Here is the topic that talks about the idea we're trying to go for:
viewtopic.php?f=22&t=12289In short, the idea is that a couple of members reserve 24 hours in their lives for a programming competition that tests skill, speed, creativity and your ability to use time well. You do not need to use the full 24 hours for programming, but the more efficiently you use them the higher might be your chance of winning.
You can not use previously made engines, but you can copy-paste a few lines of code from past projects based on the "fair use" principle, to get off the ground more easily. This is to motivate you to try totally new ideas and not just shell out another platformer.
No teams.
Use of ripped graphics and sounds is allowed.
In this topic, please post with the times (preferably
converted to GMT) when you could take part in such an event. The most probable dates are weekends, starting on Friday, ending on Sunday, so try to update your status every week for the weekend.
So:
1) check your schedule for next week.
2) post your times for THIS week here.
3) hope that enough people have time.
4) If not enough people have time, wait until next week and repeat.
Remember, if you only have 20 hours or 23 hours or something, you should still post. Chances are very few people actually have 24 hours to spare so it should be fair enough. And programming for 24 hours might not be very healthy anyway.
The first weekend will be April 8th (Friday) to April 10th (Sunday).
I might write a little tool that helps us organizing this within the following week, until then please use this topic.
(Or someone else might try their hands on this? It'd need to be web based.)
Example sign-up:
Quote:
Friday 6:00pm - Sunday 10:00am GMT
Sunday 1:00pm - Sunday 11:00pm GMT
Which would mean you'd have a gap of 3 hours on Sunday between 10:00 and 13:00, so if e.g. the competition is scheduled from 12:00 Saturday till 12:00 Sunday, you'd lose 2 hours, but other people might too.
So, don't hesitate and post your times for next week. The earlier we have a good amount of people, the better.
Post questions, suggestions, and complaints ITT, too.
Here is the topic that talks about the idea we're trying to go for: http://phpbb.mfgg.net/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=12289
In short, the idea is that a couple of members reserve 24 hours in their lives for a programming competition that tests skill, speed, creativity and your ability to use time well. You do not need to use the full 24 hours for programming, but the more efficiently you use them the higher might be your chance of winning.
You can not use previously made engines, but you can copy-paste a few lines of code from past projects based on the "fair use" principle, to get off the ground more easily. This is to motivate you to try totally new ideas and not just shell out another platformer.
No teams.
Use of ripped graphics and sounds is allowed.
In this topic, please post with the times (preferably [b]converted to GMT[/b]) when you could take part in such an event. The most probable dates are weekends, starting on Friday, ending on Sunday, so try to update your status every week for the weekend.
So:
1) check your schedule for next week.
2) post your times for THIS week here.
3) hope that enough people have time.
4) If not enough people have time, wait until next week and repeat.
Remember, if you only have 20 hours or 23 hours or something, you should still post. Chances are very few people actually have 24 hours to spare so it should be fair enough. And programming for 24 hours might not be very healthy anyway.
The first weekend will be April 8th (Friday) to April 10th (Sunday).
I might write a little tool that helps us organizing this within the following week, until then please use this topic.
(Or someone else might try their hands on this? It'd need to be web based.)
Example sign-up:
[quote]
Friday 6:00pm - Sunday 10:00am GMT
Sunday 1:00pm - Sunday 11:00pm GMT
[/quote]
Which would mean you'd have a gap of 3 hours on Sunday between 10:00 and 13:00, so if e.g. the competition is scheduled from 12:00 Saturday till 12:00 Sunday, you'd lose 2 hours, but other people might too.
So, don't hesitate and post your times for next week. The earlier we have a good amount of people, the better.
Post questions, suggestions, and complaints ITT, too.