RESULTS ARE IN!!!! Mini Game Competition 2012!

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Sebastien
Dark Samurai

posted 02-12-12 10:25 PM CT (US)

Welcome,

The community has spoken, so for 2012 we will kick start the new year with a light and traditional Minigame Competition!

Sign up here today for either judge or contestant positions.

~~Once you have signed up you have until March the 24th GMT Midnight to submit all entries. That gives you 40 days from now until completion!~~

It's over! Completed. Every entry has been marked and judged.

RESULTS

For now, you can view a friendly pdf format of them here...

http://www.box.com/s/772008d9bcd1869005a1

In short,

Congratulations to the top three contestants for winning a prize, and great work from the other entries. We really had a lot of talent this year and also some fantastic scenarios in general.

1st Place - In the Nick of Time - Night Conqueror - 145pts

2nd Place - Duck Hunt - Gallas - 141pts

3rd Place - The Mole - paperclip007 - 132pts

Honourable mentions:

4th Place - A Matter of Choice - shieldwolf23 - 117pts

5th Place - Treasure Predator - DEVESTATOR - 113pts

Rules

�Your game must be a single player scenario, on a map size of 25x25 or lower, this map template (and several smaller ones) can be found in the blacksmith here (thanks Lord Basse).

�It can be any style; Role playing game, Fixed Force, Build and destroy (if you can fit that on a 25x25 map..!) but it must be playable (i.e. not a cutscene).

�Due to popular demand, modpacks and data editing are allowed. If you do use modpacks such as BF_Tanks' enhanced eye-candy editor, please include the file with your submission. Also, be sure to credit the author of any file you use.

�Your submission must be less than 10mb in size (this was a rule last time but I have no objections to bigger files)

�You can't enter anything already submitted to the blacksmith (i.e. entries must have been made specifically for this competition).

�The deadline is March 24th GMT Midnight.

When uploading files, please submit them to Single Player Scenarios and add MGC12 to the title of your game. This will help downloaders find your submission and also keep them in kind with previous entries, such as MGC09, MGC10 and MGC11.

Judging

The traditional method for scoring MGC's is to have judges mark each entry, so we need three or more judges to volunteer. This year entries will be marked on:

Playability - out of 20
Creativity and story - out of 15
Map design - out of 15
Total: out of 50

Judges

Sebastien

Barbarossa89
Jatayu

Prizes

We've gone for something a little different this year other than the traditional custom titles etc. Seeing as it is one of the smaller competitions of the year you have the opportunity to win some Amazon Vouchers to spend however you like...

1st: $25
2nd: $15
3rd: $5

Entrants

~~Draconian Devil~~
NowhereT The Courtyard Assassins
~~Scibadi~~
~~Lord Basse~~
~~fenix42~~
paperclip007 The Mole
~~Lord Sipia~~
DEVESTATOR Treasure Predator
~~Whoracle~~
offwo200 The River Dsipute
ChaosDash Canine Revenge
GeneralR City of Crime
Night Conqueror In the Nick of Time
~~abbe98~~
BF_Tanks Reflex
Gallas Duck Hunt
~~Alex_1210~~
shieldwolf23 A Matter of Choice
alekshs An Evil Surprise
~~Spar Drakon~~
Basse Hay Invaders
MTroy The Arena
~~Red Hood~~
Mephiles5 The Siege of the Fort
Popeychops The Last Seige of Hunarin
THYMOLE
Rageofempires
RladalFatih

P.S - I didn't have time to create a new banner so if anyone feels like making one let me know via email.

[This message has been edited by Tetsuo Shima (edited 04-08-2012 @ 01:27 PM).]

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Draconian Devil
Squire
(id: DraconainDevil)

posted 02-13-12 01:34 AM CT (US) 1 / 308

In. I will have some concepts ready by today!

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Nowhere
Squire
(id: NowhereT)

posted 02-13-12 04:26 AM CT (US) 2 / 308

I am so far in I'm almost poking out the other side.

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Jetkill Fastmurder
Squire
(id: Mayank Sharma)

posted 02-13-12 04:35 AM CT (US) 3 / 308

I see what you did there...

Scibadi
Squire

posted 02-13-12 08:13 AM CT (US) 4 / 308

I'm in, it's about time I made something

Lord Basse
MI6 Scenario-Making Machine

posted 02-13-12 08:58 AM CT (US) 5 / 308

I'll sign up.

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CarolKarine
Squire

posted 02-13-12 09:28 AM CT (US) 6 / 308

I'll join, but we'll see if I come up with anything though.

wait, I have an idea!

yeah, I'm in.

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fenix42
Squire

posted 02-13-12 11:21 AM CT (US) 7 / 308

I will join as well

paperclip007
Eidolon

posted 02-13-12 11:26 AM CT (US) 8 / 308

You can count me in.

~ White Light on the Black Sky ~ -- ~ 1^st Place (tied) of 4, 2012 Cinematic Scenario Competition ~ [4.7]
~ A Cold Winter's Day ~ -- ~ 2^nd Place of 16, 2009 Minigame Competition; Voted Best Minigame of the Year, 2009 ~ [4.7]
~ The Mole ~ -- ~ 3^rd Place of 15, 2012 Minigame Competition; Voted Best Minigame of the Year, 2012 ~ [4.4]

Devious Dev
Official Professional Qualified Noob
(id: dragonslayermcmx)

posted 02-13-12 11:33 AM CT (US) 9 / 308

IN!!! I will immediatly start designing!!!!

EDIT: can't you extend the deadline* to 29th? Thats my bday

*dont take it serious

And whats TBC?

Prizes

TBC

D E V A S T A T O R
Paradise Lost ~ Scored 1^st in the ACSC12! ~ Voted Best Cinematic Scenario of 2013 ~ Official Rating: 4.7
Demon Town ~ Scored 1^st in the HHC11! ~ "...as unique as an AoK scenario can get." - Panel ~ Official Rating: 4.2

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Basse
Squire

posted 02-13-12 12:07 PM CT (US) 10 / 308

I considered judging, then I saw this:

�Due to popular demand, modpacks and data editing are allowed

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Devious Dev
Official Professional Qualified Noob
(id: dragonslayermcmx)

posted 02-13-12 12:34 PM CT (US) 11 / 308

i think we could reduce that rule to maybe only one type of modding is allowed. Like if you do graphical modding you are not allowed to do data editing. If you do data editing you are not allowed to use graphical modding. to reduce the size of the mod packs.

Lord Basse
MI6 Scenario-Making Machine

posted 02-13-12 12:52 PM CT (US) 12 / 308

You should also make a rule that, if you use triggers, you can't do any map design, and if you have map design you can't use triggers.

Basse
Squire

posted 02-13-12 01:08 PM CT (US) 13 / 308

I'd like something like this. If you make a map, you can not have story. But if you have a story, you can not have a map

I am considering whether or not I'll join

Nowhere
Squire
(id: NowhereT)

posted 02-13-12 01:10 PM CT (US) 14 / 308

Story is by far the part I am worst at. I don't even enjoy cutscenes in other projects tbh :/

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Lord Sipia
Squire

posted 02-13-12 01:15 PM CT (US) 15 / 308

In.

I can't gurantee I'll get an entry in, but I'll do my best.

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Sebastien
Dark Samurai

posted 02-13-12 02:32 PM CT (US) 16 / 308

I considered judging, then I saw this:
�Due to popular demand, modpacks and data editing are allowed

I'm afraid this topic (modding) is not up for discussion. Those are the rules. I believe the contest is about making the best of what you get in a small space and creating something unique. This includes giving people the opportunity to use all the tricks and tools that have become available over the past few years and using their own skills to apply them.

Hopefully someone might create some awesome minigame using their creative modding beans and blow us all away. However, it will only compliment the points of creativity and playability etc; everybody still has a fair chance - modded or not.

And whats TBC?

To be confirmed...

i think we could reduce that rule to maybe only one type of modding is allowed. Like if you do graphical modding you are not allowed to do data editing. If you do data editing you are not allowed to use graphical modding. to reduce the size of the mod packs.

Haha! Yea... right.

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Jatayu
Squire
(id: Sword_of_STORM)

posted 02-13-12 11:34 PM CT (US) 17 / 308

You can count me in for judging if necessary.

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Draconian Devil
Squire
(id: DraconainDevil)

posted 02-14-12 00:06 AM CT (US) 18 / 308

Yes, my concept is ready. Just need a bit updating(which will happen simultaneously while
designing the map).
Now to go towards designing.

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Whoracle
Worst Designer Ever

posted 02-14-12 02:56 AM CT (US) 19 / 308

Eh, what the hell. Sign me up for now.

offwo200
Squire

posted 02-14-12 11:54 AM CT (US) 20 / 308

I'll enter.

Sebastien
Dark Samurai

posted 02-14-12 04:35 PM CT (US) 21 / 308

Cool! Good luck to all those so far who have signed up so far.

Expect some cool prizes this year, so get those entries finished and uploaded in time!

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MTroy
Squire

posted 02-14-12 08:29 PM CT (US) 22 / 308

Are the finished maps going to be available for everybody once its over? I would join but I wouldn't be able to think of a good map to make, plus I can't make very cool looking maps as it is.

Sarn
Squire

posted 02-14-12 08:43 PM CT (US) 23 / 308

I'm in. I think I can get mine finished in time.

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Leif Ericson
Seraph Emeritus

posted 02-14-12 09:14 PM CT (US) 24 / 308

MTroy, yes all the files will be uploaded to the Blacksmith for download. If you like, you can try out the entries from last year. Playing through those might give you some ideas.

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MTroy
Squire

posted 02-14-12 09:36 PM CT (US) 25 / 308

Ok thanks, I'll try that.

Devious Dev
Official Professional Qualified Noob
(id: dragonslayermcmx)

posted 02-15-12 10:19 AM CT (US) 26 / 308

Expect some cool prizes this year, so get those entries finished and uploaded in time!

Are there real life prizes (like in the Myth Legend History Contest) or only for the forums (e.g a custom title)?

Lord Sipia
Squire

posted 02-15-12 10:33 AM CT (US) 27 / 308

Are there real life prizes (like in the Myth Legend History Contest) or only for the forums (e.g a custom title)?

Better yet: A real-life custom title! *imagines "The lord of awesome" hovering above his head all the time*

Devious Dev
Official Professional Qualified Noob
(id: dragonslayermcmx)

posted 02-15-12 11:03 AM CT (US) 28 / 308

The map must be playable...... I am thinking about making a Pinball like game

but that would not count as playable, would it?

GeneralR
Squire

posted 02-15-12 12:39 PM CT (US) 29 / 308

I'll try to make something, i already have a mod for it

Currently working on:

Modern Warfare (Mod): 10%
I changed the plans for it, i'm now making some kind of near-future mod that keeps the main structure and tree of AOK. 5 civs with 2-3 UUs planned for now.

Julius999
Imposter

posted 02-15-12 01:33 PM CT (US) 30 / 308

I'm afraid this topic (modding) is not up for discussion. Those are the rules. I believe the contest is about making the best of what you get in a small space and creating something unique. This includes giving people the opportunity to use all the tricks and tools that have become available over the past few years and using their own skills to apply them.

In the topic post you do say "due to popular demand". Perhaps this is true, but I don't think it's obvious - no calls to allow modding in the mini game contest spring to mind. It's clearly true from reading this thread that it's no dealbreaker for most people, but that's not the same thing.

I wasn't going to enter this contest anyway, so it makes no difference to me, and I have no strong view. But I think that if this is the rule because the people running it want it to be the rule, say so, and don't say it's popular demand.

Edit: I've just checked last year's contest, and in fairness a number of people did want at least data modification.

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Nowhere
Squire
(id: NowhereT)

posted 02-15-12 01:52 PM CT (US) 31 / 308

Last year there was quite a lot of demand for allowing modding.

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Sebastien
Dark Samurai

posted 02-15-12 03:06 PM CT (US) 32 / 308

Actually, due to lack of time, I copied and pasted the whole thread from last years, which is why that sentence remains in the OP. I didn't put it there myself.

Anyway, if it was allowed last year then it should be allowed this year, as I'm sure it will attract a larger audience. Due to the fact it was popular last year and the fact out of all current contestants and comments only one person has expressed concern, then I still think it should stay the way it is.

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Sebastien
Dark Samurai

posted 02-15-12 03:08 PM CT (US) 33 / 308

Are there real life prizes (like in the Myth Legend History Contest) or only for the forums (e.g a custom title)?

Maybe

I havn't fully decided on the prizes yet, but yes, there may be some real life prizes involved which are not forum related.

Skyrim anyone?

Not really...Daggerfall maybe haha

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Scibadi
Squire

posted 02-15-12 07:01 PM CT (US) 34 / 308

A miniature version of AOK along with a tiny computer to play it on should be the prize for first place.

ChaosDash
Squire

posted 02-16-12 07:19 AM CT (US) 35 / 308

I'd like to join.

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