Those of you familiar with the AGS forums will probably be aware of hour games and, more recently, the SHAG activities. Until recently, I had never tried to make a game in 60 minutes. This all changed in a sudden turn of events.
This is my story.
Sitting in the AGS Stickam room one night, talking to the usual bunch of AGSers I decided it was impossible to create a game in one hour. Upon discovering that this was impossible, I immediately set out to create a game in under 60 minutes.
The resulting 'game' was two characters on a background with a conversation spanning a groundbreaking 4 dialogue options - clicking on each of which would result in an incredibly bad 'joke' and end the game. With my solid hour of effort invested, I determined that my labours would not go unseen and set about showing the game to any in the Stickam room who were unfortunate enough to be present.
A few people played it and OneDollar (for reasons still unknown) demanded a sequel. Dan also demanded that I polish the game and release it as an actual game. I had not expected response of this magnitude!
Sadly, I was tired from my huge stint working on the game, so I uploaded the source code and told them to do what they liked with it. Dan convinced OneDollar and Akatosh to each work with the characters and create exciting new locations and scenarios within a single hour, then compile all 4 games into a single file as a game. I logged off after this, and heard no more about it until a few days later when I got a message from Akatosh with a download link. Jelly was turned into an actual playable game, with actual jokes worthy of actual giggles. Hooray!
I hate to think that people won't play this game, so I am putting it up here for you to download. Check it out, smile, and remember that you can have a lot of fun with just an hour and a bunch of friends.
Big thanks to Dan, Akatosh and OneDollar, who turned a silly little 30 second joke of mine into something that I love to go back and play every now and then, and which never fails to make me smile (at both their jokes and my own, shamefully enough). Guys - if you read this and ever want to do something like this again, count me in!
4 comments:
Jelly! Um, I honestly don't have a single thing to say here, but I felt I should comment anyway.
Thwack!
I have played it and did in fact giggle several times at the strange mixture of classical Ben304 humour and traditional "Here Be X" jokes by Akatosh. And - as far as I remember - it did contain ice cream, right? Or was it just a dream?
A SHAG that I was not aware of? NO WAY! I can barely believe this was written THIS year.
'I can barely believe this was written THIS year.'
Ahaha Sylvr, I'm not sure if you're saying that is a good thing or not. I find uncertainty quite enjoyable though, so I'm not too bothered ;D.
Ueberfall - Was it all just a dream!? Who can tell for sure!?
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