THE JUDGING PROCESS:There were three judges, NAL, twisterghost and marbs, as unfortunately the other four judges, Daniel Remar, Matt Thorson, Cactus and JW, were either too busy or didn't respond in time. Each judge was asked to rank the games. A first place was given 10 points, second place 5 points, third 3 points, fourth 2 points, fifth 1 point. The points were then added up. This is the system I have chosen to use. While I was not personally involved in the judging, this points system is my personal choice. As of posting this blog, this is my final decision.Anyway. The time has finally come. Approximately 5 months after we were first talking about a super-long RPG-themed competition, we've finally reached the climax. Here it comes…
TO BE CONFIRMED
Twisterghost did not find a winner.
TO BE CONFIRMED
SPONSORS:
IN 5TH PLACE, WITH 5 POINTS (2+2+1):
Beluas and Castlesby Nehemek Amador, Trenton Walls, Jonathan Merrett, Joel Valentin (aka Nehemek and others)5th place wins
IN 4TH PLACE, WITH 12 POINTS (10+1+1):
Exileby Daniel Lawrence (aka Mega)4th place wins
IN 3RD PLACE, WITH 13 POINTS (5+3+5):
The Twilight Realmby Kilin and Purianite3rd place wins
IN 2ND PLACE, WITH 16 POINTS (3+10+3):
Dungeonmen: Men of Dungeonsby KF Harlock, W. Geese (aka kfharlock and shizuma)2nd place wins
…AND IN 1ST PLACE, WITH 17 POINTS (2+5+10)…THE WINNER OF RPG 4 DIGITS IS
Shattered World: Beneath A Stone Skyby Yal (aka Yaru)1st place wins
OTHER PRIZES:
Beluas and Castlesby Nehemek Amador, Trenton Walls, Jonathan Merrett, Joel Valentin (aka Nehemek and others)5th place wins
Up to two copies of any RPG Maker except Ace**One copy of GameMaker 8.1, HTML5 and a GameMaker T-shirt1 month 001 Game Creator subscriptionA small-sized package of 100s of royalty-free graphics from graphicsforgames.com
64d Comp Finalist Badge each*IUP Bundle each*
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-Free voice acting by theweirdn8 and PawByte voice actors (up to 1 hour of content[no swearing or inappropriate requests])
Exileby Daniel Lawrence (aka Mega)4th place wins
Renegade Ops on SteamUp to three copies of any RPG Maker except Ace**One copy of GameMaker 8.1, HTML5 and a GameMaker T-shirt3 months 001 Game Creator subscriptionA small-sized package of 100s of royalty-free graphics from graphicsforgames.com
64d Comp Finalist Badge each*IUP Bundle each*
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-Free voice acting by theweirdn8 and PawByte voice actors(up to 1 hour of content[no swearing or inappropriate requests]) -Exclusive PRIVATE deals for development of software and games on PawByte Hardware.–email nathan at pawbyte dot com for information regarding this.
The Twilight Realmby Kilin and Purianite3rd place wins
Steam games of your choice worth $80 totalOne copy of Ace (and any other RPG Maker for the remaining team)**One copy of GameMaker 8.1, HTML5 and a GameMaker T-shirtFeatured on YoYo Games (if game created with Game Maker 8.0+)Featured on Game Jolt6 months 001 Game Creator subscriptionA small-sized package of 100s of royalty-free graphics from graphicsforgames.com
64d Comp Finalist Badge each*IUP Bundle each*
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-If game is made without Linux support, we will investigate to see if we can port it to Linux.–email staff at pawbyte dot com for information regarding this. -Featured in the Indie Game: The Movie: The Movie Bonus Levels -Exclusive PRIVATE deals for development of software and games on PawByte Hardware.–email nathan at pawbyte dot com for information regarding this.
Dungeonmen: Men of Dungeonsby KF Harlock, W. Geese (aka kfharlock and shizuma)2nd place wins
$100 Prize MoneyUp to two copies of Ace (and any other RPG Maker for the remaining team)**One copy of GameMaker 8.1, HTML5 and a GameMaker T-shirtFeatured on YoYo Games (if game created with Game Maker 8.0+)Featured on Game Jolt9 months 001 Game Creator subscriptionA medium-sized package of 100s of royalty-free graphics from graphicsforgames.com
64d Comp Finalist Badge each*IUP Bundle each*
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-Featured in the Indie Game: The Movie: The Game: Bonus Levels -If game is made without Linux support, we will investigate to see if we can port it to Linux.–email staff at pawbyte dot com for information regarding this. -Exclusive PRIVATE deals for development of software and games on PawByte Hardware.–email nathan at pawbyte dot com for information regarding this.-Town(s) made in Fields of Fresh in the name of the recipient(s)'s team members
Shattered World: Beneath A Stone Skyby Yal (aka Yaru)1st place wins
$400 Prize MoneyA copy of RPG Maker VX Ace each*One copy of GameMaker 8.1, HTML5 and a GameMaker T-shirtFeatured on YoYo Games (if game created with Game Maker 8.0+)Featured on Game Jolt AND a Game Jolt T-shirt12 months 001 Game Creator subscriptionFeatured on Roencia Game Creators and a large-sized package of 100s of royalty-free graphics from graphicsforgames.com
64d Comp Winner Badge each*IUP Bundle each*SPECIAL PRIZE: The winner gets to suggest ONE bugfix or feature that goes into 64digits next. Must be feasible and sensible.
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-Featured in the Indie Game: The Movie: The Game: Bonus Levels-If game is made without Linux support, we will investigate to see if we can port it to Linux.–email staff at pawbyte dot com for information regarding this. -Exclusive PRIVATE deals for development of software and games on PawByte Hardware.–email nathan at pawbyte dot com for information regarding this.-Free 1 year subscription and copies of every game and content for the Ample Legacy series.-Town made in Ample Legacy in the name of the recipient(s)'s team members
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The RPG Maker awardThe best game made with an RPG Maker product receives additional prizes from the RPG Maker guys.
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twisterghost's Taco Salad award
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PawByte's Most Original Game Feature award
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-If game is made without Linux support, we will investigate to see if we can port it to Linux.–email staff at pawbyte dot com for information regarding this. -Game Reviewed by theweirdn8-Exclusive PRIVATE deals for development of software and games on PawByte Hardware.–email nathan at pawbyte dot com for information regarding this.-Statue made in Ample Legacy to honor the MVP of the team.
Donations by:twisterghost ($300 Prize Money), Tim ($100 Prize Money), SpectreNectar ($100 Prize Money), DanRedux ($50 Prize Money), firestormx ($40 Steam games, bugfix/feature prize), RC (games featured on YoYo Games), valkyriegames (Renegade Ops)
GAMES:Walk by colseedExile by Daniel Lawrence (aka Mega)Abyss Mage by Dennis "diaeitsch" Hoffmann (aka diaeitsch)Dungeon rusher by HeiShun, Matthieu Delgado, Baptiste Olivier, trollando (aka kasarun and others)Dungeonmen: Men of Dungeons by KF Harlock, W. Geese (aka kfharlock and shizuma)The Twilight Realm by Kilin and PurianiteKevin Rudd Farming Generations by magicdweedoo and DoogieBeluas and Castles by Nehemek Amador, Trenton Walls, Jonathan Merrett, Joel Valentin (aka Nehemek and others)The War has come by Pirate-robSleep Season Demo by Polystyrene ManPixel RPG by Rick M. (aka MBlaze)Dungeon Ace by Tower Hufham, Kieran Thompson (aka tower07 and xshadowxfusionx)Shattered World: Beneath A Stone Sky by Yal (aka Yaru)Tower of Doom (DIRECT EXTERNAL LINK) by Cody White (aka TheRPGLPer)The Singularity (DIRECT EXTERNAL LINK) by Joanna (aka sheep_biter)LINKS:
Competition IRC (64digits IRC)RPG Maker VX Ace Community postYoyoGames Forums postRPGmaker.net postLudum Dare postHB Games postSpiludvikling.dk Community postRobosquid postGameJolt postStencyl postUnity Community postBYOND Community postSuper Friendship Club postTIGSource/TIGForums postPyWeek postgamedev.net postjava-gaming.org postRetro Remakes forum postFlashpunk postTululoo Game Maker forums postSAgamedev postindiePub forums postGlorious Trainwrecks forums postGarageGames community forums postThe Daily Click postjMonkeyEngine community postFlash Develop postSlimeSalad postengine001 postZac1790's tumblrLudum Dare post #2GMC TOPICComp Four Digits 2011-12 Game Making Competition League TableScary Four Digits September 2011 Game Comp (Halloween Theme)Frosty Four Digits December 2011 Game Comp (Winter Theme)Valentine Four Digits January 2012 Game Comp (Love Theme)Sixty Fool Digits March 2012 Game Comp (Random Theme)
Congrats to the winners. :D
What's up with Exile being rated #1, then #5 twice? I kinda feel like a shmuck because I didn't actually nominate the games I liked. Sorry, Magicdweedoo; I'm a rat's ass.Perhaps I'll participate more in S4D.Quite a few BBcode fails there.
Congratulations!I see no failcode.
FUCK YEAH, STEAM GAMES.
Congrats to Yaru for coming out on top. Shattered World was the most polished, flawless game on the entire roster, in my honest opinion. Well done.So at what point do we forfeit some of the prizes?
I know no one likes bitter people, but I can't believe first place was a Disgaea clone, cloning takes so much less effort than making an original game. I probably shouldn't complain, because I still ended up putting the game in my nominations (but only due to other games not working). I wanted to let it slide, but it's a $400 prize, only 3 judges and the final judging date was changed, wasn't it?
If Shattered World was a clone of Disgaea, then surely:
5th was a clone of ET.4th was a clone of Elder Scrolls: Arena.3rd was a clone of Diablo.2nd was a clone of <insert RPG name here>.Yours was a clone of Maplestory.Who gives a damn, it's not like the results are going to be changed.THEY WERE JUDGED, MAN.Congratulations Yaru!
CONGASTUFALINGO YELU.
I need to stop drinking coffee.You see mine as a Diablo clone? =(
Not sure how, but I'll take that as a compliment.Yaru stated that she used Disgaea as a base, but the ability to create a TBS game that flawless in GM is a greater feat to me than coming up with your own original concept.