Description

RPG Maker VX Ace is OUT and we want to see what RMN can do with this new tool! The Nugget Crash Course is a competition for new Ace users to make a game to try and win a copy of RPG Maker VX Ace, courtesy of our friends at Degica (the company that markets and distributes RPG Maker outside of Japan)!

RPG Maker VX Ace is aptly named as it is RPG Maker VX {Insert Incremental Reference Here}. Imagine your regular VX with various changes and upgrades all over the place to make it a better tool all-round. The best way to see what the changes are is to download the Ace trial and give it a spin! You might even get your own copy out of it!

This is a fast and loose competition with a new tool and so will the theme. Simply make a game with RPG Maker VX Ace! It must be a new Ace game started with the English version so no carry overs from the Japanese release / trial. You can use any resources for Ace such as graphics, music, and scripts but I don't want to see any Ace-rized versions of your VX game.

Ace can handle any graphic, sound, or music VX can and more so all resources for VX are available. Ace also has a new feature of being able to create character and face graphics through putting premade templates together directly in the program. One critical difference between VX and Ace is the script backend got rewritten Ace which means a large majority of scripts for VX won't work for Ace. You can check the script repository on RMN for several scripts made to work with Ace.

Having trouble with Ace? There's a few places where you can try to get some help. Posting on the event itself is allowed but it's easy to lose track of such questions. You can post questions in RMN's Help & Request forum as long as you read the forum rules. You can also head onto RMN's IRC channel to try and get some real time assistance there too.

Judging will be handled by GreatRedSpirit, Archeia_Nessiah, Liberty, and Deckiller. After all the judges have played the games they will rank the games by their own preference. When a game is listed as 1st, 2nd, or 3rd the game gets 7, 5, or 3 points respectively. The game with the most points wins!

The dev lead for the game that scored the most points will be awarded a new Ace product key! We only have one key so teams will have to fight to the death against each other decide who gets the key. We'll also have achievements: The top prize achievement for the 1st place team, runner up achievements for the 2nd and 3rd teams, and participation achievements for everybody who participated.

Important Update! Our prize has been donated to us from our friends at Degica and RPG Maker Web:
author=Touchfuzzy
I wanted to tell Kentona first, but the dude totally JUMPED OUT THE WINDOW WHEN I WAS TRYING TO TALK TO HIM. (Ok, not really, he just left the irc channel), but I'm just too happy not to want to announce it myself.

For people who don't know, I'm Nick Palmer, I work managing the official RPG Maker English site's(RPGMakerWeb.com) blog, Facebook, Twitter, Forum, and well, a billion other hats involved in RM Marketing.

Anyway, we at Degica (the company that markets and distributes RPG Maker outside of Japan) want to show appreciation to RMN for being such a great fan community for our products. As such, we will be supplying the Medal of Honor prize copy of RPG Maker VX Ace.
This is a great boon to RMN! Thank you Touchfuzzy, and thanks Degica! Your support of RMN is apprciated.

You get half a month starting when Ace is released until the end of April 1st giving two weeks and a weekend to create your game. There is some leeway in situations where game breaking bugs are found by the judges after the 1st and the devs will be allowed to fix these bugs.

Registration

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Teams Members Entry
Honorary Entry of Mystery
Danger, danger! High voltage!
The Best Kind of Witchcraft
AwesomeTeamOfAwesomeIsAwesomeAlsoWeLikeCamelCaseAndLongNames
C# - - - - Maker of "Silent Eyes"
Team 'Who the Hell is That?'
Indy Jones and the VXAce Contest of DOOM
Never's Start
Team Youjustwastedtimereadingthislol
Let the Games Begin. . .Lady's and Gentlemen!?
Bludgeon of Inspiration
The Four Spirits
Fuck it! I want a snoopy badge but I won't get judged. XP
The Labs of Chrono
New game, come and join me!!!
Team Who Gives A Sh-
What is with all these team names?
jomarcenter studio "future helper and the seven tower"
HKOz Assal
Late Night Studio
Ace Hunters
Singing Deerhead Productions
Following the sun
For Snoopy~
oh yeah
Lovely Charmer
OOstudios
Team Wind-Up Bird
Vulkinshii productions
Attempting to complete the impossible...finishing a game
GENERIQUEST 2012: Where doing this man. Where MAKING THIS HAPEN.
QuietLife
Winter's Sorrow Announced!
Gourd Clae: Ace VxAcer
Black Skull Insignia
Team HUNGER GAMES ARE AWESOME!
Trying to not copy from the tutorial.
Ralph's Party
IDK
The Last Minute "Team" of Glory
Eternallight's Team

Posts

author=Craze
Yo' coderiffic people: Despite has his own team, but we've actually decided to merge... how can we edit our teams to reflect this? When I try to move Despite to my team, he says that he's already on Never's Start although, uh, clearly he isn't.

Halp?


I think Despite should be able to leave the event by going up to "My Team" and then hitting the delete button next to his username in the team list. Then you should be able to add him to your team? If that doesn't work let me know and I can make the change directly in the database.
I will try to make something. (I hope it will not be an April fool XD )
Tau
RMN sex symbol
3293

I got a name now!
author=Archeia_Nessiah
author=anepicrtpmapper
Can we submit a demo? Because this is the perfect opportunity to showcase the VXA version of A Twist of Fate.
It can be incomplete, the important thing is that the game was made for this contest!

Um, I need explanation. Does this mean that I have to put a character saying "Hello this adventure is brought to you for the NCC Competition at RMN" or something that would indicate it?
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
A week and a half left, huh? Actually, I might be able to have a contest-ready version of Uchioniko for this event. It'll take some finagling to replace the music currently in-game from commercial RPG's with other musics (Read: RTP), but I think I have a chance to actually release something!
author=HanzouMasta
Um, I need explanation. Does this mean that I have to put a character saying "Hello this adventure is brought to you for the NCC Competition at RMN" or something that would indicate it?


No. This rule is to prevent people from trying to submit notAce->Ace ports and submitting games they have started in the Japanese Ace to the contest which would give them an unfair advantage. Resources like graphics, music, and scripts are allowed even if they were made for other games. There is no need for any sort of in-game notice indicating that the game was made for this contest.
Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
15150
[quote GreatRedSpiritResources like graphics, music, and scripts are allowed even if they were made for other games.

Although I told Nessy I AM GOING TO MAKE A STATEMENT AND NOT USE ANY SCRIPTS

...

...

I mean, I have an entire fucking MOTH Engine built for my games...
With a new computer, all I need is that trial, and hopefully to win the contest(by new computer, I mean my laptop is using this monitor I'm typing this on, for a bigger screen. VX worked, why wouldn't VX Ace?)
Ratty524
The 524 is for 524 Stone Crabs
12986
Has the theme for this contest been revealed? I can't really find it anywhere. I might come up with something for this project, if I have time.
author=Ratty524
Has the theme for this contest been revealed? I can't really find it anywhere. I might come up with something for this project, if I have time.


The theme is making something with VX Ace. : )
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
Is the "engine" proclamation necessary for this event? I mean, really?
Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
15150
Marrend
Is the "engine" proclamation necessary for this event? I mean, really?


what
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
As part of the team properties, you can set the engine you're going to make your game in. I'm just wondering if setting it to "RPG Maker VX Ace" is necessary for this event.
It is necessary for me to get into the right mindset. Gotta get psyched up, you know?
Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
15150
Oh, I thought you meant HOW DARE YOU EVANGELIZE ACE WITH THIS CONTEST, RMN IS BECOMING ACE-IST or something
Can groups of people work together in this contest?
author=pyrodoom
Can groups of people work together in this contest?


Yes. I believe its teams of up to 10 people.
Despite
When the going gets tough, go fuck yourself.
1340
k, got my team deleted.

Add me and lemme know watchu need.
I should probably get started on this soon...
author=kentona
I should probably get started on this soon...


Not if you don't care if it's done or not!