Variations--A collaborative hold
Sequence of participants (order chosen by RANDOM.ORG):
1. Xindaris
(2. Jacob quit)
3. Someone Else
4. Chaco
5. disoriented
6. Nuntar
7. blorx1
8. Insoluble
9. DimWiddy
10. jamesdenem
If you're not on the above list you may still request to join as long as we aren't too far along; you'll be added as the last number on the current list plus 1.
Sequence of steps/rules:
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×1. Download and extract the zip file attached to this post.
2. Import and change to the provided player (Various Architects).
3. Create a new hold with the name "Variations # (Yourname)", replacing "#" with your number in the above sequence and putting your username in place of "Yourname". Name this hold's one level something that would fit in the phrase "Variations on ____" which vaguely describes what your initial room is about, e.g. "Navigating a Maze", "Building a Wall", etc. Feel free to write a level description, too.
4. Build your room in a "frame" like the provided sample room, so that if your room were in a big grid of itself a player would be able to traverse the whole grid without solving any rooms.
4a. Include a scroll outside the room's frame noting that this is the original version of the room, and who it's by (your username again).
4b. Your room can use scripted characters as long as it's "obvious" from the player's perspective exactly what they do, and you can describe what they do to other architects in a helpful way.
5. Add a blank room adjacent to your puzzle room in whatever direction you like, and put the main level entrance there.
6. Record a demo of you solving your original room.
7. Export the hold and demo, put them in a zip folder with the same name as the hold and upload it in this thread. If you made a scripted character, please also include a text file with a brief description of what the character does.
8. Download and import all the stuff from the person before you in sequence (e.g., 2 downloads 1, 3 downloads 2, 1 downloads the last one).
9. Copy and paste the original room into a room adjacent to it, and then vary it. That is, make some small change that alters the puzzle meaningfully, and then if necessary make other changes to ensure the puzzle is still solvable.
9a. Include a scroll saying something like "Variation of original by [username]" where "[username]" is instead your username.
9b. Same rule as 4b.
10. Record a demo for your room, then export the hold and all demos, and essentially repeat step 7.
11. Import the next hold in sequence when it becomes available, and repeat steps 8-10, except you don't necessarily have to put your room adjacent to the original and not putting any room adjacent to the blank entrance room, until you've made a room in every hold.
11a. Feel free to copy and paste an earlier variation instead of the original when repeating step 9. If you do this, try to put your variation adjacent to that room and note in the scroll that it's a variation of that person's variation.
*-Obviously, keep using the "Various Architects" player profile whenever editing any hold, and make sure to leave all holds Anyone Can Edit.
Hopefully this is clear enough. Let me know if there are any questions/issues; I'm hoping everyone can use zip files, for example.
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109th Skywatcher
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[Last edited by Xindaris at 12-21-2015 02:19 AM]
