UPDATE - the contest is over - see the winners here: https://www.reddit.com/r/NovaDrift/comments/fub2ss/nova_drift_high_score_challenge_results/
As part of our 1 year anniversary celebration, we are running a high score contest for the next 3 days. There are 8 categories, and players can enter all 8 if they want. Here are the prizes for each category:
- 3 Nova Drift Steam Keys for friends
- The Nova Drift OST
- Last Horizon & OST (an older game by Pixeljam & Chimeric)
Rules For All Challenges:
- 8 challenges will be revealed (below), each with its own unique ruleset. You may submit scores to any number of them.
- No cheats are allowed for any challenges and practice mode cannot be enabled.
- Any challenge modes, on or off, are acceptable.
- Unless otherwise stated, the highest score in each category wins.
- You must play on version 0.27.12, the Genesis update.
- Scores must be submitted to Chimeric via a game-over screenshot. You may submit scores via email to [email protected]. Please tell us which category the screenshot is for, and provide your handle so we can give a shoutout if you win.
- The contest will begin today at 10am EST and end on Friday, April 3rd, at 10am EST when we begin our Art Jam stream (https://www.twitch.tv/chimeric_).
- We will announce the winners and discuss the builds used during the Art Jam stream, and share the results to Discord and Reddit shortly after the stream.
- Prizes will be granted to winners on Monday, April 6th.
- If someone wins multiple categories, they will only receive 1 prize package (in the category they submitted to first) and the other category they won will be awarded to second place.
THE CHALLENGE CATEGORIES:
PURITY Challenge:
* Must take Ataraxia as your first mod (gear upgrades are not mods.)
* You cannot exceed 10 mods (gear upgrades are not mods.)
CURSED Challenge:
* Must include Omnishield + Shielded Constructs within your first 12 mods (gear upgrades are not mods.)
WILDERNESS Challenge:
* After you have selected your gear, you may only spend rerolls if no wild mods are offered to you.
* Must use only wild mods, unless none are available or you have zero rerolls (Any gear is okay.)
* You're on the honor system with this one.
THICCNESS Challenge:
* Score doesn't matter.
* The build which has taken the most damage according to the game-over readout wins.
ONE PUNCH Challenge:
* Score doesn't matter.
* The build which has dealt the highest damage in one hit according to the game-over readout wins (burn damage doesn't hit.)
* You cannot take Last Stand.
MY CHILD Challenge:
* Must include Architect + Overseer within your first 12 mods (gear upgrades are not mods.)
* Either Apex Machinery or Vital Bond must be used.
* You must use only one type of construct.
SWARM Challenge:
* You must use Carrier + Overseer.
* Either Shielded Constructs or Rapid Reconstruction must be used.
* You cannot have an assembly limit above zero for any construct apart from swarm constructs.
AU NATURAL Challenge:
* Must include Hidden Power + Rapid Reconstruction within your first 12 mods (gear upgrades are not mods.)
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While we have your attention:
- Thursday April 2 is MUSIC DAY - Miles @ Pixeljam will be streaming music creation and analysis at https://twitch.tv/pixeljamgames around 11 AM EST
- Join the Discord Server for the most direct & immediate way to interact with the community and devs
- Please leave a review for Nova Drift if you haven't already!