SyntaxBomb - Indie Coders

Welcome to our 14th Code a Game Competition.



Competition Length : February 26th 2022 @ 03:20:00 and lasts for 66 days, 66 hours, 66 minutes and 66 seconds. Competition closes May 5th 2022 @ 22:26:00 ( GMT )

Theme : The Six Sides Of Qube.

Detailed description:

• Make a game based around the theme "The Six Sides Of Qube". What could it mean?. How you interpret the theme is up to you.

Limits :

No limitations except the time allocated to this comp \o/.

Prizes :

The top three winners will be the first ever members of SyntaxBomb's to earn the "competition winners" badge. A first that can never be repeated and will give you eternal bragging rights

Rules :

1.. No copyright media or modified pre-built game templates allowed.
2.. Game frameworks are allowed as are free / purchased media.
3.. Individuals and teams are allowed to enter.
4.. Provide a download with at least a Windows executable ( or link if a web browser game only ). Include other OS's too if you want.
5.. Choice of language is totally up to you. You do not have to provide the source code.
6.. One entry per person / team.
7.. SyntaxBomb has zero rights to any work posted here. You / your team hold total control.
8.. Exclusive winners badges will only be given to the top three places.
9.. All entries must be in by May 5th 2022 @ 22:26:00 ( GMT ). No extensions to the deadline will be granted.
10.. Games must be of a completed state and not merely a demo / proof of concept.
11.. No remakes / clones of commercial games are allowed for example Donkey Kong which may lead to copyright infringement. A game my be done "in the style of" but must use original media and not a copy in a manner to which may infringe on a 3rd party copyright.
12.. There will be a two week gap after the comp ends before voting starts to allow members to play the games and for developers to fix any bugs in their game ( no new / additional features ) and re-upload. Once voting commences then no further bug fixes can be submitted until after voting has been completed.

How to submit your game :

Game submissions must be made in this thread. You may link to your external webpage or showcase post about your game. If you have no means of hosting your game then please PM Qube and arrangements will be made.

When submitting your game please adhere to the following format ( if relevant ) :

Game Title
Download link and OS requirements
Required dependancies
Brief info about your game
Any screen shots or video's
Media information ( If using free / purchased media, please state where you obtained said media. )

How are the winners picked :

Voting will take place from Monday the 19th of May 2022 for one week and a dedicated thread will be made and relevant voting information provided.

Finally...

Get coding, even if it's a small game, have some fun and good luck

Hope we get the people having a go at this one.

As usual I have an idea formulated from an evening of painstaking research.

Ok, so I actually read a few wikipedia pages and listened to a load of Rob Hubbard music

Quote from: Xerra on February 27, 2022, 00:34:34
Hope we get the people having a go at this one.

Would be good to have a decent amount. It doesn't have to be a masterpiece. Just have some fun

Quote from: Xerra on February 27, 2022, 00:34:34
As usual I have an idea formulated from an evening of painstaking research.

Ok, so I actually read a few wikipedia pages and listened to a load of Rob Hubbard music

Now that's full on proper research

Any interest in this comp? or is it just me and Xerra?

Only brain fart ideas for now.

Even thought about "6 strings" (as in German we say "Saite" to a guitar string ... and "sides" can translate to "Seite" which is spoken out the same as "Saite").

Had a logic/arcade/puzzle game in mind but think with 6 sides it will be hard to ... hmm generate
Had an dice throwing + "twist" RPG  -- but too much assets, so would have to simplify it...


Still thinking.

bye
Ron

Trying to think of ideas too. Not as easy as it sounds as most things I come up with / want to make don't fit the theme. Just adding a cube or 6 of something doesn't really cut it so struggling a bit.

I started tinkering with some ideas a couple of days back. I'm also hitting the dice angle with a mix of six different dice games. Ideally the best ones from a list I researched on the dice games wiki. Some of them should be pretty simple to implement but a couple could be a bit more challenging. Especially as I need to make some a bit more interesting as there's no rolling dice manually here, so it'd just be tapping a key to simulate rolls to get numbers, and that doesn't make that much of an interesting game.

One of the games would be a real challenge to pull off for me, though, so I'll leave it until I've done five of the others before I make a decision on trying to do that one.

Going with the name "Faces of Qube" I'm pretty much decided now. Obviously six games coincides with the subject theme and there being six sides on a dice. Guessing you all figured that out, right?

Quote from: STEVIE G on March 01, 2022, 21:53:11
Just adding a cube or 6 of something doesn't really cut it so struggling a bit.

I'm going for 6 of something to make the six sides of Qube. Fits the overall theme - Plus it's Derron's idea so I'm sure he'll have loads of ideas

Quote from: Qube on March 02, 2022, 00:35:57

Quote from: STEVIE G on March 01, 2022, 21:53:11
Just adding a cube or 6 of something doesn't really cut it so struggling a bit.

I'm going for 6 of something to make the six sides of Qube. Fits the overall theme - Plus it's Derron's idea so I'm sure he'll have loads of ideas

How about a Beat Em Up called 'The 6 Ways of the Exploding Qube'? Maybe a shooter called 'Six Gun Qube' or a game aesthetic with 6 shades of grey? Lots of non cube/dice options. 

Dang it, I don't know if I can make it or not ... It's been extremely busy over here with protesters and all that jazz.
If I get enough time I can hopefully get something out. Good luck to everyone else just in case.

QuoteHow about a Beat Em Up called 'The 6 Ways of the Exploding Qube'? Maybe a shooter called 'Six Gun Qube' or a game aesthetic with 6 shades of grey? Lots of non cube/dice options.

Or a character or vehicle named Qube with six sides of (insert a thing here). 

I've been thinking of a set of six mini-games "charting" the progress of computer games:
1) Text-only  (I know how much you lot love those...   )
2) Basically text, but with some pictures
3) single-screen platformer, or some such
4) horizontal scrolling "endless" world
5) Basically 2D, but orthographic projection
6) Full 3D.

Ideally, with themes matching a series of centuries, probably from 17- 22nd, based around a book set then.

...but knowing me, most of it won't get done... 

How about the 6 main emotions/sides that Qube could show in a game/level?

1.  Happiness.
2.  Sadness.
3.  Fear.
4.  Disgust.
5.  Anger.
6.  Surprise.

As a Commodore Man, being attacked by Spectrums and Jet Set Willy game icons could be number 4 lol.   

Had an idea while my teeth got cleaned (thanks mrs. dentist )...

So I could spit out the other ideas I had:
- Side scroller / "castle vs castle" game with your dice rolls defining attack values, movement ... (maybe even with the ability to choose what dices to use for attack and what for defense / movement)
- an "unroll / turn the dice" game in which the unrolling decides how many "steps" you move .... and the final dice eg colours blocks (with the goal to colorize the whole map ... maybe "rolled over" strips the paint)
- ask qube ... creating a kind of "AI" which can react with 6 different "personalities" ("ELIZA" ? )
- attacker game in which you have to decide what dices (different "abilities" per side) to use - with your opponent being able to have skills like "turn the dice" (upside down) or similar things
- six sided "puzzle": imagine a cube with little blocks here and there ... they can be moved vertical/horizontally from the side you are looking at. The goal is to guide a specific block to the "outside" - and of course you need to rotate the cube so you have "access" (see) the block you want to move. So it is similar to these games in which you need to help a car leave the parking/car park by shunting/routing the other cars to free the path. Yet I think it is rather hard to create "levels" there (think you need to start "clean path" and then move blocks until you think it is "enough steps to do"


Need more ideas?


PS: I did not have a game in mind when suggesting the topic - which was why I wrote it. I simply had the "topic" in mind and posted it to avoid me thinking over it and "adjusting" the wording to allow for my secret game then


bye
Ron

I'm not going for just adding 1 cube, I'm going for 6 levels with a squared number of Qubes..... Not sure if my compiler will handle 6 cubed qubes. C

am not sure if six square squirrel squads of qubes can handle 6 cubed qubes well.
Better make five or six ice qubes to cool down your hexahedron-shaped glass for booze.

btw: "qubicle" might be a good working title for an office sim game :p


bye
Ron