Castle Paradox

Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject:

You are right PHC, but I don't really want people submitting a movie thats only couple of seconds long.

But hey, this post is to get your guy's opinion, so I will not have a time frame on the movie, how does that sound? "Movie can be as short or as long as you like" or something like this, right?
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Moogle1 · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:01 pm Post subject:

Here I'd go with "duh" and/or "no one will vote for the crappy ones unless they hate your contest." If I can make a five-second movie that is better than anyone else's feature-length movie, I should win the contest.

On a completely different note, I'd also like a generous definition of "movie" that allows for some interaction. If everyone thinks this is a bad idea, I'll cave, but I think it'd be cool to allow a bit of choose-your-own-adventurism or something.
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Gizmog1 · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:11 am Post subject:

Ysoft, that's the same problem you had with your palette rules for Ms. Pixel, where you made a minimum of 3 colors. If someone makes a really good 5 second movie, it'll be judged fairly against the other entries. The voters will sort things out, you don't need a rule for it. I think you're makin' a good choice, man.

As for Moogle, I'm not sure. That'd really require some thought. Like, the viewer is never in DIRECT control? Ie: He might be asked "Should he live, or should he die?" but he doesn't actually get to play the fight, or move the character back and forth dodging? Seems like a whole can of worms that might be better left unopened.

Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:27 am Post subject:

Fenrir-Lunaris · **WUT** Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Posts: 1747

This sounds like it could be an excellent idea, provided there's enough serious entries into it. I agree with PHC in that the length is secondary to the quality of the movies in question. The best way of course to get participation in this, is to give the directors total control of how their end products come out. Let them make their movies funny, serious, artistic, whatever direction they want to take them. My only reccomendation is that they write a short, no less than 100 word explaination for what kind of vision they were aiming for. This would help the public, or judges (however voting is determined) decide how well the directors were able to reach their own goals, and may in turn affect voting. The underlaying thought is that if you're going to tell them to make a movie, and it can be whatever they want, there needs to be a method to measure the movies' quality.

Got my support anyhow. Raspberry!

Gizmog1 · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:27 pm Post subject:

Fenrir, if you made your avatar a movie, you'd win my 10,000 dollars.

Mike Caron · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:52 pm Post subject:

Battleblaze · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 12:58 pm Post subject:

I'm in whenever. Sounds like a pretty original and fun idea.
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Nintendork · Joined: 09 May 2004 Posts: 64

Well, normally I wouldn't have submitted this, but Gizmog1 gave me a good review, so...

http://www.castleparadox.com/gamelist-display.php?game=731

And I made this in one afternoon!

Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:17 pm Post subject:

um... the contest start date is sometimes in June. I will post some rules there and then.

You would have to create a movie from blank rpg file, a premade movie will not be accepted. This is to be fair to every participant.
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Gizmog1 · Posted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:49 pm Post subject:

As if!

Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Wed May 10, 2006 10:35 am Post subject:

Hey, don't be hating.
Early entries and premade movies are not allowed, thats period.

Look at it this way, if one of you ran a game contest, and I submitted a game that was made waaaaay before you even started the contest, what would you say?
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Jack · **the fool** Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 773

i wouldn't really care. but as the contest has certain rules anyways (one being that it has to use a certain .rpg file), then it wouldn't really work anyways.
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