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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Jan 18, 2014 4:51:55 GMT -5
Help PNR Design A Game It’s a new year and PNR needs some inspiration. So we decided to kill two birds with one stone by making a game out creating new games. With the success of both Whodunnit and Monopoly we’ve discovered the forum loves board games, so we’ve decided to roll out a new board game for the new year. Since this is Off The Map we are asking you to use your town (or one of your other towns, or your friend’s town, or that town you know your brother, sister, husband, wife, child, roommate, or cat abandoned months ago) to design a board game and give us a description of how the game might work and how it can be Simpsonized. We ask that you do not submit entries for games we currently run (so no Monopoly boards) and think about games that could include multiple players per round (so no chess or checkers). You also need to make sure the game board is playable. While we will probably develop a game that works in a similar fashion to our existing games, your design will serve as the foundation for that game and will hopefully serve as the game board we play on.What you need to do:- Use TSTO to create a game board.
- Include a picture of the game you have used for inspiration.
- “Pitch” the idea. Why would this game work.
[/b] winners. First we will hold a community vote. The winner of this vote will receive the coveted Homer Car. However PNR reserves the right to give out a second winning badge if we feel we can develop a second idea. Please submit entries to PnR Submissions between January 18, 2014 and February 1, 2014. Please keep in mind that the Cheating Policy is in affect for this contest and all others. [/ul] |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2014 7:31:00 GMT -5
Question: Does the suggestion really have to include screenshots? I have an idea, but I'm not sure how to add screenshots to this awesome game, only pics from episodes. Edit: D'oh-tastrophe Inc. |
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Post by MonkeyDashunderscore on Jan 18, 2014 11:41:12 GMT -5
Am I missing something or is this for a real board game company?
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Post by A Bad Example on Jan 18, 2014 11:55:05 GMT -5
Am I missing something or is this for a real board game company? It is just what it says. Take your favorite board game and make it something that can be played on the forum. Like Monopoly Mondays or Who Dunnit Wednesday. Although hopefully it won't be something tied to a specific day of the week so that those of us who work have a chance to try them. To be honest, I have no idea how the existing games are played. If I'm not at work I am too tired to play, so why bother? |
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Post by MonkeyDashunderscore on Jan 18, 2014 12:43:03 GMT -5
Oh ok. I wasn't aware of those.
Will see what I can come up with.
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Post by Waylen on Jan 18, 2014 12:57:48 GMT -5
I see brettolmsted has already seen this. Everyone might as well give up now, that guy is going to come up with something great. I guarantee it. |
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Jan 18, 2014 14:21:16 GMT -5
Question: Does the suggestion really have to include screenshots? I have an idea, but I'm not sure how to add screenshots to this awesome game, only pics from episodes. Edit: D'oh-tastrophe Inc.You have to make a playing board of sorts in a town, so yes we would need screenshots of the town. |
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Post by brettolmsted on Jan 18, 2014 21:24:41 GMT -5
I see brettolmsted has already seen this. Everyone might as well give up now, that guy is going to come up with something great. I guarantee it. I saw this post last night and it is a really cool idea. Currently I have a couple promising ideas for new games. Thank you for the compliment but there are so many talented people on here D'oh-tastrophe Inc. can we submit more than one idea? |
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Jan 18, 2014 22:40:51 GMT -5
I see brettolmsted has already seen this. Everyone might as well give up now, that guy is going to come up with something great. I guarantee it. I saw this post last night and it is a really cool idea. Currently I have a couple promising ideas for new games. Thank you for the compliment but there are so many talented people on here D'oh-tastrophe Inc. can we submit more than one idea? Since it is anonymous, yes. However, should we use a bracket system (we're not 100% sure on how we'll be judging this), your entries would be put against each other. |
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Post by Chrisp530 on Jan 18, 2014 22:54:53 GMT -5
Awesome idea. I wish I could enter. Good luck everyone, can't wait to see what people come up with
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Post by brettolmsted on Jan 18, 2014 23:36:26 GMT -5
Awesome idea. I wish I could enter. Good luck everyone, can't wait to see what people come up with Just wondering, why can't you enter? You always have such great, innovative ideas and design |
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Post by A Bad Example on Jan 18, 2014 23:39:32 GMT -5
Awesome idea. I wish I could enter. Good luck everyone, can't wait to see what people come up with Just wondering, why can't you enter? You always have such great, innovative ideas and design Most of us that win one of these bow out of later contests to give others a chance to win one. |
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Post by Chrisp530 on Jan 18, 2014 23:56:46 GMT -5
Awesome idea. I wish I could enter. Good luck everyone, can't wait to see what people come up with Just wondering, why can't you enter? You always have such great, innovative ideas and design Thanks man. But, what A Bad Example said. I wouldn't want to deny anyone a chance to get a badge. I may have an idea or two, but can I just pm those to PnR, I'm sure they're always open to hearing them  |
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Post by brettolmsted on Jan 18, 2014 23:59:51 GMT -5
Just wondering, why can't you enter? You always have such great, innovative ideas and design Thanks man. But, what A Bad Example said. I wouldn't want to deny anyone a chance to get a badge. I may have an idea or two, but can I just pm those to PnR, I'm sure they're always open to hearing them That make sense. I was on my phone and don't see the badges so I never thought about that. |
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Post by Duff Dawg on Jan 19, 2014 0:36:09 GMT -5
I'm confused is this a contest or a suggestion thread
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Post by brettolmsted on Jan 23, 2014 22:39:28 GMT -5
This contest is a lot harder than I thought it was in my head.
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Post by Swanky on Jan 23, 2014 22:43:20 GMT -5
Wait... so we have to make (map out) the board game in our game itself?
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Post by brettolmsted on Jan 23, 2014 22:58:24 GMT -5
Wait... so we have to make (map out) the board game in our game itself? Yeah that is what is so difficult about this. I have great ideas but they are hard to make in the game. |
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Post by Swanky on Jan 24, 2014 9:54:55 GMT -5
Wait... so we have to make (map out) the board game in our game itself? Yeah that is what is so difficult about this. I have great ideas but they are hard to make in the game. Well damn. I had a few ideas but I thought we were going to make the board itself, like the monopoly one with images from the game. |
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Post by brettolmsted on Jan 24, 2014 10:02:39 GMT -5
Yeah that is what is so difficult about this. I have great ideas but they are hard to make in the game. Well damn. I had a few ideas but I thought we were going to make the board itself, like the monopoly one with images from the game. yeah, it would be so easy to photoshop this and create beautiful boards, but D'oh-tastrophe Inc. has made it tougher on us, and that is probably for the best as this is a TSTO game so we should be constrained to working in the game. I wonder how many entries there will really be, but I hope I can figure out how to create the board game in the game itself. I am working on a couple ideas, but only time will tell if I can pull them off. I ran out of money in one of my extra towns, so that has added to the challenge. Oh well, if it were easy, everyone would do it. This truly is a creative challenge that has had me racking my brain to create something cool and has given me a goal to shoot for between game events So D'oh-tastrophe Inc., I am not complaining, but actually saying you all did a great job creating this contest. It is just a difficult challenge. |
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Post by Swanky on Jan 24, 2014 10:20:28 GMT -5
Well damn. I had a few ideas but I thought we were going to make the board itself, like the monopoly one with images from the game. yeah, it would be so easy to photoshop this and create beautiful boards, but D'oh-tastrophe Inc. has made it tougher on us, and that is probably for the best as this is a TSTO game so we should be constrained to working in the game. I wonder how many entries there will really be, but I hope I can figure out how to create the board game in the game itself. I am working on a couple ideas, but only time will tell if I can pull them off. I ran out of money in one of my extra towns, so that has added to the challenge. Oh well, if it were easy, everyone would do it. This truly is a creative challenge that has had me racking my brain to create something cool and has given me a goal to shoot for between game events So D'oh-tastrophe Inc., I am not complaining, but actually saying you all did a great job creating this contest. It is just a difficult challenge. I have the board mapped out like the monopoly one on a piece of paper. After you said it indeed had to be made in the game, I started but I only got a little section done. Now my brain's frozen in place. I'll try and tinker around with it this weekend to see how far I'll reach because I'm in the middle of a redesign and I have a truck load of crap to do in real. |
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Post by D'oh-tastrophe Inc. on Jan 24, 2014 12:43:42 GMT -5
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Post by brettolmsted on Jan 24, 2014 12:47:11 GMT -5
okay, then Fraggle, great job on creating a tantalizingly challenging contest |
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Post by brettolmsted on Jan 30, 2014 11:48:30 GMT -5
It's January 30. Only 1 more day for submissions. I admit, I am writing this because I am excited to see what everyone comes up with and seeing the voting brackets.
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Post by simbass on Feb 1, 2014 8:00:10 GMT -5
My bad
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