Description

First and foremost, thanks to Archeia_Nessiah for the wonderful event page CSS!

Make the spookiest Halloween game ever for your chance to win a 100-dollar Steam Gift Card and other prizes!



All Hallows' Event 2013 is upon us! You have until October 31st at 11:59 PM UTC to make a complete game in any engine based on one or more of the following themes:

- Ghost Stories
- Survival Horror
- Monster Attack
- Halloween Comedy
- Nonfiction Horror


Each of these themes is fairly broad, and you can combine one or more themes! Just please let us know in your game description which theme(s) you are focusing on.

A panel of judges will play each game and rank the top three entries. Users may vote for their favorite game once the contest is over; voting will be handled through this page. Results will be announced via podcast.


Step 1: Sign up for the contest in the "Registration" section below this event description. You can enter this event solo or as a team. Additionally, you may submit as many games or join as many teams as you'd like.
Step 2: Create your game page. Normal submission rules apply.
Step 3: Post your download to the game page once it's approved.
Step 4: Submit your game download to the contest by using the commands on the upper-right corner of this page.



1st Place: A 100-dollar Steam Gift Card from Deckiller!
2nd Place: A copy of the RPG Maker DS+ Resource Pack, sponsored by RPG Maker Web!
3rd Place: A Steam Key for A-Train 8, sponsored by Degica!


and...

Peoples' Choice: Anything from the RPG Maker Web store, sponsored by RPG Maker Web!

Achievements

1st Place: 100 Makerscore Achievement
2nd Place: 80 Makerscore
3rd Place: 70 Makerscore
Best of each theme: 60 Makerscore
Voters' Choice: 100 Makerscore
Participation: 50 Makerscore

Achievements coming soon...



  • The game must be relate to at least one of the five themes: ghost stories, survival horror, monster attack, Halloween comedy, or nonfiction horror. Unsure if you game meets the theme? Just ask!
  • You may use ANY game development engine.
  • Only completed games are allowed! NO DEMOS!
  • Preexisting resources may be used, but no games that were started before the beginning of the event are allowed.
  • No late submissions; the deadline is strictly 11:59pm UTC on Halloween (October 31, 2013). Exceptions may be made if judges find a game-breaking bug.
  • No team limit.
  • You may submit as many games and join as many teams as you'd like.
  • Judges' entries will not be ranked, but they will still quality for the voters' choice achievement.
  • All necessary files must be included in the download.
  • Only one of each prize is available - please take this into account if you're on a team.
  • If the winner does not want a prize, s/he will pass it to the 2nd place winner, and so on, until we find a person who wants it.
  • All of RMN's normal policies apply.
  • If you have any questions, ask in the comments section or PM Deckiller.

Details

  • 10/01/2013 03:46 AM
  • 11/01/2013 12:59 AM
  • 11/25/2013 12:00 PM
  • Any
  • Caz
    Fomar0153
    StarSkipp

Registration

You must be logged in to sign up for All Hallows' Event 2013.

Teams Members Entry Votes
I must have a Death Wish
  • 0
WombatRPGs
  • 0
Tiny Tale Games
  • 0
Jomarcenter Studio - Project Illusion
  • 1
  • 0
Owls owly owl
  • 2
BOO!
  • 0
Team Somebody
  • 1
Richthofen
  • 1
Dragons_fire
  • 0
Classwork that happens to fall into the same timeframe as this
  • 0
Crawling Eye
  • 0
Team Abysstree
  • 1
Grandma's House
  • 0
  • 0
Stron9est Studios
  • 0
Dark Pupil Productions
  • 0
Moga
  • 0
The Final Sin
  • 0
Scarebear Countdown! 5-4-3-2-1!
  • 1
Demonfly Studios
  • 1
Stiven202Team
  • 0
Spiders are scary right????
  • 0
I MU
  • 1
RM Coalition presents: Zombies
  • 1
Indrah and the "last minute entries are totally a thing"
  • 0
Thirdmuse
  • 0
Story tellers
  • 1
XLawrenceX
  • 0
Team we want to work on games but no time
Ooooh, scary!
Dibs on Judge Dredd!
The Z is for Spooky Ghost Girl
??X, ?????, ?????, ?????, ?????
Halloween Wars
Uhhh...
Rainbow Brite, Murder Empress
Killer Machines
Awakening
Team AestheticGamer
Rational Fears
Cubic NorthStar
Yesno's Undecided Munchkins
Ghost in the Machine
The Darksters
GamesVTS
SMC Games
I love John Carpenter
BleedOut
Shall I show you dis pear?
JJester
Scary Chocobos~
Team CorrosiveDude
Scorn
Let's Let Gourdy Win Because He's a Cool Guy
Pagan Blood
sanggameboy's Team
Various Artists
MaMa is back and at it once more~
Buju Mystery
Just for fun
Xtheme Core Dev
Pomerane
i am hiromu656
Spoopy
Dark Brotherhood
Wise Productions
Me, myself and I
Krimson Games
Team Cheesecake
DawnSeeker Studio
Games in Time
Solest Games
Team Grape
Something is Bubbling in the Cauldron
Tricky Avian
The Bard
FlyingSolo
The Conspicuous Bananas
Jet and the Stewards
The god of horror
Phantasia
RyanAvx - HappyCatMusics
Black Swallowtail
Mustache Cash-Stache x Infinity
Mike Gidop
poosickle
Serial killers are monsters yes?
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Posts

Nesssssssyyy ;.;
And I can't even bug you on skype, either! :< Dun make me a sad panda, sweetie. Plz?
orz
Why is team size an issue again? Sorry I'm not active on this place enough to remember minor details.

But I think it all boils down to the question of whether you can produce a good game, or not. What roles people play, how the work is divided, and even how the PRIZE is distributed, should be up to the winners and not to any others. You have more team members, even though you *might* have a better chance of winning, you have to deal and share your prize with more people, and plenty other inconveniences too. It's all fair and square.

So I don't know, are people concerned that some might get makerscore out of this for free or what? That would be kinda laughable.

Oh I'm sorry I'm leading a team of 6 I'm probably automatically disqualified to talk about this.
author=EvilEagles
Oh I'm sorry I'm leading a team of 6 I'm probably automatically disqualified to talk about this.

I'm leading a team of 3 and I think you're a pretty aiite dude.

edit: aiight > aiite
Are there any rules about copyright?
author=Daktoa
Are there any rules about copyright? [/quote
Well in legal terms yes. It could be illegal and can get you disqualify for using copyrighted content. Since the prize have cash value.
author=jomarcenter
author=Daktoa
Are there any rules about copyright? [/quote
Well in legal terms yes. It could be illegal and can get you disqualify for using copyrighted content. Since the prize have cash value.
0.0 so using any game music is gonna get us disqualified? ;_;
No. As long as you don't intend to go selling your game, it shouldn't be an issue. That said, there's a lot of free-to-use music around now-days. Hell, RMN has its own music pack, if you check the resource area. (Heads up, guys! We have a resource section. Yes, it's easy to forget but just a reminder that it exists.)
Also, check out RMW for some of the resource packs there that have a lot of songs. Also check both forums for (General Resources in RMW and Creative in RMN) for any musicians sharing their music.

There are also a lot of sites out there that cater to free use music - just apply key words to google and viola~

But no, RMN is pretty lax when it comes to resources as long as you don't take them from fellow creators or claim as your own.
author=CARRIONBLUE
so has everyone decided which concepts they are going to try for?
Nope.
author=thatbennyguy
I'm leading a team of 3 and I think you're a pretty aiite dude.


Sorry to blow your party but in my language aiite means dickhead. I am now very offended.
author=EvilEagles
author=thatbennyguy
I'm leading a team of 3 and I think you're a pretty aiite dude.
Sorry to blow your party but in my language aiite means dickhead. I am now very offended.

>dickhead

>blow your party

I don't know who should be more offended he he
marimo
Nessiah's Seme-kun
2805
author=thatbennyguy
author=EvilEagles
author=thatbennyguy
I'm leading a team of 3 and I think you're a pretty aiite dude.
Sorry to blow your party but in my language aiite means dickhead. I am now very offended.
>dickhead

>blow your party

I don't know who should be more offended he he


That was actually EE propositioning you and you have now accepted. *throws flower petals*
Wait, we're having an issue about big teams, again? Didn't the last RSW prove that it's fine and people can actually release something? :|
edchuy
You the practice of self-promotion
1624
author=EvilEagles
So I don't know, are people concerned that some might get makerscore out of this for free or what? That would be kinda laughable.


If anything, I would be concerned if people were to sell makerscore. Events such as this are meant for people to earn it. You actually need to submit something (quality notwithstanding), since signing up virtually does NOTHING. And yeah, the prizes and achievements are nice too. Finally, getting the people's choice award gives the winner RMN community-wide recognition.

Bottom line, I don't anybody has those concerns. If anything, my concern would be that in the haste of accepting a submission, something totally unplayable or pretty poorly developed slipped in through the cracks ... and THAT earned its developer makerscore. I wouldn't be happy be for those who actually tried their best and actually earned it ...
I will suggest on the music front if pulling from other sources to be a bit creative where you pull things from, sometimes recognizing a song from something else can take a person out of the experience, especially important for games that have a focus on immersion or atmosphere.

Even limited sound can be used effectively. Ao Oni's music is pretty limited, for example, but the 3 or so songs the game have are very effective in putting one on edge, and each song is only a few seconds loop.

On what I'm working on, I'm fortunate to have a 25-song original soundtrack, though I decided to ask a few people I know personally who I have worked with and take unused songs they composed for things and give purpose to them in this project, as well as a couple I've composed. This ended up in a 25-song original soundtrack, and happy as it fits the purpose of the game swimmingly.

Errr, I mean...

Totally rushing it, going to be one shoddy-ass game, etc.
I make action game too.



(Sorry, don't have a gameprofile yet, screenshots dumped here)
author=giaks
Death it is

Alright who is the one who wrote something in the Deathnote again...
Does anyone try to go to my game page and solve the code?
Caz
LET'SBIAN DO THIS.
6813
RMN AND KENTONA IS HIDING SOMETHING JUST JOKING

I wasn't paid to do this, honest.
Caz why is your makerscore twice mine??? THIS IS UNFAIR IM QUITTING RMN.