Description

Friday the 13th is coming up and it coincides with the date of the next Release Something! Day! Talk about a coincidence!

So, some of you might not know what a Release Something! Day (RS!D) is. Basically, it's a day where you release something - anything! - in order to get feedback from the community. Release Something! Day used to be a regularly occurring event in the days of yore, back when the community had a sticky issue of never releasing any games or demos (because perfectionists I guess?). RS!D was created as a way to encourage sharing, collaboration, feedback, and content in the community. The aim is to truly try to capture the spirit of releasing something. It is not about prepping a major release, or making something in a fury to have something new to show for the event. It is about showing your works-in-progress, getting feedback, and checking out what other people are working on. Like a snapshot of RMN's development community.



What kinds of things can be shown? Music, tiles, sprites, graphics of any type, gameplay (videos of gameplay tests are good), tech demos, demos - even completed games (but don't strive for a finished product; that's not the point of RS!D). Let the feedback work for you. Although, there are some limitations to RMN's event profile - only game downloads can be submitted to the "official" event submission. But that's okay! I will manually compile all of the other types of submissions and update the event page.

So, some of you might not know what a Release Something! Day (RS!D) is. Basically, it's a day where you release something - anything! - in order to get feedback from the community. There will even be a podcast covering the releases.



1. If you are posting a game demo or download, make a Gameprofile (if you haven't already), upload the file, and submit the download to this event (by clicking the Submit button in the upper left)
2. If you are posting other media (like screenshots or music or graphics or videos) submit it to the site like normal and then post a link to it in the comments



There will be a badge worth 10 MS for releasing something. Best feedback givers will also get a badge worth 20 MS. Because the feedback is what counts this time.

There might even be a podcast!

Something Returns!

Details

  • 03/13/2015 12:00 AM
  • 03/14/2015 12:00 PM
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  • kentona
    Liberty

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
I Can Has Gam Mak
Kappa
Bludgeon of Inspiration
Unicorn versus Narwhal
Cash
Gatekeeper demo (slightly updated)
Delve - A Dungeon Crawler
Dragon Star Games
Pudymon?
Still alive, or not?
Etwas
Canvas (unencrypted puzzle rpg demo w/ walkthrough)
*muffled screaming*
Remi Team
Super Battle Kiddo Experience! This Version Final Release
Oh boooy
SAG (silly adventure game)
Bard Studios
Tactical Submission
Team Battledome
slash fic
2spooky2releasingsomething
*murr*
Sharing is Caring
Re-renting Something
FFDiscovery
The Island Somber
I'll Try
We like to torture ourselves with deadlines
Team Hopefully
To Zilmurik or Bust
Because I want to slay myself.
Eyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Dragon Kingdoms Returns?!
Monopoly
Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia
Single Slice
I'm doing a thing
CHEESE HAM HAM HAM CHEESE YUM YUM YUM
did someone say final fantasy
I can make it on my own!
omg
Time to Motor!
Open World in Review
B. Games Revival
Onwards to Customland
Ethnic Hero Face-sets
emaN maeT
You Can't Date the Dragon!
Picture-Based Font Creator
Something Awesome
Debonair Sins

Posts

so you have something that you want to show, and looking for feedback?
Cap_H
DIGITAL IDENTITY CRISIS
6625
Dummy's Question: How does Giving feedback look like? Commenting on something and claiming it here afterwards?

author=Cap_H
Dummy's Question: How does Giving feedback look like? Commenting on something and claiming it here afterwards?


That's how I envisioned it.

Like, say, posting a thoughtful comment on a gameprofile, or a review, or an LP.


Deadline for feedback is the day of the server move (21st)
I'm working on another African themed game but I'm not sure if I'll have a game page ready by Friday, I might but not sure. Should I still sign up? I've been wanting to participate in one of the events but so far haven't had time to. If I can't get the game page up in time I might at least try to contribute to giving feedback.
This event is quite cool. By the way once our game page gets approved do we have to wait until Friday to get submit both the page, and game, or demo? I am a bit confused.
Yes wait until Friday until submitting to this event. For things that go in the submission queue you can submit any time this week but leave a note in them or send a PM to liberty or myself (or solitayre) to tell us to hold off accepting them ttil friday. Iirc downloads dont need approval. Get your gameprofiles submitted as soon as possible though
CashmereCat
Self-proclaimed Puzzle Snob
11638
Hopefully I can get a new Acc Mu demo released by then. Woo! Excitin'.
author=kentona
iirc downloads dont need approval. Get your gameprofiles submitted as soon as possible though


Unless it changed in the... years since I last submitted a download a new download goes through the queue. Updating / replacing a download doesn't.
CashmereCat
Self-proclaimed Puzzle Snob
11638
I just tested, a new download doesn't go through the queue.
Well, shows what I know as a member of the staff!
Now I'm curious when it was changed.
Could we submit an update to a utility we created for Release Something?
CashmereCat
Self-proclaimed Puzzle Snob
11638
Yeah I'm pretty sure that counts as something. I don't think the rules are that strict on what you're releasing, as long as it's something :)
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21806
Man, and I thought I was insane for trying to implement the Wand of Blasting. Yet, here is this mission-script, practically staring at me in the face.

Is this really ME doing this? I recall being deathly afraid of using scripts.
CashmereCat
Self-proclaimed Puzzle Snob
11638
You can do it, Marrend :)
Puddor
if squallbutts was a misao category i'd win every damn year
5702
It's Friday my time and I've submitted mine. I dunno what time I'll be home tomorrow because I'm highly considering going to a protest.
author=GreatRedSpirit
author=kentona
iirc downloads dont need approval. Get your gameprofiles submitted as soon as possible though
Unless it changed in the... years since I last submitted a download a new download goes through the queue. Updating / replacing a download doesn't.

It has changed! I remember changing it (I was pretty sure). I was just blindly approving all downloads anyway, and was like "what's the point of approval for this??"

author=hedge1
Could we submit an update to a utility we created for Release Something?

That's totally a something!

author=Puddor
It's Friday my time and I've submitted mine. I dunno what time I'll be home tomorrow because I'm highly considering going to a protest.

This Saturday there's a big protest planned in Canada against our PM's horrid Secret Police bill (basically, he wants to create a secret police force to spy and preemptively arrest canadians based on vague terms and no oversight). Our current PM is the worst PM canada's ever had.
Roden
who could forget dear ratboy
3857
author=kentona
author=Puddor
It's Friday my time and I've submitted mine. I dunno what time I'll be home tomorrow because I'm highly considering going to a protest.
This Saturday there's a big protest planned in Canada against our PM's horrid Secret Police bill (basically, he wants to create a secret police force to spy and preemptively arrest canadians based on vague terms and no oversight). Our current PM is the worst PM canada's ever had.


Harper does such a good job of not telling anybody anything that I've never even heard of the protest to that bill, let alone the bill itself.

Fucking Harper.
Sounds like somebody checked the "I'm with the terrorists!" box!




Comedy edit:


It's funny because ha ha



These have been your posts of mad Canadians angry with Dear Leader's Office
slash
APATHY IS FOR COWARDS
4158
holy shit

Is... is that real?

Reminds me of when the Koch brothers posted fake eviction notices all around Detroit to scare people about the new bridge to Windsor.
holy fuck GRS. that is unbelievable.

EDIT:

Poll question: Is this mailout terrible?
O Yes, because I am an intelligent person.
O No, but then again I eat kittens.