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, 1830Previous Themes "U Can't Touch This" - http://www.gamedev.n...ost__p__4807410 "Sticky!" - http://www.gamedev.n...nners-announcedJudging 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 GeekCompetitors Servant of the Lord Cornstalks japro szecs irreversible Wan AndyEsser Major Tom jbabrams cowsarenotevil Oolala ryan20fun Moe MadhedJudges zer0wolf alnite

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Started by zer0wolf April 05, 2012 08:59 PM

142 comments, last by szecs 12 years, 8 months ago

Madhed

4,095

May 26, 2012 07:08 PM

We got tentacles!
Please ignore my craptastic artwork.

Moe

1,256

May 26, 2012 07:13 PM

How many hours remaining now?

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Cornstalks

7,033

May 26, 2012 07:31 PM

How many hours remaining now?

Not enough

About 36.

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Moe

1,256

May 26, 2012 08:25 PM

Apparently I'm terrible at drawing anchors.... and at making games in a very short period of time. So far all I have is a few menu items and a brief bit of story.

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szecs

2,990

May 26, 2012 09:06 PM

Never ever leave variables uninitialized by early exiting a function if you program for a contest and you have 36 hours to complete and you have big visions of great art.

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Moe

1,256

May 26, 2012 09:11 PM

You can tell you are having fun coding when you have a variable named "MAX_TENTACLE_VELOCITY".

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KanonBaum

277

May 26, 2012 09:21 PM

Consider me in. Don't guarantee much though.

I'm that imaginary number in the parabola of life.

KanonBaum

277

May 27, 2012 12:47 AM

My work so far. Once the kinks are out and I make the gameplay more enjoyable I'll add some menu stuff and call the mechanics finished. Then it's onto polishing.

I'm that imaginary number in the parabola of life.

Moe

1,256

May 27, 2012 03:13 AM

Time for another screenshot:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/144587/KrakenSmack_002.png

(I really ought to figure out how to post images with the new forum software...)

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way2lazy2care

793

May 27, 2012 04:08 AM

Time for another screenshot:

http://dl.dropbox.co...enSmack_002.png

(I really ought to figure out how to post images with the new forum software...)

there's a little button that looks like a picture of a tree. You just click that and put the link in.

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