Partners in Crime Contest!

RMZ · Post by **RMZ** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:50 am

Hey everyone, we've had just about every kinda contest imaginable it seems like. But to my knowledge, we've never had a contest that forces us to work with other users.

So... my contest idea, which would be held towards the end of June (and would feature a prize, ask Surlaw, I hold up to my prizes), will be a contest that makes one designer team up with another. One they have never worked on a game with before. Like... for example, I couldn't work with Worthy or Moogle because I have in the past.

This would be a good contest for the more seasoned OHR-ers to show the newer crowd a thing or two. And the best part about it is... we'd all be making games! Haha.

If there are enough biters for this idea, I'll turn it into a real contest and come up with some good solid rules and stuff. The prize would be great too, they always are.

So yeah, let me know if you like this idea.

OFFICIAL RULES AND INFO:

Partners in Crime Contest

The idea behind this contest is to get people together to reach a common goal. Make a game that they normally wouldn't make. To do that, obviouslly you can't do it by yourself. So for this contest you must team up with someone you have never worked with before on any given OHR project to create something trully unique based on a theme.

I'm planning on starting this whole thing the last week of May.

There is a method to the madness of this contest. I will be creating a large list of themes, and you will be randomlly assigned one, and you and your partner(s) will have until June 30th to finish a game.

Judging will take place for a solid week and each game will be judged from a scale of 1-10. The team's game with the most points by the end of judging will earn themselves a wonderful prize. The prize will be forty bucks, divided among the team mates.

At the beginning of the last week of May, I will give out the themes and you will be able to start immediately after you recieve it.

Fenrir-Lunaris · Post by **Fenrir-Lunaris** » Sat May 17, 2008 1:55 am

If anyone wants to team up and make Katamari Damacy OHR, count me in. I'd supply all the needed graphics. You just have to put them to good use.

Post by **Mogri** » Sat May 17, 2008 2:23 am

Fenrir: You've mentioned this before and you really have to explain how in the world it would work. You can't possibly be talking about a 3-D game, but I don't see how it would work in 2-D.

I think this is an interesting contest idea. Do flesh out the rules a little more.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Sat May 17, 2008 4:10 am

Mogri wrote:Fenrir: You've mentioned this before and you really have to explain how in the world it would work. You can't possibly be talking about a 3-D game, but I don't see how it would work in 2-D.

In the 360 Katamari game, there's a stage that's a top down, "old school" stage that's completely 2D (gameplay wise, graphics are not) and it's really awesome. I can't imagine it working even half as well with the OHR, but if it could be pulled off I'd be damned impressed.

Here's a video of the stage:

RMZ · Post by **RMZ** » Sat May 17, 2008 7:37 pm

I edited it with the rules and info. I think this has the possibility of being the most different contest we've had in a long time. Hopefully I can get a good turn out.

Blue Train · Post by **Blue Train** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:29 am

sounds fun, im in. i have had a concept for a game for while now but i dont know enought code for it so hopefully if i team up with someone with decent knowledge of plotscript it can come to life

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JSH357 · Post by **JSH357** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:33 am

I'm not entering, but I do have a question. How are the teams decided? At random, or do the contestants have to decide with whom they want to work?

RMZ · Post by **RMZ** » Sun May 18, 2008 12:56 am

They can pick their own team-mates, heh.

camdog · Post by **camdog** » Mon May 19, 2008 1:22 pm

Sounds like fun. I'd be interested if you decide to go through with it.

RMZ · Post by **RMZ** » Mon May 19, 2008 2:59 pm

I definitely do want to do it. Just need enough teams to justify doing it, heh.

Twinconclusive · Post by **Twinconclusive** » Mon May 19, 2008 3:15 pm

Anybody want to buddy up with me?
I guess I specialize in graphics.

Newbie Newtype · Post by **Newbie Newtype** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:36 am

I would, but I am not a specialist in plotscripting. I do fancy the idea of making a SHMUP with OHR, but it would be quite a challenge.

RMZ · Post by **RMZ** » Tue May 20, 2008 2:39 am

You all have plenty of time to plan, but will all of this planning help you when it comes to your secret themes?

camdog · Post by **camdog** » Tue May 20, 2008 1:41 pm

Well, as long as we're selling ourselves, I'll say I'm quite good in the plotscripting department, though I'm weak at graphics, so if that interests anybody...

RMZ · Post by **RMZ** » Thu May 22, 2008 9:00 pm

If there are people seriously considering the contest, it starts next week on Monday.

However, if there are enough people interested but don't have team-mates, let me know and I can postpone the start date of it. I'd like to give everyone a fair chance to participate and not give an extension once it's started if I don't have to.