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[Brieg]

who is this guy? I've been coming to charas off and on fir like 8 years and I never heard of no 'ben' but now he's an admin?

[Cerebus]

gemini got a name change.
I could reverse the question, though. Who are you?
The name reminds me nothing. And judging by your Register date and post count, I suppose you spent most of your time coming without any account and post very infrequently. So, who are you?

And I'd really like to join, wasn't it for the fact that I can't code at all... may try Stencyl, if it's not too complicated.

[SaiKar]

I'm VERY happy with these rules, as my current project will fit these very nicely. I plan on having a very strong entry indeed.

Couple questions at this time:
1) do you have the RPGMaker 2k3 RTP? I'm not all that convinced I'm even *using* the RTP, but all it takes is one file referenced once for the thing not to work, so I'd either have to include it to be safe or know you guys have it.
2) re: stolen vs credited resources - Can we use basically anything as long as we credit it? I'm mainly thinking mp3s here.
3) re: total words - The game is level based, and after beating a level you can reply it (and are encouraged to do so, to get a better score and more unlockables and stuff) ... since each level has some dialog, and you can reply them as many times as you want, technically you'd be able to cross the 1000 word limit through sheer replaying. I feel like this is maybe nitpicky, but I just want to make sure I'm safe and something like this isn't a big deal. No, you know what, I have to believe something like this wouldn't be against the spirit of the rules you've set up. Forget that.

[Ben]

1) No, I dont.
2) Give'er.

[Brieg]

gemini got a name change.
I could reverse the question, though. Who are you?
The name reminds me nothing. And judging by your Register date and post count, I suppose you spent most of your time coming without any account and post very infrequently. So, who are you?

I've gone through several accounts. I started in maybe 2003. I was here during the heyday of a lot of crazy drama. Long ago, believe it or not, this was actually a community about rpg maker and gathering resources for it. Then things got weird and the site kinda fell a part. I'm actually glad this contest is happening now.

[Ben]

The community just became more generalized is all. We've all been trying to pick things up around here and bring sexy back.
But yeah...

That is not what this topic is about. Im going to be a topic nazi in this contest thread.

[MissingName]

Does the game still have to have some sort of combat?

[A Forgotten Legend]

I think as long as it satisfies the general rules you're okay.  Or at least that's what I've gathered from his original post.

[Ben]

Does the game still have to have some sort of combat?

No.

[Ben]

It can be as hard as you like. If its impossible or near impossible or generally too-hard, youll lose points, obviously.

[SaiKar]

was here during the heyday of a lot of crazy drama. Long ago, believe it or not, this was actually a community about rpg maker and gathering resources for it. Then things got weird and the site kinda fell a part.

Happens. And hey, I remember you. You were trying to get writers to write your sci-fi books. And your old account got banned for... eh... some reason. Too lazy to check the log for it. But you were still claiming to be someone back THEN too, so if nothing else you're consistent.

[Prpl_Mage]

Would you encourage us to actually make an effort with the storyline or should this be completely based on gameplay and only text out the vital parts?

[Ben]

Jeez.

Make a storyline. Plot is cool. But I dont want to spend half of the game reading about the lives of your characters and the history of a fake land I dont give a crap about. Feel free to throw in easter eggs, with some story. The word count thing is a guideline for a standard playthrough of the game. Ill work on a revised version of the rule to avoid confusion.

Im not going to stand in front of NPCs or search menus, and count words. Im trying to avoid getting sucked into some story driven tripe. The game should be Flow over Fable, if you get my drift. Substance over story.  Make a game that isnt boring and wordy.

[Brieg]

Jeez.

Make a storyline. Plot is cool. But I dont want to spend half of the game reading about the lives of your characters and the history of a fake land I dont give a crap about.

sounds like somebody had a bad experience with a JRPG

[HackersTotalMassLaser]

Okay, i like.

So. basically. If I give credit I am cool. Alright. Credits. Cool.