#ruin jam

[designatedheckingadult]

I Can't Write For Toffee...But I'm Going To Write About This

The brain weasels are being particularly weasely this week, which has considerably cut down on my writerogical output. HOWEVER! I have been sifting through the Ruin Jam 2014 submissions, which have made me laugh, cry and generally come down with a case of "the feels." My favourite so far has got to be Quing's Quest VII: The Death of Videogames! by Deirdra "Squinky" Kiai. There are three very important reasons for this. One, I got to play (incredibly fabulous) dress-up because dressing up is AWESOME! (The appeal of dressing up in video games, where everything fits perfectly and you never have to worry about finding stuff in your size, to a 6'4" transwoman with huge feet cannot be overstated.) Squinky can be my personal shopper/stylist any time they like. I mean this. B, I got to select the name of my favourite non-fictional pirate of all time as the name of my partner in crime.

Finally, and probably the most objectively meritorious and not just appealing to my foibliest of foibles, the use of music is fantastic. I was going to add "for a TWINE game" on to the end of that last sentence, but I feel it's rather unnecessary. The use of music is fantastic, full stop.

Quing's Quest VII made me smile and laugh when I was feeling not great. If there is any greater achievement for a video game, I don't know what it is. Play it!

[designatedheckingadult]

Games Have Now Been Ruined: Official

Ruin Jam 2014 is now over, which means that video games have now been completely and utterly ruined. Forever. The heinous bitch behind the gamerpocalypse is one Caelyn Sandel, a lady who pushes me down the charts to being merely the second most awesome Caelyn ruining games today.

I'm sure you're all aware of the recent events which inspired the jam. I'm not going to speak about them in detail because, for now, I'm trying to make this blog a place of positivity. Getting off one's arse and being creative is probably the biggest middle finger it's possible to give to haters (to use the vernacular) and it's lovely to see so many people being moved to make stuff.

Contributors to the jam have produced eighty one games "celebrating the nonexistent demise of video games" and it is my intention to play them all and report back on any that I particularly enjoy. I've already had a giggle at Macro Transaction Force Go! by Max Battcher which lampoons a whole bunch of industry trends and makes me wish there were more games where I could play as a hermaphrodite Seductrix Social Justice Warrior. Go forth and dance in the ruins, my friends! We shall gather and talk of our conquests later.

[shoeheadart]

http://shoehead.itch.io/smile

Hey I put this up for Ruin Jam on Itch.io

You play as some young lad or lass and try to take care of their every day needs. Kind of like a virtual pet.

It was a lot of fun to make, even though I usually like to focus on art stuff in games.

[marxism-leninism-utenaism]

YOUR ACTIONS DO NOT EFFECT THE ENDING

hey so this is my game for RUIN JAM 2014!

its probably my most personal project yet, and also my least interactive. in this game, you have no control over the story, the same events play out, every time, whether you're there to see them or not. all that you can do is wander the house and watch for the evening.

anyway, please enjoy, and of course feedback is always appreciated.

(also if you dont want to download the html file you can play it online here)

[mxmy]

Game Jams Are Hard

Game Jams Are Hard

Let’s not beat around the bush: game jams are hard. If you’re not overly familiar with the concept, it’s where you get together with a bunch of people (either in cyberspace or meatspace) and spend some rather amount of time making a game. (more…)

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[mxmy]

So, this Ruin Jam thing is going pretty well...

[freeindiegame]

Quing’s Quest VII: The Death of Videogames! by Squinky

This Twine adventure really scratches that destroy videogames power fantasy itch!

[shoeheadart]

Ok time is in! As you can see by the clock. Your needs go down by the hour and the rate is determined by certain moods you can get into. For example if you are tired or sleepy your looks will drain faster as you start to look and feel like crap! Being happy stops you getting mad and so on!

I've also started on random events on dicerolls. IT'S EXCITING. Next up duderinos is drawing out your home with all the activities housed within!

(Also the clock is literally a value that goes from 0 to 2400 because I suck)