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Also so as to Al Dente - even when the goal was "easy" puzzles the harder one scored higher, seems the only way is no puzzles or no reward for having puzzles.

The eventual winner wasn't particularly tricky. It's true that holds that aimed to be easy were marked down, which was a real shame, but plenty of people also marked down holds that were too tough.

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Mine was the easiest of them all! And it got second place!

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Ezlo wrote:
Mine was the easiest of them all! And it got second place!

Nonsense. I did someone else's in under a minute.

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Mattcrampy wrote:

Also so as to Al Dente - even when the goal was "easy" puzzles the harder one scored higher, seems the only way is no puzzles or no reward for having puzzles.

The eventual winner wasn't particularly tricky. It's true that holds that aimed to be easy were marked down, which was a real shame, but plenty of people also marked down holds that were too tough.

I think the Al Dente winner hold wasn't easy. Mostly because it required non-Drodistic skills to complete, and some tricks were far from obvious, in my opinion.

Still, I also disagree that harder holds did generally better in the contest. Many people rated those down just for that, while easier holds weren't nearly as much because that was the aim of the contest. I got that feeling, at least... Even though I had made some compromises with difficulty (something I don't particularly like doing - I'm probably staying farther from easy holds in the future), several people still told my entry was too hard, and clearly rated it low.

Speaking of this contest, I doubt I'll make an entry. I've got a certain problem that limits my computer usage greatly, and it's rather bad time for working on a contest entry, anyway. I actually made a few rooms because it seemed like an interesting idea, but getting it finished just seems unlikely at this moment. Maybe I'll save the castle level for another hold if it doesn't get done in time! (Doesn't require abandoning possible puzzles either, which sounds like a good idea to me...)

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Tahnan wrote:

Tahnan wrote:

Jason wrote:
4. Custom Floors are not allowed. Just DROD 2 elements.

Just to check: any limits on scripting? what about custom voices/sounds?

(poke poke)

(nudge nudge)

It'd be a lot tougher to do my goblin ballet room without it. Wait... I've said too much.

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I think I'll enter this one, but twist the original concept a little. Is that allowed?

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Tahnan wrote:
(poke poke)

Sorry! No scripting limits. Custom voices/sounds are allowed.

Pilchard: What exactly do you mean? You can PM me if it is secret.

EDITED rainbow out because someone has a problem with it.

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Well we all have opinions about Al Dente don't we.

I surrender, I didn't mean to be complaining. I did mark down the too hard one myself. I was only saying that it was a nice change that we would not have any puzzles, so their difficulity or lack of it was not involved in the voting.

By the way Doom, I was looking forward to seeing what you would come up with, you will be missed.

Remember that exploring will go alot faster because there are no puzzles to get stuck on, ha ha..

No scripting limits. Custom voices/sounds are allowed

This is going to make some very very happy!

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techant wrote:
Well we all have opinions about Al Dente don't we.

As the proverb goes, everyone's got one. Honestly I'm just happy that people participated - the last contest I ran was a bit of a flop.

I'm going to try and enter this one.

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I need some help about some of the features and how they work. I have looked for answers before and not found them so I am going to ask it here.

1. Can the Hand statue (or any statue for that matter) face any other direction? How?

2. I can get the stairs to enter from the north or from the south but can they be turned to enter from the east or west? How?

Thanks for any help.

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1. No

2. Not really. You can add a wall blocking the front of the stair, and you can delete the wall on the west or east side of the stair, but you'll still go up or down instead of east or west.

Sorry.

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Thanks it really helps so I don't waste time trying to do something I can't.


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I'll try. But i never enev won 3rd place in a contest though... X_X

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Jason wrote:
. . . No scripting limits. Custom voices/sounds are allowed.

So how do I make sounds or music go into DROD?
(Should I ask this question somewhere else, in a new thread?)

Elfstone.

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First you make a sound file (either .ogg or .wav), then make a scripting speech. If you want someone talking while the sound happens, put in the speech, then hit "Add Sound" select the file you want to play, and voila! If you don't want a speech to happen, just hit "Add Sound" and don't enter anything in the "Dialogue text" box. Got it?

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Thanks! I'll have a go at that.

Is it possible to replace the "background" music?

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Well, there is a scripting command called "Set Music" and you can either change it to one of the DROD music types or you can set it to "quiet" which means nothing. If you want custom music for the entire room time, you can make a loop and have the music be in the middle so it keeps playing forever.

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. . . and thanks again. I'll try that too.

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However, as was shown in King Pilchard's Dungeon 2; if you die or undo the music will stop playing.

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Only 5 more days to get your entries in!

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Forget me. Couldn't finish mine. But i could put it as an unofficial entry if you wish, whoever that will make the compilation.

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