Our goals and the extent we will go to to get it are beyond your comprehension, dear heroes. Your feeble attempts to stop us were insignificant. We will reclaim our glory and whoever gets in our way will not be spared.

INFORMATION

Overview:

• "Newgrounds Boss Showdown Retaliation" is a contest where participants create a boss theme of themselves.
• The context can be anywhere, whether in a game or a movie. Just, Break, Bad.
• The genre is NOT restricted! Go wild!

Location:

• In this thread, we'll discuss the contest, and I'll answer your questions.
• You will submit your track(s) in a separate thread that will be posted shortly.

Timeline:

• Participants will have ONE MONTH to finish their track(s)
• Upload your track to the Audio Portal by December 1st, 00:00 GMT+0

Reward:

• 1st place: Gold medal + chance to become a judge in next year's contest
• 2nd place: Silver medal
• 3rd place: Bronze medal

Participant's track(s):

• Should be a minimum of 1 minute.
• May have a T rating max.
• Must be made after this thread was posted.
• Must follow the Audio Portal's Guidelines

Additional info:

• Collaborations are welcomed.
• You may submit up to two tracks.
• Make sure to tag them with "ngbs24".
• Have fun!

APPENDIX

The judges: @Quarl, @Lumiflag, @BBaNK and @carboluka

Regarding the reward:

• This contest was made for fun, there will be no real prize involved other than some PNGs.

Criteria and Scoring:

• [10pts] Composition - Creativity: structure, transition, originality
• [10pts] Production - Processing: harmony, unity, sound design
• [10pts] Mixing - Mastering: balance, suitable volume
• [15pts] Accuracy: whether the track feels like a boss theme
• [5pts] Minigames: More information below

Minigames:

• Crossword: If your submission satisfies/includes 4 criteria in the following bingo card vertically, horizontally or diagonally, you'll win 2.5pts.

• Bingo: I will provide a hint to a random row every two days. You will receive 2.5pts if all three items in the red squares are included in your submission. DO NOT SHARE YOUR ANSWER IN ANY WAY.

THE FIRST BOSSWORD CLUE: all 3 items in the red boxes are musical instruments.

Post your submissions here!

We have an active chat open for NGBSR in there! Come and join us!

Good luuuuuck to all contestants

The crossword and bingo are fun additions! Might help some people get ideas for their entries. (Some people being me mainly lol)

Have fun kids, adults, babies, and everyone that doesn't identify as one of those three categories! I believe in your elderitch appendages, cause terror <3

i just realized i misplaced bingo and crossword LMAO

It's actually been a year??

Would a song that has a section of 5/4 or 3/4 in addition to another time signature meet the criteria for the bingo, or would they have to be entirely in that time signature?

It's not necessary that you meet the criteria throughout the whole track. You can play distorted guitars for 3 seconds or 4 bars in 3/4 time sig. What matters is the audibility cuz if the judges can't hear it then they won't tick the bingo!

THE 2ND BOSSWORD CLUE: Who's the first place winner of the first Boss Showdown contest?

Reminder: Each clue may answer to any row 1 to 14. Do not share the answer.

This contest is terrible. Points for using piano and not organ? For shame

This contest sounds pretty cool though. I'm highly likely to participate

After a quick inquiry, it is concluded that the first submission of @DumbOctopus is disqualified because it was made before the contest began.

THE 3RD BOSSWORD CLUE: The creator of an animation series that celebrates September 22nd as its day.

Reminder: Each clue may answer to any row 1 to 14. Do not share the answer.

THE 4TH BOSSWORD CLUE: Which NG mascot is found in much of the website's iconography

Reminder: Each clue may answer to any row 1 to 14. Do not share the answer.

THE 5TH BOSSWORD CLUE: Which Newgrounds bot manages the Flash Portal?

Reminder: Each clue may answer to any row 1 to 14. Do not share the answer.

THE 6TH BOSSWORD CLUE: What do the early Newgrounds games need to be played today?

Reminder: Each clue may answer to any row 1 to 14. Do not share the answer.

THE 7TH BOSSWORD CLUE: The first flash game to become a console game.

Reminder: Each clue may answer to any row 1 to 14. Do not share the answer.

THE 8TH BOSSWORD CLUE: The website that plays Newgrounds audio

Reminder: Each clue may answer to any row 1 to 14. Do not share the answer.

Hello. I've been brainstorming stuff for this contest in the past few days and I have an inquiry: would recycling some motifs from an older composition to include in the final track be okay? or would that be enough for it to be considered something that's "made before the contest" and therefore disqualified?

I could totally come up with something similar sounding for this event but really there's only so much you can do with 7 notes in a scale so I personally don't believe it could matter a whole lot, but I'm aware I can't rewrite the rules so I figured I should ask for confirmation in advance before commiting to anything.

on the topic of bingo, can you define "orchestral"? would the whole track have to be played by an orchestra and only an orchestra, or does just including more than the usual amount of orchestral elements and having other types of sound as well satisfy the criteria?

Think of this timing rule as in any other contests such as NGADM. Simply don't:

+ Reuse ideas from completed tracks

+ Build upon an already existing WIP

You should build from the ground up, start fresh.

However, the rule doesn't prevent you from seeking inspiration. You can take inspiration from your older tracks and create something similar.

As a side note, this rule doesn't prohibit the reuse of synths and sound designs. It prevents you from reusing ideas, such as melodies, structures...

This has been an excessive elaboration on the fine phrase "just make original track bro"

To satisfy the "Orchestral" box, one should have an elaborate use of strings, brass, percussion and woodwind instruments in an symphony setting/vibe. For example, there are differences between using saxophone in Jazz and in a symphonies; or the types of perc you'd use in Rock and in Orchestral.

A track doesn't have to include all 4 types of instrument.

As for the length, please refer to what I replied to ThePhreshPhrog. It isn't necessary to play orchestra throughout the whole track. The same goes for every other criteria.

Thank you. That discourages me from trying that now lol.

THE 9TH BOSSWORD CLUE: Every day in January, Newgrounds musicians create a unique composition as part of this challenge.

Reminder: Each clue may answer to any row 1 to 14. Do not share the answer.

What would be the benefit of submitting two tracks? Could you get first place for one and and second for the other, or first for both, or would you only take the best one, etc.?

There aren't any scoring benefits to submitting 2 tracks. I thought getting the same scores is pretty common so some tracks will share the same rank, like last year.

But you raised a good point about top 1 and 2. If that happens, I might wanna invite someone to judge tracks with the same scores ^^

THE 10TH BOSSWORD CLUE: An iconic NG musician whose name embodies 2 classical elements

Reminder: Each clue may answer to any row 1 to 14. Do not share the answer.