3H-GDC m.II The results are in

Sean T. McBeth · 2005-08-03T20:50:52

3H-GDC m.II Alright, we had a little interest in the last Three Hour Game Development Contest, let's see if we can drum up a better responce by sweetening the pot. 1st place: 1 year of GDNet+1 (donated by Prozak) 2nd place: 1 year of GDNet+ (donated by Fruny) 3rd place: 1 month of GDNet+ (donated by capn_midnight) 1Prozak has also offered 1 Amazon item of USD39.95 (the price of 1 year membership) or less as an optional first place prize. That's right, a total prize value of nearly USD85! But really, who can put a price on the honor of being GDNet+ified? Especially those people that don't have credit cards! This time, instead of Saturday, I will hold it on Sunday. We will start at 3PM EST (GMT1900). This gives pretty much half of the globe (and most of the English speaking world) a good block of time to compete. Rules: Coding begins at 3PM Eastern Standard Time, by the GDNet Server Clocks. Coding ends at 6PM, again by the server clock. Submissions must meet a predetermined theme (which will be discussed in this thread) and/or restrictions (perhaps the developer may not use 3D graphics). Submissions must fall under a predetermined size limit. However, given the scope of the projects, this limit should be chosen to be reasonable but very difficult to exceed. I'm initially thinking 10MB. Any Language (C, Java, C#, Python, &#106avascript, Brainf***, I don't care) or API (SDL, Allegro, PyGame, JOGL, etc) is acceptable, as long as you handle all distribution yourself (Ideally include all assemblies. You *may* link to a direct download, but a download page is UNNACEPTABLE. One click should be all I need to download the components I need). Do not assume the Judges have any particular machine setup. Game Makers are NOT acceptable You may use rendering frame, input manager, math library, or sound manager base code that you have written, but no other code. You must post this code in a source tag in the forum on Friday night before the competition to keep the playing field even (anyone may use it if they want). The judges reserve the right to veto your use of such code (hence the need for the Friday night deadline). Judges will judge on a full binary version of the software. They will not compile the software. Judging will be conducted by a panel of non-competitors (open voting didn't work too well last time). Judging will be based mostly on overall gameplay and originallity of game design. Graphics will be a minor part, but mainly in the fluidity of the graphics (stuttering, tearing, flickering graphics will be very bad). We understand that content will be light, that graphics will be underdevloped, that input MIGHT be a bit akward. Gameplay is the key. prizes are listed above ostensibly, winners will post their winning game in the GDNet Showcase. runners up receive nothing. we will attempt to pursue full legal action against nefarious ne'er-do-wells (those that would upload destructive code). Three hours is plenty of time to make a classic arcade game, or something new with simple gameplay. Check out the previous contest to see what was done. Gameplay is what this contest is about. If anyone wants to volunteer as a Judge, please post here and list your machine specs as well as your pertinent software running on your computer. For example, I'm: Processor: Pentium4 2.4GHz Memory: 768MB RDRAM GFX: Radeon 9800 Sound: SB Audigy 2 OS: Windows XP Pro SP2 Other Software: Java 5, .Net 1.1, DX9c *I believe prizes of greater value require some sort of legallitization stuff. Is there a lawyer-wanna-be in the house? [Edited by - Fruny on July 30, 2005 7:57:31 PM]

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Started by capn_midnight July 18, 2005 09:20 PM

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Michael Tanczos

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July 18, 2005 10:21 PM

When I first read the subject I was thinking this was going to be about some computer virus someone can't get rid of.. =P A thought.. perhaps announce a simple theme to void out those who have pre-existing projects but basically anything goes otherwise. I imagine for a 3 hour compo you already have to be pretty comfortable with what you are going to be working with.

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Michael Tanczos

Toxic Hippo

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July 18, 2005 10:24 PM

Assuming that I'm home on Sunday, I'll enter a game. In the mean time, I will, uh, practice.

Hi. My name is Hippo. - LD48 winner?

capn_midnight

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July 20, 2005 12:01 PM

I have a theme, I will announce it on Sunday at the start of the contest.

[Formerly "capn_midnight". See some of my projects. Find me on twitter tumblr G+ Github.]

capn_midnight

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July 21, 2005 07:19 AM

Remember, if you have base code that you would like to use, you need to post it by tomorrow night.

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joanusdmentia

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July 21, 2005 07:49 AM

But thats 5am monday morning here! that's just plain cruel..... [sad]

"Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so let me simply add that it's my very good honor to meet you and you may call me V.".....V

TANSTAAFL

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July 21, 2005 02:41 PM

Permissable to use PopCap game framework?

Get off my lawn!

capn_midnight

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July 21, 2005 02:58 PM

Quote:Original post by TANSTAAFL
Permissable to use PopCap game framework?

As long as you abide by the lisence agreement, I don't see why not. I just read over the information on the site and it actually looks pretty cool. When I get home tonight I will register and download the framework to fully evaluate it, but it doesn't look like it should be a problem.

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kSquared

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July 21, 2005 05:13 PM

If there are more than twenty legitimate entries, then I'll donate to the winner any programming-related book or books whose total retail value (not including shipping) is below $100. (Disclaimer: If you win, you'll need to provide certain personal information required for shipping, like your name and address. Or, if you live near Charlottesville, I can just give it to you.)

Quote:Original post by capn_midnight
If anyone wants to volunteer as a Judge ...

I'll volunteer:

Processor: Pentium D 2.8 GHz dual-core EM64-T
GFX: Sapphire X800 Pro 256 MB
Memory: 2048 MB (4 x 512 MB) DDR2 RAM PC2-4300
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
Sound: Sound Blaster Pro
Other Software: Java 5, Microsoft.NET 1.1, Microsoft.NET 2.0, DX 9.0c (June 2005)

Quote:*I believe prizes of greater value require some sort of legallitization stuff. Is there a lawyer-wanna-be in the house?

Can you be more specific? This isn't a sweepstakes (where everybody has an equal chance) -- it's a competition -- so most of those kinds of rules don't apply.

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Mezz

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July 21, 2005 05:19 PM

Can base code include stuff like math libs and error handling etc? Also, would you really want it all - renderers, yes, but input & sound managers and math libs just seem a bit pointless... they never really vary in quality like renderers do.

-Mezz

HackMaster321

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July 21, 2005 07:27 PM

I wanna volunteer to judge, system specs as follows:

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 3200+
Memory: 512MB DDR
GFX: Radeon 9800 Pro 128
Sound: On Board
OS: Windows XP Pro SP2
Other Software: Java 5, .Net 1.1, DX9c, and anything else needed (willing to download).

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