I am trying to submit on time. I am faced with the question of when does a game become a game? I seem to have created a perfect atmosphere for my game but I don't feel compelled to make it a "game" game. The audience expects a "game" though?

 
we definitely don't expect a "game."

The problem I have with my very incomplete 'game' is namely one of animation and art. I'm bad at both. I'm actually really bad at animation.
 
EDIT: You guys make pretty games.

What about board games, card games, and pen and paper games? For some reason its harder to hate those and I'm not even as strongly into them.

I'm told murderin is the cornerstone of Videogame, so make murds possible and blammo, pure vidcon action

by the way folx, if it isn't clear, you can submit things through itch.io after the counter strikes zero, so don't worry on that account if you're running late

I'm told murderin is the cornerstone of Videogame, so make murds possible and blammo, pure vidcon action

To be fair, I personally really like games that ARE ALL ABOUT MURDS

haha I ain't murd shaming, though I will say there's certainly nothing wrong with having a game that's basically an explorable 3d art setpiece which involves little actual interaction.

Yeah I agree.

i wouldn't mind extending another day ;)

so what I'm seeing is that a lot of people are struggling against the deadline, and a lot of calls for an official extension (haha, me official?)
 
I think Christmas ended up being a busier time for most people than we originally expected when we set this as the time for the jam, anyways
 
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: the new deadline is New Years Day 2014, UTC. 
 
even the countdown clock will reflect this
 
see y'all on the other side, fuckers

 
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Okay I think i just handed in my game, haven't tried to dl it yet but I'm assuming it works.  It is called Kill Dad.  I'm not all that proud of the title, but the content was super fun to make.
 
Out for the rest of the night, see all you jammers tomorrow for the commencement of the winter play off.

congratulations nurse on being the first to submit!

I made progress yesterday, but each bit of art takes about 20 min to half an hour, and each audio clip takes about 10 to 15 minutes, and 41 or 42 of each adds up to a lot. Then I have to organize them all, arrange them in gm8 with their attendant scripts and objects in a way that makes aesthetic sense. What I end up submitting will probably be more like a demo than my (I hope) eventual finished product.
 
Gunfighters' ping pong reminds me of a similar volley-till-death game I played this year. The art is great.

oh ok good I thought I was too late. Maybe I'll feel inspiration and motivation to finish the game that I got some work in for.

 
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Perfect