Edit: I forgot to mention that we have some prizes this year! Farawayhost.com is offering 1 month of hosting to any developer who's entry gets a "polished" rating, and is also offering a BYOND membership to their favorite game. Additionally, the developers at Paperclip studios have offered a BYOND membership as well. So get to it!
I've searched high and low for an appropriate theme for this year's event, and it's turtles all the way down!
Or Flight.
Or Mechanics. Edit: Several people commented by pager asking what counts as "mechanics". Robots are good, as are steam powered vehicles and devices, and lots of gears and oil is always a plus, though this is by no means an exhaustive list of what's acceptable.
Last year we tried out a new approach and announced several themes so that no one would be turned away by a bogus idea. From what other people have told me, that seemed to work out well, so I'm announcing three themes this year, too. An action, an atmosphere, and a joke (like last year's "sandwhich").
Pick whichever theme you want (though I'd suggest either flight or mechanics). If you were hoping for either Airships or Steampunk, just combine Flight and Mechanics :)
Click here for the full rules. Please note that the event will be judged with ranks for "1st Place", etc.
Whatever you do, make sure that you send me your source files (iainperegrine, gmail.com) by 11:59pm (Eastern Time) Sunday. So get to it, and good luck!
Sep 11 2009, 6:20 pm
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Tiberath
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So if I take "Turtles all the way Down" I can make a Discworld based game. <.<
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can i use some old turf icons i already have, or would that be cheating? :P
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@Tiberath: If the have permission to use Terry Pratchett's work, and the infinitely repeating turtles feature prominently in your game, then go for it.
@Zaole: Go for it. | |
IainPeregrine wrote:
@Tiberath: If the have permission to use Terry Pratchett's work, and the infinitely repeating turtles feature prominently in your game, then go for it. Of course I do, me and Tezza go way back. ;) | |
I forgot to mention that we have some prizes this year! Farawayhost.com is offering 1 month of hosting to any developer who's entry gets a "polished" rating, and is also offering a BYOND membership to their favorite game. Additionally, the developers at Paperclip studios have offered a BYOND membership as well. So get to it!
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Just a small question: Is it ok for an entry to have aspects from all the themes mentioned here in one game? Do we have to make sure we use only one but not any other of the themes?
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Metamorphman wrote:
Just a small question: Is it ok for an entry to have aspects from all the themes mentioned here in one game? Do we have to make sure we use only one but not any other of the themes? If you have an infinite stack of flying robotic turtles, that's okay. | |
Good luck everyone!
I'd participate, but I terribly suck at graphics. | |
Andre-g1 wrote:
I'd participate, but I terribly suck at graphics. So do I. I'm using solid coloured icons, and basic objects to represent things. For instance, my turret icon is an upside down T with an O on top and II sticking out of it in the direction I want it. All one colour. | |
I'll be willing to throw in some BYOND merchandise as some runner up prizes if anyone's willing to support the idea. A shirt or mouse pad or something. Even customisable merchandise - such as a mousepad with a screenshot of your GaiD entry.
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Are you going to post three new themes for those who will be participating tomorrow? Or will they be using the same three?
Also, will the deadline be the same? (Sorry if these are answered in the rules) <edit>Nevermind, I think I understand it now. If I start now (1:00PM here), I can work on it until 24 hours from now?</edit> | |
So I can make a game about robots fighting giant animals? Awesome.
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Awesome, ATP has our game. Not sure if we'll finish in the time, but we'll sure as hell try. This is what happens when the three of us are in college :P
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Andre-g1 wrote:
I'd participate, but I terribly suck at graphics. Graphics are a huge time sink. Because of that, I don't score a game negatively for bad graphics. Several of our past games, such as Gughunter's EPA, have used stick figures and solid colored blocks. AZA wrote: I'll be willing to throw in some BYOND merchandise as some runner up prizes if anyone's willing to support the idea. A shirt or mouse pad or something. Even customisable merchandise - such as a mousepad with a screenshot of your GaiD entry. That'd be great. Just email me, and I'll mention the new prizes when I post the "deadline" post tomorrow. @DarkCampainger: Just get your entry to me by the deadline, and you're good. | |
IainPeregrine wrote:
Andre-g1 wrote: I'm participating, started progress a while ago and it's coming out really good. :) Hopefully I'll end it in time, because what I have planned is pretty big. | |
I submitted mine. Hope it gets good ranks. :)
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i submitted my entry with 1 hour left on my personal time limit, yay
5 minutes from now i'll realize i sent the entry with a major glitch or something :P | |
I started about 2 hours ago, and I'm already almost done >.>
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Heh, finally got my project handed in. I've got such a headache -.-
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