Congratulations Yeebaagooon and Zeno. As well as everybody who got their entry finished on time.

I want to play them but also feel like I should finish my ‘entry’ first.

Awesome - I can't wait to play everyone's scenarios once I finish trimming the hedge.

Thanks for the detailed score card as well breaking everything down.

Big congratulations to the winners!

Btw I don't know about everyone else but I am happy for my score card to be made public as reviews on the download itself for others to see.

Sooo did anyone find the Easter Egg?

@Lewonas (Replying to score card)
Btw you don't need anything to get past the Guardian. There is a relatively simple way past if you think outside the box without using any items (Hint: Use the Guardian!). Sorry you felt like you were unable to progress there!

[This message has been edited by nottud (edited 08-14-2020 @ 05:21 AM).]

Congratulations everyone! The maps are unique from one another and the Easter egg....hmm

I feel the judges didn't engage in the full hour long saga I created, nor compete for high scores like I asked. Then again my entry was a meta deconstruction of the nature of fetch quests, so that really didn't help it actually being a fun experience, so I'll happily take last place.

Also a rookie mistake on my part submitting the entry prior to the judging criteria being released. If I knew cinematics scored I'd have at least gotten more than 1 point in the field. Shame all the story dialogue I included wasn't graded as part of this section, but as it happens outside of cinematics it wasn't worth anything.

Also given the map size constraint it's really hard to avoid the black void of nothingness that escapes in all directions outside the map, but the fact I included a tree line on the north west/north east edges of the map for the sole purpose of breaking up the sudden appearance of the void, and protrude colour and existence as far out into it as I could, this was apparently worse than doing nothing in one of the judges eyes.

I'd ask that judge open the map in the editor, delete the tree line in question, stare into that black void, and consider if it is better without the trees.

That stated, congratulations to the winners, for making actually playable scenarios. I'll be sure to try them all out.

[This message has been edited by Out Reach (edited 08-14-2020 @ 06:17 AM).]

That sounds unfortunate - especially that the development was outside of a cinematic. I also shyed away from doing a cinematic as the map was based on discovery and atmosphere - if it makes you feel better I got a 1 from a judge for cinematic as they failed to reach one of the two endings in time. (And the other cheated their way there ) Though tbf a lot of that was due to the high difficulty of the map.

I am planning to do a playthrough of each scenario and post a review on the download page so maybe I will be able to give my own viewpoint on the map outside of criteria of the competition.

[This message has been edited by nottud (edited 08-14-2020 @ 06:48 AM).]

Congrats Yeebaagooon! Twas indeed a neck and neck competition. Can't wait to play everyone's entries this weekend.

@WinterGod Please can you provide a link to the mod pack I need to install to play your map so I can make sure I install the correct one.

Outstanding work everyone, I was really blown away. Never had these kind of experiences playing any other scenarios, and here I thought those couldn't be topped. It was indeed a really close competition, and many of you should know that just because your game didn't get a prize position it does not take away from the incredible work you have done. I look forward to replaying all of these over and over again.

Sure, it's the Eyecandy pack on the Modpacks section. I am hoping to do more with the snow effects in the future

I am glad I got a good mark on eyecandy and design. I kind of ran of time, after decorating the map.

[This message has been edited by WinterGod (edited 08-14-2020 @ 11:53 AM).]

Congratulations to Zenophobia, Eurotool, Nickonhawk and Yeebaagooon for winning the prizes! We also used a different scoring sheet to determine the 'best of' award winners. There were many close calls with only 1 point of difference. If you're curious how close you were, you can find the sheet here. I'll be submitting my full reviews as a comment to the entries.

@nottud: Yeah I tried to do the thing with the guardian, but after I failed doing it once I used something else I had at my disposal, perhaps cheating my way past that part. At that time it felt like the only reliable way for me to get past that part. And due to the 1 hour time limit I didn't have enough time to try to do the intended approach or find the easter egg.

@Out Reach: I perhaps got a bit too carried away when I was writing the review and perhaps had a little too much fun to overexaggerate about a lot of things. It's just that your entry felt quite a bit less serious compared to the other entries and thought you would appreciate a less serious review. Ah man, I'm so sorry if I was mistaken. Did not mean to offend you. I'll refrain from posting the review in the download section of your scenario.

^ You might as well have them as reviews as they're so in depth! Just get paste your text in and then determine your rating.

It was incredible for the top two entries to be only 0.5 apart! Seriously don't know what would have happened in the event of a tie. It is an absolute delight to have all the work I put into that map vindicated with the crown of first place. What a fantastic competition and a learning curve. A similar trick can be used online to make stretched/distorted/floating buildings so the steam community better prepare themselves! The EE port for my map might replace the default skies with my ones as a mod - as that's the only way I've managed to get them working.

[This message has been edited by Yeebaagooon (edited 08-14-2020 @ 12:09 PM).]

I am confused - according to the spreadsheet I scored top on Atmospheric and Map design but I didn't win either of those categories?

Edit: Nvm there are more columns.

[This message has been edited by nottud (edited 08-14-2020 @ 12:23 PM).]

@Lewonas - I agree my entry was less serious, I put it together in less than a day as soon as the contest was announced, mostly to ensure there was at least 1 entry. Also it suffers by being rather meta on what actually constitutes an adventure, and I had no expectation of winning or placing. Please feel free to post your review.

I'm not much of an eyecandy/map design sort of person, I prefer technical challenges, so creating an infinite random story engine was the primary goal for me - Which I think I achieved.

Note regarding my entry:

A bug has been found where you can attack and destroy the blocking Trojan gate on the last level. Until I patch please note that is not anticipated and you should find a way to open it other than destroying it.

I have played and reviewed most of the entries now - just a couple left to go now.

[This message has been edited by nottud (edited 08-14-2020 @ 02:48 PM).]

Wow nottud, you're a machine. You already played and reviewed a couple of scenarios before I could even post my reviews haha.

I've posted all my full reviews of the entries in the download section.

And I'm glad to hear you didn't take it personally Out Reach. You did do a good job of creating an infinite loop alright. It does somewhat remind me of the Stanley Parable. I posted the review of your entry with a little added side note.

[This message has been edited by Lewonas (edited 08-14-2020 @ 03:50 PM).]

Yea I been mass playing through them all. I just got WinterGod's one to do now but may have to wait till tomorrow. I need to figure out which eyecandy mod I need to install first...

It's this eyecandy mod:

http://aom.heavengames.com/downloads/showfile.php?fileid=11494

I also used the Beta Relics, mod from the steam workshop, but that one is not needed.

Congratulations to the winners! The entries look amazing. I wish I could play some of these but I don't own EE.

Congratulations to everyone who participated, as well as the judges for volunteering and Lewonas for chiming in. The retroaction comments are very detailed and complete, I can see a lot of work has been put in from everyone involved in this.

I've finished my semester just an hour ago, so now hopefully I'll get some time off to create a showcase.

Edit: spent time bug fixing my entry. Level selection and some cinematics now properly show. Also added the WASD script I originally promised -- thankfully all the judges seemed to have had access to a mouse before I could update it.

[This message has been edited by Eurotool (edited 08-15-2020 @ 03:30 PM).]

@PhatFish but you can fix that issue right?