ZOOM in May
May 1st, 2011
May is the month where the pace starts to quicken. We’ve shaken off the cold, cold shackles of Winter and blown through allergy season just in time to realize that Summer is nearly upon us and that a third of the year is already gone! What happened?
So with that in mind (and really, because we haven’t used the theme yet), it’s time to make a game around the theme: ZOOM. This could pertain to speed, increasing or decreasing the scale of things, or anything else your clever minds can conjure up – just make sure you don’t let time zoom past you into June!
We're a group of indie game developers, running a friendly competition every month. The rules: Make a game based on the month's theme, and don't spend more than 7 days. New games posted at the end of every month.
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Why can’t we do purple elephants or something fun?
May 1st, 2011
…a game with a purple elephant that you can zoom in and find out that it’s made of thousands tiny purple elephants that you can zoom in too, only to find that are made of thousands of tinier purple elephants, that (incredible to say) you can zoom in and find out that are made of thousands tiny steven-seagal…
May 1st, 2011
Good Theme!
Here in Chile is the opposite, winter is coming xD.
May 1st, 2011
That theme is… YEAH! >:D
May 1st, 2011
Oh wow… I think this theme has a ton of potential for some seriously experimental ideas! I’m excited to see what everybody comes up with.
May 1st, 2011
Now this is an interesting theme. Let’s see if I can come up with something.
May 2nd, 2011
I find this intriguing. If I weren’t already wrapped up in another huge project for the summer, I’d be all over this. I like fast things!
May 2nd, 2011
ZOOM! I AM THE FASTEST!
Haha okay so it’s not a record or anything. But the theme inspired me to get it done fast. :)
My game is titled QuickPoint.
Try it here (Unity Web Player): http://vazor222.com/quickpoint
May 2nd, 2011
I’m new to this and I’d really like to enter with a friend. Is that possible?
Got a few gameplay concepts we’ve been brainstorming. Should be fun!
May 3rd, 2011
I’m teaming up with Nikhil for this one, let’s make some games!
May 3rd, 2011
at least… I will be teaming up if it is possible, can we?
May 3rd, 2011
@ JDOS & NIKHIL
Sure, you guys can team up. The most important EGP rule is to finish in 7 days or less (just so you don’t waste too much time on an idea if it turns out to be bad) – but the rules are really more like guidelines. :)
May 3rd, 2011
I just might have to join in to this one. It’s been far too long since my last experimental madness.
May 5th, 2011
I haven’t been able to participate in a while because of work obligations, but I’ve got a great idea for this month. Should be fun!
May 6th, 2011
I like this theme :)
If I finish the prototype, where I must send it?
May 7th, 2011
@tyranus just put a link to it here in a comment like I did
May 7th, 2011
Hi everyone,
We made a weird thing.
The name : Chrysopoeia
The Game : http://oneliferemains.com/games/chrysopoeia/play.html
Have fun
One Life Remains
May 8th, 2011
@One Life Remains
I like the fact that the player is being “chased” indirectly.
May 9th, 2011
@ Aaron Oldenburg
Yeah, it’s a funny emergent property. Not really expected, but volontary kept ;)
+ i like your website
Brice
May 9th, 2011
A very literal take on the theme:
http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/arcade/zoomzoomzoom/5179/
Made in between other things Saturday/Sunday.
May 10th, 2011
@Barry
I like the mechanic of switching cars.
It’s frustrating that you can’t switch to a car from the queue at the bottom.
May 11th, 2011
I really wanna make something, but I just can’t think of anything to do with zooming :(
May 12th, 2011
Well now is the time to pitch my game made for the “10 seconds” theme a while back (I finished the game too late for the competition, shame on me).
http://alexisandre.com/2010/09/30/secondario-mushroom-overdose
I have a couple of other ideas for this theme, I’ll definitely make another game this month!
May 13th, 2011
Intense Staring Simulator
Stare at people until they go away.
http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/other/intense-staring-simulator/5207/
May 13th, 2011
a simple two player platformer
http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/platformer/proyecto-nutria-prototype/1391/
May 15th, 2011
Hey there!
So this is my first time, not just with EGP but making games in general. It’s my first game so be gentle. It’s a platformer (so not super experimental, but to me it is) where you have to Zoom to get past certain parts. It’s called
Watch Out Danger Ahead (W.O.D.A.)
http://popbottom.com/2011/05/experimental-gameplay-project-w-o-d-a/
I made it with GameSalad, so you need a Mac to play, but if you have one please check it out and let me know what you think!!
May 17th, 2011
Hello everyone,
I’ve made a simple game where the goal is to reach the exit while avoiding hazards. It’s made in HTML5/Javascript and is open source.
This contest really worked my creative side. I’m glad I participated!
I technically finished in 8 days, so boo to me :(
http://jrjellybeans.net/html5Games/zoomPlanePilot.php
(It should be bug free. Let me know if something is wrong though!)
May 19th, 2011
@Robert : the link doesn’t work (and neither your site).
May 22nd, 2011
Hi all!
This is my first time for EGP (I have entered Ludum Dare 3 times before so I’m not a total newbie). I only saw this theme yesterday after looking for other competitions after LD20 – I have a good idea for zooming and there are 6 days left until June, so I’ll try to see if I can find the time to implement it… hope to post something here soon!
My idea is going at it from the scale angle in a slightly lateral thinking kind of way ;-)…
May 25th, 2011
Hi!
Here is my little prototype. I really don’t know how many time I have work on this (may be 4 o 5) but I pretty sure are less of seven days.
Name: Broken Zoomometer (I know, the name sucks)
Link: http://db.tt/nLiOuoY
controls:
ESC: quit
Mouse
Greetings!
May 25th, 2011
@ TYRANUS
Nice idea !
May 25th, 2011
Invisible Landscaping: http://aaronoldenburg.net/s_invLand.html
(@Brice: Thanks!)
May 26th, 2011
Hi!
I’m also participating in EGP for the first time, and here is my prototype:
Lifetime
https://sites.google.com/site/bloutiouf/projects/lifetime
May 27th, 2011
AWWW you got the same basic idea i did!
May 28th, 2011
^ er sorry that previous comment was mine.. i dunno why i put the person i was replying to over there
May 29th, 2011
Ahah! I didn’t play the submitted games before doing mine, but it’s no surprise some of us came with that interpretation of zoom ;)
May 30th, 2011
Well heres mine:
http://yorrickm.com/projects-FatCamProto.php
May 30th, 2011
Here’s a Zoom-themed game that I made:
http://www.stevegargolinski.com/chance-of-a-lifetime/
You can play it right in your browser.
I’m not sure if it qualifies for the ‘competition’, since I used some stock visual assets. I’ll leave that up to the judges or whatever, I had a lot of fun making it =) I made it in about 3 evenings worth of work.
May 30th, 2011
Ok, my entry of this month is “Folderworld”.
I call it “a multimedia sandbox exploration game with user generated content played through Dropbox”
Here it is:
http://pluralgames.blogspot.com/2011/05/folderworld.html
Hope you’ll join this folder-crafting-madness!
May 31st, 2011
Hi all,
My game for this month got a little dreailed due to illness and i didn’t get much chance to work on it for more than 3 days but I decided to release what I have as a 1 level demo of a game I will be coninuing
You take on the role of a motorcycle soldier equipped with a special Zycle or Zoom Cycle that enables you to propel your self across gaps and through the air at will. Using this and an on board laser you need to infiltrate the lair of the infamous Big Boss.
http://gamejolt.com/freeware/games/arcade/zycle-demo-1/5346/
Hope you Enjoy and Congrats to all who took part.
May 31st, 2011
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