Heart of the OHR Contest Results - 2012 Edition

Pepsi Ranger organized the Heart of the OHR contest both in 2012 and in 2010. Today, he's announcing the results from the voting period. What follows is a detailed breakdown of every entrant, the votes they received, and the winner of the contest. Also, a bunch of really cool statistics and achievements for each.

From June 1, 2012 to November 30, 2012, the OHR community was once again given the opportunity to relive the days when random battles were accepted and game design was about visiting towns and crawling through dungeons, and then get rewarded for implementing the throwback design into their games. The contest, called Heart of the OHR, had a simple rule: make, add to, or finish a traditional OHRRPG.

This year we had an overwhelming turnout. With three categories to enter, fifteen people rose to the challenge. And meet the challenge they did. One author submitted the first ever “OHR Legends” release, the classic Vikings of Midgard, which has now earned the world’s first Heart of the OHR Legends badge. The condition for earning the “Legends” title is to release a game previously rereleased for a Heart of the OHR contest but with new content. In the “Rereleased” category, three authors released new content to games we’ve played before, with one of those games originally released as an original for the 2010 contest. Thirteen authors (including one who released a release, and the one who released the Legends title) produced new games never before seen in the OHR community for the coveted “Originals” category, and many of them knocked their entries out of the park. With a whopping 17 entries total, these authors’ contributions made the 2012 Heart of the OHR among the best contests in the OHR’s history for turnout (the 2001 48-Hour contest still holds the lead with 19 entries) and one of the best for quality. It was also one of the few contests where nearly every entry was rated generously. The Heart of the OHR 2012’s average contest score was 6.14, which is more than a third of a point above Heart of the OHR 2010’s average of 5.8. With so many great games released in 2010, this seemed like an unbelievable feat. But mission accomplished nonetheless.

However, even with so many high praises given to the games of Heart of the OHR 2012, only two could reign supreme: the one for the original category and the one for the rereleased category. The rest had to fight for second place and beyond.

Here again is the story of that battle for the Heart of the OHR: