NeHe contest theme?

I think a short deadline is best.

One suggestion is "Halloween 2K4", Timeline, till the end of the year, it really doesn't matter if halloween has long since passed, it's such a hollow holliday anyway.

Another Apocalypse could be nice to.

I like the Hallowen idea :)

What about the most "physically" impressive demo/interactive demo/game? The entry with the coolest portrayal of some kind of physics used commonly in gaming would win. Displaying magnetic properties is usually pretty cool, and showing thousands, if not millions of little balls bouncing around in a closed box would be neat. Imagine hundreds of ragdolls being shot out of cannons at each other!

Now that I have the skill to participate I would like another creative contest.

How about DREAM'S for the theme??? just an idea

Hmmm I really like the dream contest. That would really not limit the creativity taht could take place.

The only problem witha real quick deadline is many people don't have time to make a contest entry in taht showr amount of time. I myself work and go to school.

Remember the break out quick deadline contest, the only entry was matrix :)

It's often good to limit creativity slightly, it makes it easier to judge the enteries and for those that are low on creativety some limitations can actuarly boost their creativity.

But if we do the dream thingy, expect weirdness(allso evil things and nudity).
Funny, that theme strangely coincides with this thread.

I cant wait for clippyboys entery. :)

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Original post by lc_overlord I cant wait for clippyboys entery. :)

I coudln't help but laugh at that one.

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Original post by skow Quote: Original post by lc_overlord I cant wait for clippyboys entery. :) I coudln't help but laugh at that one.

Hmm... what am I missing?

Read the thread that overlord linked.

From past experience with Nehe, 1 month contents ended up turning into 3 month contests because the appropriate resources were not allocated.

Please define these requirements before the contest begins.

(1) Who will be hosting the FTP server
(2) Allocate enough space to hold the contest, IE 500M.
(3) Who is going to run a screen test to make sure contests can be uploaded
(4) Who is going to take screenshots of the demos and post them on the site (maybe make an automated form to upload a) screenshot b) demo (c) source code.
(5) Who will be judging the contest (should we let only contestants vote)

I suggest a 3 to 6 month contest because the quality is so much better (like the last contest).

I'm partial to the collaborative demo theme. I think existing genres are stale. There are too many high quality single player games out there. We need a game revolution, where kids can learn sharing and online collaboration. A lot of the new age jobs are going to be online, and I am for anything that makes this task easier.

I like the idea of a "dreams" theme. It should provide a lot of freedom to the contendors, while confining them to a drealmwold place(bizaar, usually).

I'd like to propose another idea - how about allowing Direct3D entries this time? I'm aware that this is an OpenGL learning site, however, many people use Direct3D as their API. There is already a NeHe D3D Basecode on the site, and it's not very hard for people who know OpenGL to read Direct3D code. I converted my engine to D3D from OGL a year ago, and I think many other people will participate if Direct3D was allowed.

- Etus

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Original post by skow Read the thread that overlord linked.

Oh, now I see it. His html/link tag is invalid and I forgot to use edit to view it.

Two more ideas:

1. Cel shading. ie Who can make the best cartoon.

2. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow theme.

LMAO Aliens :)

Never hurts to ask Etus.

err...u mean us aliens couldnt enter before?

Wow, so it looks like the consensus is that there really isnt a consensus. It does look like there are a lot of good ideas though...

How bout a "Dats sum wak shit" contest. The theme would be open to the point where the goal is to make a "typical programmer" say "Dats sum wak shit".

We can also create a contest centered around some art (bc it seems like that is our week point). Everyone is given a piece of music and you have to make a demo that fits.

Wow. lots of ideas here.

As a first note, I'm NOT going to enter the contest ; so, just like Evil, I'm rather giving ideas to help entrents rather than giving ideas I'd like to implement myself.

I personnaly don't like the 28th apocalypse contest neither the 4th LOTR (yes, FOURTH). It's like we run out of ideas if we repeat the same themes everytime. :(

I like the good and evil theme (BTW, who is Good? ... nm) ; the dream theme is cool too, but I don't think they can drive a practical theme. It's just too vague as it is. Maybe some limitations would be better, like "heaven and hell".

I for one would never go for the music contest. First we will have lots of problems with copyrights (we already have problems when we leave the music capability free to the entrants) and not everyone know how to work/sync with the music. We're 3D programmers, not sound programmers. Then the quality of the content will be very subject to what kind of music the voters like, which may not match the entrant's likings.

The cel-shading theme is too open too I think. BTW, you don't need a GeForceFX to render cel-shaded models. I've submitted a program that does it with ARB_vp/fp/vbo but the initial tutorial runs on any graphics card that supports OpenGL1.0 (yes, 1.0!).

As a side note, I prefer effect-based demos rather than theme-based demos, like NeHe suggested. Themes are very subject to the likings of the entrant. For instance, could you be inspired by a Van Helsing contest if you didn't like the movie ... or if you just didn't see it ?

I think the time line should be around two months. Week-long contests are not reasonable for anyone not visiting the site daily. And half-year-long contests are just too much : not everyone can handle such long time work. Many of us have a life besides 3D programming ya'know :p