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

AndyEsser

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May 09, 2011 05:29 PM

As I'll be on my own, I'm happy either way

kiwibonga

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May 09, 2011 05:42 PM

Sorry about the impulsive plugging... Hopefully any eventual contestants from the outside world will stay afterwards!

Personally, I'm okay with teams... Completing a project in 72 hours when you have to coordinate a team is an extra challenge in itself, plus teams may be more inclined to try ambitious stuff, which is risky. They'll be equally pressed to rush their game out, and judges probably won't be as lenient

Muzz5

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May 09, 2011 06:06 PM

Sounds like fun! I'll enter.

Pthalicus

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May 09, 2011 06:10 PM

I'd be happy to judge this.

Saving the world, one semi-colon at a time.

Servant of the Lord

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May 09, 2011 07:43 PM

[s]I'll be too busy during that weekend to get much programming done, so I can't enter as a contestant, but I'll be happy to judge.[/s]
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I'll be very busy that weekend, but I'll just take the time out of my sleep schedule. Count me in as a contestant.