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GENERAL => Challenges & Competitions => Topic started by: Shockwave on October 03, 2009

Title: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: Shockwave on October 03, 2009

:rip:HALLOWEEN COMPETITION 2009 :rip:

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:csaw: !TIME TO MAKE SOMETHING SPOOKY! :csaw:

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Soon it will be Halloween again and it has become a little bit of a tradition on this forum to run a halloween challenge.. You can take your inspiration from all kinds of things like horror movies, ghost stories, haunted houses and even pagan traditions.

There's tons of this stuff out there to be inspired by.

So this time the challenge is to make a demo or intro with a Halloween theme and the good news is that thanks to the generous sponsorship of the forums by some of our members that there is a cash prize on offer this time too! :)

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So time to get inspired, watch some old dracular films, listen to thriller, read some HP Lovecraft, run around the house with a white sheet over your head, Halloween is almost here again so make something spooky!

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  :axekill: :hanging: Here are the rules!  :hanging:  :axekill: 

• Your Demo must be associated with some element of Halloween.
• You can use any platform that is compatible with windows XP+Vista.
• You may write something for web browsers as long as it works in IE7 or Chrome or FF3 (or all!)
• Wild (Video / Animated) entries are allowed.
• Procedural graphics entries are allowed as long as it is one single file <16kb no animations allowed, file must not permanently write on hard drive.
• The following emulators are welcome: Vice, Winuae, Saint, PS2 Yabasic
• Please give credit if you use ripped sound/gfx, or even better credit the original artist.
• Please write something new for the challenge, no previously released stuff.
• Do not use ripped routines. (dlls, libs, fmod, sdl, frameworks etc are fine but say what you used please!).
• One entry per person maximum.
• Entries to be posted in this forum please with the title [SPOOKY] entry name
• Entries may be posted between NOW and Midnight of [30th October 2009]
• The winner [S?] will be decided by a poll of forum users
• If 1st place is tied there will be a vote-off to decide the winner.
• Late entries will not be counted for voting.
• Please PM any correspondance regarding rules to me, don't discuss them here such posts will be removed and not answered.
• Please include a screenshot of your entry in your post.
• Please only post finished work, if you update your entry the final one will be voted on.
• After the submission deadline You may NOT post ANY further attachments to final or other versions of your entry ANYWHERE on this forum until voting has closed.
• You may post a video of the entry along with the binaries (useful if you use shaders etc).
• Prize money is by Paypal only. No other forms will be discussed.

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:suicide: Here are the prizes!  :suicide:

• 1st Place  £20 - Sig - 15 Karma
• 2nd Place - £10 - Sig - 10 Karma
• 3rd Place -  Sig - 5 Karma
• All entries get 1 Karma

 :rip: Good Luck!  :rip:

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: LittleWhite on October 03, 2009

I don't know yet if I will do something ( no ideas for the moment :s )

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: combatking0 on October 03, 2009

I've just had a brill idea for an entry. I'll have to shoe-horn in some AI. Or maybe some user interaction.

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: hellfire on October 05, 2009

This movie might be a good inspiration:
[youtube]M-cIjPOJdFM[/youtube]

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: rdc on October 05, 2009

Zombieland looks awesome. If I hadn't already written a zombie game (http://rickclark58.googlepages.com/efl42) I would do that.

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: combatking0 on October 13, 2009

I have mastered a new Flash effect (new to me anyway) just for this contest - though many here would probably know how to make it work in other development systems.

I'm still working on the AI - that will be the hard part, but it will be like a 2D version of an effect Jim used in his Cubes demo many Halloweens ago.

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: Dr.Death on October 14, 2009

You need to watch zombieland shaun of the dead for the yanks  :updance:

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: slinks on October 17, 2009

Can we enter games in this comp? I may have something thrown together in time if that's the case...

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: Shockwave on October 18, 2009

Quote from: slinks on October 17, 2009

Can we enter games in this comp? I may have something thrown together in time if that's the case...

I don't see why not. :)

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: Rbz on October 18, 2009

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZoLkvsKfck&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCqN6ACqAII&feature=related[/youtube]

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: combatking0 on October 23, 2009

Mine now does what it will eventually say in the title, but it still needs the scroller and the final effects adding in.

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: Shockwave on October 23, 2009

Can't wait to see it mate.

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: slinks on October 24, 2009

Hopefully shall get some more work done on mine tomorrow morning. If everything goes fine I should be able to make the deadline

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: LittleWhite on October 24, 2009

I will try to make it for the deadline ... most motivation is missing :s

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: slinks on October 27, 2009

Alpha shot of my game (hope to get to Beta stage tomorrow, and finished product by the deadline, tough stuff!)

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: padman on October 27, 2009

Ok, from the screenshot, I haven't got a clue what that might become when it's finished. A wild guess would be: something with spiderwebs!? Anyways, hang in there dude. I would love to see the final product! :)

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: LittleWhite on October 27, 2009

I hope that you will reach your objectives (not like me) :s

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: slinks on October 27, 2009

Quote from: padman on October 27, 2009

A wild guess would be: something with spiderwebs!?

Not so wild a guess afterall; bang on the money!

Quote from: combatking0 on October 23, 2009

Mine now does what it will eventually say in the title, but it still needs the scroller and the final effects adding in.

Where is it? I wanna see! :D

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: Shockwave on October 27, 2009

Looks like we will have some really cool entries! :)

I was worried that we weren't going to get any for a while!

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: combatking0 on October 29, 2009

Quote from: slinks on October 27, 2009

Quote from: combatking0 on October 23, 2009

Mine now does what it will eventually say in the title, but it still needs the scroller and the final effects adding in.

Where is it? I wanna see! :D

I just need to add the scroller and the "interpretter".

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: LittleWhite on October 29, 2009

Finally I am not in for this one ...
Sorry

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: Shockwave on October 30, 2009

Thanks for trying anyway :)

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: LittleWhite on October 30, 2009

One day, I have to look for an artist :D

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: Clyde on October 31, 2009

I've done a classic and fell asleep at the PC mid way through trying to finish.

Best of Luck to all entries and entrants,
Clyde.

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: Shockwave on October 31, 2009

Well we have four entries, that's enough for a challenge and someone is going to win some cash!

Thanks for those entries guys, I really appreciate them.

The challenge is now closed to new entries.

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: LittleWhite on October 31, 2009

Well done to all participants :)

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: Shockwave on October 31, 2009

I'll put the poll online first thing tomorrow morning :)

Title: Re: HALLOWEEN COMP 2009!
Post by: slinks on October 31, 2009

Sorry for the no-show guys, I ended up spending so much time trying to make it as prettiful as possible, I never completely finished the game engine :P

So, while on the downside the engine is only 75% done (enemy code is only half finished, same with scoring system) on the upside, it looks a lot nicer than that mess of a screenshot I posted earlier. Should be able to make a release outside the comp in a week or two, hopefully.

Good luck to all of you who entered, I'm about to try them all out :)