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[Vector]

Hello, everyone!

In order to thank the community for all your incredible support over the years and celebrate our opening, Victory Garden Games is holding a giveaway of the following awesome titles:

Long Live the Queen
La-Mulana
Eversion
Papers Please
Fez
FTL
Super Hexagon
Savant - Ascent
Trine
Papo & Yo
Sine Mora
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Gunpoint
Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
The Swapper
Gone Home - Thanks, Cheeetar~!

And, because we'll be keeping an eye on flash sales, price drops may mean that we can offer even more games without going over budget!  The drawing will take place on January 1st, 2014 as the new year turns.  The drawing will be done individually, rather than batched, so come sign up for what you'd like to play :]

Games that are still available on the 1st will be passed to the Let's Make It a Better World Giveaway.

Requirements to join:

1. Must have joined Bay12 before December 1st, 2013.
2. No escaped lunatics!  Please don't be shy--there's a lot of great people here with fun stuff to talk about.  Head down to General Discussion and make some friends.
3. Feel free to sign up for whatever you'd like, but please only sign for things you really do want for yourself--so others will get a chance at something they'd love to play.
4. Along with your list, post a type of character that you'd like to see more of in games.

As of 1/1/2014, you can see the results here!


Happy holidays, everyone, and keep comfy!

[Fniff]

1. Gunpoint

I'd like to see more player characters that put a emphasis on nonviolence who aren't adventure game protagonists. For example, a mage who uses creative magical solutions to his problems instead of just fireballing someone. Failing that, open world characters who have standards: for instance, if you try to shoot a civilian they will actually explicitly refuse. I guess the latter is because I always try to roleplay in an open world game.

[Gentlefish]

Vector, has anyone told you you're just great?

1. Fez
2. Dust: An Elysian trail
EDIT: Swapper too, why not <3

Narrative games are the best.

I'd like PC's in leader positions, like playing the role of the leader of an establishing settlement who has to keep track of what's happening where and make sure everyone gets fed and taken care of.

I'm actually thinking of mocking up a little game like that

[Rose]

Not signing up for any games, just wanna say you're awesome.

[Evilsx]

Wooo Vector

1.Long Live the Queen

I want to see more main character that are Insane, like in Far cry 3 or a member of Bay12

[Iceblaster]

1. FTL.
2. Long live the queen.
2. Gunpoint

Personally, I'd like more villain protagonists.

Maybe have it like Spec ops the line where you don't explicitly know if you're good or bad.

[Shakerag]

1.  Check.
2.  Check.
3.  Papers Please.
4.  Characters who can call the protagonist on his/her bullshit and actually be correct in doing so.  Furthermore, characters who can actually succeed via logical analysis and/or science and/or math (as opposed to those characters who only rely on faith/friendship/heart of the cards/some other bullshit and always win).

[Gentlefish]

The Papers Please Beta was lots of fun, like seriously, the game is great. Actually really lifelike.

[Frumple]

I'll, uh. Throw in for Long Live the Queen, tentatively. Depending on how christmas gifts go, I may end up getting it myself.

Character I'd like to see more of... that's actually a pretty tough one >_>

There's probably dozens, depending on if you're talking personality, role (/capabilities), or situation. At this moment, at this time... I'd say a character with some good ol' hot blood! And... and good a sense of theatrics. Style, vim, vigor. Moxie! Probably an awesome hat. Just serious and capable enough to be juuust this side of farcical. Vec, you've seen enough giant robot media to have a good idea of the archetype But no idiots! A stylistic, sophisticated shonen character! I like those.

... but hey, bonus round. Capability wise, a nice steampunk inventor-sort is always great. I see a lot of attempts, but what I don't see is stuff that feels like it'd fit in Girl Genius. Latest I've ran into that actually does a half decent job of it is Giacomo (from Rise of Legends, which is pretty awesome from an aesthetics point of view, imo.). Beyond that, a decent reality hacker (magic = science, or something along the lines of gap hax) would also be great... not something I see played with much, but something really ripe for potential (wonderful) mechanical sophistication.

And situation! I'd absolutely love to play something where you're the "little guy", so to speak. My constant "back of the head" thing is being in control (the mayor, guardian spirit, whatever) of a fantasy village. Almost like Majesty, but sans heroes (or much less emphasized) and more city builder/sim. A less epic, more fiddly King of Dragon Pass sort of situation, perhaps. But even beyond that, stuff where you're playing out the supporting cast, being all those side stories and background events that occur around and about the protagonists, that never really get much or any attention. Fleshing out a fantasy or high sci-fi world with the (relatively) mundane hiding in the gaps, gluing everything together stuff. Recettear's probably a good example, heh, though I've never really played it enough to know how much it separates from the item-store base later into the game...

[Elephant Parade]

This is awesome. Thank you for spending time and money to set this up!

1. La-Mulana

As for characters, hmm. I like comic relief characters, especially if they troll other characters.

[Nirur Torir]

Vector and Solifuge forming a game studio. I usually wait for sales, but I can already tell your first game will be a day-one buy. _{(No pressure or anything)}

1. Long Live the Queen

Cutebolds are a type of characterrr ...
More seriously, former-hero villains who pursue noble goals, but who have been reduced to using darker methods.

Thanks for the giveaway!

[UltraValican]

I wish you luck on your endeavors. I hope you make some really good games.
1. La Maluna

I want to see more loser heroes. I'm not sure if I can articulate what I mean by that very well. If your familiar with the character Axel from Disgaea, that's sort of what I have in mind. By Loser Hero, I want a character that are capable, but not necessarily strong or "badass". They aren't handsome or pretty, and they have fairly lofty goals that they probably wont ever achieve, but they'll try their damnedest to get there. I'm an absolute sucker for characters that go on some grand journey looking for something, but never truly find it

I also want to see more characters with less altruistic motives. I would love an RPG or something where the characters goal isn't to defeat the big baddy to restore peace to the land, but for some sweet lucre or to get a nobles hand in marriage for political power or perhaps out of flat out lust. I guess I want to see someone who isn't necessarily a hero, but gets shit done to make their life better for the sake of making it better.  "Anti-hero" is the word I'm looking for, but I think that carries the wrong impression. They don't necessarily have to be brooding. A lot of NIS do this pretty well. Axel, Laharl, and Mao for the begging of his game.

[Aklyon]

More awesome giveaways in the forum, in addition to Victory Garden games being a thing. Yay!

I'd like to enter for Long Live the Queen.

I'd really just like to see more comical characters who aren't just in one area. I can't think of a more detailed description than that.

[stabbymcstabstab]

Please sign me up to Long Live the Queen.

A character I would like to see is a  main character in a action game that isn't the badass, but closer to scientist or just a random civilian stuck with a military unit, I seen this a few time and if pulled off right is pretty awesome.

[Cheeetar]

I'd like to sign up for Long Live the Queen.

Characters I'd like to see: People with interesting convictions/beliefs who work towards their goals while keeping to their ideals.

Thank you very much for doing this!