Nitrome Wiki:Gameathon

General
4 days before the gameathon is scheduled to take place a blog post will be made by the organizer of the gameathon posting details about the gameathon and a poll for users to suggest games. Around 10 minutes before the gameathon starts, a link will be posted in the Nitrome Wiki chat to a Google Hangout for people to use while playing the games. During the first setup period, 2 games will be randomly chosen from the list of the suggested games to play during the gameathon. After the 10 minute setup period is over, those in the hangout will start playing the first game (though this may change depending on if users arrive late or there are technical issues). The organizer will post what time the first game is starting at in the hangout chat. During the 40 minutes, if a user finishes the game early, the organizer will record the time it took that user to finish the game. After 40 minutes are up, the organizer will tell the other users in the hangout to stop playing and record which level each user was on. After 10 more minutes of setup, the same process will be repeated for the second game.

Suggesting games
1 game is allowed to be suggested per person, and you will need to use a google account to submit an option to the poll (if you don't want to do this for whatever reason, send the organizer a message on his/her talk page or using some way by which they can verify who you are). Any user is allowed to suggest games, even if they aren't going to participate in the gameathon (just don't be annoying and suggest something like Dreamin' Brothers or Hot Air -_-). Nitrome games, Pixel Love games, and Jam games are allowed to be submitted provided they have not been played in a previous gameathon. If a game has more than one ending the submitter must also add which ending is needed to finish the game and if the game does not have levels the submitter must specify a way of measuring progress if a user does not beat the game in the time limit. Score chasing games are not allowed if the objective is to get the highest score in the time limit but they may be considered if you can make gradual progress in the game (e.g. Getting to the ending in Fear Less with progress being measured by how many upgrades you get or Endless Doves with who can collect the most doves in the time limit). All game suggestions should be able to be played by users regardless of their progress in the game before they play it for the gameathon. Users can be creative with the conditions for playing the game (stuff like beating Silly Sausage with reversed controls, Twin Shot 2 only good levels, pacifist runs of games if they are possible, etc.) but they should ask the organizer if it can be played for the gameathon. If a user isn't sure if their suggestion is allowed, they should send ask the organizer in chat or on their talk page.