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Dragon 3
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Hiya everyone!

Well, I thought I would put up a couple of screengrabs seen as theres not a lot of em.






There not brill but I am still working on the game.


I dont know if my games gonna be in the short list cos I sent it in late, but fingers crossed.....

CU
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KimoSabi
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Wow to Bat and Mr Crazy you guys or both amazing, is it possible to still throw in an entry?

*prays*,
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Mr Crazy
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Now - I dont think so. Unless you've already coded it, feel free to submit it. I don't think theyll reject a kick-ass game just because it turns up late.

Quote: "You don't know until you try"


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I am wondering if I can send in an updated version... Its amazing how far a project can come in 2 or 3 days, but I'd imagine I probably can't. If Rich can answer that, that would be great.

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Hello,

My daughter has had to re-register here because she lost her email address and then forgot her password to this site.

She wanted me to post some of her screen shots because she says, “Theres tons of people doing stuff for the TYTT and not a lot of screens have been shown”.

So here they are.







She does not know if her game will be short listed as she sent it in late and it was not a fully complete demo, but shes hoping.

Cheers
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PS: sorry for the poor quality, but I had to drop the colours/size down.
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Hey, that looks pretty nice, I love that portal thing at the end of the tiles.

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Looks good, Reaperman...and a storyline too I'm trying to get my son into programming, any tips you have would be appreciated.

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offer money, it always works with kids...

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Purely the fact that there's 40 entries for this compeition proves Peter_'s point

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My guess is that if there were 40 entries at the weekend, there were 50 to 60 in total.



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Posted: 3rd Mar 2006 18:09 Edited at: 3rd Mar 2006 18:12
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Wow, this is like waiting for an STD test - anxious and fearful and hopeful, but without any closure in sight. Good times...

I wish I'd taken the extra time with my entry. Two days would have made it 100x better. Instead, I was worried about some phantom 'deadline'


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This is torture, I wish we could get an update on how far along the testing is going, like 23% or something?

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Time Runner looks awesome! I got a feeling that game is going to be short-listed! Well, the more screenshots I see, the more I feel like my game isn't going to be short-listed. If only I had a few more days...I could have made it so much better.

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So,

Anyone has received an email yet?

... brrrrrrrrrrrrrr ......

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Mr Crazy
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Posted: 3rd Mar 2006 20:40 Edited at: 3rd Mar 2006 20:47
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I doubt anyone has. I can bet over +50 games were submitted. Imagine how long it will take to test the games, then choose the 10 best of the best.

Anyway, I've calculated the chances of winning:


Hehe. I'm sure this isn't correct so don't let this get you down ^^. This is just a rough equation.

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Well, got a response, and I didnt make it, so there ya go, Rich is going through the games and im sure youll all know shortly wether or not you will be short listed. Best of luck to you all,

Jase

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Hard luck there. Can you make your game available for download please? I'm sure we'd all like to see your entry !

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I got an e-mail... my game is being tested... I can't wait... *goes back to check for reply.

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A R G H

Getting an e-mail to say that what you know what happeneing anyway IS happening is totally psyche.

I'm actually physicly nervous now - whereas before I was simply 'anxious' - wonderful.

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I got an email today from Rich telling me that my game was being tested. 2 hours later, I got the verdict... I made the short-list! And I've gotta say, I'm pretty pumped right now

Even if it is only the first round...
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Congrats!

Still waiting for my confirmation/refusal e-mail...

Timestamp on the 'We are testing it now' e-mail is.... Fri 03/03/2006 18:38

So their either deliberating over it ALOT, or they've gone home and left me hanging...

ARGH!

<<Curls up and wimpers in a corner>>

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[edit] Aww hell, if they're not doing these over the weekend I'll be left hanging for at least 2 days - argh! [/edit]
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Well, I got my email, my entry was rejected:

Quote: "...The main reason for this are that we are dubious as to the
copyright nature of the Tetris brand, and as this game is for a
commercial title it is simply not a risk we could afford to take I'm
afraid. This is a shame because we had fun playing it,..."


So I'll be posting the game on the WIP board, good luck to the rest of you and congratulations to those who have already been short-listed.

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WIP thread here

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Unlucky SirFire

Thought yours was a winner for sure when I saw it!

<<waits for his hopes to be similarly dashed...>>
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Well I don't think I'll make it simply because I couldn't put enough time into it. I reckon I had a great idea, but I couldn't even come close to putting it in a finished stage, let alone polishing it. Mainly, because the past 3 weeks I've been filling in for my Assistant Store Manager (who's on holidays), which essentially equates to 30+ hours a week, in addition to Uni. However, he comes back from holidays this week so now that I do have time to work on the game, it's already over! Irony, ha!


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Funny to see that this competition has grown & reached 50 submissions!
I just decided to send mine because I find the idea really funny...

As many peple said, there are not much screens of the game submitted. So, here one of my entry.


Good luck to everyone.
This will create some great new "WIP" & "GAME ANNOUNCEMENT" threads!! Some play times to come!!

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Congratulations Hoopkid Ups! Hmm...I'm wonderfully nervous at the moment. I got this little voice in my head telling me my game is going to be short-listed...don't call it "counting your eggs before they hatch"; call it "Hope". I am in a way: FAXING NERVOUS!

Edit: Oops! Forgot to give the e-mail address for my entry! D'oh! I just sent an e-mail out to Rich now explaining where to e-mail. I may have to resend to prove its mine :/.

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Mine's in the process of being tested...

*Dink wishes he could have sent it in a little later and more complete*

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Rich said mine was being tested over 24 hours ago... still no reply!

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Hey be thankful you even got an e-mail! I haven't had a single word yet. Not even an e-mail to say its being tested. So just be patient.

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I assume they don't work weekends... Also its really late in the UK right now, still wating for my reply

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Bump... nothing! I haven't touched DBP in over a week. Word Runner is starting to grow mold. Here's a video... Fraps tore up the frame rate, it runs very smooth by itself.

http://forum.thegamecreators.com/xt/xt_apollo_download.php?i=803389

Back to the wait...


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Well be patient. I got a feeling Focus Multimedia are testing the games, not TGC. I think in this competition, TGC is just a connection bridge between participants and Focus.

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The reverse was the problem (too many good games). The definite 100% 'no' have been emailed. The 100% 'yes' games have been emailed too. The remainder (14 or so) are still undecided so we're waiting on a few other people to test them first, one being the programmer of TYTT, the other being Rick. They've got 4 games to select. I have Ricks decisions, but not those from Kes yet.

And no, we don't work weekends.

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My personal feeling is that TGC have a great deal of respect over at Focus Towers, and if TGC said "We're making a program that prints Hello World", Focus would publish it.

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Grand, more waiting, it would appear mine is in the 14 undecided since I haven't received an e-mail yet

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What Dink said :/
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Right back at ya, Dink.

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I'm going to scream


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looks like we are all in this together then guys... May the best man win!

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Well TGC, if it helps, I plan on spending all of my money on TGCs stuff. We all win!!!


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Can I join the club, the last things in my inbox from tgc were letters telling me to wait.

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@Cash Curtis II - Thats not fair! You cant bribe them!

@Everyone Worrying - Good luck to y'all, shows we're all good if they're having so much trouble deciding
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I realise that there are choices to be made and choices take time, but unless the deadline for completed products is changed from the end of March, I think that the choice needs to be made very soon.

I know of at least two people (there may be more) that are not working on the TYTT project until told that it will be incuded. So the longer it goes without a decision the closer that deadline becomes and the more likely it will be that not all games will be ready by on time.

Just my thoughts.


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This is just a suggestion.

Instead of TGC just dumping the other 10 games after picking the winning 4, why not allow the other 10 (as they are obviously good games) to be completed so that they can be bundled as an “add-on” to the TYTT package?

After all, they could form a “bonus” game package that the end user can pay for on-line and could then either be sent out a cd with them on, or perhaps sent a download link to get the new games.

It seems a shame to waste those other 10 games.

My Daughter is one of those 14 still waiting to here a yes/no, and while £300 would be nice for her, she really wants her game to be published more than the money. So again, perhaps the 10 games could be bought for a reduced amount, say, £150, from the authors.

Just an idea.

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Joining the club, still waiting

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yeah, i must be in that 14 to, because i haven't gotten an e-mail yet either...

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Email received, game not short listed
Oh well, maybe next time!

Uploaded the game, Enjoy

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Life sucks. Play my game.



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Aww, sorry to hear that Cash / Kendor...

I'm Still waiting...

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YES!!! Two less contestents!!!

i mean.. umm.. i'm real sorry guys


[edit] downloading your games...
@Kendor- Yours was really really cool/smooth, but it probably was too confusing (watching the word spin round and round)... anyway, good job on it even if you didn't make the top 10

@Cash- Yours was great too! I think my game must be on the "no" list and they just forgot to e-mail me

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