That’s neat, can you elaborate on the judging criteria? Or if there is a link to it can it be included? Does error only pertain to error in code? Does error and technical cover the same criteria? What does style do? Do we need to write on a certain writing style? Sorry for the questions, it just made me wonder. 
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10 days left!!! (I’m going round like mad trying to clear all other work before competition starts!!!)
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The following is the smaple of the judges score card and a breif description of each provided by @Pace675 and @poison_mara
1-10 + Style
This is one of those nice vague categories that I do believe judges tend to have a little leeway in interpreting, but for me; it comes down to the author’s own personal writing style, and if it works with the genre they are presenting. Like if Edgar Allen Poe wrote a light, humorous romp in a bright sunlit world, he would be somewhat hard pressed (IMO) since he had a natural leaning toward dark, and psychotic thriller leanings.
Each person has their strengths and weakness, and it is best to play towards your natural inclinations for a better presentation of the world you are presenting; steampunk, dieselpunk, high fantasy, or whatever fits your fancy. Just work with yourself, not against yourself. This is somewhat apparent when reading over submissions.
1-10+ Length
As far as length, I took a long time looking at rules and setup of other comps. I really do feel the game does not need to be long to be a great game. The reason length was added was more of a counter weight to the whole scoring process. Some write faster, some code better, some write characters that we soon wont forget. In the over all scope of things length is only a small part of the whole score so I believe it balances out.
1-10+ Re-playable
Branching paths, different ways to get from point A to B. How wide (far) can one go outside of the core of the story before the narrative pulls the player back to the main objective?
Is the story compelling? This too has weight in the replayability category. You can have a ton of choices and branches, but is the story itself worth pursuing it?
1-10+ Technical
I tend to grade lightly here for one reason; coding is a biznich! Doing nifty and wonderous things with CS script is no mean feat, but bonus points to the ones that actually do try and do something inventive. Looks at @Lucid he thinks outside of the box.
1-10+ Theme
This is another up to the judges interpretation, but it simply comes down to this: is a form of “poisonous intent” in the story? How well woven into the story is the theme? Take a look @Shawn_Patrick_Reed work for a nice way to implement a theme. (LOL I thought for sure we would have a score of werewolves stories but alas nary a one.)
1-10+ Enjoyment
Self explanatory! XD
1-10- Errors
Bugs are bad, work your testers hard! Crack that whip! Even if you do not finish your submission. End the game do not let it error out
Tpyos nad the like
are an easy way to lose a point. Also grammar iz gud!
1-10+ inclusiveness
Well, I can’t just talk for all my comrades judges. But I could tell you how I will judge Inclusiveness. I will looking about how genders and racial are portrayed and if is inclusive or not (gender locked is not a problem if goes well with the storytelling) But my main goal as role player for inclusiveness is how diverse could I made my character. not only in the obvious romantic preferences, in personality and background. Could a ace black man being sarcastic be made? Or is just a boring x male heterosexual the only options… But don’t worry about it. I will give you each participant a feedback explanation of why my valoration was x way.
1-10+ Personal score
Did you wow me? And how much wow factor!
@Jacic those were abbreviations of last years extra prize catagoeries:
Best Character (BC)
Best Romance Betrayal (BRB)
Best Character Development (BCD)
Most Visually Striking Scene (MVS)
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Yay, thank you. 
I wish this thread would stop popping up and tempting me. Really don’t have time to start another project and should get my existing ones done.
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Or… you could use this competition to start a stand-alone game, that will serve as the final part of one of your games! (for example, you could do a stand-alone game that would be the finishing part of draconic challenges, essentially just an arena contest, without all the amazing character buildup you already did). Then, all you would have to do is connect them…
But, not sure if this would violate the spirit of the competition? (I wouldn’t think so, as long as the game clearly made sense from the start?)
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That makes a lot of sense 
Is thinking very hard about it*
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One week left to register. The judges will be voting on this year’s theme Thursday and Friday, can hardly wait to kick this off.
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Sure, I’m in. I never really got anything finished last year, so why not?
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Just a few more days to register if you think you might like to participate, everyone! Deadline is midnight GMT on the last day of April (the 30th), which is right around the corner.
Note to registrants: Everyone who has registered up until this point (15:00 hours GMT on Wednesday the 26th) should have received an email from the cscomp address, confirming your registration and providing a little bit of information for you.
Twenty-three writers have registered for the competition thus far; we have a nice mix of returnees and new pens, and plenty of room for more. Looking forward to seeing everyone’s creations!
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Ah, so we can start outlining!
Question is now, what genre do I go for… I have several things in my head… superheroes, sci-fi, fantasy…
mmmmmmm
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Wonders how we start outlining without a topic. Does that mean we’re getting a hint j/k 
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I am going to register too, however, I can’t guarantee I will be able to submit anything meaningful. I just know that I am eager to start writing again and this competition may point my next work in an interesting direction.
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I’m in pins and needles just waiting for the theme.
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Right?! I’ve got three possible ideas, so surely one of them must match the theme… But I want to know now!
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Are you so sure? 
The theme proposals so far are very original and crazy. So whatever it wins won’t be anything previsible. I am dying to know what ended being the theme. I am poisoning to know 
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Why do you do this to me??? 
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I\m sure you can include castles and dungeons and wicked step-sisters in whichever theme wins out this year - 
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I have outlined three ideas. I hope I can adjust one of those to the theme. But my main concern atm is to find some beta-readers. 
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I will give this competition a shot,
It overlaps the busiest time of my final year at university… So no promises, but I look forward to it
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