Author Topic: RaNGE Danmaku Contest 14 ~ Popular Popularity! (Read 47924 times)

PhantomSong · « **on:** July 09, 2015, 11:51:32 AM »

July X XXXX:
Popularity seems to be thriving in Gensokyo once again. Though about 30 people, myself included, seem to be in this craze now. We'll just see how well these other 29 do against me... A list of participants will be including in this edition of Bunbunmaru News!

Bunbunmaru's One and Only,
~Aya Shameimaru

July X XXXX:
Wow! Gensokyo is in a fever-pitch, I've never seen so many so many people fighting for glory! Me? Nah, I really don't feel like it... Even though my amazing camera skills would totally wow the crowds, but I'll keep you all in touch with all things in this popularity war!

Your Modern Tengu,
~Hatate Himekaidou

Yup! It's that time again! Contest time! As my lovely assistant Aya Shameimaru of the Bunbunmaru Newspaper has stated, you get to chose from 30 characters. The brings the question, what does that have to do with popularity... Well those 30 character are the top 30 characters in the 2015 popularity poll listen here With further ado, let's get into the rules.

RULES:

All main bosses must be within the top thirty of the popularity polls, no exceptions. *1
The main boss fight must be at least 3 spells long and no longer than 6. *2
Everyone in the group must do one boss, mid or main. *3
The entry must be in version PH3 or other non-dnh engines capable of running across multiple OS's *4

*1 Midbosses can be anyone.
*2 Midboss not included, but try to keep that 1-2 spells long
*3 You can collaborate with other! But each person has to contribute to the script a fair amount. Stage would also be included in this.
*4 This is a hope to make people attempt to get into PH3, or extend out newer scripts in this engine, and seeing .12m is nearly dead at this point, this restriction doesn't seem too unreasonable. Also because one of out judges is a Mac user and for some reason .12m does not work out for him, so there's that. This is tentative, if we can find someone who can run .12m, .12m will for sure be an option to script in.

TIPS:

Patterns are number one! But be sure to balance it out with graphics and music.
Try to keep the gameplay reasonable!
Keep patterns and spell names true to the boss, you don't Ran shooting Reisen's pattern now do you?

In case you missed the link for the top 30 here it is http://puu.sh/iSG9X/c30a97f6b5.png

Ask any questions or concerns you may have.

DEADLINE: JULY 31st Countdown Clock
Also looking for potential judges. Preferably with a Windows Operating System(I would, but I wanna participate, but if I don't feel like I'll finish it, I'll judge then.)

Current Judges(Tentative; subject to change):
TalosMistake
ExPorygon
Lunarethic

A-Q

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Would multiple spells at once, with independent lifebars and scripts be counted as separate spells in the final count, or as one?

Yes. The better phrase here would probably be "Spell Phase," or anytime there will be spell card(s) active.

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Do I/We HAVE to do a midboss/stage?

Only if you're in a group.

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Will midbosses and stages be scored in the overall script?

Yes. This will be an "extra credit" per se, but it can hurt you, however.

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Does the midboss have to be on the list?

nope can be any Touhou character, official or fangame.

Vigor (NecroHeart) · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2015, 12:21:28 PM »

Criteria of Judging?
Other than keep the patterns with musics and characters and being reasonable
Maybe on visual or something else?

Also rule 3 kinda confuse me a little bit
So, you need to make 1 boss fight either from main boss or mid boss
Though it doesn't limit you to make both midboss and main boss in the same stage
Am I right?

PhantomSong · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2015, 12:28:59 PM »

Quote from: Vigor on July 09, 2015, 12:21:28 PM

Criteria of Judging?
Other than keep the patterns with musics and characters and being reasonable
Maybe on visual or something else?

Also rule 3 kinda confuse me a little bit
So, you need to make 1 boss fight either from main boss or mid boss
Though it doesn't limit you to make both midboss and main boss in the same stage
Am I right?

Judging would in fact be out of my jurisdictions.

what rule three is that it mainly refers to those working in a group. Let's say I wanted to be on a team with you and enter this contest. I can do: Stage, Midboss, or Boss, but I must do one of those.

Vigor (NecroHeart) · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2015, 12:39:30 PM »

Quote from: PhantomSong on July 09, 2015, 12:28:59 PM

Judging would in fact be out of my jurisdictions.

what rule three is that it mainly refers to those working in a group. Let's say I wanted to be on a team with you and enter this contest. I can do: Stage, Midboss, or Boss, but I must do one of those.

So you can enter in a group or as solo
But is it possible for one person to enter 2 or more different groups?
Or one person only can put the entry once (either in a group or as a solo)

Sparen · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2015, 01:17:02 PM »

List of Participants
*There is no character reservation. You may use any character(s) on the list. The ones listed here are for reference if you do not want to choose a boss that someone else is doing
*The only people who are listed here are those that have posted in this thread and have announced a character choice. This list may not include all participants, and may contain participants who have dropped out of the contest.
*Submissions will not be accepted unless they are posted IN-THREAD BEFORE THE DEADLINE.
[PM] [Submitted] TresserT - Reisen
[PM] [Submitted] Vigor - Kogasa
[PM] [Submitted] Fear Chronicle (Kirbio & Miransu) - Renko
[PM] [Submitted] Ran Yakumo - Utsuho **Bloom Engine 3
[PM] [Submitted] AJS - Koishi
[PM] [Submitted] Lefkada - Koishi
[PM] [Submitted] Trickysticks - Sakuya
[PM] [Submitted] Python - Mokou
[PM] [Submitted] Sariel - Alice
[PM] [Submitted] Bob the Tanuki - Parsee
[PM] [Submitted] Gizmo the Dragon - Momiji
[PM] [Submitted] auto2112 - Rumia
[PM] [Submitted] Conarnar - Reisen
[PM] [Submitted] Fluffy8x - Marisa
[PM] [Submitted] Darkness1 - Yuuka
[PM] [Submitted] PhantomSong - Aya
[PM] [Submitted] AchySolrock - Marisa
[PM] [Submitted] Midnight Sparkle - Mokou
[PM] [Submitted] Fondue/Benwolf - Yukari

Judging Results Here!!!

Judging Criteria
---QUALITY > QUANTITY. We want to see creative, beautiful, and interesting danmaku that is both true to the character firing it and also unique and original.
---Go all out - we want to see effort put into the script. If you are a beginner, we will take it into consideration.
---Bugs and glitches matter - if we see (0,0) spawning errors, graphical glitches, or if Danmakufu/your engine outright crashes, that will count against you - it shows that you didn't bother testing your script/didn't bother fixing errors/etc.
---Be Fair. If your script is very hard, provide an alternate difficulty. You as the scripter MUST be able to clear your own script. If we see 99 lives, we had better not end up using more than 10 of them.
---Have Fun. It shows in the quality of the script.

Resources for Scripters

Danmakufu Wiki - where links all of the written and video resources can be found
ph3 Function List - Functions for ph3
Sparen's Danmakufu Tutorials
Helepolis's Video Tutorials
GTBot's Cutin Library

Videos

ExPorygon
Popular Popularity Contest 1st Impressions!

Sparen
---To be eligible for a video, please use music that won't get a copyright strike, please use .ogg music files, and make sure your script runs at more than 50 FPS.

PhantomSong · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2015, 01:23:23 PM »

Quote from: Vigor on July 09, 2015, 12:39:30 PM

So you can enter in a group or as solo
But is it possible for one person to enter 2 or more different groups?
Or one person only can put the entry once (either in a group or as a solo)

You can only be in 1 entry.

TresserT · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2015, 05:31:26 PM »

Yes~ I've been wondering when the next contest was going to happen. Tentatively claiming Reisen, though I've always been wishy-washy about that sort of thing. I guess I'll put my other projects on the back burner until I'm done.

Vigor (NecroHeart) · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2015, 05:58:48 PM »

I'm claiming Kogasa
Hope that I can finish earlier so I can get the reviews faster~

Edit : Might gonna think about it which one should I choose

Chronojet ⚙ Dragon · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2015, 06:34:44 PM »

A Renko for me, please.
I hope I can actually finish at all XD

Frenticpony · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2015, 09:18:32 PM »

I guess I'll try a thing this time around. I'll take one Aya, with a side of fries and a milkshake!

Vigor (NecroHeart) · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2015, 09:27:02 PM »

Quote from: Sparen on July 09, 2015, 01:17:02 PM

Judging Criteria
---QUALITY > QUANTITY. We want to see creative, beautiful, and interesting danmaku that is both true to the character firing it and also unique and original.
---To be added later

So the judging criteria would be "visual" and "originality"?

PhantomSong · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2015, 09:51:45 PM »

Quote from: Vigor on July 09, 2015, 09:27:02 PM

So the judging criteria would be "visual" and "originality"?

Rather, make 5-6 really good patterns(assuming you have nons, which you should.) Than 11-12 really crappy patterns.

But patterns should always be a pretty visual thing.

Dark Kitsune · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2015, 10:37:23 PM »

I'll take Utsuho~

Drake · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2015, 10:41:56 PM »

Tentative entry. Shock and awe.

AJS · « **Reply #14 on:** July 10, 2015, 12:30:25 AM »

I'm definitely entering, though I'll have to think for a bit on which character I want to choose.

But just to clarify, from the sounds of what you're saying, it seems that the characters are limited to one per scripter? So if someone else reserves a particular character, I can't make an entry with said character?

EDIT: I shall take the Koishi!

PhantomSong · « **Reply #15 on:** July 10, 2015, 12:33:43 AM »

Quote from: AJS on July 10, 2015, 12:30:25 AM

I'm definitely entering, though I'll have to think for a bit on which character I want to choose.

But just to clarify, from the sounds of what you're saying, it seems that the characters are limited to one per scripter? So if someone else reserves a particular character, I can't make an entry with said character?

I have absolutely no clue why everyone is assuming there's reservations, or "claiming" characters. But no, as long as we don't have another RaNGE10 (Reimu is love Reimu is life), I'm perfectly fine with repeats in this.

PhantomSong · « **Reply #16 on:** July 10, 2015, 01:46:55 AM »

Deadline announced! July 31! end of the month, you have 3 weeks! Here's a nice timer: Countdown Clock

Sparen · « **Reply #17 on:** July 10, 2015, 02:04:46 AM »

As a note, I highly suggest you all start working on your entries ASAP. Otherwise you won't make the deadline.

This is advice from past contests where most entries didn't make the deadline.

Searinox119 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 10, 2015, 08:30:06 AM »

Hmm... Well, why not? Alright, I'm in. Maybe this time it actually would be something worth playing...

Helepolis · « **Reply #19 on:** July 10, 2015, 11:20:09 AM »

Lefkada · « **Reply #20 on:** July 10, 2015, 03:13:11 PM »

Me: *back from Netherworld*
MotK: *New RaNGE Contest*
Me: *Making new player script*
Me: *Have tons of wreid ideas*
Me: *Have no fuking idea about which character choose*

Yeah! New contest. Im' waiting for this sine so many time *-*
I'll try to do someting fun. Unless if I can't choose a charater before the dead line :V

Trickysticks · « **Reply #21 on:** July 11, 2015, 02:06:03 AM »

~~ohheythisendsonmybirthday~~

I suppose I'll participate as well. One Sakuya and a milkshake, please.

Python · « **Reply #22 on:** July 11, 2015, 10:20:13 AM »

Pff, why not? Been a while since the last contest, heh. Considering I have a Mokou script in the works, I'll submit that. And three weeks certainly is more than enough for me to polish it up and submit it...I hope. :V

So yeah, I'll be participating with Fujiwara no Mokou.

Sariel · « **Reply #23 on:** July 11, 2015, 03:10:39 PM »

It's time.

Vigor (NecroHeart) · « **Reply #24 on:** July 11, 2015, 03:54:23 PM »

Do we allowed to revise our entry as much as we can before the deadline reached?

Sparen · « **Reply #25 on:** July 11, 2015, 05:32:06 PM »

Quote from: Vigor on July 11, 2015, 03:54:23 PM

Do we allowed to revise our entry as much as we can before the deadline reached?

Of course you may. It should go without saying that you can change your script however you want before the deadline.

Vigor (NecroHeart) · « **Reply #26 on:** July 12, 2015, 05:14:53 AM »

This should be do for a moment
It wasn't finished yet
But it was good enough i think~
The entry was Kogasa, it consists 4 nonspells and 3 spells
https://www.mediafire.com/?cywo617iqgp1a5u
Difficulty around Easy/Normal/Hard

Several important notes
- Boss lifebar and time counter was located in below left
- You will be only given 5 lives
- Two scripts can be played, Boss.txt for boss pattern only, Plural.txt includes boss.txt with BG and Music
- You can choose your own player
- Music file type, mp3
- First BGM, EastNewSound - MindRain (instrumental), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDxsmJKaBMs
- Second BGM (not played in script), IOSYS - Darkness and Light, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms3vTwhI0zs

Lefkada · « **Reply #27 on:** July 12, 2015, 11:41:52 AM »

I play it and... woaw. It's fukin good. The two last spells are extremly fun and a bit hard. Good job.
It's going to be hard to do something better ><.

I'll replay it latter and maybe do some video stuff.

Vigor (NecroHeart) · « **Reply #28 on:** July 12, 2015, 12:34:03 PM »

Quote from: Lefkada on July 12, 2015, 11:41:52 AM

I play it and... woaw. It's fukin good. The two last spells are extremely fun and a bit hard. Good job.
It's going to be hard to do something better ><.

I'll replay it latter and maybe do some video stuff.

Thanks for the review~

Sparen · « **Reply #29 on:** July 12, 2015, 02:04:22 PM »

Quote from: Vigor on July 12, 2015, 05:14:53 AM

This should be do for a moment
It wasn't finished yet
But it was good enough i think~
The entry was Kogasa, it consists 4 nonspells and 3 spells
https://www.mediafire.com/?cywo617iqgp1a5u
Difficulty around Easy/Normal/Hard

Several important notes
- Boss lifebar and time counter was located in below left
- You will be only given 5 lives
- Two scripts can be played, Boss.txt for boss pattern only, Plural.txt includes boss.txt with BG and Music
- You can choose your own player
- Music file type, mp3
- First BGM, EastNewSound - MindRain (instrumental), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDxsmJKaBMs
- Second BGM (not played in script), IOSYS - Darkness and Light, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms3vTwhI0zs

For reference:
-I can't keep track of your different versions unless you use Bulletforge or some other site that controls versions. If you insist on using Mediafire, make sure that when the deadline arrives, we have the correct version.
-I suggest that you switch to .ogg before the final version