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#1 Ether

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Posted 03 September 2022 - 10:45 AM

I talked about this in some Discord servers, but here's the idea: every two weeks, I'm gonna post a script prompt. (It'll generally be either "here's a sprite, turn it into an enemy" or "here's a sprite, turn it into an item." If you need frames I haven't drawn, feel free to ask!) On the off-weeks I'll give prompts for spriters in another thread. We can make these more frequent if this takes off and people want more.
 
This isn't a contest thread. It is a script thread, so please don't lean on the enemy editor. I'm hoping this is something that'll be open-ended enough to be accessible to both newbies and veteran scripters. Please feel free to ask for help if you need it! I don't use ZQuest and can't personally help, but there's a lot of really cool people here who will! I hope! I'll be able to do more in the spriter thread when that comes around, I swear. Criticism is welcome by default, but if anyone specifies that they don't want it, please respect their wishes.
 
Ideeeeeeeeally I'd appreciate it if people posted in this thread, but I understand that this is 2022, so feel free to play along in a Discord server or just try the challenges by yourself! If you don't want to post but do want to show your work, feel free to send me a Discord message.

 

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To kick things off, here's a sprite. Turn it into an enemy.

 

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Challenge 2 - Using a niche pose for an item


Edited by Ether, 17 September 2022 - 11:24 AM.

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#2 Alucard648

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Posted 03 September 2022 - 11:26 AM

I also support scripting contests.



#3 Ether

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Posted 03 September 2022 - 11:39 AM

I do want to be 100% clear, this isn't a contest! This is open to both newbies and veterans, and nobody's getting ranked. If I had to support one over the other, I'd rather err on the side of being more newbie-friendly. I want to encourage more newbies to try things out and eventually become veterans. That way I can eventually swoop in and actually run a contest.

 

(But also you should participate!)


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#4 Moosh

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Posted 03 September 2022 - 02:13 PM

So we're just using this thread for submissions instead of in private if I'm understanding right? That's actually really smart and solves one of the big issues with past contests (events in this case). Scripting an enemy and then waiting up to an entire month for feedback was kinda depressing. The effort to write the script rarely lasted a significant portion of the contest period.



#5 Ether

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Posted 03 September 2022 - 03:22 PM

Yep! If this thread stays continuously active, that can only be a good thing in my book. I'll organize the OP to link to new challenges and participant scripts as necessary.

 

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Also, have some hurt and death animations, as requested by Emily! Obviously you can incorporate these or not incorporate them.

 

(By the way, here's a link to a tutorial Lejes made for Ghost.zh. NPCScript can also be used for enemies in 2.55; where there aren't any tutorials for it yet, documentation at least can be found in docs/ZScript_Additions.txt.)



#6 Emily

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Posted 03 September 2022 - 03:37 PM

Quest file and Script file

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#7 Alucard648

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Posted 03 September 2022 - 09:56 PM

I think, there should be small wind-up between appearing and throwing wrenches. Now imagine, if, instead of wrenches, they throw explosive bombs with proximity detonators.



#8 Emily

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Posted 04 September 2022 - 10:39 AM

I think, there should be small wind-up between appearing and throwing wrenches. Now imagine, if, instead of wrenches, they throw explosive bombs with proximity detonators.

You can make it take longer to burrow in/out, and you can set its' weapon to whatever you like



#9 Moosh

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Posted 09 September 2022 - 03:25 AM

Here's my entry. I actually had it done a couple days ago but put it off to polish up the animation header I used for it. Here's a download with the quest, script, and header. I've also submitted the header to the database so that should be up soon.
 

 

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#10 Lejes

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Posted 10 September 2022 - 11:35 AM

Moles. They're gonna get ya.

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#11 Ether

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Posted 17 September 2022 - 11:21 AM

Okay, challenge 2! This one's an item, and I'm gonna crib from Metamode here.

 

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Here's one example of a Metamode character sheet. (There's 90 of them if you'd rather use a different one.)

 

There's some standard poses in here like walking, slashing and casting, but also a lot of weird niche ones that Link doesn't have an analog for. Script an item or other way to interact with the game using at least one of the niche frames.

 

(If you make something you like and want to carry it over into a quest, feel free to ask for an analog sprite. I'll figure something out.)




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