September MAGS

[Gilbert]

Download all 3 to same location then unzip as usual, works for me

Too bad , didn't work for me, neither 7-zip nor the window$ native unzipper worked.

[Erenan]

It doesn't work for me either. For some reason, it says that the first part is a z01 file, but when downloading it changes to a zip file with the same name as part three. And when I changed the name so it wouldn't overwrite, the unzipper program said that it was a corrupt file.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Funny, it worked for me (using GetRight).

Hang on, I'm mirroring it (was gonna upload it to the archive, anyway).

[Gilbert]

GetRight can extract the files correctly, huh?
I can download the files, just don't have the tools to extract them.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

when downloading it changes to a zip file with the same name as part three.

What I meant was, THAT didn't happen with GetRight. ANd that seems to have happened during download. What worked was the downloading.

Accourse, the extracting worked too.

[Klaus]

I can download the files, just don't have the tools to extract them.

I used UltimateZip and its "Merge Split Set" function.

[Klaus]

I guess all downloads are available now, so here we go...

For voting please visit the MAGS site or make your choice right here (only use one of these two ways of voting - nothing else allowed):

Crave by Wretched
Chalks Quest by Pablo

Please vote only once and be sure to have played all games before sending your voice! Good luck to all participants.

As suggested by Henryhouse one month ago I'd also like to ask for posting comments about the games saying what you liked and what you didn't like about the entries.

[Wretched]

Thanks to Filezilla I've got a single download file now. Sorry to folks who were bamboozled.

Crave
Download

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Heh. Too late.

Well, here it is anyway.

http://aafiles.bicycle-for-slugs.org/mags/Crave.rar

EDIT - Wretched, I really enjoy the game... but the x-ray vision thingy is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAY too hard to trigger. I was enjoying the game, but the sheer difficulty of triggering x-ray vision put me off immediately. So much that I lost the will to keep playing.

[Wretched]

Yes, that was on my list of things to change, but didn't get around to it (i.e. forgot, it's only a number I need to change). Have altered it here, will be in final final version, possibly tonight or tomorrow. I find it easier if you just move the mouse a tiny bit, it's frequency not vigour that matters. But, yeah will/have do/done.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

I find it easier if you just move the mouse a tiny bit, it's frequency not vigour that matters.

With that in mind I managed to get the hang of it. Thanks lots!

[Ubel]

I don't think we need any voting. Isn't it kinda obvious who is going to win? Congratulations Wretched!

[Abisso]

OH-OH-OH! We've got a rush of humility, here...

I say "Never underestimate yourself"!

 

[IM NOT TEH SPAM]

Dear god, pablo, you've combined the 'toungue' smiley with the 'wink' smiley to create one über-smiley!

[bspeers]

Voting this time was a bit of an adventure for me.  I saw that one-screen and the "ambitious" alternative and immediately went for the alternative, thinking that the other game didn't have a chance.

I was immediately impressed with crave, animations, little scripting tricks, etc.  I didn't find the sexuality really all that meaningful, but then little extras like dringing a stick-figure drink won me over.  And then the x-ray vision.  I thought it was a joke at first, since I couldn't get it to work on that pad at all.  I then checked the manual--no instructions, I guess it's so secret you can't explain how it works in the instructions.  The I read a little more about the game and decide to try out this x-ray feature.  It's a neat idea but I can't seem to read anything without causing great strain in my arm and hand.  It's too frustrating and hardly classifies as a skill or a puzzle.  Also, no music/sound fx makes for very boring gameplay.

So I put down crave and come back the next day.  Still no luck.  I download chalk's quest.  It's cute, though annoying that you can't skip the dialogues (I read faster than the stick-guy does).  The music is appropriate and I like the animation/drawing better in this one.  Then, I make the ultimate mistake.  I finish the game.

Not much of a puzzle, and not enough self-reflexive commentary for it to entirely work as a joke game.  I didn't like that a chalk man could be protected by

Spoiler

although it is unneccesary since the game will be solved the moment you see the scene, I should hide : a chalk umbrella

[close]

--I mean, I get the joke, but I would have liked some way to make the object stronger than ordinary chalk.  However, I do go back into it and after waiting through the slow opening sequence, I enjoy just clicking around at different things.

The game is cute, but too brief.

I try crave again, hoping the "frequency" clue will help.  It's still a lushly illustrated game with some neat tricks, but no matter how I cramp-up my hand, I can't solve the puzzle in which you must read the text on the letter (it says something xxxx, something, but that's all I can see).  Maybe it has something to do with my particular mouse, but it's just not working for me.  That and the fact that most of the nudity really seems entirely supurflous makes it a hard one to vote on.

So in the end, I feel that Crave is a better game with more effort and time put in, and I would love to see a polished version, but Chalk's quest, which feels like a tiny polished stone gets my vote.

But don't follow my trend.  They're both interesting games with good use of the restrictions.  This is one I would hate to influence.

Good work!

[Klaus]

I guess I'm just dim, but is it acceptable to make comments before voting is over, or should we wait?

I guess everythings okay with you.
The story goes like this: Last month Henryhouse suggested to make comments on the entries after the vote. Sure it's best to start these postings after the winner is clear but last time the thread was closed just some moments later - when the new competition started. So there was no chance to post more comments... That's why I included this request right to the voting infos.
So I'd say go ahead and let's see what you think about the games...

[Klaus]

No comments!? 

Anyway we finally reached the end of the voting. Time is over and we have a clear winner - and a novelty:
For the first time in MAGS history the winner of the competition won with rules set by himself. It was often asked if it's allowed to take part with one's own guidelines and the answer's always "yes".
Now this time it actually happened:
The last month's winner did not only take part - he even won again

Congratulations to the winner Wretched and his entry Crave!