SyntaxBomb - Indie Coders

Time to vote in the Game Comp : 'Code a game comp 15 - It's all about YOU - Sep 25th to 11th-ish Dec 2022' - Voting takes place from now and will close on Thurs 22nd Dec 2022 @ 23:59:59 GMT.

7 great games created by our members for you to download, play for free and keep forever.

If you are voting then please do take the time to play each game in order to keep the voting fair and in the good spirit of the gaming comps. Please download from the links below to make sure you have the latest version

Voting rules :
For the voting PM Qube your top three games that you enjoyed playing the most.

1.. State the best three games in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place ( see vote example below ).
2.. You are not allowed to submit any updates to your game until after voting has closed. Only the version uploaded before voting started can be used. *
3.. Voting must only be via PM ( see above ).
4.. You can not vote for your own game.
5.. Members with less than 10 posts can not vote unless they themselves have submitted a game for the comp.

* Members who have uploaded bug fixed versions of their games please make sure the latest download version is linked in the post of your game from the list below ( just in case some members have not downloaded / played your entry yet ).

Vote Example :
1st Title of game A
2nd Title of game B
3rd Title of game C

Feel free to describe why you like the games if you want. Votes will not be shown until the voting is closed.

Vote Scoring:
1st = 100 points
2nd = 50 points
3rd = 25 points

In the event totals between two or more voted entries are the same then priority is given based on placement, for example 1 vote in 1st = 100 points and 4 votes in 3rd = 100 points but the 1st placement vote would win based on placement priority.

If any site staff have entered ( excluding global moderators ) then votes for their entries become a proxy vote and will not affect any other entrants placement or the prize fund. For example 1st, 2nd and joint 3rd winners are...

Prize :
£100 to each of the top 3 winners

Voting time :
Voting takes place from now and will close on Thurs 22nd Dec 2022 @ 23:59:59 GMT.

The games ( in order of submission ) :

	Title : Grimly grim Author : MrmediamanX Link : Take me there
	Title : Essscape! Author : Alienhead Link : Take me there
	Title : Fire of inspiration Author : metamorpho Link : Take me there
	Title : Feel The Fear Author : 3DzForMe Link : Take me there

Title : Festive Burglar Author : BasicBoy Link : Take me there

Title : DASHTARDLY DAVE Author : STEVIE G Link : Take me there

Title : Christmas Capers Author : Qube Link : Take me there

Once more : For the voting PM Qube your top three games that you enjoyed playing the most.


Members who have voted so far :
Alienhead
metamorpho
MrmediamanX
Xerra
BasicBoy
3DzForMe
STEVIE G
Qube
Kris
therevills
Steve Elliott

Remember folks to get your votes in before Thurs Dec 22nd @23:59:59 GMT

Thanks for the reminder Qube, just about finished my initial assessment of the entries.

Oh yes, will have to download and see what you pesky kids have produced lol.

I'll vote Wednesday evening.

Still haven't given all the entries the proper play they deserve.

Hows it Wednesday already.......

Tick Tock.....again - I swear as you get older the time thieves just keep on breeding!

22nd is tomorrow, reminder to self ... I'm in the future.

Congrats to everyone who got a game in ... Had me sweating like I was the only one in the trenches.
Merry Christmas and a happy new year everyone's, keep safe and have a good one and drink like your liver can take it.

@aLIENHEAD,

Apologies if I've missed some installation requirements, but after extracting your files your game reports these are missing:

The installation reported that the code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.
MSCVR100.dll was also missing.

I want to play your game before I cast my votes

3DzFormoi

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Quote from: 3DzForMe on December 21, 2022, 10:17:40
@aLIENHEAD,

Apologies if I've missed some installation requirements, but after extracting your files your game reports these are missing:

The installation reported that the code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem.
MSCVR100.dll was also missing.

I want to play your game before I cast my votes

3DzFormoi

Sorry to hear you ran into this,  these are some pretty common runtimes but by you getting that error they must be missing. Here is the redistributable  VCRUNTIME140.dll  : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48145

I do believe MSCVR100.DLL is included with the ms runtime 2015 install.  If not then this package maybe required for the MSCVR100.DLL  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=26999

I compiled the game under x86 for compatibility so the x86 should be the only packages you'd need.  Are you getting those errors when running the game or the installer?

I do apologize you ran across this, I'll include the redistributables as part of the installer next time, as I mentioned those are such commonly used dll's it's almost impossible to find a PC without them these days hehe. but better safe than sorry I suppose! 

Thanks for the report.

Has anyone had trouble downloading and/or running my game (Festive Burglar)?

If so, can you please tell me what happened (if anything), and which version of Windows you've tried to run the program under.

Many thanks !

Feel free to PM me.

@alienhead, that makes sense. Been running the games within a VM with Microsofts latest but not necessarily greatest iso. 😁 Will play later when back home.

Had a play with the games this afternoon. Some nice entries for this competition. I'm sending votes and some feedback notes to uncle Qube shortly.

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Had a play with the games this afternoon. Some nice entries for this competition.

I did too. Agreed...And some comical death coding lol.

A right varied set of entries, the polish on entries these days is quite something else.

My votes are in      

One more day to go.....