48 Hour Contests
A 48 Hour Contest is a creative contest where participants have only 2 days to complete their entry. The OHRRPGCE community has held a 48 Hour game making contest every year from 2000 to 2012 (with the exception of 2006 and 2010?), making it our oldest and longest tradition. DJFenix/zzFenix/chill-e hosted the contest until 2008, and it has been hosted sporadically by others since then.
Gizmog investigated the history of the 48 Hour Contest as part of the The Great 2011 Review Contest here (scroll down to "BONUS FEATURE").
Other 48 hour Contests[edit]
The original inspiration of the OHR 48 Hour contests is unknown, as it predates both the Ludum Dare 48 Hour Game contest and its inspiration, the 48 hour Film contest.
2012[edit]
A surprise 48 hour contest was announced in IRC by Gizmog on October 3rd. It was not announced on the forums, there were no rules, and no voting took place.
The games were:
- There is No Exit by Eggie
- The Actor's Daughter by Pheonix
- The Towers of Love and Energy by Idontknow
- Look, but Don't Touch by SDHawk
- Blockworks by TMC
- Karate Fight by Gizmog
2011[edit]
In 2011, the 48 Hour contest was hosted by James to coincide with 21st Ludum Dare 48 Contest. The theme was 'Escape'. There were seven entries in the contest:
- The Labyrinth, by Master K
- Escape the Zombie Horde, by Spoonweaver,
- Escape from Strong Castle, by jcenterprises
- Virtual School 2, by Gizmog
- Escape the Wolf: OHR, by James Paige
- Monster out of Six, by Pepsi Ranger
- Forest Temple, by TMC and Blue Train.
James won first place, Gizmog won second, and Master K won third. The prizes, which were given to Gizmog and Master K because James won first, were a free Bugfix/Feature request each.
See the contest thread on Slime Salad for more information. Gizmog also provided a review/commentary on the contest.
2009[edit]
This year, hosted by Meatballsub, there were three separate 48 hour weekend time windows during which people could enter, each with their own theme. It was hence possible to enter multiple games.
- Announcement thread
- Round I thread
- Round II thread
- Round III thread
- Voting/reviews thread
- Results in HamsterSpeak 33
- Reviews by Paul Harrington in HamsterSpeak 33
- Reviews by Meatballsub in HamsterSpeak 33
Round I: Dec 5 - Dec 6[edit]
The theme was Thanksgiving.
- King of Gourmet: Feast for your Life by Hachi and Giz
- Turkey Killer! by Spoonweaver
- Fall Be Kind by Blue Train and TMC
Round II: Dec 12 - Dec 13[edit]
The theme was Christmas or Hanukkah.
- Santa Bang Bang! by Rebobinar
- A Very Funkotronic X-man by Spoonweaver
- Wilthawiya by Gizmog1
- Maze of the Red Mage by Moogle1
Round III: Dec 26 - Dec 27[edit]
Round 3 had a choice of three themes: Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Business.
- Wage Slave: Manifesto of a Have-Not by Gizmog1
2008[edit]
2008 was the final year in which the contest was hosted by zzFenix. The theme was 'nothing'. It ran from July 26 to July 27.
The entries were:
- The Dark Dungeon by Twin Hamster
- Jimmy's Vacation by SDHawk and Sew
2004 - 2007[edit]
A list of past contests, winners, and links to games goes here
2003[edit]
Titled "4th Annual 48-Hour Contest: IRON CHEF," this 48-hour contest was announced on Castle Paradox in July 2003. Entries were required to include at least two items from a list of "ingredients" which were posted (hence the "Iron Chef" theme), which included such random things as soap.
The entries were:
- Billy's Lost Soap by Gnome
- Blow Up by Squall
- Frankfurter's Quest for Soap by FnrrfYgmSchnish
- I Made Dis: VR Missions by Rolling Stone
- It Came From Beyond The Moon by Retrogamer and Chaos Nyte
- MIX by JSH and Poodles
- Mr. Triangle's Battle Royal by RedMaverickZero
- OHR Arena by Aethereal and MulticoloredWizard
- Rampaging Guinea Pig by Fenrir-Lunaris
- Sephy's 48 Hour game by Sephyroth
- Totally... Gihern! by PHC
2002[edit]
Reviews of the 2002 contest games were published in Reasonably Septaweekly.
2000 and 2001[edit]
Although all forums of the time are long since gone, the very first issue of OHR Monthly was luckily released immediately after the first 48 Hour Contest of August 2000. Reviews for entries for the first 2 contests can be found on the following pages of OHR Monthly game reviews: