Here are the three entries, in the order I've received them. Congratulations to the contestants! As I was saying in the themes thread, we may have few entries, but they are all genuine entries (as opposed to joke ones) and you should find them all worthy of your time.
Polls will be posted later on.
Hollow Forest
by Moosh
A horror game where you go to war with moustaches under the time limit
Download quest here
Description:
Near my home village there is a cursed forest, we've taken to calling it The Hollow Forest. From out of the cavern network beneath it seeps a crawling darkness, a black rot. It consumes everything it touches, turning woodland creatures into monsters and driving men mad. This shroud of darkness has hung over the forest since before I was born, but even still it continues to spread. Many have tried to find a cure for the rot, they have challenged the forest, and they have died for it. But lately, the forest that served as this village's livelihood for many years is all but gone and hard times have fallen upon us. More than ever before the black rot threatens to swallow us all. And so it is that I hear the forest calling to me. And so I answer the call. And so I enter.
Please be aware: This quest was intended to be played in 2.5.2 and those playing on lower end computers may experience lag. Even on a fast computer, there may be lag in the final area, I don't have time to try and optimize further before the deadline. My apologies.
WE Z3 SCROLLAN NOW! Hollow Forest is my latest in a series of contest quests where I seemingly always have to one-up the last in terms of sheer ambition. This time, I made a quest with scrolling screens and a completely rewritten engine (some parts were recycled from ZeldYs) in around two weeks. As you'd expect, it's pretty short as a result. I took a very loose interpretation of the theme, there are no literal moustaches (at least as far as you're aware), but many of the enemies you face feature in some way moustache inspired designs. Unlike most quests, you have very limited ability to actually kill enemies and even limited saving ability. Resource management is key to survival. If you find yourself getting stumped, remember to talk to your fairy partner in various rooms. He can sometimes give helpful hints. And he sometimes gives amusing banter as well.
An artsy game where you explore dungeons with nature in new exciting ways
Grinding Mushroom
by RedTribeLink
Epic Mushroom Explorer
An adventure game where you go to school with dwarves and it's very grindy
Description:
Travel throughout the realm searching for Legendary Mushrooms that are the ingredients to make a potion that will wake your classmates from a deep sleep. Unlike the Slipstream, this is a simpler game, inspired slightly from Minish Cap, which is built to be expanded upon and fixed up later in the future (although not by a large scale). The quest features:
- A simple 8x8 overworld
- Three small dungeons
- Unique exploring gimmicks
- Experimental gameplay mechanics
Note:
A final dungeon was planned for this game, but unfortunately, due to time, there won't be one for this entry (In fact, the ending will be a bit abrupt). However, when this gets released to the database, there will probably be a final dungeon, along with some smaller add-ons.
I think that's everything. Hope you enjoy!