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dislekcia
30-07-2008, 01:30 AM
It's nearly time for rAge. For the past two years I've managed to run a big competition with generously sponsored cash prizes to coincide with the expo... This year I still haven't lined up a sponsor yet: Lots of people are saying things are possible but I'm not getting concrete commitment yet.

So. What do you all want?

August is the traditional time to start the next comp, we've had our month off... However, I don't want to start a "big prize comp" and give y'all two months to work on stuff when I don't have the big prizes 100% nailed down. I don't want to promise what I can't deliver, that's not like me at all.

Do you want to:
a) Give me more time to line up sponsors and have Comp 20 start either later in August or September, meaning less time to dev before rAge?
b) Have a normal competition in August?
c) Run a competition to tie in with various other competitions that are happening globally right now: DreamBuildPlay or the Flash multiplayer game competition? Essentially work together to make each of the submitted games cool, but not work as one big team on an entry.

I'm not sure which way to go, so I thought I'd let you guys debate it out for a bit. I know you like solving problems ;) Plus more ideas are always welcome!

FuzzYspo0N
30-07-2008, 01:44 AM
cool,
i think a) is the better option (not saying less time is cooler) but if you not involved in DBP or anything like that and wont have time for those things atm, it wont be cool at all,whereas a normal or prize competition definately will bring out some sort of entry or at least a prototype.

Either way, id like to see other ideas as well from the crowds

Fengol
30-07-2008, 08:14 AM
I also like option a) and if we can't get a sponsor by the end of August we just run a normal comp in Sept to be rewarded with a friendly handshake at rAge in front of the screaming masses.

Alternatively, having a comp in August which is judged early and then spending a month polishing that game for rAge is also an idea. This way each entrant has a month to build something they want to present at rAge and another month to spit and polish. The competition theme could be "Tech Demo" in which each entry is "a playable section of a larger game soon to be released". The entry must be short, highly polished, funky and show off some innovation that makes people want to say "Gee, I can't wait for THAT game!".

01DT!m3r
30-07-2008, 08:31 AM
option a) in my opinion it would be better to offer something to get the devs minds going;)

Gazza_N
30-07-2008, 09:00 AM
Alternatively, having a comp in August which is judged early and then spending a month polishing that game for rAge is also an idea. This way each entrant has a month to build something they want to present at rAge and another month to spit and polish.
I really like this idea. Best of (a) and (b), and we haven't had a polish comp yet this year. ;)

FuzzYspo0N
30-07-2008, 09:25 AM
The competition theme could be "Tech Demo" in which each entry is "a playable section of a larger game soon to be released".

i agree with that too, its a great idea to focus on some gameplay dynamics.

Bonezmann
30-07-2008, 09:50 AM
I'd like b, a month without a comp is no month at all. :)

dislekcia
30-07-2008, 11:36 AM
Nice idea Fengol!

It ties in with the whole showcase thing that I want to do at rAge this year: People or companies will be able to book timeslots and then demo their games in the stand for the attendees... Last year people didn't really have their own stuff up for that long, I'd like to change that and give more exposure :)

So, new option:
d) Comp 20 as normal in August, followed by Comp 21 which is a polish comp pre-rAge and may or may not have a big prize pool. You could work on the same game for both, but that depends on the concept for Comp 20.

Fengol
30-07-2008, 01:21 PM
W00t! Option d)!

Gazza_N
30-07-2008, 01:34 PM
Option d) gets my vote.

Kensei
30-07-2008, 01:37 PM
I think Option d would be a good idea... perhaps allowing for a bit of leeway for those that can't finish at the end of August.

I am gonna miss you guys at rAge :'( Suppose I will need to do something fun that weekend perhaps... maybe go to Vancouver or something....
Anyone want to do a live stream of the Game.Dev stand all weekend for me? :D

edg3
30-07-2008, 01:49 PM
almighty option D

Squid
30-07-2008, 02:07 PM
I reckon you should start Comp 20 now.

Then confirm whether there will be prizes up for grabs a little later.

dINGLE
30-07-2008, 06:09 PM
option D seems best, its nice to have time to polish

01DT!m3r
30-07-2008, 06:43 PM
A re-re-read of this thread and i do agree option d would be for the best.:)

FuzzYspo0N
30-07-2008, 06:53 PM
D -> Pun? who knows :D

ShadowMaster
30-07-2008, 07:04 PM
gogo D :D

Thaumaturge
01-08-2008, 05:50 AM
I may be a little belated with this (since it's now August ^^; ), but Option D sounds good to me.* ^_^

It's even sparked some thoughts... Would those be admissible, since they came up before the contest? ^^;;;

(* Or, as SHODAN might put it:

"Loo-loo-loo-look at you, Options A, B and D, pa-pa-pa pathetic creatures of idea and word, panting and sweating as you p-propagate through my memes. H-H-How can you challenge a perfect, immortal Option Deeeeeee?" :P

(Not that I'm saying that the original ideas were pathetic. I just find the application of the quote humorous. ^^; ))

Gazza_N
01-08-2008, 08:14 AM
"Loo-loo-loo-look at you, Options A, B and D, pa-pa-pa pathetic creatures of idea and word, panting and sweating as you p-propagate through my memes. H-H-How can you challenge a perfect, immortal Option Deeeeeee?" :P
You just made my morning, sir. :D

Fengol
01-08-2008, 08:16 AM
so where's the comp?

dislekcia
01-08-2008, 09:28 AM
I may be a little belated with this (since it's now August ^^; ), but Option D sounds good to me.* ^_^

It's even sparked some thoughts... Would those be admissible, since they came up before the contest? ^^;;;

(* Or, as SHODAN might put it:

"Loo-loo-loo-look at you, Options A, B and D, pa-pa-pa pathetic creatures of idea and word, panting and sweating as you p-propagate through my memes. H-H-How can you challenge a perfect, immortal Option Deeeeeee?" :P

(Not that I'm saying that the original ideas were pathetic. I just find the application of the quote humorous. ^^; ))

That is totally Aeq's ringtone. It freaked me out something epic when I first heard it... Mainly because he pretended he didn't know what it was. The bastard.


so where's the comp?

Tonight... Tooooooniiiiiiiiiiiiiight. I has meetings all over the place today :(

Thaumaturge
03-08-2008, 01:04 AM
You just made my morning, sir.

*bows* My pleasure, sir, my pleasure! ^_^


That is totally Aeq's ringtone.

Aequitas has a ringtone about options A, B, C and D? :P

Heh, I remember you mentioning his SHODAN ringtone, I believe; in fact, I'm pretty sure that that was what prompted me to go looking for one myself. I'm generally not terribly interested in ringtones, but that struck me, I think, as one type of ringtone that might well be worth having.

Having found some SHODAN clips on what seemed to be a reasonably legitimate site, I originally intended to use the "Welcome to my death machine" clip, but apparently it was too short for a certain step in my process of conversion to MP3, so I settled on the "Look at you hacker" clip in the end.

I'm not terribly happy about having copied Aequitas, and have considered deleting the ringtone or having another shot at the "death machine" clip, but haven't, thus far. ^^;


It freaked me out something epic when I first heard it... Mainly because he pretended he didn't know what it was.

*chuckles* I see. :P

ShadowMaster
03-08-2008, 02:59 PM
When will the comp start? I wanna put in some work before my exams start....

dislekcia
03-08-2008, 03:03 PM
When will the comp start? I wanna put in some work before my exams start....

I'm doing the competition setup right now. I'll announce it before the end of today. Yesterday had way too much going on...

ShadowMaster
03-08-2008, 03:05 PM
I'm doing the competition setup right now. I'll announce it before the end of today. Yesterday had way too much going on...

Thanks :D