March Madness Mini-Game Contest!

[Lunarea]

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RPG Maker is featured in a fantastic sale over on Steam, and we’re ready to celebrate with you!

Whether you’re a seasoned veteran or completely new to RPG Maker, we want to challenge you to get those developer thinking caps on and create something maddeningly fun. Our March Madness Mini-game Contest is your ticket to adventure, challenge and fun!

A mini-game can be defined as a game-within-a-game. It’s that quick burst of fun activity you can play again and again to get different rewards. Examples include card games, casino games or a fishing bonanza – all meant to provide your player with an interesting way to take a break from the story and win some unique prizes.

We’re challenging you to create a fun mini-game in RPG Maker! All participants will receive a nifty forum trophy, and our top 3 winners will get their choice of RPG Maker or RPG Maker DLC! Winners will be chosen based on creativity, effort and fun.

Rules:
- Create a mini-game using any RPG Maker program.
- DLC are allowed, but please be sure to encrypt your mini-game to abide by the packs' EULA.
- You may use any graphic or audio resource, as long as it's safe for commercial use and it does not breach any existing copyright or trademark.
- Your entry can be shared in this thread, as a downloadable link. Please use a reputable host (such as dropbox) that does not have the potential to introduce malware or viruses.
- You may post a screenshot or a short video of your entry as an introduction.

Deadline: March 28th, 2017

 

[HexMozart88]

Yo, this is possibly the best contest here I've seen in a long time. At least the most fun for me anyway. Can you submit a mini game you've already started, or does it have to be completely fresh?

 

[Hudell]

Perfect Timing, I was just about to start working on a mini-game.
I just hope I'll have time to get it ready before the event is over.

 

[Silenity]

Very cool! Good luck to all contestants!

 

[Trihan]

Just out of curiosity is there an alternative prize for entrants who already have all the RPG Makers and DLC that they want or need right now? ^_^

 

[Zheg]

deadline march 28?

 

[HexMozart88]

Yes indeed. That is exactly a week from now.

 

[Llareian]

Are plugins allowed, or must the minigame be made using only the base program? (I would assume they're allowed, since they're a big part of RM, but I don't want to make incorrect assumptions.)

 

[bgillisp]

Nice! Too bad that deadline is so soon, as I have many mini-game ideas and not enough time to implement them.

 

[Marquise*]

*after a bad news today*
WHYYYYYY~?
(translation; I want to do it really hard, but the exterminators are back! -no I haven't been assaulted yet... Just my neighbors-)

Oh you know what? I am going on Steam spend that Christmas card on RPGMaker products!
And good luck all contestants! (seriously; not just in game making. I love you all!)

 

[kenibatz]

Just to clarify, we are only allowed to submit one mini-game?
Or can we maybe submit more than one entry but win only once?

Additional Question: Can we upload the mini-game on itch.io or on the Steam Workshop?

Spoiler: Work In Progress

 

[Gin]

This sounds like so much funnnnn...
Have no idea what to do, but I´m sure I´ll come up with something in my imaginary free time...a
March is an amazing month full of beautiful things. I love it... this idea rocks! /

 

[Zheg]

i just did a minigame, where to upload it?
just paste link here from dropbox?

 

[Matombo]

Do adventure puzzle rooms count as minigames? (room escape style)

 

[Susan]

Sounds like a fun contest. I made a small entry for it in my spare time. Hope people will enjoy playing with it.

Spoiler: Summary

MEMORY MINI-GAME
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This simple mini-game is about memorising and selecting the slimes in the correct order of which they emit sounds.
There are 3 rounds, and each one adds one more slime that needs to be memorised.

Have fun!

Spoiler: Credits

Kadokawa
PandaMaru
Archeia & EvilEagles (RPG MAKER DS Resource Pack)
David McKee (ViRiX)
Elijah Mills (RPG MAKER The Simple Life Music Pack)

Spoiler: Download links

Windows: https://www.dropbox.com/s/e53xypfkj28f1wc/MemoryMG_Win.zip?dl=0
Mac: https://www.dropbox.com/s/10hfj23138uvnbq/MemoryMG_Mac.zip?dl=0
Linux: https://www.dropbox.com/s/vthwqlk6nx72sb1/MemoryMG_Linux.zip?dl=0

Please note that I could not test the Mac & Linux versions. My apologies if they do not work as intended.

 

[HexMozart88]

Hmm. Something tells me I might be going overboard here.

 

[Susan]

@HexMozart88 : I'm sure your entry will be very spectacular. The contest is supposed to be a fun event anyway.

 

[Dalph]

@Susan
That was very fun and nicely made too, it's a good memory training exercise.

Anyway!
I'm joining too.

 

[Gin]

@Susan I love memory games, those are lots of fun.

 

[Zheg]

Here is mine!

15 Puzzle

The classic 15 puzzle, i implemented this in one of my games, and you can win items like final fantasy I & II from the GBA.
This is playable with only mouse, and can be played in mobile version aswell but, thats later.

Enjoy!

Spoiler: Credits

Yanfly for window resolution plugin
triacontane for Clickable picture plugin

Spoiler: Download Links

Windows: https://www.dropbox.com/home?preview=15+puzzle+windows.rar
Mac: https://www.dropbox.com/home?preview=15+puzzle+mac.rar
Linux: https://www.dropbox.com/home?preview=15+puzzle+linux.rar