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What're We Cooking?


A full game cooked up in two weeks (and a weekend)! The cookoff begins on February 1st and wraps up on February 17th where all games must be submitted before the end of the day. Check the event page (and your account's timezone) to see when the event ends in your local time.

The Kitchen Suite

The tool of choice is RPG Maker VX Ace Lite! It is the free but feature limited version of RPG Maker VX Ace. The restrictions of Ace Lite are as follows:

Maximum Database Entries
  • 10 Actors
  • 10 Classes
  • 126 Skills
  • 16 Items
  • 60 Weapons
  • 60 Armors
  • 30 Enemies
  • 30 Troops
  • 25 States
  • 110 Animations
  • 4 Tilesets
  • 10 Common events
  • 100 Switches
  • 100 Variables
  • There are no other database restrictions


Map & Event Limitations
  • 20 Maps
  • 10 Events per map
  • Call Common Event is disabled


Script Limitations
  • The script editor is disabled.
  • The 'Script' event command is disabled. Other script commands in Assign Variable, Condition Branch, and Move Event are still enabled.


These are strictly implementation restrictions that you are free to work around. Need more than sixteen items? Make your key items weapons nobody can equip! Want more than ten playable characters? Perhaps when one leaves the party you could overwrite its name and stats with your new character! Twenty five troops too limiting? Make a troop that adds random enemies via battle events!

Please note: While it is possible to add your own scripts to a game through devious means the spirit of the Ace Lite restriction rules in this contest. Injecting scripts is not allowed beyond using the enabled script calls for their intended purposes. Of course changing the database caps through other means is also right out. Any game found violating these restrictions will be disqualified.

You can download RPG Maker VX Ace Lite here.

If you want to see what you can do under such restrictions Deckiller has made a game in Ace Lite called Kolmesarta. Feel free to check it out!

Your Ingredients!

Everything in the kitchen is allowed! There is no theme to the cook off besides obeying the restrictions of Ace Lite. There are no resource limitations for this contest as Ace Lite does not restrict what you can import into your game. Whip out the spice rack! Prepare the vegetables! Go hog wild! It's a free for all!

Nobody wants a half baked morsel though. The only requirement beyond using RPG Maker VX Ace Lite is that the game must be complete. Only finished games are wanted here!

For the Tastiest of Them All

We've got four judges reuniting to sample the delicacies of all participants: The RTP Princess Liberty, The Amazing Artist Nessiah, the Makerscore Master Deckiller, and the Ludicrously Lazy GreatRedSpirit! Their number one game will received a boxed copy of RPG Maker VX Ace generously donated by Liberty! The lead developer of the winning game will be contacted by Liberty to make shipping arrangements.

That isn't the only prize though! After submissions are closed there will also be a two week voting phase for all members of RMN to vote for their favorite game! Voting will be open from February 18th to March 11th. The winner will receive their choice of any item excluding RPG Maker VX Ace from the RPGMakerWeb.com store courtesy of RPGMakerWeb!

There is always the achievement badge for participating too! One of a kind will not be made available again! Submit to that completionist tingle and take part!



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Donut clip art from SweetClipArt.com.
Other clip art from Clker.com.
Hai Yo © Konami.
Cooking Master Boy is by Makoc

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Teams Members Entry Votes
Blue Coral Games
  • 12
Nachtheulen
  • 3
In Depths of Pain
  • 0
Oshun mak my gam for me D:
  • 0
CERN - Common Events Research Network
  • 3
DRAGONSEVEN
  • 0
Stallentaurus
  • 0
Doggie Dayz
  • 1
Dark Horse
  • 0
Small Dwemer Lever
  • 2
NeriAl
  • 4
Day Ja Voo
  • 0
Alchemy: A Bit Overused? NEVER!
  • 0
Echo Dragon
  • 1
The Heartfelt
  • 2
I lost a whole week D:
  • 0
Mekalist Productions
  • 1
Centridus
  • 0
DyingAge
  • 1
No Stars Over Bethlehem
cant game make today too busy
Dude with a Machine Gun
Why Not
In Depths of Power
Might as well.
Cooking With Kung-Fu Panda
M.S. Prima Vista
My name... is... NEO!
Just making the list look bigger
Little Busters!
Order, Resolution and Industry.
Trying For Fun
White Petal
The Liquorice Wall Spikes
A Hill Reborn Games
S.K.Y. Art and Design
Thank God I can't script anyway
Titan
I'm here to win whats rightfully mine.
The Best at Failing
Needs More Slime
ManOnAMission
Single_Seacliff
Aerial Interactive
Team JonRPG
PIRATES!
DarkAcers
Our Legend
Winter's Call
indiebond's Team
24 Hour Frenzy!

Posts

I'm going to try, hope the judges like it...
Craze
why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar
15150
THE DRAGONSEVEN ARE GOING TO SLAY SEVEN DRAGONS

ARE YOU READY
author=Craze
THE DRAGONSEVEN ARE GOING TO SLAY SEVEN DRAGONS

ARE YOU READY


This is exactly the kind of thing that makes me give up hope on participating. LOL
author=Craze
THE DRAGONSEVEN ARE GOING TO SLAY SEVEN DRAGONS

ARE YOU READY


BRING IT.
BurningTyger
Hm i Wonder if i can pul somethi goff here/
1289
Well I'm experimenting with the maker for now; I'm going on a trip on the 17th so this may be tight. Depending on how I'm doing I may throw my hat into the ring.
A question - can it be absolutely certain that previously created games are not used...? I have two that I have created since downloading Ace Lite a month or so ago, and I have started a third just recently... how much of the framework for my game engine is legitimately convertable...? Can I take my meticulously crafted armor and weapons listing over into the contest entry? Can I just throw the rest of my current game together and submit that?

Again, my question is can I use my previously developed data, and if so, to what extent? I would be developing on my own...

Thanks for reply in advance (FIRST POST EVAR... WOW!!)
author=JBrow
(FIRST POST EVAR... WOW!!)

GO SAY A HELLO AT THE INTRODUCTIONS FORUM.
<3

EDIT:/\ wow this came way bigger than in the preview o_o
Got so excited that I had to ask my question so I can work into development planning... Sorry your big ice cream fell over, joseph <3 ...

Anyone have an answer as to if it's against the rules to bring my previous game data into play?

I'm all for 'fighting the good fight' but if others are gonna be using back-dated stuff I can only see it as fair :P
Puddor
if squallbutts was a misao category i'd win every damn year
5702
You're not supposed to have done anything proper gam-mak-y before now. So editor stuff, mainly. If you have resources from prior games that you can make something new with, then I think it's ok.

I'm using an old plot, but all editor and art work is new since I didn't get much for the original outline done (it was in 2k3, besides)
author=JBrow
I'm all for 'fighting the good fight' but if others are gonna be using back-dated stuff I can only see it as fair :P

Okay, I'm not a mod nor anythin' but in case you are in doubt you can port over just the items you're going to use, etc.
I mean, you're meant to whip up a whole new game, I guess. So since you can use the RTP database, you theoretically can use a custom set-up database, that wouldn't be bad. However, generally when it comes to competitions like this (when the focus isn't the time attack, being the focus of this the limits of RMVXA i don't think it would count) you have to create a game specifically for the contest.
This means that it wouldn't be bad to reuse a previous WIP database, I mean, it's better than writing it again just to get the exact same result, right?
But it would be bad to use previously created event data / event systems / etc.
Basically so long as every event is created after the contest starts, you'll be fine.
Just... Use common sense, hahaha <3

But as I said I'm not a mod and I'm known for talking nonsense sometimes


EDIT: So Kyrsty posted before I hit the confirm button and it seems like in fact I was talking nonsense... Again.
e_e I should quit the internet--
Yeah, I am looking to use the pre-set maps and stuff included in the editor database to save time drawing maps and all... just the pre-fab weapon/armor set is ...lacking?

The spirit of the contest seems to be to use the lite version to the utmost, so I will probably just go for what's there to avoid any terrible disqualification....

Better quit before I give out anymore ideas :)

Oh, and thanks!
This May have been asked, but how are the games made by the judges going to be judged. Are only the three judges who don't take part in the game going to judge or will a judge's not be eligible for Ace prize? I know that we will be voting on the second one prize so I know their eligible for that. I just know if I go up against any judge I'll get my but handed to me cause I'm still not fully able to get out of the security blanket that is RTP.
Puddor
if squallbutts was a misao category i'd win every damn year
5702
I think judges can participate but they can't win, because they can't judge their own game. It's a for-fun thing (same reason I'm participating, no way I'm going to win with a bunch of 2k3 veterans participating).

So basically: you're not going up against the judges, just do your best and the results are what they are~
But, FIRST, before I begin on this, I gotta finish Maze of Heroes, which is way overdue, I hope I get my game done in time. This will be fun even if I don't win. Good Luck everyone. MAY THE GAME BE WITH YOU!!!!
All I need is a team and I'm in.
I'm an experienced mapper,eventer & writer.I also do a lot of database work.
Not so experienced Pixel artist.
So if anyone wants me on their team just contact me.
Milos
Lone Wolf, or something cool.
286
Just here to wish good luck to everyone. May the best butcher win. :)
LouisCyphre
can't make a bad game if you don't finish any games
4523
Luckily, there's still a default script feature in the database where it counts. It's not even devious injection!
I'm evaluating noteboxes for skills, so I can have longer formulas.
e.g.
eval($data_skills.note)
edit: bah the brackets got removed it was a square brackets enclosed x

But from what GreatRedSpirit said, if I was to eval say a script in $data_weapons.note inside of say the eval in set variable that would be crossing the line of what is allowed.
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
I don't think I have the wherewithal to join in this event.
Puddor
if squallbutts was a misao category i'd win every damn year
5702


progress!

the roses were a pain in the butt to pixel :x

I'm a bit :/ on making a page too early since I want to make sure I'll have the game done in time before I do so -A-