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Omnimaga => News => Topic started by: DJ Omnimaga on September 14, 2010, 02:48:54 pm
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A reminder to everyone who is participating to Omnimaga's Axe Parser Programming Contest: the deadline is approaching extremly fast. 1 day, 9 hours and 11 minutes after posting this news article, the deadline will have arrived. Do not wait at the very last minute to submit your entry. This will not only speed up the start of the judging process, but this will avoid you bad surprises (such as RAM Clears, missing files or bugs) near the end. Backup frequently (not just the RAM) and good luck! We can't wait to see what you will come up with!
Don't forget to send your game source code, Axe version used and instructions to 2010axecontest [AT] gmail [DOT] com. Opon arrival, entries will be scanned to make sure they abide by the rules stated here (http://ourl.ca/5976), then thursday night or friday evening, the entries will be made public for voting, while we judge the entries on our side.
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Wow, this is coming up fast x.x
I really need to bust my ass on Advance Wars, it looks great, but isn't done. I'm on an old version of Axe, too, on account of not being able to send things to my calculator. I won't have time to upgrade my Axe version.
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I probably should start.... humm thinking of something amazing but simple.
maybe i will get lucky with an idea.
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You haven't started?
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I started last week.
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And just to add a clarification: While I do encourage open-source, if you want your source code to remain private for any reason, please indicate that in the submission email. You still have to submit the source code to the judges to make sure there was no asm usage or other violations of the rules, but only the executable will be made public with your entry.
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You haven't started?
i haven't had any ideas on what to do.
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You haven't started?
i haven't had any ideas on what to do.
I had that issue too, maybe a port of something? That's what i did am working on.
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I love porting games :) You'll find almost 100% of all my games are ports. This excludes only a few such as Serenity.
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I started last week.
me too =D
i have no idea how im going to get this done...
it will happen, though. i refuse to let another contest pass me by.
good luck to everyone else
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I started last week.
me too =D
i have no idea how im going to get this done...
it will happen, though. i refuse to let another contest pass me by.
good luck to everyone else
Good luck on it. The more entries, the better... :)
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I WILL GET THIS DONE!!!!!
I WILL WORK ON THIS EVERY MOMENT I GET!!!
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You haven't started?
Well, if he knows Axe, maybe he can manage to pull something in one hour like Raylin did with a RPG ;D
Also good luck people!
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i know enough axe. i haven't had any inspirations though....
oh wait... this migt work.
*happybobjr saw gutar hero on ticalc.org.
*happybobjr wonders if it has sound.
*if not happybobjr will make one with sound if he can
EDIT: nvm it seems it does
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Weee! Working on my entry on the last day! I'll have something playable by the end of the day. No doubt about it. Lets hope GMail doesn't catch me with slow sending speeds :)
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HOLY CRAPZ, THIS ISNT FUNNY
i have too much homework for today and i already spent 3 hours coding last night...
whatever, it will still work out, somehow
where doing it man
where MAKING THIS HAPEN!
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Wow... I was working until 2 AM last night...
I got a bunch of random tests pulled together into a playable demo that's actually pretty fun, though.
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Okay - Just submitted my entry. DJ, if you've received it, could you tell me?
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Good luck to everyone who enters
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/me wishes everyone good luck!
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i know enough axe. i haven't had any inspirations though....
oh wait... this migt work.
*happybobjr saw gutar hero on ticalc.org.
*happybobjr wonders if it has sound.
*if not happybobjr will make one with sound if he can
EDIT: nvm it seems it does
Yeah, and I sent a file report so they move the levels in the TI-83/84 Plus BASIC Games Levels directory. I tried an early version of the game and it wasn't that bad, but nice flood of ticalc BASIC games section I see here with all levels x.x
Weee! Working on my entry on the last day! I'll have something playable by the end of the day. No doubt about it. Lets hope GMail doesn't catch me with slow sending speeds :)
Good luck! Generally, it is worse if your zip file is extremly large, though. Otherwise stuff almost sends instantly.
HOLY CRAPZ, THIS ISNT FUNNY
i have too much homework for today and i already spent 3 hours coding last night...
whatever, it will still work out, somehow
where doing it man
where MAKING THIS HAPEN!
Ouch I hope your parents won't tell you to get off the computer/calc for the entire day. That would suck x.x
Wow... I was working until 2 AM last night...
I got a bunch of random tests pulled together into a playable demo that's actually pretty fun, though.
Good luck on the signing issue. Otherwise don't worry about it since you already sent the source anyway.
Okay - Just submitted my entry. DJ, if you've received it, could you tell me?
Received, along with SirCmpwn and Michael_Lee. I received Deep's and Ikkerens' in the last few days. If someone else sent something and you aren't listed in the previous sentence, re-send it to the e-mail in the news (make sure to change [AT] to @ lol :P)
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Okay - Just submitted my entry. DJ, if you've received it, could you tell me?
Received, along with SirCmpwn and Michael_Lee. I received Deep's and Ikkerens' in the last few days. If someone else sent something and you aren't listed in the previous sentence, re-send it to the e-mail in the news (make sure to change [AT] to @ lol :P)
Just a quick update: I just discovered that I sent you the wrong version of my game. I think I sent version 9.2 which has a few bugs, not 9.5.
I'm at school right now, so could you wait a couple of hours before judging mine? (I'm going to resubmit after school ends)
Or does this break the rules?
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As long as it's submitted before the deadline it's fine.
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*submitted
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I think I'll pull together something like one of my early Axe games, but better. Unfortunately, Blox will not be done for the contest, but I'll still work on it. :)
DJ, if we enter something, can we still vote on our favorite? ;D
* ZTrumpet wishes all the participants good luck! :D
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Grr i don't think I will be able to finish. I will do my best, but would it be ok to enter what i have by the end of the day, even if its not actually complete?
Edit: Attached my title screen, and I lost the game because I made my signature too huge and noticable.
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Hmmm. Mayhaps I should do what Raylin did for the Cemetech contest and valiantly submit a last minute entry.......
If so, it is a tunnel game, so I'd probably lose points for originality, but it does have a lobster difficulty mode. ;)
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Submitted AWTI :)
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Hmmm. Mayhaps I should do what Raylin did for the Cemetech contest and valiantly submit a last minute entry.......
If so, it is a tunnel game, so I'd probably lose points for originality, but it does have a lobster difficulty mode. ;)
Maybe you should not. Those were the worst 30 minutes of my life.
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I thought it took you an hour?
Besides, I had already made the code after the contest was announced, because Blur was actually my original entry idea. I just touched it up a little just now.
Plus, it can't hurt to try, right?
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Parsec: Status = "Submitted";
:D
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Blur - Submitted.
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also submitted my game "Heroes of Might and Magic for Calc Battle Demo", or just HoMMC-BD
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Ooo, "Blur" sounds cool
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It's basically a tunnel game, but it does feature a lobster difficulty mode. ;D It's much harder than the normal difficulty, plus there is no high score for lobster difficulty.
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Edit: Attached my title screen, and I lost the game because I made my signature too huge and noticable.
When I first read this post, I thought you lost the game you were submitting :P Well, after I figured that out, I lost the game.
Also, I just noticed your sig, Raylin (the TI chars). It's brilliant! Thanks!
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Damn FinaleTI, epic avatar!
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Btw I have scanned 4 of the entries so far. All of them met the rules requirements. I got 3 more while I was at work. I'll scan those too now.
In case someone failed to send it properly, here are the people who submitted their entry so far:
_player1537
Deep Thought -Scanned/Approved
FinaleTI
Ikkerens -Scanned/Approved
LordConiputer
Michael Lee -Scanned/Approved
SirCmpwn -Scanned/Approved
(Scanned/Approved means no ASM/BASIC/BBC Basic code was found, it's a game and it is compilable.)
I'll check the 3 others (and the next ones I'll receive soon)
Accepted games will be announced for voting tomorrow after work.
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I just sent mine in ;D
Its lacking alot of things that an experienced programmer would be able to do but for my first actual game that i put serious effort into, i think it didn't come out that bad.
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(Scanned/Approved means no ASM/BASIC/BBC Basic code was found, it's a game and it is compilable.)
Hu h, wouldn't scanning for BBC BASIC code be pointless, though? It wouldn't even run without the app, which people wouldn't expect to be needed.
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(Scanned/Approved means no ASM/BASIC/BBC Basic code was found, it's a game and it is compilable.)
Hu h, wouldn't scanning for BBC BASIC code be pointless, though? It wouldn't even run without the app, which people wouldn't expect to be needed.
Oh right I forgot it requires BBC app. I always think of MirageOS/no stub ASM x.x. I amm too used to Axe ;D
Also Player entry approved/scanned. Now Finale TI...
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Also Player entry approved/scanned
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w00t!!!
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Now FinaleTI as well. Also lobsters sure are fast...
EDIT: received guy602665 entry. Now I need to test both his and Lord's
EDIT 2: Snake_X as well... Gmail sent it to my spam folder x.x
EDIT3 Snake/Guy entry are checked and approved. Now Lord
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When I got home today I completely forgot about the deadline. I just sent mine... (hope it isn't too late)
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Ok I just got yours, Ztrumpet. And tloz128
For LordConpiters' I'm gonna scan it after, because it's MASSIVE!
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Good job everybody on making it through the submission deadline (except TLOZ?). I wish the rest of you all luck when it comes time for DJ, quigibo, and Builderboy to grade the programs :)
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Tloz128 got in. I'll scan the 3 entries I still need to check now (his, Lord's and Ztrumpet. LordConiputer sure gave me a lot of work with that 40 KB of source. :P)
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Stupid Timezones. I totally forgot it would be 10:00 here and thought I still had another hour from now to work on it... :P
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sorry to hear D:
EDIT: tloz128 entry approved, same for Ztrumpet.
Now I need to check LordConiputer entry
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MINE's IN
EDIT: Wait, am i late? it's 9:39 right now, im at GMT-7, and you said 12 GMT-5. and yet the post times above say the deadline is already past...
DOUBLE EDIT: stupid arizona... we dont follow the convention of daylight savings :'(
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There are no daylight saving in Arizona? O.o I was sure all of america did.
That said, due to the contest plans and risks of Gmail delays, we planned to allow entries sent within the hour past the deadline, though. We set the deadline one hour earlier to make sure people won't wait at the very last minute, risking having Gmail sending their entry too late. In fact, Snake_X entry arrived on my side 15 minutes after he told me he sent it. As of 1 AM it's over, though. Nothing else is getting accepted.
As for some stats:
The first contest entry we received was on September 10th, 2 months and 10 days after the contest announcment and 6 days before the deadline. The next two arrived tuesday. Everything else arrived today, 8 of which arrived in the past 5 hours. I don't think I need to tell you why I was so picky on doing backups lately <.<
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Nice to hear that we got so many entries :D All of them look excellent and i cant wait to play them! Good luck to you all!
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On a side note, everyone is free to post their entry (or updates) to public now. However, don't forget to vote based on the entry version that was uploaded to the contest for the poll, though.
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Poll is up! Continue the discussion in the survey topic at:
http://ourl.ca/7076
Good luck to all participants!