JAVACOMP RULES [Final Revision]

[combatking0]

CK0's JAVASCRIPT COMP

Welcome to the JavaScript Competition!

This competition is all about writing a demo or game in JavaScript to be viewed
or played on a web browser. There is an emphesis on this working on any basic
desktop browser configuration, so the use of executables, Flash or Shockwave
and Java VM graphics are forbidden.

There is an emphesis on Pie (the food) and Pi (the numerical constant), so be
sure to include one or both in your entries.

Competition Rules;

• Animated GIFs will be allowed
• Flash animations will not be allowed
• No part of the entry may be executable
• Entries may only be composed of files with the following extensions:
• .css - .htm - .html - .js - .gif - .jpg - .png
• The following file extensions are allowed for AUDIO ONLY:
• .mp3 -  .mid - .swf - .[insert Java VM extension]
• Entries may only be composed of files with the following languages:
• CSS - HTML - JavaScript
• Audio support is allowed using files with the following languages:
• ActionScript - Java VM
• Flash animations/buttons/grahpics/movies, etc are not allowed
• You may compress your files into an archive, such as .zip etc.
• You may produce either a technical demo or an interactive piece.
• If there's any kind of explicit content, please put a warning on your entry
• Each entry must have in it some reference to pie or 3.141... (or both)
• Entries to be posted in this forum please with the title [JAVACOMP] entry name
• Entries may be posted between NOW and Midnight of [31/08/2007]
• Entries may or may not use the template created by p01 (below) Please credit him!
• The winner(s) will be decided by a poll of forum users
• If ripped media is used, please get permission if possible and at least credit the artist/musician.
• In the event of a tied vote, there will be another poll to decide the winner.
• The decision of the comp organiser (CK0) is final.. Please do not ask for any changes to the rules!
• Entries breaking these rules will be disqualified.

Competition Prizes;

• 1st Place - Amazon voucher for Ã,£30 - Sig - 15 Karma
• 2nd Place - Sig - 10 Karma
• 3rd Place -  Sig - 5 Karma
• All entries get 2 Karma

After the comp;

Once the winners have been chosen, CK0 will host a selection of the entries on
his website. He'll be checking with an expert for cross browser compatability to
ensure everyone with a JavaScript enabled browser and not much else can play
them, which is why Flash/Shockwave/Java VM applications of audio are optional.

**Good luck!**

Thanks to P01 for providing the sample framework attached to this post

[taj]

Question: Can you point us to some cool demo like examples of javascript to see the "best of the best"? I'd like to have some idea of what we can expect to achieve (those of us who have never touched javascript before).

Thanks,

Chris

[va!n]

@Chris:
Here are some JavaScript examples i found... i am not really sure if they fit to the rulez..



http://www-vis.lbl.gov/Research/MBender/JSExample1/JSexample1.html



http://www-vis.lbl.gov/Research/MBender/JSExample2/JSexample2.html

[combatking0]

  Nice!

I'll put something together over the weekend, involving some pies I think.

I was going to make a game involving the first 1 million digits of pi, but that might be a touch slow. I don't know until I try though. It might also get boring after the first 100000 digits.

[taj]

Va!n,

arent those just "movies". In the sense that its just a series of GIF images? The index is chosen depending on mouse position is all. In which case it may qualify but its not really the spirit fo the compo I think. Ck0, you say "nice" so is that the kind of thing you are thinking about? I'll just go and create an animated GIF of the star wars movie...

:-)

Chris

[va!n]

@Chris:
Please excuse me if the links are based on animations only... i didn't coded the demos and i don't know how they are coded. Thats why i wrote, i don't know if it fits to the compo rulez ^^ So please excuse me.

[taj]

No problems Va!n...to answer my own question here are some examples:

http://www.pouet.net/prodlist.php?platf%5B%5D=JavaScript&order=&x=30&y=3&page=1&order=

[combatking0]

Damn, fooled again!

They looked good though, wasn't sure how they were done in JavaScript.
Animated gifs - makes sense.

Maybe I should have added that you must use JavaScript as the main gimmick, not animated gifs/pngs, but that really goes without saying I think.

[va!n]

@Chris:
Very good link and a great source for demo coding too! 
Extra karma

[WidowMaker [retired]]

Best of luck with the competition, I am really looking forward to seeing what sort of browser things can be made

[combatking0]

I'm on with "Pie Rats of the Carribean: Curse of the Black Pie", a 2-4 player puzzle game with loads of set-up options, none of which show much depth, but it should set the standard if it is posted first.

It is about 55% done.

[benny!]

Cool. Hoping to get something done, too. But I guess I concentrate on a little
fx or simple casual game. Will see...

[mike_g]

Yeah, hopefully I'll make an entry for this. I havent come up with much pie inspiration yet, but you never know theres still a good few weeks left

[combatking0]

I'll throw some ideas into the air:

A game which requires you to make pies to order - pies, fillings and pastry tops flow on a conveyor and you have to match the ingredients to the orders while wasting as little food as possible.

A game which requires you to type in each digit of Pi in succession - though this could get boring.

A Pie delivery game.

A demo which adds one pie to the display every so often and has them all moving in weird and wonderful ways.

Snake (eating pies instead of apples.) You could call it "Piethon".

A ascii-art game where you fly a ship (in the shape of a Pi symbol) and shoot dashes at the enemy.

A demo which calculates Pi to as many digits as possible (algorithms exist somewhere on the internet - they could be very easily converted into JavaScript).

Feel free to use any of these ideas if you wish.

[combatking0]

My Pie Rats game is about 85% there now.

Just a few tweeks to the code which determines how many possible moves each player has on their turn and it's just about finished.

I might even code some AI for it...

[combatking0]

Anyone else working on entries?

Pie Rats is almost done - just the last few tweeks to the AI and it will be unbeatable!

[p01]

Am back from Tanzania and my mum's visit ends tomorow. Therefore I could hack an entry this WE or next week.

[Shockwave]

Would be good, nobody has entered yet!

[va!n]

Would be good, nobody has entered yet!

o.O   Hope you guys get motivated enough and enter a nice piece of production into this compo. i am still looking forward ^^

[Shockwave]

Doesn't look like there are enough Javascript users here.
Please prove me wrong! The compo is almost over.