Wow, I'm really glad the case was so well received. It's technically my first case (I was in the middle of another one before the contest was announced so I had a bit of experience, but not much), so everything said was really high praise. I also found the sneak previews of the other cases to be intriguing and I'm looking forward to trying them when they get released. Some of the characters we saw in that ceremony were pretty fun. (btw, her name is Sherlock Shellingford, not Shellington, lol, not that it's a big deal) I don't know what the golden cactus is, but I guess that's the joke.
Big thanks to Awsome2464 for collaborating with me. While I did already have an idea of the case concept myself and did a majority of the writing, if it weren't for Awsome2464 being there to discuss the case with, I almost certainly wouldn't have finished in time, as I would have likely frozen up after the first roadblock or the first time I got stumped. There were a quite a few times where I wrote myself into a corner but managed to get out of it thanks to having a fresh pair of eyes to discuss the problem with, so it went a long way. Having a veteran to consult with about the more nitty gritty things like the ideal number of frames before a case needs to be split, and stuff like that was also helpful. Awsome2464 also encouraged me to go with some original ideas that I'd dismissed for silly reasons (such as having Sheryl at the defense's bench with Phoenix) which I think improved the quality of the case significantly.
This is the first competition I've participated in, and only the second that I've seen the award ceremony for, so I'm not exactly sure how these things work exactly. I wouldn't be entirely comfortable being the main host of the next contest, so since Awesome2464 is more experienced in that regard, it's probably best that they take that role over me. But I'd be happy to co-host it.
As for when the entry itself will be playable, I had to rush it out for the contest, so there's still a lot that I have to do, (what the judges played was essentially if you snipped off the final twist of an AA game and then stripped out the climax and just ended it at the 90% mark) but there was also some good feedback brought up in the reviews that I'd like to address if possible, so it'll take some time for me to do that as well. This contest entry was actually the first entry into a larger project of mine called Super Mystery Wars, so I intend to make sure it's polished enough to represent the world I'm trying to build. I'm going to take my time with it and try to make it a case worthy of the golden cactus.