$150 Make-A-Storygame-ContestWe're going to do things a little different this time around. Instead of a single, winner-take-all prize, there will be three different grand prizes:
$50 Best Classic-Editor OnlyOnly the classic editor can be used. Don't let that limit you, though. Joe Dever (Lone Wolf and others, http://www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Home) did amazing things with only a book. You can, too.
$50 Best Use of Advanced FeaturesItems, Variables, Scripting, etc. Whatever we have, let's see what you can do. Don't forget to include a storyline/plot, though.
$50 Best OverallAnything goes here. Whatever we think is the best takes this prize.
Runner-upsThe number of runner-ups (if any) and the runner-up prizes will be determined at judging time. Could be Experience Points. Could be merchandise. We'll all be surprised.
All storygames published between October 1st, 2006 and January 31st, 2007 will be automatically entered into the contest. Authors working together on a storygame should figure out how they would like to divvy up the prize (if at all) before the deadline.
Good luck all, and post your questions and comments here!
Can we enter games we've already made? I mean, I'm not just doing it for the money, really, but the amount of time it takes me to make a good game, even one that's short like the Supervillian game, takes ages to make, and EVEN THOUGH I'm not doing it just for the money, I could make fifty bucks with five hours of work. Not to be rude, I know it's real nice of Alex to hand out money for us, thanks Alex, but you know, I have other stuff to do in the Christmas holidays.
Although no doubt it probably won't win, me and Chris_Z will be entering our new game, no doubt about it.
Not for the money, THE GLORY! And so my many fans (like four if I'm lucky) can have fun with it.
Good luck everyone who enters!!!
I'm going on holiday for four days, up the coast, including two days with Chris_Z. I hope something interesting happens, it'd be great to have a sequel.
Better go pack.
Miccy2000 (Ha ha, signed it!)
I'll try to finish my arcade game by then. But it probably doesn't have enough description to win, though.
2 questions:
Do the winners receive exp.? and
Do the winning stories get featured?
OK to awnser questions.
1. As long as they are first published withen those dates they are fine2. EXP probably.3. ONly if their good enough. Featuring is completely seperate from the contest.
OK Im gonna try and nab all three of these and 150$ with it.
Ive got a CLASSIC game on the way, which is intense for me. Its called Immortals. I think the tower might be capable of taking the other two. If not, maybe one of my other 5 epics will...
lol, im running the cash through my hands in my mind lol, its so tempting, however i am so busy to do anythign.
I may enter, but it wont be with Cryptode 2, because if i were to do that, it would take ages to make, basically, it is way too big for it to be done in a few months where i can only use sundays to work on it... but we will see.
GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERS!!!
Well may the best overfed general win.
MEESE SAAAAAAAA-LUTE!
This is my first contest ever, so I hope that I can win the Best Classic-Editor Only since JJJ already have the Best Use of Advanced Features marked down.
I wish you all luck, and I hope that my game will succeed in winning.
Solostrike: Thanks, :), I'm glad you remember my gender.
Leon101: lol, no, it's not a cover up. I don't want to see people sad when they lost as they worked so hard on their games. It just wouldn't be...what's the word....
Both my games that have come out have been crappy. And my nexy few games will probably not do too good either. But $150 would be awesome. (then I would be able to get an X-box 360.)
lets see how this works out :P (note the sarcasm)
Alex, i would like to formally request that the contest date be extended to one of the following:A) the summer (july/august)B) when cryptode2 and gangsters are completeC) december 2007 :P
lol, i would humbly ask that you accept this request as only the rest of the site has entered this contest :p
Alright back to reality, alex!!!!!! there are only a few "real" contestants that have entered into this contest, my definition of "real" in this context is not of quality or length of game, but of actual desire and participation. So, what i mean is there are only a few people who are actually entering the contest as a competitior. And what i am also trying to say is that, although there are many "new games" only a few of the authors for these games are actually competing. Which brings me to my main point, is it possible that the deadline be extended to a reasonable date, so not december 2007 :P but an extra month or two (PLEASE NOTE!!! march break is in, well, march... :O and some students had exams this month, i will not name any unless they want me to... and I have exams at the end of january, and surprisingly, i have an exam on Jan 31, which i really hate! So please, can it be extended to something reasonable, and something that does not take my sarcasm into account :P
The contest was made the way the contest was made. Your not helping yourselves by dragging ur asses. Get writing.
Aha! I heard a contest might have been coming up. And it's here! I might not have written many stories - but I've listened to people's constructive criticisms, and I'm working on something I hope will be complete by the deadline! I'm focusing on making lots and lots of choices and options this time, but doing my best to keep strong plot and lots of story text. In this game, you get to choose what lots of different people do at different parts of the story, rather than directing a single character through the adventure, and people's actions have an impact on each other and the story!
Me too.
But Solo the difference is, I could still complete a solid game before the deadline.
I guess my opinions is "the rules are what they are." The start date was retroactive, too, which I thought was nice and fair to anyone who'd recently published a game.
Is your point, solo, that it doesn't seem like anyone is really trying to win the contest because they don't think they have time to finish?
Tiny snippy comment- Anyone could have been writing a game all year and just happened to publish it within the dates of the contest. (Imagine how JJJ would have felt if The Tower had been published the day before the contest started!)
You know guys, I'm not going to particpate after all, or do anything for a good while. I don't know if I feel burned out, or I'm just too busy with MUGEN (both the game and the fanfiction).
So if I'm not going to be around for a while, that's why.
midterms for you, first semester exams for me... the timing is horrible :(
what really sucks is i have an exam on the LAST day of the exam period, if i did not have this exam, i would be finished my first semester on the second day of exam period. also, the last day of exams is january 31, so there is some major conflict here lol.
Ahh, I can never win this.. Hopefully next contest I will have a chance. Good luck to all who participate!
Actually I'm just being honest.
The danm cartoon spoofs never ever have a chance. Its true, you ACTUALLY need to be creative.
UNLESS its a basic game..
I started all my stories before I knew there was a contest. Ulysses would have been classic editor, but I didn't feel like telling the reader to "remember" if they were wearing environmental suits or not, and make extra copies of pages branching out accordingly, so I converted it to an advanced game and added a variable and script to check it for them. That was about as advanced as Ulysses got, editor-wise :)
That would be so lowball man!
Come in with a basic game and win money when a wicked game like "The Tower" gets dick all.
Looks like "Mommy" has the advanced prize. Nine days to go. I might try a classic editor only game, and see what I can do in 9 days.
Huh? Are you making a classic game for the contest, JJJ ?
OK 3 things.
1. Alex will not give money to wimpy game not worthy of it, no matter what it says.
2. I get uber frustrated with the LAME DUMB CLASSIC EDITOR!
3. Solo your being a hyporcrite (no offense, I mean it in the literall sense not as an insult).
You said you couldn't do it in the time given at the beggining of the contest, but unless your half way through the game, you won't be able to do it in a month either.
Like if you start now you'll only have a month (with extension), just like you woulda had if you started at the beggining of the cotnest.
Follow me?
o ya, and i have started working on the game...
Um, is the opening date still October 1st for the contest? In a previous post, JJJ said October 6, but at the top of the page, alexp says Oct 1st -- Jan 31st.
Also, is there an extension of the end date? (I'm out of state/away from a computer from Jan 25th- Feb 3rd)
extension, alex?
And scoop money.
It's still no guarantee of a prize. Gotta impress the judges. I was surprised there weren't more stories written over the last month though. I guess a lot of people were on holidays, or had a lot of other things they had to do. As to Rush!, it might only have taken five days to create, but I spent most of the hours on those days creating, as opposed to just an hour a day over a month. So really, it's as much effort as many games, but just concentrated over a couple days.
Sorry Solo! That's not exactly what I meant, not trying to offend anyone. I wasn't referring to big, detailed games, but typical stories around here - Cryptode was huge - a length 8 after all! From what I've seen, the average story is only length 5 or less. (And I did say hours, not just one hour) I was just trying to say that writing my story was not an effortless attempt. It probably took me 25 hours of work, around 5 hours a day over 5 days. Games that have variables, items and scripting would obviously have taken longer than a classic game to make. And JJJ - I don't see myself as being a prize scooper, not doing anything to earn a prize but just throwing junk on the site to win something. If you read my story, you'd see it wasn't something someone could throw together in just one hour with no preparation, simply for the sake of it. I could have spent months working on a story game, but the point of a competition, is that you have a limited amount of time in which to create something.
I was only kidding my friend :P
You can't really scoop prizes because you really aren't capable of making games that suck ::D
hehe, there was no offense taken tsm. I was actually making fun of myself. Cuz it took me ages + contest extension to finish cryptode, and then i was joking that i would try to do cryptode 2 in 50 minutes :P
Lol, and i understand what you are saying about the time you put into the game. It may have been a few days, but a lot of hours in those few days...
i talked with alex yesterday. he hadnt started it yet. they are pretty busy. however, this weekend might allow them time to look at the games.
nate
they havent started judging. they will start that in a day or two.
