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Tentatively-named the Duo Dev Challenge because neither hosts seem to be creative enough when it comes to names to think of something better. [Credits to Blindga for this lovely image. Wait, this is an icon? It resembles an excellent poster!] Also shameless stealing the thread format of a more traditionally loved contest because that format is just plain perfect. Hello, my dear Central! It is I, your exceptionally stellar and gorgeous Host One! Yes, yes, bow down to the incredibly great and heavy charismatic aura I emit so naturally, with my fluffy white hair and anime blue eyes and – … Oh, I’m not supposed to be like that? Um, okay! I guess I’ll cut my little introduction speech a little shorter than the hundred lines of epicness I had prepared in my brain. As the most acute and aware of you guys will know, Host Two posted a thread earlier, asking which prizes you guys wanted in a pair-based contest game development contest! Well, I am here to make the announcement even more official by…you know, making this thread. That makes it even more public, right? At least I make it clear that this contest is happening, and that it’s starting something week, yeah? So this contest is more or less experimental – a couple of us, and I do mean literally a couple of us, wondered about what could happen if we created a contest that just happened to fit in the middle of summer, when most people were more free than the rest of the year, that happened to involve making a game as a team? Well, let me tell you that the possibilities were just endless! The sky’s the limit! if you can dream, you can do it! Some people dream of success, while you’re gonna wake up and work hard at it! Nothing is impossible! But just to get straight to the point, this is more or less just a pair-based version of Indie in a Week. Of course, it’s going to last longer than a week, given the nature of communicating with another person, and all that. So, because this involves two people, which is double that of one person, we’ll double the contest time to a grand total of two weeks! Extensions may vary, but the furthest I, the magnanimous Host One who can do no wrong, will allow is eighteen days. Of course, whether or not this will ultimately be allowed is anyone’s guess, but I’m leaving this out there for now. Without further ado, here is the information you guys more or less were looking for! RULES: DATES: Contest information announced: July 11, 2016, around midnight Contest begins/sign-ups end: July 17, 2016, 1:00 PM EST. Contest ends: August 5, 2016, 2:00 PM EST. Judging period: The week after the contest - approximately between August 1, 2016 to August 7, 2016. Results announced: Day after judging is finished - approximately August 8, 2016. PRIZES: So the following is the pool of prizes we have prepared for this, because even if most of you guys want to make games just for the hell of it, it wouldn’t be a contest if it didn’t have prizes. Plus, there’s more incentive for other people to join! PARTICIPANTS: If you wish to join, mention it in a post, with your desired partner! The partner also has to confirm this in a post in the thread, but after all that is done, you guys are gold, and hopefully the ultimate game developing pair is born! You will also be mentioned under the name you registered in. Judges will probably be selected after the contest begins, and will personally be approached about it. We don’t need too many judges because the number of entries will definitely be lower due to the nature of this contest, and I’d prefer to have more participants, personally! CONTESTANTS: Team Procrastination: (Jackus and Eien Nanashi) Consisting of the pair that hosts the contest in which this one was based off of, we have partners who manage to be both the opposite end of the spectrum and yet such similar people. What could possibly be born from such a paradox? Well, something unique, that's for sure! Team Never Second Again: (Shiggy and Nirwanda) These two once stood against each other in a tie-breaker for second place in a recent contest, but all of us knew that they were equal in talent, yet it wasn't enough for either of them to take the first place spot. Teaming up, they have made it clear to not be second, but can two halves of two become one? Or would it become two once more? Team Cookie Conductor Confluence: (Blindga and Cookie Ninja) The next group with the name of triple C has been born, out there to challenge the world with their ability to cast Blind upon all nearby foes and stealing cookies from the cookie jar. But wait, confluence? Collaboration is promised in that name alone, and you can bet that this pair will blind the world with their game - these cool dudes are here to make games and eat cookies, and they're almost completely out of cookies! Oh snap, everyone, hide the freshly baked cookies! Team Saltwater Poutine: ​(Saltwater Croc and CVincent) They were called the admin team simply because their names signified a higher position in the Discord server. They were casted into this harsh challenge to prove that they deserved to have their names engraved in red - we called them administrators, but were they truly deserving to have ownership of such a title? Even though this contest will prove absolutely nothing about whether or not the "admin team" is a phrase to use as praise or mockery, these are the guys who are looking to bring in their A-game. Oh, and the image of poutine made all soggy because of salt water tilts me already. Team DinoMitches: (Amysaurus and RavenBlueIndigo) This is a pair that is just as paradoxical as the first team to enter this challenge, while being infinitely more dangerous. Oh, it has absolutely nothing to do with their personalities - it's easy to see these two working together. Rather, it's what we see them as: one of them has evil in her agenda, while the other wishes to create a digital god with the power of Javascript that will rule the world through efficiency. Their first step in delivering chaos? Make the game that beats all others, for there will be nine games for the scripter-kings under the roof, seven for the art-lords in their rooms of thought, nine for game developers doomed to fail, one for the Samaritan on its throne. One game to rule them all, one game to find them, one game to bring them all and in the chaos bind them. Team Tarqeo: (Tarq and Takeo212) This is the team whose combination of the members' names come out so cleanly, although there is a particularly gorgeous and totally genius host out there who is disappointed that they didn't take the name to the next level and called themselves Tarqeo212. Nonetheless, the name came out cleanly, and indeed, we are expecting just the same from their entry here: a game that comes out incredibly cleanly, a tight and excellent experience that could take it all. Their induction into this contest goes to show that none of us here so far appears to have a dark horse team - we're in for some excellent competition! [DROPPED OUT] Team Evil Alliance: (Chibae and Brank) The name is indicative of a pair of super villains coming together to deliver an evil product - a game so enchanting and addicting that no one would be able to put it down after starting it up. Their goals are more unknown than the last previous group who declared their evil intentions for joining this competition, but one of them is a greater master of horror than Stephen King (not like that's too difficult), and with horror comes an imaginative mind while the other has the computer skills to make those ideas a reality. These two paired up to complement one another, as do all great villain partnerships, and while horror may not necessarily be their goal, the immersion and addicting qualities of a good horror game is definitely part of the package. SCORING: OTHER INFORMATION: I have no real tips or faqs here that you guys don’t already know. I have full confidence that you guys are respectable people, who are smart enough to know the rights and wrongs of game development. That being said, if you guys have any questions, because I might have missed something or not consider something (my brain is almost on the level of a supercomputer, but not quite there), then let me know! Ask away! I’d also like to thank Jackus and Eien for being really supportive of this contest, considering how much it is like their own, and how it fits in between the previous Indie in a Week and the next one.