Thank you for your patience, everyone. Over the past few weeks, the judges have played and reviewed twenty one individual submissions.
And without further ado…
The results!
1st Calculation Manipulation 70/80
2nd The Ruins of Lost Ambition 69/80
=3rd Untitled Costco Project 65/80
=3rd Avalon X Emblem 65/80
5th Myriad Fortunes 63/80
6th Rust 61/80
7th The Spellthieves 59/80
8th One Last Venture 58/80
9th After the End 57/80
10th Crowns, Thrones, and Rebellion 56/80
11th Captain`s Log 55/80
12th Caged 53/80
13th Infiltration 45/80
14th Diversions 42/80
15th Knowledge is Power 41/80
=16th Net Arena 38/80
=16th Baseless Experience 38/80
=16th This Bird has Flown 38/80
19th Dark Cells 37/80
20th Honour Students 31/80
21st Hotdog Quest 25/80
Congratulations to Calculation Manipulation, by Aura Wolf! You have made an interesting, creative, and amazing level, and you are the winner of CELICA!
The Ruins of Lost Ambition by KrashBoomBang comes in second place, while Untitled Costco Project by BigMood and Avalon X Emblem by Frog share third.
In addition, no entries had to be disqualified.
Like with MARTH, the reviews for CELICA will be hosted on an external website. All reviews, scores, downloads, and links back to FEU posts are present.
And now, for my closing statement.
The success of MARTH left big shoes to fill. With 28 entries, it is the largest ever chapter creation contest in Fire Emblem fangame history.
But MARTH wasn’t perfect. The most notable criticism was of some of the reviews, going on long, meandering tangents and being overly harsh to low-scoring entries.
I knew this had to be addressed in a successor, so I wrote up a proper style guide to curb profanity-laden tangents and encourage professional reviews.
With a few minor tweaks to the actual contest rules relating to save points and emulator tools, thus began CELICA.
While the amount of CELICA entries is down on the amount of MARTH entries, the standard of quality is also much higher.
Closing Act was far and away the MARTH winner, but Calculation Manipulation only won by a single point.
In fact, I would say almost every entry has some idea of value and has potential for further development. This makes me happy.
The limits of Sacred Stones were pushed, and the Lex Talionis entries pushed things further again. Every chapter had something unique about it.
Thank you to everyone who took time to create a submission. Thank you to everyone who played chapters, who tested them, and gave feedback.
The tier list template is another welcome contribution.
Overall, I think CELICA went very well. There’s always room for improvement, though, and I’d like to hear opinions on reviews, the chapters, the rules, and anything else that comes to mind.
That’s all for now, but CELICA might appear in this year’s FEE3. I hope to see you there.
Before I go, here’s something else you might want to know…
Who the judges are
Judge A = Darrman
Judge B = Loog
Judge C = Levin
Judge D = Rivian