Hey @everyone!
It’s finally time again! The big CCC part III. This time a bit more special though!
(previous CCC II)
Let’s make Spaces / Orbits in a Space game great!
Empyrion: some like the building part, some like the pewpew part but for me the biggest loss is the empty, boring, not attractive Space / Orbit.
At the moment it is just a boring waste of time to travel from A to B or hope for some pewpew action or Asteroids.
I want to change this dramatically in the next updates!
Do you have ever played (the new) No Mans Sky? Do you have ever played the still untouched Freelancer game? Then you know that there is so much potential left…
2 Categories to participate
In HWS 8.X+ I want to have 4 main categories while you can help me with 2!
1: Trading Stations
Since I want to push the Trading aspect by over 9000 we need proper buildings for that!
In HWS 8.X I will integrate items you can only trade. Buy it at Trader A for very cheap and sell it at Trader B for a lot of credits.
Criteria for participants
- Look & Feel is awesome! You want to go inside only because it looks already so cool! (Outside and inside of course)
- It has Alien Turrets. That way I can decide to turn them on or off to have them in PvE or PvP for a challenge (exotic Trader)
- Max Class size is 50 but it needs to be a smooth experience for players => the less lights the better!
- YOU built it! No copy paste or lazy adaption from the workshop!
- It has at least 1 room with at least 1 Teleporter (empty destination; I will set myself)
- It has at least 1 NPC Trader at a cool location inside (I will configure the NPC Trader myself)
- It has either a docking mechanism for CVs or Landing pads for SVs (outside or inside)
- It has all common requirements such as Oxygen, gravity, Signal logic, blue Admin Core and so on.
Bonus: try to integrate public Constructor rooms, Garden, etc.
Bonus: the more futuristic / organic the building looks, the better! Be creative!
Regarding Look & Feel again:
You can choose any architectural style that you enjoy. The main thing is, that the building looks uniform and attractive in the end. As well as inside as well as outside. It should be fun to enter the building and to be inside the rooms. So please not too small rooms or winding paths. Please design the interior with textures and furnishings so that you feel comfortable there.
2: Alien Stations
The Orbital Spire is still one of the best in the game and already boring. We need more of them. More cool and badass Alien POIs in space! Some are a challenge for ships - SVs or/and CVs. Some are a challenge for intruders inside where you need a long time to capture room by room.
Criteria for participants
- Look & Feel is also important for Alien Space POIs! The better it looks the better the reward must be, right!? (outside and inside)
- It has the Alien Admin Core and all relevant Doors, Spawner, Turrets, etc. are damaged by ~1% so the player can destroy them. (you achieve this in creative mode or with godmode invisible and shooting with a Pistol to that device)
- It has a theme / purpose a player needs to prepare for it. Either it requires a very good ship to destroy the outer defense or good shooting skills inside or both
- Max Class size is 50 but it needs to be a smooth experience for players => the less lights the better!
- YOU built it! No copy paste or lazy adaption from the workshop!
- It has Alien Turrets, mostly the big ones such as Artillery + Rockets
- It has different Aliens inside (not only Minigun Zirax)
- It has a Boss Room with a heavy PvE challenge where I can place a Commander you have to kill for special missions for example
- It has all common requirements such as Oxygen, gravity, Signal logic and so on. Keep in mind that you can be creative with some of them though. Some rooms have no gravity for example or no oxygen.
Bonus: you can create Satellites for your Space POI to protect it
Bonus: implement your own little story inside the Station. (for example rescue hostages or solve a puzzle to progress)
Guidelines
- We accept submissions until 07.09.2018 - 11:59 PM. Any submission after that day don’t win prizes but may be included nevertheless
- The Submission must be up-to-date, best built only for this competition. We don’t accept your “old goodies”
- Ju and I will be the Jury for all submissions. Ju will check the Look & Feel (very strict) and I will check the technical + gameplay aspect
- We only accept your own creations. Any copy paste of others work will disqualify you.
- After we checked your submissions your prizes will be handout with HWS 8.X season start
- You can submit your blueprint for both categories but in 4 weeks we rather suggest you concentrate on one and make it awesome.
- Obviously you are not allowed to place illegale items or devices in your blueprint! By that I mean you put 999 Auto Miner Cores in a hidden Cargo Box only you will know where and loot this all the time. This will cause you a ban.
- You can work with multiple people on it but you have to decide who of you get some specific prizes
- Again: you must use Signals. Automatic lighting for rooms for example. Also great for implementing puzzles etc.
- If you have questions ask as soon as possible!
- As soon as you are ready, just send me your .epb file(s) via Forum PM or Discord PM (drag and drop in the chat window).
Prizes
As some know, blueprints are very important for me. I value them very high and so I hope the prizes will motivate you to sacrifice your time for HWS, making the server better with it and giving thousands of players the chance to see your work!
Even if you submit for two or more blueprints and for multiple categories - the prize just counts for one of your accepted submission!
1st Prize | Donator Planet
Your Faction will receive a Donator Planet for one season - decide who should live on!
Additionally:
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1 HWS Garage Ship of your choice
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1000 RP
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10 000 000 million credits
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the coordinates to that implemented Station
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mention you in our Guide
2nd Prize | OCD Level 7
You ever dreamed of it but building is way better than mining and trading!? We got you!
Additionally:
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1 HWS Garage Ship of your choice
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500 RP
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5 000 000 million credits
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the coordinates to that implemented Station
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mention you in our Guide
3rd Prize | HWS NPC Trader
You will receive a HWS NPC Trader - get a solid passive income!
Additionally:
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1 HWS Garage Ship of your choice
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300 RP
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3 000 000 million credits
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the coordinates to that implemented Station
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mention you in our Guide
Note: It’s a top-down prize system. If you got 1st for example you have the option to claim the prize for place 2 or 3 instead. The whole prize though, not part of it.
All other accepted submissions | Thank You package
Maybe only few things were missing for a higher prize, nevertheless your time is valuable as well!
The Thank You package contains:
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1 Alien Core
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100 RP
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1 000 000 million credits
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the coordinates to that implemented Station
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mention you in our Guide
Note: Of course we can’t take everything. We still check each submission very carefully and decide if we integrate it or not.
What is the actual deadline?
