3rd place tie and a booby prize!
Now that that's out of the way, I'll try to be a tad bit more grown up.
So first, a few replies to the comments on my entry.
(Under secret so people who aren't interested can skip)
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×bomber50/
Not fun in general/ Fair enough, since not everyone finds the same things fun.
Should have disqualifed for non neather scripting/ Again, sort of fair. Though I have a "
fairly"
good excuse for this one myself.
Appreciate the publicised vote.
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Nuntar/
EE Slashfest/ That was a reference to a specific room (7th lvl - 1N1W). I did read you didn't have much time, so maybe you didn't play that part and just looked in the editor, though, you may have played it while the events that took place might not have made much sense to you.
Insulting scroll/ Sadly I have to agree whit this one completely... While I do know the puzzles were smart, I was referring to the difficulty, kinda figured people evaluate puzzles mostly on difficulty; hence "
low puzzle value"
.
I do apologize, didn't mean to offend. It's just that I tend to make less sence than I'd like to.
Pit platforms/ I tried not to use things that weren't present in releases, this one was sort of a necessity, since I needed to anchor the "
rafts"
in order to enforce the linearity of the room.
Briars/ Actualy there was. For an easy example, waaaaay back in Glum Cove/ The entrance, 1E, and 1E1N all feature it.
Adders/ Well... I have no excuse for this one.
I just couldn't remember what type of snakes were featured in the snake nest.
Also appreciate the fact that you made your votes public.
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Dischorran/
Ridiculously good entry/ Why, thank you!
People in chat thought it might be mine/ Oh-ouh. My head's starting to swell.
I was pretty much ready for the English issue, though I have to admit I was sort of betting on Tahnan to pull it off.
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Tahnan/
Ambitious/ I can see why it would seem like that, but it just turned out that way... But I'll discuss this more, in general.
Packed/ Maaaybe? Ok fine, it is, I know.
The builder part being Ostentatious*/ I just needed space realy. Since I did have a sort of theme, and I couldn't leave the city out of "
The City Beneath"
.
Contest's criteria not met./ Yup. I do realise it ain't exactly what the contest asked for. I also stated this in the submissions thread.
Little did I know that only pearls could see those...
Ostentatious* // characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others.
(Yes I DID
(had to) look it up
)
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Chacko/
On KDD:
The layout is a result of my idea to leave the room through the 10th lvl door.
1st & 2nd chamber/ I know. They were supposed to represent the 1st and 10th levels.
The 3rd chamber/ My fave, level 15. That I'd think explains the trapdoors.
The 4th chamber. Reasonable model for the Nether/ He pretty much closes the outer doors you try to enter for a while, then lets you enter and only tries to prevent the entry to the mother. But his sequence is flawed on purpose to allow entry.
...and that would be what the player needs to notice.
"Puzzles aren't that greate"/ Also stated in submissions topic, that this entry is not hard on puzzles. I had my reasons.
On JtRH:
Just one thing I'd like to add to this one, about the checkpoint and seep/trapdoors. I placed the checkpoint there precisely because you'd need to restore there incase you messed up the wubba...
On TCB:
The spider/ I like spiders... thats about it. xD
The 5 rooms in general/ Glad you liked 'em!
The War/Indeed, I thought putting in 5 aumtlich(es?) against 2 stalwarts, wasn't going to make anyone think of the battle scene.
On GatEB:
-Way too easy- or -No puzzles-/ Errr. I had to simulate it was easier than the others somehow.
On Overall:
A "run through" with only a few speed bumps/ Is it wrong, that THAT was the idea? (Kinda... Discussed more in general)
Publicised vote appreciate.
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Lucky Luc/
I thought this was an awesome interpretation of the contest/ I hate being praised! It just feels too good... (<
<
<
that's my weird way of saying thanks)
Publicised vote appreciate, as always.
Now a general explanation on my entry.
(Under secret so people who aren't interested can skip. -Again-)
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×General
Ok, so as a lot of people mentioned, I kind of took a different approach to this contests goals. So a lil' explanation is due.
I just had the idea for KDD and its mystery door at first. Then, JtRH was all about that "
AWESOME, purple clad, clownish, psycho"
who relentlessly chases you around(for me atleast...), but he was absent when the other events that I liked, happened. "
I know! I'll just merge them!"
= 1E. So now I was done with 2 rooms and was pondering how on earth am I supposed to represent TCB with a single room, with all these possibilities. Then a glance at the 2 rooms already complete, pretty much told me I had a theme goin on which I definitely didn't plan on, and to be honest I wasn't wild about the idea of craming TCB in 1 room at first. After sort of pulling it off, I took a short break. Then proceeded to build GatEB with a clear and calm mind (as clear and calm as it gets
). I think it kind of showed, but I had a convenient excuse (or so I thought), that I placed on the scroll near the beginning of the room.
Now on to the "
puzzle"
issues.
For me, it was clear that every other contestant is going to make some sort of puzzle.
-No kidding... Puzzle game... duh?-
Yeah, so I had 2 thoughts. First being, I'll give the poor fellow, who is going to have to play 4 rooms of deviousness of people like Chacko, mxvladi, Larrymurk, Dischorran, Someone Else and so on... a friggin' break. The second, I HAVE to add something that might require some thought in small portions, or I'll be accused of blasphemy.
So thats how my entry ended up like this.
ALSO
A random note on scripting vs KDD.
I just abused the fact that pearls never said anything about AE. He stated KDD, JtRH and so on...
As far as I know KDD 2.0 was even released as stand alone. (Yeah... wasn't my smartest idea.)
Now for all the thanks and such, I'm totaly not good at.
So first of all, thanks to pearls for the contest. It was a brilliant idea in my opinion. (despite the fact I managed to wonder of the given path.)
The caravel crew for making it an official contest. (I think that always helps when attracting competitors. Thus making things more lively.)
Everyone who participated! (As I said before I pretty much liked all of the entries)
The people who voted. (No seriously, thanks for looking over the fact that I've gone a little wild with this one.)
And the people who commented. (Positive and Negative, feedback is always wellcome.)
Hopefully that included everyone.
Congrats Time!
Congratulations to Lucky Luc, for the winning entry and a job well done!
To Chacko, for 2nd place, insight on the game, and well made analysis on the entries!
To BoyBlue, my fellow 3rd place with a proper entry!
To all who contributed to the contest! I think the resulting hold is fantastic.
Finaly to Pearls for a succesfull contest!
It was a fun ride. Didn't think I would score a place(thanks again for that). I'll try to stick closer to the rules next time around.
Hopefully this post didn't end up too "
Pompous and Stupid"
.
-DC1
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..and remember kids, don't fear war! In nuclear winter, everyday's a christmas!
[Last edited by D.Craven_0ne at 03-07-2013 01:30 AM]
. This was a very solid entry, and I really appreciated the fact that each room used the same roomstyle (no other architect was courageous enough to do that apparently). I really don't have anything bad to say about the rooms, I just kind of missed the "Wow, that was a brilliant room!"-moments. 8/10
