Monthly CC Challenge

[Legacy_Michael DarkAngel]

               

olivier leroux wrote...

I think it's a cool idea but I don't see why you can't just do it without a lot of organizing. Make it a Challenge, not a Competition, without creators rating each others work but instead just giving helpful advice, in order to encourage 'noobs' to participate and not make them shy away from the competition with the 'pros'.

Just announce the Challenge of the Month, keep a thread open for chatting about your progress and have fun!

I agree.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jez_fr]

               

olivier leroux wrote...

Jez_fr wrote...
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So... I suggest we wait until Saturday the 31st so that any people interested has time to see this and suggest ideas, and if nothing comes up August Challenge will start on Sunday August 1st with the theme: High Fantasy Dresser Table placeable.
Agreed?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Calvinthesneak]

               It sounds good to me, I'll try.  I suppose first things first, I'm going to need a very basic tutorial, I expect someone like Danmar has something out there that is simple enough to start from?  I suspect there has to be something either on the CCG or on the NWVault.  Oddly the part that intimidates me more is trying to learn how to texture, I have few art skills.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               In terms of useful tools, I recommend VelTools.  It has lots of handy features, but get/set vertex position is particularly invaluable.

Also, a good website for stock photos that you can use as starting places for your textures is CG Textures.

So, a high fantasy dressing table, you say...?
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Estelindis, 28 juillet 2010 - 11:40 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               As Estelindis said, VelTools and especially the get/set vertex function is invaluabe. It saves so

much time!

If you want to do some texturing, you don't need an expansive program like Photoshop. The gimp

is for free. Admittedly it isn't as easy to use as Photoshop, but it's for free and I bet there are tons of

tutorials out there (just like the truth is out there, but I forgot the URL).

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_the_isolator]

               This is a fantastic idea.



One problem though. I think the parameters of 'High Fantasy Dressing Table' my be a little limited.

Surely if one of the purposes of this competition is to inspire more community content then wouldn't it make more sense to have a broader category. Otherwise we'll just end up with a load of dressers, not exactly something that everyone can use in their modules. How about instead we broaden the category to 'Bedroom Furniture' or something, this gives more room for interpretation and allows a greater scope for people's imaginations to run wide as well as meaning that the community receives a variety of new and varied content. Just a thought...
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Zwerkules]

               There's only so much bedroom furniture though. I guess we'd end up with nearly as many four-posters as there'd otherwise be dressing tables.

Unless somebody would go for granny's gozunder complete with content '>

               
               

               
            

[Legacy_ShadowM]

               Here a link to Custom content tutorials , for new people to look for help. If you guys know some other good tutorials add them on in. Thanks all '>
social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/191/index/3227483
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jez_fr]

               Maybe we could choose a theme like a scene, rather than a particular piece of furniture. For exemple:

"Imagine the private appartments of a High Priestress, and design a usefull piece of decorative furniture that would fit well there"

How's that sound?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_B_Harrison]

               I like that idea, Jez.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Builder_Anthony]

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My stick figure of death!
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               Yes, furniture from the apartment of a high cleric sounds perfect.  More versatile than the initial category, but still specific enough to keep a certain theme.
               
               

               

                     Modifié par Estelindis, 30 juillet 2010 - 11:44 .
                     
                  

            

[Legacy_Builder_Anthony]

               I htought i had a good idea a while back where a pc would get a left or right armslot that looked like a bandage.I firgure they could use a widget to adjust the armor peice.I think you guys are just working on placeables though.
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Estelindis]

               Well, the idea for the first challenge is placeables.  But the bandage armour parts idea is great too, and could always be used for a future challenge.  Maybe enlarge it to include scars and wounds, so we could fill up a hospital with hurt NPCs?
               
               

               
            

[Legacy_Jez_fr]

               So here we go. August 2010 CC Challenge is started!
This month's Theme is:
"Imagine the private appartments of a High Priestress/Cleric, and design a usefull piece of decorative furniture that would fit well in there."

- it must be fully working ingame
- use of original NWN or publicly available texture is fine, though state-of-the-art amateur's work would require 100% original work, but that's up to you
- it doesn't have to be a placeable (though very likely) maybe some FX or sound could do it, even if I don't see how that could be a furniture I don't want to limitate your creativity '>

All submissions must be finished, working, and you must provide me with a download link before August 31st, 2010!

As there was more voices against a ranking than for, there won't be one, so the Challenge is all about fun, sharing, creativity and surprise!

If you have concerns/questions about August Challenge please post in its thread here

If you want to discuss the Monthly CC Challenge idea as a whole or want to submit ideas/themes for future Monthly Challenge please post here! You don't have to participate in the Challenge to submit ideas/themes!

Thanks everyone for participating/discussing this thing =)

oh and obviously I'm organizing the baby '>