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Wicked. I'm up but I'll be busy at that time, will there be early entry?

Ah, you are correct sir, and with that, Wyz has won this hourgaming session. He receives the ability to host the coming hourgame this saturday, as well as the much coveted Pig-butt trophy. Congratulations.

Dangit bici, I just closed voting... Wyz? Get in here so you can guess the fruit-nation-number-color-whatever-the-hell-I-said, you have two hours. Respond, and you win, don't and it's Steve.

Huh... okay so voting's over but its presently a 3-3 tie with Wyz and Steve... how do we do a tie breaker? Tell you what, I'm thinking of a number between Tangerine and Antarctica. First one of you who can tell me what color it is wins.

Threadbump, plus one vote for Wyz for not getting me shot after looking at every pointless thing in Sherlock's study. Wasted an hour on that.

Anyhoozle, gonna give voting 24 further hours before announcing the winner.

Alrighty then, we have three entries. Here's the Download Link for all three games, and below you'll find the trophy that you totally didn't expect coming.



See, because... because a pigs tail is twisty and it's... it's the end of... know what, shut up.

Alright then, Hourgaming has begun. This week's theme, in honor of M. Night Shymalan's 40th birthday yesterday, is Completely Insane Twist Endings.

Edit: Also I regret to say that due to the fact that twist endings cannot be represented pictorally there will be no trophy for this week.

...or Will there?

It might be just me then, but while those links do take me to the shutupload page, the "Click Here" Link for each says "Link Expired - Your temporary download link has expired. If this is in error, please contact us and let us know the problem."

Hoursong Playlist

All hoursongs below are eligible for this and future Hourgames, unless otherwise noted, prohibited by intergalactic law, or arbitrary whim prevents it. Some songs are, evidently, lost to the mists of time or the confoundings of ShutUpload and I cannot get working links for them, so if anyone would like to post them here, feel free to oblige us.

Damien's "My Failure" from Hoursong I
qptain Nemo's "Untitled Car Chase Song from Hoursong II
DrWhite's "Surf-Chasing Dr. Doom" from Hoursong II

I will try to be on IRC for most of the day tomorrow to be in touch, Steve.

Addendum: I realize that this is fairly immediate notification, what with, lets see, 18 hours to go before the competition is supposed to start. As usual if people want to participate early entries will be accepted, but if enough people feel its just too soon the competition can be postponed, say, another week for everyone's convenience. If you'd like it to be held back, please respond in this thread, or otherwise, again, if you're cool with participating as scheduled, please post as much below.

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What's an Hourgame competition?
The purpose of Hourgame Saturday is to encourage amateur game-making, or to put it bluntly, to make you plant your ass in your chair and finally make something.
In this activity your task is to make an AGS game within a strict and very short deadline (i.e. one hour).

When will it take place?
This Hourgame session will take place on Saturday 7th August 2010. Starting at 19:00 BST (14:00 New York, 20:00 Johannesburg) participants will have an hour to make their games + 15 minutes to beta test / upload (i.e. the deadline is 20:15 BST).

How do I participate?
A theme is set by the previous week's winner and by the contest's host in event of his/her absence. It will be announced on IRC (3 simple steps to IRC) and here.

Why should I participate?
Because it's FUN!
Research shows that Hourgames get the creative juices going and will aid for healthier game building skills.

Additional info:
- While it is not forbidden for the theme-setters to participate in the activity, their games cannot be voted for (to prevent accusations of cheating and to discourage regular participation).
- Instead, theme-setters are encouraged to draw trophies for the contest's winners.
- Making your game from scratch is strongly encouraged, though it is not forbidden to use music or artwork from public sources if you are allowed to (e.g. using public domain music tracks in your game is OK, but not really necessary). It is also possible to use a pre-existing AGS template for your game (e.g. the Verb-Coin GUI template).
- You cannot use stuff you've made earlier, because this competition is about making something new.
- You are allowed to use previous Hoursongs (Should we create a list somewhere?).

Camwhoring:
If you have Camtasia or Camtasia-esque software, it would be great to see your "Making of"! Or blog about it, or just open Notepad, do something! No twittering.

Uploading:
Suggested hosts to upload your entry to are:

Recommended:
TerranRich's ShutUpload
DropBox (Recommended by Magma42, referral link)

Not recommended:
http://www.mediafire.com/
http://www.sendspace.com/
http://www.rapidshare.com/

Or your own place.

Theme:

In honor of M. Night Shymalan's birthday yesterday, this week's theme is...

THE ABSURD TWIST ENDING

Trophy:


Voting:
Just tell us your favourite game. You don't have to enter to vote!
(If you want to tell us what you liked and disliked about all the entries, that would be super nice of you!)
After all games are in you are encouraged to vote, again, you don't have to enter to vote. Voting closes the next Saturday (August 14)

Please post below if you're interested in participating, if the change in time will/won't work for you, or if you have any other questions.

If you are unable to make the scheduled time, but wish to participate anyway, say so in this thread and we can work out a scheduled hour at your convenience to make your submission (Earlier that day for instance).

Hope to see you there!

Hell, okay I seem to have won, and by my watch the next hourgame would be taking place about this time tomorrow. Is that too soon for anyone?

Bumping this since its supposed to end soon and theres presently just the two votes. Also, hofmeier, loved version 2.0, but I don't think you've casted a vote yet, nor has Steve.

Ah hell none of ours really got in on time. Know what scarab? Just cause I like your dedication to finishing it anyways, you get my vote right back atcha.

hof, liked the graphics, but I'm not sure I understand the game. I get that I'm repelling the young'uns, but, is that it? Is there a way to win?

Here's mine, even later.
An Elderly Woman's Backed Up Toilet

I'm in.

Alright then, voting has ended, and with a final count of 3-2, Steve has Won. Congratulations Steve, your prize for winning is to conduct the next Hourgame, as well as this fantabulous little trophy here.

One final bump, voting ends in 24 hours.

Man, I'm really hoping someone else votes in this one, otherwise the decision is just plain put on me and I just can't take that kind of pressure.

ThreadBump, plus one vote for Wyz