Challenge Schedule and Question Post

[sunberry]

The schedule for the Big Bridge challenge is:

- Sign ups: End May 31st (23:59 ADT)
- Creating period: Starts June 1st
- First check in: June 15th
- Second check in: June 30th
- Third check in: July 15th
- Works due: July 31st (23:59 ADT)
- Works revealed: Aug 1st (22:59 ADT)


I'm thinking of keeping the works in the collection unrevealed until after July 31st and revealing everything at once on Aug 1st, but I'm open to thoughts on it. We have time :)

It's been brought to my attention that opening up opinions on status of the works in the collection may have upset some folks, which was not my intention, so I'm going to go ahead with my initial plan. The collection will be closed at 23:59 on July 31st, and the works in the collection will be unrevealed until Aug 1st, 22:59 ADT.


If you have any questions about the challenge, feel free to leave them on this post!

Comments

[kalloway]

I have a couple of in-progress (but never posted) fics that would fit perfectly. Would it be okay to intend to complete those and post them instead of creating something entirely new?

[sunberry]

In progress fics are okay :D

[kalloway]

Awesome, thank you!

[lassarina]

In the same vein, do newly-posted chapters of semi-existing fics count? (For example, I have a 35 chapter....thing....of which 9 are currently posted.)

[sunberry]

Hmmm. That's a good question, would adding some chapters to an AO3 collection be a little awkward?

[lassarina]

Oh, that's a good point! I don't think I can add individual chapters. I'll come up with something else then. Thank you for the very quick reply!

[batman]

What are you counting as a JRPG? For example, I'm considering writing for either Ys or Valkyria Chronicles - would these count as JRPGs?

[sunberry]

Ys series are certainly jrpgs :) Valkyria Chronicles and other trpg style games are also okay!

[ascerain]

Would Granblue Fantasy count as a JRPG?

[sunberry]

Yes :)

[netchslayer]

Hi, would a free fan project count if it is very much a JRPG as far as the gameplay goes? It was made in Japan, it has plot that centers on protagonist's journey to their goals and side stories for other areas, basic levelups, skill acquisition (including variety of attacks) and attribute boost that is up to player to choose (and has effects other than acquiring higher numbers), turn-based combat, equipment/items, party, encounter battle, bosses and requires leveling up to go past said bosses. It even has multiple endings! It's just pared down and comparatively short - though not that short, it has 20+ areas of varying complexity with variety of monsters (as seen in lover half of the page here http://buntyojirusi.sakura.ne.jp/save/ko.html - click through for monsters if any) and the necessary grind - I've played officially released games I paid for that were shorter.

Here's also the LP of the start for the reference:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYAlW-X5ZiI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkqVB0fLeZQ

"Fan project" because it's based on Call of Cthulhu tabletop RPG, but the plot, world itself and non-monster characters are creator's original + some existing Mythos elements were given creator's twist.

(No resources in English that I know of, sorry.)

[sunberry]

It looks like a jrpg to me, feel free to write for it :)

Edit: Or make other fanworks for it :D

[laughingpineapple]

I'll probably stick to the options in my actual signup anyway, but... would Dark Souls count, by sheer virtue of being both Japanese and a RPG?

[sunberry]

If it's Japanese and an rpg of course it counts :)

[laughingpineapple]

Thank you! I may have to aim for two fills, then! :)

[jack_of_none]

Not to nitpick the rules here to death, but are we counting:

1) MMO or mobile or w/e installments of mostly JRPG series? (I'm kinda big into FFXIV atm)
2) JRPG-style games that aren't Japanese? (Undertale, or any number of RPGMaker games come to mind here)

[sunberry]

FFXIV is still a FF rpg and still published by Square-Enix, it's fine :) Ditto for other mobile games/mmos/srpgs/etc by Japanese publishers, if they're still rpgs. But Undertale is a Western game production, so it's a no go, sorry though.

RPGMaker games I would have to rule on in a case by case basis, I think, but unless you have a specific one in mind I'm going to leave that question aside. The handmade (for lack of a better word) game that was asked about earlier is a Japanese one. Did you have one in mind?

[jack_of_none]

Well, I was thinking of Yume Nikki in particular, which is by a Japanese dev. I'm not sure if its usually considered an RPG, since the gameplay is just..."walking around", basically.

It's not a big deal, I just wanted to clarify for the future, since "JRPG" is sometimes used to mean the specific genre of RPG descended from Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy as opposed to just any RPG with a Japanese origin.

Good to know that FFXIV counts, though! I'll ask if I have anything else in mind that I think might be an edge case.

[sunberry]

Hmm. According to everything I have been able to find, Yume Nikki is classified as an adventure game. The RPG Maker software seems to be a tool capable of being utilized for game creation in multiple genres, but the tool isn't really the focus here, is it?

I have to admit that I have never come across a definition that narrow before. For this community, a JRPG is a Japanese Role-Playing Game. There are some examples in the interests section of the community profile that may help clarify for you.

[firedjinn]

As a matter of curiosity: if the minimums for art and fic are 5k words and 5 finished images respectively, could someone do a mixed-media work with one finished image being equivalent to 1,000 words of fic to meet that requirement?

[sunberry]

If you feel that that would be equivalent, sure! :) If it works for you it works.