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[Jamian]

(original thread can be found here)

 

If that is ok with (more or less) everybody, you will be allowed to start building your quest on the 1st of January 2017.

You will have until the 18th of January (included) to send me your submission.

 

Here are your themes. Good luck!

 

RULE CHANGE BY POPULAR REQUEST: If you're finding it too restrictive to combine a title and a theme, you are allowed to only pick either a title or a theme, instead of both.

 

The deadline has been extended to the 18th of January included.

 

Eddy

Titles:

Divine Cheese Dreamland
Irresistible Ninja Detective
Everybody Hates the Bingo Assassins

Themes:
A horror game where you go back in time to kill rappers to slow global warming
A role-playing game where you retrieve holy artifacts with queens in the darkest caves
An artsy game where you party with pop songs – or so it seems

 

 

Dimentio

Titles:

Explosive Crystal of Death

Mystic Penguin Conspiracy
Geriatric Military Rescue

Themes:
An adventure game where you must obtain collectible pixies to become the king
An role-playing game where you hide from creatures in the darkest caves
A student project where you hug gods (and it’s also a commentary on video games as a media)

 

 

RedTribeLink

Titles:

Epic Mushroom Explorer

Unbelievable Hair Salon King
Go Go Hillbilly Interceptor
Themes:

An experimental game where you stab blocks and everybody in the game speaks in broken English
An adventure game where you go to school with dwarves and it’s very grindy
A shooting game where you destroy monsters with gigantic boss battles

 

 

SpacemanDan

Titles:

Hazardous Sandwich Forever

The Glory of Mummy For Kids
Budgetsoft Presents: Batman in Space
Themes:

An artsy game where you fall in love with encyclopedias
An action game where you goof around with the president (it gets very dark very fast)
A role-playing game where you hide from mages while bards write songs about you

 

 

Russ

Titles:

A Boy and His Chipmunk from Hell

Intellectual Hillbilly Deathmatch
Everybody Loves the Frisbee Mayhem

Themes:
A role-playing game where you slay things that look like you to avenge your girlfriend
A horror game where you save giant crabs and there’s a terrifying monster slowly making its way towards you during the whole game
An indie game where you challenge sky worms for the mega bonus

 

 

Golden Warrior

Titles:

Kamikaze Outlaw on the Road

Cute Bubblegum of Love
Happy Blade Strikes Again

Themes:
A role-playing game where you annoy legendary warriors in gigantic strongholds
An action game where you go on a heist with hot boys but the bad guy was just trying to help you
A horror game where you slap mutant zombies in a frozen wasteland

 

 

Geoffrey

Titles:

Retarded Monster Fortress

Turbo Chipmunk – The Gathering Storm
Astral Bazooka Temple

Themes:
A horror game where you run after villains with occasional jump-scares
An action game where you collect bricks because they looked at you weird
An adventure game where you blow up reptilians except you’re really unlucky

 

 

Moosh

Titles:

Revenge of the Mountain Climber Unit

Children of the Yeti Overlords
Canadian Sewer Detective

Themes:
An action game where you burn monsters before the apocalypse
A role-playing game where you must obtain collectible elementals while being torn between the forces of good and evil
A horror game where you go to war with moustaches under the time limit

 

 

ZoriaRPG

Titles:

It’s a Mad, Mad Puzzle Patrol

Scottish Zombie Encounter
Atomic Pony of Doom
Themes:

An adventure game where you learn from angels and explore the world
An action game where you hunt famous people but bees are trying to stop you
An experimental game where you discover the beauty of nature and near the end you ascend to godhood

 

 

Avataro

Titles:

Downtown Vampire Factory

Giant Ghost Adventure
Satan’s Balloon Reloaded
Themes:

An artsy game where you explore dungeons with nature in new exciting ways
An adventure game where you goof around with bread with the addition of zombies
An action game where you smuggle puppies except you’re one of the bad guys

 

 

Joelmacool

Titles:

Chocolate Shadow Temple

Apathetic Viking of Love
Black Cricket Summoner
Themes:

A strategy game where you invade sanctuaries with stealth
A shooting game where you punch your long-lost relatives in an empty school
An action game where you bribe giant crabs because, I mean, why the hell not

 

 

Polaris

Titles:

Mystic Axe Throwdown

Big Bird’s Dance Kingdom
Legend of the Music Knights
Themes:

A role-playing game where you go to war with mushrooms as the legends foretold
An action game where you touch plants and the reason why becomes less and less obvious throughout the game
A student project where you befriend the wind and you learn a thing or two along the way

 

 

Anthus

Titles:

Android Mind Control in My Pocket
The Cannibal Crusader
Nuclear Spelunking Insurrection

Themes:
An experimental game where you haunt insects and the sound effects are gameplay hints
An adventure game where you have been contracted to kill knights to find love
An action game where you free bats to become the king

 

 

Evan20000

Titles:
Alcoholic Police Fantasy
Nihilistic Sailor Arena
Search for the Trailer Park Park
Themes:
An adventure game where you resurrect town guards as the legends foretold
An action game where you eradicate bears in a junkyard
An artsy game where you please mountains - with a twist

 

 

Grayswandir

Titles:
Flamboyant Alien with Friends
All-Night Wizard Nightmare
Revenge of the Donkey Dungeon
Themes:
A role-playing game where you annoy princes to become the king
An adventure game where you discover hell before the end of the world
An experimental game where you kill the elderly to slow global warming

 

 

Sheik

Titles:
Return of the Spider Challenge
Quiet Hobo of Doom
Cthulhu's Dungeon Groove
Themes:
A shooting game where you feel bad for city guards and everyone in the game hates you
An experimental game where you shrug at society and the game is stupidly linear
A student project where you find rocks for fun

Edited by Jamian, 13 January 2017 - 03:14 PM.

[Anthus]

 

An action game where you touch plants and the reason why becomes less and less obvious throughout the game

 

Lol, I dunno why, but that is the funniest one to me. I'm pretty happy with mine, I think I already know what combo I'm going with

[Timelord]

Scottish Zombie Encounter + An action game where you hunt famous people but bees are trying to stop you

 

Oh, but you would...

 

One thing: Dimentio asked me, and I have no answer... he wanted to build the contest quest using 2.54. I'm not sure if that's allowed, or frankly feasible, but you might want to clarify it.

 

b30 is stable enough, if people want to use it, at least for the features marked as such. It could sure use some full testing though, and I have no idea what your purview is on that sort of thing.

 

I see no reason not to put out a 2.50 version, and an 'enhanced' 2.54 version if people want to try it.

Edited by ZoriaRPG, 18 December 2016 - 08:12 AM.

[Jamian]

You can use whatever build you want to make your entry.

 

But keep in mind that if your quest file is not compatible with the official 2.50 version of ZC and if you require people to download a specific build to play your entry, there will likely be less people playing it.

[Timelord]

You can use whatever build you want to make your entry.

 

But keep in mind that if your quest file is not compatible with the official 2.50 version of ZC and if you require people to download a specific build to play your entry, there will likely be less people playing it.

 

That's essentially why I'd advise a dual-release. One for anyone, and one for people who love extra content. Is that something that makes sense to you?

[Jamian]

That is fine.

[Deedee]

As I am planning a quest that is very reliant on the new 2.54 features, I don't think a 2.50 build is feasible. What I'm hoping to do is instead include a link to the download of the build the quest uses. I mean, people download the enhanced music for quest to get the full enjoyment, and the sizes of those are much bigger than a build, so I don't see why people wouldn't download it.

 

 

Explosive Crystal of Death

An role-playing game where you hide from creatures in the darkest caves

[Moosh]

As I am planning a quest that is very reliant on the new 2.54 features, I don't think a 2.50 build is feasible. What I'm hoping to do is instead include a link to the download of the build the quest uses. I mean, people download the enhanced music for quest to get the full enjoyment, and the sizes of those are much bigger than a build, so I don't see why people wouldn't download it.

What state exactly is this build you're planning to use in? Last time I downloaded one of Zoria's builds, it had to open a command prompt window to start up and when it did, it triggered my antivirus and got thrown into the virus chest. Ultimately if the program works, it works, but I can see people being put off by that kind of thing.

 

So it just occurred to me. Do we have to pick a title AND a theme from the list or is it an either/or deal? If we have to do both, that complicates things...

[Timelord]

What state exactly is this build you're planning to use in? Last time I downloaded one of Zoria's builds, it had to open a command prompt window to start up and when it did, it triggered my antivirus and got thrown into the virus chest. Ultimately if the program works, it works, but I can see people being put off by that kind of thing.

 

So it just occurred to me. Do we have to pick a title AND a theme from the list or is it an either/or deal? If we have to do both, that complicates things...

 

Did you have it in your normal ZC path? There's nothing ultimately different about the builds to 2.50.3, other than new features enabled internally. You can drop zelda-w.exe ad zquest-w.exe into a typical ZC 2.50.3 folder, and run them with zlaunch. Now, my ag.cfg file might have given you issues, and as far as that is concerned, I can fix it; but no-one reports these things.

 

I'll drop in the default ag.cfg files from 2.50.3 in the next build.

 

ZC is sadly known for false positives with scanners though. It shouldn't however, be any different to any other version of ZC in that regard.

 

As long as he uses the features that are known to be stable, the build is stable. If he trails off, experimenting with things that are known to be unfinished, we,, there's nothing that I can do about that. This is pretty much 'Lost Isle' territory, and if I mark something 'unfinished, not implemented, do not use', and people use it, then that's beyond my scope of control. I've been intentionally not disclosing some instructions because of their present state, and I disable some in public builds to prevent people from discovering them, using them, and complaining.

Edited by ZoriaRPG, 19 December 2016 - 12:46 AM.

[Jamian]

You're supposed to pick a title AND a theme. 

 

Note that in the previous contest, where you only had a title to work with, sticking to what your title implied was more important. Here, having two elements to combine, you could afford to pick a title that evokes the quest but is not fully representative of its gameplay, since you have the themes for that.

[Moosh]

Oh. Well shit. I'm not exactly in the right mood to make something jokey this time, so that feels a little creatively stifling. Ah well, I guess I'll see if I can think of something...

[Avaro]

Is it too late to change the rules yet? I assumed we could pick one of the 6 choices. I would have preferred that, but I guess picking a title and a theme is alright too, even though this is gonna be hard. xD

 

I'm not demanding a change, I'm just nicely asking.

Edited by Avataro, 19 December 2016 - 02:22 PM.

[Russ]

I'm with Moosh and Avataro. A name AND a theme is too stiffling. Coming up with something that fits one of them is hard enough already. I don't really want to participate if we have to do both.

[Jamian]

Alright then. It's ok to only pick one of them.

[TheLegend_njf]

Alright then. It's ok to only pick one of them.

But not as entertaining. Lol Combining them would have made some wacky quests. Lol