GameDev.net Community Challenge!

Adrian Walker · 2011-09-29T07:07:42

Contest is over and judging has commenced! Theme: In the immortal words of MC Hammer, "U Can't Touch This". Take it literally, figuratively, or sideways Rules Theme is announced and the contest begins at noon CST, Friday the 13th. The contest ends at noon CST, Monday the 16th. Submissions platforms are open. I have a Win 7 laptop (with a discrete 3d graphics chipset), an Android phone, and an iPad, so my preference is that the game can run on at least one of them. The majority of judges are probably going to have Windows machines. Contestants should post links to any runtimes or whatnot that judges need to download, preferably before the theme is announced. Most people have fast internet connections nowadays, but your game shouldn't require a 100MB+ SDK for judges to download to make your game run. Other than the massive platform/SDK/whatever restriction, feel free to use whatever existing code, libraries, or tools you want. The point is to make a game! Judging criteria Points are evenly distributed between the bullets, so with a '10' being kick ass, each category gets up to 2.5 points. First Time User Experience - How easy it is for the player to get rolling with your game. Covers installation and communication with the player on how to play the game. Graphics & Audio - Pretty straight forward, do the visuals and sound contribute to or detract from the game? Theme - How integral is the contest's theme with the game? Fun Factor - Is it an enjoyable gaming experience? Prizes: $50 Amazon gift card 2 x Humble Indie Bundle #1 €10 Amazon gift card Submitted Games: CamJackson's 'Ewe Can't Touch This' Web Windows j0mich01's 'Bubble Time' Bubble Time XNA 4.0 .net 4.0 ryan20fun's Game Game Executable (updated executable) Game Folder (Put the updated executable into here) VS2010 C++ Runtime June 2010 DirectX Runtime XXChester's 'Rob, The Dumb Ass Robber' Rob, The Dumb Ass Robber (ren .txt to .rar) AndyEsser's 'Bubblez' Bubblez Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable kiwibonga's 'Tunnel Jumper' Tunnel Jumper Mussi's 'Hammertime' Hammertime japro's Game http://progsch.net/entry_japro.zip Servant of the Lord's 'MC Hammer Toss' MC Hammer Toss MC Hammer Toss Muzz5's 'Airplane' Airplane slayemin's 'SUPERSTAR' SUPERSTAR Judges: zer0wolf swiftcoder MajorTom Wan

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Started by zer0wolf May 06, 2011 05:02 PM

319 comments, last by AndyEsser 12 years, 7 months ago

AndreiBarsan

102

May 10, 2011 02:01 PM

I'm in. Great motivation for learning some Flixel. ^_^

j0mich01

137

May 10, 2011 04:27 PM

I'm in as well. I'll be using XNA 4.0. (6.7 MB download)

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AndyEsser

395

May 10, 2011 07:48 PM

I'll be on my own as well - and any dependencies will be included in the 'finished' product so no need for downloads now

fng

154

May 11, 2011 07:07 AM

Shoot! I'm busy this weekend, but I am highly interested in it should there be another challenge!

Cheers,
Martin

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slayemin

6,313

May 11, 2011 09:08 AM

I'll join as an indie developer.

My only concern is my lack of sound and music creation ability, so I may be lacking in that department.

Eric Nevala

Indie Developer | Spellbound | Dev blog | Twitter | Unreal Engine 4

fng

154

May 11, 2011 09:22 AM

My only concern is my lack of sound and music creation ability, so I may be lacking in that department.

In this case you should definitely check sfxr out: http://www.drpetter....oject_sfxr.html . It does an amazing job in creating a wide range of retro sound effects.

-- blog: www.fysx.org

XXChester

1,364

May 11, 2011 11:28 AM

My only concern is my lack of sound and music creation ability, so I may be lacking in that department.

Glad I am not the only one in this boat....but my art skills suck too haha.

Remember to mark someones post as helpful if you found it so.

Journal:

http://www.gamedev.net/blog/908-xxchesters-blog/

Portfolio:

http://www.BrandonMcCulligh.ca

Company:

www.gwnp.ca

Mussi

4,453

May 11, 2011 09:39 PM

I think I can free up some time for this, count me in.

japro

887

May 12, 2011 09:14 AM

I'm also gonna give it a try. I'm probably going to make it a windows executable or java application/applet.

Edit: just to clarify, noon CST means 20:00 CEST (Switzerland), right?

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kiwibonga

183

May 12, 2011 03:42 PM

CST is technically CDT (UTC-5) right now because of daylight savings time, so it actually starts and ends at 19:00 CEST.

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