For those of you who missed last week’s coverage. Kongregate and Scion are hosting a new developer contest. Tutorials on basic AS2 and AS3 programming have been provided, as well as a toolkit containing various image and sound assets. For more information, click here.

Entries will be accepted until November 28th. For each week of November I will post my top picks. These are not in any specific order. It is just a list of entries that I think are worth paying some attention to throughout their development for the duration of the contest; especially for readers who have yet to cast any votes. For a list of all entries, click here.

Pink Jean-Luc Adventure

+Kill, pick, bridge, grab, jump multitask fun
+32bit sprite graphics

-extremely repetitive music
-difficulty remains constant, needs to increase over time
-not enough sound effects

Shoofender!

+Great flash remake of the original defender
+Best theme song ever
+Fantastic custom sound effects
+Amusing animated stick figures

-No achievements

Save Planet Puggolon

+Awesome custom music that sets the tone of the game
+Nice custom artwork
+Challenging
+Good variation in enemies and bosses

-No easy mode for less skilled players

G-Virus: Episode 1

+Custom Art and sound
+Level up by collecting remnants of enemies

-no indicator of what level (xp-based) player is
-leveling up isn’t too significant in this episode because it is so short

Honorable Mentions

Flash Beryllium

Sub-Atomic War