CLASSIC AMIGA FORUM PROMO COMPETITION!

[Shockwave]

AMIGA CLASSIC PROMO COMPETITION!

This time the competition is really different, and also the prize is much more valuable than normal.

We are looking to you to help make your community a success!!!

Here's your task.. Make an intro to promote the new "find a coder" facility of this community!!

There is a twist though..

Please visit this site;

FLASHTRO

And pick one of the classic Amiga Cracktros, your task is to take the language and API of your choice and either make a perfect conversion of one of those cracktros, or take one of those cracktros as your inspiration and do a new take on it.

Before the rules, I want to apologise that this time it has to be exe only as this intro is going to be spread to promote the forum. Next time we will do something that the Yabasic guys can get stuck into as well!

Rules;

• - Must be a Win32 Production.
• - Interpreted languages not allowed (sorry), it MUST be executable.
• - You agree that the finished intro will be used to promote the new requests forum and will be spread to other places on the internet.
• - Your code MUST be 100% original.
• - You may use media (gfx+music) from original cracktros at sources like intro-inferno and pouet.
• - You May use media (gfx+music) from flashtros.
• - You MUST credit the original authors of the music + gfx + cracktro.
• - You MUST provide a link in your entry to the cracktro you used as inspiration on flashtro.
• - The text in your intro should promote this forum and the new find a coder feature.
• The competition is open as of 18 / 04 / 2007.
• The Deadline for entries is 18 / 05 / 2007 Midnight GMT.
• Late Entries are not allowed under any circumstances.
• Please use the prefix CLASSIC in your topic when submitting eg; CLASSIC - Your Demo Name
• Multiple Entries Are Allowed but you are only eligible for ONE prize.
• Winner will be decided by poll of the community.
• In the event of a tie, there will be another poll until the winner is decided.
• You MUST use a cracktro that is on Flashtro.com, if it's not on Flashtro, please don't use it!

There are some great prizes. In fact to reflect the extra effort needed in this competition the top 3 placed people will each get a copy of;

COBRA

• 1st place also gets Custom Sig + 15 Karma + 750 Posts + Contributing Author Title.
• 2nd place also gets Custom Sig + 10 Karma + 500 Posts + Contributing Author Title.
• 3rd place also gets Custom Sig +  5 Karma + 250 Posts + Contributing Author Title.

Please note that if any of the winners already own Cobra, Graham K has agreed to upgrade them to Cobra3d for free. Thanks Graham!

All Valid Entries get +2 Karma.

Good luck and enjoy the comp If previous ones are anything to go by, this one will be great!!!!

[Emil_halim]

Hi shocky.

can i shear this compt , by using my old demo 'prophecy2Demo' it was ported from www.flashtro.com.

i will change the scrolling text , but the big problem is it will not work in everyone's system because as you know it uses my OgreMagic which requiers a good hardware GFX card.

[Shockwave]

Thanks for the support Emil
All executable Windows entries are welcome, I will pick the ones which are most highly voted to use to promote the forum! Maybe something could be done to make it more compatible

[Ghost^BHT]

Would different gfx in the same style be acceptable as in diff logo ?
Does it have to be cracktro ? Can it be intro ?

[Emil_halim]

thanks shocky. 

[Shockwave]

It must be listed in the cracktros listings in flashtro, these are famous cracktros that will hopefully attract more interest and also insisting that it is a conversion or update of something on Flashtro will make comparison easy.

Like;

Here's my Prod.

Here is the Flashtro Version.

Of course, if anyone wants to re-draw the gfx / base a tune on an original that's cool Ripping is not compulsary.

[.:] Druid [:.]

THAT is a nice contest!!! Oh yeah

I'll find the time, already found the target! (hint: Skid Row)

[Shockwave]

Thanks bro

[zawran]

Nice, now I will have to dig the IDE out again. Great challenge theme. I already have a good idea about which one I will be replicating.

[Roly]

Great Compo-Idea. 

If anyone has interest, i could make a coverversion from an original Amigasong.

Røly

[benny!]

Great new compo ... looking forward for all great entries.

[Jim]

Great idea!  Sounds like my kinda comp!

Jim

[Shockwave]

Sounds really promising

Roly, may I recruit you for a song please?

[.:] Druid [:.]

choice is really wide!  finally it's difficult to select...and mack of time to give a try to all of them

[Roly]

@Shokkie: Yip.

[Sledge]

- You agree that the finished intro will be used to promote the new requests forum and will be spread to other places on the internet.

Are there any preferred 'DBF+GVY' logos knocking about that we can use to promote the site? I'm not much of a graphician (logo creation, for me, means typing the word into PSP and applying a gradient).

[bbear]

  !!
you have read in my mind or my posts about my project of Amiga cracktros remakes  this post or this one
I already tried my first (not yet fully finished) : from http://www.flashtro.com/page.php?id=62
skidrow robocod (updated)

but I not thinking about a contest...but It'll be cool to see results (I hope on the sharing of the sources  )

some questions :
where to post entry ? I done my intro before the contest, so I need to update the scrolltext...

how many intros we can submit ?

You may use media (gfx+music)

for gfx, ok, but for the music, some intros use exotic format and not all mods are converted in standard module or ahx. I found BP player, but for Sid, dm... more difficult

some intros are already win32 ported :
http://www.intro-inferno.com/production.php?id=89
http://www.intro-inferno.com/production.php?id=38
http://www.intro-inferno.com/production.php?id=2428

new port possible ?

[Shockwave]

Bbear;

Nice conversion

You should post a new topic in this, the community projects forum with the title;

CLASSIC COMP : SKID ROW ROBOCOD

If the intro uses non standard music format, you can either get a compatible replay routine or make one, or get a musician to convert it or pick another intro!!

Of course, please feel free to do a conversion of something already ported, maybe you can add something different to it

Add as many as you like mate. You can post 100 if you want to!

Sledge, there are some logos around here, or you can always adapt a logo in the original cracktro or even use the original logo as it is

Cheers for the questions!

And Roly, I will PM you after you finished your birthday celebrations

[.:] Druid [:.]

some questions :
where to post entry ?

I also created a party named "DBF: Classic Amiga".  Feel free to post them as well and select "DBF: Classic Amiga" as party, "oldschool demo" as section. 
Please note: votes there are not taken into account for this contest as it's just hosting files, not organizing this contest

Now, about the convertion itself: wow, i really like it! 

Cheers,
druid

[Tetra]

 

Would combining several different cracktros fit into the rules? There are so many great ones, and so many that have great parts, I would love to make a compilation of my fav effects.