The Dark Castle Fantasty Writing Contest 
Firstly, the good bit:
-PRIZES!
***** First Prize *******
US$50 via Paypal or equivalent in online shopping for those without Payplay.
The winner will also be contacted about a job to do writing for the
project. The game wil have four cut-scenes, three endings, and the writer will
also be consulted about world building and quests that lead to each way point in
his or her story.
Note: it might not be the winner who takes the job. If not it will be offered to
the best entrants.
***** All Challengers ******
Everyone who enters gets a free licence for
Pachinko a Go Go! strip or regular
edition (depending if toon nudity is legal where you are and for your age)
*provided you make a serious entry
-WICKED! What do I do to win?
Write a very short story, a few paragraphs or half a page or so, for an opening
cut scene for my game concept. Please try to keep it under one page.
-AWESOME! What's it about?
This is a family game for learningEnglish as a second language. It is designed
for a family audience.
-COOL BANANAS! What do I write?
Basis of the story:
The player and her sidekick, the flying weasel are in a garden in an enchanted
forest. The first cut scene will feature the horrible, utterly despicable,
completely evil wizard, who will come into the garden and turn some
cute furry animals into slavering monsters. He will then say something utterly
evil and despicable and run away or disappear. In the garden also is a sign post
with two signs on it. "Eat these mushrooms," and "Don't eat those mushroomS."
Eating the good mushrooms does something to make the player more powerful,
eating the bad ones makes something funny happen, like the player turns blue,
grows donkey ears or is hit by an uncontrallable attack of the giggles.
NOTE: This is a suggestion. If you have a cooler idea, you can write that.
Here's a more complete concept:
As an RPG, it is a single player, 3d ,3rd person game, set in a vibrant fantasy
world. It is a story about good versus evil where you play an intrepid magician
on a quest to save the world. You will need to find your way through the
enchanted forests, searching for clues, collecting magical treasures and talking
to fantastic creatures. Along the way you will avoid perilous traps and battle
the evil forces that oppose you efforts to reach The Dark Castle and defeat the
horrible, utterly despicable, completely evil wizard who dwells within.
The game is set in a world that is a super-future of our own, which was
destroyed somehow by war or natural disaster and after a long long long long
time, re-awakened with humans alongside fantasy creatures like dwarves ,elves,
pixies and so on. In this world, palyers quest for parts of an ancient book that
has magical properties to endow the palyer with greater powers.
A horrible, utterly despicable, completely evil wizard has been turning cute
furry animals into hideous, scary monsters. Parts of the books are guarded by
these monsters. The monsters need to be defeated with magic to turn them back
into furry animals.
Ultimately, the player's quests lead to The Dark Castle, from which the
horrible, utterly despicable, completely evil wizard is making his magic.
The Characters:
Cat girl: "Nyara" Doesn't know much Engish, and is pretty cluless, but she is
cute, fun and a powerful magician.
The flying weasel: Cat girl's familiar, "CUI" Not very strong, but is a
"champion and a scholar" from a famous academy, and he is very knowledgable and
helpful.
The horrible, utterly despicable, completely evil wizard: That's what he is.
Embelish on these.
WHO WINS? The winning entry will ultimately be chosen by me, however it will
also depend on possitive feedback from forum members.
Legal Crap: Authors maintain all rights to stories submitted for this contest.
Contest ends: 18th of June 2006.
Post your stories in this thread. Have fun!
