Skyrim - Curse Mod Contest - $15,000 Total Winnings

Omnipotentous · Nov 2011

The toughest part of this contest will be to stop playing Skyrim and start working on it.

For anyone interested:

http://www.skyrimforge.com/

Ace-Angel · Nov 2011

You mean the tools already have been released?

linkov · Nov 2011

according to some august news, mod tools will be a part of PC package

Ace-Angel · Nov 2011

Wow...that is...pretty big turn of events, I must say. I still recall Beth calling modders less then flattering words when the entire nude mod thing happened, and here we are, almost 5-6 years later, getting the kit as part of the PC package.

Bloody nice!

linkov · Nov 2011

here is the link

http://www.totalpcgaming.com/latest-pc-news/the-elder-scrolls-v-skyrim-modding-confirmed/

Two Listen · Nov 2011

Bethesda's always been hugely supportive of the modding community.

Will Faucher · Nov 2011

Ace-Angel wrote: »

Wow...that is...pretty big turn of events, I must say. I still recall Beth calling modders less then flattering words when the entire nude mod thing happened, and here we are, almost 5-6 years later, getting the kit as part of the PC package.

Bloody nice!

Huh? Beth has always fully encouraged mods, no? The construction set was always part of the PC releases.

leilei · Nov 2011

Ace-Angel wrote: »

Wow...that is...pretty big turn of events, I must say. I still recall Beth calling modders less then flattering words when the entire nude mod thing happened, and here we are, almost 5-6 years later, getting the kit as part of the PC package.

Bloody nice!

No, you're thinking of John Romero's old reaction to the Oblivion rerating to M because modders can swap male textures on females to get their nipples.

brandoom · Nov 2011

Awesome. I love that they're trying to get the community involved.

Entity · Nov 2011

Pretty short deadline for the amount of stuff they ask for.

Stromberg90 · Nov 2011

Sweet, hope they have made it more userfriendly, I might just be me but I found the oblivion and fallout mod tools quite hard to work with :poly136:

Ged · Nov 2011

woah december 15th? seriously close deadline for something involving all those criteria or are there seperate prizes for each category, like a prize for the armor category and one for the dungeon category etc?

ambershee · Nov 2011

Quests and dungeons

Quests should have significant story and depth

Must be fully functional and integrated
Must have a reward tied to the end of the quest chain
Must have engaging lore tied in to quest

Dungeons should have significant length and provide a sense of accomplishment when completed

Must be fully functional and integrated
Does not necessarily need a huge reward, but should be worthwhile
Must not be carbon-copied from another dungeon within the game, should have significant changes if using another dungeon as base
If fixing or expanding upon a dungeon already in-game, the mod must make meaningful changes and serve a purpose

Before December the 15th? Do these people live on another planet?

kat · Nov 2011

Am I reading that correctly? One month in which they expect people to learn the tools AND do something of the substantive quality they're wanting? Not going to happen. With so little time all they're going to be getting are the very 'junk' mods they mention not wanting *rolleyes*

Submission deadline to be considered for the $3k bonus is December 15th
Mods uploaded between 11/11/11 and 12/15/11 are eligible
Winners announced on or around December 17th

ambershee · Nov 2011

I like how they have 35 prizes in each category - making for a total of 140 entries they're apparently expecting.

TortillaChips · Nov 2011

So I'm guessing they're wanting things such as a single piece of armour or an NPC skin which would count as a mod?

ambershee · Nov 2011

Looks that way. That sounds more feasible to me, although it's still pretty tight. The dungeon one on the other hand...

Andreas · Nov 2011

I also think they want you to re-use dungeon art assets, like walls etc.

rawkstar · Nov 2011

I don't know what kind of mods they're encouraging with these prizes, it seems like you could make almost any random thing and be almost guaranteed $20-50 bucks

McGreed · Nov 2011

rawkstar wrote: »

I don't know what kind of mods they're encouraging with these prizes, it seems like you could make almost any random thing and be almost guaranteed $20-50 bucks

Yep, and then they publish the item as DLC for console....

linkov · Nov 2011

that image... title says its 15000$, but if you count all the prizes listed under each category, there is only 13000$. Am I doing something wrong? :poly141:

TortillaChips · Nov 2011

linkov wrote: »

that image... title says its 15000$, but if you count all the prizes listed under each category, there is only 13000$. Am I doing something wrong? :poly141:

That's true, and then if you add on the "Submission deadline to be considered for the $3k bonus is December 15th" you get $16,000.

Given the amount of prizes you're almost garaunteed to get at least the lowest prize for each catagory.. however that's way less than the amount of work required for making a NPC/Character as well as implementing it into the game. I think I'd struggle to get it completed within a month, as well as taking up my time and not being able to contribute on the mod project I'm on. I suppose you'd be able to mention that your work "won" a skyrim mod competition.. even if it game #140th.

LRoy · Nov 2011

They would get better submissions if they halved the amount of winners, especially in the last place spots. It seems more like they're going for a general motivator for the modding community though

ambershee · Nov 2011

The main problem I'd have with it, is that for in order for me to come up with some kind of decent 'quest', I'd have to spend considerable time playing the game in order to understand it, and subsequently the tool set well enough to produce

achillesian · Nov 2011

ambershee wrote: »

The main problem I'd have with it, is that for in order for me to come up with some kind of decent 'quest', I'd have to spend considerable time playing the game in order to understand it, and subsequently the tool set well enough to produce

meh, the game isn't much different than oblivion gameplay wise, so its really just learning the tools and/or scripting needed.

uncle · Nov 2011

After seeing some complaints about the deadline the staff of skyrimforge claimed that they are probably going to change it. The info should be there next week. Maybe I will change my mind and give it a go

Rick_D · Nov 2011

ambershee wrote: »

Before December the 15th? Do these people live on another planet?

i was going to join in but jesus christ, 1 month? that pretty much guarantees that only people with heaps of gamebryo modding experience will stand a chance. that and curse.com employees.

ZacD · Nov 2011

I just hope it produces a decent PC UI really quick.
Obviously the decent looking texture and graphic mods are going to take months $:\$

ambershee · Nov 2011

achillesian wrote: »

meh, the game isn't much different than oblivion gameplay wise, so its really just learning the tools and/or scripting needed.

Who says I played Oblivion much

?

eld · Nov 2011

Well I mean, new items should be pretty awesome for polycount, since it'll just be art, bringing it into the game would only take a few hours.

fearian · Nov 2011

So who wants to team up and go make a dungeon

Zpanzer · Nov 2011

Is the Creation Toolkit even released yet? Did it ship with the PC version?

Martin Henriksson · Nov 2011

Zpanzer wrote: »

Is the Creation Toolkit even released yet? Did it ship with the PC version?

Nope no toolkit yet.

Joopson · Nov 2011

So, they want mods, and we aren't even sure if the toolkit will be out by then? I mean, I hope it comes out in the next two weeks, but really we can't be sure... It's a shame, I want to get to modding!

McGreed · Nov 2011

You can always plan your stuff, and modelling/texturing what you need. Don't really need the game or toolkit for that.

Dylan Brady · Nov 2011

hmmm... I got nothing going on. I used to make models for oblivion, the tools were really easy to use and heck. if you do a character/item you'll need to spend more time on the modeling anyways so that would be the best way to ensure it goes smoothly.

ZacD · Nov 2011

If I had the game, I'd do a mod or some environment stuff, if anyone wants to team up, I have tons of free time.

ErichWK · Nov 2011

A polycount mod would be fun, ala TF2. Nothing big. But i know how we all talk a big game, but end up being too busy to do it. Sad panda.

Dylan Brady · Nov 2011

Zac D. do you think they'll allow collaborations?

ambershee · Nov 2011

They probably will. I don't mind doing some level design, but only if the deadline is something like early March.

Dylan Brady · Nov 2011

looks like its been moved to january 31st according to this news post
http://www.skyrimforge.com/announcements/15k-skyrim-challenge-and-skyrim-forge-updates/

Shogun3d · Nov 2011

Good,because mid December without the Toolkit is self explanatory

ambershee · Nov 2011

Cue a Febraury release date xD

Skyrim - Curse Mod Contest - $15,000 Total Winnings

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