Welcome to the fourth installment of the beloved community puzzle game: Befuddle Quest 4 Dead Using a specific product, RPG Maker 2003, we will each make a single map puzzle using RTP OR your own supplied graphics (that mesh with RTP) and I will link them together in a quest. Why RM2k3? Because it's accessible to the majority of people and because it's pretty easy to link maps together using it. Plus, I'm running the show and that's what I use (because I'm old). Also, that's what we used last time and it worked out okay.

For those of you new to the BQ scene, check out this game: http://rpgmaker.net/games/1101/Befuddle_Quest/


TIMELINE ::..
Starts: January 14th, 2010
Submission Deadline: February 1st, 2010 @ Midnight
Release Date: February 8th, 2010


RULES ::..

• You must use RM2k3
  
• You can submit as many puzzles as you like
  
• Each submission must use only 1 map
  
• No Teleport events - use Recall to Memorized Position
  
• No battles or common events or items or pretty much most of the Database
  
• No instant Game Overs (restart the puzzle instead)
  
• No Teleport events - use Recall to Memorized Position
  
• If you aren't using the standard RTP, INCLUDE YOUR RESOURCES
  
• No Teleport events - use Recall to Memorized Position
  
• No Teleport events - use Recall to Memorized Position
  
• No Teleport events - use Recall to Memorized Position
  
• The hero is Zack, the first default hero in RM2k3
  
• No Teleport events - use Recall to Memorized Position
  

STORY ::..
When we last left Zack and Broomhilda, they had absconded with the late Duke Drake the Rake's airship and were sailing off into the sunset. Now happily married, the happy couple went on a happy vacation to a happy little island...or so they thought!

Zack's and Broomhilda's honeymoon on an island turn out to be....AN ISLAND OF ZOMBIES! Of course, Broomhilda is wisked away by evil zombies and now Zack, stranded and lost on the island, must make his way through the perilous perils of the mysterious island to save her! Zack's puzzle solving skills will be put to the test (yet again)!


SUBMISSION ::..
Before the deadline, zip or rar up your project, upload it somewhere (say, your locker!) and send me a link to the file (either in a PM or here in this event). Make as many puzzles as you like. Multiple submissions are allowed (and encouraged!).

Please include with your submission:

• The RM2k3 project
  
• The coordinates of the ENTRANCE and EXIT points on the map
  
• Puzzle name
  
• A brief description of the puzzle
  
• A detailed walkthrough (in a PM, or a text file in the submission folder)
  
• Puzzle difficulty
  
• Any special notes or issues you think I need to know to link the map into the game
  

I'm not opposed to using extra music, sounds, pictures, chipsets or charsets, as long as it fits with RTP (and they're included with the submission). If you have special tileset rules, let me know.


NOTES ::..
As before, this game will be about the puzzles, but feel free to take the story in bold new directions!

Also, feel free to use any variables or switches you like - I will reset them to 0/OFF between each puzzle.

Remember the deadline for your submission is February 1st, 2010 @ Midnight!