Description

This is the second time we've ran the Swap in the Middle with You event. It's a pretty simple premise. You start a game and work on it for two weeks. At the end of that fortnight all the games are pooled and then distributed semi-randomly to each other. Then everyone finishes the games they are given over the two weeks.


Rules
  • Sign up below. Make sure that you're dedicated for the both parts of the event.

  • Games must be new and made only for this event.

  • You may use any RM engine. Sorry, while it is a neat idea in theory to use any engine, most people who sign up might not have experience in those engines, limiting the ability to finish the games. Please point out if you have the legal or non-legal versions of RPG Maker 2000 and 2003! It won't do anyone any good if I hand you a legal version to finish when you only have the non-legal version to work with, after all!

  • If you only have access to a particular RM engine, please note that in the comment section so that I know to account for that when distributing the first half of the games.

  • Also, make sure to include an RTP stand-alone version of the game (and include resources) when passing it over so that your partner is not looking for different files to make it work.

  • When it comes time to submit, for the first half of the game upload the WIP to the event locker (accessed by Submit in the top corner).

  • First halves of games must be in by the time shown under the Details section after you add your time offset in the settings of your account. The Date End reflects this and will be changed when the second halves are handed out.

  • The second halves will be submitable by game page ONLY. Make a game page for your game whenever you like, just remember to update the information when the second creator comes into play.

  • To keep time realistic, aim for each half to have a half-hour of play at the most. This will make an hour-long game, which is pretty decent for a month of work. You can go over this amount, but remember that the longer the game, the less chance there is to finish it.

  • At least 10 minutes of game play time per half!

  • In the spirit of the event, don't be a back-seat driver to the second creators. They can take the game where they like - that's half the fun of the event. In fact, let's just say that you keep your fingers out of the game pie after it gets handed over. Make it something of a surprise, eh?

  • All games must abide by site rules - pared down to 'no hate speech, no highly sexual content, etc'. If you have questions about what is and is not appropriate, PM Liberty and ask.



Achievements?
As always, there's badges to consider~
Started in the Middle with You, Too - 50MS - Received at the end of the event for those who started a game and had it completed.
Ended in the Middle with You, Too - 50MS - Received at the end of the event for those who finished a game.




Creators are allowed to change the content of the first half of the game this time around, in order to make it fit the end half ideas. It's expected so don't be upset if you find your game has changed between sending it off and getting it back! I highly recommend making your first half a fun game that you don't mind morphing into something else, so as to stave off any protective instincts you may have towards the story and ideas.

If it helps people to disassociate themselves a bit from being clingy with their games think of the first half of the event as you making part of a game for someone else - it's not your game, it's theirs. You're just making it for them to mess with. The second half is where you get to make what your get yours.

Remember, we're doing this for fun, guys, and a big part of that is seeing how someone else takes your ideas and makes them into something else. Ideally we'll see games come from this with interesting changes and twists, so don't get attached to the first halves!





Clown/Joker signs by Brian Edwards

Details

  • 08/25/2018 12:00 AM
  • 09/28/2018 01:00 AM

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Posts

Mirak
Stand back. Artist at work. I paint with enthusiasm if not with talent.
9300
Gamepage is up!

https://rpgmaker.net/games/10741/

EDIT: Thanks for adding to event playlist libbey
SunflowerGames
The most beautiful user on RMN!
13323

I think this it the best game making event I have to date been part of.
I was almost not sure I was going to do it, but this event seemed to work out well.
Definitely interested in a third one in a year or two.
Downloads now available for A Bad Game. Linux version on the download page (the big download button is for the Windows version that most people will want)
OzzyTheOne
Future Ruler of Gam Mak
4676
Tonight I will work on getting a gamepage out there and then it means doing gam mak like my life depends on it for the next few days.
Mirak
Stand back. Artist at work. I paint with enthusiasm if not with talent.
9300
Godspeed Ozzy!
Noooo >.< Why haven't I seen this event sooner? :( X((

But wow, this looks fun xDD I wonder how projects where two people work on it separately will turn out!! :O
I just want it to be known that if I cannot finish, it is because I have some serious turmoil in my personal life, nothing against the game I got or its creator. But I will try to finish. While very stoned. On legal weed. God Bless (a very few states in) America.
Do I need to extend the deadline a few days just so people can be sure to finish? Because this is one of those events where not-finishing is NOT allowed. You were told to be SURE that you could do both before signing up, after all.
Alright, because some people are lagging a bit (and because we've had some snafu's when it came to some people making almost whole new engines in their game (you know who you are)) I've stretched the end of the event by a few days.

There should now be no reason not to finish your games! Remember to make a game page, too.
SunflowerGames
The most beautiful user on RMN!
13323

Depending on the complexity of the game I might be able to do the second half of another game (if someone else can't finish it.)

Is there some hard limit on the number of game pages I can submit in 1 year, I must be getting close to it :)
okay, that seems significantly more doable. thanks liberty.

author=Liberty
Remember to make a game page, too.

my gampag is pending
Ok, game uploaded an updated to fix a couple issues. https://rpgmaker.net/games/10751/
https://rpgmaker.net/games/10742/downloads/

Download is up. Please keep all bug reports to yourself - no seriously if anyone finds any I'll fix them.
Mirak
Stand back. Artist at work. I paint with enthusiasm if not with talent.
9300
Guys, liberty just enabled multiple submissions to the event page.

Click on the submit button at the top right corner, and upload your game's download!

YOU MUST ADD THE DOWNLOAD TO THE EVENT PAGE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE BADGE
As Mirak said, you need to submit the game to this page. It is now doable so don't forget!




(I forgot to switch it over from event locker, which is what it was set to for the first half of the event. The event pages don't allow for two ways of adding.)
SunflowerGames
The most beautiful user on RMN!
13323
author=Mirak
Guys, liberty just enabled multiple submissions to the event page.

Click on the submit button at the top right corner, and upload your game's download!

YOU MUST ADD THE DOWNLOAD TO THE EVENT PAGE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE BADGE

I'm confused, I don't think this was suggested in the original rules which made it seem like me just needed to make a game page.

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Edit

"The second halves will be submitable by game page ONLY. Make a game page for your game whenever you like, just remember to update the information when the second creator comes into play."

Yep, there's nothing here to suggest anything else needs to be done.
It actually states that the only way to submit is via gamepage.
So, I think Mirak and Liberty are wrong.

Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
Reality check: You're calling Liberty wrong? When she's the one running the event?
SunflowerGames
The most beautiful user on RMN!
13323
author=Marrend
Reality check: You're calling Liberty wrong? When she's the one running the event?

Just because you're running something or in charge doesn't mean you cannot be wrong. The wording of the rules could lead some people to believe they're already finished. I submitted it anyways, but it might not be fair to everyone if someone has checked out thinking they're finished. I mean it's not like we can't go to a game page and see the download is there. This step seems unnecessary.
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
Well, okay. Lemme think out loud for a bit. A lot of people have left gamepage links in the comments, and probably thought that's how second halves would be "submitted" to this event. However, Liberty is saying that she's altered the event parameters, and that second halves are to be submitted to the event, itself. That still coincides with the rule of "only being on gamepages", as the event-submission process is now looking for downloads on gamepages.

*Edit: Though, I suppose, if possible confusion concerning the submission process was to be avoided, there would have been a note in the rules about switching the event parameters to accept downloads from gamepages for second half of the event? I dunno.

*Edit2: Actually, how did the first event deal with second halves?

*Edit3: It looks like event sumbissions for the first Swap in the Middle switched from event-locker to gamepage download, and it had a similar rule-set?

*Edit4: No, the more I think about it, the more it makes sense to have second halves sumbit their gamepage downloads to the event. You're not wrong in the assessment that one can go to a gamepage that has been linked to in the comments, and see if that entry has a download. However, the rule is there because it's an event that requires gamepages, and other events that require gamepages allow (and require) gamepage downloads to be submitted for them to count as being made for the event.

Am I making any sense, or am I just rambling like a idiot/madman?
Of course I meant that you need a game page that is accepted to the site so that you can even upload to the event page. This isn't new. This is something we've done in the past with events. It's not like it's a brand new proceedure. The reason I explained above was because people didn't understand what I meant so there's no reason to argue over this.

Just... submit to the event page by uploading to your gamepage then submitting via the SUBMIT button or it won't count.