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[Monkeydog]

As some of you may be aware, there was a trial version of RPG VX released a while ago. And even less of you may be aware, there was an English patch released for it. And even less of you are probably aware that, Monkey Productions is, indeed, actually an RPG Maker site.

So to celebrate this event, we are starting an RPG Maker VX Trial contest.

The Rules?
1. You must abide to the RPG maker limitations. That means, only 10 maps, only 10 events per map. No using Hyperlisk's loader to get around these restrictions.
2. You are only allowed to use the RTP, with the exception of Midis, Title, and Background. Because the last two don't really matter, and nobody really wants to hear the same sounds over and over again.

And that's it!
However, since you are required to abide to the limits...that also means you can't close RPG Maker VX or you can't load your game back up.
Also, download links:
Trial
English Patch & Hyperlisk's Loader

You need Hyperlisk's loader or your game will be deleted after you close RMVX. Just copy that loader into the directory of the RPG Maker VX exe, and use the loader instead of the RPG Maker VX exe.

We'll need four judges, I will probably be one of them, unless we get four judges that aren't entrants. Entrants can be judges, but can't judge their own work. If we get four non-entrant judges, then each game will be given four scores. If we don't? Each game will be out of three, to keep everything as fair as possible.

What games will be judged upon:

Creativity, try not and make generic fantasy game 8 please.
Style, make pretty maps, use music to it's best ability, give the game something special.
Story, make me motivated to play this game and continue along, even if it will probably be short, I need to feel like the story explains everything that's happening.
Fun, the game better be fun.
Using RPG Maker VX's Trial to it's Limits, are you using the new things attributed to VX? Or just the same boring stuff we've seen before. Did you use all ten maps/events sucessfully? Or waste your time?

So yeah~
Sign up.
There will be something for the top three placers, probably a signature award or monkey bucks, something.

You have until...the 14th, I suppose.

[Hyperlisk]

Wee~ I'm in. If there isn't enough judges, I'll be one, I s'pose.

[Vicious Parker]

I'm in too, what the hey. Hopefully I can find time to work on it.

And time to come up with something.

And still make it home in time for dinner.

[E.Nigma]

I'll think about it

[rekaru]

Sure, count me in.

[E.Nigma]

I loaded with Hyperlisk's loader and made a file just to see, then saved and tried to reopen it and it didn't work.

[Stars]

I'll definitely make something if I get any ideas that can be done within the limitations.

[Monkeydog]

I loaded with Hyperlisk's loader and made a file just to see, then saved and tried to reopen it and it didn't work.

mmmhmmm

That's one of the challenges of the contest Ryo, you can't open your game back up because of the restrictions set on the trial. Hyperlisk kind of figured out a way to get around it, but last thing I heard of it...it didn't really work.

[Stars]

So basically we either have to finish the game in one sitting or leave the program open until we're done?
I think I can manage that, since I'm the only one who uses this computer.

I assume Hyperlisk did get it to where we can publish the games though, right? Otherwise it'd be rather tricky to get them judged.

[Hyperlisk]

Well, your game doesn't get deleted, so you can just go get all the files and put it in a ZIP :P

And you can always minimize RMVX to the tray with this: http://rbtray.sourceforge.net/

[Hyperlisk]

*DOUBLE POST FOR A GOOD REASON*

It's what you've all been waiting for! LOADING! YAY~ Though it's not the conventional loading you're used to... To load you have to go to "New Game" then a popup will appear telling you to copy over the old files. So, go to your saved project's folder, and then copy the files over to your new project's folder. Then click 'OK' on the popup, and viola! Loaded. So download the new loader! Same link as before, in Monkey's post.

[E.Nigma]

Ok, I thought that by saying that Hyperlisk got through the part where you cant reload your game i figured you meant that you were able to now, even as part of the contest.

Ok

[Hyperlisk]

I don't know how we'd know if you didn't load your game, but that's up to Monkey.

EDIT: The good part is that now we will be able to verify that people didn't use the loader to exceed the 10 maps/events limits.

[Stars]

Well, it probably would have been easy enough to tell anyway. =p
At first I thought about putting two or more areas on one map, but then I realized we'd get half as many events on each one; so we can sneak around the map limitation a little bit, but not the event limit.

[Hyperlisk]

Well, it probably would have been easy enough to tell anyway. =p
At first I thought about putting two or more areas on one map, but then I realized we'd get half as many events on each one; so we can sneak around the map limitation a little bit, but not the event limit.

That's what I was thinking too

And I just noticed too... There's only 10 switches! >_<

[Vicious Parker]

10 switches? holy crap.

it occurs to me that this probably isn't at all like RM2k3, which is the last RM program i used.

could be interesting.

getting to it tomorrow.

[Hyperlisk]

Well, it shouldn't be too bad, you can use variables instead of switches, they still give you 100 of those.

[Monkeydog]

I don't know how we'd know if you didn't load your game, but that's up to Monkey.

Yeah we can't, so it doesn't matter.

However~ your old way would have been the way I'd have checked if games used 10 maps/10 events(kind of a response to Stars.)

argh, only 10 switches? That is kinda bad.


YOU CAN LOAD GAMES IF THAT WASN'T CLEAR BEFORE!

[Stars]

getting to it tomorrow.

Ditto. I work all day today, but I have tomorrow off work.
*checks due date*
Hmm, only half the days remaining of what we had for EG's dungeon contest. Better get crackin'!

[E.Nigma]

Still cant get the load game to work -___-

So here's a question...

What if we ended up using like...... 3 maps and all 100 allowed events :P