There have been talks on ZDoom's Discord server regarding our very own ZDoom-oriented awards. Well, here they are.
What are the ZAwards?
The ZAwards are ZDoom's take at Cacowards. They are exclusively for projects posted on the ZDoom forums, and would be issued every year on ZDoom's birthday.
How many awards are there?
Awards are handed out on a case-by-case basis where no award is limited by any number of slots. Instead, each category can have up to 5 winners in it. This is to reduce specifics. It has been pointed out to us by members that we simply do not have enough contributions to limit our pool so much.
What are the criteria?
- Must not have won previous ZAwards. Cacowards do not count.
- Project thread must be posted on the ZDoom Forums.
- Project must have reached the state of being more or less complete within a year since the last award. "More or less complete" means it's past a certain point where it's deemed playable, even if it keeps getting updated regularly afterwards. Big, old mods are excluded from this. They're handled separately.
- Projects for the first iteration of ZAwards are not constrained by time!
Plans are to grab a certain number of items from each category and judge those, awarding the winners with a variable number of awards.
What are the awards themselves?
Similarly to the Cacowards, they are purely fame and glory. If everything goes according to plan, winners would get a highlight on ZDoom.org in a special ZAwards section. Custom military-like ribbons would indicate what sort of award each mod, map, or person has won. Yes, that means stuff you make can win more than one award!
Contacts
If you wish to contact the staff or discuss the awards, we have a server set up for that. Remember to read the rules!
LINK TO JOIN: https://discord.gg/BhD5GcN