Thank you for your patience, everyone. Over the past few weeks, the judges have played ans reviewed sixteen individual submissions. And without further ado…
The results!
=1st The Pen 67/80
=1st Pillars of the Horizon 67/80
3rd Ava Turr Ace Attorney 64/80
4th The Three Princes 58/80
5th Last Refuge 54/80
6th A Star Wars Story 51/80
7th No Grave Unturned 44/80
8th The Rider's Trial 43/80
9th The Warden's Woes 40/80
10th Omen of Apsides 38/80
11th Freikugel 34/80
12th A Quest for Gold 28/80
13th Wood Wars 26/80
14th The Author's Curse 23/80
15th The Last Stand 20/80
D/Q Chronicles of Varna 19/80
As it so happens, this time there happens to be a tie for first place. Congratulations to The Pen, by Frog, and Pillars of the Horizon, by Olivia and MommyRexacuse! You have all made supremely intellectual games utilising real design, and are the winners of SIGURD!
Ava Turr Ace Attorney, by knabepicer, came in third place.
Unfortunately, Chronicles of Varna was disqualified due to being unwinnable without using glitches.
As usual, the reviews for SIGURD will be hosted on an external website. All reviews, scores, downloads, and links back to FEU posts are present.
https://chalphycastle.ie/projects/supremely-intellectual-games-utilising-real-design-sigurd/
And now, my closing statement.
With two romhacking contests under my belt, there naturally was desire for a third when the time came. CELICA went quite smoothly, with the only issue of note coming up being the treatment of Lex Talionis entries. With that in mind, I decided to start the contest a small bit later this year. A few minor tweaks to the rules were made, but nothing that majorly affected anything. I then took a look at the calendar. Fire Emblem’s anniversary was a Sunday, that would make a cute deadline.
It was also Easter Sunday. Setting the deadline on a major holiday was in hindsight a mistake, and I should have started things a week earlier or later instead. 16 entries is still a good turnout, but I do know others were making things before time caught up with them. I stand by not extending the deadline, but in future I’ll take better note of things such as Easter’s timing before setting the deadline.
As for the actual submissions, the standard was somewhere in-between MARTH and CELICA. The Pen and Pillars could not be seperated, and in the end SIGURD concluded with a tie. Almost every entry does have some good ideas within them somewhere, and that’s always a good thing to see.
Thank you to everybody who took the time to create a submission. Thank you to everyone who played through and gave feedback to entries: there was a lot of this this year, which was good to see. Several entries received patches prior to the deadline, which shows the value of getting feedback. And for anyone whose submission fell through, I still thank you for trying, and I hope your work gets to see the light of day somewhere.
Overall, I think SIGURD went decently. The main iteration on CELICA was publically naming the judges each progress report in the interests of more transparency. There will always be room for improvement, however. Any feedback you have, I would like to hear, whether it be about the reviews, the chapters, the rules, or anything else that is worthy of comment.
That’s all for now. Perhaps we shall meet again in another contest in the future. The CELICA FEE3 video fell through, but I’m open to the idea of a SIGURD video still. Wherever it may be, I hope to see you all again some day.