MAGS July “Last One” (RESULT)

[DBoyWheeler]

Good, we got a competition finally come voting time.  Looking forward to where this goes.

[Stupot]

Thanks to Ponch and tbook for their entries.

The time for voting is upon us.

Please vote using the poll above.

	Tales from a Forgotten Tavern by Ponch
	Well... Horror, Naturally by tbook

[Kara Jo Kalinowski]

These are a couple games that are very different.

Tales From a Forgotten Tavern -

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A game which has a lot of references that I sorta understand, but not 100% - the only MMO I really ever got into was RuneScape. The puzzles were mostly OK, the pixel hunt was bad for me because it didn't exist in a walkable area, so it was easy to miss even when looking for it. But I liked the characters and the world building

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Well... Horror, Naturally -

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I liked the video, reminds me of old games with the FMV which isn't really done in AGS. It was enough to draw me into the plot, but I did feel the ending was a bit abrupt. With more loops and more story this could be more interesting.

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Although I feel like both games ended abruptly, I feel as a full experience that

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Tales From a Forgotten Tavern

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is a better experience as a stand-alone game, so that gets my vote. If either game got an expansion into a full game/story though, I'd be interested in playing them.

[MiteWiseacreLives!]

Look here a MAGS contest! 
Played them both, I see Ponch is as twisted as ever.. Tbook also twisted in another way   
That tile game really took me back, Ponch. Not usually into horror, could probably have gotten into Naturally if there were some game elements but you did something different and thats cool.

[Stupot]

@MiteWiseacreLives! lives!

Hope you've been well.

...and Happy Birthday!

[Shadow1000]

My thoughts after playing:

Tales From a Forgotten Tavern

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Good parody game. It seems like a mashup of many quest-style games that I've played and does a good job capturing the flavour with tongue in cheek humour. I don't like when there is endless dialogue and this is actually pointed out during the game, but aside from that (deliberate) annoyance, a good experience.

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Well... Horror, Naturally

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As the game is described, it's a story rather than a game. The video and photography style works really well for what this game attempts to do. If the story would be strong then despite not being a game, it could be a good experience. However, the story is not really that developed so this entry just feels like a lot of clicking and reading rather than a story or game. I think I felt some Halloween vibes but I'm not sure.

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My vote went to

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Forgotten tavern

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[RootBound]

Played and finished both games!

My vote went to:

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Forgotten Tavern. Definitely a more fully-realized work, with a well-developed story.

Horror, Naturally had some good points, but had overall less immersion for me.

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[heltenjon]

Here's my thoughts this month.

Tales From a Forgotten Tavern

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Funny and lots and lots of Ponch style dialogue. I like that. There are nods to online RPGs, funny even though I only know about that stuff through the jungle telegraph. I also appreciated the many nods towards this forum's history, understandable even for someone who has played the games and read the posts post-fact.

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Well... Horror, Naturally

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Not a game, so there really isn't a contest. However, I was entertained by the scary tale and thought it was quite well put together technically. Some of the pictures were even creepier with the character's heads edited into them. I wasn't quite on board with the shift of endings, and the reveal was a bit too unclear for me to quite understand what the relation between the last one and the killer was. The story was a bit too short to build up tension and care for the characters, but they came across as distinct personalities, at least.

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I voted for

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Forgotten tavern, because this is a game contest.

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Edit: @tbook - please add both this and your first interactive story to the main ags database on the games page.

[Stupot]

Last few days left to play and vote. Thanks for the votes so far.

[Stupot]

The winning entry is:
Tales from a Forgotten Tavern by Ponch

Congratulations Ponch. I'll be in touch soon about choosing a theme for September.

Unlucky tbook. Thank you both for your entries.

[Ponch]

Thanks for the votes, guys. And thanks, tbook for giving us a competition. Nobody wants to win by default. Your entry had a lot of mood and ambience.