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Are you interested in making D-Mods, but simply can't find the motivation to do it? Or are you quite good at making them, and want to find a new challenge? Tada, this Contest might help.

Basically, the goal of the contest is to make a 'Weird' D-Mod. It also allows D-Mods to compete against D-Mods in a Contest, instead of battling everything in DOTM contests.

To view the rules, view the Comments.

The Rules

Deadline: All entries must arrive at redink1@rpgplanet.com before February 1st, 2004, and they will be put online the next day.

If you upload your entry to another public website before it is on The Dink Network, it is disqualified from the Contest.

Voting: Voting will be conducted by the Senior Staff within a week of the deadline.

If there are less than 3 entries, the contest is basically cancelled, and no prizes will be awarded.

Prize: A tangible prize will be awarded, but it is still unknown what it will be. In any case, only one prize will be given to the top D-Mod, regardless of how many authors contribute to it.

Size: There are not any size limitations, either in map screens or file size.

Specifications: The D-Mod must be 'Weird' in some easily identifiable way. 'Weird' is a term given to non-traditional D-Mods, meaning D-Mods where it isn't just the player guiding Dink around, talking to people, and killing monsters.

So it could be an arcade-type game, point-and-click adventure, non-interactive movie, extremely odd looking and playing D-Mod, an adventure where you or someone else real is 'sucked into' the D-Mod, or something that nobody has thought of yet. If you're at a loss for ideas, check out the Weird D-Mods already released.

If you want to ensure that your idea is 'Weird' enough for the contest, e-mail a senior staff member or post a comment to the board and ask.

Misc: If you have any questions, or think some of my rules are a bit silly, please post a comment or a message on the board.

Oh, and because there is a prize, and the voting will be conducted by the Dink Network Senior Staff, any entries by Senior Staff are not eligible.

Previously released D-Mods are not eligible, nor any parts of their map and/or story. For example, Sharp couldn't take Milder 3 submit it for the contest. However, if you wanted to have a SOB scorpion as an enemy (or character) that is allowed.

The point of the Weird theme was to make it so people couldn't just submit a D-Mod they've been working on for months. So if have been working on a D-Mod for a while that fits in the rules, please start a new one.

You can submit more than one entry. But beware: you may end up 'splitting the vote', and allowing another D-Mod to win.