In case anybody hasn't noticed, there's a new type of DROD out. So we would be remiss to not try and port some of the more interesting contests for DROD to the new DROD rpg.
Rules
1. Your task is to create a DROD:RPG hold containing exactly one room. You are not allowed an entrance room and a separate puzzle room; there must be only one room in the hold.
2. Only the interior space may be used. Do not use the outer border of the room, except that you may place invisible NPCs there for things like setting initial stats and music.
3. No additional media may be used -- no image floors, custom music, equipment with custom tiles, etc.
4. Do not use the REP variable in any way. The compilation hold will use REP as a means of linking the entries together. The variable MonsterREPMult will be set to zero, so if you use custom monsters, do not bother setting MyREP values.
5. Other than the above rules, anything goes! Everything included in the DROD:RPG engine, including all scripting, can be used. Furthermore, your hold does not have to be a stat-optimisation puzzle; it can be a traditional DROD puzzle, a DROD-like puzzle using the new RPG elements, a recreation of a non-DROD puzzle, or even a scene or story that doesn't involve puzzling at all. So long as it's fun to play, you have a chance of winning votes!
6. The goal of your room must be to exit the hold. (In the compilation, all "
End hold"
stairs and script commands will be changed to return to a "
lobby"
level.) You cannot use the intro text to say "
Challenge: amass 100 greckles"
or anything like that. If you want the puzzle to be that the player must amass 100 greckles, you must make it so the player can only exit by achieving this.
7. There is no need to include an end-of-level score checkpoint; the lobby level in the compilation hold will take care of that. You are free to include score checkpoints at other points in your room, including "
secret"
ones.
8. Each person may submit up to three entries.
Timing
negative 820 weeks, 3 days This is shorter than usual, mainly because having the april contest being run at the same time would complicate things.
When your ready, post your entry into
this topic, which is a special topic that only you and I can see your entry in. Don't ask me how it works, it could be voodoo for all I know. Not that I think schik does voodoo, but you never know.
Prizes
Prizes are as usual
100 rank points (not to be confused with mod points) and a pick from the
prize pile for winning
50 rank points for coming second
25 for coming third.
This contest was thought up by, and mostly written by, Nuntar. Thus, all credit goes to him, and in fact, he's probably would be better at answering your questions than I am. However, he hasn't run a contest before, so I have to take over, plus he's out of town for a couple of days.
[Last edited by NiroZ at 03-20-2009 02:20 PM]
I'm afraid I'm not up to this challenge. It's getting pretty complex, and I don't know if I'll finish in time. Even if I don't, my hold should be fun to mess around with.
