ZDoom

Lud wrote:Nope. Must be finished or it doesn't qualify. "Near the final product" is too subjective.

This still seems far too strict. Just skimming the first few pages of Gameplay Mods or even taking a look at the Top Mods thread, the amount of mods that are finished lies in the single digits. For example if you look at the top ten as of 2018/8/4 in the Top Mods, including ties...

Spoiler: Spoilered for space

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1. Project MSX Doesn't qualify.
2. Colourful Hell Doesn't qualify.
2. Samsara Doesn't qualify.
3. Hideous Destructor Doesn't qualify.
4. Guncaster Doesn't qualify.
4. Hearts of Demons - BARON Doesn't qualify.
4. Russian Overkill Doesn't qualify.
5. Netronian Chaos Doesn't qualify.
6. GMOTA Doesn't qualify.
7. The Adventures of Square This one's extra unclear from it's episodic nature.
8. D4D Doesn't qualify.
8. Psychic Doesn't qualify.
9. High Noon Drifter Doesn't qualify.
9. JohnnyDoom Doesn't qualify.
9. ouch_m 2: abort_m Doesn't qualify.
10. Final Doomer Doesn't qualify.
10. Legacy of Suffering
10. Reelism
10. RTC-3057 Hub 1
10. The Soldier Z Doesn't qualify.
10. The Ultimate Torment and Torture

If the point of this is to bring the spotlight on mods that may have gotten overlooked (which let me iterate, I think is a great idea as I personally feel things like JPF and Bullet Eye deserve awards), I'd go as far as to say most mods don't even qualify. Many that have won Cacowards, which as far as my understanding is supposed to be much more exclusive, wouldn't be able to win a ZAward.

The "finished" and "released" parts are way too vague as-is. Just got home, so I'll sit down and think of something less restrictive whilst also less open to interpretation (and thus confusion).

OP updated again. Clarified the "released" part. Hopefully that should do it.

It appears that this has been canceled. Given that there wasn't a whole heck of a lot of motivation to start with, I'm going to leave it dead for now, but if I see there's a larger interest for such a thing than before then I'll resurrect it.