Christmas Audio & Gift Jam Winners!

[TomFulp]

The winners for the Christmas Audio Contest have been announced! Here are the top four:

• 
  Christe Redemptor Omnium by bassfiddlejones

  Christ, Redeemer of All

  Score

  4.53 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  377 Views

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  Gift Of Giving Nothing by ZipZipper

  For MAC12 Christmas Audio Contest.

  Score

  4.14 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Miscellaneous

  Popularity

  225 Views

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• 
  Christmas Memories by ent2186

  Cristmas Crap

  Score

  3.86 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Classical

  Popularity

  127 Views

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• 
  Yuletide Groove by Step

  Song made for the Christmas MAC! (3:58)

  Score

  4.74 / 5.00

  Type

  Song

  Genre

  Pop

  Popularity

  792 Views

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Thank you everyone who participated and also those who joined in the Gift Jam on Christmas Day!

The idea behind Gift Jam was to release games on Christmas day as a gift for anyone who might not have enough other presents to play with. Unfortunately I pitched it at the bottom of a post and not many people knew about it. On top of that, I couldn't even finish the game JohnnyUtah and I were working on in time to participate.

So THANK YOU AGAIN to those who DID release games on Christmas day!

Top Three Gift Jam Entries ($150, $100, $50)

• 
  Secret Santa by Nutcasenightmare

  What time is it? CHRISTMAS TIME!

  Score

  3.79 / 5.00

  Type

  Game

  Popularity

  11,141 Views

  Rated

  Everyone

A fun physics puzzler by Nutcasenightmare, developed using his new site, Craftyy! With Craftyy, anyone can build and remix HTML5 games right in their browser. Secret Santa shows off some of the amazing potential.

• 
  Perilous Presents by NoLanLabs

  Get the presents to the chimneys in this fast-paced retro action game! GiftJam2012

  Score

  3.08 / 5.00

  Type

  Game

  Popularity

  7,490 Views

  Rated

  Everyone

NoLanLabs came up with a classic arcade-style game where you get the presents in the boxes while keeping the bombs out. Charming!

• 
  Holiday Survival: Z Mas by graffanim8r

  Can you survive the Holidays?

  Score

  1.95 / 5.00

  Type

  Game

  Popularity

  10,101 Views

  Rated

  Ages 13+

This got some serious downvoting due to HTML5 browser compatibility issues. The premise of shooting endless waves of enemies has been done a lot but the production values are good and it was cool to see theinspiration and graffanima8r pick up Construct 2 and make their first ever game!

If YOU had dabbled with Construct2 last month maybe you'd be a published game developer and on the front page right now! Just sayin'. There's always 2013!

Two honorable mentions from the Gift Jam:

• 
  Bloody Christmas by 53xy83457

  It's bloody Christmas again. Let's ruin it for everybody!

  Score

  3.13 / 5.00

  Type

  Game

  Popularity

  1,606 Views

  Rated

  Ages 13+

• 
  Santa's Pilgrimage by FlyingColours

  Dash away in an uncontrollable sleigh, delivering presents on your way!

  Score

  3.04 / 5.00

  Type

  Game

  Popularity

  1,215 Views

  Rated

  Everyone

I need to publicize these things more I know. If Sosker had known he might have waited one more day and tagged his game with "giftjam2012", could have maybe won a prize!

Winners for the Winter Flash-Off will be announced in an upcoming post. There are a bunch of great movies to sort through.

Other news:

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We have playlists! Improvements are on the way, along with a global listing and more good stuff!

[Sequenced]

grats to the christmas music winnars

[Tiki-King]

When can we expect cathode raybots?

[Rawnern]

Good submissions this year! Keep it up and congratz!

[BrokenDeck]

Congrats to the wieners!

[TomFulp]

At 12/27/12 05:30 PM, Tiki-King wrote: When can we expect cathode raybots?

Planning to launch in January!

[TheMajormel]

Craftyy doesnt look so dumb as I expected it to be.

[TheMajormel]

At 12/27/12 05:50 PM, TheMajormel wrote: Craftyy doesnt look so dumb as I expected it to be.

I look pretty smug when I said that.

What I meant was that there was other stuff like craftyy , and Im thinking of stuf like Playcrafter(the whole site is now down, and gone. The link just brings you to a blogpost) and Sploder. But craftyy really dos have potential.

[deathink]

At 12/27/12 05:42 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/27/12 05:30 PM, Tiki-King wrote: When can we expect cathode raybots?

Planning to launch in January!

Is it true you postponed the game because my birthday was in January :3

[bassfiddlejones]

Thanks, and congratulations to the winners! :)

[RealFaction]

At 12/27/12 05:42 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/27/12 05:30 PM, Tiki-King wrote: When can we expect cathode raybots?

Planning to launch in January!

i need a time machine so i can skip forward Q_Q

[BomberF-16]

Awesome!!

[squidly]

I really wanted to do something for the gift jam, but I was bogged down with college applications and just general lack of inspiration - it's been biting at me a lot lately.

I wish I could give more.

[Leboyo56]

You guys should totally update the Series channel with new entries. Like not updates to existing series (since that's still happening) but as in actual new movie/game episodes, such as Toons These Days, Leo and Satan, Asdfmovie, Hellbenders, TOME, ZTV, Epic War, etc. Right now the channel feels kind of outdated. Actually it's been like that for awhile...

[Nutcasenightmare]

At 12/27/12 05:23 PM, TomFulp wrote:
Top Three Gift Jam Entries ($150, $100, $50)
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/608337
A fun physics puzzler by Nutcasenightmare, developed using his new site, Craftyy! With Craftyy, anyone can build and remix HTML5 games right in their browser. Secret Santa shows off some of the amazing potential.

AW YISS

[Nutcasenightmare]

At 12/27/12 06:13 PM, TheMajormel wrote:

At 12/27/12 05:50 PM, TheMajormel wrote: Craftyy doesnt look so dumb as I expected it to be.

I look pretty smug when I said that.

What I meant was that there was other stuff like craftyy , and Im thinking of stuf like Playcrafter(the whole site is now down, and gone. The link just brings you to a blogpost) and Sploder. But craftyy really dos have potential.

Thanks for the link - I knew of PlayCrafter and its eventual fate, but what I didn't know, that the blogpost points out, is that all PlayCrafter games got destroyed.

I'm also acquaintances with the guy who made Mockingbird, the Game-making Game. It was also a service that went offline, taking all its games with it.

I really hope I can avoid whatever missteps PlayCrafter & Mockingbird took, but in case I can't, that blogpost is huge proof the next thing I need to get for Craftyy is exporting your game so it works even offline.

Thanks again!

[EventHorizon]

At 12/27/12 05:42 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/27/12 05:30 PM, Tiki-King wrote: When can we expect cathode raybots?

Planning to launch in January!

I can't wait!

[tyler2513]

The audio was probably the most surprising this year's contest, great job to all the winners!

[YoMamma1357901]

At 12/27/12 05:23 PM, TomFulp wrote:

On top of that, I couldn't even finish the game JohnnyUtah and I were working on in time to participate.

So, Tom when is this game going to come out?

[EcoPipe]

Congratulations everyone!
It would be nice, Tom, if you'd reply to my Personal messages. :)

[TheMajormel]

At 12/28/12 03:10 AM, Nutcasenightmare wrote: I really hope I can avoid whatever missteps PlayCrafter & Mockingbird took, but in case I can't, that blogpost is huge proof the next thing I need to get for Craftyy is exporting your game so it works even offline.

Thanks again!

Its good and reassuring to know that you are taking browser game development to the next level. I got a chance to play around with it and it was fun.

[Nutcasenightmare]

At 12/28/12 05:25 PM, TheMajormel wrote:

At 12/28/12 03:10 AM, Nutcasenightmare wrote: I really hope I can avoid whatever missteps PlayCrafter & Mockingbird took, but in case I can't, that blogpost is huge proof the next thing I need to get for Craftyy is exporting your game so it works even offline.

Thanks again!

Its good and reassuring to know that you are taking browser game development to the next level. I got a chance to play around with it and it was fun.

Thanks! I saw all the remixes you did and cool stuff you made, and that fills me with fuzzy feelings. Fuzzy.

[mandog]

Html5

[Alisbet]

I wonder if Nutcasenightmare is going to do a sequel to Gap Monsters. Perhaps even using the this Craftyy tool no less.

[LiquidFire]

I'll be sure to give that Holiday Survival game some loving.

[Nutcasenightmare]

At 12/29/12 02:34 PM, Alisbet wrote: I wonder if Nutcasenightmare is going to do a sequel to Gap Monsters. Perhaps even using the this Craftyy tool no less.

I wonder too... Me too...

[FlyingColours]

At 12/29/12 04:25 PM, Nutcasenightmare wrote:

At 12/29/12 02:34 PM, Alisbet wrote: I wonder if Nutcasenightmare is going to do a sequel to Gap Monsters. Perhaps even using the this Craftyy tool no less.

I wonder too... Me too...

Please do that! That would be great!

[PhailBus]

Gratz to the winners! :D specially on the audio, game and all creators!