Winner, winner, chicken dinner, Realmers!
It took a while to review the amazing entries that we had for the Dungeon Specification Contest! There were loads of great entries, and narrowing it down to just five was no easy task! But at last, we are finally ready to announce the top 5 winners!
The following dungeons demonstrated the best examples of our four main criteria: Creativity (how original and fleshed out the concept and theme is), ingenuity (how much the dungeon achieves within the realistic limitations of the game), integration (how well it fits into the game), and presentation (how readable and fluid the document is).
I. The Necropolis by Puffagod:
"[...] an early-game/mid-game dungeon themed around a temple of the dead.”
II. The Chophouse by Supercst:
“This is an Epic Oryx’s Kitchen dungeon. Bonegrind is back with a cohort of monstrous foods and employees.”
III. The Workshop by Takushiari:
“The Workshop is a static dungeon with a single traditional boss fight, a cemetery inspired wave encounter and a Spectral Sentry / Dungeon crawl fight.”
IV. Salty Shoals by Boomeranga:
“Following the subsequent breach of Deadwater Docks, Bilgewater narrowly escaped to commandeer the flagship of his smuggling syndicate, ‘King Alexander’s Revenge.’ With the heroes of the realm in close pursuit, a battle for control over the seas seems imminent…but, what’s with all the tentacles?”
V. Cretacious Canyon by Joeybro:
“Free the Saurids from oppression and battle some sick cyborg dinosaurs!”
Based on what we saw in the submissions, we also plan to set up a new dungeon spec template next time we hold a contest like this to more accurately match the rules, as we understand this caused some confusion initially.
The winners will soon be contacted to choose their rewards! Congratulations to all if you again, and thank you to everyone who participated!