XTREME! February Writing Challenge - now with more obnoxious title
Okay, I liked the gist of Corey's idea and I'm terribly impatient so we're going to go ahead and try the simpler modified version. We can always tweak the rules later if it doesn't work out but right now it's the beginning of the month so why not?
I'll go ahead and get us started off with a prompt...the only problem is we still need an actual reliable person to email the games to who can handle uploading them and making the voting thread later.
Volunteers?
Anyway here we go:
Location: dining room
Objects: box of chocolates, cake, letter, knife, roses, diamond ring
Remember that this time we're not posting our entries here, we're creating an actual room and mailing it to [sucker to be named at a later date], who will then upload it [somewhere] for downloading and voting.
It's not strictly required, but still encouraged to do a little something with the room beyond the bare bones descriptions...remember that the more impressed the voters are the more chance you have of winning [completely fake fabulous prized to be decided as a later date] so try your best and have fun!
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I'll go ahead and get us started off with a prompt...the only problem is we still need an actual reliable person to email the games to who can handle uploading them and making the voting thread later.
Volunteers?
Anyway here we go:
Location: dining room
Objects: box of chocolates, cake, letter, knife, roses, diamond ring
Remember that this time we're not posting our entries here, we're creating an actual room and mailing it to [sucker to be named at a later date], who will then upload it [somewhere] for downloading and voting.
It's not strictly required, but still encouraged to do a little something with the room beyond the bare bones descriptions...remember that the more impressed the voters are the more chance you have of winning [completely fake fabulous prized to be decided as a later date] so try your best and have fun!
Edited By Lumin on 1233605360
- Corey Arnett
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This is great! I will take part. Thanks KFAdrift for helping us out.
Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things . . .
Check Out PROVENANCE - a full size text adventure at the Interactive Fiction Archive.
Check Out PROVENANCE - a full size text adventure at the Interactive Fiction Archive.
Well the thing is they won't be actual games (though I guess someone could do that if they really wanted to go all out...) just rooms with objects. So the adventure page is out, and the demo one is cluttered enough...and it'll just get worse if this becomes a regular thing.
I guess it would sort of fit as a module, but of course that would imply that anyone who wanted to could rip any of the descriptions straight off (which some may not mind but there'd always be the potential for drama) and in the end KF or someone would still have to collect all the entries together and people would have to download them it's exactly the same amount of work.
I guess it would sort of fit as a module, but of course that would imply that anyone who wanted to could rip any of the descriptions straight off (which some may not mind but there'd always be the potential for drama) and in the end KF or someone would still have to collect all the entries together and people would have to download them it's exactly the same amount of work.
- Corey Arnett
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Maybe a rule about no tasks/events or something to keep it focused on just room descriptions and objects.
Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things . . .
Check Out PROVENANCE - a full size text adventure at the Interactive Fiction Archive.
Check Out PROVENANCE - a full size text adventure at the Interactive Fiction Archive.
Guess the rules are probably something we should get right sooner rather than later.
From my point of view the major rule is to only have the one location - in this case The Lounge. Adding other objects, tasks, events and possibly characters just attempts to add to the reality of the room. It would be a shame to not allow people to write for interaction with objects where appropriate.
When we come to judging it is then really up to those looking at the games to decide if someone has gone over the top and mark accordingly if they think it is against the spirit of the event.
From my point of view the major rule is to only have the one location - in this case The Lounge. Adding other objects, tasks, events and possibly characters just attempts to add to the reality of the room. It would be a shame to not allow people to write for interaction with objects where appropriate.
When we come to judging it is then really up to those looking at the games to decide if someone has gone over the top and mark accordingly if they think it is against the spirit of the event.
KF
Staring harder at the screen doesn't give any more inspiration
Staring harder at the screen doesn't give any more inspiration
- Corey Arnett
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It would be a shame to not allow people to write for interaction with objects where appropriate.
I fully agree. One simple rule about only one location sounds cool.

I thought it was the Dining Room, not the Lounge.

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Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things . . .
Check Out PROVENANCE - a full size text adventure at the Interactive Fiction Archive.
Check Out PROVENANCE - a full size text adventure at the Interactive Fiction Archive.
What KF said. Extra objects have always been okay even in the standard writing challenges, and it seems pointless to be using Adrift for this in the first place if you're not allowed to do anything more interesting with them if you want, even if it's not an actual requirement or anything.
...though as for the 'spirit of the event', as far as I'm concerned if the new format could trick people into occasionally writing a one room game, that would only be a good thing.
And yes, deadline is on the 28th I guess, and I assume KF will be posting them somewhere about that time.
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...though as for the 'spirit of the event', as far as I'm concerned if the new format could trick people into occasionally writing a one room game, that would only be a good thing.

And yes, deadline is on the 28th I guess, and I assume KF will be posting them somewhere about that time.
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