[Community Contest] Foundry Design - "The Portal"

ironzerg79

torontodave wrote: »

this is why we need real rewards for playing foundrys. =X no one bothers because it doesnt advance their characters progression at all.

Yep, and underlying issue that needs to be fixed. Foundry authors get really cool, unique rewards for making quests. People should get really cool, unique rewards for playing them

And thus your create a virtuous cycle that rewards everyone! Hooray!

/sorryforofftopic

waryur

strumslinger wrote: »

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/9226813

Awesomesauce! Thank you so much!

torontodave

This is just a reminder that the 'Contest Portal' entries need YOUR votes!


Search the Foundry Catalog for "Contest Portal" and play the 8 entries.

They each take 1-2 minutes max.

In less than 10 minutes you'll see some of the most imaginative content that the foundry is capable of producing.

Don't do it for the reward, do it for the enlightenment.

If the grind is getting you down, these will quick quests will restore your energy. The point of the game is to HAVE FUN. These quests are fun.

We need your votes to help determine who wins 1 million AD!

mrgiggles651

My personal favorite bit is I supplied the AD.

waryur

mrgiggles651 wrote: »

My personal favorite bit is I supplied the AD.

I missed that somewhere. Your generosity is too awesome for words. Thank you for your amazing support.

eldarth

waryur wrote: »

mrgiggles651 wrote: »

My personal favorite bit is I supplied the AD.

I missed that somewhere. Your generosity is too awesome for words. Thank you for your amazing support.

Not just this contest, but all the ones I've, um... directed? ...produced?
Gave me 5m AD to "play" with. :-)

I think we'll probably get a couple more contests worth out of that!

torontodave

mrgiggles651 wrote: »

My personal favorite bit is I supplied the AD.

Yep, I saw the screenshot. =D

Thanks again! ;D

Hope you are getting some foundry adventures out of it. ;D

mosby1

Sorry I missed this - looks like a lot of fun. I'd love to see more like it!

eldarth

mosby1 wrote: »

Sorry I missed this - looks like a lot of fun. I'd love to see more like it!

Stay tuned! We've been talking a little bit about remodeled dungeon delves, and also our own take on Drowned Shores.

Here's some thoughts on dungeon delve contest:

Community Workshop: Dungeon Delves Redux (Maps)

Community Workshop: Dungeon Delves Redux (Rules)

strumslinger

http://bit.ly/1FBXtDR Tune in, guys!

torontodave

strumslinger wrote: »

http://bit.ly/1FBXtDR Tune in, guys!

haha, just opened twitch and found myself alone in the channel. Stream is on Friday guys! ;D

waryur

Thanks very much for running our foundries, Strum!!

strumslinger

Your Foundry quests are mind-blowingly awesome! I hope I did your quests some justice. I might have been a bit rusty in terms of streaming, but it'll come back to me

reds351

strumslinger wrote: »

Your Foundry quests are mind-blowingly awesome! I hope I did your quests some justice. I might have been a bit rusty in terms of streaming, but it'll come back to me

Now if only you guys could maybe do a bug fix for the foundry? would be the first in months

torontodave

strumslinger wrote: »

Your Foundry quests are mind-blowingly awesome! I hope I did your quests some justice. I might have been a bit rusty in terms of streaming, but it'll come back to me

Great job on the stream! Everyone should watch it!

Glad you enjoyed the worlds the foundry can create. It really is a great tool. We just wish Cryptic would incentivize PLAYING and/or MAKING them, then it'd be a fantastic tool. =D


Voting is open till JUNE 1st! So everyone if you like what you see in the stream, go REVIEW the quests! Help someone win 1 million AD. You have one week left!

vandignesca

Yeah, those were some impressive and well-done foundries! Great job all-around

eldarth

What's most amazing is they did those in just barely over 2 weeks - 16 days!

waryur

Now if only I had been able to spend two weeks on it! Curses, real life!

This makes me have an idea.... would take some Dev Magic. Or a super dedicated author.

Would it be possible to combine several of these into one Foundry sponsored by Cryptic? Start in a central hub room and players can journey to the different maps. To showcase some of the abilities of the foundry to entice and encourage new authors. Not a how-to. A showcase.

But combine it as a official tutorial for foundry players. Where before players can do quests in the foundry catalog, they have to complete this tutorial where they learn explicitly the limitations of foundry authors (end chest loot anyone), how to search and review quests, other things.

A playable, Cryptic sponsored Foundry quest that can educate and appeal to aspiring authors and players alike, by using player generated content.

torontodave

strumslinger wrote: »

Your Foundry quests are mind-blowingly awesome! I hope I did your quests some justice. I might have been a bit rusty in terms of streaming, but it'll come back to me

Everyone should go play em and rate them!

GO VOTE!

RIGHT NOW!

eldarth

Congratulations to our winners (and everyone for some awesome visual candy!)

Official Results:



5 star
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star
Total Stars
Avg Stars
Foundry Quest Entry


34
12
5
3
2
56
4.30
@Kaomwannabe - Contest:Portal Ruins - NW-DBHGNXJT4


47
10
9
4
3
73
4.29
@Deiterate - Contest:Portal The Visit - NW-DPHR8QA77


25
18
4
3
2
52
4.17
@Locksheon - Contest:Portal Agathys - NW-DG7QUNJPC


27
18
13
3
0
61
4.13
@Zachariah92 - Contest:Portal The Forgotten - NW-DTKMPU3RQ


26
10
6
4
3
49
4.06
@torontodave - Contest:Portal Stahgate - NW-DIVGRN7SJ


20
15
9
5
4
53
3.79
@Waryur - Contest:Portal Space - NW-DQJBKTLNF


17
15
9
4
4
49
3.76
@overocea - Contest:Portal The Matrix - NW-DAYLB7RXE


14
14
13
5
4
50
3.58
@orangefiree - Contest:Portal of the Planes - NW-DHIS9ZTH3



Grand Prize 1,000,000AD Winner*: @Kaomwannabe - Contest:Portal Ruins - NW-DBHGNXJT4

Runner Up Prize 250,000AD Winner*:@Deiterate - Contest:Portal The Visit - NW-DPHR8QA77

Third Place*: @Locksheon - Contest:Portal Agathys - NW-DG7QUNJPC

*Note: Our CM Strumslinger said he should be able to get Miniature Giant Space Hamsters for our top 3 winners, so I will PM him our winner results and see what extra goodies he can provide our winners.

waryur

Woo hoo! Congrats guys! Great work!!

essenti

Congrats and great work from everyone of the authors for these outstanding creations!

kaomwannabe

Thank you everyone!! It was a pleasure to be able to create something that showed what can be created in the foundry, and some of the reviews that i received have made me feel truely happy about being a builder. I've created stuff before in other games but this is truely the first item that i have ever released into the public and my first foundry release to boot and I could not be more proud of it.

I did have a much larger scope in mind for the actual quest, but the scale of what I did create, completely dwarved the time alotted us, and for the most part the second map was about 80% complete and i was lucky enough to somewhat give it a finished result before time was up.

For those who didnt catch it or just overlooked it, the second map was my version of Elah'Zad, due to over farming of the waters and the relentless pursuit of others to know the secret to its rejuvenative properties, the powers that be magically removed it from the world of Faerun along with the waters source, into a magical dimension, hidden away from the rest of the known realms.

Every now and then, only the bravest and worthiest of adventurers were given a mysterious and magical hint to the location of old Elah'Zad and the portal access left behind, giving them a once in a lifetime chance to enter the portal, and giving the chosen adventurer a chance to pull a vial of elah'zad from the magical chest, so they could bring it back with them into Faerun. That was to be the reasoning about opening the quest chest at the end.

But in the end I ran out of time before i could implement any of that into the quest itself. Anyways thanks for playing my quest and great job to everyone else who took part in this great contest. Deiterate, you deserved this win just as much as me, you made a completely unique quest with lots of neat tricks. And everyone else did a great job aswell, it was a pleasure to play all the entries. Just know it wasnt about the AD for me so I will be splitting the whole pot among all the entrants.

Thank you everyone!!! Great Contest!!!

strumslinger

Congrats to @Kaomwannabe, @Deiterate and @Locksheon! Your Hamster is waiting for you at the Rewards Claim Agent! Take a screenshot for me .

gornonthecob

The look of terror on that poor hamster's face is priceless. :P

melinden

Congrats!

And many thanks to Andy! I know things must be chaotic in this post Mod 6-put-out-all-the-fires phase but we really appreciate that you took the time to meet the Authors and play these quests. It was very nice to meet you in the Livestream. I think I can speak for many of us when I say we'd love to do it again.

kaomwannabe

Hahaha the little guy does seem a little frightened!!

essenti

Hehe, I think it looks a bit like it's concerned for my well being... Thank you for supporting this Foundry Community contest, Strumslinger!

eldarth

Dang. Gotta get me a Boo. What a cute littl... er, ferocious, dangerous beast!

strumslinger

Glad you guys are enjoying them. Those are some awesome screenshots.