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General discussionContest: <b>Jailhouse Stock</b>(66 posts) (66 posts) 
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Posted October 06, 2015
EDIT: The contest is now closed. Thank you for all your entries, we will be notifying the winners and updating this post, once the judge and jury (same person) made his decision!

Run your prison for 50 days and make ‘em count - and win awesome Introversion Software swag!

Think you’ve got what it takes to be the ultimate warden? Show us your 50-day prison fiscal figures and throw that party in the county jail, just like good ol&rsquo; Elvis said.

HOW TO WIN:

-- Run your prison for 50 days, then take a screenshot of your valuation screen
-- Send the save file and the screenshot to contest@gog.com. Remember to include your GOG.com username!
-- You win if your prison had the highest value at the moment you share with us!

Not sure how to grow your prison’s value? Check out the handy valuation guide in the Prison Architect wikia!

PRIZES:

-- 1st place: a Prison Architect DVD and soundtrack, poster, art book, T-shirt, and 5 $9.99 GOG.com game codes
-- 2nd place: a Prison Architect art book, T-shirt, and 4 $9.99 GOG.com game codes
-- 3rd place: a special Prison Architect t-shirt and 3 $9.99 GOG.com game codes

As always, we also reserve the right to award honorable mentions aplenty!

MORE RULES:

-- One entry per person!
-- You can post in the forums with your fiscal value, but it won’t count as a contest entry.
-- Your first entry submitted to contest@gog.com counts - make it a good one!
-- Submit your entry before October 20th, 9:59pm GMT to be eligible for a win!
Posted October 07, 2015
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Sachys: Part of me hopes all the prospective forgers will as well! ;D
So, let's delete our posts so they won't notice, in case they miss the point too! :D
Posted October 07, 2015
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011284mm: I cannot get prisoners to remain more then a week in my prisons. They treat it like a B&B.
Well, then I'm sure tinyE can advise you on the matter.
Posted October 07, 2015
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Sachys: Part of me hopes all the prospective forgers will as well! ;D
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Vythonaut: So, let's delete our posts so they won't notice, in case they miss the point too! :D
actually, having just spotted the day counter... ive only another couple of hours play until I can submit my potentially winning entry (i doubt it - those gangs have fucked it up badly!).
Posted October 07, 2015
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Sachys: actually, having just spotted the day counter... ive only another couple of hours play until I can submit my potentially winning entry (i doubt it - those gangs have fucked it up badly!).
Well, good luck! :)
Posted October 07, 2015
It's a text based save file. There is no need to forge a screen capture since the screen capture would be 100% legit. The problem is the save file. All you have to do is start monkeying around with the line "BEGIN PrisonValue Value xxxx END" and what comes after it.

It would take some time to find some legitimate numbers that makes the value number look legit, but there is plenty of time for that.

I've not played around with the save files in much detail, but there are plenty of people that are experts. Honestly if I had enough of a desire (which I don't) I probably could work out all the details before the 20th. After all pretty much in plain text English and the parts that are not in plain text English are not trying very had to be secretive.

I'm really bad at the game. I can only imagine what someone that is really good at it could do (it probably would take a certain amount of legit skill to design a convincing prison that you can monkey with).
Posted October 07, 2015
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camerondegraff: I'm sorry, but wouldn't this be really easy cheat using something like cheat engine? Granted, I've never played the game before, but this seems like a pretty easy way to fix one's scores.
this. given the fact that all you have to do is get a screen grab and since screen grabs can be manipulated it seems that this is...problematic, at best.

related [and after a brisk edit]: it's also not that difficult to change the save file.

about the only way i can see that you could "legitimize" this contest is doing what they do for world records: someone neutral must be there to watch. you must record footage.

in any event, good luck to anyone legitimately taking part and good luck to gog for trying to figure out forgeries/real games.
Post edited October 07, 2015 by lostwolfe
Posted October 07, 2015
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Smannesman: So how long does it take to get to 50 days?
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Sachys: im not sure - either its been moved, or there is no in-game day counter anymore. O_____o

...but after an hour of play (maybe about 7 days in), my validation already tops $1,000,000 - but the problems are yet to come... as they always do
Hmmm.. that might be more than I can manage, no pun intended.
Posted October 07, 2015
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Smannesman:
i respotted the in game counter - it took only a couple of hours to get to 10 days on a new prison built from scratch
Posted October 07, 2015
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GOG.com: Not sure how to grow your prison’s value? Check out the handy valuation guide in the Prison Architect wikia!
Wow, since when was "wikia" a generic rather than proper noun?
Posted October 21, 2015
Arses - the deadline was yesterday?! Could have sworn it was tomorrow!
Posted November 19, 2015
Any updates on the winners GOG?
Posted November 29, 2015
Still nothing?
Posted November 29, 2015
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hummer010: Still nothing?
If it was nothing, then it would be something, but its not so its nowt!
O____o

...and this is increasingly the norm for competitions on here, sadly.
Posted November 29, 2015
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hummer010: Still nothing?
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Sachys: If it was nothing, then it would be something, but its not so its nowt!
O____o

...and this is increasingly the norm for competitions on here, sadly.
I know, I know, but I entered this one!
Posted November 29, 2015
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Sachys: If it was nothing, then it would be something, but its not so its nowt!
O____o

...and this is increasingly the norm for competitions on here, sadly.
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hummer010: I know, I know, but I entered this one!
in that case, i'd take it up with contest@gog.com and see what is said.
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