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I'm proud to announce the First Official Weekly Art Contest! First of all, the theme for this week is... *drumroll*
DUCKS!
Submissions start NOW! Accepted art includes essentially anything and everything, whether it is a picture or a comic or an animation, as long as it goes with this week's theme! To submit your entry, email me at "flare-x@live.com". The deadline for all submissions will be Thursday. For this contest, it would be Thursday, September 4th.
Judging will take place every Friday, the day after the deadline. The judges will be awalters, Ducklette, ChaosFlame, Mistee/Mistress, and myself. Every entry will be given a score out of 10 from each judge, and the entry with the highest total score gets 1st place, followed by 2nd, 3rd, and runner-up.
These rules will be the same for every contest. If you have any additional questions, feel free to meail me or ask in the comments :)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The Snake Game
Sometimes you want to play a game that's easy, that requires little skill, and even less brain work.
Today's review is for The Snake Game.
Snake used to be a must have back in the day on basic cell phones and provided many hours (ok minutes) of enjoyment while waiting at the doctor. There are quite a few Snake games on Kongregate, but so far I have found this one to be the best.The basic graphics bring you back to the old phone days and unlike other snake games, you can actually go through the walls.
Check it out and waste some time!
Bug Report: at the end of the game, the screen is too small for it to show your score. =(
Weekly Art Contest!
Hey, this is Flare_x, moderator and Feed the Ducks regular! I was thinking about a weekly art contest, and this is how it would go.
Every week there would be a theme for the art contest, and FtD regulars would submit art via email. Then, several judges including myself will decide the winners, and announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, along with a runner up. Along with the winners, the next theme will be announced, as chosen by readers.
Specifics and other stuff can always be decided on later. You can volunteer to be a possible judge in the comments, but that doesn't guarantee you will be one.
So, I'd just like some input on the idea. Thanks!
Every week there would be a theme for the art contest, and FtD regulars would submit art via email. Then, several judges including myself will decide the winners, and announce 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, along with a runner up. Along with the winners, the next theme will be announced, as chosen by readers.
Specifics and other stuff can always be decided on later. You can volunteer to be a possible judge in the comments, but that doesn't guarantee you will be one.
So, I'd just like some input on the idea. Thanks!
Kongai Review!
First review. :P
"Kongregate’s long-awaited collectible card game! Greg says, "Card-based tag-team, rock-paper scissors Street Fighter with +10 awesomeness 5/5.""
Behold! The long-awaited game of KONGAI! The testing for this amazing game has been going on for a LONG time... Now, it has been unleashed on the world...
Pros: It will keep you occupied for quite a while, and there are thousands of strategies you can use to destroy your opponent. There are many cards to collect, and it will keep you waiting for the next one.
Cons: The gameplay is too repetitive. I mean, come now. JUST fighting with cards? It needs to have maybe a storyline... Something to accomplish... After you have all the cards and beat everyone, there really is NOTHING to do.
CF's Rating: 4.5/5 It needs more...
"Kongregate’s long-awaited collectible card game! Greg says, "Card-based tag-team, rock-paper scissors Street Fighter with +10 awesomeness 5/5.""
Behold! The long-awaited game of KONGAI! The testing for this amazing game has been going on for a LONG time... Now, it has been unleashed on the world...
Pros: It will keep you occupied for quite a while, and there are thousands of strategies you can use to destroy your opponent. There are many cards to collect, and it will keep you waiting for the next one.
Cons: The gameplay is too repetitive. I mean, come now. JUST fighting with cards? It needs to have maybe a storyline... Something to accomplish... After you have all the cards and beat everyone, there really is NOTHING to do.
CF's Rating: 4.5/5 It needs more...
Monday, August 18, 2008
Mod's Minute
Hey Slappy12 again! Alright, im doing a new thing on the blog called Mod's Minute.
Alright so every week Ducklette and awalters will pick one overlooked game, tell us about it, and give us their rating.
Also, since PlatinumIce and BlahMan will be doing the weekley challenge reviews, awalters is doing the interview, him and Ducklette will alternate weeks. That will give us a variety of weekley things.
Please leave a comment and tell me what u think!
Alright so every week Ducklette and awalters will pick one overlooked game, tell us about it, and give us their rating.
Also, since PlatinumIce and BlahMan will be doing the weekley challenge reviews, awalters is doing the interview, him and Ducklette will alternate weeks. That will give us a variety of weekley things.
Please leave a comment and tell me what u think!
Friday, August 15, 2008
Weekly Challenge Reviews -- Thursday
Alright, so, as BlahMan said the other day, me and him are doing reviews on the weekly challenges. I do the Thursday one, and Blah does the Monday/Tuesday one.
So, today's challenge is on the game "Brute Wars"
So, Brute Wars is a unique strategy game, in which you control animals in a turn based combat system. You can't really explain how to play the game in one paragraph, so I highly suggest you read the instructions in the game. They aren't all instructions, they also include a couple jokes. ;). Anyway, when you start off, you get six animals, and you can change one of those animals for another randomly chosen animal. Each animal has different attack ranges, Elements (CLANS), and stats, so try as many out as you can. It's combat system, though unique, is simple, you click on your animal to attack the enemies animal, if it's within your range. And, you can use magic. No game would be complete without magic. ;D.
Alright, the actual "Challenge" part for Brute Wars is "Brutally Easy" (u c wut i did thar?). You only need to complete three campaign battles. I, myself, had read all the instructions, played four or five "Free Battles", and beat two battles in campaign, in a little over thirty minutes. This challenge will be fairly easy, it just might take a little more time than other challenges.
I will leave you with one tip, though, I recommend getting at least a couple of the "double arrow" attacking animals, they come in handy. ;D
Well, there you go. My part of our biweekly Challenge Reviews.
*feeds the ducks*
~PlatinumIce
So, today's challenge is on the game "Brute Wars"
So, Brute Wars is a unique strategy game, in which you control animals in a turn based combat system. You can't really explain how to play the game in one paragraph, so I highly suggest you read the instructions in the game. They aren't all instructions, they also include a couple jokes. ;). Anyway, when you start off, you get six animals, and you can change one of those animals for another randomly chosen animal. Each animal has different attack ranges, Elements (CLANS), and stats, so try as many out as you can. It's combat system, though unique, is simple, you click on your animal to attack the enemies animal, if it's within your range. And, you can use magic. No game would be complete without magic. ;D.
Alright, the actual "Challenge" part for Brute Wars is "Brutally Easy" (u c wut i did thar?). You only need to complete three campaign battles. I, myself, had read all the instructions, played four or five "Free Battles", and beat two battles in campaign, in a little over thirty minutes. This challenge will be fairly easy, it just might take a little more time than other challenges.
I will leave you with one tip, though, I recommend getting at least a couple of the "double arrow" attacking animals, they come in handy. ;D
Well, there you go. My part of our biweekly Challenge Reviews.
*feeds the ducks*
~PlatinumIce
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Weekly Competition #1
It is now time for the first ever Feed the Ducks weekly competition. I have decided that this weeks' game for the competition is going to be Punk-o-Matic.
Here's how it's going to work:
You must make a song. Post the code for the song in the comments of this post, along with your Kongregate username (Note: A submission will not be accepted unless you add FTDCompetition as a friend).
You get only one submission, so make sure you submit the song you want.
All submissions are accepted until the start of the next challenge (most likely, next Friday).
After the deadline, there will be a 3 day voting period.
Here is how voting will work:
You must leave FTDCompetition a whisper saying who you vote for in the Punk-o-Matic contest. To promote fairness (and votes in general), if you submit a song, you must vote, otherwise, your submission will be disqualified, and anyone who has voted on it, sadly, wasted their vote. Of course, though, you cannot vote on your own submission.
So, with the rules set up, let the games begin!
Also, it is never too late to participate in these weekly competitions! Just add FTDCompetition as a friend at any time, and jump into the action!
Here's how it's going to work:
You must make a song. Post the code for the song in the comments of this post, along with your Kongregate username (Note: A submission will not be accepted unless you add FTDCompetition as a friend).
You get only one submission, so make sure you submit the song you want.
All submissions are accepted until the start of the next challenge (most likely, next Friday).
After the deadline, there will be a 3 day voting period.
Here is how voting will work:
You must leave FTDCompetition a whisper saying who you vote for in the Punk-o-Matic contest. To promote fairness (and votes in general), if you submit a song, you must vote, otherwise, your submission will be disqualified, and anyone who has voted on it, sadly, wasted their vote. Of course, though, you cannot vote on your own submission.
So, with the rules set up, let the games begin!
Also, it is never too late to participate in these weekly competitions! Just add FTDCompetition as a friend at any time, and jump into the action!
Feed the Blog
In an attempt to jump start this blog (and as an excuse for the other co-creator to post), I wish to talk briefly about a new thing that I would like to try.
My plan is to have a feed the ducks regular weekly interview. The interview would be of a "willing" feed the ducks regular, or if needed an unwilling regular.
If you wish to be interviewed friend http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/FTDinterview, every week an unlucky person shall be picked to be interviewed (if you don't want to friend it leave it a whisper/shout).
You obviously wouldn't have to answer any questions that you didn't want to, but I feel that it would be a better way to get to know the people we see on the site everyday.
My plan is to have a feed the ducks regular weekly interview. The interview would be of a "willing" feed the ducks regular, or if needed an unwilling regular.
If you wish to be interviewed friend http://www.kongregate.com/accounts/FTDinterview, every week an unlucky person shall be picked to be interviewed (if you don't want to friend it leave it a whisper/shout).
You obviously wouldn't have to answer any questions that you didn't want to, but I feel that it would be a better way to get to know the people we see on the site everyday.
Room Guideline Stuff
Hi Everybody!
As you should know by now, we've got some important Kongregate links listed to the left of the pages *points* over thar. However, I'd also like to talk a little bit about expectations of FtDers and modding styles and whatnot.
DISCLAIMER: These are not "extra" rules outside of the Kong guidelines. This isn't stuff you'll probably get banned for. These are just various preferences and pet peeves that I thought I'd share. :)
Hmm, where to start?
Here be my thoughts on swearing. Once in a while, relatively mild swear words are juuuust fine. But think about it...are they *really* necessary? If you can get out the sentiment of your statement without using them, it's all the more impressive. Also, no swearing at other users, please. Even if you know each other in real life, are joking, etc. These are the internets, and it's easy to be misunderstood and upset someone, even when you don't mean to, so best to avoid it altogether.
Fighting! Arguments are perfectly ok - discussion between two dissenting parties can be one of the coolest things around. Freedom of speech ftw! Until, of course, it gets ugly. If you're going to argue, argue your topic, don't make personal attacks and flame. Imho, you lose the right to argue when it gets out of hand.
Speaking of which, the mute button! I love the mute button. I think it's so cool. I think whenever you don't want to hear somebody speak, you should go right ahead and push it. It's better than a ban, because they can't come back after an hour and start harrassing you again! That being said, I know a lot of users prefer not to. If that's the case, remind yourself to ignore. It's much better than potentially feeding trolls. Starve them, and they'll look elsewhere for food.
One little pet peeve of mine - please don't ask me to recommend you for moderator! I love all the members of my room, but my moderator recommendations are not open for discussion, nor will they ever be. Modship must be earned, and I understand that you may think you're doing great! Chances are, you are doing great! But honestly, it can take a very long time to get modded. Months, sometimes. So if you're patient throughout all that time, we'll be even *more* impressed than we were initially.
Hmm. As to my modding style. I am a fairly lenient mod. I r not scawy. In fact, none of us are! We'll always warn before a ban, because we know lots of times users don't understand what's acceptable (though after you've read this post, you should have a good idea!) The only times that warnings aren't given are for porn links, massive chunks of spam, and blatant and shameless racism.
Anyway, this is a start. If there are any other topics you're wondering about the mod position on, write in and ask. :) We'd be happy to clarify. And other mods, if I've missed something and you'd like to make your own post/edit this one, you're welcome to.
NOTE: I may not speak for the other mods in my room
RE-DISCLAIMER: Please don't write into Kong saying, "Ducky says she'll ban me if I call somebody a poopydoodyhead!" I won't. These are just my observations and musings on how everybody should be treated. :)
As you should know by now, we've got some important Kongregate links listed to the left of the pages *points* over thar. However, I'd also like to talk a little bit about expectations of FtDers and modding styles and whatnot.
DISCLAIMER: These are not "extra" rules outside of the Kong guidelines. This isn't stuff you'll probably get banned for. These are just various preferences and pet peeves that I thought I'd share. :)
Hmm, where to start?
Here be my thoughts on swearing. Once in a while, relatively mild swear words are juuuust fine. But think about it...are they *really* necessary? If you can get out the sentiment of your statement without using them, it's all the more impressive. Also, no swearing at other users, please. Even if you know each other in real life, are joking, etc. These are the internets, and it's easy to be misunderstood and upset someone, even when you don't mean to, so best to avoid it altogether.
Fighting! Arguments are perfectly ok - discussion between two dissenting parties can be one of the coolest things around. Freedom of speech ftw! Until, of course, it gets ugly. If you're going to argue, argue your topic, don't make personal attacks and flame. Imho, you lose the right to argue when it gets out of hand.
Speaking of which, the mute button! I love the mute button. I think it's so cool. I think whenever you don't want to hear somebody speak, you should go right ahead and push it. It's better than a ban, because they can't come back after an hour and start harrassing you again! That being said, I know a lot of users prefer not to. If that's the case, remind yourself to ignore. It's much better than potentially feeding trolls. Starve them, and they'll look elsewhere for food.
One little pet peeve of mine - please don't ask me to recommend you for moderator! I love all the members of my room, but my moderator recommendations are not open for discussion, nor will they ever be. Modship must be earned, and I understand that you may think you're doing great! Chances are, you are doing great! But honestly, it can take a very long time to get modded. Months, sometimes. So if you're patient throughout all that time, we'll be even *more* impressed than we were initially.
Hmm. As to my modding style. I am a fairly lenient mod. I r not scawy. In fact, none of us are! We'll always warn before a ban, because we know lots of times users don't understand what's acceptable (though after you've read this post, you should have a good idea!) The only times that warnings aren't given are for porn links, massive chunks of spam, and blatant and shameless racism.
Anyway, this is a start. If there are any other topics you're wondering about the mod position on, write in and ask. :) We'd be happy to clarify. And other mods, if I've missed something and you'd like to make your own post/edit this one, you're welcome to.
NOTE: I may not speak for the other mods in my room
RE-DISCLAIMER: Please don't write into Kong saying, "Ducky says she'll ban me if I call somebody a poopydoodyhead!" I won't. These are just my observations and musings on how everybody should be treated. :)
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Weekly Challenge Review: Intrusion
Y HALO THAR EVERYONE, this is a review of the game Intrusion, by vapgames.
Intrusion is a really good platforming run and gun, made interesting by the lack of background story, its ragdoll physics, and interesting bosses. The weapons are varied (even though there are only 4) and it's actually a challenge. You can't just run in and shoot everything, you have to avoid bullets from doing so (due to the lack of health). The bosses are quite satisfying to beat. The first boss is a giant mechanical worm with a laser and a drill. After you kill it, it falls to it's death and is smashed by a train (along with you).
If you're going for the challenge, there's a part in the first level where a helicopter (for lack of a better name) keeps dropping enemies until you shoot its jets off. Here, you can farm the men until you get the easy, medium, or the challenge. And another tip to do is to duck after the enemies fire their bullets. They go quite slow and most of them are aiming for your head, so they'll probably all miss you. Another tip for all bosses: Load up on ammo before going into the fight. My personal favorite is the SMG, although the grenade launcher works great. And finally, watch your health, it goes down quick if you're not careful, so be wary when your health is low, and try to find some boxes to shoot open.
All and all, I gave intrusion a 4/5 because of it's lack of music. I like it alot, it's just that it feels a bit bare and it's too hard for me. >.< Until next time,
Kwek! Kwek!
~Blah Man
Intrusion is a really good platforming run and gun, made interesting by the lack of background story, its ragdoll physics, and interesting bosses. The weapons are varied (even though there are only 4) and it's actually a challenge. You can't just run in and shoot everything, you have to avoid bullets from doing so (due to the lack of health). The bosses are quite satisfying to beat. The first boss is a giant mechanical worm with a laser and a drill. After you kill it, it falls to it's death and is smashed by a train (along with you).
If you're going for the challenge, there's a part in the first level where a helicopter (for lack of a better name) keeps dropping enemies until you shoot its jets off. Here, you can farm the men until you get the easy, medium, or the challenge. And another tip to do is to duck after the enemies fire their bullets. They go quite slow and most of them are aiming for your head, so they'll probably all miss you. Another tip for all bosses: Load up on ammo before going into the fight. My personal favorite is the SMG, although the grenade launcher works great. And finally, watch your health, it goes down quick if you're not careful, so be wary when your health is low, and try to find some boxes to shoot open.
All and all, I gave intrusion a 4/5 because of it's lack of music. I like it alot, it's just that it feels a bit bare and it's too hard for me. >.< Until next time,
Kwek! Kwek!
~Blah Man
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Weekly Challenge reviews
Hey all,
PlatinumIce and I are going to be doing weekly challenge reviews, him doing the Thursday's, and me doing the Tuesday's. So I just wanted to let y'all know.
The review of Intursion will be up as soon as I finish it.
Kwek kwek!
~BlahMan
PlatinumIce and I are going to be doing weekly challenge reviews, him doing the Thursday's, and me doing the Tuesday's. So I just wanted to let y'all know.
The review of Intursion will be up as soon as I finish it.
Kwek kwek!
~BlahMan
Weekly Competitions
I'm going to start a series of highscore competitions for FTD regulars, and am hoping all of you guys are willing to participate.
If you want to get started, just add FTDCompetition as a friend on Kongregate, check back here every week for the new contest, and start playing!
I'll take suggestions for the first contest, just leave a comment in this blog.
The only requirement is that the game must have a working highscore API in it.
I hope that I'll be able to start the first competition on Friday!
If you want to get started, just add FTDCompetition as a friend on Kongregate, check back here every week for the new contest, and start playing!
I'll take suggestions for the first contest, just leave a comment in this blog.
The only requirement is that the game must have a working highscore API in it.
I hope that I'll be able to start the first competition on Friday!
IT'S BURIED TREASURE WEEK!
Hello everyone! Our wonderfull admin greg (the guy who makes badges) Is dubbing this week Buried Treasure Week! The way it works is that the less popular games (3.7 or lower) that greg thinks is awsome will get a card worth points, one game a day, one card a day, for 5 days.The cards nothing big, he said 10-20 points. For more info, go to: http://www.kongregate.com/forums/1/topics/15303
Heres the schedule so far:
Monday: Dog Eat Dog- Badge(s): Business Executive Badge (medium – 15 points)
Eat 50 dogs during a single game- Challenge: Score 10,000 points – This challenge is worth 20 points
Tuesday: Cirplosion- Badge(s): Dot Destroyer Badge (medium – 15 points)
Obliterate 10 dots with a single explosion; Circular Savant Badge (hard – 30 points)
Score 2,000 points in "Cirvival" mode- Challenge: Complete level 10 – This must be done in "normal" mode. This challenge is worth 20 points.
Wednesday: Parachute Retrospect- Badge(s): Stickicidal Maniac Badge (easy – 5 points)
Be a complete jerk; Parachutes Are Overrated Badge (medium – 15 points)
Rescue 150 heroes- Challenge: Complete Parachute Retrospect with at least 30 lives remaining – This challenge is worth 20 points
Thursday: Jumpcat- Badge(s): Leisurely Stroll Badge (easy – 5 points)
Score 10,000 points; Frisky Feline Badge (hard – 30 points)
Score 40,000 points- Challenge: Score 20,000 points – This challenge is worth 20 points
Friday:
Heres the schedule so far:
Monday: Dog Eat Dog- Badge(s): Business Executive Badge (medium – 15 points)
Eat 50 dogs during a single game- Challenge: Score 10,000 points – This challenge is worth 20 points
Tuesday: Cirplosion- Badge(s): Dot Destroyer Badge (medium – 15 points)
Obliterate 10 dots with a single explosion; Circular Savant Badge (hard – 30 points)
Score 2,000 points in "Cirvival" mode- Challenge: Complete level 10 – This must be done in "normal" mode. This challenge is worth 20 points.
Wednesday: Parachute Retrospect- Badge(s): Stickicidal Maniac Badge (easy – 5 points)
Be a complete jerk; Parachutes Are Overrated Badge (medium – 15 points)
Rescue 150 heroes- Challenge: Complete Parachute Retrospect with at least 30 lives remaining – This challenge is worth 20 points
Thursday: Jumpcat- Badge(s): Leisurely Stroll Badge (easy – 5 points)
Score 10,000 points; Frisky Feline Badge (hard – 30 points)
Score 40,000 points- Challenge: Score 20,000 points – This challenge is worth 20 points
Friday:
FTD SONG!
The following is the Feed the Ducks theme song, sung to the tune of "Jingle Bells".
Skipping to the pond,
on Kongregate dot com,
Duck food we have donned,
And oh! The water's calm!
Across the water clear,
I see a yellow thing,
I say "Is that a quack I hear?"
and then I see a wing.
Oh, Feed the Ducks, Feed the Ducks,
Feed the ducks, my dear.
Take that food, and drop it in
this blue pond you find here.
Skipping to the pond,
on Kongregate dot com,
Duck food we have donned,
And oh! The water's calm!
Across the water clear,
I see a yellow thing,
I say "Is that a quack I hear?"
and then I see a wing.
Oh, Feed the Ducks, Feed the Ducks,
Feed the ducks, my dear.
Take that food, and drop it in
this blue pond you find here.
I hear a contented quack,
and see a great big smile,
they thank me for their snack,
I think I'll stay a while.
What a new, beautiful day,
At Kongregate's duck pond,
So much bliss, I think I'll stay
at this pond of which I'm fond.
Oh, Feed the Ducks, Feed the Ducks,
Feed the ducks, my dear.
Take that food, and drop it in
this blue pond you find here.
Welcome!
So this is my first post, welcoming you all to the Official FtD blog!
So first things first. You might say, "Ducky, why would you want a blog JUST for one chatroom?"
There are many answers to this question. First of all, I'd like to point out that the fine folks over at the Hall of Odin have a smashing blog! We at FtD wouldn't have even thought of it if they weren't so incredibly cool.
But there are many good reasons to have a blog like this in general. I think will be a good way to share news among FtDers, to have a good, open communication between users and moderators about what we want our room to be like, and to share some of the many pieces of artwork and writing that people make daily, but that we've never had a place to put!
If there's anything at all you'd like posted, just let one of the contributors know, and we'll post it up for you. We're still in the early tweaking stages, so hopefully you can expect new and cool things fairly frequently. So happy blogging, Kongregans!
P.S. If you're bored, go here.
So first things first. You might say, "Ducky, why would you want a blog JUST for one chatroom?"
There are many answers to this question. First of all, I'd like to point out that the fine folks over at the Hall of Odin have a smashing blog! We at FtD wouldn't have even thought of it if they weren't so incredibly cool.
But there are many good reasons to have a blog like this in general. I think will be a good way to share news among FtDers, to have a good, open communication between users and moderators about what we want our room to be like, and to share some of the many pieces of artwork and writing that people make daily, but that we've never had a place to put!
If there's anything at all you'd like posted, just let one of the contributors know, and we'll post it up for you. We're still in the early tweaking stages, so hopefully you can expect new and cool things fairly frequently. So happy blogging, Kongregans!
P.S. If you're bored, go here.
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