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spinnerweb is sponsoring a new contest to encourage new reviews. She's noticed that new files rarely get reviewed, which is a shame, particularly as it means the authors who spend literally hundreds of hours creating new D-Mods don't get to know what people think about what they've created. It also makes it difficult for people to know which D-Mods are worth playing, as much of our casual audience only plays the most highly-rated D-Mods.

There will be three winners of the contest, determined by spinnerweb. First place will receive a USD 30 game of their choice, second place will receive a USD 20 game, and third place will receive a USD 10 game. I'll also give everyone who participates in the contest a special forum flair.

To enter the contest, you only need to write a review for one of these files that didn't have any reviews, and was released since the start of 2020. The deadline is October 1st November 15th. Here's a list of files that are eligible:

• A Little Adventure


• Before...


• Bow Sign


• Brovia- A mod I made for my Brother as a Christmas present


• Checkbit


• Cursed Blades Part 1: Charlie's Legacy


• Dink Shadows for Blender


• Dink Smallwood Icon Remade


• Dink Smallwood Midi OST - Roland MT-32


• Dink Smallwood Original 3ds Max Models


• Dink Smallwood Retopologized 3d Model


• Dink Smallwood Variables


• Dink Wallpaper/Fan Artwork


• Dink engine sprite rendering resize tests


• Fun with palettes


• Night Graphics and Tiles


• Periculo Island


• Push and Pull


• Sci-fi SFX


• Skeleton Gelatin


• WinDinkedit Plus 2 Source

For the full rules, see the comments.

Any new review written from September 20th 2023 to October 1st 2023 will be considered as an entry into the contest IF:

1. It is for a file that was uploaded in the 2020-23 period.
2. The file did not have any reviews prior to this post being published.
3. The reviews are formatted professionally enough for spinnerweb to be able to read them without grimacing.

The prize pool will be THREE winners who shall receive a USD 30 game for first place, USD 20 game for second place and USD 10 game for third place.

1. It must be a Steam game that can be gifted from the Australian region. If you're from a non-giftable region, spinnerweb will send you Steam keys from an official keyshop of your choice. GreenManGaming, Fanatical, Humble Bundle, etc.
2. It must be priced under USD 10 or AUD 15.
3. It must not be published by New Blood Interactive. Sorry, spinnerweb has a personal vendetta.

spinnerweb is judging the reviews. See her post for more info about what she's looking for.

man, am i ready to play charlie's legacy for realsies this time and not run up against every single wall and object and attack everything in sight?

Neat! I haven't written a review since 2015, I should participate

I promise I won't reject everyone's submissions except my own... HAHAHAHAHAHA!

I suppose I'd better stop postponing all my reviews indefinitely now

I'll participate too I think.

I think it sohuld be clarified what happens if someone writes multiple reviews for different files. Like is it considered multiple entires into the contest?

Also what happens if 2 users write a review for a file on the list? Does the second persons review not count anymore since it now isn't a "file without a review"?

they'd still be a file with no reviews at the time of the contest starting

so, uh, is there any character limit on reviews? because, ive got a short novel already

@Robj

I think it sohuld be clarified what happens if someone writes multiple reviews for different files. Like is it considered multiple entires into the contest?
Their place in the winners will be determined by their best review.

Also what happens if 2 users write a review for a file on the list? Does the second persons review not count anymore since it now isn't a "file without a review"?
While not what I particularly want, I understand that multiple people may choose to review the same file. If it's one of the files in the list the great redink1 posted above, it's fine.

@skurn

so, uh, is there any character limit on reviews? because, ive got a short novel already
No clue, sorry, the moderators might be able to answer this better.

The first person to upload their review shall win the title of 'Skinny Legend.'

Guess none of you is a skinny legend.

Isn't exdeathevn a skinny legend? He submitted his review a couple days ago.

Today ExDeath is a skinny legend.

The Skinny End of Legs

I'm considering extending the deadline due to the absolutely heinous turnout we've had so far.

ive kinda got one coming, wrote loads of words. but its for charlie's legacy and its gonna need some condensing, so gonna be a bit if i get to it again

Nah, definitely extending the deadline. 15th November, lads.

Well, I did my part. I reviewed some fan art.

Do I get bonus points for beating the original Oct 1 deadline for my submission?

This is now a classic contest, because the extended deadline is common.
Though to be fair, the original 10 days was also ridiculously ambitious - even if a review is nowhere near as complicated to produce as a Dmod, though it requires actually experiencing the file being reviewed.

and most of these don't really warrant a full review, let alone something that could be create and fun enough to win a contest.

at least there are some dmods, but check bit. just check bit.

let alone something that could be create and fun

Skurn, you already lost.

Skurn is a good writer.

Alright I posted my review and it was actually an enjoyable experience. I like talking about stuff. Especially stuff that interests me

well yeah, i gave up.

>Nah, definitely extending the deadline. 15th November, lads.
Wohoo, been busy and haven't had time for reviewing these last couple of weeks so definitely appreciate that!

Judgement Day approaches...

And I still don't think Skurn has posted a review yet, very sad... Very sad indeed

@drone1400:
And I still don't think Skurn has posted a review yet, very sad... Very sad indeed

Yes, well... he will be judged harshly by a jury of his peers for not posting a review. (Insert additional taunts here.)

Oh, I don't need him "not posting a review" to judge him harshly!

I finally got around to submitting a review. I think I'm too late for the contest, so no worries if I'm disqualified for that reason. It was still fun to do something here again and boot up some Dink.

I will try and very slowly catch up on some more newer D-mod releases when I get some time. Just the fact that there's still people working hard on D-mods in 2023 is really awesome to me.

@thenewguy:

Well, my current dmod project is progressing slowly, but I'm certainly having fun working on it!

I'm only about half done and have a lot of interesting things I still need to work out in it. So, it may be ready (sometime next year) at about the time you are... for beta testing at least.

I hope the DN website stays online that long!

Seeing a total of 10 valid entries at present among the Latest Reviews displayed (5 for files not in the original post list), so understandable that we have a wait time before the results are announced.
Looking forward to the results, and good luck fellow entrants!

so who won

bet it was you

then where's my prize, do i need to send in another nothing?

well, damn, i'm glad i dropped out of the race. i was going all out - playing charlie's legacy, taking a buncha notes, figuring out how i was going to organize the notes into a cohesive review. might've annihilated the competition even. could you imagine if i put in all the effort, pages upon pages of notes to make the ultimate review just for the host to piss off the network again? thanks for reinforcing the fact that hard work is meaningless and everything you do should be minimal effort since you won't be rewarded for it and you'll have expended so much energy for absolutely no reason.

just one more nothing submitted and you would have clinched it