Week Of Awesome III - The Afterparty/judging thread! - GDNet Lounge

Tim · 2017-07-05T14:45:25

Well another year, another week is done! Congratulations to everyone whom competed! Creating a game in a week is no small task, and I am quite proud of what you guys accomplished! Once again I've compiled everyone's journals together and took notes of how many posts you did in the competition thread. I also made note of cross posting(responding to others, commenting on others journals). I compile this not just for us judges to use, but also for anyone who wants to go through each team's works, and see how they did things! Once again congrats to everyone whom competed, I think it's been another great year, and I've also taken plenty of notes on how to hopefully improve things for next year. With that said i'd like to also take this thread as a place to be used to talk to fellow contestants, and enjoy the games folks made.Admin Thread: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/668847-the-week-of-awesome-iii-the-third-annual-unofficial-gamedevnet-competition-administration-thread/Competition Thread: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/Results Post: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670965-week-of-awesome-iii-the-afterpartyjudging-thread/?view=findpost&p=5249412Results will also be posted in this thread when we are finished. Remember that many of us judges have day jobs, so please allow us to the end of august at the latest to finish judging. I'd also like to add that with the help of Eck whom created a great judging scale: http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2108/entry-2261430-ecks-unofficial-judging-officially-explained/ which i'd like to refer to here as well. This should give you a better sense of what scoring in each category means related to your game:[spoiler]Gameplay/fun: 25 pointsThis one is kind of subjective, but I tried to break it down similar to my other scores.0: I can't delete this game fast enough1-4: Bad. I had to fight the controls, and I didn't want to finish playing it, but I had to because I'm a judge. I have trouble seeing where you were trying to go with this.5-11: Poor. I can see where you were trying to go, but you didn't quite get there in the week's time. The fun factor just wasn't quite there. A little more time and you might have been able to squeeze some fun out of your chosen direction through mechanics tweaks, or levels.12-18: Decent. I had some fun playing your game and you should be proud. You made a game that is kind of fun in only a week's time.19-22: Good. I had more than a little fun with your game. Other people seeing a score this high should check out this game. I might even steal an idea or two from the game.23-24: Great. I had lots of fun in your game. Everyone should definitely check out this game.25: Damn this game is fun! I'll probably play this some more after the competition.Graphics: 20 points0: You're bad, and you should feel bad! I highly doubt I'll be handing this out to anyone. 1-3: The graphics are bad enough that it detracts from the rest of the game.4-9: Not great graphics, but it's a game jam. There's no need to be ashamed here, but next year you might want to look into some free assets.10-14: Decent graphics for a jam. Here's where you should start to feel pride in your accomplishment. You managed to make a game in a week and the art is decent15-17: Good graphics for a jam. I could see this in a real game.18-19: Great graphics for a jam. How'd you have time for that? O.o20: Holy crap! This could be in a high quality game.Theme: 20 points0: You heard the theme right? Death is useful. And you made a farming game? 1-3: Death was mentioned in passing.4-9: Death is technically useful in your game, but it's a stretch.10-14: You've met the goal of death being useful.15-17: Death is useful and you put an interesting twist on it.18-19: Great concept, clever interpretation, and good execution.20: Wow, what an amazing idea! Great execution too!Audio: 10 points0: There was sound, I turned it off. My ears are bleeding!1: Lack of sound or bad sound effects/music.2-4: You have sound but it isn't great.5-7: You have sound in your game and it wasn't bad.8: Good sound effects.9: Great sound effects for a game jam.10: These sound effects are amazing.First Time User Experience: 10 points0: The game crashes, it's buggy, no documentation, and counter intuitive.1: Hard to figure out, bad experience.2-4: Some installation issues. Game works most of the time. Could use better documentation.5-7: Everything works.8: Intuitive and enjoyable experience.9: Great job. I forgot this was a game that was built in only a week.10: Flawless. No installer. Documentation was very clear or completely unnecessary.Participation: 10 pointsMust post links to your posts in the Competition ThreadThis is a slightly modified scale from Eck's:0: Didn't post anything anywhere except for the link to your game.0.5 points for each post that is: More than a few sentences1 points for each post that is good and detailed(or is a journal post).1 point for a meaningful comment on someone else's threadJudge's Discretion: 5 points-These points are up to each judge-[/spoiler]With that out of the way, you can find each team's progress listed here:Team: Slaughterhouse Gaming - riuthamus, shadowisadog, ByteTroll[spoiler]WoA Posts: 8Cross Posts: 9Participation: 10Final Game: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1eqytkkprf60wfk/VaultStone.zip?dl=0Blogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1862/entry-2261461-woa-3-day-7/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1862/entry-2261449-woa-3-day-6-pt2/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1862/entry-2261441-woa-3-day-6-pt1/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1862/entry-2261432-woa-3-day-5/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1862/entry-2261429-woa-3-day-4/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1862/entry-2261393-woa-3-day-3/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1862/entry-2261371-woa-3-day-2/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1862/entry-2261341-woa-3-day-1/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1862/entry-2261326-woa-3-post-0/[/spoiler]Team: Koding Nights - dkoding[spoiler]WoA Posts: 10Cross Posts: 1Participation: 10Final Game: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvrLHH7mGvpeEY2SDd3eE5UMWM/view?usp=sharingBlogs:http://darkdroidcom.blogspot.no/2015/08/day-6-finished-now-only-polish-and-last.htmlhttp://darkdroidcom.blogspot.no/2015/08/day-5-day-of-tweaking.htmlhttp://darkdroidcom.blogspot.no/2015/08/new-day-new-energy.htmlhttp://darkdroidcom.blogspot.fi/2015/08/week-of-awesome-day-4.htmlhttp://darkdroidcom.blogspot.no/2015/08/demo-of-current-state-of-game.htmlhttp://darkdroidcom.blogspot.fi/2015/08/death-is-more-useful-now.html http://darkdroidcom.blogspot.no/2015/08/day-2-new-idea.htmlhttp://darkdroidcom.blogspot.no/2015/08/day-one-finished.htmlhttp://darkdroidcom.blogspot.fi/2015/08/the-week-of-awesome-iii-has-begun.html Postmortem:http://darkdroidcom.blogspot.no/2015/08/woa-iii-death-is-awesome-post-mortem.html[/spoiler]Team: AngeReveur[spoiler]WoA Posts: 8Cross Posts: 6Participation: 10Final Game: http://gamedevis.cool/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gamedevis-Death-is-Useful.zipBlogs:http://gamedevis.cool/en/the-week-of-awesome-iii/the-week-of-awesome-iii-death-is-useful-day-7/http://gamedevis.cool/en/the-week-of-awesome-iii/the-week-of-awesome-iii-death-is-useful-day-6/http://gamedevis.cool/en/the-week-of-awesome-iii/the-week-of-awesome-iii-death-is-useful-day-5/http://gamedevis.cool/en/the-week-of-awesome-iii/the-week-of-awesome-iii-death-is-useful-day-4/http://gamedevis.cool/en/the-week-of-awesome-iii/the-week-of-awesome-iii-death-is-useful-day-3/http://gamedevis.cool/en/the-week-of-awesome-iii/the-week-of-awesome-iii-death-is-useful-day-2/http://gamedevis.cool/en/the-week-of-awesome-iii/the-week-of-awesome-iii-death-is-useful-day-1/[/spoiler]Team: Something fun - ryan20fun[spoiler]WoA Posts: 8Cross Posts: 3Participation: 10Final Game: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9oyj1mxqht9mdth/Chaotic%20Ball%20Carnage%20v0.9.8.29_final2.7z?dl=0Blogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1924/entry-2261454-the-week-of-awesome-iiiday-7/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1924/entry-2261435-the-week-of-awesome-iiiday-6/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1924/entry-2261416-the-week-of-awesome-iiiday-5/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1924/entry-2261398-the-week-of-awesome-iiiday-4/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1924/entry-2261377-the-week-of-awesome-iiiday-3/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1924/entry-2261357-the-week-of-awesome-iiiday-2/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1924/entry-2261339-the-week-of-awesome-iiiday-1/[/spoiler]Team: DifferentName[spoiler]WoA Posts: 8Cross Posts: 0Participation: 10FInal Game: http://differentname.net/necromancer/Lich.exeBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2103/entry-2261444-day-6-ui-tutorial-and-a-demo/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2103/entry-2261423-day-5-power-ups-progression-and-defeat/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2103/entry-2261408-day-4-ranged-attacks-and-more-magic/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2103/entry-2261385-enemy-variety-and-spirit-realm/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2103/entry-2261367-enemy-attacks-and-movement/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2103/entry-2261346-shooting-and-raising-skeletons/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2103/entry-2261336-death-is-useful-a-game-with-a-necromancer-lich/http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/?view=findpost&p=5245534[/spoiler]Team: Ovensparrow - MarioLuigiMan, Onigiri Flash[spoiler]WoA Posts: 3Cross Posts: 1Participation: 5Final Game: http://ovensparrow.itch.io/deathjamBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2069/entry-2261359-week-of-awesome-3-day-2/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2107/entry-2261349-day-1-of-game-jam-yesterday/[/spoiler]Team: New Old Things: - endurion[spoiler]WoA Posts: 9Cross Posts: 3Participation: 10Final Game: http://www.georg-rottensteiner.de/files/Week%20Of%20Awesome%20III%20-%20Endurion%20-%20Bunny%20Hop.zipBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1966/entry-2261450-week-of-awesome-iii-final-entry/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1966/entry-2261412-week-of-awesome-iii-part-5/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1966/entry-2261394-week-of-awesome-iii-part-4/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1966/entry-2261373-week-of-awesome-iii-part-3/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1966/entry-2261350-week-of-awesome-iii-part-2/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1966/entry-2261329-week-of-awesome-iii-part-1/[/spoiler]Team: Mud Pit - Lactose![spoiler]WoA Posts: 10Cross Posts: 2Participation: 10Final Game: https://www.dropbox.com/s/i13w2qg43svdaes/DnF_Final.zip?dl=0Blogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2097/entry-2261457-day-7-final-journal-entry/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2097/entry-2261438-day-6-part-1/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2097/entry-2261421-day-5/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2097/entry-2261403-day-4-first-playable/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2097/entry-2261383-day-3/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2097/entry-2261364-day-2/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2097/entry-2261337-day-1/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2097/entry-2261320-preparing-for-woa-iii/[/spoiler]Team: Oddfellow Games - WASDMagician[spoiler]WoA Posts: 7Cross Posts: 0Participation: 10Final Game: http://wasdmagician.itch.io/reincarnage-desktopBlogs:https://wasdmagician.wordpress.com/2015/08/16/the-week-of-awesome-iii-day-7/https://wasdmagician.wordpress.com/2015/08/15/the-week-of-awesome-iii-day-6/http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/?view=findpost&p=5246548https://wasdmagician.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/week-of-awesome-iii-day-5/https://wasdmagician.wordpress.com/2015/08/13/the-week-of-awesome-iii-day-4/https://wasdmagician.wordpress.com/2015/08/12/the-week-of-awesome-iii-day-3/https://wasdmagician.wordpress.com/2015/08/11/the-week-of-awesome-iii-day-2/https://wasdmagician.wordpress.com/2015/08/10/the-week-of-awesome-iii-day-1/[/spoiler]Team: SpaghettiSauce - __Toz__[spoiler]WoA Posts: 7Cross Posts: 2Participation: 10Final Game: http://www.mediafire.com/download/ya39z8mcnqltqeg/ADeathADozen_v0.1.1.zipBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2100/entry-2261456-week-of-awesome-iii-part-6-a-final-day-of-stylized-secrets/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2100/entry-2261433-week-of-awesome-iii-part-5-let-there-be-light-and-music/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2100/entry-2261399-week-of-awesome-iii-part-4-throwing-bones/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2100/entry-2261392-week-of-awesome-iii-part-3-first-build/http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/?view=findpost&p=5246001http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2100/entry-2261355-week-of-awesome-iii-part-2-progress/http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/?view=findpost&p=5245709http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2100/entry-2261331-week-of-awesome-iii-part-1-a-death-a-dozen/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2100/entry-2261325-week-of-awesome-iii-part-0-preparations/[/spoiler]Team: Thaumic Games - Thaumaturge[spoiler]WoA Posts: 9Cross Posts: 14 (i stopped counting these after awhile since he had hit 10 participation points very early)Participation 10Final Game: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/58334662/Powerthief_1_1.zipBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1923/entry-2261447-woaiii-powerthief/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1923/entry-2261420-woaiii-death-and-the-boss-monster/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1923/entry-2261404-woaiii-prototype/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1923/entry-2261387-woaiii-spells-and-doorways/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1923/entry-2261365-woaiii-your-power-is-mine/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1923/entry-2261354-woaiii-the-dilemma/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1923/entry-2261334-woaiii-contemplating-concepts/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1923/entry-2261289-the-week-of-awesome-iii-a-prenatal/[/spoiler]Team: StoutWalrus - ArThor[spoiler]WoA Posts: 6Cross Posts: 1Participation: 9Final Game: https://www.dropbox.com/s/yu48bqkk6wx3w3r/OrcParty_0.4.zip?dl=0Blogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2098/entry-2261434-woa-iii-day-6-playable/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2098/entry-2261417-woa-ii-day-5/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2098/entry-2261378-woa-iii-day-3/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2098/entry-2261360-woa-iii-day-2/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2098/entry-2261340-woa-iii-day-1/[/spoiler]Team: Unicore - Orymus3[spoiler]WoA Posts: 4Cross Posts: 12Participation: 10Final Game: http://orymus.com/MEDIA/WoA3_Orymus3_FinalDelivery.zipBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2070/entry-2261406-day-4-final/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2070/entry-2261388-day-3-ugh-agh-gheeee/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2070/entry-2261356-day-12-all-hell-breaks-loose/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2070/entry-2261175-prologue/Postmortem:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2070/entry-2261479-post-mortem-on-death-is-useful/[/spoiler]Team: BecauseNerdsCanBSexy2 - Alienguard[spoiler]WoA Posts: 3Cross Posts: 0Participation: 6Final Game: http://alienguard.itch.io/apocowlypse (download at bottom)Blogs:http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/?view=findpost&p=5246850http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2102/entry-2261455-last-entry/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2102/entry-2261397-keeping-up-with-woa/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2102/entry-2261330-setting-up-the-project/[/spoiler]Team: YAG - lede, zylick, and janderson2005[spoiler]WoA Posts: 4Cross Posts: 3Participation: 10Final Game: http://www.etekworld.com/teamyag/projectyag/OrcsVsZombies2.zipBlogs:http://www.etekworld.com/teamyag/yag-is-desinging-a-game/day-7-late-update/http://www.etekworld.com/teamyag/yag-is-desinging-a-game/development-day-7/http://www.etekworld.com/teamyag/yag-is-desinging-a-game/day-4-development/http://www.etekworld.com/teamyag/yag-is-desinging-a-game/day-3-development/http://www.etekworld.com/teamyag/yag-is-desinging-a-game/day-2-development/http://www.etekworld.com/teamyag/category/yag-is-desinging-a-game/https://www.livecoding.tv/video/orcs-vs-zombies/Postmortem:http://www.etekworld.com/teamyag/yag-is-desinging-a-game/teamyag-postmortem/[/spoiler]Team: mousetail[spoiler]WoA Posts: 7Cross Posts: 1Participation: 10Final Game: https://github.com/mousetail/WOAIII-mousetail/blob/master/lazer_of_death.zip?raw=trueBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2090/entry-2261452-day-7-finished/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2090/entry-2261427-day-6-working-build-and-sound-effects/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2090/entry-2261411-day-5allready-different-types-of-enemies/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2090/entry-2261374-day-3-fancy-transitions/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2090/entry-2261352-day-2-time-limit-menu-graphics-updates/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2090/entry-2261332-idea-and-beginning/[/spoiler]Team: Aletheia Game Studios - Cefleet, Matthew P., Rebecca V.[spoiler]WoA Posts: 11Cross Posts: 6Participation: 10Final Game: https://github.com/aletheiagamestudio/Week-of-Awesome-2015/blob/master/toDieIsToGain.zip?raw=trueBlogs:http://aletheiagamestudio.com/week-of-awesome-3-final-day-and-were-done/http://aletheiagamestudio.com/week-of-awesome-3-day-6-complete/http://aletheiagamestudio.com/week-of-awesome-3-day-5-done/http://aletheiagamestudio.com/week-of-awesome-3-day-3-a-very-difficult-time/http://aletheiagamestudio.com/week-of-awesome-3-end-of-day-one/http://aletheiagamestudio.com/week-of-awesome-3-getting-started/http://aletheiagamestudio.com/gamedev-net-week-of-awesome-pre-competition-preparation/http://aletheiagamestudio.com/game-development-competition-2015/[/spoiler]Team: Casey Hardman[spoiler]WoA Posts: 5Cross Posts: 0Participation: 6Final Game:http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/?view=findpost&p=5247030Blogs:http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/?view=findpost&p=5247011http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2106/entry-2261426-progress/http://www.gamedev.net/user/180020-casey-hardman/Postmortem:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2106/entry-2261473-postmortem-for-soulwielder-part-1-design/[/spoiler]Team: That Big Fat Chicken team - brunoscholz, KalVasFlam[spoiler]WoA Posts: 3Cross Posts: 0Participation: 7Final Game: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/177854299/aGiftFromHermes.7zBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2113/entry-2261462-the-not-so-final/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2113/entry-2261439-the-development/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2113/entry-2261415-the-concepts/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2113/entry-2261414-the-refinement/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2113/entry-2261413-the-beggining/[/spoiler]Team: Mussi[spoiler]WoA Posts: 4Cross Posts: 6Participation: 10Final Game: http://unleashedgame.com/Dype.zipBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/?view=findpost&p=5247015http://www.gamedev.net/blog/803/entry-2261453-week-of-awesome-iii-input-and-states/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/803/entry-2261436-week-of-awesome-iii-initial-ground-work/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/803/entry-2261410-week-of-awesome-iii-preliminary/[/spoiler]Team: CodeMus - IYP, GTE, newtechnology, iDingo[spoiler]WoA Posts: 5Cross Posts: 0Participation: 10Final Game: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByRMOIz9rEO0RjNEUE9EVmlfYWs/view?usp=sharingBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2080/entry-2261465-codemus-team-the-week-of-awesome-day-7/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2080/entry-2261442-codemus-team-the-week-of-awesome-day-6/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2080/entry-2261422-codemus-team-the-week-of-awesome-day-5/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2080/entry-2261405-codemus-team-the-week-of-awesome-day-4/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2080/entry-2261386-codemus-team-the-week-of-awesome-day-3/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2080/entry-2261366-codemus-team-the-week-of-awesome-day-2/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2105/entry-2261342-codemus-team-the-week-of-awesome-day-1/[/spoiler]Team: Calinabris[spoiler]WoA Posts: 2Cross Posts: 0Participation: 5Final Game: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/47wx4w4ss1sxd1p/AACQX6ZyYGsEdaGFTGhSeRwia?dl=0Blogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2109/entry-2261463-journal-3-post-development-post/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2109/entry-2261425-journal-entry-two/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2109/entry-2261370-journal-for-sunday-monday-tuesday/[/spoiler]Team: hu3 team - rodolfodth, devn00b[spoiler]WoA Posts: 6Cross Posts: 3Participation: 10Final Game: http://www.imhungrygame.com/TryDieRepeat.rarBlogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2099/entry-2261464-day-7/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2099/entry-2261446-day-6/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2099/entry-2261424-day-5/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2099/entry-2261409-day-4/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2099/entry-2261390-day-3/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2099/entry-2261369-day-2/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2099/entry-2261345-day-1/[/spoiler]Team: Great White North Productions - XXChester[spoiler]WoA Posts: 6Cross Posts: 1Participation: 10Final Game: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/?view=findpost&p=5247027Blogs:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/908/entry-2261445-woa-ii-daywho-knows-now/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/908/entry-2261443-woa-iii-day-34/http://www.gamedev.net/topic/670757-week-of-awesome-iii-the-competition-thread/?view=findpost&p=5246748http://www.gamedev.net/blog/908/entry-2249924-move-onrewind/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/908/entry-2261389-woa-iii-day-2-3/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/908/entry-2261333-woa-my-return/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/908/entry-2261353-woa-iii-day-1/Postmortem:http://www.gamedev.net/blog/908/entry-2261478-woa-iii-postmortem/http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2106/entry-2261474-postmortem-of-soulwielder-–-part-2-development/[/spoiler]Compiled Archive:.rar: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7OCTMofiWbhM2FBcEdySXdGVUk (~727MB).zip: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7OCTMofiWbhYkpuamxnYWRTeDg/view?usp=sharing (~874MB)Thanks again folks for competing, in all we had 24 entry's!Please note if you want to be considered for the reviewers reward, you must leave a link to your reviews here! All reviews must be submitted by august 1st.Current Reviewers[spoiler]http://darkdroidcom.blogspot.no/2015/08/woa-iii-post-mortem-quick-roundup-of.html - DKodinghttp://www.gamedev.net/blog/2108/entry-2261485-woa-3-eck-judging-results-are-in/ - Eck[/spoiler]Here is an optional scoring sheet you can use for reviewing:[spoiler]Team: Slaughterhouse Gaming - riuthamus, shadowisadog, ByteTrollGame: Vault StoneGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: Koding Nights - dkodingGame: Death is AwesomeGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: AngeReveurGame: Death is UsefulGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: Something fun - ryan20funGame: Chaotic Ball CarnageGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: DifferentNameGame: LichGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: Ovensparrow - MarioLuigiMan, Onigiri FlashGame: DeathJamGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: New Old Things: - endurionGame: Bunny HopGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: Mud Pit - Lactose!Game: Death and FlowersGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: Oddfellow Games - WASDMagicianGame: reincarnageGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: SpaghettiSauce - __Toz__Game: A Death a DozenGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: Thaumic Games - ThaumaturgeGame: PowerthiefGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: StoutWalrus - ArThorGame: Orc PartyGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: Unicore - Orymus3Game: Death is Useful(unsure?)Gameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: BecauseNerdsCanBSexy2 - AlienguardGame: apocowlypseGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: YAG - lede, zylick, and janderson2005Game: Orcs Vs ZombiesGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: mousetailGame: Lazer of deathGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: Aletheia Game Studios - Cefleet, Matthew P., Rebecca V.Game: To die is to gainGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: Casey HardmanGame: SoulwielderGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: That Big Fat Chicken team - brunoscholz, KalVasFlamGame: A gift from HermesGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: MussiGame: DypeGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: CodeMus - IYP, GTE, newtechnology, iDingoGame: Post of DeathGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: CalinabrisGame: Snack SnackGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: hu3 team - rodolfodth, devn00bGame: Try. Die. Repeat.Gameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---Team: Great White North Productions - XXChesterGame: Army of the UndeadGameplay/fun: -/25Graphics: -/20Theme: -/20Audio: -/10FTUE: -/10Participation: -/10Judges Score: -/5Thoughts:---[/spoiler]

slicer4ever

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August 25, 2015 07:25 PM

Still waiting for some results... :-)

Yes i know, we are waiting on our last judge to finish up. Hopefully sooner we will have the results, but if it gets to friday afternoon, i'll post the results since each game currently has at least 3 judges reviews.

Check out https://www.facebook.com/LiquidGames for some great games made by me on the Playstation Mobile market.

Orymus3

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August 28, 2015 05:52 PM

but if it gets to friday afternoon

*Looks up innocently*

DKoding

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August 28, 2015 06:44 PM

Feel you...

Gamedev journal: http://darkdroid.com

Homepage: http://www.kodingnights.com

Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kodingnights

Endurion

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August 28, 2015 06:57 PM

Intensity intensifies....

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slicer4ever

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August 28, 2015 07:30 PM

Nearly ready, just getting some final things together and should be announcing within the next few hours.

Check out https://www.facebook.com/LiquidGames for some great games made by me on the Playstation Mobile market.

slicer4ever

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August 28, 2015 08:21 PM

Alright folks, I'm proud to present the results for this year! I'd like to both thank our judges for there time to go over each game and not only score them, but also give feedback about each game. Don't be disuaded if you didn't win, remember that only a mere weeks is given to make a game, and crossing that finish line is what is most important! I'd also like to thank Servant of the lord who's help has made the process of talling all judges scores much easier this year. Secondly i'd like to thank eck for his excellent scoring outline which was used as a basis for judging and distributing points for the judges: http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2108/entry-2261430-ecks-unofficial-judging-officially-explained/ and finally to our sponsors, whom have aided us quite greatly in the prizes for this year's Week of Awesome!

With that said, Our top 5 teams are:
1st: hu3 team - rodolfodth, devn00b
2nd: New Old Things: - endurion
3rd: DifferentName
4th: SpaghettiSauce - __Toz__
5th: Thaumic Games - Thaumaturge

The rest of the positions and scores(as well as individual judge scores) can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mezCu1oGOe6K4RvvpuXy6QHLo7ZvpDv3-kI4Djucuj0/edit

Congratulations to our winners, i'll be contacting you shortly for prize distribution!

Onto the reviews and feedback, some judges have opted to posting into journals(myself included), while others have left it to me to do posting, and well be placed under spoiler tags below:

Slicer4ever: http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1587/entry-2261515-week-of-awesome-iii-my-results/
Servant of the Lord: http://www.gamedev.net/blog/862/entry-2261514-week-of-awesome-iii-servants-reviews-of-all-games/
switftcoder:
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Team: Koding Nights - dkoding
Game: Death is Awesome

Gameplay/fun: 15/25
Graphics: 10/20
Theme: 15/20
Audio: 5/10
FTUE: 10/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 2/5

Thoughts: Solid tutorial and narrative UI to introduce the player to the game. Clunky controls. Never clear why I can’t seem to move in various places (I think wheatfields impede movement), or how to aim the fireball correctly (seems to arbitrarily pick diagonal vs straight). Music is pretty repetitive. Decent use of the theme.

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Team: AngeReveur
Game: Death is Useful

Gameplay/fun:15/25
Graphics: 10/20
Theme: 10/20
Audio: 5/10
FTUE: 10/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 2/5

Thoughts:In-game tutorial is effective, although I found it confusing that it introduces attacking when the first enemy is immune to your attacks. Jump timing is pretty punishing, especially when avoiding the thrown tridents. Music is repetitive. Death seems to only provide a single powerup, which is a token nod to “useful”.

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Team: Something fun - ryan20fun
Game: Chaotic Ball Carnage

Gameplay/fun: 10/25
Graphics: 10/20
Theme: 0/20
Audio: 7/10
FTUE: 5/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 1/5

Thoughts: I’m a ball, rolling around an arena, shooting balls at other balls. I can shoot two colours of ball, and I’m surrounded by friendly balls, and occasionally red balls show up and shoot at me. Solid readme, game is somewhat opaque once you are playing it. Repetitive music somehow fits the rather frantic pace of the game. No sign of the theme.

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Team: New Old Things: - endurion
Game: Bunny Hop

Gameplay/fun: 20/25
Graphics: 15/20
Theme: 20/20
Audio: 5/10
FTUE: 8/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 4/5

Thoughts:Well designed puzzles, theme features heavily in puzzles that require the player to use their previous dead bodies to pave the way to objectives. Off-axis projection gives an interesting retro feel. Music is repetitive. Tutorial is effective, although the text isn’t always super noticeable against the background.

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Team: Mud Pit - Lactose!
Game: Death and Flowers

Gameplay/fun: 15/25
Graphics: 10/20
Theme: 10/20
Audio: 6/10
FTUE: 6/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 4/5

Thoughts: The room swapping mechanic is an interesting idea for a puzzle. Graphics are polished, albeit simple. Playing as death, hence death making himself useful, still seems a bit of a dodge around the intent of the theme. Audio repetitive.

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Team: Oddfellow Games - WASDMagician
Game: reincarnage

Gameplay/fun: 5/25
Graphics: 8/20
Theme: 13/20
Audio: 4/10
FTUE: 8/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 1/5

Thoughts: Massive waves of bullet-sponge zombies would be impossible except that they get stuck (on walls, or something) whenever they try to move towards you. After a significant period of wall-sticking zombies and slowly focusing them down, I was able to collect enough power-ups to start killing them efficiently, but I can’t help the feeling that a shotgun was in order. No music. Startup page is pretty explanatory. Theme is present, but the damage boost from dying didn’t seem that useful overall.

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Team: StoutWalrus - ArThor
Game: Orc Party

Gameplay/fun: -/25
Graphics: -/20
Theme: -/20
Audio: -/10
FTUE: -/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: -/5

Thoughts: Requires numeric keypad, which I do not have. I’ll have to leave this one to the other judges.

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Team: Unicore - Orymus3
Game: Death is Useful(unsure?)

Gameplay/fun: 20/25
Graphics: 10/20
Theme: 10/20
Audio: 4/10
FTUE: 8/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 4/5

Thoughts: Game is fun, feels like one of those old marble sumo-wrestling games. No music, audio cues get annoying when I have to die N times to read the message on the score screen. Dying repeatedly to learn feels like another dodge around the goal of the theme - pretty much every game works this way. Controls were explained well, and difficulty ramp is just about right.

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Team: BecauseNerdsCanBSexy2 - Alienguard
Game: apocowlypse

Gameplay/fun: 10/25
Graphics: 13/20
Theme: 0/20
Audio: 4/10
FTUE: 8/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 3/5

Thoughts: Pretty shadows, loading screen explains controls. Sound is super repetitive once the waves of cows speed up. No audio/visual way to tell if I shot a cow, or if it detonated against the ground. Fast cows and slow bullets makes it only possible to pick off a few in each wave. No sign of theme?

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Team: Aletheia Game Studios - Cefleet, Matthew P., Rebecca V.
Game: To die is to gain

Gameplay/fun: 15/25
Graphics: 20/20
Theme: 20/20
Audio: 10/10
FTUE: 4/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 4/5

Thoughts: Intro is gorgeous, great use of low-fi aesthetic, music is solid. Gameplay mechanics are not immediately intuitive - had to reach out to cefleet to figure out how dieing and jumping worked. Even once you understand the mechanics, game is punishingly hard. Theme is pretty pervasive, given that you have to die to obtain even basic abilities like movement.

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Team: Casey Hardman
Game: Soulwielder

Gameplay/fun: 20/25
Graphics: 10/20
Theme: 18/20
Audio: 0/10
FTUE: 8/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 4/5

Thoughts: Instructions are thorough. Timing on boosts is tricky, and the momentum on jumps makes it easy to overshoot platforms. Breaking the convention of spacebar-to-jump makes this unnecessarily confusing to pick up - swapping boost and jump would make things feel a lot more familiar. Theme is well integrated, although I’d prefer something more novel than killing things for power ups. No audio?

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Team: That Big Fat Chicken team - brunoscholz, KalVasFlam
Game: A gift from Hermes

Gameplay/fun: 20/25
Graphics: 18/20
Theme: 0/20
Audio: 6/10
FTUE: 7/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 4/5

Thoughts: Neat little puzzle platformer, great intro. Not sure I see how the theme fits in - dieing does not appear necessary, and in fact breaks the game in level 4. No apparent way to return to menu from either the tutorial, or when you have died in level 4.

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Team: Calinabris
Game: Snack Snack

Gameplay/fun: 15/25
Graphics: 8/20
Theme: 10/20
Audio: 8/10
FTUE: 8/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 2/5

Thoughts: Graphics are a little too busy, hard to tell at a glance what is happening onscreen. Driving a snake, while also playing match3, and balancing nutrition, is quite a lot of multi-tasking to require from the player. Snake controls don’t block you from reversing direction and hence instantly dieing. Match tiles move very slowly. Music fits, somehow. Theme present, but not terribly central.

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Team: hu3 team - rodolfodth, devn00b
Game: Try. Die. Repeat.

Gameplay/fun: 25/25
Graphics: 20/20
Theme: 20/20
Audio: 10/10
FTUE: 5/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 5/5

Thoughts: Portal meets Lemmings meets VVVVVV makes for a great concept. Excellent use of computer voices and pixel graphics. Using dead bodies to pave over the path to objectives is once again a great use of the theme.

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Team: Great White North Productions - XXChester
Game: Army of the Undead

Gameplay/fun: 10/25
Graphics: 10/20
Theme: 10/20
Audio: 7/10
FTUE: 10/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 2/5

Thoughts: I can see the beginnings of a tactical RTS here, but it’s not quite there yet. Enemies seem to output about the same damage you do, so the only viable tactic is to cloak, spam attack, and get the hell out of dodge with your one surviving angel. Audio fits the aesthetic. Death is useful in the sense that killing enemies grants additional angels.

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Team: Slaughterhouse Gaming - riuthamus, shadowisadog, ByteTroll
Game: Vault Stone

Gameplay/fun: 20/25
Graphics: 20/20
Theme: 15/20
Audio: 8/10
FTUE: 2/10
Participation: -/10
Judges Score: 4/5

Thoughts: Graphically impressive, despite billboard glitches in places. You definitely have the kernel of a hack-n-slash here. Control responsiveness is a little clunky, no feedback as to whether you are hitting or missing the enemy. Took a while to discover the ‘summon undead’ was bound to the ‘1’ key, since Unity’s input dialogue doesn’t show it. Didn’t discover an objective beyond running around killing things. Theme is represented.
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cozzie:
[spoiler]
Team: Slaughterhouse Gaming - riuthamus, shadowisadog, ByteTroll
Game: Vault Stone

Gameplay/fun: 10/25
Graphics: 13/20
Theme: 9/20
Audio: 5/10
FTUE: 3/10
Participation: 10/10
Judges Score: 0/5

Thoughts:
the idea was fun, but to buggy and repetitive. The graphics have potential, but here the same goes (buggy)

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Team: Something fun - ryan20fun
Game: Chaotic Ball Carnage

Gameplay/fun: 5/25
Graphics: 8/20
Theme: 5/20
Audio: 8/10
FTUE: 5/10
Participation: 7/10
Judges Score: 0/5

Thoughts:
the title unfortunately (for me) hits my experience, too chaotic, wasn't triggered to wanting to play more

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Team: DifferentName
Game: Lich

Gameplay/fun: 15/25
Graphics: 13/20
Theme: 18/20
Audio: 4/10
FTUE: 5/10
Participation: 8/10
Judges Score: 3/5

Thoughts:
cool game, works addictive for me, the simplicity in graphics is a strength/ consistent art direction
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Team: Ovensparrow - MarioLuigiMan, Onigiri Flash
Game: DeathJam

Gameplay/fun: 10/25
Graphics: 8/20
Theme: 1/20
Audio: 4/10
FTUE: 1/10
Participation: 5/10
Judges Score: 0/5

Thoughts:
I got the idea, but needed lots of time to find out how to do level 2; nice idea, but needs more refinement to improve user-experience

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Team: Oddfellow Games - WASDMagician
Game: reincarnage

Gameplay/fun: 13/25
Graphics: 14/20
Theme: 16/20
Audio: 5/10
FTUE: 5/10
Participation: 7/10
Judges Score: 2/5

Thoughts:
Game feels really fun and smooth, on my PC the graphics were black/blue, not like they should have been. This was too bad, because it just felt good on several aspects.

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Team: SpaghettiSauce - __Toz__
Game: A Death a Dozen

Gameplay/fun: 15/25
Graphics: 12/20
Theme: 18/20
Audio: 8/10
FTUE: 5/10
Participation: 10/10
Judges Score: 3/5

Thoughts:
The game sets a mood and brings the theme 'too life', fun to play (and wanting more levels

)

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Team: Thaumic Games - Thaumaturge
Game: Powerthief

Gameplay/fun: 20/25
Graphics: 16/20
Theme: 5/20
Audio: 8/10
FTUE: 10/10
Participation: 10/10
Judges Score: 3/5

Thoughts:
Good solid game for a jam. Maybe a bit difficult to get the hang of

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Team: BecauseNerdsCanBSexy2 - Alienguard
Game: apocowlypse

Gameplay/fun: 20/25
Graphics: 20/20
Theme: 4/20
Audio: 8/10
FTUE: 8/10
Participation: 6/10
Judges Score: 4/5

Thoughts:
Fun, nice twist with the cows. Theme not really exploited, never the less had a lot of fun with it.

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Team: YAG - lede, zylick, and janderson2005
Game: Orcs Vs Zombies

Gameplay/fun: 5/25
Graphics: 15/20
Theme: 10/20
Audio: 5/10
FTUE: 4/10
Participation: 10/10
Judges Score: 0/5

Thoughts:
I can see the effort that's gone into it, but the gameplay just didn't work (for me), I have no idea why I'm winning/ what I'm doing

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Team: mousetail
Game: Lazer of death

Gameplay/fun: 12/25
Graphics: 12/20
Theme: 8/20
Audio: 7/10
FTUE: 3/10
Participation: 10/10
Judges Score: 0/5

Thoughts:
Equally nice put together as confusing when you play it at first. A bit too complex maybe, but good result for a week Jam.

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Team: That Big Fat Chicken team - brunoscholz, KalVasFlam
Game: A gift from Hermes

Gameplay/fun: 10/25
Graphics: 17/20
Theme: 10/20
Audio: 10/10
FTUE: 7/10
Participation: 7/10
Judges Score: 0/5

Thoughts:
Points mostly for the mood setting, nice art style and music + story for a 1 week Jam. But gameplay made me stop playing

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Team: Mussi
Game: Dype

Gameplay/fun: 15/25
Graphics: 1/20
Theme: 2/20
Audio: 0/10
FTUE: 8/10
Participation: 10/10
Judges Score: 0/5

Thoughts:
Good to see the simplicity of a text adventure in the WOA, not very spectular but nice

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Team: CodeMus - IYP, GTE, newtechnology, iDingo
Game: Post of Death

Gameplay/fun: 17/25
Graphics: 18/20
Theme: 15/20
Audio: 8/10
FTUE: 10/10
Participation: 10/10
Judges Score: 5/5

Thoughts:
Feels like a potential for a bigger/ full game, the sounds/ mood scared the s**t out of me first time

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Team: Great White North Productions - XXChester
Game: Army of the Undead

Gameplay/fun: 20/25
Graphics: 10/20
Theme: 10/20
Audio: 7/10
FTUE: 10/10
Participation: 10/10
Judges Score: 4/5

Thoughts:
Complete game; feels robust, not spectecular but very solid, especially for a one week 'jam'
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rodolfodth

395

August 28, 2015 08:35 PM

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devn00b

320

August 28, 2015 08:42 PM

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same here

Servant of the Lord

33,739

August 28, 2015 08:49 PM

Congrats everyone!

Orymus3

18,866

August 28, 2015 08:50 PM

Wow, that fugly visual cost me a lot more than I had originally anticipated... bit disappointed, of course, but missing 2 full days of potential dev time is on me for sure (so is 'solo-ing' the competition!)

Considering remaking this as a 2d game given that the 3rd axis really didn't add much beyond bugs...

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