Here it is, the BIG FPSC competition! Get cracking and any questions then please ask (as I'm sure there'll be some.
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1st Place
* Printed & bound copy of the Community Guide
* Atmospheric Sounds Pack
* Pick of 1 from either Chainsaw Brute, Model Pack 17 or Model Pack 18 by Bond
* 2000 Store Points by TGC.
* Unreleased sound pack of Daemon Voices by Nickydude
* Sci Fi segment pack by Henry Ham.
* Weather Pack by Rolfy.
* Model Pack 8 [Dark Egypt] + Bonus by Rosstradamus.
* Any 3 of Errant A.I's store models
* Inspire! Model Pack 1
* Any of the above prizes swapped for a pre-paid 60 day time card for City of Heroes [Requires City of Heroes to play].
2nd Place
* Atmospheric Sounds Pack
* 1000 store points
* Pick of 1 from either Chainsaw Brute, Model Pack 17 or Model Pack 18 by Bond (after 1st place has picked)
* A $20 store voucher courtesy of Black Draco Games
* Exclusive texture pack by Henry Ham
* Any 2 of Errant A.I's store models
3rd Place
* 1000 store points
* Whichever is left from the following Chainsaw Brute, Model Pack 17 or Model Pack 18 by Bond.
* Any 1 of Errant A.I's store models
THEME
As many of you have guessed, the theme centres around puzzles, a 5-room puzzle to be exact, the player starts in room 1 and must solve a puzzle (or number of puzzles) to reach the next room and end by solving a puzzle in the last room (5). The puzzles can be anything you like but all must be done in an un-modded version of FPSC.
JUDGING
Judges will be looking for puzzle ingenuity,
not the best looking game, you may use custom media but we'd rather mark high a good puzzle game with stock media that a mediocre game with everything custom made. Puzzles are the order of the day, not 'eye-candy'.
Ingenuity
How well designed are the puzzles? Do they make you think "that's clever!" or is it a simple case of 'get the key from over there to unlock the door'?
Hardness
Can you solve the puzzle as soon as you see it, are you completely stumped? or does it have that 'doh, or course!' factor after you've solved it?
Design
What we're
not looking for is how fantastic it looks, or how great the bloom / water / refraction is, dual wielding, custom media or eye-popping shaders. It's the puzzle element you should be concentrating on. Having said that we're also not looking for just a collection of rooms with puzzles, they need to blend well together.
Frame-rate optimization
how well does your game run? Are you using tips and tricks to get a decent frame rate or is everything running slower than a snail with cramp?
RULES
|- This competition will end Dec 31st 2008.
|- All entrants
MUST be done on an
un-modded version of FPSC. Yup, no mods, no external .dll files.
|- Minimum number of entrants for the comp to go forward
must be 5.
|- All entries must be done in the X9 (V1.xx) version of FPSC
|- You may use custom media; to include entities, segments, sounds, music, and scripts, etc. Just remember that all the levels will be made public once the competition has been judged, and a decision has been made public.
|- There will be NO stealing, pirating, or unauthorized borrowing of media/music/or scripts to be used in your level. If this is discovered, you will be automatically disqualified and possibly banned from the forums. If you're not sure if its OK to use someone else's material; then the best thing to do, is not use it. If you do use someone else's material, then you must have WRITTEN permission to do so (unless the permission is given in the license agreement; i.e., free for 'commercial or non-commercial'). Forging written permission will also result in punative action.
|- Your level must be in an installer or a compiled .exe; no .FPM files will be accepted. The file size limit is 200 MB;
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Do not show off anything about you entry in the forums, please keep this to yourself until 1st Jan (don't want others stealing ideas do we?
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| - There must be a direct link to your entry. Links through a website or where you have to register to download won't be accepted.
|- Remember that the forum rules still apply; in that there will be no nudity, or swearing allowed. Either of those items present in your level could be grounds for disqualification (an attempt to contact the designer may be made, but is not required).
A big thanks go to all those who've sponsored this competition and a special thanks goes to BiggAdd for the amazing banner.
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