Castle Paradox

Moogle1 · Last edited by Moogle1 on Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:17 pm; edited 1 time in total

What is Eligible

Any RPG file uploaded to Castle Paradox between May 10 and June 10 (inclusive) is an entry in the contest. There are no signups; every entry will be judged. The contest ends at 12:00am CST June 11.

While the contest is called "Gameathon," it is not restricted to games. Non-games like OHR House are also considered for entry.

Winning the Contest

Every game you upload will be judged by the entire panel of judges. They will award you points:

0 points: The game has little merit.
1 point: The game is okay.
2 points: The game is good or enjoyable. (Re-releases may not earn two points.)

Judges are encouraged not to be stingy with the zero and two point categories. A game doesn't have to be great to get two points; it doesn't have to be abominable to be worth zero points.

Judges will keep track of points given to each game and will PM me their score sheets at the end of the contest. I will give the score breakdowns for all of the games. Each judge will also award any ONE game an additional 2 points at the end of the contest as Best of Show.

A game's score is the combined point total from all judges. An author's final score is the combined score of all of the games he helped create. The author with the highest score wins.

Judges

The judging panel consists of:
Mike Caron
Iblis
Artimus Bena
Jabbercat
Moogle1

Judges are required to play at least the first ten minutes of any entry before judging it. A judge may not award his own game Best of Show. If a judge gives his own game a higher score than any other judge, that score is reduced to the highest score given by any other judge.

Tiebreaker Points

Tiebreaker points are to be used only in case of a tie. This is basically my ulterior motive working its way into this contest in a way that doesn't affect the majority of the entrants.

You can only score one tiebreaker point per entry and you can only get score on each rule once.

1. Featuring as a main character any two of the following: a pirate, a ninja, a robot, a zombie, or a cowboy. (You must have two different characters -- two zombies or one zombie-cowboy doesn't count.)
2. Using the default battle engine to do something other than an RPG battle. (I will be fairly liberal with this one. Be creative!)
3. Including an original composition as one of the game's songs. (This should be composed by someone credited as an author for the game.)
4. Scripting a new engine for the game. (This could make the game a sidescroller, for example, or just give it a new battle engine.)
5. Creating a sequel to another one of your Gameathon entries. (A sequel should follow the story and retain some story elements.)
6. Creating an RPG without any traditional fantasy elements. (This includes swords, crystals, dragons, magic, etc.)
7. Making character stats influence gameplay out of battle. (For example, using Agility to determine if you can pick an NPC's pocket.)
8. Replacing experience and levels with a different method of stat growth. (Any method of stat growth that isn't basically the same as levelling up is acceptable.)
9. Qualifying for at least three other tiebreaker points in a single entry. (You still only receive one tiebreaker point for the entry.)

I will be judging the tiebreaker points. I plan on being lenient on most of these so as to allow for creativity. You may include in your game's readme which tiebreakers you feel your game qualifies to earn, but be aware that my decision is final.

An author's entries will be awarded the highest number of tiebreaker points possible for that author. This means, for example, that if two authors collaborate on a game, they could each receive a different tiebreaker point for that game.

Each rule is worth one point, even though some rules are harder to achieve than others. A game that earned zero points from all judges may still receive a tiebreaker point.
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Joe Man · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject:

LOOPHOLE!

Just make a crappy game every day --- each worth zero points on its own.

BUT MAKE THEM ALL SEQUELS!
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Rimudora · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject:

Joe Man · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:34 pm Post subject:

Oh, I must have misread that part. Nevermind then.
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LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject:

I will let the Minnek know post haste. We have a few games that we haven't quite finished or shown to the public yet, and those count, right?
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Hachi-Roku · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:50 pm Post subject:

Do the games have to be in different .RPG files to count as seperate games?
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Moogle1 · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 9:00 pm Post subject:

It's probably safest to put them in separate CP entries. If you want games within a file to be judged separately, though, say so in the readme and on the board and we will judge them as individual games. They should at the least be separated in-game by a selection menu, etc.
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Battleblaze · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 9:36 am Post subject:

What do we win?
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Indy OHR! and National OHR Month Contest going on now!

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Gizmog1 · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:25 am Post subject:

Blowjobs, drugs, and hardcore pornography. What did you expect?

Joe Man · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 10:39 am Post subject:

Who gives the blowjobs?
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Gizmog1 · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 12:42 pm Post subject:

Jack · **the fool** Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 773

Gizmog1 · Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject:

Put it in their pipe and smoke it.

Battleblaze · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject:

Gizmog Pwnz
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Moogle1 · Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 10:40 pm Post subject:

(edited: moogles is not thinking with his brain)
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