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Mike Inel
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Will there be a next competition for dbc or dbpro?
I noticed that they held competitions more for fpsc...
(I'm waiting for many months... and i missed the "horizontal shooter with boss" competition...)

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Posted: 30th May 2006 03:02 Edited at: 30th May 2006 04:06
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We hadn't had a good one since Alienware. We need a new cool competition to promote the creation of more modern looking games, retro stuff gets boring.


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Posted: 30th May 2006 03:03 Edited at: 30th May 2006 03:03
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Erm...look down the list of topics in Geek Culture (the fourum you're in now).

Possibly the worst "search" I've ever seen.....

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SirFire
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Posted: 30th May 2006 03:09
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There's currently a dragon shmup compo going on over at shmup-dev.com

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Mattman
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He's looking for an official one from TGC I would assume. And I agree with megaton.

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Well thats another thing altogether, but having said that, they're talking about offering prizes for the text adventure compo.

Megaton does have a point. All the compos do seem to be retro stuff, but maybe there's a reason for that.

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Posted: 30th May 2006 03:57 Edited at: 30th May 2006 05:42
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Let's have an RPG contest...

TGC usually does retro competitions, probably because they're easier to make. TGC should encourage the new technology to be used, DarkVoices, DarkAI, etc. If a group of great games with new technology came out, it would be a great advertisement for DBP.


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Bizar Guy
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Posted: 30th May 2006 04:46 Edited at: 30th May 2006 04:58
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Yeah, I'm really hoping for a contest from the tgc to be anounced soon... Like the june news letter maybe? Something really worth coding for, and starting over the summer so I'll have the time to.

An rpg contest would really spark my interest, but it's probably too much for the average coder... I'd like to see a really open ended compo... one where I could make an small rpg or 3d platformer...

Edit: I sent rich an e-mail asking about this... Not sure what I expect him to tell me, but I felt like asking.

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i would love a rpg comp, how about a 2d comp? not enough people use dbp/dbc for 2d

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Posted: 30th May 2006 11:02 Edited at: 30th May 2006 11:06
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CzarTim theres a good reason for that. its so slow! edit: (thats what i've heard) that and 3d looks cooler most of the time(not always)

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I would hope there is NOT a compo soon.

There is currently the Caiman compo going on where quite a few DBPro and DBc games get entered. They are all CASH prizes aswell, with a $50 cash prize for EVERY game entered so long as it gets 60% or more rating.

Also on the 1st of June the infamouse Retro Remakes Compo starts and there are some HUGE prizes up for grabs this year. TGC are also one of the sponsors. There is a prize for EVERY game.

If TGC does an official compo I would prefer it if it was at the end of the year, possibly over Christmas,

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Posted: 30th May 2006 12:23
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An Xmas compo would be pretty cool, a lot can be done with snow .

Personally I'm looking forward to the text adventure competition, nice to have a project where I don't spend 90% of the time worrying about media .

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I think an interesting theme would be pong. As many pong-esque remakes as you can handle.

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I agree with Van B. I suck at media even advanced DBpro programming. I am looking forward to a nice text adventure compo!


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Quote: "nice to have a project where I don't spend 90% of the time worrying about media "


Well that's sort of my problem, there's never really any compos for the artists.


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Posted: 30th May 2006 16:20
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Quote: "TGC usually does retro competitions, probably because they're easier to make."


We haven't done a retro compo since 2004. There is nothing 'retro' about puzzle games, they're one of the top selling game genres in the world today. The 'snake / op wolf' style compo wasn't a case of 'make it retro' either, there was plenty of scope of originality, which a number of contestants managed superbly.

I guarantee even if we hold a 'next gen' style compo, people will still enter 'retro' style games. It just happens.

Anyway, there will be no large compo for a good few months yet, they are an extremely large amount of work to organise, and we'd need to secure prizes etc to make it worth while. For now we're giving some prizes to the text adventure + Retro Remakes compos to keep you all going for the next few months. We'll also probably run a small Dark AI specific compo soon, but the next 'big' one won't be until summer time at the earliest, and don't be surprised if it isn't all to do with physics either.

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Posted: 30th May 2006 16:42
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Quote: "and don't be surprised if it isn't all to do with physics either."

I figured as much. Seems great for TGC.

Quote: "We'll also probably run a small Dark AI specific compo soon"

This sounds interesting. I'm sure I'd enter, depending on the specific contest criteria.


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Quote: "the next 'big' one won't be until summer time at the earliest"


when does summer start exactly?


and i cant wait to renew my crown of the best dbp coder in existance unanimously proven by the official tgc compo.

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As far as we're concerned.. August.

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Summer apparently starts around June/July, but in the UK it skips from spring straight to autumn Maybe next year?

Looking forward to a contest, haven't really entered in one yet. I vote for an RPG or Horror theme contest
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you expect a summer in the uk? :o

spring and autumn blend into each other lately. summer only lasts 2 weeks!

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i think one involving physics would be good, howver it would be asking too much for that to be mandatory so the plugin would need some sort of a 60day trial or something.

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There's no reason to limit it to Dark Physics.

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I don't know much about Dark Physics (at all actually-I keep meaning to read up on it but never do), so I may be talking out of my arse here (if so, ignore me).

As far as I'm aware, Dark Physics hasn't been released yet. Wouldn't it be a good idea around the time of its release to have a competition using a demo version? The prize could them be a copy of the product.

This would encourage more people to try the demo, and those who don't win would then have a very nice idea of what it is capable of (compos always bring out the best in people), so would buy it anyway.

Just a thought, though I've no idea what I'm really talking about, so feel free to point and laugh if I'm talking complete rubbish.

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Quote: "spring and autumn blend into each other lately. summer only lasts 2 weeks!"

Except in the south of England, where is lasts for a couple of months And it gets exceedingly hot...

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A physic compo would be cool. I would love to make a platformer involving physics.
Quote: "And it gets exceedingly hot..."

Must be a diferent south England to the one I knew then. The one I knew had exactly two weeks.

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Quote: "Must be a diferent south England to the one I knew then"

It sounds like it

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...Hmm. I have an idea for a great compo game, but the physics would mostly have to do with the character. Mainly momentum, as the game would be all about speed. I think we should have a speed compo. The games would have to play fast. Really, really fast.

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While waiting for august, maybe i'll join the retro remake 2006...
I vote for the horror idea...!

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Quote: "I guarantee even if we hold a 'next gen' style compo, people will still enter 'retro' style games. It just happens."


Then why not just disqualify Retro games

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because you cant tell, as most games could be linked to all sorts of retro games one way or another.

i really hope tgc do consider a new compo soon tho, not sure what prizes i would want/need tho maybe a server .

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lol the whole tgc stock 1 of every app

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Quote: "Except in the south of England, where is lasts for a couple of months And it gets exceedingly hot..."


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Quote: "I think we should have a speed compo. The games would have to play fast. Really, really fast."

That gives me an idea, actually...


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I want a racing game compo

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