[POLL] ALL HALLOWS' EVENT II: THEME POLL

author=Archeia_Nessiah

author=LockeZ
I voted on the poll, but I'm against event games existing.

There are gems all the time imho. They're not polished but it does get creative juices flowing.

Always the optimist, LockeZ! While I do agree with you to a certain extent regarding the quality issue, I also agree with everyone else that they're exercises worth doing. They usually provide developers with another side project to work towards, which is, good overall for them, in terms of giving them a break from their main concerns as well as providing a venue for branching out artistically. Thus, if you don't believe in them, don't sign up but applaud the efforts of those who do as rough around the edges as they might be (most of them are usually better than that).

@LockeZ
There's always the option of not playing any of them.

@Anaryu
I can't see why you would get the idea it would be RPGMaker only. I'm pretty sure it's not.

@LockeZ: People who create dysfunctional abominations will create dysfunctional abominations, regardless of whether contests exist or not.

I for one like it because it pushes people to at least try. And trying is not the easiest part. It also pushes people to actually finish something. And finishing is one of the hardest parts.

author=SnowOwl
@Anaryu
I can't see why you would get the idea it would be RPGMaker only. I'm pretty sure it's not.

Because some of the prizes are sponsored by RMW. : )

hohum

might try this

maybe

author=LockeZ

author=SnowOwl
@LockeZ
There's always the option of not playing any of them.

Well, it's more that I'd rather the people who spend a month making an unplayable wreck of a contest game instead spend that month making 10% of a good game.

AND YET! I think I might actually enter this one? Maybe? I have a good functional enjoyable game system that isn't actually gonna get turned into a full-fledged game for a long time, so I might try to make something short out of it. Hopefully I don't pull a Wine & Roses and decide to abandon the original idea.

author=LockeZ

author=SnowOwl
@LockeZ
There's always the option of not playing any of them.

Well, it's more that I'd rather the people who spend a month making an unplayable wreck of a contest game instead spend that month making 10% of a good game.

AND YET! I think I might actually enter this one? Maybe? I have a good functional enjoyable game system that isn't actually gonna get turned into a full-fledged game for a long time, so I might try to make something short out of it. Hopefully I don't pull a Wine & Roses and decide to abandon the original idea.

Well for some it possible. Like putting the game story indoor then the outdoors, like a hunted house or something which for me it took only a single day to create 5-10 small room that is good without any mapping mistake. but it still depends. Well I suggest that next year the contest should start in September rather than October so developer have 2 month to work on their game.

Well I still going to join in since I could show some new RPG maker skills that I learn for the last year without working on a game for a year. (Currently the seven tower is still 4% complete I don't even know if I have to put it by part just to get the game release since the rewrite of the story is long than I imagine.)

author=LockeZ
I voted on the poll, but I'm against event games existing. They always suck so bad. You can't make a game in a month. Or, at least, someone who's only working in their free time can't make a game worth playing in a month.

I wonder if we could do something else besides games for the event. Like, a single battle. Or a cut scene.

One of our most successful games ever (Finding Eden) was made for an event.

I think a month is just the right amount of time for an event. It enforces scope but still gives you enough time to iterate, test, and add some polish. Given unlimited time, it's so easy to fall into the trap of constantly increasing the scope of the game.

(guilty)

Almost all of my successful completed games were for events too. Demon's Gate was for a dungeon crawler contest on War of the Magi (old now defunct rm site) that blew out of scope, Altima for Action 52, RMN Bros... the only one that comes to mind that wasn't involved with an event was Moon Base Mario!

Clearly I need to get more involved in making games for events!

Anaryu

LockeZ
Hopefully I don't pull a Wine & Roses and decide to abandon the original idea.

You should always do what's best for the project - W&R got some pretty great reviews, so I'm going to assume he took it in the right direction. I'm not familiar with any drama about it, but even then, calling it out specifically seems a little... unnecessary?

I built WaR out of an older project's code called Promised Abyss. LockeZ -really- wanted that game to be made.