Hey, do you know what we haven't had lately? A Random Theme Quest contest!
The first two editions were a great deal of fun so I'd like to gauge interest in a third one. Post here to sign up or make comments.
When: To be determined. If/when there are enough people interested in participating, then I'll announce when it will start and when it will end. I'll try to take everyone's schedule into account so we can have dates that work for as many contestants as possible.
How long: You will have two weeks to design your quest, so I recommend that you make it a short quest, although there is no size limit. Just like in the previous editions, you would get your themes ahead of time and would be allowed to plan things, build a tileset, write scripts, etc. before the contest starts, if you so desire. Actual screen design, however, is only permitted once the contest has officially started.
Themes: I'm hesitating between either of these two links to generate the themes:
http://orteil.dashnet.org/gamegen
I'm also contemplating combining them, though I'm unsure if that would work.
Tell me how you feel about it.
How: Here is a slightly updated copy/paste of the rules I wrote for the first contest. These rules are not set in stone, so feel free to suggest changes if you think they would benefit the contest.
1) Because the temptation to hit the "generate" button until you find something you like would be too great, I would be generating the themes for everybody and then would randomly assign them. This is precisely what I think would make the contest interesting and would encourage you to be creative: you don't get to choose, you have to work with the unlikely cards you've been dealt and make the most of it.
2) However, some results can be really difficult to work with, or may not be to your liking. Therefore, each contestant will be given three randomly generated themes, and will get to choose the one he prefers.
Concretely, I would be generating themes and writing down the best results (editing out the NSFW ones and the more boring ones). Then, I would randomly assign three of them to each contestant.
3) Once the applications are closed, the titles will be generated and given out, and people will have a couple of weeks to think about the quest they'll be making. The restrictions would be the same as the two weeks contest: pretty much everything is ok (planning, scripting, importing graphics...) except actual screen design.
4) After that, you are given two weeks to actually design your quest and submit it.
5) Polls will be created to pick winners in different categories, but because of the inherently random nature of the contest, I'll stress that it's about fun and not about winning.
NB: I have no issue with letting somebody join the contest even after the applications are closed. That is fine. You'll just get less time than the others to work on your quest.
Signed up:
Eddy
Dimentio
RedTribeLink
SpacemanDan
Russ
Golden Warrior
Geoffrey
Moosh
ZoriaRPG
Avataro
Joelmacool
Polaris
Anthus
Edited by Jamian, 17 December 2016 - 06:35 AM.