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Benjamin
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Mexico owns this compu.


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I play tested my game with a few friends yesterday on Deathmatch mode (up to 4 player) with 3 of us against the AI and the AI came second so we are hopeless or the AI is great! I like to think the latter!

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@ hawkeye Bryce background,correct? And I know it is only a small comp, but are you going to improve the city at all? It looks like my 11 year old brothers graphics work.

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Posted: 21st May 2005 21:52
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Actually no, that's a skybox off of here: http://www.vaxwar.com/gamedev/media/index.asp City, yes, I know it looks weird.. If you're talking about the graphical style, no I'm not going to change that; I may up the size on it a bit tho. I'm still not certain if I'm even going to USE that city, since waypointing the enemys is kinda tough with all the nooks and crannys. I might use it in the intro, but maybe not.. it's mostly a placeholder until I get some proper levels in

Quote: "It looks like my 11 year old brothers graphics work"

hehe that's only a quick 30sec job in Light Map Maker Mostly so I wouldn't burn my eyes out looking at solid grey.

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From the DBSpot forums:
Quote: "Everyone who successfully enters the competition becomes a judge.
However, you do not have to send a judging report.
Judging reports are due 2 weeks after the competition ends (July 14, 2005)
If you want to submit a report you must test every entry well enough to judge them in the following categories
Reports will be submitted to [email protected] and in this format:

Entry Name
Graphics: 1-10
Sound: 1-10
Gameplay: 1-10
Learning Curve: 1-10 (10 being very easy to learn)

You need one of these for each entry.
The scores will be tabulated and the winner will be announced on July 18, 2005."


Hmm, wont this allow everyone to bias their reports? As in, there's no stopping them into giving each and every game a low score in all categories. How about judge the games the same way you picked the theme? (three points for best game, two for second best game and so on.) I think it would make much more sense and would be fairer

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Jimmy
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Posted: 22nd May 2005 06:29
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The way I see it, getting 1 point in every category is better than getting no vote at all.

It won't be an average, but a tally, so if you were to give someone all 1s chances are you would not put them in the top 3 either.


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Hawkeye
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Posted: 23rd May 2005 22:32
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I think, therefore I bump

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Jimmy
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Posted: 25th May 2005 04:23
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Because the puzzle compo quite literally screwed us over, I've decided to bump the deadline to August 8th and make up a little webpage that will hopefully clear things up and attract more entrants.

Here it be:
http://www.dbspot.com/cinco.html

Actually, if everyone who's making a game for this competition could respond to this post, so I can get a good idea of the kind of interest there actually is, that'd be swell. Because, frankly, I'd rather this wasn't a waste of everyone's time and my google money and if no more than 4 people are entering I'm just gonna shut er down. And Rich will have his way.


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Posted: 25th May 2005 04:29
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i like the compo but sence you moved it to august the 8th that gives me more time . so i can do the puzzle comp now and the cinco later. plus i still dont have that good of an idea of what i want to do. great i dea jimmy and thanks. im still entering! and intrested!

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Hawkeye
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Posted: 25th May 2005 06:15 Edited at: 25th May 2005 06:15
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Wow, August 8th... *digs out discarded feature list*

Count me in Even if the compo gets the heavy end of the hammer, I'm still going to finish my game. (why? because it kicks! sombero, that is)

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Posted: 25th May 2005 15:39
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Count me in, if time permits ( Uni is so damn full of work! )

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Posted: 26th May 2005 02:03
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Yep, I'm in. At least now I can do my GCSEs first!

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Peter H
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Posted: 26th May 2005 02:09 Edited at: 26th May 2005 02:18
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count me in...though not sure if the August 8th dealine will help me much...going to be gone june 29th through...well...not sure when..probably the end of Augest

[edit] W00T just got a brilliant idea!...there is no way i could put sombreros in my puzzle compo entry...BUT i could make a different graphics set just for the cinco de mayo competition...that way i could enter both contests with cool games!

Quote: "This does include shipping, so I'd suggest something that is downloadable, like FPSC, DBP, Milkshape or the many plugins and little apps that help us indy programmers get on with our lives.
"

i might point out that on most purchases (at least the $75 one) at amazon.com have "super saver shipping" (or something like that) which is free...so if you spend it on say..a book, then you wouldn't have to worry about paying for shipping (may take 3 weeks though lol)

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Posted: 26th May 2005 05:08
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Well that's five people right there... which is one more than four, if meh algebra stands to knowledge:

Quote: "
Let X equal the unknown.
Old Swarthebery Croneadingaling is unknown. Let him be X.
How many of you don't know X?
BF, me, Jess, Andrew, Peter...
That's five.
Therefore, we have five entrants.

Take Y to be a tragety.
"Romelo and Juliet" will do. Let "Romelo and Juliet" be Y.
How many of us have a vested interest in this compo not going under...
Jimmy.
Who qualifies as 1.
Therefore, five is one more than four.
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Posted: 26th May 2005 11:27
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ill make something. something. itll be something. when is the deadline?
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Posted: 26th May 2005 14:07
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Quote: "August 8th dealine "


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Posted: 26th May 2005 16:34
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I would, but there is an extreme likelihood of me not having DarkBASIC Pro by then.

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Posted: 4th Jun 2005 04:23
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Well then use DBC or the SDK

Page 4, that's pretty sad. The compo goes on, however! It will never die!


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Posted: 4th Jun 2005 04:33
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Never underestimate the power of teh BUMP!


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I'm in, although i dunno if i'll get it finished...



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I'm in as well

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Jimmy
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Posted: 6th Jul 2005 08:29 Edited at: 6th Jul 2005 08:31
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This thread has gone ignored for exactly one month now.

I think it's time for a friendly reminder to all the fantastic participants of this epic competition.



You've got 1 month and 3 days. That's 1 month and 3 days of non-stop disco party!

Oh and a question has ariseden about whether or not teams who enter can split the winnings. And my answer is yes.

Carry on.


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Quote: "You've got 1 month and 3 days. That's 1 month and 3 days of non-stop disco party!"

Code through the night and party all day? Man, that can't be good...

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Hawkeye
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I'm working, I'm working! gotta get menus, weapon scripting, level scripting, and bad guys that do more than shout BOO! in your face all implimented *inhales deeply*


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i would be entering, but i cant...

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Quote: "To everyone else, a pat on the back and "a job well done.""


I want to see how you will travel all over the world to pat the backs of all the loosers.

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Jimmy
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Well, actually, it's looking like there will be no more than 4 entries, so that shouldn't be too impossible of a feat.


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BF game programmer
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im not going to do it any more because im going to try and make another game and id like to focus on it. sorry

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Yeah. I have been un-able to work on mine=I forgot about this!
Well this make 9 projects I am now working on!
BRING IT ON!

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Getting remarkadbly close to a demo over here... need to touch up the wep/level scripts, toss in a HUD, and another level, but it's comeing along nicely

It'll be just my luck if the forums go down right when I hit "post topic"


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*slight bump* Demo posted in WIP section... thinking about it, I didn't really do any of the stuff on the above post Just fixed a handful of bugs that were annoying me


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actualy i changed my mind i am going to enter!!!

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Yeaahhhhh the compo ends in 7 hours and 48 minutes. Or does it?

Yes, DBSpot is down right now, it's experiencing technical difficulties, so it will actually end when I've got the FTP account ready. Which could be today or tomorrow.

So, I hope the dozens of you entrants are prepped and ready to submit your masterpieces when the time comes.

Cinco power.


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I'm still in. POWER TO TEH CINCOz0RZ! I've basicly scrapped all plans of a mexican halo and have settled on surviving, with an emphasis on

BIG GUNS And cool music. Yeah, teh music will pwnz0r ur spkRz!


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Well, I started a game once you made your post. The .zip is included here, so for the record(if the FTP is not up), I had my entry done.

I think you'll all love this.



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Hawkeye
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Wait a sec... I thought the compo ended on the 15th? Anyhow, MikeS, spineysombero gives me a "unable to locate componet d3dx9_24.dll" error.


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Quote: "Yeaahhhhh the compo ends in 7 hours and 48 minutes. Or does it?"


I assumed the compo is just about over. Oh well, I'm done.

Weird that the d3dx9_24.dll is missing. I'll post up a download or include it tomorrow I guess.



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Quote: " Anyhow, MikeS, spineysombero gives me a "unable to locate componet d3dx9_24.dll" error."


Same here.

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he might have compiled with an old version of 5.8?

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That would definitly be the problem.



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Ok, the compo is officially over. All of you with entries, go ahead and upload them now.

Server: ftp.dbspot.com
Username: [email protected]
Password: cinco

There has been talk of another extension, due to the utter pwning of this compo by the puzzle compo. I'll take such notions into consideration after I get a feel of the actual turnout.


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I was going to enter, then there were server troubles + the fact my game sucked.


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I'll be uploading this afternoon


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Sorry to bump this, but what are the results?



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