Indie Game Making Contest 2018!

Archeia · 2018-10-28T01:44:00+0900

Welcome to the 2018 Indie Game Making Contest! The IGMC is a yearly game making contest that has been held by Degica Games, publisher of RPG Maker MV, OneShot, and many, many more games! The IGMC's main goal has always been to encourage indie designers to finish their games. You have one month to deliver a one hour game, any game you can dream up, for the chance to win massive cash prizes. Follow us on Twitter @igmc_degica for updates and the Itch.io page for more information about the contest! This year though, we're shaking it up. Instead of looking for a complete package, we are looking for the next big indie game. We want to work with the winner to turn the contest build of their game, into a full commercial game. We want to help you jump from indie amateur, to indie pro! So get your engines started, it's time to dev. CONTEST RULES Development on contest entries MUST be started after the beginning of the contest (October 29th, 2018). Commissions for the contest must also be started after the beginning of the contest. Pre-existing assets that were not created specifically for the contest are allowed. Games MUST be submitted by the deadline (Midnight PST, November, 29th 2018). NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED! Make sure not to submit last minute to avoid missing the deadline. Games MAY be developed using any engine. Game Length: Judges will only be required to evaluate a game for 1 HOUR if it passes the screening stage. Any game over 1 hour will be judged only on its first hour. You must have the right to use all software, resources, and tools involved in the creation of the game. Please make sure to accredit resource creators in a text file included with your game. There is no limit on the size of the development team. You can have one person or 10+ people. Keep in mind that prize winnings will only be awarded to the user that submits the game. Contest participants can be involved in UP TO TWO submissions. This means you could work on a solo project and collaborate with another team, collaborate on two teams, or even submit two solo projects. If a team uses your resources, but you were not directly involved in the development of the game, then it won't count towards the TWO game limit; same with commissions. All files required to play the game MUST be included in the download. This include RTP resources. If the game exe does not run because of missing files, it will be disqualified. No 18+ Content: This includes strong sexual themes and content, graphic nudity, or extreme portrayals of violence. If you're unsure, please follow ESRB guidelines: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entertainment_Software_Rating_Board Plagiarism and any other forms of CHEATING are grounds for disqualification. Let's make this a clean and fair competition for everyone! Games must be available in English, but you are welcome to include other translations (just make sure the default language is set to English). Your game submission must be able to run on Windows 7 and higher. You can include additional downloads for other platforms, but only the Windows version will be judged. Contest Judges have the right to penalize or disqualify a submission for reasons including, but not limited to, the violation of the above rules. Judges decisions are final. PRIZE CONDITIONS & LEGAL Prizes will be delivered electronically via the email associated with the user who submitted the game. Winners will be responsible for all taxes and fees associated with their prize package. If working on a team, please discuss how prize winnings will be split before winners are announced to avoid potential legal issues. The IGMC team is not responsible for splitting prize money. No purchase necessary to participate in the contest. Must be at least 13 years of age to register and submit entries. Additional restrictions on age and nationality are subject to the contestant's local, state, and/or national laws. Creators retain all rights to their respective works. The contest runners (Degica) reserve the right to promote the game on the appropriate websites, blogs, social media, etc. as outlined in the prize packages. Degica reserves first publishing rights for games that win Degica’s Choice, People’s Choice, and/or YouTuber’s Choice. JUDGING CRITERIA This year, we're looking to find the next big Indie Game. That means that we aren't focusing on complete, polished games. That doesn't mean you want to turn in something that is a mess of bugs, but it does mean that we want to see games that have plenty of room for expanding into full games. Because of this, we are judging all entries on the four following criteria, rated on a scale of 1-20. Gameplay The gameplay includes any part of the game that the player can interact with that gives feedback in the form of meaningfully different reactions from the game. This includes both the mechanisms used and their execution. You want a game that people want to play as much as they want to experience! Presentation The presentation…

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Lord Kuro

#41 Oct 31, 2018, 11:47 AM Source

Aww yiss. I thought there wasn't going to be one this year when nothing was announced in October. I'm glad to have been wrong!
Chrisx994

#42 Oct 31, 2018, 02:44 PM Source

Any engine means any rpg maker or other engines too?
Slaughty

#43 Oct 31, 2018, 02:46 PM Source

It's any engine. Unreal, game maker, ugh unity
bgillisp

#44 Oct 31, 2018, 02:48 PM Source

@Pixelent Games : Definitely still enter. The first one on 2014 I started on June 6th, 6 days after the contest started, and still managed to finish a project even though I had to restart it once on the 10th.
SOC

#45 Oct 31, 2018, 09:09 PM Source

Do these have to be exactly 1 hour in length or up to 1 hour? What about 20 minutes or something like that?
Storyteller-Hero

#46 Oct 31, 2018, 09:17 PM Source
SOC said:
Do these have to be exactly 1 hour in length or up to 1 hour? What about 20 minutes or something like that?
1. Game Length: Judges will only be required to evaluate a game for 1 HOUR if it passes the screening stage. Any game over 1 hour will be judged only on its first hour.
There's no game length minimum/maximum on the developers. The judges are just required to evaluate based on the first hour, so making it significantly more than one hour won't add to your score.
Arend

#47 Oct 31, 2018, 11:14 PM Source

Wait I'm a bit confused: Can we use resources like tilesets, characters, plugins and music from others or not? Cause if not that means most if not all the RPG Maker games are a doomed.
Storyteller-Hero

#48 Oct 31, 2018, 11:30 PM Source
Arend Galenkamp said:
Wait I'm a bit confused: Can we use resources like tilesets, characters, plugins and music from others or not? Cause if not that means most if not all the RPG Maker games are a doomed.
1. You must have the right to use all software, resources, and tools involved in the creation of the game. Please make sure to accredit resource creators in a text file included with your game.
Yes, just make sure to check the terms of use for everything that you use. I believe that the safest thing to do is just use resources for which the creator allows use in commercial games.
Arend

#49 Oct 31, 2018, 11:42 PM Source
Storyteller-Hero said:

You must have the right to use all software, resources, and tools involved in the creation of the game. Please make sure to accredit resource creators in a text file included with your game.

Yes, just make sure to check the terms of use for everything that you use. I believe that the safest thing to do is just use resources for which the creator allows use in commercial games.
Ah okay, thanks for the quick reply. Luckily I already have a Word file with all the people that helped on my main game so that would mean I could use the same recourses.
mobiusclimber

#50 Nov 1, 2018, 12:21 AM Source

SOC said:
Do these have to be exactly 1 hour in length or up to 1 hour? What about 20 minutes or something like that?

I'd suggest reading the judging criteria and then asking yourself if you can make a game that fits those criteria while being only 20 minutes long. That's the important question there.
bgillisp

#51 Nov 1, 2018, 12:24 AM Source

And even if you only get 20 minutes done, that's still infinitely more gameplay (percentage wise) than those who got 0 minutes of gameplay made! (Isn't math fun?)
mlogan

#52 Nov 1, 2018, 01:12 AM Source

Well, if you want to get technical, your mathematics are wrong. :p
bgillisp

#53 Nov 1, 2018, 01:14 AM Source

Ok, it's undefined. 20 / 0. But many treat that as infinity too.
SOC

#54 Nov 1, 2018, 01:31 AM Source

Yeah, that was the point: if it would be judged and considered if it was really high quality but less than an hour long. The rules weren't explicitly clear on that.
Deleted member 102570

#55 Nov 1, 2018, 07:05 AM Source

I have a question. Am I allowed to redo a demo for this contest that I had originally had made for the 2017 Contest?

I don't plan on using the same assets such as sprites and art as that would clearly violate the rules. I don't plan on using the same engine either. I used Vx Ace before now I want to explore Mv. I will be reworking the game from the ground up.

The problem I see is that my Idea or rather image of what I want is pretty much clear, so I feel that would be unfair a bit. However, I would be starting fresh in terms of creating my demo again but this time on a new engine with comepletely new assets I make.
RishigangiX

#56 Nov 1, 2018, 07:57 AM Source

@Enigma_Productions If it's a completely new game, and the final product is not a demo, I don't think it should be a problem.

I'll be sitting this one out as I've just started working on a new project, but good luck to all the participants. I'll definitely try out the games when they're ready. ^^
slimmmeiske2

#57 Nov 1, 2018, 10:19 AM Source

@Enigma_Productions Please check the FAQ. It's been answered there.
Deleted member 102570

#58 Nov 1, 2018, 11:21 AM Source

I see. I didn't see the faq. Thank you very much @slimmmeiske2
Kemsyn

#59 Nov 1, 2018, 01:29 PM Source

I started working on a game around 2 years ago but due to personal issues in my life haven't had time to work on it as much as I wanted. Would I be able to finish a demo of it and enter that into IGMC?
slimmmeiske2

#60 Nov 1, 2018, 02:09 PM Source
@Kemsyn No, see the first rule:

Development on contest entries MUST be started after the beginning of the contest (October 29th, 2018)

Of course, you are allowed to use that project's idea for your entry, but not any of the actual engine work you did/specific resources you made.
As explained in the FAQ #3:
3. Are pre-existing ideas allowed to be used?
Of course. We can't really tell when you had an idea, so there would be no way we could judge this. If you already made a demo using the idea though, it becomes more borderline. In that case:

You can use no assets from the project that do not fall under the pre-existing assets exemption outlined in FAQ question 2.

You can use no programming, or in engine work from your previous version.

In other words, all actual work on the project must be redone from scratch. Even with these caveats, in general, we suggest that you work on a game for which you have never done any engine work, as that will guarantee that your project will not get disqualified for violating this rule.