Time to announce the winner of the Event creation contest! And the winner is... An Unexpected Visitor by o0ber! Congratulations to you and Hiyouren both, the vote was real close in the end!
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An Unexpected Visitor
Out of the blue, a new minor faction has moved into one of your planets and have no intentions of leaving anytime soon. Whether they are friendly or not is yet to be discovered, but hopefully their intrusion won't last too long.
Minor Staying the Night Party: A
of (X Amount) of (X) Minor Faction is introduced to Player Planet (X) for Xturns.
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Dilemma Creation Contest
After the success of the last creation contest we've decided to continue down that path, giving you another opportunity of writing Endless Space 2 history!
How is that, you may ask? Well, pretty simply, we want to offer you a chance of using your unbridled creativity and leave your mark on the game. This means that we're starting a creation contest, kind of like the ones we've already had in Dungeon of the Endless (Rosetta hero, the bio-organic spaceship), Endless Legend (the Cultists faction), Endless Space (the Automatons faction). This time, it's a dilemma.
What are these dilemmas? Dilemmas are events that present the player with multiple choices. Something happens and you have to make a decision. It's the short name we gave one-time events with several possible outcomes.
Dilemmas can affect: a Hero, a fleet, a planet, a star system, an Empire (either all its star systems or its other data like its treasury or its fleets), or the galaxy at large.
Below are two examples to give you an idea: you'll find the event title, followed by its description, and its possible outcomes to choose from.
Friend or Food
"Signals from this system indicate that it was once inhabited. Yet all that remains now are docile, roaming quadrupeds. They are well-fed, somewhat chubby, and relatively friendly... So what in all the stars are they?"
1 Cattle: +20 Food on Empire's Systems, Industrialist political ideology increase on Empire for 10 turns
2 Pets: +20 Happiness on Empire's Systems, Ecologist political ideology increase on Empire for 10 turns
Riled Researchers
"It appears that an intergalactic congress of scientists has turned into a labor dispute. They have come to the conclusion that their work is grossly under-appreciated, and plan to halt all experimental efforts until their wages improve, their lab equipment is upgraded, and their work reported more professionally."
1 Ignore: -20% Science on System, +30 % Industry, Industrialist Ideology increase for 10 turns
2 React: -20% Dust on System, +30 % Science, Scientific Ideology increase, for 10 turns
YOUR SUBMISSION MUST HAVE
- A name (50 characters max)
- A description (250 characters max).
- Two or three outcomes that the player will be choosing from when your event triggers
- A title for each possible outcome (50 characters max each)
- A description for the outcome, with a target and duration if applicable (instant, or X turns; on hero, system, planet, fleet, empire, etc.), eg: +X approval on System for 10 turns (250 characters max)
GUIDELINES & ADVICE
- You are limited to one submission. Please also note that we will only accept submissions posted in English.
- If you want to modify your submission, please edit your post (don't repost your submission)
- This event will have several possible outcomes. If you choose three outcomes, make sure there isn't an obvious "worse" choice!
- Keep the event Empire-agnostic, that is to say, it should make sense and be possible for all factions.
- If your event will happen to all Empires simultaneously, make sure that stacking effects won't slow the game down to a halt (a stacking "-20% science to all players for 10 turns" choice by each player would have quite dramatic results)
- Keep it simple. If what you have in mind is a convoluted quest with great narration, perhaps it is best you keep your idea for some other time. ;)
- You cannot participate if you have already won the previous Event creation contest. Let somebody else win for a change!
DEADLINE
Submit your ideas before May 18th. We’ll be closing the thread at midday (CEST). We will then put all submissions that meet the required criteria to a multi-entry vote (where you can support several ideas), from which the three most popular will be selected for the G2G vote.
PRIZE
The lucky winner will receive the following:
- Your name in the game credits.
- An Endless Space 2 t-shirt that will be the envy of your friends.
- Two copies of the game when it comes to Early Access, for you and a friend!
We told you that if the event creation contest worked we'd likely do another, and you guys blew us away with your enthusiasm, so here's another chance to participate! :)
Please note that Amplitude reserves the right to modify the proposals and will work with the winners to finalize the design and adapt it to development constraints. Modifications might affect descriptions, scope or effects.
Good luck to everyone!
