Charas Game Making Contest!!!

[DragonBlaze]

This goes for everyone, as long as you do the programming, I won't downgrade you on anything. So yeah, Sai, I won't downgrade you at all for using that puzzle from your current game.

[X_marks_the_ed]

Originally posted by MrMister

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed
I'd enter, but none of NFT is actually complete except the resources. Just various scattered maps from different parts of it, but if I ever get the drive to ever complete section 1, I'll enter it. however, due to lack of time, it will probably lack part of the beginning movie.

Still waiting for Dragonblaze's CBS to be finished. Then I could at least complete up to the first fight with Ace (half of part 1/6).

So you skip that part and do everything after it!
It doesn't take a genius to figure that out![/B]

Skip every single battle in the game? Explain to me then how the characters will level up.

[Dragonium]

What happens if we don't use any generated resources?

[Glitch]

Nothing

I guess it's about time I explained Bonus points. Originally I wanted to keep these secret till the last minute. But I guess I should let you in.

For doing certain things, you will receive bonus points. These go towards your score, and get make the difference if say you are at a 7.5, a bonus point or two will bump you up to an 8. Get it?

Now, we are not going to tell you how to get bonus points. But trust me, they are things you don't have to actively try to do. All I will tell you is that one of the bonus points is charas generated resource related.

Also, please note I am mostly referring to the Character set generator, not the battle set or face set generators, cause those can look really fugly sometimes.

[Desimodontidae]

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed

Originally posted by MrMister

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed
I'd enter, but none of NFT is actually complete except the resources. Just various scattered maps from different parts of it, but if I ever get the drive to ever complete section 1, I'll enter it. however, due to lack of time, it will probably lack part of the beginning movie.

Still waiting for Dragonblaze's CBS to be finished. Then I could at least complete up to the first fight with Ace (half of part 1/6).

So you skip that part and do everything after it!
It doesn't take a genius to figure that out![/B]

Skip every single battle in the game? Explain to me then how the characters will level up. [/B]

Wow.

[DragonBlaze]

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed

Originally posted by MrMister

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed
I'd enter, but none of NFT is actually complete except the resources. Just various scattered maps from different parts of it, but if I ever get the drive to ever complete section 1, I'll enter it. however, due to lack of time, it will probably lack part of the beginning movie.

Still waiting for Dragonblaze's CBS to be finished. Then I could at least complete up to the first fight with Ace (half of part 1/6).

So you skip that part and do everything after it!
It doesn't take a genius to figure that out![/B]

Skip every single battle in the game? Explain to me then how the characters will level up. [/B]

What I 'think' he means is that you should skip the battles for now, and work on other things such as maps, events, and everything else besides the battles. This way, you don't have to take a break from working on your game because my cbs isn't done. THEN when my cbs gets done, you can go in and add in the battles. Don't skip the battles perminately, just for now until I get the cbs done.

[aboutasoandthis]

I'm already working on my game. Problems are it's isometric and it's one of those never ending/unwinnable games (Tetris, Pong, etc.) Also it won't use anything Charas related at all.

More people enter! :p

[MrMister]

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed

Originally posted by MrMister

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed
I'd enter, but none of NFT is actually complete except the resources. Just various scattered maps from different parts of it, but if I ever get the drive to ever complete section 1, I'll enter it. however, due to lack of time, it will probably lack part of the beginning movie.

Still waiting for Dragonblaze's CBS to be finished. Then I could at least complete up to the first fight with Ace (half of part 1/6).

So you skip that part and do everything after it!
It doesn't take a genius to figure that out![/B]

Skip every single battle in the game? Explain to me then how the characters will level up. [/B]

UNTIL the system is done. Jesus Christ.
You can have the game out shortly after the system is done, then.

[Glitch]

Aboutso. You can enter an iso game, and I reiterate,

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE CHARAS RELATED IN ANY WAY!

It's a freaking bonus point, it will not make or break your game.

As long as it's made on RM it can be entered. If it has no story than it'll just get graded down.

[Meiscool-2]

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed

Originally posted by MrMister

Originally posted by X_marks_the_ed
I'd enter, but none of NFT is actually complete except the resources. Just various scattered maps from different parts of it, but if I ever get the drive to ever complete section 1, I'll enter it. however, due to lack of time, it will probably lack part of the beginning movie.

Still waiting for Dragonblaze's CBS to be finished. Then I could at least complete up to the first fight with Ace (half of part 1/6).

So you skip that part and do everything after it!
It doesn't take a genius to figure that out![/B]

Skip every single battle in the game? Explain to me then how the characters will level up. [/B]

magik scrollz  

[ZeroKirbyX]

This cloak and dagger crap is irritating. If we get points for

• , tell us that we get points fpr
• .

[Glitch]

for the love of God just wait a few days, it'll all make sense then. The bonus points are just little fun things for us judges, they are not going to make or break your game, as I've said before. If you do certain things in your game, it'll be what pushes you up if your on the edge. 'kay? They're simple things to, things you should be doing already.

If you have further questions on the subject just PM me cause i get the feeling people are getting confused.

[DragonBlaze]

Ok, I don't know how any of the other judges will be juding their areas, but I can explain how I'm going to judge the programming aspects of the game.

Anyway, I'm assuming that each catagory will be worth 10 points, if we're only having it 5 points or something, I'll have to adjust my scale, but it'll be the same concept.

As a judge on programming, I won't give any bonuses or subtractions for having something charas related in your game, or using generated graphics.

0 points - You use all the defult systems, AND your simple game mechanics are done poorly. Poorly includes, but is not limited to, teleporting to a wrong map, events not ended with a switch, and any kind of other errors in coding/scripting. The way I see it, if you don't have any real coding in your game, you shouldn't get any points for coding.

1 - 2 points - You use all the defult systems, have no minigames, but the simple game mechanics are programmed right, all places are set to teleport where they're supposed to, events are turned off when their supposed to, and everything works error free.

3-4 points - You use all the defult systems, have no minigames, but include a few extra features in your game due to coding/scripting. Examples of which would be an in game clock, a day night system, etc.

5-6 points - you use mainly the defult systems, but you include mini games or larger coding features (such as a party changing system).

7-8 points - You use either a custom battle system, custome menu system, OR a system/mini game that acts as a major part of the game, or would be just as important and used as a battle system or a menu system.

9-10 points - You use a lot of custom systems, most of the things in your game are custom coded/made, coding adds a lot to the overall game, or coding is very impressive overall. I don't expect to be giving any 10s out.

Points will be added and subrtacted as follows.

If you have a minigame or custom system, but is very poortly programmed, for example a party changing system, if it is programmed such as you are a character walking around a map, and talking to the characters you want to join your party, you'll probably get around 3 or 4 points because the coding is poorly done. IF you make an actual menu with a cursor, nice graphics, and a nice setup that works like a good party changing system should, you'll get the 5 or 6 points. The game goes for battle systems, if you have a custom battle system, but it is really poorly made, you won't get the points as you would if you made a well programmed one. It can be simple, but it has to look and work good.

Points will be subracted if you have programming errors in your simple codes, even if you have a mini game or other stuff that gets you in the higher point range.

If you have a lot of little extra features, you'll get bonus points. A few extra features such as an in game clock will get you around the 3 or 4 point range, but a lot of little things like a custom message system, and stuff like that will get you higher points.

You will automatically recieve a 0 if you use someone elses system/coding. Using something from a tutorial is fine, but copying a system out of another game not made by you is not acceptable. Likewise, if someone made a system for your game, you can't use it unless you give credit to the person and state specifically what systems they made/coded. You can do this either in the game, or included in a seperate text document included with the game. Now since this is a contest one which game you can make, you will most likely not be graded at all on a system that you didn't make yourself (but gave credit to the person who did), basically I'll judge as if it wasn't included at all. On some occasions, I may give some points for other peoples systems in your game, like if the other person is on a game making team with you or something, but it won't be full points.

Thats pretty much the basics of it, I may add some more things when the contest actually starts.

[Shady Ultima]

So using your CBS would be a 0 then?

And what about the people who don't know HOW to make a CBS/CMS. I can make a Custom Skill Learning System, and I did before, it'd be a simple matter of copying that of course. It's 30+ pages of coding, for multiple characters.

[DragonBlaze]

Originally posted by Shady Ultima
So using your CBS would be a 0 then?

And what about the people who don't know HOW to make a CBS/CMS. I can make a Custom Skill Learning System, and I did before, it'd be a simple matter of copying that of course. It's 30+ pages of coding, for multiple characters.

No, you can use my cbs, only problem is that I don't have it out really yet. But if someone would use my cbs, and they give me credit for it, I'll grade their project for the other programming they have in it, and not my cbs. After all, it would be my cbs, and it wouldn't really be fair for someone else to get points in their game for something I made.

And for people who don't know how to make a CBS/CMS. I'm grading this on programming. If someone isn't good at making more complex systems, then they won't be graded as high. Its like a map making contest, if a person doesn't know how to make a good map, they won't get graded as high as someone who knows how to make a good map (and makes a good map). So in the same way, if someone knows how to make a good system, and makes the system, they should get graded higher in the programming aspect of this contest than a person who doesn't make a good system.