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Just want to remind everyone that games released on or before July 31st are subject to feedback *before* they are subject to votes. This is to help the entrants squash any bugs they've missed before the final deadline. When we begin voting, it should be based on the versions of each game posted by A...

Something tells me you'd have a lot more free global space if you used local variables for items that don't need to find their way into the save file. Very true. But those variables are used to store slices that I have to close in separate scripts, so locals won't work. I don't think. Not unless op...

That's genuinely scary. I'm surprised you aren't worried about running out of globals; there are only 16384! Trust me, I am. Especially when you consider the fact that I've been thinking for quite some time about making this into a single-file trilogy. But then I remember two things: 1. Once upon a...

Hey guys, we're officially down to the final month. How close are you to releasing your games? So, I've given the extension question some thought. I'm thinking about it in terms of what's affected the state of HotOHR games in the past. What I think I'm going to do this year is change the nature of t...

Even 50 looks scary! Wanna see something really scary? Here's what Entrepreneur: The Beginning is currently packing: global variable (1,money) global variable (2,persuasion) global variable (3,access) global variable (4,popularity) glo...

Personally I think that you should hold a vote shortly before the scheduled end of the contest to ask everyone if they feel that they've gotten their project together well enough to represent the creative ideas and work that they've put into it. If it's heavily skewed towards people needing more ti...

The contest sounds interesting. I would be happy to test your game and provide feedback. I do not currently have a way to record video though (I'm so sorry that I cannot repay your favor). But I will find a satisfactory way to thoroughly document my playing another way. How shall I get the game fro...

Is there any chance we could extend the deadline by a couple of weeks maybe? I'm working insanely hard to get my finished game ready in time for this contest and I'm kind of worried I won't have enough time. I've already answered this question through e-mail, but I want to go ahead and address it f...

I'm probably way too late for the HotOHR now, given that the deadline is next month, and I won't even have my current design document done by then, but still, good to know it's still going! You could always start working on your 2018 submission. I'm sure you'll have time for that. ;) Welcome back. ...

Also I have someone helping me with the soundtrack, and I was wondering what the rules would be regarding them voting. Can they not vote at all, or just on games besides mine, or can they vote on anything they want? They have to vote on the winner. Just kidding, yeah, the rules are very lax about m...

From Superheroes Anonymous: A Modern-day Fantasy, Year Two , Chapter 10: "Interrogation." He awoke for a second to find the hospital bed on its side and parts of the ceiling on fire. Some of the floor plants in the corner were stripped of their leaves. Magazines were covered in char marks...

I've practically stopped working on game stuff altogether, got too many other things going on. I'll probably drop out, but maybe I'll get a second wind between now and the end of July. Substitute November for July and you've got the slogan most heard every Heart of the OHR, and three months in mean...

I only got 15 pages through of Shell Out because I'm super slow, but it's interesting considering I'm currently in my mid twenties and a broke artist working odd jobs. I'm a bit curious about the psychic fortune teller job. From what I heard, fortune tellers here in NYC know they're scamming people...

I downloaded Shell Out from Barnes & Noble, I'll read it soon. Cool, thanks. Hope you enjoy it. I have a couple of others on there right now that are normally priced, but I've made available for free until May 25th ( The Computer Nerd and Gutter Child , if you're wondering). If you like Shell O...

The "announcer captions" in the game demo's battle scene reminds me that special sound effects for captions would be a great addition to the engine. So, we hear the fists hitting the enemy, sure, but we also hear the announcer narrating the fight. Option #2 is to record the fight and capti...