Come one, come all to the We Need To Go Deeper community New Years' Games! As mentioned in our last update, there will be no content updates this month as we prepare for a large-scale anniversary update in February. Instead, this month will be filled with weekly community-driven contests where you fine folks will have a chance to win free copies of We Need To Go Deeper to give to friends and family to kick off the new year!
Week 1: The Name Game!
This first contest is going to be our simplest and accessible for just about anybody with a knack for goofy names. Your goal this week is to come up with new names for some of WNTGD's inhabitants. You may have noticed that WNTGD's mini-bosses, bots, and in future, NPCs, are named in-game using a pool of random goofy names.To make games fresh, we want these name pools to be as varied but as fitting as possible!
Specifically, here are the characters you'll be coming up with names for:
Bots - Find a way to incorporate the word "Bot" or "Robot" into a humorous first and last name combo (Male or Female, preferably both).
Examples: Bot Smith, Lucille Bot, Jerry Botfield, etc.
Mini-Boss: Crystal Bug - Combine a first name that would suit this crystally bug fella from the new Aurelian biome with 3 titles for each possible mini-boss variant: a giant slower variant with increased damage and health, a regular speed large variant with increased damage, and a speedy shrunken variant.
Examples: Crys the Hardened, Krkkle the Quick, etc.
Atlanteans - Last but not least, come up with names for the denizens of one of our next update's civilizations, The Atlanteans! No pre-determined naming schemes other than how well it seems to fit their fishy appearance, so go wild on these guys!
Rules
1. To qualify, you must submit your full list of suggested names, preferably labeled so we know what characters you are suggesting names for, in the COMMENTS of this very update post. (We'd rather not have a bajillion redundant forum threads about these contests, so let's keep the entries all in one place, yeah?)
2. You may submit a maximum of 15 names TOTAL. Any additional names from the same user past the first 15 will be discounted, so make em count!
Judging Criteria
We'll be judging names on two simple criteria:
1. Appropriateness - Both in terms of how fitting a name is for a certain character or else how appropriate it is to put in a professional product. That means no slurs, swears, or otherwise anything future-you would be ashamed of.
2. Cleverness - This one's purely going to be based on the devs' sense of humor and opinions, but cleverness is just, ya know, how clever the name is thought out. I dunno how to explain cleverness, y'all. Just come up with names that are interesting or amusing and I'm sure you'll do just fine.
Winners and Prizes
1st Place: 1 entrant with our favorite name/names (again, quality over quantity but if you can manage a lot of top quality, all the better obviously) will have their best names featured in-game by the next update, AND they will be awarded 2 copies of We Need To Go Deeper!
Runner Ups: Anyone else who posts a name the team likes enough will have their best names featured in-game starting next update and be recognized as a runner up in next week's contest post! There's plenty of room for runner ups, so post away!
All entries are due no later than January 14, 8:00pm MST.
Good luck, and happy naming!
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A Very Special Side Note:
For those who may not be aware, as part of our Early Access promise, the We Need To Go Deeper devs do a bi-monthly live-stream for fans every other Saturday. To encourage more fan participation, we will be giving away a code for this Stream-Exclusive "Shark Cat" hat to those who come by to visit and chat! You can follow the Deli Interactive Twitch Channel to stay updated on when we go live at www.twitch.tv/deliinteractive