Fan Fiction Comp
amckern
Join Date: 2003-03-03 Member: 14249Members, Constellation
Join Date: 2003-03-03 Member: 14249Members, Constellation
<div class="IPBDescription">Win HL2, and subs to NS Constellation</div> <span style='color:red'><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><span style='font-family:Arial'>The comp will be open for 7 more days, if you can't get your story done by then post your Work In Progress (WIP), and we will consider it, meaning that the comp will close on the 11th July 2003</span></span></span>
Hey there
The SP NS Team is running a comp for the story line of this NS add-on in the form of some Fan Fiction
<b>First prize is a copy of HL2, and paid subscription to the NS Constellation
While second and third winners get the choice of a copy of HL2, or official inclusion in the SP NS beta team</b>
The story must be of good spelling, and good grammar, though international ns community people can enter as long as they state that there first language is <b>not</b> English
<b>Rules</b>
Posting of full story’s can be made though if the story is longer then the 102400 Char limit of these forums, supply a link the either the forum post that you have, or a web url to the page on a web site, such as geocities
Winners will be notified by email - asking for postal address, so HL2, can be shipped from their local EB store (or if no local EB then <a href='http://dstore.com.au' target='_blank'>http://dstore.com.au</a> Australia will ship it for us)
The story <b>must</b> be of good spelling, and good grammar, though international ns community people can enter as long as they state that there first language is <b>not</b> English
So no teher instead of there
The more deatil in the story the more chance you have of wining, such as
"The APC, had 2 doors, one that opend show the drivers cabin, the other to show the Static Hibernation Pods, of the TNC. The APC Had rusted parts around the small hub caped wheels, and the roof had mold, so if you stod on it you where likely to fall off."
- the detail turns into what the APC in the map will look like, and also react like, so if stand on the roof, in the map, you would slip off the APC
Rules can change with out notice though rule changes will be posted here with in the first forum thread
<b>Guidelines</b> <i>thanks <b>SCARS</b></i>
well i think as far as the guidelines go:
its going to be a sp game and the whole idea us asking you people to write a story for us is so that we have a plot to follow, so its important that you don't just talk about feeling about going into battle etc.
basically what you say is how the game is going to be played, so we will need stuff like:
a location,
how the marines got there,
important areas to be noted when mapping,
and key events,
who the player is,
obviously your still writing a story, so im not saying give us a list of info (i hope no one is confused at this point) tell us what the enviroment is like and how it feels to be there, just think of it as inventing a game and include all the details that would be needed to create it. try and make it a bit more intresting than just one mission, otherwise you might as well be playin multiplayer, try and come up with a sequence of events, like the ship gets grounded and reinforcements must be called in! objectives! etc.
and its important to make sure the story can be expanded on incase for any reasons certain things cant be done or are limiting, eg. the game only lasts half and hour.
<b>Info</b>
To keep the latest news on SP NS, keep your eyes on this forum post - <a href='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=31967' target='_blank'>http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/in...=ST&f=4&t=31967</a>
Or for major news updates, read up the <a href='http://www.commchair.com' target='_blank'>http://www.commchair.com</a>, and <a href='http://www.thehivemind.org' target='_blank'>http://www.thehivemind.org</a>
<b>ConCon</b>
So get your brain into gear, and the spell checker out, and start on a story line, get your self a free copy of half-life 2, and inclusion in the NS Constellation
amckern
Hey there
The SP NS Team is running a comp for the story line of this NS add-on in the form of some Fan Fiction
<b>First prize is a copy of HL2, and paid subscription to the NS Constellation
While second and third winners get the choice of a copy of HL2, or official inclusion in the SP NS beta team</b>
The story must be of good spelling, and good grammar, though international ns community people can enter as long as they state that there first language is <b>not</b> English
<b>Rules</b>
Posting of full story’s can be made though if the story is longer then the 102400 Char limit of these forums, supply a link the either the forum post that you have, or a web url to the page on a web site, such as geocities
Winners will be notified by email - asking for postal address, so HL2, can be shipped from their local EB store (or if no local EB then <a href='http://dstore.com.au' target='_blank'>http://dstore.com.au</a> Australia will ship it for us)
The story <b>must</b> be of good spelling, and good grammar, though international ns community people can enter as long as they state that there first language is <b>not</b> English
So no teher instead of there
The more deatil in the story the more chance you have of wining, such as
"The APC, had 2 doors, one that opend show the drivers cabin, the other to show the Static Hibernation Pods, of the TNC. The APC Had rusted parts around the small hub caped wheels, and the roof had mold, so if you stod on it you where likely to fall off."
- the detail turns into what the APC in the map will look like, and also react like, so if stand on the roof, in the map, you would slip off the APC
Rules can change with out notice though rule changes will be posted here with in the first forum thread
<b>Guidelines</b> <i>thanks <b>SCARS</b></i>
well i think as far as the guidelines go:
its going to be a sp game and the whole idea us asking you people to write a story for us is so that we have a plot to follow, so its important that you don't just talk about feeling about going into battle etc.
basically what you say is how the game is going to be played, so we will need stuff like:
a location,
how the marines got there,
important areas to be noted when mapping,
and key events,
who the player is,
obviously your still writing a story, so im not saying give us a list of info (i hope no one is confused at this point) tell us what the enviroment is like and how it feels to be there, just think of it as inventing a game and include all the details that would be needed to create it. try and make it a bit more intresting than just one mission, otherwise you might as well be playin multiplayer, try and come up with a sequence of events, like the ship gets grounded and reinforcements must be called in! objectives! etc.
and its important to make sure the story can be expanded on incase for any reasons certain things cant be done or are limiting, eg. the game only lasts half and hour.
<b>Info</b>
To keep the latest news on SP NS, keep your eyes on this forum post - <a href='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=4&t=31967' target='_blank'>http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/in...=ST&f=4&t=31967</a>
Or for major news updates, read up the <a href='http://www.commchair.com' target='_blank'>http://www.commchair.com</a>, and <a href='http://www.thehivemind.org' target='_blank'>http://www.thehivemind.org</a>
<b>ConCon</b>
So get your brain into gear, and the spell checker out, and start on a story line, get your self a free copy of half-life 2, and inclusion in the NS Constellation
amckern
Comments
/me opens up notepad and gets crackin'!
By "winning" it, it proves nothing except that you just want that icon and don't much care for NS's survival.
/me also opens DTP type stuff.
To me, that's far better than winning some competition. It's almost as good as winning the cheese lottery.
changed prizes, to stop uneeded spam about the NS Const
amckern
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I'm disappointed constellation membership is no longer being offered. If I win (yeah right) can I have that instead of HL2?, and apologies if this is considered spam <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif'><!--endemo-->
changed prizes, to stop uneeded spam about the NS Const
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I'm not spamming about it. But do sit back and think logically here. It's supposed to be a donation. How can you win a donation?
Obviously the stories will have to have the limits of what the modders can actually do, in mind.
IN a way, I think you people would be better off waiting for HL2.
Edit: My story can be found <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=6&t=36281&st=0&#entry491362' target='_blank'>here</a> I can make revisions and such if you like.
Edit2: my email address is briguy992@sbcglobal.net and please do not spam that you guys.
Again, are there submission guidelines?
I think they should have an official sign up.
I'm in.]
Subject to what you want, and depending on the time I can spare, I’ll think about it.
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The exact same question I was asking...
Do we do it like a script, story, or background?
its going to be a sp game and the whole idea us asking you people to write a story for us is so that we have a plot to follow, so its important that you don't just talk about feeling about going into battle etc.
<b>basically what you say is how the game is going to be played, so we will need stuff like:</b>
a location,
how the marines got there,
important areas to be noted when mapping,
and key events,
who the player is,
obviously your still writing a story, so im not saying give us a list of info (i hope no one is confused at this point) tell us what the enviroment is like and how it feels to be there, just think of it as inventing a game and include all the details that would be needed to create it. try and make it a bit more intresting than just one mission, otherwise you might as well be playin multiplayer, try and come up with a sequence of events, like the ship gets grounded and reinforcements must be called in! objectives! etc.
and its important to make sure the story can be expanded on incase for any reasons certain things cant be done or are limiting, eg. the game only lasts half and hour.
i hope that helps a bit, obviously i cant speak for amckern im not sure exactly what his guidelines would be but i think the above would apply <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif'><!--endemo-->
sorry but this is the 1st time i have ever had a team to work with, and bein g team leader, is kinda hard for first timers
but i will add scars post to the rules section as guidelines
amckern
I am aware of what the acronym ?SP NS? stands for ? I was not, however, aware of what is expected from amckern and the other developers. It seems rather strange that you would want us to write the story for you, rather than you having an idea of what you want, and having us write the background story for the scenario/campaign.
A full storyline, complete with intricate description and an extended plot would take a very long time to write, especially with your focus on detail and ?invention of a game?. I?m not saying it can?t be done, of course, but the time invested (for what appears to be no significant outcome) doesn?t seem worth it. I think that it?s easier for your mappers and development team to create the game, make up a preliminary design of the maps (with screenshots for ambience and layout) and then tell us precisely what you expect.
I apologise for my insistence ? at present, your expectations are too wishy-washy for my liking, and I would appreciate it if you could clarify a few points of concern and give us more detailed instructions.
takes short 1 day vaction from SP NS i need time out
i will look back on this later, but you are right, i should have thought of that b4!
(about time ^^^)
u c n00b team leads are bad, when they don't know what to do, i might talk to the pr dude, and see if he can help me out of this hole
amckern
amckern
Just need to do some exams, then I got a fair few weeks of free time.
A few questions though, NPC's? How about any character development? All ingame, or are you including any cut-scenes?
Sure to be some more questions to come <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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I found a spelling mistake:
"as long as they state that <span style='color:red'>there</span> first language is not English"
(English is my second language)