Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Deadline: December 1, 2011 (If people want it sooner or later, I'll move it. I thought if this inspires anyone to design, I'll leave that option open) There seems to be reasonable interest in having it, I guess, so I'll go ahead and start it. We've had many scenarios come out in the past few years, so I think it's time to have another general contest. For those of you who don't know how they work, they are open to all scenarios that haven't competed in a general contest previously. There is a preliminary judging phase, where scenarios will be judged in separate categories, including one for anyone who hasn't previously participated in a contest. The others will be decided based on which scenarios are entered into the contest. If your scenario is good enough, you will advance to Best Scenario Judging, where you will have the chance to win Best Scenario, and go down in Blades history as a contest winner! Unfortunately, I can't guarantee prizes will be given to the winner. It may be that Stareye or someone will agree to give the winner a custom title of their choice on these forums, but no promises. However, your scenario will be added to the list of Contest Winners, which is an honor amongst itself. Preliminary judging works as follows: Judges will score scenarios from 1 to 10, with 10 being the best. The scenario that scores the best in its category wins the category. The winner, as well as any scenario within 80% of the category winner will advance to Best Scenario. Best Scenario judging will involve the judges submitting a list from best to worst, and it will be averaged to come up with a cumulative Best Scenario. Since there are many eligible scenarios now, I've decided to make a list, and if you want to enter, just say so. However, I'll wait till the contest gets closer to start collecting judges. The contest will be open to both BoE and BoA. As it is likely the majority of contestants will be made with BoA, you will be required to have a registered copy of BoA to judge. BoE is open source now and is free, so most shouldn't have trouble getting it, but if you can't or feel you can't judge BoE scenarios fairly, we'll work something out. Current Eligible Scenarios (scenarios confirmed are in bold; scenarios that will likely not be competing are crossed out): Threnody (Lazarus) Waterweb (Handyman) The Crusaders (Bain) (BOE Scenario) Black Crown: Part I (Duck) Strange Gildra (BJ Earles) The Cradle (BJ Earles) Warp (Ephesos) The Siege of Copperpeak (Ephesos) Out of Sight (Nikki) The Staff (Slack) Nobody's Heroes (Kelandon) Sorcerer's Apprentice (Niemand) The Eternal (Nikki) The Triple Valley (Iffy) Quarhag Pass (Smoo) The Ritual of Registration (Nemesis) Incorruptible (Tridash) Turn That Frown Upside-Down (Duck) Turn the Frown Upside Down II (Duck) HIM: Wolf at the Door (Thralni) Enemy at the Gates (Metatron) Gluckcluck (Enraged Slith) Always on Your Day Off! (Nicothodes) To Hell in a Handbasket (Nemesis) Oops (Dintiradan) Pilgrimage to Thakos (Sylae Correll) (BOE Scenario) Melliput Mobsters (Celtic Minstrel) Beechford (M Haensel) If anyone's interested, Previous Contest Winners: 1st Contest: Tatterdemalion (BoE) (Tarl Kudrick) 2nd Contest: Redemption (BoE) (Alcritas) 3rd Contest: Masks (BoE) (Brett Bixler) 4th Contest: Falling Stars (BoE) (Alcritas) 5th Contest: Quintessence (BoE) (Brett Bixler) 6th Contest: Emulations (BoE) (Stareye) 7th Contest, BoE: Tomorrow (BoE) (Alcritas) 7th Contest, BoA/Spiderweb: Bahssikava (BoA) (Kelandon) 8th Contest: Echoes: Renegade (BoA) (Terror's Martyr) 9th Contest: Frostbite (BoA) (Lazarus) Which scenario will be added to this list? The drama begins... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 OH SNAP. Now I have to go and finish my everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Man, I can't believe that there's only been three general contests in BoA's lifetime. Originally Posted By: Ephesos Now I have to go and finish my everything. And this is more motivation to finish my tutorial-thing. Also LoD1, but I've been saying that it's almost ready for release since '06. So yeah. Bain, thank you once again for spearheading another contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Will the Warrior's Grove scenarios be eligible for entry? I only ask because mine completely defeats the purpose of the contest and is probably the largest scenario I've made in terms of content (not that this is a remarkable feat). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 If you're doing categories and you delayed the WG contest anyway, why not incorporate it into this contest as a category? That should increase buzz (such as it is) for both contests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Well, I'm not in charge of the WG contest, so that would really be up to Handyman, but yes, they'll be eligible. I'm going to enter "The Crusaders" in at this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Handyman Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 ........I do not believe I am in charge of the WG contest. For what it's worth, feel free to add my scenario to the festivities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 The way it seems to work here, Handyman, is that whoever is the most vocal proponent of a contest ends up receiving responsibility for it. Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan The way it seems to work here, Handyman, is that whoever is the most vocal proponent of a contest ends up receiving responsibility for it. Have fun! I'm pretty sure that would be Duck in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 I meant Duck, I'm sorry. He will decide what he wants to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Too late. It's Handyman's job, now. To win the right of scenario management, Duck now has to slay Handyman in single combat and claim it by right of caste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Confirm all of mine, including ones yet unreleased. Also, as a general reminder to all, Tyranicus and myself just updated all of the Review threads to include, well... everything. So if you haven't reviewed things that you've played, I wholeheartedly encourage you to review them. Also, if anyone wants to opt a scenario of theirs out of the listings, let one of us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted August 5, 2011 Share Posted August 5, 2011 I'd like to include my scenario from the previous random contest (Melliput Mobsters). I intend to release it next week, even if I don't manage to squash all the bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted August 6, 2011 Author Share Posted August 6, 2011 Chatting with Lazarus, Threnody will likely not be in the contest, but that could change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Well, it's next week, and the end thereof, and the scenario is not yet released. However, the primary hurdle of a 1,400-line terrain script is mostly done and in the debugging stage, and other than that I just want to add some message_dialogs and do a couple of playthroughs to make sure everything still works, so next week is looking very likely. I do have ideas for another similarly monolithic terrain script, but that can wait until a version 1.1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 Originally Posted By: Celtic Minstrel However, the primary hurdle of a 1,400-line terrain script is mostly done and in the debugging stage Good god, man, I just checked, and your one terrain script is as large as the entire main script for BoR. That must be quite some terrain script. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 Heh, yeah, and for an entirely optional part of the game too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Arch-Mage Solberg Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Maybe next year I might make my first scenario! Post # 600 Wow...nearly 10 years on these boards and I just hit 600 posts. Not a big achievement when you see the Top Posters board on the right, huh! Edit: Hey look...new title. From Sorceress to Shadowwalker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 Just a reminder, two months to go! I started a BoA scenario, but I can't get into the scripting unfortunately, so it isn't likely to happen. So far, the categories will include General Entries and Newcomers. General Entries include: The Crusaders (BoE), The Eternal, Warp, and Siege of Copperpeak. Newcomers include: Waterweb, Sorcerer's Apprentice, and Melliput Mobsters. Just FYI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Karoka Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Originally Posted By: BainIrhno two months to go! I hope I finish my BoE scenaro in time!! I don't even have a name for it yet, but I have finished the towns, forts, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Niemand Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Originally Posted By: BainIhrno Newcomers include: Waterweb, Sorcerer's Apprentice, and Melliput Mobsters. The Sorcerer's Apprentice should be a general entry, not a newcomer; I've participated in at least one annual contest before, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody BJ Back From the Beyond Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Go ahead and include both of my scenarios, Strange Gildra and The Cradle. I'm working on another scenario right now, but I've hit a speed bump and may not finish it before time runs out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Quote: Just a reminder, two months to go! Thanks for the reminder, Bain! Quote: I started a BoA scenario, but I can't get into the scripting unfortunately, so it isn't likely to happen. I'm slowly creeping along on my tutorial, and I just finished another section on scripting today if that helps, but it's far from complete. I hope to put more time into it and finish soon, though. The original plan was to finish both the tutorial and LoD1 by the deadline, but it's not a sure thing. Quote: So far, the categories will include General Entries and Newcomers. General Entries include: The Crusaders (BoE), The Eternal, Warp, and Siege of Copperpeak. Newcomers include: Waterweb, Sorcerer's Apprentice, and Melliput Mobsters. Just FYI. Maybe add Oops to the list? Not a work I'm overly proud of, not going to win any awards by any stretch of the imagination, and it was a very rushed scenario, but it still is a scenario. A general contest should have more entries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Feel free to add PtT as an entry. I'm also doing a ground-up rewrite of Subterra Outpost for the contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted October 2, 2011 Author Share Posted October 2, 2011 PtT is on the BoE ranking forum, just buried. List is updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Originally Posted By: BainIhrno PtT is on the BoE ranking forum, just buried. List is updated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 I need to get out the bugfix release for MM before the deadline, I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 We have 11 scenarios in the contest, and 11 potential entries. If you have not declared your intentions by the deadline, it will be assumed you're not entering. FYI. If you'd like to hunt down people and ask whether they want to enter, please be my guest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan tridash Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 i suppose i'll enter incorruptible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt aka Ravenwing Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Oh hai. Put me down for a definite maybe on Taskmaker. (In other words, it probably won't be done in time, but it's worth a shot.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I've got a couple of projects up in the air, so maybe I'll finish one in time. Either way, I'll enter Gluckcluck so no one can say I didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Guess I'd better hurry up and fix that one major bug... or rather, release the bugfix (since I'm pretty sure I fixed it already). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt aka Ravenwing Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Unfortunately, I have to change my RSVP to "Will Not Be Attending." The reason being, my hard drive is, for all intents and purposes, dead. Still working on a way to retrieve data (i.e. my scenario submission), but even if I do manage to salvage it, I doubt it'd be done by the deadline. If I can't salvage it... well... I might eventually try to rebuild it from scratch. Maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Originally Posted By: A Disquieting Silence Unfortunately, I have to change my RSVP to "Will Not Be Attending." The reason being, my hard drive is, for all intents and purposes, dead. Still working on a way to retrieve data (i.e. my scenario submission), but even if I do manage to salvage it, I doubt it'd be done by the deadline. If I can't salvage it... well... I might eventually try to rebuild it from scratch. Maybe. I'm so sorry, man. I hope you're able to retrieve what you need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted November 21, 2011 Author Share Posted November 21, 2011 Sorry to hear that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Originally Posted By: The Tortoise Moves Feel free to add PtT as an entry. I'm also doing a ground-up rewrite of Subterra Outpost for the contest. Subterra won't get done in time, but I'm still submitting Pilgrimage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Duck in a Top Hat Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I was working on something for a while, but I pretty much lost interest. It definitely won't be done in time for the deadline, and I've decided not to submit any of my older scenarios. Best of luck to everyone else, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan tridash Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 *checks date* let's see if i can make something new in a week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Celtic Minstrel Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 So I remembered to upload the current version of MM, which I'm fairly sure has a couple of minor bugfixes and hopefully isn't broken more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan Smoo Posted November 24, 2011 Share Posted November 24, 2011 Go ahead and include Quarhag Pass. Just make sure it's not the version in Finnish... although that would be kind of funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Xaiya Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Sure, go ahead and confirm The Triple Valley. Even though that was years ago, it'd be nice to get some new feedback on it. Might just convince me to re-open my BoA, assuming it loads with WINE. >.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 Originally Posted By: Iffy Sure, go ahead and confirm The Triple Valley. Even though that was years ago, it'd be nice to get some new feedback on it. Might just convince me to re-open my BoA, assuming it loads with WINE. >.> All the Avernum games run quite well in Wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall BainIhrno Posted November 30, 2011 Author Share Posted November 30, 2011 Attn everyone: TOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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