Castle Paradox

djfenix · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 359

Two years ago, i bailed out due to personal issues.
Last year, it just didnt happen.
This year, I intend on making up on lost time.

That's right, it's the 48h contest.

What?
The 48 hour contest was started by me about 10 years ago. Participants had 48 hours to make a game from start to finish based on a set of requirements that were presented.

How?
This year, the contest is no longer a single event. This year, there will be a series of rounds. Each week, i'll present a new set of requirements to be included in the games, and they will, again, have 48 hours to make a game based on those requirements.

Who?
For previous years, each entry was restricted to a maximum of 2 people. This year, there are no limits to the size of the groups. Be it one person, or a dozen. It's all good.

And as i stated before, there's more than one round, and each contestant may only submit one entry per round, but they may enter more than one round.

When?
The first round will start on the 2nd of June EST (the first weekend of the month), then the next round will begin the following weekend and so on. The amount of rounds will be dependant on the success of the past rounds.

Judgement
After each round, there will be a panel of judges the rate the games and ultimately determine the winner of the week. Each week, there will be a new panel of judges. The judges will be whoever PMs me with a request to be a judge before the start of the round. There will be a panel of 3 judges. Also, judges cannot participate in the round that they are judging.

After the last round of judging, everyone will get a chance to vote on their favourites and determine a final victor. But not only will people vote for their favourite games, they will also vote for the best aspects of the games! Which brings us to...

OHRlympics
With permission from Moogle1, i've decided to revive the OHRlympics. For those of you who aren't familiar, the OHRlympics basically allows people to vote for the most outstanding aspects of games. Be it graphics, map design, music, whatever. Players will decide what they like best, and ultimately deciding who is the best author, and which game is the best. Details aren't finalized yet, but more to come as soon as they are ready.

I hope that covered the details. Any further questions, just PM or post.

Let's make this year a great one!

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TwinHamster · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 7:10 am Post subject:

This looks fun.

I'd ask questions, but it looks like you covered everything. Neutral

RedMaverickZero · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:06 am Post subject:

This sounds really great. Now I just need to form a team to win this year. Every year I tried I got so close. Hell, Worthy and I almost won with Gargan and Troy a few years back.
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Blue Pixel · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 3:49 pm Post subject:

i am definitly entering in this one since my horrable game came out incomplete. RedMaverickZero ill be glad to join your team. im sure you can find something for me to do Big grin

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Rinku · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 690

I'm not sure I like the new formatting -- is it really a 48 hour contest if the game is built during several 48 hour periods? But I guess we'll see if that works better.
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no_shot · Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 10:26 pm Post subject:

It'll be a different game each period.
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djfenix · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 359

TwinHamster · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject:

TMC · Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 5:53 pm Post subject:

OK, I forgot to reply to this. The timing is bad - coinciding with exams - but I'm eager to enter as many as possible anyway. But people might pick and choose which set of requirements they like, so don't give us boring ones for the first week and then cancel it because there was no turnout!

Here's the previous OHRlympics results on Op:OHR, for those who don't know: http://www.castleparadox.com/archive/operationohr/feature-ohrlympics.php
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Blue Pixel · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:24 am Post subject:

Question:

can we work on graphics before the contest starts? if so, can graphics be imported? also what time does it start?
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TwinHamster · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:27 am Post subject:

Blue Pixel · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:40 am Post subject:

djfenix · Joined: 12 Mar 2003 Posts: 359

the general idea is to make everything within 48 hours, including any planning

and as to the start time

Blue Pixel · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 12:02 pm Post subject:

thanks, i thought it was at midnight but i just needed to make sure to be safe. guess i better get up early.
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Chenzi · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:26 pm Post subject:

A few questions/comments:

Q's:
1. Is there any prizes or awards for participating in it?
a. If there is, what about prizes for solo participants vs duo participants?

2. Do you have to participate in every round?

3. Explain the judging system in detail, if you can.

Comments:

I'd like to participate but I'm presently a full time student (game design

).

(also, a bit off topic, I'd like to apologize for the participants in the games that suck contest, the prizes are still here from last year (rotfl), but I've been in an extreme financial situation for a long time now.)
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