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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]Although most (if not all) of my entries will be entered from the standpoint of a participant, this one is written from the perspective of a judge.[/background]

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]A few days back, people have started to describe how they'd go about building their game from a technical standpoint. People have come up with varied methods to "get their game out there" for this competition, some including high-level programming and a bunch of available resources, others going deep below the trenches with nothing but their fingernails.[/background]

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[color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(250,251,252)]The Week of Awesome II...[/background][/font][/color]

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]Since this is a competition about making a fun game, this should all be irrelevant, but there's still the question of how much you can reasonably squeeze within a given amount of time.[/background]

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]If you build your game in, say, GameMaker and you have pre-made assets ready along with a few basic scripts to help you along the way, then you're in a pretty good spot to ship something rather advanced. Conversely, if you intend to make something in C++ and do your own pixel art on the side as a one-man-army, chances are what you will deliver at the end will be of limited scope.[/background]

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]My intent is to leverage the below rule to help "even the scores":[/background]

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[indent=4]Judges score: 5 pnts(this score is up to each individual judge, with no individual category to hold them down, overall it's up to each judge to define what criteria they will choose for this category!)

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]Here is how I plan on judging the "Judges score" (and thus avoid being too subjective about this category).[/background]

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]Please note that this will only apply to my rating (not any other judge's):[/background]

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]In general, the lower the tech a person will employ, and the least stuff they'll bring along, the highest the score I'll award for this category.[/background]

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]For example, someone coming in with a C++ approach and no framework whatsoever or code already done will probably get a 5 (because I'm assuming no one will go straight to assembly, though I'd be happily surprised if they did).[/background]

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]Conversely, someone that comes up with a very high level engine (let's say, RPG maker for example) and a bunch of pre-made assets / code, I'll award them maybe 1 point.[/background]

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]I'm also considering awarding more points for a one-man team that does "more" (someone that does both code & art for example) as I suspect they'll have a harder time coming up with much within the time frame.[/background]

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[color=rgb(40,40,40)][font=helvetica][background=rgb(250,251,252)]Closing Words...[/background][/font][/color]

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[background=rgb(250,251,252)]I realize that it's still a bit subjective, and may not be inherently related to fun factor, but I feel there's room to encourage those that "do it from scratch" wherever possible, and I don't feel like 5 points is an exaggeration. It should, hopefully, help balance out quantity and quality![/background]

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