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Subject: New Text Adventure Competition
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Hi!
Apex Online is starting a new Text Adventure competition, and it happens
trimonthly.
This time, we will be judging the first 20 games we get. The best game will
get the prize of the Star Trek Academy package once it is finished.
Your game must match the following criteria:
-It must be original, not created before the contest.
-It must be sic-if.
-You must show a list of characters, locations and the plot.
-You will need to have goals and missions involved, but a continuous
playability.
- Before submitting, you must have worked out a reasonable technological
background to base a few of the puzzles on.

For extra points, you can do things like a puzzle in which you must work out
a few linguistic problems of an alien race to make easier contact, or add in
complex, contradictive detective puzzles.
The thing to remember: Lateral thinking!
Also, put the story first, then the game, and then winning. This should help
win!
The due date is when we have 20 games in :)
Thanks and smile,

Joel Try
President of Apex Online
joel.try@oceanfree.net


