MISAOS 2012

The nominations for the Misaos 2012 are enabled.

Best Storytelling and Direction*
The project you think is most effective at telling its story. Think in terms of its presentation, writing, clarity, cutscene direction, and originality.

Best Characters
Vote for your favorite heroes or villains! Choose the project whose characters are the most effective in terms of presentation and writing.

Best Setting
The game you feel had the most clever, inventive, interesting and immersive setting for the game to take place in. This may include such things as best use of lighting effects or ambient sound.

Best Atmosphere*
The game you feel did the best at delivering an experience. This would include such factors as presentation, graphics, music and sounds, and style.

Best Graphics & Artwork
Vote for the project you feel has the best graphics. (In general, this category should favor original artwork over ripped or commercial graphics)

Best Sound & Music
The project you think has the best soundtrack and creative use of sound! (In general, this category should favor original compositions over ripped or commercial music)

Most Technical Prowess
The project you feel got the most out of is engine! This might include well-made battle systems or other custom systems or engines.

Best Level/Dungeon/Puzzle Design
The game you think has the best stages, levels, or dungeons. Voting should be based on layout, aesthetics, interactivity, and other related factors.

Best Gameplay Mechanics
The game with the best gameplay idea(s) and implementation. Or, more simply, the game you think is the most fun to play!

Best Interface Design
Interaction with the game's systems, custom menu graphics, responsiveness of menus, clear display of elements like fonts, headers, etc.

Most Promising Demo**
Vote for the demo released this year you think has the most potential.

Best Non-RPG*
Vote for what you think is the best game released this year that is not an RPG!

Game of the Year*
The absolute best game you played from RMN for the current year (RPG or otherwise).


*Completed games only eligible for this award.
**Demo games only eligible for this award.

Please commence your ranting about why everything we do is wrong!
The current categories are good enough and cover all the bases. Demos are eligible for more awards this year. I am looking into how to incorporate Episodic games into RMN/Misaos and ways to automatically detect when someone blanket votes for the same game across all categories.

Games with a download added in the year 2012 are eligible.

Remember, nominations run throughout the year, and you can change your nominations at any time. So if you play a good game, nominate it (before you forget)! You can always change it later.

After 2012 concludes, nominations will be closed and a voting round will commence for the games with the highest number of nominations.

this is only for nominations. And on the flipside, games released late in the year have the advantage when it comes to voting (being fresh and awareness of them is higher)

I shortened up the description for Best Setting, and I *was* going to change Best Atmosphere to Atmosphere/Presentation, but then I saw that the description already has "...presentation, graphics, music and sounds, and style." So Atmosphere is probably good enough!