This thread will be kept up to date with prizes, conditions, terms. Apologies for the loophole laden legalese. Please trust that every effort will be made to be absolutely fair and ethical in allocating and matching prizes.
If anyone wants to donate a prize with specific terms, send a private message to info@adventuron.io .
General Terms (applies to all prizes)
- Prizes to be fulfilled by individual donors.
- Prizes will be allocated at random to participants that submit an entry to the Adventuron Halloween Jam (2019), as long as the entry is complete, and adheres to the rules of the jam. A single participant allocating multiple games to the jam counts as just one participant for the purposes of the prize draw.
- Each entrant is only permitted to win one prize maximum.
- Participation requires a shipping address in Europe, Japan, USA, Canada, Australia and India - and must supply an email address for correspondence between donor and winner.
- All eligible entrants (excluding the Adventuron account, and entrants that opt out of the prize draw), will be allocated a number, and a winner will be chosen at random.
- Upon winning a prize in the prize draw, the winning accounts will be contacted to supply a shipping address. If one of the winning accounts does not supply a shipping address in 7 days after being contacted, or specifies they do not want the prize, then the prize will be reallocated in the current draw round again or spark a new draw round if there are no more entrants in the current round. The shipping address will be kept for 90 days, then details will deleted. No details collected here will be used for direct marketing purposes or shared with any third parties whatsoever.
- Participants under 18 years old are not permitted to supply an address. Find an adult to supply an address.
- Donors will be put in touch with winners in order to fulfil the order.
- If Prize Donors decide to enter the gamejam, then they will be disqualified from winning their own donated prizes.
Draw Methodology
- Each (qualified) participant in the jam is permitted one entry in each round of the draw.
- Winners will be selected by drawing pieces of paper with participant details from a box.
- Upon winning a prize in a round, then the participant is excluded from winning another prize in the same round (paper removed from box). Each prize is selected in order listed below (prize 1 drawn first, prize 2 drawn second, etc).
- Only if there are more prizes than qualified entries then there may be a second round, and the prize draw is treated like a fresh prize draw (it is only possible to win two prizes if the number of prizes exceeds the number of participants). In the very unlikely case that there are many more prizes than entry, this procedure will follow.
Prize Set A - 2 x "Computer Adventures : The Secret Art", a book by Gil Williamson
"Computer Adventures : The Secret Art" is an small, interesting book on the design considerations of building a text adventure.
Note: This is TWO prizes, not one prize of two books.
This Prize Terms
- This prize assumes that "Computer Adventures : The Secret Art" by Gil Williamson will still be available to purchase at the point that the competition ends.
- There may be a delay between winning and receiving the book as the book will be directly purchased and delivered (not held at the point of holding the jam). The delay may be significant if there are stock shortages. If the book goes out of print, then second hand copies may be used to fulfill the prize. If second hand copies cannot be sourced at reasonable cost, then a fair alternate cash prize will be offered instead.
- Postage included in prize (only for eligible countries listed above).
Prize Set B - Any selected issue of "The Classic Adventurer" by Mark Hardisty.
Mark has kindly donated a "economy" printed copy of any issue THE CLASSIC ADVENTURER.
As described on the website:
"A bookazine dedicated to the golden era of text adventures.
Visually stunning design and meticulously researched articles with some of the biggest games in the genre. Featuring in-depth interviews with industry legends including Anita Sinclair, Charles Cecil MBE, Fergus McNeill, Tim Gilberts, Mike White, John Wilson, Veronika Megler and The Austin Brothers.
A look behind the scenes at some of the greatest ever text adventure games, including The Big Sleaze, Fish!, Doomsday Lost Echoes, The Hobbit and Twin Kingdom Valley.
A raft of artwork – lovingly restored by hand, badly written articles, features and book reviews."
This Prize Terms
- This prize donated by and to be fulfilled by Mark Hardisty.
- This prize is for the "economy" printed edition.
- Upon winning, the winner should inform Mark Hardisty of their desired issue, and their shipping address. Their personal information will only be kept for purposes of fulfilling the prize and will not be retained or used for any purpose other than fulfilling the prize obligation.
- There may be a delay between winning and receiving the bookazine as the it will be printed on demand.
- Postage included in prize up to a value of 10 British Pounds (only for eligible countries listed in the general terms).
Prize Set C - 1 X Hibernated 1: This Place is Death - Collector's Edition - by Stefan Vogt
Hibernated is a award winning work of interactive fiction written by Stefan Vogt very much informed by the Infocom style of text adventure game, and ported to multiple retro platforms via the power of the DAAD adventure game creation system.
Stefan is a participant in the jam and he has also donated this prize to the jam, which of course, he is excluded from winning himself (in the prize draw). Thank you so much for this donation.
About the game:
Have you ever dreamed about a journey far beyond the known regions of the universe?
Hibernated 1: This Place is Death is a Science-Fiction text adventure for C64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST and DOS. It is the first interactive story in an epic trilogy centered around Olivia Lund, who has been sent on an interplanetary exploration mission by the Terran Alliance.
After being in hypersleep for more than 200 years and with more than 800 light-years being travelled, her ship, the Polaris-7, crosses paths with a gigantic alien vessel and is captured by a tractor beam. Olivia soon finds out that this may not be her only problem.
https://www.polyplay.xyz/Hibernated-1-This-Place-is-Death-Collectors-Edition-PC-525-Diskette_1
Collector's Edition features:
- 5.25" floppy disk
- incl. bonus game "Eight Feet Under"
- Cardboard box
- Mission patch
- MicroSD card including disk images and more
- 8-page DIN A5 manual (English)
- Stickers
- Poster (Din A3)
- Shrink-wrapped
- Personally signed by author.
This Prize Terms
- This prize donated by and to be fulfilled by Stefan Vogt.
- This prize is for the "Hibernated 1: This Place is Death - Collector's Edition" of Hibernated, featuring eight feed under. The game comes on 5.25 inch floppy, and micro sd card, as per listing at https://www.polyplay.xyz/Hibernated-1-This-Place-is-Death-Collectors-Edition-PC-525-Diskette_1.
- Personal information will only be kept for purposes of fulfilling the prize and will not be retained or used for any purpose other than fulfilling the prize obligation.
- There may be a delay between winning and receiving the prize due to availability and shipping.
- Postage to be covered by Stefan.
- If Stefan Vogt has an entry in the jam, he is excluded from winning this prize. If he wins it in the draw, then the prize will be redrawn.
Prize Set D - Usborne's World of the Unknown: Ghosts (2019 reissue)
"First published in 1977, this cult classic has been reissued for a new generation of ghost-hunters. This book is for anyone who has shivered at shadowy figures in the dark, heard strange sounds in the night, or felt the presence of a mysterious 'something' from the unknown."
This Prize Terms
- This prize assumes that Usborne's "World of the Unknown: Ghosts" will still be available to purchase at the point that the competition ends.
- There may be a delay between winning and receiving the book as the book will be directly purchased and delivered (not held at the point of holding the jam). The delay may be significant if there are stock shortages. If the book goes out of print, then second hand copies may be used to fulfill the prize. If second hand copies cannot be sourced at reasonable cost, then a fair alternate cash prize will be offered instead (approx 10 usd).
- Postage included in prize (only for eligible countries listed above).