Description

This is the third 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 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!

  • When you initially sign up for this event, please drop a comment letting me know what versions of RM you have access to. This will help when it comes to distributing the first half of the games.

  • Also, make sure to include an RTP stand-alone version of the game (and have resources both edited and custom) when passing it over so that your partner is not looking for different files to make it work. In the case of commercially bought resources, include them in the project as you would when working on a game with a partner.

  • 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?

  • That said, if your partner decides to ask you about an aspect of the game, feel free to explain it to them. Just no railroading the second half to fit what you wanted of it.

  • 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 3 Middle with You - 50MS - Received at the end of the event for those who started a game and had it completed.
Ended in 3 Middle with You - 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, 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!



Streams





Clown/Joker signs by Brian Edwards

Details

  • 08/20/2022 12:00 AM
  • 09/26/2022 01:10 AM

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CashmereCat
Self-proclaimed Puzzle Snob
11638
I wasn't able to finish :(

But I did my very best. I mostly just polished Blu's existing stuff, and added a single cutscene. It's still pretty fun though! <3
Phew, made it. https://rpgmaker.net/games/12645/ Didn't have as much energy and whatnot to work on it as I would have liked, but hopefully I didn't butcher what Lavy thought the ending should be...too much.
I won't finish on time but I'll add up a demo at least and aim to finish during the October event.
Red_Nova
Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D
9192
*stumbles over finish line* I got it! https://rpgmaker.net/games/12634/

It was the first game I ever made in MV, so I couldn't do anything too fancy, but I'm pretty happy with what I ended up doing. Big thanks to Delsin7 for making a fun project to start with!


*dies*
OzzyTheOne
Future Ruler of Gam Mak
4676
I made it! I submitted to the event page with 1 minute to spare xDDDD

But, yeah, I'm gonna go relax now and not sit down at my computer for the rest of the evening or so. Here, have my gamepage: https://rpgmaker.net/games/12646/

Orochii, I hope you are able to enjoy what I made and I'll promise to polish it, also, uhhh, avoid the caves until you're higher level xD
Couldn't manage to get anything done, these past few weeks have been very chaotic. But I don't want to leave my partner down so I'll still keep working on it outside of the Swap event no matter what
Just wanted to let know that I can't download Seiromem's second part :'C

Sends me to anti-climbing paint wall. "orz Maybe it's set to private or something?
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
Yeah, the gamepage for Sign of the Dead is probably flagged as private at this time. Thankfully, you can download it through the "content trick"!
Seiromem
I would have more makerscore If I did things.
6375
Fixed the private page problem!
OzzyTheOne
Future Ruler of Gam Mak
4676
I fixed an issue where my intro looped endlessly ^_^;
Too bad I didn't catch that for the event version, but anyone that has XP can easily fix that themselves if they don't want to download version 1.1
Red_Nova
Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D
9192
In case anyone's interested, I'm about to start streaming these games on Twitch. Drop by if you've got the time: https://www.twitch.tv/annoyednova

Streaming the event games for the next few hours here: https://www.twitch.tv/silversatyr
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