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  Really good entries guys!  I was hoping for more folks to join, as I thought different civilizations either clashing or hugging it out was a cool topic.  Ah well, good times and here are the results and trophy presentation:

Baron once again takes the gold!
Sinitrena and Mandle tie for the Silver!
Ponch gets the beatup wood venus for voting!

  Mandle, are you voting or not?  It is unfair to other entrants if you participate but don't vote, especially when turnout is smaller like this round.

  I'll close it later today I guess regardless.

Yes, please vote tomorrow.

...and belated happy birthday to kconan!

Happy belated back at you!

Guys, late thanks on the Happy B-day wishes!

  After Mandle votes I'll wrap things up...Hopefully before then we'll get another voter or two.

[Mandle:]

Vote!

ENTRANTS:
Mandle: Letter to Humanity
Sinitrena: Faces in the Foam
Baron: Crone Star State

CRITERION:
Best Character:
Best Civilization:
Most Unique and Intriguing First-Contact:
Most Unique and Intriguing After-Effects:
Best Overall Story: (Worth 2 points)

Can you give me to Wednesday night?  I'll make the effort if I know I can have two days to get something together.

Done.  Comp extended!

I'm leaving it open another day...Was hoping for more entrants.

  One week left.  Anyone?

[First:]

First:   5
Second: 13
Third:   6

Was tough to choose...Lots of entries, maybe a record?

  I had kind of a bad experience on GameJolt, though I guess the site was less to blame and was more a user's fault.  There are lots of freeware sites around.  After I put my game up on a few of them, other sites e-mailed me asking for permission since it is free content for them.  Gamershell.com was one of the better ones; I had a good back-and-forth convo with one of the people on the site.  One webpage, which I can't remember right now, played my game and put up their own screenshots which I thought was cool and also gave me some helpful feedback.  Really I spent about a week on-and-off just putting the word on the street at various web-sites.  Sounds like you are off and running already.

since when is the fortnightly competition only a week long?

Fixed...I hurriedly added the deadline.

Granted, but you have war-crime level farts shortly after every meal.

I wish that I was a prolific game-maker,

[1.]

  I'm fascinated by the idea of real or fictionalized first meetings between civilizations, either human and/or sentient self-aware aliens.  Generally things don't turn out well during and shortly after these first meetings, but your tale could be either peaceful or a pillaging bloodbath...or something in-between.  So write a story that centers around the first contact between two distinctly different civilizations, any race/culture whether human or otherwise provided it is both sentient and self-aware, and the after effects shortly (use your definition of the word "shortly") after this meeting.  Also, the characters involved don't have to be diplomats/kings/chiefs/presidents...any representatives from any walk of life in each civilization can take part in the first meeting and then the good, bad, or mediocre fallout and overall ripple effects throughout each civilization involved.


"Well...


...there goes the neighborhood."

EXAMPLES:
1. The first Spanish conquistadors landing in South America, and sadly we all know what happened next.
2. Neanderthal man first meets modern humans somewhere in what is now Europe, and afterwards were either out-competed for resources or perhaps killed off or both.
3. The Spoogalans from planet Gargax meet a tribe of Inuit Eskimos, and they all live happily ever after.

CRITERION:
Best Character:
Best Civilization:
Most Unique and Intriguing First-Contact:
Most Unique and Intriguing After-Effects:
Best Overall Story: (Worth 2 points)

TROPHIES:
*This was tough, I debated between a hieroglyphic symbol for life, a monkey using a bone tool, and a simple globe.  But the ultimate symbol for me is the venus figurine, as it represents life and means that a civilization is sophisticated enough (technologically, artistically, able to do more than hunt/gather, etc...) to make art.

First Place is a real stone venus figurine dipped in gold:
Second Place is a high quality silver replica venus:
Third Place is a cheap wood venus knockoff:


The deadline is Monday, May 11th.

  That was a fun and challenging comp!  I'll put up the next competition later tonight.

I think he meant rotate it so it somehow changes to look like AprilSkies' entry rather than the actual orientation. It was a joke I'm thinking

Yep, was joking.  Anyway, there should be more competitions using the CGA palette...Brings me back to the old days.

if you won't fix the rotation, I will

Go for it.

Preferably rotate it into something like AprilSkies's amazing joystick/gamepad combo.

[kconan]

kconan your idea is cool But it seems you misinterpreted the rotation rule:
You can rotate the shape 90, 180, or 270 degrees.

Oops, my fault.  I'd rather not go through the trouble and prefer the broken joystick at that angle, so let's call it an exhibition entry that can't be voted on.

And after seeing the latest entries, I'm feeling less competitive anyway.

[Me:]

Loosely based on a real conversation from the 1980s:

Me: Broke my new joystick playing Track and Field. 
Adam: Whatcha got?  Gravis, Atari, Epyx?
Me: JoyPro Radical To-The-Max Edition.  Snapped off the top handle from the base in a clean break, and some of the cheap paint job came with it.
Adam: You get what you pay for.  Anyway, I'm off to watch Cosby.
Me: Cool! I love that show!