OHR Game of the Year 2009 Rules
Compiled by Paul Harrington

WHAT
It's that time again; the time in which we gloat about how great the games we released this year were. My count is 76 released games this year, counting updates to games from previous years, but not counting multiple releases of the same games in one year. The goal here is to highlight the absolute best of 2009, in various categories.

WHEN
Voting begins now and goes until the last week of February, if I get enough responses. I want to be able to publish the results in the March HamsterSpeak.

GAMES?
"I haven't played any of these games yet!" Well, you've got about a month and a half to play some. How do you know which ones are worth playing? That's up to these threads. Even if you're not ready to officially vote yet, discuss and nominate your favorite games of the year. Let people know what's worth checking out.

HOW
Votes can be submitted either by PM or by responding to this thread. I think that posting in the thread is good, as it will help remind people of what was fun this year, and maybe inspire people to try a few new games. I will tally votes near the end of February.

Vote for your favorite five to ten games in the Game of the Year category. Vote for your favorite two to five in the sub-categories. Your first through third place picks in the main category will receive bonus points, first getting three extra, second getting two, and third getting one extra point in the overall standings. In the sub-category votes, only your to pick will receive bonus points.

You CAN vote for your own games, but those games will not receive bonus points. Bonus points will be given to the highest ranked games in your vote that weren't made by you. When voting, specify if you worked on the game in question. Use full titles when voting. Don't have tied votes in your submission. Votes can be changed up until the deadline if you play some new games and change your mind.

WHAT ARE THEY
These are the games released/updated in 2009:

[<3] by Twin Hamster
A Shot In The Dark by Kingston C. Rockwell
A Very Funkotronic X-mas by Spoon Weaver
Adventures of Astroman by Stewie
BABIES (vs) ROBOTS!!! by Spoonweaver
Blasted Earth by Blasted Earth
Bloodlust (Complete) by Only One in All
Bob the Hamster in the Crypt of Baconthulhu by James Paige
Buelle: The Lance's Tale, (0.5)* Tech Demo by Twin Hamster
Dawn by Blue Train
Don't Eat Soap by James Paige
Do You Want to be a Hero? by Mogri
Dragon Ball Z by Awful Waffle
Entrepreneur: The Beginning by Pepsi Ranger
Fall Be Kind by Blue Train and The Mad Cacti
Gato Sucio Special Edition by Paul Harrington
Genesis by Rebecca & Taylor Bair
Gohrillas by Mogri
House Escape by Spoon Weaver
Hydration 2: Oasis by Gizmog
Indigo by Blue Train
Kana Learning by Ysoft
KING OF GOURMET: FEAST FOR YOUR LIFE by Hachi-Roku and Gizmog
Legend of the Omni-sphere by Pastadevil
Legend of Zelda: Reptilian Warlord by Binoal
Legends Of Nedaria by NeoSpade
Light Fight by Spoonweaver
Loser Man by Spoon Weaver
Maces Wild by Rurouni Catholic
Mama by arpgme
Maze of the Red Mage by Mogri
Midorime by Buni Pickney
Moron Mission by Nathan Karr
Mr. Triangle's Maze by Red Maverick Zero
Necromancer by Deadmanintheocean
OHR House 3 Complete by JSH
OHR House Heroes: Complete by Red Maverick Zero
Okédoké! by Dark Blubber
Phantom Tactics by Mogri
Quest for the Bone by ringthehat
Qwerky Qwest by AcenMasterX
Resident Evil Infinity by Binoal
Sailor Moon: Another Dimension Version 6 by Buni Pickney
Santa Bang Bang! by rebobinar
SHiIDA by Baconlabs
Sleepover by Charbile
Slimes by Spoonweaver
somekindaninja (tech demo) by Spoonweaver
Sonic Trash by arpgme
Space InvadeOHRs by James Paige
Spooky Test by Twin Hamster
Spoonweaver by Spoonweaver
Stranded by New-Gen
Surlaw Armageddon (3/20/09 Update) by Paul Harrington
Techno Ship Funkotron by Spoonweaver
Test of Normality by Beau Rl
Tetris OHR by shakeyair
The KER-saders by Spoonweaver
The Long Journey Home by Camdog
The Pope's War on Science by Mr. 8-Bit
The Resurrection by DragonBlood
The Ritual (Spring 09 update) by Camdog
The Slime Wars by Camdog
The Wizard, The Thief, and the Lich by Momoka
The Wizard's Bomb by Camdog
Tightfloss Maiden (Update) by Pepsi Ranger
Tim-Tim "The Might Gnome" by SpoonWeaver
Timestream Saga - Arcadia Incident Report by Fenrir-Lunaris
Timpoline (Full release) by Adam Perry
Too Terrible! by Gizmog
Turkey Killer by Spoonweaver
Vampires History- War of Annihilation by Umbrella
Village People: The Videogame by Paul Harrington
Wage Slave by Gizmog
Wandering Hamster (Update) by James Paige
Wilthawiya by Gizmog

These are the categories:

Best Game of 2009: The overall best games. Vote for five to ten games.

Best Graphics: Best style, best pixelation, etc. Whatever made your eyes weep with joy. Vote for two to five games.

Best Design: This can be Plotscripting, map design, battle systems, or any other technical game aspects. Vote for two to five games.

Best Writing: Story, dialogue, world creation. Vote for two to five games.

Most Ridiculous: What games baffled your mind this year? The reasons don't matter. It could be an astonishingly confusing game, a shockingly funny one, whatever. Some sort of wild card category or something.

Most Anticipated 2010: What games would you most like to see updated this year, and which announced games are you most excited about? You'll have to do the digging on your own for this one, because we get dozens of proposed games that never come out and finding/listing them all would take forever.

Let's do this. Start discussing some highlights of 2009 and we can get moving. When voting, feel free to comment on the games you chose. Your comments may be used in the results article! Voting and discussion threads can be found on Slime Salad, Castle Paradox, and the Internet Walrus Forums.