The Klik of the Month Klub meets right here on this very website on the third Saturday of every month at 4pm Pacific Time (taking daylight savings into consideration) for a two hour Klik & Play Showdown. Everyone who participates gets two hours to create something from scratch in Klik & Play. Abusing the stock objects is encouraged. If you really loathe Klik & Play you can use whatever game development platform you want. Two hours is a pretty tight time limit, though, so choose wisely!
Klik & Play is absolutely free to download, and learning it takes minutes, so everyone can get in on the action. Want to talk to your fellow Klikwreckers? Join us on IRC -- server irc.freenode.net, channel #glorioustrainwrecks. Join the mayhem!
After you've made your game, you should upload it here! You might also like to check out the list of games made for this event.
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So does anybody else find...
...that KOTM is actually helpful in motivating them to finish other projects?
I do. I love actually finishing something, even if it's just a ridiculous Klik game...
Am I just pointing out the obvious again?
"...that KOTM is actually
"...that KOTM is actually helpful in motivating them to finish other projects?"
Erm, not really, no. If anything, it's distracting me from doing actual C++ work, among other things, heh...
I don't know if this is
I don't know if this is exactly what you mean, but the year before I started doing KOTM (2008) I released no games whatsoever. This was something that depressed me a little and I vowed to change. I'm not sure exactly how many I made in 2009, but it was significantly more. This year, I have already churned out about 10 games... KOTM is at least 50% responsible.
The Klik of the Month Klub
The Klik of the Month Klub was started in order to help motivate people to make what they really wanted to make! So it makes me glad to hear that it does have this effect. I don't know how directly KOTMK has influenced my personal work ethic, but I can definitely tell you that since starting Glorious Trainwrecks, I'm starting, sticking with and finishing a lot more projects than I used to.
"...that KOTM is actually
"...that KOTM is actually helpful in motivating them to finish other projects?"
Occasionally, yes.
Oookay, THIS is when I'm
Oookay, THIS is when I'm gonna make that ode to a Klik classic.
Or maybe not. ONLY TIME WILL TELL [/clichedphrase]
Can you give a hint? What
Can you give a hint? What counts as a Klik classic?
Hmm, okay, here's a hint:
Hmm, okay, here's a hint: The author likes to draw really thick outlines on graphics.
THE LONG-AWAITED CIRCY 4!
THE LONG-AWAITED CIRCY 4!
I think that was too big a hint
I'm imagining something like this, then!
Oh God, I remember the
Oh God, I remember the vibrating pigs.
I remember the ridiculous
I remember the ridiculous bullet time... pity that game seems gone forever. Nah, I probably have a copy on an old hard drive.
I have a lot of stuff on my
I have a lot of stuff on my old 1999-2002 machine. Various Click games (deleted one or two for reasons unknown - wish I hadn't), the DOS demo of Sonic Epoch (which I thought was a lot better than the Advance version), and a MIDI wavetable synth that I really liked (wish I could find a way to get those MIDI instruments so that I could listen to MIDIs with nostalgia).
Currently unplugged, but shouldn't take much effort to put it back into commission. Also caught a few viruses (Trojans?) but they don't seem to transmit. It's a Windows 98 machine too, so no USB drives allowed (or are they?).
Art Week
Spent the whole week making pixel art for a pretty obvious and inevitable follow up to a KOTM game of mine from a while ago. It should be fun this time? At least it will be pretty.
Just realized that this KotM
Just realized that this KotM happens to fall on my birthday!
Happy birthday!
Happy birthday!
JANESAW
Story: The company's proprietary spreadsheet program crashed when Jane was mere pixels away from the save icon and minutes away from the end of the day's work.
Featuring: frownworthy Game Maker engine abuse.
http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/1147
In the interest in learning
In the interest in learning THE JIVE, I may be starting and finishing one hour early! This means that I won't get to go overtime for debugging like I usually do, hmmm
I started early...
Now I have to go to work. - Looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with!
oh crap! it's today!
I totally spaced that one off. :P
/edit/
I made something anyway... http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/1121
My game has
My game has ooouuuuttliiiines.
Had to leave early, so there's only two levels. Oh well.
Six Minutes of Broken Promises
Six Minutes of Broken Promises (flash)
I think this may be the
I think this may be the greatest gaming experience you ever created
FARMER JUDGE
inspired by libble rabble?
Bike Dyke
Play it now and not just you. Everyone.
THE BOMB
here's a different game i made in like twenty minutes.
Phoning It In
This month's game is Phoning It In. I really phoned it in. Don't let 50 phones ring!
Crap, I didn't use the new
Crap, I didn't use the new submission system and I can't seem to add it now. Is there any way this can be added to the #33 KotM submissions?
Let's Get This Over With
All you have to do is survive 10 seconds in this gloriously simple avoid 'em up. 10 mere seconds and you can move on with your life. 10 seconds...
Made in Game Maker, because that's how I roll.
LGTOW.rar
Oh man I loved this.
Oh man I loved this.
Mommy I don't want to make a KotM today
Bleh.
dream blocks
Peoples dreams are made out of blocks of dream eccence, your job is to let everyone have their dreams this night, whatch out for dream demons. they only want to cause havoc and nightmairs.
note: occasionally one of the crane objects will bug on the corner of the screen. press shift to unbug.
Zapper Maths
ZAPPER MATHS
Use your maths skill to not die.
NOTE: You need to have sound turned on to play, and it's best to use headphones as I couldn't hear the speech very well on speakers.
GOOD LUCK
If it was flipped so that
If it was flipped so that the number called out was the SAFE one, this would be pretty awesome.
ENOUGH MARIOS.
ENOUGH MARIOS.
Done! http://www.glorioust
Done!
http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/1131
Moneytization
Learn about making a living in the exciting world of free-to-play online games!
PLAY IT
The Legend of Zeldar: Hunchback Extermination Extreme
I had a ton of awful problems with my Internet connection, but I finally got this uploaded.
Download 'The Legend of Zeldar: Hunchback Extermination Extreme'
Missing out on the IRC component was a real shame. I hope you guys like the broken gameplay!
Snakes and Snakes
it's like snakes and ladders but the ladders are also snakes
Download, please.
Did you forget, perchance?
We're using the submissions
We're using the submissions system now dude. http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/games/kotmk33
Yeah, I did.
Yeah, I did. http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/1137
Entomology PhD Simulator
Hello this is my first KotM entry and I was picking it all up as I went along so please excuse the fact that you can win by doing nothing (or, pretend that it's some kind of deliberate commentary on the state of postgraduate education).
I'm not going to tell you the controls because this is a PhD and you ought to know these things by now.
*** Image shown is not in-game footage ***
Down with bullshots
It's a target render!
But it makes me want to play it even more.
I Love You But You Kiss Like a Girl
Link
left player use WASD
right player use arrow keys
score hits by making your tongue long, block hits by making your tongue short, try to force your opponent off the screen to win the kiss!
inspired by theresa, who is pretty.
sorry this is over time! I was adding lovely polish for you all <3
Follow the Yellow Brick Road
No, no, it's not the next version of Crysis. It's a game inspired by Terry Cavanagh, Anna Anthropy and The Path!
I went a bit ambitious, so had to rush it a lot. It might run too fast or too slow or not at all for you. Sorry about that! The game is made in Visual Basic 6 and includes the code.
KILL DRAGON
http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/1145
Pardon the Tardiness
My best friend had a really shitty day; while KotM went on we went driving around town to better both of our moods. I know it's late and all, but can I make a game about it?
Please do! I think you
Please do!
I think you don't ever have to ask for permission to make a game.
A Soul-Crushing Drive Through the Bowels of Kotzebue, Alaska
http://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/1149
An ode to driving aimlessly through the streets of my hometown Kotzebue, Alaska. Partly inspired by increpare's Queue. Note that you get a game over if you stay still for too long.