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EDIT: You know what, disregard that. PBS is publicly funded, whereas Public Access TV is more airtime for anyone. Related, but separate concepts. Keep it to the previous examples. ... but a campy Bob Ross painting game, or a terrible educational program, would both fit. Both had analogs on Public Access. Shalinor fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Jun 6, 2014 |
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Well, if that is the case, do you want to alter the original post to say that the theme is Public Access TV and PBS style programming? edit: never mind, you changed your mind.
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Diametunim posted:1) I've never made a game before, and I'm having trouble coming up with ideas to turn into a game. How do you guys do it and what tips could you share? How do you filter out the potentially good ideas from the bad ones? I enjoy watching developer interviews in my spare time, and the general consensus seems to be "I was playing X game and came up with this totally rad idea", or "some really gritty life experience turned into a storyline". Problem is the creative side of me died a while ago and I just don't know where to begin to get that spark going. For me, it's always "Does this make me laugh?" or "Will this make other people laugh at the absurdity?" But I'm pretty bad at makegame.
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Public Access is basically just even more poorly funded PBS. There's plenty of crossover between the ideas.
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Diametunim posted:1) I've never made a game before, and I'm having trouble coming up with ideas to turn into a game. How do you guys do it and what tips could you share? How do you filter out the potentially good ideas from the bad ones? I enjoy watching developer interviews in my spare time, and the general consensus seems to be "I was playing X game and came up with this totally rad idea", or "some really gritty life experience turned into a storyline". Problem is the creative side of me died a while ago and I just don't know where to begin to get that spark going. Make a game based on The Magic Schoolbus called, "The Special Schoolbus." You drive along a desert road with children inside who are constantly trying to climb out the windows of the schoolbus. Swerve wildly to keep them inside while avoiding roadkill, other cars, and while staying on the road if you get a chance.
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Jo posted:Make a game based on The Magic Schoolbus called, "The Special Schoolbus." You drive along a desert road with children inside who are constantly trying to climb out the windows of the schoolbus. Swerve wildly to keep them inside while avoiding roadkill, other cars, and while staying on the road if you get a chance. Ragdoll physics are required, bonus points for a fully functional wheelchair lift.
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I'm going to finish my game this year. I don't know what it'll be or how I'll find the time, but I'll finish it if I've to use my baby as squirming input device.
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Oh man, been waiting for this, definitely want to get in on this this year, hopefully with a team. My skills are pretty wide, I'm more of a generalist than a specialist. I'm pretty decent at editing images, doing writing and plotting events and ideas. I know basic principles of coding and very limited amounts of actual code. I'm a pretty quick learner though and if it's something new I can pick it up and be up to speed in probably less than a day. I'm looking either to jump onto another team, of if I can find people interested I want to start a team. I could use some art people and music people I also want to mention this program which I've been using for a couple of months. It has it's limitations like all programs, but I'm pretty happy with it. It's called Construct 2, you can find the website for it here.
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I might throw my hat into the ring as a part-time developer (I don't know what July is going to look like yet), but I definitely want to sponsor some prizes because this is awesome. $50 each. Show Us Your Privates: I've learned a ton by reading other people's code, let us see yours! Game that releases source code showing off the most novel or useful technique, under a BSD/Apache license. Will want help from actual gamefolk to determine what's really useful. Unfunny Web Joke: lots of games are delivered over the web, but most don't use the web. Pull in YouTube content, have quests to get Twitter retweets, some FB integration that doesn't make me angry, generate levels from web page structure, mash up some Wikipedia stuff; most of the Internet is public-access quality, mine that gold! Best per judges' rankings, is-that-webby-enough at my unimpeachable discretion. Go Big or Go Home: best game (per judges' rankings) that's backed by a  before July 1.
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I'm going to force myself on this so what the hell, that I'll submit a game for this year for sure. I'm torn between a murder mystery game at a PATV station and a Public Access Tycoon game right now, but I've got 3 months to iron out some ideas and a few other possibilities. Also when I think of public access TV I think of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b4Z5Kg08PY
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Mo_Steel posted:I'm going to force myself on this so what the hell, 
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Diametunim posted:Last but not least, let's up the ante here, If I don't submit an entry: Quoting myself for posterity. Anyone have a link to the previous years entries? I'd really like ot take a look at some of them. Diametunim fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Jun 8, 2014 |
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Last year's entries are here Also apparently my game's page was like the only one that wasn't archived  the direct link is here (exe, windows only)
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I'm in for this year as well. Thinking about trying to emulate a television experience by having a repeating "broadcast" that drops the player at varying points in the game's progession depending on how much time has passed since the last broadcast started, and then once it's finished it loops back to the beginning. The true television experience of catching a show partway through and needing to watch a rerun to see what happened in the first half.Shalinor posted:Who wants a 2-month Unity Pro license? Because I have one with 100 activations on it. I don't have PMs but if you could send me a code at redeemed, thanks! that'd be rad! Finally, I can play with all the FMV goodness that Pro has to offer. Gunzil fucked around with this message at 21:01 on Jun 8, 2014 |
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gently caress it, if there's a prize involved, then sure! On behalf of TEAM PUNCH FIGHT I'll myself: we're going to submit an entry, and it's going to use Twitter.
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Subjunctive posted:Unfunny Web Joke: lots of games are delivered over the web, but most don't use the web. Pull in YouTube content, have quests to get Twitter retweets, some FB integration that doesn't make me angry, generate levels from web page structure, mash up some Wikipedia stuff; most of the Internet is public-access quality, mine that gold! Best per judges' rankings, is-that-webby-enough at my unimpeachable discretion. This is a brilliant idea and you should feel good. If this game gets off the ground it will be Bob Ross painting a random entry from the deviant art search results for 'clown cock' or the top rated Reddit post in /r/spacedicks.
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Subjunctive posted:Go Big or Go Home: best game (per judges' rankings) that's backed by a No fears here, there's a good chance I'll finish something Also I changed my game plan. I'm making a game involving a bear now. Also bagina will likely be helping with music and sounds.
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I'm looking to join or start a team, I can do code and bugger all else. Hit me up, arty types.
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blastron posted:gently caress it, if there's a prize involved, then sure! On behalf of TEAM PUNCH FIGHT I'll shs posted:No fears here, there's a good chance I'll finish something
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So I'm pretty sure I finally have the idea I'm going to run with. You play as an MRA who has to get to the studio to spread your message to the people, all the while fighting feminazis and gender-traitors who are trying to stop you. I am not sure yet if it's going to be more roguelike or more classic RPG style or what yet, but that's the base. I also think I want to avoid actual physical violence, especially because of all the recent gender violence making headlines, and a classic RPG would probably be easier to show abstract combat using arguments as weapons instead of a roguelike where you're just bumping into people etc. And I will for making a game if that makes me qualify for a prize, even though I'm a one-man team and will likely not even come close to a ranking game.
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So I to clarify, half of the the games I have offered to will go to the best Twine game (as determined by the judges). The winner will get to chose what games they want. Then the best game made by someone who has not made a game before (as determined by the judges) will get the half of the rest. The second place game made by someone who has not made a game before (as determined by the judges) will get the remaining games. In the event that no one makes a Twine game, then the pool transfers to the no game before winnings. If for some reason, neither of these conditions are met, I'll just post the codes in the thread and hang my head in shame.
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If folks are still looking for inspiration like I am, it turns out that in Minnesota we have webstreams for the Minneapolis public access stations: Channel 16 - Connect: Community affairs/events, government & politics, local issues, public conversations, news & information Channel 17 - Create: Arts & culture, lifestyle topics (including sports, documentaries & slice-of-life, humor & comedy, food, families and parenthood, and so on), and youth & education Channel 75 - Inspire: Spiritual & religious programming, questions of philosophy & existence Channel 17 seems to be a goldmine of the bizarre. Christian rap into ninjas into riverdancing in the span of 30 minutes. I'm ashamed we missed "Old-School Championship Wrestling: Lucha Libre" earlier (though it repeats) and I doubt I'll be awake to see "Finnish Talk and Variety Show: Nisswa Staman 2013" later tonight.
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I really need to do this but I have no idea what I want to do, and if I am left to my own devices I will probably not do anything at all. So I could use some people who have an Idea but could use a Javascript programmer for web or Unity to make it live. if I was going to do something on my own I would totally use nothing but stock media period. but late July will also have me moving out of my apartment and back with my parents since I cant really stay out on my own without a job  so I don't know how things are going to be for me from the 21st through the 26th
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Mo_Steel posted:Channel 17 seems to be a goldmine of the bizarre. Christian rap into ninjas into riverdancing in the span of 30 minutes. I'm ashamed we missed "Old-School Championship Wrestling: Lucha Libre" earlier (though it repeats) and I doubt I'll be awake to see "Finnish Talk and Variety Show: Nisswa Staman 2013" later tonight. Thank you so much for posting this. Whatever is playing right now is loving awesome! It's just like someone going crazy with the video and audio processing effects over music videos.
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Would a strange and badly written sitcom adventure game a good entry and something anybody would be willing to make with me?
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Is it legit for someone entering to also offer up prizes? If so, I offer a copy of my ridiculously huge texture collection on a DVD to the best entry from a newcomer that uses some form of 3D. 2.81gb of all sorts of textures, mostly with diffuse/normal/spec/height etc maps. Sort of a weird prize, but I wanted to chip in something gamedev-related and it's what I've got.
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I want to start gamedeving but I'm a lazy piece of poo poo who procrastinates all day. I have a really good idea for this and there's prizes involved so maybe this will be motivation enough to do something finally.
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I don't know how y'all cities work but I lived in Berkeley years ago and lemme tell you Public Access there had some freaky poo poo on it. I'm talking a paraplegic man in a motorized wheelchair using a head pointer while a naked woman reads his ouija board What I'm trying to say is make that into a video game
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Lord Humongus posted:Would a strange and badly written sitcom adventure game a good entry and something anybody would be willing to make with me? Its a good entry only if you have a laugh track play after every move.
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Back on the subject of Bob Ross and public access: If I make a game that is explicitly Bob Ross themed, am I going to be penalized for not sticking to the theme in judging since he was PBS and not Public Access?
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I just spent $20 on forums upgrades so I'd hate for that to go to waste. I will have a game submitted by the end of July. It will probably be a lovely game, but hey, experience is experience.
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My group has an idea for a multiplayer game that'd probably be best for 4+ players (the more the better) over the internet - if we submitted this what are the odds of the judges being able to co-ordinate to give it a proper try?
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I'll jump on the bandwagon as well, to complete a submission this year. I already have an idea and everything; what could possibli go wrong?
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sighnoceros posted:And I will Protocol7 posted:I just spent $20 on forums upgrades so I'd hate for that to go to waste. I will have a game submitted by the end of July. SlightlyMadman posted:I'll jump on the Lowen SoDium posted:Back on the subject of Bob Ross and public access: Enos Shenk posted:Is it legit for someone entering to also offer up prizes?
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Mo_Steel posted:Channel 17 - Create: Arts & culture, lifestyle topics (including sports, documentaries & slice-of-life, humor & comedy, food, families and parenthood, and so on), and youth & education And then drummers on either side. The camera man appears to be stoned, and the shot keeps drifting to the mid-point between the Tuvan guy and the Dijurido lady, where there's a lovely flower vase.  (it actually isn't awful - if this were playing in a New Age coffee shop, I wouldn't immediately run into the street with blood leaking from my ears)
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Shalinor posted:Right now, there's a big lady with a... dijurido?... with another lady singing in an Indian style, with a dude doing what I think is a passable imitation of Tuvan throat singing whilst simultaneously playing what is either an electric organ or maybe a theremin in a box? All basically singing/playing on top of eachother. Last night there was a woman dressed up as a nun in a burlesque show with two dummies that were dressed similarly attached to her back, feet and arms that caused them to dance similarly to her...
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I want to throw my hat into the ring to judge this shindig. ALSO: Construct 2 should be a tool people look into. It is free up to 100 events: https://www.scirra.com/construct2 Kunzelman fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Jun 9, 2014 |
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I've got a Cosmos idea, was Cosmos public access or PBS? That's largely rhetorical because I don't have any other ideas.
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Pilchenstein posted:I've got a Cosmos idea, was Cosmos public access or PBS? That's largely rhetorical because I don't have any other ideas. (it's one of those borderline shows - it's long since exploded past its humble, awkward beginnings and I think changed networks... so like, Carl Sagan cosmos? Ok. Modern Cosmos? That's not really to-theme anymore.)
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How about a Sierra style adventure game and/or riff on Atari's E.T. where you try to gather equipment so you can air an episode of Wayne's World?
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