Week Of Awesome IV - The Competition Thread

Tim · 2016-08-15T10:09:36

For any administration issues/rules/questions, please post in the administration thread This thread is for actual competition updates/submissions and discussion only. Afterparty/judging thread: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/681331-week-of-awesome-iv-the-after-partyjudging-thread/ Official results are available here: http://www.gamedev.net/topic/681331-week-of-awesome-iv-the-after-partyjudging-thread/page-5#entry5308207 The competition has begun, this years themes are: Gameplay || Graphical Shadows | UndeadEvolution | Ruins Each team must choose at least 2 of the 4 themes presented for full points, that may be either both gameplay, both graphical, or 1 of each. to receive the proper points that theme should be implemented in the context above(gameplay themes must be implemented somehow with gameplay, and same for graphical). you are free to interpret the themes as you wish, but should still strive to make them fairly obvious in the game. To submit a game, just post it to this thread. Don't worry if you're not on the interested or team lists in the administration thread; anyone is welcome to post a game during the competition (posting a game in the thread is all you need to do to officially enter into the competition). I highly encourage participants to post their games here at least a few days before the competition ends and for GDNet users to download these games, test them out, and give feedback (especially if there are bugs or crashes). You can resubmit/update your game during the competition with updates/fixes/changes/whatever. Only your latest/most recent entry will be judged (but must be submitted before the competition ends). See the administration thread for a full list of rules. Lastly we are experimenting with having helpers for graphical assets, these assets should not be critically required(more like polishing the graphics), nor is their an expectation that your request well be fulfilled by the artists that are helping. you are also not obligated to share your winnings(if you win) with the helper, but I would personally say that giving them something would be a kind way to show thanks :) only 1 request may be made at a time, please be sure to be very descriptive with what you want. I will try to maintain the list of requests on this first page, but with sleep and work i may not update the list right away. Teams requesting artwork: Good luck to all our competitors! and remember to post your updates here! your participation will not be counted if you don't at least post and/or drop a link in this thread of your update! P.S.: their is an official discord gamedev.net chat: https://discord.gg/012hCxxdaFBl2U81j (or click chat in the top right). feel free to join and talk to other contestants and/or members of the site! with that i am heading to bed, good luck to everyone!

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Started by slicer4ever August 08, 2016 04:00 AM

166 comments, last by slicer4ever 8 years, 5 months ago

slicer4ever

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August 12, 2016 10:49 PM

General question: I am half avoiding reading other peoples progress entries due to not wanting to "steal" an idea of something from them.
Is this a valid concern Or should I read away?

you should be fine to read and comment on other contestants. even if you were to steal an idea it's unlikely you both would have the same sort of execution.

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Thaumaturge

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August 12, 2016 11:30 PM

General question: I am half avoiding reading other peoples progress entries due to not wanting to "steal" an idea of something from them. Is this a valid concern Or should I read away?

If anything, I'm inclined to encourage you to read the journals of others. For one thing--and speaking for myself--I enjoy interacting with my fellow participants. For another, you may find some interesting bits of inspiration, or have an answer to a problem that someone's having.

I don't know you well enough to know how likely it is that you'll "steal" someone's idea--surely it's just a matter of deciding to not use something exactly like someone else's entry? Conversely, I see no problem with taking inspiration from a fellow entrant; that, I think, isn't stealing. Finally, I echo what Slicer said above: even if you take the idea, your implementation is likely to differ.

@Thaumaturge: Looks like Java 8 is required

Needs Java 8 I'm afraid... Maybe I should compile the build for Java 6 to be on the safe side... that would require that I reconfigure the build though ...

Ah, fair enough! Thank you for the clarification. ^_^

Hmm... While I'm not sure that compiling for Java 6 is called for, it might be worth at least mentioning this dependency in your readme file, I think.

... can you install Java 8 on your machine?

I might give it a shot later, or tomorrow. (Presuming that I remember. ^^; )

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devn00b

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August 13, 2016 02:09 AM

~~Die~~ Another Day. Day 5 log http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2214/entry-2262154-day-5-goldeneye/

UPDATE: I finally made the shadow mechanic work!

slicer4ever

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August 13, 2016 04:24 AM

day 5 is nearing an end for me as well: http://www.gamedev.net/blog/1587/entry-2262155-woa-day-5/

i surprisingly have a bit of energy left, so might be able to get a bit more done!

we've just past the 48 hour mark, hope everyone is coming close to their polishing stage!

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IYP

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August 13, 2016 04:33 AM

WoA Day 5: http://www.gamedev.net/blog/2080/entry-2262156-woa-day-5/

Blog: HG3D Graphics

Thaumaturge

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August 13, 2016 04:37 AM

Day 5's blog post.

A serious bug has arisen, as described in the above blog post; I may not have a terribly viable entry if I don't fix it, or find a way to circumvent it. :/

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