The 4K Challenge entrys are rolling in quite fast! I can't wait until I can play them :| Anyways, keep on keeping the good work up folks!

I'm an electrician. It's really not that hard at all! I mean I've got started at the easy stuff, but that's how you learn. I'm getting pretty good pay, too!

So, atleast when I work for 5 hours I can afford to pay the winners for the 4K Challenge. My 5 hours of work and all you have to do is sit there and play on the computer -.-.

Well, I have to go get a physical for football... and a piss test for the new job... so I'm out of here. -later

I'd like to welcome BYOND Version 3.5 and the new Memebers.BYOND section with a 4K Challenge. I figure it's about time we had another one, it's been close to 3 years. So here it is, folks. 4K Challenge: Model05

4K Challenge
Brought to you by Ryan Baker.

Deadline: 11:59 PM EST, July 21, 2005

Deadline for submissions to RyanLBaker@gmail.com.

Rules of the Contest

• Total size of .dm files must be no greater than 4096 bytes. (In Windows you can check the precise size of a file by right-clicking it and choosing "Properties".)
  
• Game must have an underwater theme.
  
• The .dme file may not contain any code beyond that which is automatically generated by Dream Maker.
  
• Resources may be in a .rsc file, but the source code (.dm files and .dme file) must be included.
  
• You don't need to include a .dmb file, because the project must be compilable from the files you do include. (Your game can't just copy a huge pre-made .dmb file over the compiled one and reboot!)
  
• It is not necessary to create a Hub entry for the game, nor to include passport checking. Just send us a .zip of the project.
  
• Because of the code size limitation, judging will not penalize for uncommented or ugly code. Gameplay, presentation, and robustness (i.e., buglessness) are the key criteria.
  
• Grand Prize winner receives $20.
  
• Two Runner-Ups receive $10.
  
• Winning entries will be donated to to BYONDscape so they can do whatever they want with them.
  
• A panel of judges will evaluate the submissions, possibly but not necessarily hosting multiplayer games for public access.
  
• All executable logic in the game must be DM code compiled from the source files you provide. (No calls to external libraries.)
  
• You may submit multiple entries.
  
• Judging won't start until after the deadline, so if you submit a project and then make improvements before the deadline, you may re-submit it. (In your email, please mention that it should supersede the previous submission.)
  
• The 4K limit only applies to source code. You can have data pre-stored in savefiles or wherever else you like.
  
• For this contest, entries must be games, since gameplay (along with presentation and robustness) will be the primary criterion for judging.
  
• You may use the 4K allotment to design a language interpreter that will execute games written in some other kind of code... if you can!
  
• Windows' Properties panel will give you two "size" numbers for the file. We're just concerned with "Size". You can ignore "Size on Disk".
  
• Since the Dantom CGI library is for all intents an official part of BYOND, it doesn't count toward the size limit.
  
• Code in .dms files doesn't count toward the size limit.
  

Alright. I don't make many blog post, and don't expect me too. But when I do, I'm going to do it with STYLE. Comment my blog image. With a simple Good or Bad.

I cannot use Dream Seeker that comes with the 3.5 version. The program will just not open. It acts like it is about to... then... bam nothing happens. I believe this might be in the suite itself but then again it might be me, which I doubt.

I would have posted on the forums, but as many of you know I'm banned. So hopefully someone will see this message and come to save me. -.-