LINK TO COMPETITION
On Tuesday the 1st of May 2012, at 0:00am GMT, you will have three months to make an RPG (see Rules for details).
You must then submit your RPG by Wednesday the 1st of August 2012, at 0:00am GMT, after which the winners will be decided.
This will be the grand finale of Competition Four Digits 2011/2012, a competition three times longer than any other in the year!
1. The aim of the competition is to develop entirely your own game within the time limit (1st May - 1st August). You MUST submit your final game before the 1st of August 2012. You will have to keep up to date with my blog posts to find out how to submit your final game.
2. You MUST have stated you are going to enter before the 1st of May 2012.
3. You MUST NOT include anything in the game that you don't have full permission to use or significant amounts of game content that you had already made prior to the competition.
4. Your final game MUST have "RPG elements", specifically relating to the gameplay (eg anything such as experience points, inventories, quests, turn-based combat, etc. Fantasy themes and long storylines are common in RPGs, but not related to the gameplay).
5. There are no programming language/game engine restrictions except that the game MUST run on Windows 7. Your game shouldn't require additional software installation (unless you really need to do so).
6. Don't be a cheater.
7. ONE entry per person, maximum team of FOUR.
8. I reserve the right to update or otherwise change the rules and to disqualify any entrant who breaks the rules.
PRIZES:
(Subject to improvement from donations, keep checking back)
1st
$400 Prize Money
One copy of GameMaker 8.1, HTML5 and a GameMaker T-shirt
Featured on YoYo Games (if game created with Game Maker 8.0+)
A copy of RPG Maker VX Ace each*
Featured on Game Jolt AND a Game Jolt T-shirt
64d Comp Winner Badge each*
IUP Bundle each*
2nd
$100 Prize Money
One copy of GameMaker 8.1, HTML5 and a GameMaker T-shirt
Featured on YoYo Games (if game created with Game Maker 8.0+)
Up to two copies of Ace (and any other RPG Maker for the remaining team)**
Featured on Game Jolt
64d Comp Finalist Badge each*
IUP Bundle each*
3rd
Steam games of your choice worth $80 total
One copy of GameMaker 8.1, HTML5 and a GameMaker T-shirt
Featured on YoYo Games (if game created with Game Maker 8.0+)
One copy of Ace (and any other RPG Maker for the remaining team)**
Featured on Game Jolt
64d Comp Finalist Badge each*
IUP Bundle each*
4th
Renegade Ops on Steam
One copy of GameMaker 8.1, HTML5 and a GameMaker T-shirt
Up to three copies of any RPG Maker except Ace**
64d Comp Finalist Badge each*
IUP Bundle each*
5th
One copy of GameMaker 8.1, HTML5 and a GameMaker T-shirt
Up to two copies of any RPG Maker except Ace**
64d Comp Finalist Badge each*
IUP Bundle each*
*These prizes are one copy for every member of your team, or just one copy for you if you're working alone. Your team members must have an account here to qualify.
**Number of copies depends on number of team members. See first footnote.
GameMaker prizes donated by YoYo Games! Games will be featured on YoYo Games by RC!
Remember, this is a communal effort! This competition is only for fun. If you want prizes, give as you wish to receive. Suggested donations would be Steam games, Amazon vouchers or something similar, rather than cash.
Special GMC Message:
Hello Game Maker Community! Nocturne has kindly given me permission to post a topic in the community forum, not just the competition topic due the the fact that YoYo Games are sponsoring this event. I hope this will allow me to respond to any questions you have much better.
This competition is 3 months long, a massive undertaking, but necessary for the theme (RPGs). We haven't hosted one this long, so it's a bit of an experiment. The objective of the competition is your own gain and nobody elses - you end up with a game and hopefully some prizes (subject to further donations). What's more this is an inter-community competition which will be advertised at as many places possible, so your getting the opportunity to meet new people with diverse skillsets and also compete with a whole new level of opposition.
I hope you take the time to check it out!
SPONSORED BY:
WITH THANKS TO:
Edited by xot, 27 April 2012 - 04:06 AM.
, First person that i see that doesn't like to play an RPG (like Skyrim).
, but please don't post those engines before the comp end's since we could find a lot of people using your engine just adding places (town's) and changing the graphics and that would make a lot of game's that where just copy/pasted from an engine 
.
