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#1 Mani Kanina

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Posted 23 July 2021 - 12:52 PM

Welcome everyone to a brand new quest making contest: The 2nd Anniversary of the 20th Anniversary contest contest!
It's a bit of a mouthful I admit, but that's just how it's going to be some times!

So what's the deal with this contest? It's simple, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary contest and it's entrants with a contest inspired by it. The duration for the entire thing is two months starting from now up until the anniversary date (of it being posted on pure): September the 23ed!

The rules are simple, and as following:

  • Make something inspired by the entries submitted to the 20th Anniversary contest!
  • Your quest should run in ZC 2.53 or ZC 2.55 a85, and by Extension, the latest version of 2.55! (See the new official ZC dev server for the latest builds posted by Emily!)
  • Feel free to use any tileset or resources avalible!
  • Collabs up to two people per entry is allowed.
  • Blind submission: DM me your entries when they are finished and leave the quest credits preferably blank, but a pseudonym is allowed.
  • You may start immediately. (There is no specific date and time before which you may not begin working on this.)

Now then, this is not a particular serious contest, just make something and have fun! The deadline for the contest is two months, obviously, but entries of all sizes and lengths are encouraged, we don't judge! Well, I mean I guess we do, but not in that sense! Speaking of judging, once the entries are submitted and the development is done, a form will be posted for people to fill in if they want to judge/score entries, this is open for everyone and the compilation of all of them will determine the winners, but really, anyone who finishes an entry is a winner in my book. The judging categories will be non-standard and in some sense based on the entries from the 20th Anniversary contest.

FAQ!:

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If you have any further questions, or want to discuss the contest, feel free to ask/post!


Edited by Mani Kanina, 20 September 2021 - 09:39 AM.

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#2 Shane

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Posted 23 July 2021 - 01:06 PM

Aw bummer, I was hoping AS could do a Gollab project. I think I'll pass this one and wait for the next contest. Good luck to everyone else! You have a bit of weird theme to work with here, curious to see what comes of it. :)



#3 Ether

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Posted 23 July 2021 - 01:13 PM

I'm going to tentatively put myself forward as a public resource. Since it's blind, feel free to contact me by PM or Discord; I'll hold off on posting anything I sprite for this until the contest is over and everyone has had a chance to play without knowing what's in store.

 

(I'm admittedly much more likely to go the extra mile for GBC, and to prioritize player/enemy/character sprites over background tiles, but I'll try to give everyone at least something. Please don't use this to get sprites outside of the scope of this contest.)


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#4 Mani Kanina

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Posted 23 July 2021 - 01:51 PM

I have gotten a lot of request to allow 2.55 to be used. I'll be updating the rules as follows in the near future to allow it, but it will be one specific 2.55 build as to alleviate the playing/judging process for people. So I'll get back to you guys and update the top post once I have a consensus on which build.


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#5 Emily

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Posted 25 July 2021 - 03:34 AM

I have gotten a lot of request to allow 2.55 to be used. I'll be updating the rules as follows in the near future to allow it, but it will be one specific 2.55 build as to alleviate the playing/judging process for people. So I'll get back to you guys and update the top post once I have a consensus on which build.

I would always recommend latest, though given a couple nasty bugs (most notably the one relating to message strings), that currently doesn't seem best.

 

That bug will hopefully be fixed soon, and I've recommended that a new alpha be released as soon as it is. THAT alpha, if it comes out fast enough for you, I would recommend; otherwise, I'd recommend whatever version was most recent without that bug, though I have no idea which that'd be. I can provide download links to a number of previous alphas if desired.


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#6 Mani Kanina

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Posted 25 July 2021 - 08:18 AM

Okay so, currently ZC 2.55 is expected to dev in a85. (if you want to use 2.55 that is 2.53 is recommended). And if a new version comes out before the due date of the contest that fixes issues then we will mandate migrating to that.


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#7 Mani Kanina

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Posted 06 August 2021 - 08:29 AM

Just letting everyone know that we are coming up on the two week mark into the contest, so roughly six weeks or so left! If you haven't started yet then now might be a good time, keep in mind that your entry don't need to be big or particularly long for it to be valid!



#8 Mani Kanina

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Posted 22 August 2021 - 04:02 PM

We have now reached the midpoint of the contest, so there is about a month left. Plenty of time to cook something together if you haven't started, and as usual I'd like to remind that entries need not be long or extremely ambitious, the important part is having fun!


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#9 Mani Kanina

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Posted 09 September 2021 - 07:26 AM

Two weeks left to go before the contest ends! Now is the time to strike if you haven't already!



#10 Mani Kanina

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Posted 17 September 2021 - 09:22 AM

Admittedly, it feels somewhat silly to keep bumping this thread like this, but I figured if there are people working on entries then it might be helpful. So, there is now roughly only a single week left for development and submission.

Submissions are due on the: 23ed of September. As long as you submit on the 23ed within your time zone then you're good!

How to submit: DM/PM me your entry right here on pure, since this contest is blind submissions.

I will do one last bump when it's around 24h left, and then a post when submissions are fully closed.



I'd also again like to stress that all entries are good, no matter shape, size, of length, the point of contests, and especially this one, is to have fun and make something!


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#11 Mani Kanina

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Posted 20 September 2021 - 09:44 AM

It was brought to my attention that I forgot to update the thread, since new versions of 2.55 have indeed come out. It's a bit far into the contest so to make things smoother, if your quest is a 2.55 quest, it should run in either the already specified version (2.55 a85), or the latest build of 2.55 provided by Emily in the new official discord server (which you can find Here), etc.

However, since the aim of 2.55 is to be fully backwards compatible I suggest you specify latest 2.55 when submitting unless there is a bug or otherwise that would make your entry not work. That is all, contest is still on and it seems people have started submitting, let's make it a good one!



#12 Mani Kanina

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Posted 22 September 2021 - 07:38 PM

There is now roughly 24h left to submit, give or take some hours depending on timezones. Submissions will be accepted for a few hours after thursday end in all timezones, after which I will not accept them anymore.

As a reminder, to submit your entry DM/PM me here on pure and make sure you include your quest and any other material (if any) with the submission. Included here is a link to opening a PM: Click here!
If you need a place to host your quest, dropbox exists, likewise if the files are small enough you can just throw them in discord and copy the url from that and send.


The thread with the submissions as well as the hot juicy details will be posted on Sunday or at the latest on Monday.



#13 Architect Abdiel

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Posted 22 September 2021 - 09:13 PM

Oh sad. I never realized this was going on. xD That's unfortunate.

#14 Mani Kanina

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Posted 24 September 2021 - 08:46 AM

Is a bit late, since I was sleeping, but submission time is now over, unless I have done a horrible job counting time zones.

I will be proceeding with posting the results in a few days as previously stated, as I won't have time to sit down and make the thread and stuff in it till then.




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