Weekend Community Challenge - Let Loose the Kraken! - Contest Underway!

Adrian Walker · 2012-06-06T05:54:10

Summary The gist of this is that you have 72 hours from when the theme is announced to make a game. You can use whatever libraries you want, whatever tools you want, whatever languages you want for whatever platform you want ... the idea is to just build a game within 72 hours utilizing the theme. If your game has external dependencies to run, then please link to them from their source website so that judges can download them. Provide instructions so that people can play your game! Time and Date The theme will be announced shortly after midnight, Friday morning CST (May 25, 00:01 GMT-6). The contest will end at midnight, Sunday night, CST (May 27, 23:59 GMT-6). This provides a 72 hour window, so no matter what time zone you're in you'll have a full two days to make a game. This Contest's Theme [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]Below the thunders of the upper deep;[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]Far far beneath in the abysmal sea,[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]His ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]The Kraken sleepeth: faintest sunlights flee[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]About his shadowy sides; above him swell[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]Huge sponges of millennial growth and height;[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]And far away into the sickly light,[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]From many a wondrous grot and secret cell[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]Unnumber'd and enormous polypi[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]Winnow with giant arms the slumbering green.[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]There hath he lain for ages, and will lie[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]Battening upon huge seaworms in his sleep,[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]Until the latter fire shall heat the deep;[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]Then once by man and angels to be seen,[/font] [color=#000000][font=sans-serif]In roaring he shall rise and on the surface die.[/font] - Alfred Tennyson, 1830 Previous Themes "U Can't Touch This" - http://www.gamedev.n...ost__p__4807410 "Sticky!" - http://www.gamedev.n...nners-announced Judging Criteria [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][background=rgb(250, 251, 252)]Points are evenly distributed between the bullets, so with a '10' being kick ass, each category gets up to 2.5 points.[/background][/font] 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 $75 Amazon gift card The game of your choice on Steam! ($60US or less) A fun gadget from Think Geek Competitors Servant of the Lord Cornstalks japro szecs irreversible Wan AndyEsser Major Tom jbabrams cowsarenotevil Oolala ryan20fun Moe Madhed Judges zer0wolf alnite

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Started by zer0wolf April 05, 2012 08:59 PM

142 comments, last by szecs 11 years, 10 months ago

Wan

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May 11, 2012 11:26 AM

Bump.

Still interested, but I seem to be the only one?

irreversible

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May 11, 2012 01:32 PM

You mean May 26-27? If so and if the theme tickles my fancy, I might be up for it. Really depends on whether something comes up, though.

szecs

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May 11, 2012 02:11 PM

I'm interested, but maybe I'll be either in job seeking depressed state or in training/learning state (industrial embedded programming for example) or in chilling state, or in Lego building state. But it would be nice to do some programming again (rzzzzzz I haven't done that for 9 months now....)

(I mean if we do it on May 26-27. If we do it later, I'll probably be building)

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japro

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May 11, 2012 03:02 PM

I'd also be interested

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Cornstalks

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May 11, 2012 03:44 PM

I'm in.

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Servant of the Lord

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May 11, 2012 04:07 PM

Still willing, but depending on exhaustion I might not actually finish an entry.

zer0wolf

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May 15, 2012 04:58 PM

Alright then, let's plan on the last weekend of this month - May 26-27! Let's keep this thread active to drum up interest, and I'll get working on editing the initial post. Let me know if you want to compete or be a judge, as well as if you have any goodies to offer up as prizes

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AndyEsser

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May 15, 2012 09:30 PM

I took part last year and really enjoyed myself.

I'd be up for it again, but I move house on the 28th so will be spending most of the weekend packing.

However if I can find the time and the theme is a good one I'd give it a try

Pthalicus

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May 15, 2012 09:36 PM

I'd love to join in this year to compete after being a judge last year! Would I be ok using my own pre-existing code?

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zer0wolf

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May 15, 2012 10:15 PM

You can re-use / copy / whatever you want as long as you get a game completed using the theme.

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