Would anyone be up for joining in another short competition soon? Thinking about this weekend, nothing more than a 2 hour time limit. Just for fun. The theme I've got in mind is single-button control (i.e. spacebar) We could all pile into Gwerdy Chat on Sunday afternoon. All 5 of us TDC regular visitors, that is.
I might be up for it, actually. Should have a couple hours to spend on it next weekend! Single-button sounds good to me since I had a pretty cool idea for it earlier today, just randomly.
Count me in, even if I'm the only competitor! I'm free Saturday 19th 4-8pm (GMT -8 ), but I could arrange for any other time.
Really glad to see you can enter Neuro The time difference is going to be pretty funny. Here, it's exactly GMT +8. 4-8pm on Sat (your time) works for me but that's midnight to 4am for the UK people. How about we arrange it for 5-6pm GMT (at least) on Saturday or Sunday?
If time difference becomes a problem we'll just call it a "challenge" rather than trying to organise a live competition.
I don't know whether I'll join the competition or not, (if only because figuring out timezones gives me a headache) but I just had a good idea for a one-button game. Thanks!
Originally Posted by OldManClayton I don't know whether I'll join the competition or not
Aww go on We'll try to make the time difference as manageable as possible. I think you're pretty close to Neuro anyway, right? (geographically..)
Neuro - yea, people could cheat, but it'll be pretty obvious if someone spent more than a couple of hours working on their game. This time it's largely based on trust. I thought the theme was too constricting to just announce at the last minute. By the way, I don't even have an idea for this competition myself. I was just playing Streetwise again and love its simplicity.
I want to ask your opinion about a couple of things:
- All of the people who have replied so far are people I'd trust not to bend the rules for the sake of winning a silly competition. So, should we allow some flexibility with the time limit for submissions? i.e. make the game in 2 hours whenever you like within a 12 hour period.
- How about each participant donating 20 DC points to divide up as prizes?
By the way, I'm thinking of trying to make one of those time-lapse videos while I make my game. Some people might find it interesting to watch, and it would be decent proof that it was made within the time limit (not that you'd be in any doubt after playing it)
I'm not keen on strict deadlines for friendly competitions, There just no reason for it.
I'd be tempted to try to go over the limit for the sake of actually getting a game finished.
No need for the points donation unless you want to build... character... or something. Two or three contest ideas have popped up that I promised point prizes to, and none of them came through. So I'll supply points if this happens.
Cool! I was thinking about this kind of thing the other day and here it is! Almost like a conspiracy! But I don't want to download Gwerdy... Why not just post it over the course of a day?
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A lot of people have said that they have good ideas based around this idea. Should we increase the time limit in order for people to polish their games more? The time limit is very relaxed so perhaps we should just say "Make a game this Sunday" and call this a challenge rather than a competition. The gameplay limitation is pretty tight so it should still be fun to take part. All suggestions welcome.
Yeah I think setting a day to do the challenge in would be fine. Perhaps if the limit were more vague, more like 2 hours to get the major work in place (kind of a tech-demo version), and no restriction on time used for polishing or presentation etc.
I remember in a previous competition, I submitted Star Pilot Supreme or something. I ran out of time, and didn't get to test it enough. The enemies started out spawning too slowly, so it probably appeared boring to anyone giving it a quick go. If I'd just tweaked it a little, it could've gotten straight to the real fun action and probably fared better. Of course we can't go nuts giving people extra time, but every entry should have had a chance to do some testing to get more desirable results.
Maybe an extra rule or two could help on keeping the creation time down, like only being able to use google images for graphics
Originally Posted by Borgi im interrested guys. when is the final starting time then and in what timezone? ;>
It's already looking pretty difficult to organise this for everyone at the same time. Between 5-6pm GMT on Sunday still looks most likely. What timezone are you in?
I'll be away all weekend until Sunday morning (GMT). Just in case you have any questions and try to ask here, I won't be able to answer them immediately. But this contest will begin on Sunday afternoon!
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The time difference is going to be pretty funny. Here, it's exactly GMT +8. 4-8pm on Sat (your time) works for me but that's midnight to 4am for the UK people. How about we arrange it for 5-6pm GMT (at least) on Saturday or Sunday?
We'll try to make the time difference as manageable as possible. I think you're pretty close to Neuro anyway, right? (geographically..)
Two or three contest ideas have popped up that I promised point prizes to, and none of them came through. So I'll supply points if this happens. 
You're already the reigning champion.
