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Short and Sweet

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SHORT AND SWEET

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These are cupcakes, and cupcakes are small! They cannot possibly be any good.
Steven Spielberg wrote:People have forgotten how to tell a story. Stories don't have a middle or an end anymore. They usually have a beginning that never stops beginning.
This comp is about making a good case... not an epic one.

Task

Make a case at or under 4000 frames!
Your case should tell a complete story in 4000 frames or fewer, excluding credits. This rule should be followed in the spirit as well as the letter; fitting 1000 images in one frame is a neat trick, but not for this comp. Note the "complete story" requirement; 10-frame joke entries are not going to fare well.

Do not waste frames!
Every frame should do something worthwhile. What's worthwhile? Advancing the plot, telling a joke, building character and atmosphere, and keeping the dialogue sounding natural are all fine uses of your limited frames. Endless tangents and in-jokes can wait for next comp.

Finally, a suggestion or two:

Keep the scale of the case small.

Epic plots that shake up the legal system, kill off multiple established characters, and involve ten locked rooms are great, but not really appropriate for this comp. An elegant, tight puzzle or intimate, focused character study will fare better than an attempt to fit three murders into 4000 frames.

Beware of elaborate engines.

One of your judges looooves elaborate engines, but this is not the comp for those, either. Not only is "making an engine under time pressure" a recipe for last-minute bugs, these engine subvert the premise of making the most out of limited space... and they risk frame-count abuse.

We're not banning engines, but use them judiciously, the same way you use your limited frames.

Good luck!

Conditions
  • The entry must have been created between October 13, 2014 and January 13, 2015.
  • The entry must be submitted to both Enthalpy and Ferdielance.
  • The author must have announced his participation on this topic before January 6, 2014.
  • The entry must not be showcased until the results are announced.
  • The entry must not exceed 4000 frames, credits and preloaders excluding.
  • The entry must not waste frames.
  • The entry should be complete.
  • The entry may spoil any Ace Attorney game released at time of writing.
  • The entry may be a comedy/miscellaneous case.
Deadline
All entries must be declared by January 6, 2015.
All entries must be submitted by 11:59 PM PST (7:59 AM GMT), January 13, 2015.

Entrants
Lind (His stand is "Foo Spriters")
Dave and Trybien (Team King, King of Teams)
gotMLK7 (~~~maybe sentai will notice me...?~~~)
SS Sleuth (Only attacks other entrants by accident)
Topaz and hershel_layton (With a top hat made of silicate)
Danielinhoni (Can we expect an OST?)
enigma and DWaM (Is not in this just for the pun, under penalty of cleaver and more Endless Nights)
Gumpei (If you make a short case instead of a super-long one, is that Turnabout Turnabout Revolution?)
spyromed (I'd search his avatar for pun ideas, but that would be quote-mining)
Tap (Returning from retirement for one last score, and returning again!)
RedeyesofDN (Quite possibly the only person who likes working to deadline) (withdrawn)
Gav (But will it be a Persona crossover?)
Evolina deLuna (In the name of the moon, she'll finish this!)
Holhol (Not the town in Djibouti)
Zeel1 (Will he relive his glory days?)
clcman (Now with more explosions)
RoCo-X (A new challenger appears!)
DragonTrainer (Has a strange phobia of ice fairies)
deHughes (The one-week Iron Framer challenge)
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Ew no why would you do this ;_;

This is like literally my least wanted theme on AAO ;__________;

(Before anyone takes this TOO super seriously, good luck with this. (Though, I wish there were a /little/ more structure on this...))
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i thought the theme was cupcakes
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(Though, I wish there were a /little/ more structure on this...)
If you would like more structure, here are some possible case themes! No bonus points will be awarded for following them, and they are 100% optional. They are just suggestions to provide structure!

* A case where the decisive piece of evidence is a physics equation.
* A case that teaches general chemistry.
* A case where nobody commits perjury even once.
* Pigeons.
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You know what, I actually had a case planned that fits this. I'm in.
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I'm in. It's short and I'll just use stock sprites. No biggie.

I can balance NaNoWriMo and this... right?

RIGHT???

(Actually I can because my NaNovel is an experiment of "Writing spontaneously and seeing what comes out.)
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I'll do my best to get something in for this. Count me in. I'll also be balancing NaNo but I think I can manage to pull it off, my initial concepts aren't exactly that complicated.
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i'm not going to enter. at all. nope. not even sort of. I learned my lesson the last 4 comps i dropped out of. i'm done. i will not even bother this time. nope.








sign me up
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Hello friends, it's me. Topaz. And I'm here to tell you all that I'm entering this competition, with Hershel as my collaborator! Good day.
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As your collaborator or your entry? XD
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I'm definitely interested in this. Count me as a possible entrant! I have a couple ideas for a case.
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Entrants list updated.
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I'm entering just so that I can get a higu pun title in the OP, thanks.
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Well, not just for that. Added.
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Do the frames used to create fades all count? The only way to do fades is with about 3 or 4 frames, I think, so that could eat away at the limit if they do...

Also, if you edit the trial way after the comp's over and let it go beyond 4,000 frames, what happens, apart from severe disappointment?
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