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Hey dudes! I wanna give a big shoutout to @Creamy who's been super amazing working with me on getting this theme out as I was super distracted by real life! (Really, all the credit goes to them.) Also wanna say that I won't be submitting anything this jam because my last submission was very last-minute and I did not expect to tie up with Creamy's amazing submission!

I just wanna tell everyone thinking about joining in that you SHOULD and it'll be AMAZING and I look forward to all your hard work this month! 

@Creamy Thanks for playing! Yeah the mouse bug is "known" in that it's how my version of the AGS engine for running my entries is programmed. I debated keeping it hidden or not and went with hidden. Downside is there's no indicator that there's a timer ticking down the credits for a reset so it can seem... trapped? Thanks for the feedback!

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Also, played through your entry as well! Very enjoyable and the artwork is awesome and well-mixed. Also found a small bug: trying to change the sound volume causes a crash, but there's little need so it's not game breaking!

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Can I get a couple of days please?

I'm nearly there but the game's not quite finished 

You can do it! (Don't let me be the only one to submit something my game is short and terrible lazy!)

I finished one!
I did this one in about 4 hours. I was going to spend about 4 days, but my schedule changed last minute and I lost the weekend I was going to use to make this so this is what came out of it... I hope everyone gets the irony here:

The Delivery - A "Text Adventure"

One of these months I'm going to have a completed game, I'm just not great at art and the amount I can focus is limited, but the topic is interesting. Deciding whether it would be better to have a game plot revolving around this idea, or just to have a game that doesn't feature talking.

Do a Google search for whatever art assets you're looking for in "pixel" form. You'll get a lot of results from itch.io where people tend to give away a lot of art for free. You might not have a cohesive look as every artist is different, but if you need art fast or assets to make art fast this is the way I do it. The trees in "The Roadtrip" are from an artist who gives them away free on itch and it saved me from getting stuck on an art roadblock.

I was planning to have something playable, but my health these last couple weeks hasn't been great, and I only finished my font, lucasarts-style GUI, main character, and part of the first room.

Question, is reusing stuff like fonts/GUI in the spirit of the competition? Or does it need to be made from scratch each time even if I want to do the same thing?

@Stupot would have to weigh in on this one, but I will admit that since my first entry where I made my GUI and set up my "default" game design criteria I haven't changed any of them and just use the same Sierra style system with generic graphics and plug in the game behind them. I figured this was okay since when you see a Sierra game you know it's a Sierra game by the GUI more than anything. No one has said anything to me about it, yet so I'm going to assume it's okay.

So, as an experiment, I have created a parallel jam in itch.io and invited users there to sign up and submit their games in the thread.

https://itch.io/jam/mags-august-2023

I'm not super familiar with how Jams work there, so if anyone has any suggestions for edits or changes to the Jam page, please let me know.

Thanks @4KbShort for the suggestion.

Awesome! Here's hoping this brings more folks into the wonderful world of AGS!

@Ponch Played through your entry! I can say it did tickle a few of my nostalgia/old internet memory nerve endings and it was enjoyable overall.

My favorite bit was the joke about "magic" while talking to Norm. The whole conversation reminded me of Terry Pratchett's style of writing and the ending made me actual LOL. Nicely done! 

Congratulations on making your entry!

I'll be honest, this month's theme really inspired me.

This bit made me smile as there's no better compliment than that the theme one came up with inspired someone to make something new! Glad I could help bring back those memories! Awesome!

Some great artwork is coming you guys and girls... 

What I've learned so far is that if I want to make a game next time:

1. I should give myself more time
2. I should hire an artist to make the artworks 

Anyways I will try to get it on time

Another thing you could do is just cut out unimportant or extra content. Puzzles that are not necessary or side areas/items that you don't need.
As for art there are tons of free art out there just give it a search for what you need, slap some simple backgrounds together, and plug it in!

Good luck!

Just sent my game out to a play tester. Looks like I'll actually have a game to enter this month! 

That is fantastic! Congratulations!

I wanted to try my hand at offering up some art for the website.
Here's my take on Number 4 and Number 3 respectively for the Nominee and Winners of the AGS award:





I have the SVG files these came from and would gladly pass them along to be edited/resized if there's any interest in them.

@4KbShort, please add your game to the database on the game page!

Done!

AGS Game page for The RoadTrip

Great job on the entry! I gave it a shot. No big errors or bugs. A lot of trial and error, but nothing too difficult. It's nice that I can "lose" and keep going though. I believe I finished it as I was able to drive off so that's a thing too! Wonderful work!

Animations are finished! I'm still fixing a few bugs coming up during my playtesting. I may bail on the sound effects if it takes too long. Getting close!

Good luck! Looking forward to playing it!

I know that reviving a zombie thread isn't the most proper online etiquette. However, I didn't want to post a new thread since this one wasn't locked and is on topic for what I wanted to post. Also, the charter/rules didn't say anything negative about it so I'm taking a chance.    

I heard of MAGS from OneShortEye on YouTube talking about Owl's Quest which was an old MAGS entry. I think a few other people may have heard about it from there as well. Along with that I see a few people stumble in from the internet every now and again and get excited about the idea even if they don't have the time to participate.

I love Game Jams as they give me the best option of "finishing" a game even if it's just intro->credits with a lot of jank between and I tend to gravitate towards Ludum Dare like so many others, but when I don't have time to get into that I often want to find a new jam to work on in order to make a game under crunch and to do that I go to Itch.io which has a Jams section right at the top of the page.

I took a look today and didn't see MAGS on there. I also don't see MAGS or Adventure Games Studio as a "commonly used suggested" tag when I post my games which suggests a lot of AGS/MAGS games don't end up on Itch.io. There are a ton of people on Itch.io and one of the important things on getting your name out there is to put it where people can see it and though MAGS is great for the AGS community it seems if you'd like more participation or at least knowledge of its existence, getting the name on a game distribution site meant primarily for self-published games of any genre or completion with and without monetary compensation would be a good little boost.

And to respond to some VERY old concerns about pre-made assets there's a ton of those for paid and for free on Itch.io as well which can be used to make a quick adventure game without falling into the "everything looks the same" problem that might occur from a single source.

Since Stupot is the main mod for the jams I would assume it would be up to them to host the jam, but it is an option to increase the number of entries or at least to get people to look at them a bit more.

Great to see that there will be, at least, two entries this month!

I'm currently playin' The RoadTrip in my RG351V:

Amazing! It's always exciting to see my creations in different places. Hope you enjoy!

A little early, but it's done:

Title: The RoadTrip

https://4kbshort.itch.io/roadtrip




This will be my last MAGS entry for a while. Kinda took the wind out of me, but I'm super proud of what I did here! Please enjoy!

Dunno if it's unethical to enter a contest you chose the theme for, but here's something I have so far:



It looks and sounds better in person, but since it's a title screen only for the moment there's not much to upload.

IT IS DONE!

https://4kbshort.itch.io/passenger

The Passenger has you on a plane with a MURDERER! Or is it?
Honestly this is not the best this could have been, but there's a gameplay loop and you can finish the game. It also has "multiple endings" of a sort.

Yet another game where there's no real puzzles. Just story... and barely that, but it's done! Please enjoy!