Blaugust 2022

In “32 Bullets”, you play as a professional hitman with only 32 bullets to complete 32 contracts. The catch is that you must complete them all within a certain amount of time.

Genre: 2D Platformer. Title: “Blaugust Hath 31 Days”. Outline: In this 2D platformer, you play as a young woman who is terrorized by 31 different monsters, one for each night of August. You must use your agility and wit to survive until morning and defeat the monsters once and for all. The game is set in a small town that is being terrorized by 31 different monsters, one for each night of August. The player must use their agility and wit to survive until morning and defeat the monsters once and for all. ...

I spent the 31 days of Blaugust working to see if I could get AI to show some creativity in game design, and if I could get AI image generation programs to produce the art I want at a price I could afford. I learned some things. I used OpenAI’s GPT-3 “text-davinci-002” text completion tool. I chose this because most of the alarm over how the rise of AI would be the death of writing tended to surround this particular tool. ...

The Golden Years: 30 Something is a life simulation game that highlights the importance of balancing work, life, and everything in between. The game features multiple different endings depending on the choices you make throughout the game.

Keeping a blog alive is a lot of pressure. Wouldn’t it make more sense to have a central Blaugust blog that everyone could post in, rather than having a hundred small blogs?

After the world disappears on Leap Day, you must team up with the only other person left awake to find out what happened.

I asked OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate 31 different videogame ideas, one for each day of Blaugust, each dealing in some way with that particular day of the month. Here’s its idea for August 28th: “The 28th Amendment”. “The 28th Amendment” is a political simulation game in which the player is tasked with drafting and ratifying a new amendment to the United States Constitution. The player can choose from a variety of topics, including gun control, abortion, and same-sex marriage. ...

I asked OpenAI’s GPT-3 to generate 31 different videogame ideas, one for each day of Blaugust, each dealing in some way with that particular day of the month. Here’s its idea for August 27th: “The 27th Chamber”. Number: 27. Genre: Metroidvania. Title: “The 27th Chamber”. Outline: You play as a member of an elite group of soldiers who are sent on a mission to investigate a strange energy signature emanating from an abandoned research facility. ...

Experience the golden age of aviation in this flight simulator set in the 1920s.

We highlight some of the great turn-based RPGs that are currently in development by independent developers. These are games that are being made with passion and care, and it shows in the quality of the games. If you’re a fan of turn-based RPGs, be sure to check out these games!