Hey again guys :]. The fifth Game of The Week competition is over, you can find the results thread [here](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/4/topics/55856?ts=1252352042) and the entry thread [here](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/4/topics/55369). Congratulations again to Chad90 with his [game](http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1251782150) that won him last week’s competition! So this week I’ve gone with the idea of **a game playable with only one key.** Mouse movement/left click is allowed but **only** to navigate menus if necessary, though I think it’d be more impressive if you guys found a way to make everything viewable with a single button. [Example#1](http://www.kongregate.com/games/nutter666/pixel-showdown-2) [Example#2](http://www.kongregate.com/games/AdamAtomic/canabalt) **Timezone = GMT Theme/Restrictions- Game playable with a single keyboard button Deadline- 11:59PM, Fri 11th Sep Judging/Voting- Saturday 12th Sept till Sunday 13th Sept** GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! :] **EDIT:** > *Originally posted by **[Kienan](/forums/4/topics/56199?page=2#posts-1284935):*** > > **Notice:** > xDaYx is really busy, and has handed GotW over to me for now. > > > > First thing I’m doing is extending the deadline, I had an idea whereby I can actually have the GotW contest submission time actually last a full week. > > > > So, the new deadline is **Sunday, September 13th, 11:59pm, PST**. > That’s **Monday, September 14th, 6:59am, GMT** , if anyone would rather have GMT. > > > > Let me know which timezone you prefer, or a different one if you live elsewhere. Otherwise I’ll just use PST, and perhaps also GMT, like I did here. > > > > So, anyway, more time to enter, people! :) > > > > If anyone has any input on my job as GotW host, please let me know. I’m rather new to the forums here, but I’ll certainly do my best. But your input will help. Wolfears2, you showed some interest in taking over again. This was originally your baby, so, if you really want to, and have the time to do it right, it’s all yours again, although I’d like it for at least next week too, just to have my own fresh start once. > > > > Well, have fun, everyone, and let’s get those submissions rolling in. > > > > Oh, one more announcement: I liked the suggestion where the winner chooses the next week’s theme, so I’m implementing that. However, I will have the choice to veto the winner’s idea, if I strongly feel it wouldn’t be fun/work for people. If that happens, I’ll ask the winner to choose a different idea. Other than that, **the winner of this week will choose next week’s theme**. Cheers. This :]. I had fun running it for the short time i did but now college is back on I don’t have quite as much time to make sure this runs smoothly. Unless the contest has nobody to run it like before I probably won’t host it again :]. I’ll still check these threads and may even enter at some point :D. Anyway, I leave you in the more than capable hands of Kienan ;D, haha.

Well, I don’t think I’ll be entering this one, but I will give some ideas for people: You can make “Hold Button Down for 1 sec” be “Select next menu option”, and anything faster than the 1 sec would be “Select option”. Or you could have double tap is use and single is skip. It’s rather easy to get stuff like that.

So that only gives people 4 days to make a game… You could possibly extend the time to make it?

> *Originally posted by **[UDMT](/forums/4/topics/56199?page=1#posts-1279168):*** > > So that only gives people 4 days to make a game… You could possibly extend the time to make it? It’s still monday. I was just busy earlier today. You still have plenty of time, previous competitions gave a few days :]

I agree, we need more time.

can i just enter pixelshowdown? lol just kidding

> *Originally posted by **[Vara](/forums/4/topics/56199?page=1#posts-1279303):*** > > I agree, we need more time. You can have an extra day if you have a day’s less voting. What do you guys think? Sorry I posted it in the evening but I had to get back from college, sort other stuff out. Then by the time I got on the laptop I still had to organise the other two threads and tally up a winner.

Cool, hopefully I’ll enter this time. XD Also, congrats again to the winners of #5, good jobs. And, again, I really love the idea of Game of the Week. :) EDIT: Day, you could turn over the thread posting to someone else next time, if you aren’t going to be here, just a thought. Tell them what your idea is, and when they should post it. :)

> *Originally posted by **[Kienan](/forums/4/topics/56199?page=1#posts-1279365):*** > > Cool, hopefully I’ll enter this time. XD > > Also, congrats again to the winners of #5, good jobs. > > And, again, I really love the idea of Game of the Week. :) > > EDIT: Day, you could turn over the thread posting to someone else next time, if you aren’t going to be here, just a thought. Tell them what your idea is, and when they should post it. :) By the time I got on the laptop to do that it’d of not been long before I could do it myself, haha. In my timezone I posted this at about 8PM. Hmm, we **could** have somebody else create the voting threads (I don’t mind either way), so then we would have different people for the voting, summary, and entry threads :D, might give the competition more of a public feel I think. Just ideas, what do you guys think? Also I’m considering letting each week’s winner decide the theme of next weeks contest. What do you guys think about this? I have many many more ideas but I figured it’d be a nice reward& might pose more variety in the challenges given.

Well, whoever runs the contest (you) should definitely have veto privilege to avoid boring contests, but other then that, I think it would be cool if the winner chooses the next contest. And, what I meant before was that you could let someone know a day or so early that you weren’t going to be around when the thread should get posted, you know? Then they could do it on time. Also, maybe you could find an artist to make little badges for the winner. Not official Kong badges, that would probably be hard. Just little 50×50 (or so) pics that can be posted on the winners’ profiles.

Just to be sure, one key doesn’t include a mouse click right? Or at the least, your game can’t use the mouse position as input. That would sort of defeat the purpose of a one-button game.

> Theme/Restrictions- Game playable with a single keyboard button :D

Well I still suggest explicitly saying that mouse position can’t be used. Because some people may assume they can use the mouse position and a single key. Like a shooter game where you aim with the mouse and shoot with the space bar.

> *Originally posted by **[Rivaledsouls](/forums/4/topics/56199?page=1#posts-1279852):*** > > Well I still suggest explicitly saying that mouse position can’t be used. Because some people may assume they can use the mouse position and a single key. Like a shooter game where you aim with the mouse and shoot with the space bar. Actually when I wrote the post I had in mind that the mouse click could be used, but only if it was used as a button and the cursor position was irrelevant, but I didn’t try to explain this properly as it would be misunderstood.

can hovering over a button be used to select it? sort of like the buttons in areas

> *Originally posted by **[skyboy](/forums/4/topics/56199?page=1#posts-1279925):*** > > can hovering over a button be used to select it? sort of like the buttons in areas Nope, sorry. No cursor movement is allowed to use as a control method. (Damn, guess I shoulda been more specific. Maybe I should change ‘a single key’ to ‘the space bar’?)

i was meaning for menus, but either way, there are other ways in which to do this

This is dumb four days to think up a game create it and think of all the ideas to Only use one key? Thats alot harder than you think…

> *Originally posted by **[UDMT](/forums/4/topics/56199?page=1#posts-1279980):*** > > This is dumb four days to think up a game create it and think of all the ideas to Only use one key? Thats alot harder than you think… Than I think? I know exactly how hard it is. I have made games you know.

So, you can you the mouse right click for menu purposes and just **ONE** other key, is that correct?

> *Originally posted by **[UDMT](/forums/4/topics/56199?page=1#posts-1279980):*** > > This is dumb four days to think up a game create it and think of all the ideas to Only use one key? Thats alot harder than you think… Not really. Because everyone is under the same deadline, so the games are all going to be fairly simple(ish). The playing field is even. I already have a few ideas, and I’ve started on one, although it probably won’t be the one I’ll enter, because it’s rather lame. I just want to see how it turns out. It’s quite simple, so I want to see if I can finish it, even though I won’t be using it. Point is, it’s not really that hard. Think of a game that can use one button, then make it. :) > *Originally posted by **[UDMT](/forums/4/topics/56199?page=1#posts-1280092):*** > > So, you can you the mouse right click for menu purposes and just **ONE** other key, is that correct? He said **LEFT** mouse button. I take this to mean, do whatever you want for the **MENU** , but your actual game can only use one keyboard key, and nothing else.

Alright, I’ve archived the past GotW contests. [Game of the Week Superthread](http://www.kongregate.com/forums/1/topics/56269). Check it out, and tell me what you think. Thanks again for hosting, xDaYx, as well as your enthusiasm for the contest. Go GotW! :)

Looks great, just keep it updated when there’s a new voting thread so we can get more input.

I plan to. :) Any thing I should change, in your opinion? I’m currently editing in a part to describe it more detail for people who don’t know what it is. XD

Hmmm….I’ll try to enter this one, if I’m not buried in school work :P