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Short Story Game Competition I
- This competition is a game making competition focused on story telling. The rules are simple, create a 5 - 20 minute game that tells a short story. This time limit in only a suggestion, though over 30 minutes would be absurd.
Scoring
Scores can be affected by (but are not determined based on) the following:
- Mood, Atmosphere you set.
- Spelling
- Story
- Originality and creativity
- How well you meet the guidelines
- Special Effects
Sounds Simple Enough?
Rules- Any Game Maker is Allowed
- Timeline
You will have a month from when the competition begins. After that month, I will post your games on this thread for people to play. There will be a week of judging. After that week, the results will be posted.
- Results
After a round is over, I will post the results on who got 1st, 2nd, 3rd, et al. Results will be one a scale from 1 to 100, with 100 being the best and 1 being the absolute worst.
-You cannot use anything from a released project.
Contestants
Other Information
- Thank you Zeriab, you're my inspiration for this competition too!
- I will clarify any questions or concerns anyone has!
- You may use custom graphics and scripts as long as credit is given!
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Guidelines
Create a short story that expresses or involves death in any way shape or form. The story has to be focused on death. Remember that you are trying to tell a story here, so no enemy encounters. On screen puzzles are acceptable, but remember the game is story based.
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I'm in. I love story based games. Is a horror game allowed?
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I am in as well. 'spose its a good chance to show of some of my skills, if any at that. I'll don't think Ill use my own custom graphics for this as they are not completed yet.
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Valdred Wrote:I'm in. I love story based games. Is a horror game allowed?
Any game is allowed as long as the story revolves around death. Death cannot be a side note here, it needs to be part of the story overall. Also, this does not include the main character dying in a sense of a game over.
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Well... this certainly caught my attention. I'll see if I can come up with something, although I've learned I shouldn't promise I'll do it because I almost always seem to get distracted. :P
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This certainly sounds interesting.
I'd love to join but I don't know if I'll be able to since the next weeks are going to be verry busy... I'll try though.
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Your new avatar is awesome panther XD
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Oooooo.....maybe I'll try this too. I have a question though (and it is stupid, I know) but...how does one actually um....make a story-based game? I mean, obviously there are characters and maps and storyline but...is it all just dialogue/cut scenes? Or does the player have a part??