Description

Game Gale has been extended until 12:00 AM GMT on May 17th, 2010!

Game Gale is a Spring Game Making contest, the goal of which is to make a game in just over two weeks! The games will be commented and scored by a panel of judges. A simple theme will be announced when the contest begins to ensure equal development time for all parties involved. Although this is a competition, the main goal is just to have fun making games!


Theme:
Escape (from prison, an alien spaceship, your boring job, a bad relationship, whatever)


The Rules

-The contest with begin at May 1st, 12:00 AM GMT and end at 12:00 AM GMT on May 16th. All entries should be made entirely in this time frame.
-A Theme will be announced that all games must adhere to in some form. The theme could be anything form a setting to an abstract concept.
-You must have permission to use all art, music, materials, etc. And no, Square-Enix, Nintendo, etc did not give you permission to use their graphics. When it is made does not matter as long as you have the rights to it. Judges will favor original content over rips.
-The game must run on Windows XP or higher, the judges should not require any additional components to play your entry.
-Games should contain a text file containing instructions on how to play your game, as well as properly documenting any resources you used!
-Games started before the start time are frowned upon.
-Entries must be submitted before the deadline to be accepted.
-Extensions will be granted only in truly exceptional circumstances. If extensions are given they will apply to all participants.
-Your game can be made in any engine and can be of any genre, not just an RPG.
-Although this is a competition, you are expected to show proper sportsmanlike conduct to your competitors. Trash talking and the like will be frowned upon.
- Most important rule Have fun!

Results
First Place:
SkYscrapeR
Second Place:
Astral Conjunction
Third Place:
Castle Chase

Details

Achievements

Registration

You must be logged in to sign up for Game Gale 2010.

Teams Members Entry
Losers: Vengeance
Team Everguard
No Girls Club
Apple Pie
Team Dragonfly
Sorceress Studios
The Dugeoneers
Team Retro Hobo
Team #astralmasters
Slash n' Fern
Team Procrastinator
Super Duper Kewl Kids (Kid)
WeaselEliot's Team
Orpheus' Song
Team Babbytime
K.E.
Team VidWiz
Team UHLOGUHLOGUHLOGUHLOG!
Team Nackster
Suppa Demon Squad
Gibco. Productions
Four Hearts♥
Team Alice
Pixel Reincarnation X
OOstudios
DJenerationTeam
Back of the Class
Las Chicas
The Finland Swedish National Socialists (F.S.N.S)
Team Crowbar
Team Shoddy Collision Detection
MAGNITUDE 10
The Manly Table
Team Name
The Burning
Renzuki
Team Neurotic Forklift Operators
Spur of the moment
b.o.b
club bear
Team Gaia
joel
Singing Deerheads

Posts

Solitayre
Circumstance penalty for being the bard.
18257
It is strongly encouraged that you use this period for polishing/testing your submission as opposed to using it to add more content. If you are still working on the project by that point you're likely out of luck no matter what.
Extending this to 5/17 might just have made this possible for me. Now I can finish up Sunday night/Monday morning and have it tested Monday afternoon, released hopefully Monday night.

Didn't our last few contests end on Monday night, anyway?
comment=30581
It is strongly encouraged that you use this period for polishing/testing your submission as opposed to using it to add more content. If you are still working on the project by that point you're likely out of luck no matter what.
Quit raining on my PARADE!
comment=30588
Extending this to 5/17 might just have made this possible for me. Now I can finish up Sunday night/Monday morning and have it tested Monday afternoon, released hopefully Monday night.

Didn't our last few contests end on Monday night, anyway?


It's 12:00 AM GMT, ie. right when it turns Monday in GMT, or Sunday night 8:00pm for EST like me. (I believe.)
Ends: 05/17/2010 07:59 PM

Nope, it now ends when it turns Tuesday (5/18) in GMT, or Monday 8pm in my time zone (Eastern). It was originally 8pm Sunday night for EST.
Wow... for some very imbecile reason, I was reading AM, not PM. That gives me yet 6 extra hours!
comment=30564
Game Gale has officially been extended until 12:00 AM GMT on May 17th!


Wait - how does comment work with the time then?!

I'm GMT-5, so 12:00 AM GMT on the 17th should be 8:00 PM GMT on the 16th for me, yet the official end time is listed as 05/17/2010 06:59 PM.

One of those has to be wrong or I'm being really retarded right now...
you're in daylight savings time ::)
Whoops, disregard my sign up... I uh, didn't read the dates...
comment=30638
Whoops, disregard my sign up... I uh, didn't read the dates...

Hahahahaha XD
Okay, I fold. I worked on 1 idea for a week, realized it was too much, started something else, got lazy. Now look where I am!
Hexatona
JESEUS MIMLLION SPOLERS
3702
You're on an internet forum
Hexatona pwnz all! :P
And are you allowed to work on the project after Game Gale if you can't make a demo/complete game in time?
By that I mean, although the Game Gale will be over, are we still allowed to work on our projects like they are just ordinary games?
Puddor
if squallbutts was a misao category i'd win every damn year
5702
Yeah, Chaos and co. did it for Ill Will (we're still waiting -3-)
edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
1624
comment=30638
Whoops, disregard my sign up... I uh, didn't read the dates...

DG, hopefully you don't do that when signed documents. Otherwise, you could be signing off your life savings away. I was kidding of course, it could happen to anybody. Still, I find it hilarious that it happened to somebody! Live and learn, I guess.
Solitayre
Circumstance penalty for being the bard.
18257
comment=30654
And are you allowed to work on the project after Game Gale if you can't make a demo/complete game in time?
By that I mean, although the Game Gale will be over, are we still allowed to work on our projects like they are just ordinary games?

Of course you are, it's your project and you can do anything you want with it. It's not like the judges or the site are claiming ownership of anything you make.
Great, then I'm out.
But I'll still be working on it.
I'm somewhat confused on the deadline.

The rules say "The contest with begin at May 1st, 12:00 AM GMT and end at 12:00 AM GMT on May 16th"

The details say "Ends 05/17/2010 07:59 PM"

And the big bold line at the top says "Game Gale has been extended until 12:00 AM GMT on May 17th, 2010!"

Three totally different times. I'm sorry if this was already asked, but when is this due?
Go with the date on the details. It's fixed to your timezone.