EvenComp Voting - Which game should win?

Post by **alsnpk** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 3:52 am

Welcome to the voting thread for the Even Competition.

Download the games from: http://www.adrift.org.uk/cgi/new/download.cgi?1173

Cast your vote for your favorite!

Attack of the Mutaydid Meat Monsters, by Duncan Bowsman (Reviews here: http://www.adrift.org.uk/cgi/f/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=7;t=7220)

Bringing the Rain, by Lumin, aka Jacqueline H. (Reviews here: http://www.adrift.org.uk/cgi/f/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=7;t=7221)

Perspectives, by Justahack (Reviews here: http://www.adrift.org.uk/cgi/f/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=7;t=7222)

Here's the original thread for this competition, complete with rules: http://www.adrift.org.uk/cgi/f/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=7170

Thank you to the authors for their entries, and thanks to everyone who participates in the voting/reviewing!

Have fun!

Voting will close January 10th, 2010, or once the poll reaches 10 votes, whichever comes last.

Abbi

(PS- The winner gets a prize of $20, paid via their choice of either an Amazon gift certificate or through PayPal.)

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Duncan_B · Post by **Duncan_B** » Tue Dec 15, 2009 4:27 pm

Really excited to get into the games in this comp. Just downloaded 'em. I see that Perspectives has the most unique dispersal of its comp numbers, so my initial bias tells me I want to play it first, but I imagine I'll certainly have reviews ready for both of them by the 30th.

Here's to all involved. Break a leg.

Post by **Lumin** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:13 pm

So, is everyone waiting till after the voting to post comments on the games, or is it just that no one has actually played them?

Also, why is it that you only notice glaring flaws in your own game after you release it?

Cowboy · Post by **Cowboy** » Sat Dec 19, 2009 5:22 pm

Lumin wrote:So, is everyone waiting till after the voting to post comments on the games, or is it just that no one has actually played them?

Also, why is it that you only notice glaring flaws in your own game after you release it?

I have played them... AND voted :p
I'm a BIG boy.. (getting extra candy for Christmas

But you are right.. Lumin.. It looks a little poor at the moment... Let's hold our thumbs....

Post by **alsnpk** » Sun Dec 20, 2009 9:29 pm

Lumin wrote:So, is everyone waiting till after the voting to post comments on the games, or is it just that no one has actually played them?

Expect reviews from me, uh, within the week! I wanted to wait 'til I had time to properly review them instead of just throwing something together. So, I was thinking Monday, but ended up only getting halfway through them on Tuesday after work. So looks more like Wednesday.

Lumin wrote:Also, why is it that you only notice glaring flaws in your own game after you release it?

I hate that! Aah! Er... maybe we should be less good at procrastinating. 'Cause for the ones I've entered, I bet if I'd let my games sit for a week and then come back to them, I'd have been able to see the problems and fix 'em.

Edit: time.

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Duncan_B · Post by **Duncan_B** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:34 pm

Also, why is it that you only notice glaring flaws in your own game after you release it?

Heh... I tried playing Meat Monsters the other night and noticed that the intro and winning images don't seem to show up. Unless I opened the wrong version of the file?

Well, that can be fixed in a second release.

Post by **Lumin** » Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:14 pm

Mine would be pretty easy to fix too, I just somehow completely failed to consider the fact that someone might start towards the mountains without snooping around the village and picking up a certain item first.

It's not gamebreaking or anything, it just a couple of descriptions that make me look really dumb.

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Post by **Ren** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:03 am

I have transcripts for anyone who wants them.

Post by **djchallis** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 8:51 pm

Six votes so far. It seems likely we'll get to January 10th before we get 10 votes.
I'll see if I can play the games & vote, but it won't happen right away - Uni starts Monday.

Post by **alsnpk** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 3:37 am

Just two more votes needed to make ten!

Metron4 · Post by **Metron4** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:30 pm

Hey Abbi, I don't know if you used my review submittals to calculate my vote or not, but you probably should since I wasn't able to vote in this poll. I clicked on the results button just to see what they were before I had even played the games, so it gave me a null vote. I haven't officially voted in this poll.

Post by **alsnpk** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 7:49 pm

Ah, good point. I'll keep that in mind for the final results.

So that means we only need one more vote, but more than that are welcome too!

Duncan_B · Post by **Duncan_B** » Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:16 pm

There were a couple other reviews written. Have those people also voted already? Are we still waiting for one more vote to close this thing?

Post by **dswxyz** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:36 pm

Am I reading this correctly? Are we still waiting for 2 more votes?

Post by **alsnpk** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:02 pm

Well, theoretically we're waiting for one... And depending on who that person decided to vote for, we could have a tie... But if the entrants prefer, we could close this now, seeing as it's been about a month past when it was supposed to close.