Description


RPG Maker 2000 was many peoples' introduction to the world of RPG Maker and has just been released in English! Degica, by order of KADOKAWA GAMES/Enterbrain and with the cooperation of Cherry and Archeia_Nessiah, have added another notch in their belt of old releases.

To celebrate we're having an event celebrating the Golden Age of game making! Grab your version of the program (whichever that might be) and jump on the gammak train!

Of course, the IGMC is on and a lot of people are going to be playing with it, but for those who aren't... there's this!



  • Your game must be made in RPG Maker 2000, no matter which version you use. No other engine will be accepted.
  • Your game must be be at least 20 minutes long to count for a badge. Demos can only get the Demo badge, none of the others.
  • Your game must be submitted by the end of Sunday, July 26th. Check the time the event ends on the right and make sure your timezone in your account settings is correct.
  • You may use any resources as long as they aren't rips. Go custom, make edits, use the RTP or use graphics from packs that are already available. As long as they aren't rips, you're good to go. This includes music, sounds and the like.
  • Games must be playable without having to download the RTP files. This is due to the new files not currently being downloadable. That said, the RTP is about 30MB, if that, so just include it if you use any of the files.
  • No DynRPG or similar patches allowed. Base engine only guys!

  • You must abide by the theme.





To submit your game to the contest:
  • Create a new gameprofile (by going to Submissions > Submit Game). The game must go through RMN's standard game approval process. (Get your gameprofile submitted early so that you aren't at the mercy of the whims of the Submission Manager!)
  • After the gameprofile is approved, upload the game to the Downloads section of your gameprofile.
  • Come back to this event and submit the download for judging! There is a Submit button in the upper right of the event page.



When you think of old, golden age games, you think of the many cliches they used. Thus, in homage to the old days of game creation, we're taking you back. Back to the time of cliche-ridden games.



Using the above link your challenge is to pick a cliche from the list and either play it to the nines or subvert it completely.

You may choose more than one cliche, but one must be used and easily recognisable as either subverted, lampshaded or in use. The most cliche-filled game/s will receive a special badge, as will the games with the most recognisably subverted/lampshaded cliches.


We have four achievements. Full games can only get two of them.
  • Helen the All-Rounder: Complete in every way! Full games will receive this badge.
  • Carol the Half-baked Magician: Half-baked by name, half-baked by nature. Only demos will receive this badge.
  • Alex the Cliche Hero: He's the most obvious choice for a hero. The full game filled with the most cliche of cliches will receive this badge.
  • Brian the Unexpected Healer: Who expects a healer with an eye-patch? The full game filled with the most lampshaded cliches will receive this badge.



Details

  • 07/18/2015 10:00 AM
  • 07/27/2015 12:00 AM
  • 10

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Teams Members Entry
Why have you got to run an event like this during IGMC? Meh, I'm in.
Bludgeon of Inspiration
Team The Team
I can totaly do this in 5 days. No problem!
Team Discovery Channel!
I'm only going to use one cliche...
Let's try this
wtf why am i signing up if i have the igmc OH WHATEVER
Forget the rules, I'm sooo using Ace.
Team Judging you alllll
a fire emblem where the peace isn't shattered by a sneak attack
Dark Reality 2
Team here for makerscore
Gotta keep up the streak of joining but not submitting anything
Team "Time to learn RPG Maker 2k"
why not
gotta get em badges
Turlington's Turkey Sandwich
Team IGMC is Better
Channel 4 News
Bro Quest

Posts

what if I am naming my hero after famous Chinese general Dong Zhuo or Wang Shuang
I guess you're boned
TehGuy
Resident Nonexistence
1827
author=GreatRedSpirit
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What I am really saying is trying to subvert the trope by doing the bare bones opposite is boring. Having the Good Guy Empire fight the Nefarious Scumsucker Alliance is boring. Now being the rebels trying to return the Emperor to his rightful place on the throne after external forces staged a coup so the Empire would be a puppet to the Alliance of Free States or so is a step up!


where did I put that pad and pencil...
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
The ideas swimming in my head regarding this event-game seem to borrow quite heavily from Oracle of Askigaga with a few concepts borrowed from Nakaishi Wars, and, to keep my sanity, injecting Okiku, Star Apprentice levels of humor (if not worse better).

Highly tempted to go with Might and Magic TsuK - Gates to Another World for the game's title as an absolutely terrible reference that... might actually have something to do with the game?
It's (well over) GO TIME!

:DDD
I got an idea going :D
pianotm
The TM is for Totally Magical.
32347
Mine's a kind of Legend of Zelda thing.
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
I had thoughts of doing four elemental-themed dungeons, but, cutting it down to three might be about right for this event and to keep my sanity.
CashmereCat
Self-proclaimed Puzzle Snob
11638
Yeah I can't join this, because IGMC, but otherwise I would've totally been in. I needa give my all into my entry.
TehGuy
Resident Nonexistence
1827
author=Marrend
and to keep my sanity.


Who needs that?
I'm ripping a story from the bible, because why the hell not.

An aside: I wonder if anyone here can incorporate everything on the cliche list? And by everything, I mean EVERYTHING! Including even those that conflict with each other.

If anyone does that, they deserve a week-long standing ovation. And maybe a special badge. And cake. Yeah, definitely deserves cake.
pianotm
The TM is for Totally Magical.
32347
author=karins_soulkeeper
An aside: I wonder if anyone here can incorporate everything on the cliche list? And by everything, I mean EVERYTHING! Including even those that conflict with each other.

If anyone does that, they deserve a week-long standing ovation. And maybe a special badge. And cake. Yeah, definitely deserves cake.


Too many of them are just too contradictory.
Clichés, oh .. clichés. I think I will like the results.

Go people, go people!
I've always treated the Grand List of RPG Cliches as a kind of TODO list.
I really like this contest idea but too busy to do it. Will there be a sequel to this?
author=Darken
I really like this contest idea but too busy to do it. Will there be a sequel to this?

If you want to run another event later, hit me up
I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with. Best of luck!
TehGuy
Resident Nonexistence
1827
I look at what I'm doing and sometimes think I'm not taking it seriously enough
Serious is fun but being non-serious is fun too.