ARV Contest Thread

[NecroBlade]

Managed to throw something together! Now I just gotta get the pics and story together...

[Sir Heroscape]

Great submission! I can see the instructions just fine...but your image isn't showing up on any of my browsers. You'll have to look into that. We're starting to see some maps coming out of the woodwork now after all, it's not every day you get a chance to win TREX's dice bowls!

Originally Posted by All Your Pie

Alrighty, having to put this up a little earlier than I was expecting because I needed the game table for something else, but here we go.

Platinum River (2 BftU, 1 FotA)


Backstory

Spoiler Alert!

Look closely, my friend, and even beneath the world’s shell, you will see the stars.
-Old kyrie saying

Ulfrin Vaultshaper stumbled through the darkness. All around him, the narrow cavern walls echoed with vicious sounds--the clang of swords, gunfire, and the shearing of metal. With his left arm, he cradled his right, which hung limply in the ginger grip, a slowly spreading red stain seeping into the cloth wrapped around it. His Dwarven eyes, suitably well-adjusted to the gloom, were nonetheless insufficient to perceive terribly far ahead of him, and in his panicked state he could scarcely keep himself on his feet, let alone navigate these maddening tunnels with any degree of care. Lost, wounded, and terribly frightened, the only solace he took was in the sounds of battle fading behind him, until eventually his ears were ruled by silence.

Assured of at least a fragile sort of safety, he stopped, collapsing against a cavern wall. A relieved shudder of breath ran through his body, though with it came a surge of pain--as the adrenaline subsided, his wounded arm demanded attention. Surveying it, Ulfrin ruefully concluded that the damage was indeed severe, a bullet lodged deep in his upper arm. The wound needed more careful attention than his hasty first aid had provided, or else it would start to fester. Before panic could overtake him once more, however, he became aware of another sound--the gentle rush of water.

Looking to at least wash his would, Ulfrin followed the noise. It led him down a short stretch of tunnel to a larger cavern, where the air felt pleasantly damp. As he happened upon this chamber, the dwarf’s eyes lit up in astonishment, for dancing across the cavern’s ceiling was a myriad of reflected lights. Blinking, twisting, and racing, these stars captivated him, and without even thinking he drew closer. Before he knew it, he stood at the bank of a gently flowing underground river, lit from within by a silvery light that cast its dim radiance upon the stone above. Gratefully, he knelt, washing and re-dressing his wound, before deciding to rest here awhile and be on his way. In the following days, his injury did not deteriorate, and he was able to rejoin Aquilla’s forces with his life intact. Yet in the weeks that came after, the damage did not heal either. It seemed unchanging, loose from time itself, and glimmered with a faint silver sheen under certain light.

Once these accounts reached Aquilla herself, she deduced that her infantryman had quite by chance stumbled across a wellspring--one with the power to keep things unchanging throughout time. After examining and questioning Ulfrin extensively, she prepared an expeditionary force to set out for this place of power. Utgar’s mechanical legion, however, had not been idle during this time, and little did they know that they were about to make the same discovery...

(Hopefully my backstory chops can make up for the fact that I'm still technically inept and can't manage to save a prettier-looking image than that, heh. The High Quality option in VS for me is still greyed out.)

EDIT: Also adding the .hsc file.

[Sir Heroscape]

Originally Posted by NecroBlade

Managed to throw something together! Now I just gotta get the pics and story together...

Yay! More submissions!!

[All Your Pie]

Originally Posted by Sir Heroscape

Great submission! I can see the instructions just fine...but your image isn't showing up on any of my browsers. You'll have to look into that.

Hmm, that's odd. I'd say it's because I hosted it on Google docs, but that's also where I put the build instructions and those are working alright. Image is only showing up on Chrome, though.

I'll see what I can do about it, but I'm pretty terrible at fiddling with file extensions or whatever it is I need to do to get this site to register it.

[A3n]

Originally Posted by All Your Pie

Hmm, that's odd. I'd say it's because I hosted it on Google docs, but that's also where I put the build instructions and those are working alright. Image is only showing up on Chrome, though.

I'll see what I can do about it, but I'm pretty terrible at fiddling with file extensions or whatever it is I need to do to get this site to register it.

Here you go mate,


BTW all your battlements in the HSC file are placed incorrectly (I fixed them for this picture ). You need to put the battlement on the adjacent hex & spin it around so it is attached to the outside of the hex space you wish it to be attached to.

[All Your Pie]

Originally Posted by A3n

Here you go mate,


BTW all your battlements in the HSC file are placed incorrectly (I fixed them for this picture ). You need to put the battlement on the adjacent hex & spin it around so it is attached to the outside of the hex space you wish it to be attached to.

Thanks! I'm sure it's obvious, but I haven't really toyed with mapmaking in a fair bit. I'll update the PDF and the HSC with the correct battlement placement in a few.

EDIT: All done!

[Dr.Goomonkey]

Here is my entry's download page. If somebody could take a good picture of it or point me to a "VirtualScape for Dummies" that would be wonderful.

[Sir Heroscape]

Originally Posted by Dr.Goomonkey

Here is my entry's download page. If somebody could take a good picture of it or point me to a "VirtualScape for Dummies" that would be wonderful.

Every time I download your file, it looks corrupted and is nothing but random letters.. Is anyone else having the same issue?

[TREX]

@Dr.Goomonkey , here it is:

Wasted Swamplands by Dr.Goomonkey


My initial thoughts are, wow. Me likee. I'll have to really look it over. It definitely looks sweet.

[TREX]

Originally Posted by Sir Heroscape

Every time I download your file, it looks corrupted and is nothing but random letters.. Is anyone else having the same issue?

Got it. It looked fine to me. I downloaded it. Took a screenshot, imported it to photoshop and here is a jpeg of it.

[Sir Heroscape]

Thanks for the image TREX! Really loving these submissions! Well done @Dr.Goomonkey

EDIT: Dr. per the instructions you'll need to choose a specific powerside up power glyph for the map. Currently there I just have Brandar which is typically used for treasure Glyphs or special instructions...and that's fine to indicate in the build instructions but for the purpose of this contest and the requirements please choose a powerside up power glyph to place there and update he image/PDF download.

[Sir Heroscape]

3 Days Left before the deadline. I know there's a few of you out there still lurking or working on your maps ( @Yodaking @NecroBlade @Nomad @Dr.Goomonkey @TREX )Also, keep in mind you're allowed 2 submissions!