Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! i can honestly say that if aprone ever had to host a swamp competition id happily partisipate. since 1 dollar of u guys is 10 of my rands. so with that 10 to 1 configuration. id be a very happy smiling chowy. theres that evil little gremlin called

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Aprone, thanks for a fun competition. It takes both Your time and your effort. It does not seem wholly right to walk away with all the top prizes. So Ill be happy to help sponsor another competition for the community, if you are able to put another

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! hay aprone.sorry, i just retreet from the competition because my score was too low and i didnt have strategies. If you can, please make another contest. I actually just dont am interested in the money, just in the fun games.And why you dont make

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Well this is it, the last day of the contest! Im sure Ill have people scrambling to turn in some final game submissions. Good luck guys. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=187322#p187322

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Its so unfortunet that I cant seem to get the skill to get a higher score then the starting score. This is frustraiting because I have completed all 7 missions and am looking forward to what ever comes next. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Nina, have you read through all of the posts in this topic? There are some excellent tips in here, from wall placements to good perks to select. The only thing I suggest is to ignore any statements that say growing your population is a waste of time

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! The contest has officially ended. Nice work to everyone who gave it a shot, and of course nice work to those who managed to hold on to spots on the top-10 scoreboard. Once the prize values were added up, here are our champions:RockyWaters wins $170

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! My Paypal address is the same as the address I emailed all my submissions from. Good game all and thanks, Aprone, for holding this contest, and of course for making great games! I should try out more of them. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Just 2 days left and a few guys have been shoved off of the top 10 list recently. Lets see if theyll make a dramatic comeback. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=187078#p187078

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! I just had to have another go, trying to find the optimum strategy. I did not believe this was possible a week ago. Built 7 walls, built 10 tutor houses, got a population of 70, burned the houses, built a mine a forge and a barracks and a stables

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! A population of 70?! Holy crap, I didnt think that was possible either! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=187101#p187101 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Yes, 70, with 10 houses. My first game I had 49 with 7 houses, believing 8 was the limit. Its a rich game with so many variants, I hope you make another competition and would happily chip in some sponsorship. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Thank you Rocky. I hate that it sounds like bragging, but I really do like how Castaways turned out. Even by mainstream standards, it is a pretty deep game. Its hard to make a strategy game that doesnt wind up with a single, always wins, strategy

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Survived my fourth mission. Have my tips been useful? Does anyone need help with anything in particular? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=186575#p186575 ___ Audiogames-reflector

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Loxias, thats a great idea for a new starter/perk. Maybe one of these days Ill add it. Be thankful you didnt use that fault that increases random disasters, because you probably would have lost 3 times as much food, Yikes!Rocky, I think theyve

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Haha yeah, I wouldnt touch that murphys law fault with a 10-foot metal bar. Maybe with a sword, to slice it up...Good grief rocky. My mind cant even fathom how you got that last score. Even at my best, if my last mission hadnt quite literally molded

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Loxias wrote:if my last mission hadnt quite literally molded overI got a pretty good laugh out of this. Nice one Loxias. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=186591#p186591

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Suggestion: Add a preservatives perk. Spoiling food really, really, really sucks. It just completely destroyed another attempt I made right at the end. An attempt I originally said I wouldnt do. So now Im kinda annoyed at the wasted time. But I

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Nice work Loxias, and thanks for the info about that house idea.Well there is just 1 more week in the contest, and Im happy to say that peoples scores have been getting really high! All of the top 10 slots have climbed over 100k, and we now have

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Its true, I discovered Castaways only shortly before I found this contest. Wouldnt say Im an expert yet, but I can find my way through a mission.Hey Aprone, I did notice something while I was playing. Is mining supposed to eat up rocky terrain like

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! You know, I might try that next time. I just gave a second go that did beat my first though, by making better use of tomes and better wall placement as well as a few trial runs to see where the goblins appeared first. I also think I picked my perks

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! You know, I might try that next time. I just gave a second go that did beat my first though, by making better use of tomes and better wall placement as well as a few trial runs to see where the goblins appeared first. I also think I picked my perks

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! [[wow]], apparently I got really lucky when it came to stuff spoiling. I only ever lost 1 vegetables. Perhaps I wont be so lucky next time I play.Interesting post regarding starters, perks and faults yujin. I too tend to go with strong start

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Loxias, have you tried building houses to raise your population, then tear them all down so you can use the land for the more critical buildings? It would be an extra few steps, but I imagine toward the end of the game you could really benefit from

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! A story of survival. Our ship was a wreck. We swam to the headland as instructed by our captain and leader. I was surprised there was so many smuggled goods on the shore, most other times Ive been wrecked we chose a headland with a storehouse

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Oh man Rocky, I cringed when I read about the bread and barrels! Ouch! Sounds like a very exciting game though. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=185670#p185670 ___ Audiogames

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! hay all.i think the contests gone haha.because anyone has accapted m score. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=185517#p185517 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Hi all.Thanks for the tips posted here that help me a lot in surviving the mission. Here, I wish to share about my character configuration I use for the mission, hoping to compliment the tips others have postedFor starter, I choose strong start so

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! More and more contest submissions are coming in. Excellent! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=185325#p185325 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! This was quite fun! The tips around posts 25 to 27 or so gave me a good starting point, though of course theres still lots to figure out, like what resources to focus on when. I think Ive scoped out a couple of other fairly defensible locations, I

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Tried my suggestion of building nothing and going fishing, smiles. Scored 61,800 before starving around 800 ticks. Also tried building just a farm and a vineyard but nothing else. Scored 65,000 before starving. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! How about doing that but with a tavern, as close to the middle as possible, and saving just before the goblins get you? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=185362#p185362

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Ive found that building a wall at:n-2m-5j-3i-4k-6gives me a nice little area to have fun in. It then becomes a trick of what to build when.I found a bug though:When you close the tannery, no one will bring leather from it to the monastery. The monk

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Aprone has asked for some hints from folks who have scored a success or two. Dark offered his wisdom on playing the hunter, so heres my own hot tips, hopefully not too explicit, on how to play the lumberjack:Firstly, select your tree! Pick a good

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! rofl? I read this 2 times looking for symbolism but no luck URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=185099#p185099 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Ok, some serious tips, seems to be the sporting thing to do. Warning, spoilers and spilt beans. Quick answer: The right strategy for this map is to build walls, as many as it takes. Wall yourself in and forget about soldiers until after all your

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! yeah i had the same problem as frastlin. once i got a few walls up i survived until the end, but it didnt let me save. and i had a good score. aprone what can we do.? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=185138#p185138

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Sorry about that bug. The game is supposed to let you save when the ticks run out on challenge. One option is to load up the saved game autosave. Castaways automatically saves your game every so often, using that file name. If you have played a new

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! I suggest regular saves. My last save is at ticks and this is the saved file I send to Aprone. The other reported bug about closing buildings is not a bug. If you close a building peasants do not bring new supplies, unless they are already

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! gonna give this a try. never been very good at castaways, so lets see how this goes. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=185019#p185019 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Survived my third mission. Modified my tactics again, but the result seems similar. Im not sure yet if my strategy is optimal, but would anyone want me to post a few tips? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=185036#p185036

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! I think some tips from the master would be helpful. Lets hear them. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=185041#p185041 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Hi,I have tried hard, but still no success. I only manage to last until 3000+ ticks in average and with my population died of starvation, while there is no safe land left for me to build more food production buildings. I wonder what am I doing wrong

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Hi Key!Hmm, I have no idea how Rocky Waters manage to survive the mission. I guess both of us have no luck yet. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184872#p184872 ___ Audiogames

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! I actually am able to survive the mission now. Ill say that the thing that canged the entire game was the starter I chose. The problem is getting the points. Even once the goblins were driven back and I had more squares to build on, I couldnt build

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Nicely done Key, it actually sounds like youve improved dramatically since the last time you posted. Im guessing with a few adjustments to your strategy, youll be handing in saved games to get on the high score board. Yujin9091, what is your primary

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! KeyIsFull noticed that, using the Smuggled goods starter, he could beat the score I had filled in on all of the high score spots. I have allowed it. Think of it as just a slight adjustment to my name being in the bottom 7 high score slots.His scores

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Survived my second mission. Is anyone else having a go at this competition? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184731#p184731 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Trying hard, but failing URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184734#p184734 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! hmm yeah that was remarkably better.Question, why build the wall at e3 and c5? I build mine at e2 and b5, and the b5 wall completely shuts out that first goblin entrance at a5. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184550#p184550

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! I do build at E 2, unless you typed that in reverse by accident. Ive done both at E 2 and E 3 on different tries. Both end up blocking off the north side, but I prefer E 2 if I can get it built fast enough because it frees up E 3 to be farmland

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! I cant wait to get started, but for this week Im stuck using Dialup, so not sure how long it might take to download the game. (Sad Face) But on Monday we get our cable internet hooked up, so yay! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! I cant wait to get started, but for this week Im stuck using Dialup, so not sure how long it might take to download the game. (Sad Face) But on Monday we get our cable internet hooked up, so yay!Where do I find the link for the Castaways beta

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! JenniferM, you can download the latest version from this link:www.kaldobsky.com/audiogames/castaways.zipThe game is about 17MB in size, so even on dialup that wont be too bad. It isnt like the many games that are hundreds of MB in size, haha! URL

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! hay Aprone.would you like i also partisipate? im interested, not n the money, in the scores. In the game. In your awesome games you make for us.And yes, rather good cash prices. But can i? Thanks!The Timonater. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Yes Terminator, please do participate! Everyone is welcome to join in. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184437#p184437 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! hay Aprone...thank you!i just thought youre madd at me because i was spamming on swamp. But i just changed. Im remembering the days when i just treated the people there like shit, when you just told me to stop. Cant do it, so...sorry. URL: http

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Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Thanks! URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184472#p184472 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin-gucukoglu.com/cgi-bin

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! It looks like Rocky is in the lead with his first simition and Im sure hes working on his second. So the rest of you might want to get crackinh! hehehehhehehhehehheheh URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184510#p184510

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! It looks like Rocky is in the lead with his first simition and Im sure hes working on his second. So the rest of you might want to get crackinh! hehehehhehehhehehheheh Only 19 days left. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184510

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! man, this game is doing nothing but frustrating me. If I keep the goblins at bay I dont manage to get any food buildings built. I spent all my resources building 3 walls, a mine, a forge and a barracks to stop the goblins that I didnt build walls

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! KeyIsFull, if it helps, here is the starting order Ive been going with lately. I put my storehouse somewhere between columns B and G, and rows 2 and 5. I get the tavern, saw mill and a quarry going first, with a hospital if absolutely necessary

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Just thinking. Can a price be a year subscription for Swamp? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184232#p184232 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Hi.[[wow]], what a cool idea. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184235#p184235 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin-gucukoglu.com https://sabahattin

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Survived my first mission. Has anyone else survived yet? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184251#p184251 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector@sabahattin

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Roro, I could have done that, but I figured people would like money more. Someone can always buy an account with the money they win, if they want to. This way people have more freedom to use their prize how they like. URL: http

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! It was brought to my attention that the score is not counting your Gardeners, Wheat farmers, Wine makers, or Shepherds. My program that checks the save game files does count them though, so you will get those extra points if you happen to have any

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! OK youre right concerning that point, may be the winner has already got an account on Swamp, or simply he doesnt want this price. So giving cash prices is good I think. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184306#p184306

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! If you arent using Castaways version 2.7c (not B), please update before continuing with the contest. The version 2.7b had a bug that could corrupt your save game files, giving your people like 50,000% energy and of course making the file unusable

Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Ive been away for a few weeks and I have been reading up on all of many forum posts that happened while I was gone. In that time the community (gross generalization warning ahead) has grumbled about $5 fees for updating Shades of Doom, emptied

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Current score board:1) Aprone with 40705 points.2) Aprone with 40705 points.3) Aprone with 40705 points.4) Aprone with 40705 points.5) Aprone with 40705 points.6) Aprone with 40705 points.7) Aprone with 40705 points.8) Aprone with 40705 points.9

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Oh Aprone, youll get all the 10 prices for yourself, since youre the only one participating at the moment hahahahahaha. Just kidding. I havent played the new version yet, but I think Ill do tomorrow. Nice job for an awesom game, keep up a good work

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Oh Aprone, youll get all the 10 prices for yourself, since youre the only one participating and having all top 10 for yourself at the moment hahahahahaha. Just kidding. I havent played the new version yet, but I think Ill do tomorrow. Nice job

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Oh Aprone, youll get all the 10 prices for yourself, since youre the only one participating and having all top 10 for yourself at the moment hahahahahaha. Just kidding. I havent played the new version yet, but I think Ill do tomorrow. Nice job

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Thank roro. I sure hope the contest doesnt end with my name on all the spots! Haha! With 10 prizes, it should make it possible for quite a few players to win some money, even if they arent the greatest Castaways players in the world. URL: http

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Yeah but make sure that you dont have 2 spots with the same user name, because, you know, people will take more than a price, which is bad, since there should be 10 winners. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184088#p184088

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! I cant stop people from winning more than 1 prize. Not really anyway, because someone could just use a different name or email to send me a file. So since I cant really prevent it, Im allowing it. The only rule is that to submit another file

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! Aprone, I dont have a payPal account. If I gain a prize, perhaps I could immediately redeem it for something? Say if I got a prize worth $30 I could redeem it for Paladin of the sky or something? I am just not interested in creating a payPal account

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! KeyIsFull, I could send your winnings to a friends paypal account maybe. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=184103#p184103 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list Audiogames-reflector

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes!

Re: Castaways contest, with cash prizes! HiHmm, very very intresting. Wouldnt that be just hilarious to extend a kaldobsky account with one of the prices... Hehehehehe Ill defenatly give it a try, though Im rather rusty for the moment, and Im sure Ill screw up some times, si ill defenatly