name for our game: Jamlet

Devlog 3: 1/28 8:00 AM: Blog Entry 1: http://spaceblasterx.blogspot.com/ We got some engines going last night and will begin to finish them today and piece together parts of the game. TheUlt will be managing graphics and IMP and I are each working on different engine coding.

Devlog 4: 1/28 12:40PM: Finished up the attack systems for our game, which will be a different title... dunno what yet ;D. There are enemies, attacks, a GUI, and all the basic necessities. IMP has almost finished our magic notebook engine hint hint

Devlog 5: 1/29 12:22AM Pretty much finished with all the engines, waiting on a few sprites to put into the game for the character then will update blog and here with screenshots. SO much coding today, but we are moving along smoothly. Level 1 is mapped out and we'll be working on the introduction soon. It's been a long day but satisfying and we've gotten much done. Look for a new blog post tonight before i pass out from exhaustion.

Now there is a blog post up: http://spaceblasterx...agonslayer.html
Check it out!

Devlog 6: 1/29 9:29 PM SUCH a busy day! We have so much more done to the game, a demo will be posted soon in the WIP forums, new enemy, new graphics, new backgrounds and music and sound effects OH MY! We really have outdone ourselves! And it's not over yet! We have story lines to come, more enemies and more words you can collect! We will provide you an exciting game by the time the Jam time finishes. It's really incredible how much you can get done with 3 people on the project, especially with an artist as great as TheUltimate and a coder as knowledgeable as IceMetalPunk. They've been great partners to work with so far, and I'm looking to see just how much we can get done of this game before the time. This has been a very exciting Jam so far! And I have consumed far too many energy drinks today.

Edited by wakeskater_X, 30 January 2012 - 11:44 PM.

[Rusty]

Screenshots:

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Game Topic:
Bubble Topic
Players: 1-2
Filename: Bubble Jam Version.exe
Game Version: 0.5
Filesize: 7.62MB
Host: Mediafire
Download Link:
Bubble Jam Version

Rusty's DevBlog:

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28.01.2010 - 00:00AM

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I have every idea of what I'm doing and what I want to show off here. I'm setting my goals and basic game plan on a nice little word document that is likely to be ignored throughout the Jam. I'll try to update my GMC DevBlog every hour or so, waste as much time blogging as possible whilst trying to mentally survive another 72 hours of shooting myself in the foot. Best of luck to all the Jammers out there!

On another note, don't expect too much of this to make sense. After 7 years of working with myself I can tell you I'm a chaotic pain in the rectum area when it comes to organization. Hopefully you'll be less confused reading it than I was writing it.

28.01.2012 - 01:00AM

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After Googling "facade" and seeing how I could mix that into my own ideas, I've came up with a design. Not a good design, but a design. I can now open Game Maker, MS Paint and all other required programs in order to get to work. For the next 71 hours, I have no girlfriend, I have no family, I have no friends, I have no dog, I have no body, I have only... Game Maker... and Pringles...

28.01.2012 - 02:00AM

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I admit, I lied. I haven't opened Game Maker, just MS Paint. My attempts to make a main character ended in my own confusion, resulting in a bubble with a smiley face attached. Yes, I'm just impressed myself with my own creative mind. A bubble... with a smiley face on top... a bubble... with... a smiley face...

In other news, now that I have some graphics done I can open Game Maker (for real this time). Let's see where this momentum goes...

28.01.2012 - 03:00AM

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Relentless... ruthlessly effeicent... too tired to spell long words... or to use the computer's built in spell-check... we present... Rusty.

Far too impressed with my own sleep depraved work for it to be healthy or natural, I've resorted to just adding random objects to my room and coding them to do random things until it does something effective. Trying to figure out how they'd make sense in the situation is hard and usually results in me rushing some half-assed sprite in order to make it kinda fit...

Luckily, I have my system in place and I know how and when to use it, for now it'll just be my secret weapon. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to look over all this again when I'm actually awake, I'm just hoping I haven't dreamt all this progress... Note for Jam #6, buy Lucazade tablets you smart ass.

28.01.2012 - 04:00AM

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Okay, so it's not exactly 4AM yet, I lied, but it's the last entry I'm going to make before crumbling before my weakness... I need to sleep.

Yes, I have fallen to my pillow, smited once more by that foul, yet extra-comfy, demon of the night. I'll wake up tomorrow and probably find something to rant about... so to future me, shut the hell up, thinking your smarter than me... I dare you to do better! You're such an ass...

Anyway, sleeping now, you can count the next few hour marks as "sleeping" until I awaken and remember the Jam is still going. Goodnight all.

28.01.2012 - 05:00AM

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I slept.

28.01.2012 - 06:00AM

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I slept.

28.01.2012 - 07:00AM

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I slept.

28.01.2012 - 08:00AM

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I slept.

28.01.2012 - 09:00AM

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I slept.

28.01.2012 - 10:00AM

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I slept.

28.01.2012 - 11:00AM

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I slept. Interesting stuff.

28.01.2012 - 12:00PM

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Around this time I fell off the bed.

28.01.2012 - 01:00PM

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I woke up, panicked by the wood flooring, thinking I had been buried alive in a box. Idiot. Then tried to access the GMC which was unsuccessful, dazed and panicked I came to the assumption that I had slept for several days, the Jam had ended, ACTA had been passed and the Internet was dead.

28.01.2012 - 02:00PM

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I started frantically Googling "does the Internet still exist?" and "Has ACTA killed the Internet?" when Google failed to tell me if the Internet still existed, I turned to Bing, Yahoo Answers and for reasons unknown, YouTube. It was around half an hour before I realised how stupid I am. Clearly Wikipedia would have an answer... I'm such a moron.

28.01.2012 - 11:00PM

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I've finished most the menus and the Arcade mode, decided to leave the story mode until after the Jam but to leave the menu there for development purposes. I'm starting on the Options screens now, which is going to be pure hell on Earth. Deciding that Rain's customization was not enough, I've decided to do 30 different options for the control customizations which will take up a few hundred lines of code. Luckily, I have copy and paste on my side!

29.01.2012 - 12:00AM

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A few hundred lines of code he said, it'll be fine he said, it'll be good for the game he said. 1530 lines of pointless hardcoded customization that will probably end up a thankless task. So glad I wasted my time with that. Past me, you're an ass!

Why did I do that to myself? Is it because I thought it was going to be good for the game? No. Is it because I love what I do? No. Is it because I enjoy coding pointless mundane lines of GML? No. It's because I hate myself, that's the only reason people take on such pointless, mind numbing tasks. Now I'm going to test it and it's not going to work... just watch... just... watch...

29.01.2012 - 01:00AM

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Brain... fried...

29.01.2012 - 02:00AM

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The Pringles are gone, I don't know if I ate them or they ran away from my crazy, either way, they're gone, and I'm alone.

Had a brilliant idea of editing my DevBlog and including it in the game as an unlockable. I'll title it, "Ramblings of a Crazy Guy who insists on mind-****ing himself with GML". I seriously don't know what's wrong with me sometimes, my coding doesn't make sense, as soon as I press that green tick in the corner it seems to turn to arabic or chinese lettering to me.

29.01.2012 - 03:00AM

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Still scraping together my rushed customizeable controls coding and menus. So far it looks good in code but I've still yet to test it itself. I've also added a few more features to the gameplay and sorted out a suitable title image.

Insanity seems to be setting in (deeper), whilst coding, I tend to see strange characters looking back at me... for example:
('Y') = Rabbit
('T') = Stuck Up Rabbit
('V') = Pervy Bird
('Z') = Abstract Man
('Q') = Fella With Tash
('U') = Extremely Happy Man
('C') = Big Nosed Man

I'll stop there... I need to check in to an asylum... get me one of them fancy white jackets.

Good news, I got some nice background animations done and coded in, they look nice. Much better than the static background I had before.

29.01.2012 - 04:00AM

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I've scrapped it. Not the game, I couldn't do that to my fan... the customization system. Yes, over 1,500 lines long and I just deleted it all. Life just isn't worth living anymore...

Good news, I replaced it with a simple "WASD or Arrows" system which is a lot less complicated and time consuming. This way, I might get a little be more than just the control customization done before the Jam ends. It's all looking very good so far!

Also, I've finally gotten round to adding a pause feature to the only running game part. I need to turn my attention to the help file then the multiplayer next. Hopefully I'll have time to put together a story mode level so you guys can have a little fun with that.

I don't know if I mentioned it in my last post but I've finally gotten round to naming it. I'm calling it "Bubble" after the main character, who is a bubble. I'm so inventive.

29.01.2012 - 05:00AM

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I hear thunder but there's no rain! Well... that's a lie... there is plenty of rain. Yes, I am now mixing my game up a bit lot. Welcome in the Thunder people! Pretty much the Bubble Armageddon!

Yes, yes, I know I was meant to be working on the hotseat two player but I just honestly have no idea about how to go about it this time. Co-op? Versus? Separate Games? Meh... It'll come to me. Until then I'll be perfecting my thunder, for I am Thor, mighty God of Game Maker animated thunder and shall strike you down so long as you exist in my game world. You have been warned!

29.01.2012 - 06:00AM

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Fell asleep on keyboard... hell yeah.

29.01.2012 - 12:00PM

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It half works! My Hailstorm code is working fine but my Thunder code keeps crashing after doing nothing. A few tweaks and I'll have it working soon enough, then I'll have to find something else to play with...

29.01.2012 - 01:00PM

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It's alive! It's alive! Mwhahahahahaha!

Yes I got my Thunder to work, now I just need some sound effects for the player warning, maybe something like a mid-sky earthquake would add a nice effect too hmm?

Anyway, I'm going of course again and working on a nice little bonus feature I just thought of! Its the little things that count the most hey?

29.01.2012 - 02:00PM

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Spent an entire hour doing one sound effect and I don't even like it. Better get started on some background music come to think of it.

Been checking out the other Jam entries, better get my game on if I'm looking to keep pace. I'm starting to feel like the fat guy at the marathon.

29.01.2012 - 03:00PM

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I'll admit, I just wasted an hour watching Blackhawk down clips on YouTube. Not really helping my cause here...

CONFUSION
WHAT!? What is this wizardry? I already have a DevBlog post for now? Posted an hour ago? How is this possible? I appear to have created time travel with GML! I am a genius! I am the master of time and space! Or just some idiot who can't tell the time on a digital clock... GENIUS I TELL YOU!

29.01.2012 - 04:00PM

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Don't know if I gained or lost on hour with my time travelling exploits earlier but either way I'm beginning to question my game concept. I wonder how many people will actually guess what it's relation to the theme is? Hardly anybody understood Rain and that was pretty in your face compared. Ah well, they say that all great artists are misunderstood hey? I'll just pretend to be one of them till this blows over.

In other news I have a theme tune done! I might add a version with lyrics later with the option to switch between the two but I don't have time to do that in the Jam.

29.01.2012 - 05:00PM

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Started on the hotseat multiplayer, decided to go versus instead of Co-Op. I don't want to give away too much but it's going to be something a little new to my own multiplayer standards.

29.01.2012 - 08:00PM

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I've spent three hours on this? Three hours without noticing? That's hardcode! (See what I did there? Huh? Huh? Damn I'm good!... ) Anyway, hopefully this will be better than my word-plays. I can't even call it a joke, not even a bad one.

Recent DevBlog Post:
I'm releasing the Jam version of Bubble now, I might work on something smaller for the Jam in a bit but it's doubtful. Anyway, have fun with it, I'll be opening a new game topic for it soon. Please feel free to leave comments, bug reports or random Bubble based banter on it.

Edited by Rusty, 30 January 2012 - 04:02 PM.

[Snail_Man]

ICTOAT




@Thatsnail: Is that a challange?
@RedOctober: The reason I asked, is because I would personally be interested to see how your AI engine works

A little game I made for the jam ( Obviously ), It's a platform game, and quite short. Because of this, I didn't include a save system, so I hope everybody can beat it in one sitting. I think I ironed out all the bugs, but I'm not quite sure . Anyway, though, I'm gonna make another game now. Maybe a minigame since I still have 24h+

This game has three endings. I wonder if people will be able to find the all.
EDIT: I almost forgot the download link lol .
The download is here.
Topic
Devlog:

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Day#1:

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Hr 0 minute one: Thought of an idea, starting backgrounds
Hr 0 minute two: Thinking of ditching the idea
Hr 0 minute thirty: My friend gave me another idea, starting work on that
Hr 0 minute forty-five: Just ditched a crap walk cycle that I worked on for ten minutes
Hr 0 minute fifty: wasted five more minutes on another walk cycle, also crap.
Hr 0 minute fifty-seven: Finished a not-so-crappy walk cycle, only two frames though
Hr 1 minute five: Done with the platform engine, here's a quick screen:

Hr 1 minute twenty-nine: Mucking about with some color switching stuff. Making slow progress.
Hr 2 minute two: Getting fatigued, the code i'm writing just isn't working.
Hr 2 minute thirty-seven: Finished with that @#!%'n color switching code, adding more gameplay elements.
Hr 2 minute fifty-five: Decided on a story, adding more elements. Here's a screen

Hr 3 minute eighteen: Getting quite tired, thinking of stopping soon for sleep etc, but OK progress
Hr 4 minute twenty seven: I'm becoming so delirious, I'm not sure if I'm typing on my laptop, or a banana I stole from some poor helpless monkey. I decide to stop for the night

DAY #2:

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hr 0 minute one: I wake up feeling refreshed and ready to get back to work
hr 0 minute thirty-nine: adding some tiles and background and making more levels
hr 1 minute five: ditto of above, also GMC is down so I have to write this in notepad
hr 1 minute fourty-one: Progress good, but my mom just turned the radio on. I expect
reduced productivity for the next hour or so.
hr 2 minute eleven: My brother and sister have come now and my productivity is pretty much down the toilet
hr 2 minute thirty-five: I've moved to my room, got my lucky hat and a cuppa cereal. IN DA ZONE!
hr 2 minute fifty-seven: Progress still good, here's a screen

hr 3 minute forty-five: Progress is decelerating at an alarming rate but it's going well
hr 4 minute one: This is getting rather grueling... Time to turn up the music!
hr 4 minute two: Coding a cutscene, taking a break for the gameplay.
hr 4 minute forty-six: Thinking of stopping at the hour, cutscenes are going alright, Don't quite know what to do now.
hr 5 minute seven: Okay, I'm getting tired now. I didn't know you COULD get tired at three in the afternoon, but apparently you can. I've been working on particles, and Im gonna post a screen. There. Happy? I've updated my stupid devlog. Happy now? Why must you pressure me like this? What did I ever do to you?! *Sniff*

hr 5 minute twelve: I'm taking a break.....I need it.
hr 6 minute fifteen: After one hour's break I am a new person. I took fruit for snacking on the fly. Time to resume work.
hr 7 minute one: Working more on gameplay and story, progress is O.K
hr 7 minute forty-four: I just tried to use the banana I brought as a snack, as the mouse. Shows how alert I am . Progress is good-ish. Adding more gameplay and story elements . (still)
hr 8 minute six: The banana thing happened again. I should really eat that.
hr 8 minute thirty-four: Time for a fun break! Hyper princess pitch here I come!
hr 9 minute forty-five: Got back to work a while ago, finished with gameplay, testing will now commence! Got to go to supper, though. I'll post when I get back
hr 10 minute twenty: I get back to work after delicious Yorkshire pudding and roast!
hr 11 minute forty-one: Okay, I lied. I WAS going to get back to work, but actually didn't. Now it's one hour+ later and I'm only resuming work now. I also still haven't eaten that banana.
hr 13 minute twenty-seven: I've just taken a huge break, but the gameplay is all done and the story is almost so. If I do enough tomorrow, I might be able to make a separate minigame or something Right now, however, I think I'll knock off for the night. Cya!
PS: That banana survived another day, but I promise; TOMORROW IT DIES!

Day#3:

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hr 1 minute thirty-five: I forgot to update my devlog until now, but now I'm doing it. Adding more particles, adding three different endings
hr 2 minute six: The endings are done, I'm moving onto the credits. But first I need a title
hr 2 minute twenty-two: Still haven't thought of a title, and the music situation is rearing it's ugly head for the first time since the beginning of the jam.
hr 2 minute forty-nine: Okay, the music situation is all sorted out. I used a music generator for some, and one MIDI I had in reserve, so that's all good. Unfortunately, there's still the title...
hr 3 minute thirteen: The music is fully implemented, but I still can't think of a title. Think! Think...
hr 3 minute sixteen: Okay, I thought of a title! The game will be named: ( Drumroll ) Ictoat! Want to know the meaning of the title? Click the spoiler.

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It stands for: I Can't Think Of A Title

Edited by snail man, 30 January 2012 - 07:31 PM.

[ThatSnail]

Fix It

DOWNLOAD

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@Thatsnail: My jam#4 game was called the door

Rofl, didn't know that. Seriously. The name of that level is actually pretty integral to the story. Are we rival mollusks now?

10:14 PM EST:
Augh. Designing puzzles is so hard.
Really running out of time.

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5:29 PM EST:
Oh god oh man time constraints. Just starting level design. Finished dialogue system.

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4:28 PM EST:
RUNNING OUT OF TIME :'(

NPC system done and dialogue system and still have a lot to go.

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12:51 PM EST:
Need to finish the game pretty much by today. New idea.

Bit hard to wrap your mind around but congrats if you do.

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8:48 PM EST:
Spent the entire day spriting a house. Now I'm scrapping the game.

But, I got a much better idea that I'm really proud of so hopefully will get a screenshot up soon.

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8:13 PM EST:

Some more tiles.

Really starting to like this theme.
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START
http://dl.dropbox.co...reenshot100.png

Not very much to show but I'm going the isometric pixel art route this time. First time I've done either.

This is going to be hell.

Edited by Nocturne, 31 January 2012 - 01:19 AM.

[Klassic]

You Monster is a game about pretending to be suave during the day and being a monster at night.
We highly recommend you read the tutorial before playing, because it requires some instruction.
You can find the tutorial in-game. Enjoy!

DOWNLOAD






Our Website - Our Twitter

Devblog:

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4:34 PM - Like the idea, stuck on coming up with an original idea. Some concepts of pretending to be friendly while actually being a total jerk.
4:45 PM - Got a concrete idea in the works, sounds complicated but I think it can be done. We'll probably have to dial it back at some point.
5:28 PM - Loving the concept, not loving the amount of work and theory it will take to bring it to life. It's going to take some time, that's for sure.
5:53 PM - Finished naming the nations involved in our game, now to finish the mechanics design.
6:51 PM - Finished eating dinner, wrote up a quick design document and now back to work!
7:04 PM - TOO MANY MOVING PARTS I'M LOSING MY MIND
7:07 PM - Opened GM for the first time since the Jam started.
7:36 PM - Beginning of the HUD (Spoiler'd for image size)

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8:08 PM - Set up relationships between each nation, a lot of variables being created...
8:28 PM - No idea what to work on next, will twiddle thumbs until inspiration strikes.
8:50 PM - Dialing back the concept, too complex for 72 hours (67 now D:)
9:25 PM - Pausing development while I wait for the rest of the team to become available.
10:56 PM - Got some design issues cleared up, put together the basics for the conversation system.
11:00 PM - Done for the night, need to get some sleep and come back to this with a fresh mind.
11:09 PM - Disregard that, ditching this concept altogether. I still like the idea, but I can't do this in a weekend. BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD!
11:37 PM - Notions of sleep abandoned for now, just came up with a fun idea that I want to prototype.
11:47 PM - Got something good going here I think. Now to put together an engine!
12:00 AM - Alright, that's enough for tonight. Got a basic engine working; I'm hoping nobody else had the same idea as me. See you tomorrow!
10:49 AM - Woke up, showered, ate breakfast, got to work on my new idea. Got smooth wall collisions in, currently struggling with AI pathfinding. CURSE YOU AI ;-;
11:39 AM - Citizen pathfinding sort of done, working on player-citizen interaction
12:58 PM - Got some tiles in, working on algorithms for likelihood of someone choosing to follow you.
1:36 PM - More tiling, basic text engine and beginnings of monster form. Have another screenshot!

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2:35 PM - Finished text engine, working on algorithms and leveling. Going to do some tiling now.
3:15 PM - Most of the city is now finished, working on moving AI and Police now.
4:12 PM - Finished some AI paths through the city, now it's off to my REAL ( ;-; ) job until 9. Seeya then!
10:55 PM - Done work, kind of tired and team isn't online. I'm most likely done for the night. With a little luck we'll get the game finished tomorrow!
9:19 AM - Woke up, gotta go to work again (aaargh) and hopefully when I come back some of the art will be finished and I can add in the last remaining systems. Hopefully.
2:53 PM - Back from work, ate lunch, and ready to spend some time attempting to finish up this game! (or at least make it not-crap)
3:04 PM - Finished Player animations/sprites. I've got AI to finish, night/day cycle, police, and better skills to finish before the day is done. I CAN DO IT! I'll upload a new screenshot soon.
4:09 PM - Finished police and 1/3 skills. Next up, skills and AI!
4:44 PM - Finished all skills, AI is next. Hope I can get this working, otherwise I'm screwed.
5:29 PM - AI is almost done but causing problems in one regard, I'll have it fixed within half an hour (probably)
5:35 PM - Kind of copped-out of a proper solution, but that's the name of the jam. At any rate, the issue is fixed!
5:54 PM - Added EXP orbs at night time to encourage exploration
7:09 PM - Finished police patrols, went to eat dinner. Back in action now, working on NPC and maybe orb spawners.
8:20 PM - Finished up most of what was needed to make the game presentable. All that's left for me is a couple art assets, sound, a menu and a tutorial. If I have time left, I'll do some visual effects. We're on the home stretch :D
9:08 PM - Sound is finished (sucks, but WHATEVER), Menu is decent, game is functional, tutorial/credits have been written... I'm pretty much finished unless I feel like adding some little effects/story. We'll see.
10:28 PM - Added proper buttons and a title card, as well as an intro and game over. Gonna look over the game at school tomorrow and fix any last minute issues/add some nice effects.
11:06 PM - Heading to bed now; it's been a long day. Good luck in the final hours of the jam everyone!


Will be tweeting and blogging

Edited by Klassic, 30 January 2012 - 11:46 PM.

[ariugh]

Name: Defend!

Theme: Facade

Style: Top-down sandbox-style / tower defense

Controls: Up, down, left, right. Shift to run, space to interact. ESC to open inventory.

Download!

Edited by ariugh, 30 January 2012 - 11:52 PM.

[Khornel]

Save Us
Lots o' symbolism!

Download Here - around 10mb
Not sure if finished, but can't be bothered; lost around 6 pounds and haven't showered for three days :/
Don't use the arrow keys, it's a bug. You should only ever use W to move, the ASD buttons will only make it harder. Get a lot of credits, you'll need it to upgrade your speed, so you can out run Shredders.
Oh, and that difficult level; just keep trying, it'll be worth it, I think.
Oh, also, play with sound on! I spend a lot of time on music and soundfx, I would really appreciate it if you took it in as part of the experience :D
I hope that the use of the theme facade is fairly obvious

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Day 2:

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Yay! Music and sound fx, had loads of fun crushing apples and saying ARGH! for monsters. I've made the music very ominous. Demo soon maybe.

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Oh, the irony!
Took a while to rig and animate the creepy dude. Hit animation still looks awkward, wish GmOgre had worked for me.

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Just spend a good half hour rigging, animating and importing a sheep like critter. Rendering it from 8 angles was a pain.
Worked a bit on the message system to guide the story along.

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Core mechanics are done. Now I just need to make the flow of the game, incorporate the story, make the music and the worst part: the visual stuff
Don't know If I'll make it; my girl will be home tomorrow and I have a guest coming monday.
I really wanna finish this though.

Day 1:

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I haven't been doing anything today. I couldn't figure out how my game should play, and I had a lot of trouble getting GmOgre to work, so I decided not to use it. I wish I was allowed to use Unity or Visual Studio instead :/
I asked a friend if he had any ideas, and he did! So I just started making my game. The sheep are (probably) placeholders

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I started off coding some concept stuff for the end scene. It's always a good idea to start off making the ending of a story
I have the entire story in my head, but I don't have any ideas for game mechanics.
I think I'll call it Save Us or something to that effect.
Well, it's 2 AM in my country, so I'm off to sleep, good luck everyone!

Edited by Khornel, 02 February 2012 - 09:30 AM.

[Keevor]

My time zone is PST(the jam started at 4:00 pm)
Day 3/7:23 pm
Officially finished! No known bugs!Also, I started i the middle of page 2 and now i'm at the bottom of page 1.
Download
Mirror
Screenshots:

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Gallery(dropbox website)

Dev Log:

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Day 3/4:33 pm
FINISHED
just need name, will upload once done
Day 3/3:48 pm
Finished the game! just need to get the one bug out(it will take a while). Need a title and logo. Also, how come i'm at the top of page two?(Drop outs i guess)
Demo
attention:once you transform your character(mouse-wheel)you won't see the change until you move(will fix)

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Day 3/1:22 am
Menu is done and and a small tutorial. Added some sound effects. Lots of bugs.

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Day 2/6:15 pm

• Updated Graphics(will have black outline when done)
• Changed Mood(now medievil)
• Made AI
• Better Shifting

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Day 2/9:30 am
OLD Demo
controls:mouse wheel to change aura. some people can only be approached with their colour(shirt color)

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Day 1/8:57 pm

• Finished Movement and collision
• Made character, wall, and floor graphics

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Day 1/4:45 pm

here is a concept picture for my game.

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Edited by Keevor, 30 January 2012 - 04:10 PM.

[HayManMarc]

Genre: Platform - Sidescroller
Theme: Facade



Download the executable: http://haymanquarterly.com/downloads/facade.exe
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See the official "FayKade" webpage at: http://haymanquarter...m/blogs/faykade
See and comment on the WIP here at: GMC WIP Topic Forum

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The DevLog
Jam start time in my timezone: 4:00pm PST 1/27/12 to 4:00pm PST 1/20/12

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01/27/12

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4:00pm PST -- Theme announced. Had to run around doing errends, couldn't start.

5:30pm PST -- Found this thread, decided to enter the competition. Haven't got much of an idea yet, and won't be able to start development until later tonight.

10:56pm PST -- The gig is done. I'm pleasantly buzzed, and I'm deciding it's got to be a western shooter of some sort. More later. Probably tomorrow when I wake up.

01/28/12

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2:51am PST -- I have some great ideas for a side scroller. I think zombies may be involved, but I'm past my prime tonight so tomorrow might shed some clearer light on the matter.

12:56 pm PST -- I'm awake. That's about it. Got the coffee going. Headache is subsiding. Time to open GM and GIMP and see if I can make a miracle happen.

5:13 pm PST -- Started the engine. Never made platform/sidescroller before. Must do research. Made hero and ground placeholders.

11:10pm PST -- For crying out loud. I am a novice novice. I had to look up and copy the dang way to make the dang thing jump! #@*! I'm getting nowhere fast. At least I can move on...

01/29/12

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4:30am PST -- I must be crazy. Anyway, finally have my first screenie. Basic movement "done". MSPainted and gimped a building -- not sure about scale yet. Stole and gimped a sunset. Very tired now. Gotta make bad guys tomorrow.

Screenie #1

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4:30am PST --



Our hero, "BootHat".

4:17pm PST -- I've done a lot more art with making some bad guys. Turned out well. Now must make bad guy AI.

5:47pm PST -- Bad guys added, still need to code them. Sprited a pistol and eyes for the hero. Almost dinnertime.

10:59pm PST -- I do not know GML. I do not know it. No, not very well.

01/30/12

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7:21am PST -- Pulled an all-nighter. GML help file is my best friend. Made bullets and coded firing mechanisms for both hero and enemy. Screwed around with health bars and decided they didn't work. Made my own HitPoint system. Enemy AI and hit points still being coded -- 30% done. I better make some coffee.

3:52pm PST --- I didn't finish, but it's playable. Meh. If I could've worked more on it the first night, I probably would've had it! Oh well, it was fun. Hope you enjoy it.

NOTE: I wasn't able to put a win/lose screen because I ran out of time. If, or actually, when you kill Bad Bart, you win. (At least that's how you win in this version. The game will be re-released with more plot and polish after voting ends.)

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Download the executable: http://haymanquarterly.com/downloads/facade.exe

Edited by HayManMarc, 01 February 2012 - 09:59 AM.

[Venomous]

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Making some sort of game.
http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/1560/screenshot100r.png

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Adding stuff. Game is programmed to allow changeable player color.
http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9159/screenshot102dv.png

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New screenshot of my progress.
http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/4738/screenshot101lz.png

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Combat and AI mostly done now.
http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3395/screenshot102s.png

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Game play currently looks something like this. I also added a menu.
http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6159/screenshot100xsm.png

Download from Host-A or go to the WiP topic.

Edited by Venomous, 31 January 2012 - 12:00 AM.