Vitiman
Party Like It's 2002, Probably
Jun 30 2019, 5:13 PM

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This upcoming weekend, from the 6th to the 7th, MFGG is now officially hosting a really incredible Game Jam that longtime member Roo came up with on the forums and it's pretty great. We're gonna make old-timey retro fangames! Because kids, children, children of men, it's the brand new but ironically pretty old:

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If you're unfamiliar with a game jam, the concept is simple: during this particular weekend, anyone who wants to will hop onto their game making programme of choice (in this case, I strongly recommend downloading The Game's Factory and fiddling around in that given the spirit of this) and tries to make something that fits as best with the theme as possible. You can find more details at the forum thread Roo made for this, but the gist is quite simple: make a dumb video game mimicking fangaming's hilarious, bizarre & borderline surreal past. You need examples? Well, Roo provided plenty in the thread post, but if you need more, just go to our very own Games section and go to the very last page and just scroll through them backwards until the games start hitting about 2005 or so. Anything within that time frame is probably a good example of what you could do, and we highly encourage exaggerating it to the fullest extent - or you can be mundanely authentic, it's really up to you! The only main objective is to capture that vibe, and there are better worded approaches to this in the thread post, so yet again I direct most people to go there.

Typically with game jams and stuff, you're supposed to do it within the time span, but (and I don't know if this is common practice) it appears Roo is fine with people making their game in advance. Granted, that's still not a lot of time! The jam starts this Saturday, so you only have a week to do something if you want! Or you can procrastinate like I probably will and only have the weekend, it's really up to you.

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Now that we've got that all grabbed out, let's enjoy some of MFGG's fine newer fangames

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Thumbnail Fox Mansion - Ghost vs Fox
[Minigame] By Pataxu
Fox Mansion is a ripoff of the Nintendo Land: Luigi's Mansion minigame. It was designed for mobile ...
Thumbnail Unnamed Metroid Space Shooter
[Shoot 'em Up] By Anonymous
Re-uploaded from Metroid: Fan Mission

Originally made in: 2008

Original description: ...
Thumbnail Mr. Pence's Last Penny
[Comedy] By Misteryt1MFGG
WARNING: If you have not played the other games in the Mr. Pence series, especially Mr. Pence Travels ...
Graphics
Custom Pionpi Sprites By Evan.F
Neweegee-styled Waluigi sprite sheet V2 By igotanewaccountomg
SMB3 [All Stars] - Custom Map Titles By Victor ManuelMR
Hammer Mario Power Up - SMAS By Linkstorm Z
SMBR Backgrounds By Gatete, Mit
Super Mario Maker 2: SMW Boom Boom By Yoshin
Super Mario Maker 2: SMW Toad By Yoshin
SMB3 Revised Blocks Background By Gatete
Mario Maker 2: SMW Day Tilesets By Yoshin
SMM2 Thwomps Rips. (Recreation) By tarkan809
Custom Series - More Blocks n' Stuffs + Snowy Versions By xXEmmanXx
Custom Series - HUD Revamped By xXEmmanXx
Super Waluigi in Super Mario Maker By igotanewaccountomg
SMM2 SMAS SMB1 Desert BG By MARIOBONNIE
How-Tos
SMB3 Statue Lasers How-To By Gatete
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I feel like... I'm probably forgetting something. OH, right! Super Mario Maker 2 is out, go play that! I've been playing it a lot myself, and it's great fun. Go enjoy that, child! Come back when you have great levels to share and good times to cherish! We might also be having a level competition for it in the near future, who knows? ;)
 
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GeneralGuy
Jul 1 2019, 6:35 AM
Super Mario Maker 2 was my dream game back in 2006, and I'm so happy it's finally a reality. Looking to join this year's game jam. If only I can find my old copy of The Games Factory laying around.
 
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Tuppcord
Jul 13 2019, 8:17 PM
Crap. i missed this game jam. Im really good at making crappy games that look like they were from 2001. xD
 
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