Code a game competition - Aug - Oct 2017 - £500 worth of prizes

[Qube]

Thinking about it I will be entering - What I'll do is just not take any prize money without affecting the top 3 winners. It'll work like so..

Assuming - Member A gets 100 votes, Member B gets 50 votes, member C gets 20 votes and I gets 60 votes.

I will just become an "proxy winner" and the winners table would be :

1st place - Member A
2nd place - Member B + Qube
3rd place - Member C

1st, 2nd and 3rd all get the allotted prize fund. I think it's a better idea and I'm going with it

[Steve Elliott]

Yep, that's along the same lines as I was thinking.

[3DzForMe]

@Qube,

My vote is that you compete fair and square with the masses - if you entre' is the best - you take the winnings. No bones of contention will arise as you'll have earned first place by the votes you receive. My 5 pence

[Steve Elliott]

Personally I would not enter a competition when the person setting the competition, then wins their own competition.  Qube's solution makes sense...Actually it doesn't.  I'm out lol 

[Qube]

Qube's solution makes sense...Actually it doesn't.  I'm out.

It does make sense - I still get to play but don't take any prize money / winners placings away from members if I happen to get enough votes. Everyones happy, the sky is blue, the grass is green. Join in, have fun.

If me being in it doesn't have any effect on the winners or the prize fund then all is fine, yes?

Just get coding

[therevills]

End of the day, SyntaxBomb is here because of Qube, the competitions and prize money are here because of Qube... if Qube cant enter in the competitions no one else can either! 

Just get coding and have some fun! 

[Steve Elliott]

Yep, this place is here because of Qube, much appreciated. 

Yeah I'm coding something.

[3DzForMe]

I need to get my code on....

[Blainiac]

I think I'll be entering this competition if I can find the time...  I have a good idea for a Halloween-themed game.  I can't wait!   

[Qube]

Over a week now and I've not added anymore to my game for this comp - I seriously need to get a shuffle on. Does anyone have a time stretching device or a magic spell so you don't require sleep?

It's the weekend, I must make the effort... Ruby slippers on, tap heals together three times - "There's no place like code, there's no place like code, there's no place like code".

How's everyone else getting on with their comp entry?

[TomToad]

Here's what I've done so far on my entry.

1. Came up with an idea
2. Launched Graphics Gale to create some graphics.
3. Got fed up with some of the limitations with Graphics Gale
4. Looked for something better
5. Decided to create something better
6. Realizing that if I finish creating my editor, it could be very useful, I decided to write it in B4J so it will run on all systems using Java.
7. Learn B4J
8. Got fed up with B4J's limitations
9. Tried using BlitzMax and MaxGUI
10. Got fed up with MaxGui's limitations.
11. Decided to switch back to B4J, found that getting around the limits of B4J is quite easy using their JavaObject types and custom nodes.
12. I now have the main GUI layout of my editor done. Just need to add some actual functionality.
13. At this rate, i should be done with my entry some time in 2020.

[MikeHart]

Awesome Tom. At least yoh have a plan and goal. 

[Blainiac]

I've just had time to think of the idea so far...  A Five Nights at Freddy's type of game.  Should be interesting!

[Rooster]

Thats cool Tom.
I also use Graphics Gale, so I'm interested to see what you come up with.


@Qube
Watch out for the Wicked Witch of the Web, and her flying army of bugs.

[Qube]

@Qube
Watch out for the Wicked Witch of the Web, and her flying army of bugs.

Watching, with bucket of popcorn - hopefully just wicked witches and not Kim's nukes