You’re in luck! We’re looking for a few writers for our plans over the next few years. To get your name on our talent list, you need to pass our evaluation. Details follow.
Important: the writing you do for this evaluation remains yours. We’re not making any claim that we get to use it beyond passing it around internally to evaluate how good of a fit you’d be for our plans. If we want to use what you write for publication, we’ll pay you.
Deadlines: UPDATE! We have decided on a closing date for submissions: March 15th. Get yours in by the end of that day.
As mentioned above. Here’s the full link.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/b0f5n7sx9w88jxo/Evil%20Hat%20Style%20Guide%202013%2009%2025.doc
Okay! You’re ready to go. Here are the challenges we want you to take on. Please answer all of them. Importantly, limit the word-count for each challenge to 250 words. Your entire submission shouldn’t be more than a few pages, all told, with all challenges answered.
You've been contracted to design a Fate Core based relationship system for a romance-themed RPG. Your design directive is to make the relationship system more detailed than simply "relationships are aspects," making use of the Fate Fractal to give them more depth, more teeth. Summarize the system you would design, in 250 words or less. (In other words: Rather than fully implement the system in detail, show us what the one-page hand-out of the system would look like.)
You've been asked to add a few combat options to a Fate Core based game featuring superpowered PCs infected by alien nanites. One vector for doing this is by adding a few new side-effects that the player can choose from (besides getting a boost) when succeeding with style on an attack or defense. List up to five such side-effects as you would design them.
In a fantasy setting you're working on, the Big Bad Villainess has some very human reasons for doing the awful things she does. In 250 words or less, write up a bio for this character that sheds light on these reasons and offers at least two strong hooks for interaction and play opportunities for the PCs that cross her path.
Tell us what published work you’ve done in the game industry. Tell us about your experience with games produced by Evil Hat. Pick some favorites. Make it entertaining.