here we are, the results for the summer 2001 24hoz contest. scores and comments are listed in the following order. zzblue theta Aetsch skullie gchucky the sixth score on every entry is the average. so, without further ado, i present to you, the summer 2001 24hoz results! -- zzblue FIRST PLACE: knightt - the revived are still alive 8.7 8.9 8.75 7.5 7 = 8.17 one of the more promising entries. great graphics, humor, plot. gameplay was a bit limited, though. I really liked this one, especialy the fake-out about this being a surious game, and the council of the villans. Nice game. Good graphics, and funny. The cinemas were a little long, but hey. Entertaining; and besides the impromptu quiz, a lot like an oldsk00l akware game. i'd expect that from draco; still, funny. SECOND PLACE: hercules and rob_p - self-rot 8.9 8.4 9 7 7 = 8.06 rad, maan! awsome graphics, plot, gameplay, et cetera. just awsome! a bit short, though. but it's all good. Cool. Graphics plot and gameplay. I'd prefer a plot that hadn't been used 70 billion times before. Nice game. Great graphics and a believable story. Could have been a bit longer (because it's a team production). I played this game BEFORE i looked at who made it. Suprising! i dunno... it didn't have the 'herc' feel to it. =\ THIRD PLACE: oof - foinshwaig 8 8 7 7.5 7 = 7.50 something about this one that made me happy happy. cutesy but in a fun way. me likey. YES, there is finaly an original, weird, game out of this topic! Confusing storyline. Graphics were interesting, and the minigame was sort of cool. "cool". YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT. nice game. FOURTH: tbot - anti-invention 7.5 8.6 7.5 6.5 5.5 = 7.12 pretty cool. graphics were okay, plot was kind of bland, but the gameplay made up for that. An original twist on action games in general. I *do* like being the bad guy. Nice rank system. Interesting story idea. Graphics could have been better but were okay. This game's action and plot may be cliché, but the parachuting engine is innovative.. at least, I haven't seen anything like it. I dunno why he needed an engine for the "getaway" sequence though. decent enough. FIFTH: evilmario - life of a caveman 6 7.8 7.25 7.5 6 = 6.91 reat concept, but went downhill quickly. time constraints ruined what might have been a top-three game. A good idea, as well as a good use of the topic. I could've been better if EvilMario didn't get lazy so quickly. Story was kind of dumb, but that's how it was intended to be, I guess. :) Gameplay could have been better (enemies, etc.). This deserves to be with the top entries. decent enough; at least it was original. SIXTH: kosh - claude zee invento' 6.2 7.9 8.25 6 6 = 6.87 gets rather annoying. funny at parts, but you know. enh. This is truly funny. Insane frenchmen, cats, machine-gun-weilding orcs (for the second time this week!). It's great! Nice. Graphics were good for the most part, and the story was okay. SACRE BLEU decent enough; the accent got annoying.. SEVENTH: flimsy - robots of death!!! 7 7.8 6 6.5 6 = 6.66 uhm... d'er? blinky graphics got annoying, but all in all, a pretty cool game. disliked that one instaint death, though. It has good graphics and it's funny, typical if Flimsy. It sure is one screwed-up office. If that instakill wasn't there, it could've gotten a much better score. Confusing storyline. Graphics could have been better. A decent romp. The puzzle at the end was rather obvious, though. that was utterly annoying, but decent stil; incomplete. EIGHTH: dark/guy - rhubarb pie strikes back 6 7.6 7 6.5 5.5 = 6.52 looking beyond the fact that this probably wasn't made in under 24 hours (brought to my attention by a few people), i just didn't like it. it relied too much on the engine, and as a result, lacked a bit plotwise and gameplay-wise. really boring, too. Nice engine, and it's big, but it's also *very* boring. Thanks for the ?+skip. Okay - good graphics and decent story. The battle system was interesting, though maybe not actually GOOD. The rest of the gameplay suffered because of it, though. there is *no way* you did that in one day; too confusing, battle annoyed me NINTH: iiesashima/la roche - elements 6.3 6.5 7 6.5 6 = 6.46 some pretty graphics, great title screen, but the plot was paper-thin, and the music was all liek EEEH. bad rpg sydrome. The title screen looked good, but then time constraints and other stuff took its toll. Started on the wrong board. Pretty good overall. Mostly nice graphics (especially the title screen). Awesome title screen and a graphic or two, but mediocre in everything else. nice title board; the second board was messed up; hard to follow, but decent gfx TENTH: smiley15 - kraziu 7.3 7.4 6.5 5.5 5.5 = 6.44 pretty interesting. the engine was pretty cool, if not a bit buggy. the plot was pretty cool, and the graphics were all right. the alien language got annoying, though. It had a nify engine and an original plot, but the bugs ruined it. Interesting game. Storyline was good, graphics were okay but could have been better. One bug (bad #put). Decent overall.. but the g'amep'lay really kinda s'uc'ks. I SUPPOSE it's on topic.. why are there so many apostrophes?; engine is buggy; decent. ELEVENTH: gamemstr1 - sim mad scientist 5.6 6.6 6 7.5 6 = 6.34 first off, let me say that your little rant did not impact my desicion. and by the way, I (zzblue) am the one who banned kevedit, not theta. that said, this game is mediocre, and gameplay had very little repetition. If you hate our rules so much, why did you sign up? At least I got to conqure part of California. Interesting idea. Storyline could have been better, but it was okay. An enjoyable entry. This should definitely be made into a full game. very nice; simple, but amusing TWELVTH: leamas - o what a day! 5 7.6 6.5 6 6.5 = 6.32 pointless. graphics were okay, but the plot was *woosh* out there. Nifty. The graphics were good and an evil machine - instead of taking over the world - turn everybody into harts with googley eyes, how cut-... Weird storyline. I'm giving it 6.5 because the graphics were pretty good. i don't want to use the comment "DECENT" again! pretty good; excellent graphics. THIRTEENTH: snorb - inventive mind 5.6 6.4 6.5 5.5 5.5 = 5.90 pedestrian. graphics and plot were BLAH. gameplay followed suit. It started like something from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the galaxy, then was brutaly beaten to death by time constraints. Okay. A little boring. Graphics could have been better (more shading, etc.). looks like JOHNNY BRAVO decent enough. FOURTEENTH: fishfood - doorways. 6 4 6.5 6.5 6 = 5.80 looked really great, but eevil board linkage errors prevented this one from getting the score it deserved. This looked good, but the passages were so messed up that I couldn't fix them just to play the game. Had potential, but very buggy (mislinked passages, etc.). Good story, and graphics were okay. A good game, but had some rather large errors and was fairly confusing. um.. passage errors?; decet enough, but crazy glitchy. FIFTEENTH: datsun1958 - the time machine 3.4 6.7 6.25 6 4.5 = 5.37 funny, there's this book that has the same name... and plot. bastardizing classic literature does not a great game make. It takes after that novel by H.G. Wells, of the same name. All of that capitalized writing was annoying. Gameplay wasn't very linear. I actually liked this game a lot, for some reason.. cliched; uh, wasn't that a movie? say, THE TIME MACHINE? SIXTEENTH: zamboni - enigma 4.8 6.0 5.5 5.5 4 = 5.16 starteds off okay, but got really boring really fast. a lot of bugs and bad programming prevented me from really enjoying the game. A standard ZZT shooter, complete with bugs and passage/boardlink errors, driving me crazy by the time I'm done. An okay game, but monotonous and too much 'open space'. A few bugs (unlinked board). A bit too long for it's pointless style. game doesn't finish; maybe something *decent* next time? SEVENTEENTH: nmzmaster - it's watching you 5.2 5 6.75 4.5 4 = 5.09 boards of text in place of gameplay is NO FUN. graphics are MEDIOCRE (i love that word!), plot is, for lack of a better word, DFHBHBIXDCFDIEWIERWIRRARRARARAA, gameplay is almost nonexistant. Rather boring with bland graphics. Ugh. An okay game. Graphics were decent (but too much open space, IMO). INSECT POLITICS more effort, please? EIGHTEENTH: zztreaper - the invention and history of flight 5.7 5.1 4.5 6 4 = 5.06 okay graphics. on topic, and sort of funny, in a stupid, annoying kind of way. Almost funny. Cut the newbie jokes next time, please. Semi-pointless. Kind of funny in some parts. Sorta funny, on topic, and pretty decent overall! you're an idiot. plain and simple. NINTEENTH: zaPRing - technical difficulty 4.9 4.8 6 4.5 = 5.05 plot was stupid. gameplay was almost nonexistant. blah. Walkwalkwalkwalkwalk, avoild guys with guns, then walkwalkwalk. Ugh. Title screen looked good, but the game had no apparent story. (skullie did not judge this one for some reason.) uh, that wasn't quite a 'game' TWENTIETH: kkairos - escape 4.3 4.3 5.5 5.5 5 = 4.92 owch. more blinky graphics. haywire plot. dumb. he plot seemed familar, and the weapons were creative, but for my sanity, please take out those blinking walls! Filled flashing walls = :O. Okay monochrome graphics, though. Decent! decent; nice graphics; but the flashing = annoying. TWENTY-FIRST: zechs - The Invention of the Flesh-Eating Monster/Robutt 5.0 5.5 4.75 3 2 = 4.05 graphics were okay, and the game was kind of...amusing, at first. unfortunatley, time constraints ruined a pretty decent game. Take the monster for a walk, feed the monster, then get eaten by the monster due to time constraints. Incomplete. It might have had potential... Due to time constraints MY ASS you're not funny. that was stupid and useless. TWENTY-SECOND: dsone - titty twister resistor 2 4.5 4 6 3 = 3.90 stupid, and pointless, and annoying. one point for being on-topic, one for not being a junk entry, per se. points deducted for just about everything else. Uh yeah. That's one messed-up teacher. Narrator: Oh god...this is going straight down the toilet. I dunno! I LIKED IT stupid, stupid. TWENTY-THIRD: god - recreation 2 3 4 4.5 4 = 3.50 pretty graphics prevent this one from getting a one, but barely. Another potentialy good game that was ruined by time constraints. Next! Looked cool at first, but was only two boards long. Starting is cool.. yes...... WHAT THE HELL <-- simulated play-through idiot. that was pointless. TWENTY-FOURTH: mark lu - dr. sam's big failure 2 2.9 3.75 2.5 2 = 2.63 the title was right. eew... Didn't make much sense. Graphics needed work. At least it was a try. didn't follow the topic; do you know what stk is? DISQUALIFICATIONS: teenspirit - the search for kurt cobain 2 DISQUALIFIED - junk entry/junk author hey, teenspirit. fuck you. (refrained from commenting) This = poop This is what happens when you cross "artistic" with "crap". is this a joke? unknown - trappedin the land of forgotten inventors DISQUALIFIED - lack of name and id number on title screen this one managed to slip in without the author's name or ID number. it cant be included, and even if it could, it would be laughed out of the contest. Who made this game? DQed for no name or id # on the title or anywhere else. Arr. Storyline didn't make sense. No texturing used on graphics. WHAT'S YOUR NAME?!!$@%? WHO'S YOUR DADDY?!$!$ is this a joke? inmate2994 - invention DISQUALIFIED - lack of topic compliance BOO HISS Evil, stupid, trivia that kills you. DQ'ed due to lack of topic compliance. Story was unclear. Graphics could have used more shading. Why do all these goddamn invention games use a PLANET EARTH picture at some point? stupid and pointless.