Dare to rewrite the world with your own event – the winners will have their events put into the Grandest of Empire-building Games
Today, your dreams of rewriting history shall lay dormant no longer. Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio have announced an official contest for you, if you dare to rewrite the world history with your own event for the award-winning and critically acclaimed empire-building game Europa Universalis IV?
The world history is now yours to conquer, so prepare to change the fate of nations and create your own event for Europa Universalis IV. Go forth to explore history in search of creative ideas for events and declare war on the internet for ideas that garner the means to fulfill your quest for global domination.
We will pick three winners and add their events into Europa Universalis IV. No prior scripting knowledge is needed; we want a basic design and the event text. Send over your ideas and we'll take care of the rest.
The Rules:
1. Only one event per gamer!
2. It has to be a simple, one-shot event. No follow-ups, no event series.
3. It can be historical, humorous, serious, or any combination of those - as long as it fits the period.
4. There are no restrictions to what countries or what time span the event should target. It's up to you to decide when and where it should take place as long as it suits the country and time frame.
5. Unless you have an event picture in mind, we'll pick an appropriate artwork for the event.
6. The event needs both a trigger and an effect. The trigger can be very simple, as having a certain religion, or something more restrictive. The effect shouldn't be too severe or impact the game too much, as this will be more of a flavor event.
7. The event can have multiple options with different effects, or just one. (Having additional options that only show up if certain factors are fulfilled can be a nice touch, but it isn't required.)
8. Make sure not to write too much text, as it needs to fit inside the event window. If it's too long, we'll shorten it as needed if your event is picked as one of the winners.
9. Deadline is October 1st for your event submission.
How to participate?
Submit your event in this thread!
If the developers like more events than the three winners selected, there is a chance that additional contestant entries will be included in the game.
Here are a few basic event trigger suggestions:
- An event that is triggered when a monarchy is missing an heir.
- An event that is triggered when a country is the junior partner in a union.
- A province event that is triggered if the capital doesn't have the state religion.
Here is an example of what an event submission could look like:
Trigger:
The country has a ruler with at least 5 in admin skill.
Event Text:
Changes of policies when cleverly timed and made, were often well perceived by the people of the time beyond their actual efficiency, as a proof of the government's good will and interest in the welfare of the realm.
Option A: Use the money to bring stability to our nation
Add one stability
Option B: Invest the money in our government
Add 25 points in each monarch point category
Option C: Let's fill our treasury while we have their support
Add a fifth-of-a-year's income to the treasury
Ravishing Rewards:
Three lucky winners will receive a complete Paradox Interactive bundle AND each winner gets their event added to the game!
The daring developers will pick out their personal favorites by October 7th and the events will be added as soon as possible after the winners have been selected. May the best conqueror take over the game. And, of course, don’t forget to subscribe to this thread to enjoy the event stories from your fellow empire builders!
Cheers,
Paradox Development Studio & Paradox Interactive
PS. A free demo for Europa Universalis IV is available for curious conquerors at:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/236850/
About Europa Universalis IV
You're a kid in a candy shop, except the shop is history and the candy is decisions. Europa Universalis IV is the grandest of empire building game. Pick your favorite from all the countries in the world, every one of them unique, and govern it however you choose in an addictive battle for survival, for territory, or to bend history itself to your will. Can you even HANDLE that sort of freedom? What about 32 person multiplayer? Do you see what I´m saying? Every single play session will be utterly unique. Paradox want you to gorge yourself on strategy, and see how much you can take. It's the Age of Discovery, after all.
Follow Europa Universalis IV:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EuropaUniversalis
Twitter: http://twitter.com/E_Universalis
Web page: http://www.europauniversalis4.com
Ps. We released Europa Universalis IV Beginners Guide today, snatch it here:
Today, your dreams of rewriting history shall lay dormant no longer. Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio have announced an official contest for you, if you dare to rewrite the world history with your own event for the award-winning and critically acclaimed empire-building game Europa Universalis IV?
The world history is now yours to conquer, so prepare to change the fate of nations and create your own event for Europa Universalis IV. Go forth to explore history in search of creative ideas for events and declare war on the internet for ideas that garner the means to fulfill your quest for global domination.
We will pick three winners and add their events into Europa Universalis IV. No prior scripting knowledge is needed; we want a basic design and the event text. Send over your ideas and we'll take care of the rest.
The Rules:
1. Only one event per gamer!
2. It has to be a simple, one-shot event. No follow-ups, no event series.
3. It can be historical, humorous, serious, or any combination of those - as long as it fits the period.
4. There are no restrictions to what countries or what time span the event should target. It's up to you to decide when and where it should take place as long as it suits the country and time frame.
5. Unless you have an event picture in mind, we'll pick an appropriate artwork for the event.
6. The event needs both a trigger and an effect. The trigger can be very simple, as having a certain religion, or something more restrictive. The effect shouldn't be too severe or impact the game too much, as this will be more of a flavor event.
7. The event can have multiple options with different effects, or just one. (Having additional options that only show up if certain factors are fulfilled can be a nice touch, but it isn't required.)
8. Make sure not to write too much text, as it needs to fit inside the event window. If it's too long, we'll shorten it as needed if your event is picked as one of the winners.
9. Deadline is October 1st for your event submission.
How to participate?
Submit your event in this thread!
If the developers like more events than the three winners selected, there is a chance that additional contestant entries will be included in the game.
Here are a few basic event trigger suggestions:
- An event that is triggered when a monarchy is missing an heir.
- An event that is triggered when a country is the junior partner in a union.
- A province event that is triggered if the capital doesn't have the state religion.
Here is an example of what an event submission could look like:
Trigger:
The country has a ruler with at least 5 in admin skill.
Event Text:
Changes of policies when cleverly timed and made, were often well perceived by the people of the time beyond their actual efficiency, as a proof of the government's good will and interest in the welfare of the realm.
Option A: Use the money to bring stability to our nation
Add one stability
Option B: Invest the money in our government
Add 25 points in each monarch point category
Option C: Let's fill our treasury while we have their support
Add a fifth-of-a-year's income to the treasury
Ravishing Rewards:
Three lucky winners will receive a complete Paradox Interactive bundle AND each winner gets their event added to the game!
The daring developers will pick out their personal favorites by October 7th and the events will be added as soon as possible after the winners have been selected. May the best conqueror take over the game. And, of course, don’t forget to subscribe to this thread to enjoy the event stories from your fellow empire builders!
Cheers,
Paradox Development Studio & Paradox Interactive
PS. A free demo for Europa Universalis IV is available for curious conquerors at:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/236850/
About Europa Universalis IV
You're a kid in a candy shop, except the shop is history and the candy is decisions. Europa Universalis IV is the grandest of empire building game. Pick your favorite from all the countries in the world, every one of them unique, and govern it however you choose in an addictive battle for survival, for territory, or to bend history itself to your will. Can you even HANDLE that sort of freedom? What about 32 person multiplayer? Do you see what I´m saying? Every single play session will be utterly unique. Paradox want you to gorge yourself on strategy, and see how much you can take. It's the Age of Discovery, after all.
Follow Europa Universalis IV:
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/EuropaUniversalis
Twitter: http://twitter.com/E_Universalis
Web page: http://www.europauniversalis4.com
Ps. We released Europa Universalis IV Beginners Guide today, snatch it here: