Event - Spooky Month Game Jam! 2024 (page 15) — RPG Maker Forum Archive

Ms Littlefish · 2024-09-28T06:06:14+0900

Hosted by @TRIDIUM , co-hosted by Ms Littlefish Judged by TRIDIUM, Ms Littlefish, and @hiddenone (unless we scare her off) October is a great month. Fight me in the comments. Not only does Halloween happen in October, the bugs start to die…at least in the Northern Hemisphere. You may begin working on your projects once this announcement has been made public. Submission Dates: Oct 21st - Oct 28th, 11:59PM EST (Oct 29th 4:59AM UTC) Winners announced: Nov 3rd. The prompt is “haunted building.” The goal for this jam is to create a compact, atmospheric, and of course spooky~ game centered around a haunted building within a month. It could be the classic haunted house, but try and get creative! What places scare you the most? What does “spooky” even mean? Think eerie, mysterious, strange, uneasy, and supernatural. The art of spookiness is intrigue. We’d love classic monsters! Ghosts, witches, undead, ghouls, and even cryptids! You name it! Spooky can often take a lighter or even humorous tone compared to horror, so no need to shy away from whimsy~ if that’s your preference! Your project must be 30 minutes or less of gameplay for the average play through. Open to any Makers published in the KOMODO store. You must have the rights to all materials used. Gameplay: How fun, balanced, and functional is the game play? Visuals: How good are the visuals and how well do they contribute to the spooky atmosphere? Audio: How good is the audio and how well does it contribute to the spooky atmosphere? Story and Writing: Is the prompt of “haunted building” used well? Creatively? How well does the writing lend to the art of spooky? Spookiness: Then. Naturally. How spooky~ is the game? How atmospheric is the game and how excited does it make us for Halloween? There will be a second thread opened for submissions. Do not submit before the submission times or to this thread! Please use one of the following sources: Google Drive Dropbox Itch.io 1st place: $20 of KOMODO DLC of your choosing and an exclusive badge. 2nd place: $10 of KOMODO DLC of your choosing and an exclusive badge. 3rd place: $10 of KOMODO DLC of your choosing and an exclusive badge. All participants will receive a badge! Badges are created by hiddenone. Stay turned for the sneak peak! You may use any resource you hold a license for. Do not use resources that infringe on copyrights or trademarks. Do not use AI. Due to the prizes carrying a cash value, ensure your resources are available for commercial use. You MUST include all credits and adhere to all copyright and licensing requirements. You may withdraw your submission. You may also update until the deadline date and time. Community conduct standards still apply. Violence and mature themes should not overly exceed a PG-13 standard. Judges reserve the right to disqualify an entry for any reason deemed necessary One submission per member.

Thx for the feedback!

Ms Littlefish said:

I do wish there was some sort of active element like puzzles

I actually wanted to add proper puzzles into the game, but I abandoned that once I noticed that I had spent like 90% of my time on the art.:kaoswt:

Ms Littlefish said:

The ground also looked…really square?

I genuinely just gave up when it came to some of the ground tiles, lol.

Ms Littlefish said:

I seemed more surprised than the characters!

I kinda wanted the dialogue and what-not to get across that weird spooky crap like the stuff in-game isn't uncommon or unexpected to anyone, and that it tends to be more of a nuisance than anything. But considering this and the other pieces of feedback I've gotten, I definitely just confused the people playing since not reacting to literal tree monsters kinda goes against any and all forms of common sense.

Ms Littlefish said:

some of the object interactions were a bit too much of a tone shift

Gonna go out on a limb and assume this is at least partially referring to the bookshelf interactions, and yeah, not my finest work.:kaoswt2:

Congrats to the other winners, and shout out to all the other participants, game jams ain't easy! :kaopride: