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[Nominations have started!]

Nominations have started!

AGA set up the nomination page for us, thanks for that!

Every forum member is allowed to participate in the nominations. Just visit the link above and pick your favourite games for each category. You can select up to 10 games for each category.

A few Q&As:

Q: Can I change my nominations?
A: Yes, you can change your nominations until the deadline. This way, you don't have to do all nominations at once.

Q: Do I have to play all games before I nominate?
A: Even though it would be great if you played as many games as possible, there is no need to do so. Even if you have only played a handful of games, you can probably judge their strengths and weaknesses. For some categories like best background and character art you probably don't even have to finish the game to decide.


Got more questions? Don't hesitate to ask them here!

I remember seeing you and your game at AdventureX in London. Great that you finally finished it

I fully agree with you, Mandle.

I gave the movie another thought: It is probably because of my expectations, that I didn't like it that much. This can change a lot how media is perceived.

A few years back, I read "Pride and Prejudice" and knew nothing about the book except that it was very famous and the most downloaded book on Project Gutenberg. I didn't even know the genre. I think one of the reasons I enjoyed the book so much is that I read it without any prejudice (pun intended) and made up my mind as I went along.

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Glass Onion is actually a fun movie. That gong was hilarious, I was laughing every time I heard it.
At first, I thought casting Edward Norton as the crazy evil guy was a bit boring, because that's just the role he has played in several movies already. But actually, exactly this image helped hiding Miles' stupidity. So in retrospect, it was a great casting decision.
Also the theme was disruption, so maybe they were just taking it a bit further by disrupting the murder mystery and thus the whole movie, leaving nothing but a big (enjoyable) mess behind?

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After considering this, I still think that Glass Onion fails as a murder mystery movie but it is a great society critical comedy.

Wordle 578 6/6*

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I obviously guessed last letter, not knowing any of the words besides

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CHARM

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However, looking the solution up on Wikipedia, this is quite a common thing, I just didn't know the English word.

[Knives Out]

Because of this thread, we recently watched Knives Out and Glass Onion. Thanks for the recommendation!

Knives Out was brilliant

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The story was clever (if a bit far fetched), the characters were interesting (I loved Linda and the Detective), the plot twists were fun and the genre switch was well done. We thoroughly enjoyed watching it. When the detective started about the donut with something missing, we realized that the bottles must have been swapped - it was also suspicious that he didn't show any symptoms after getting the medication. So we had a at least a bit of the "guess what happened" that eri0o was missing.
The resolution at the end was well done and satifying.

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Considering this, Glass Onion was somewhat disappointing.

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The beginning was great, I got strong "Evil under the sun" vibes from the setting. However, it was too much over the top for me. The plot fell flat soon - I thought the crime game story was much more interesting than the real crime - and Raeff suspected immediately that the Duke died because of the allergy. The whole "the detective has huge amounts of information that the viewer does not have" also felt unfair in retrospective and if it weren't for this element (i.e. we knew what the detective knew), the whole story would have been even more boring. The ending was boring and unsatisfying. At least, this story had a very good reason why the people and the detective would stay on the island.
While the first part was still enjoyable for various reasons, we agreed that the movie would have been much better if the last third of it had been cut.

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Congrats, Snarky!

I'm not too concerned, I don't even log in or track any statistics so it doesn't matter.

On a side note, I started to play https://www.merriam-webster.com/games/blossom-word-game

Today I failed. I didn't even know the word 

@Khris I had exactly the same 

Excellent advice, heltenjon and Stupot!

How's everyone getting along with playing the games?

A hint for people promoting their game in the "For your consideration" thread:
If you suggest that people vote for "Best Character", tell them the name or names they should nominate. For nominating a game in this category, voters have to enter the name in a text field.

Thanks for fixing it!

Thanks, Stupot, looking forward to it!

The full list of categories is:

Best Game Created with AGS
Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
Best Short Game
Best Writing
Best Character
Best Gameplay
Best Background Art
Best Character Art
Best Animation
Best Original Music & Sound Design
Best Voice Work
Best Demo
Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
Best Programming
Best Puzzles

I've updated the first post. Thanks heltenjon for the idea!

For me, it is also March. My timezone is CET, not forum time, maybe this is related.

[Best Short Game]

You are missing my favourite category: Best Short Game 

We also discussed renaming "Best Music and Sound" to "Best Original Music and Sound Design".

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I think it was a terrible word to start a new year - it should have been something positive 

[🏆 AGS Awards 2022]

🏆 AGS Awards 2022

Welcome to the AGS Awards, the event where you, the player, choose the best games of the year!

Step # 0 - play them games!
You have some time to play games made in 2022. Do it!
Step # 1 - nomination time!
Select games you deem worthy in each category!
Step # 2 - vote, folks!
Pick from the nominees and we get a winner!
Step # 3 - party!
Big party to celebrate the winners!

Awards are over!

Here are the winners

Best Game Created with AGS
Nightmare Frames


Best Freeware Game Created with AGS
The Witch's Lullaby


Best Writing
Nightmare Frames


Best Character
"Alan Goldberg" from Nightmare Frames


Best Gameplay
Nightmare Frames


Best Background Art
Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard


Best Character Art
Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard


Best Animation
Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard


Best Original Music & Sound Design
Nightmare Frames


Best Voice Work
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow


Best Demo
Zid Journey (demo)


Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS
Snow Problem


Best Short Game
The Witch's Lullaby


Best Programming
Don't Give Up the Cat


Best Puzzles
Nightmare Frames


Congratulations!



Nomination results

Best Game Created with AGS

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Perfect Tides
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow


Best Freeware Game Created with AGS

Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
Highland Spirit
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
The Witch's Lullaby
Where Did the Humans Go?


Best Writing

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Perfect Tides
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow


Best Character

"Alan Goldberg" from Nightmare Frames
"Clotilde Soffritti" from Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
"Finn" from Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
"Mara Whitefish" from Perfect Tides
"Thomasina Bateman" from The Excavation of Hob's Barrow


Best Gameplay

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
Nightmare Frames
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
The Witch's Lullaby


Best Background Art

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Rock 'n' Roll Will Never Die!
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
The Witch's Lullaby


Best Character Art

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
Nightmare Frames
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
The Witch's Lullaby


Best Animation

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Perfect Tides
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow
Zid Journey (demo)


Best Music & Sound

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow



Best Voice Work

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Challenge of the Tentacle
SPHONX
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow



Best Demo

Castle Dornstein - DEMO
Menial; a Utopian Bagel Simulator (demo)
Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
Zid Journey (demo)



Best Non Adventure Game Created with AGS

Beat the Buzzer
Don't Give Up the Cat
Mr. Tijerakis
Snow Problem



Best Short Game

Clotilde Soffritti in: Never Double Park your Spaceship
Don't Give Up the Cat
The Witch's Lullaby
There's Something in the Pipes
Where Did the Humans Go?


Best Programming

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Don't Give Up the Cat
Nightmare Frames
Snow Problem
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow


Best Puzzles

Beyond The Edge Of Owlsgard
Nightmare Frames
Signal & Echo: Iris is Missing (demo)
Space Quest: A Son of Xenon - Full Version (2022)
The Excavation of Hob's Barrow


Congratulations!


How do the AGS Awards work?
(This is information mostly for new members, same procedure as every year)

Every year, the AGS community embarks on a quest to find the best games made in the last year. All games are eligible, that were added to the AGS Database in the year 2022. There is a For Your Consideration thread where authors can promote their games and players get a good overview what might be worth playing.

The awards are a two-step process: First there is a nomination phase where all community members can nominate the eligible games in several categories (it will be the same categories as last year). The top five games of each category make it to the voting (as long as they've received at least five nominations). Again, all members of the community can vote on their favourite games.
The final result is then announced in a live ceremony that can be joined either with a special client or any regular irc client.

Party like it's 1990 in this thread!

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[AGS Awards 2022]

Have you made a game in 2022 and want it to compete in the AGS Awards 2022? This is the topic where to showcase it!
Post a database link, a brief description and some pictures (thumbnails preferred, here is an excellent FYC post from last year).

Do not be shy, by posting your game you are helping the players who will take some of their time to play/nominate/vote!

Usual remarks:

• Please include a link to your games page on the AGS games database
• If you think a game deserves mention but the author isn't around, post an FYC for them! The more worthy games we get here, the better it is for everyone!
• This thread is for FYC posts only, if you want to discuss the awards go here!