aww, craps I meant to click on advanced wars ti, but I accedentially selected WFRNGYou can remove the vote :/
you can change your poll vote if you desire. I cannot change it myself as this would reset the entire poll. As for your entry thanks for informing me. Unfortunately I could not find anything stating in your e-mails/readmes that the entry is supposed to be closed-source and included the source. Fixed now. I also fixed the poll link.aww, craps I meant to click on advanced wars ti, but I accedentially selected WFRNGYou can remove the vote :/
Anyway, Dj, my game isn't open source.
2. Splurt- Very interesting game, that can play for quite a while in math class.Thanks for your feedback, I will explain some of the issues here. (It's Splut btw)
a. Fails to exit properly (as noted in read me)
b. Very little documentation on game.
c. Levels 10-14 seem to be completely blank (this might be for a reason?)
d. No Tetris style, Optional speed increase on drops.
e. Occasionally two blocks will appear, and one will be stuck on the top of the screen.
wait, SirCmpwn, where can you view the amount of votes each entry has received?You must vote first. :)
I already did... but all that happened was the game I voted for was bolded.wait, SirCmpwn, where can you view the amount of votes each entry has received?You must vote first. :)
Geez, 1337? That's not going to happen, DJ has the most respect at 300ish. Unless everyone voted up every single post of mine for months and months, it would never, ever happen :PI would have much more if bungie didn't join :P
It currently has 0 votes :P
THey are secret, except for some reasons, staff can view results fine. I guess it may be a good idea to not reveal them, though, since they are hidden from regular members until the end of the contest (kinda like Ticalc.org POTY awards)It currently has 0 votes :P
Perhaps keep the votes secret until voting is over?
There should be a reason why the votes are invisible to normal members, and besides I believe DJ can see the votes already.
Sorry if I sound rude.
1. Minesweeper- fun, but there are many problems and bugs.
a. Some times When you get a flood. It will detonate, w/o ending "the game".
b. when you unflag something, the number of flags does not go back down.
c. Occasionally you will press on a spot, where a mine is, and it won't make you lose.
d. if you have a map larger than screen (where it scrolls) it will, for a split second, show a flag where a bomb would be.
3. Simul- Interesting game. The game closely resembles Wario Ware with the random rules and lvl's.
a. Easy to be frustrated on.
b. Easy to get caught playing in math if you scream in frustration.
Mon 11 Oct, 10, 09:22:53This is in Eastern Time.
Hmm, I should talk to KermM about that adapter I won in the cemetech contest...It depends which legit online store still offers gift cards in the winner's country when he wins, though. I am not sure which online store that sells calcs, for example, is available in the Netherlands. I will also not accept random not-very-known stores, in case a scam occurs.
What will people buy if they win? I know I'll buy a calculator :)
All staff can see the results.
I'm having problems with Ikkerens' entry... Nothing happens when I try to run it.
Splut: Other than avoiding the falling blocks, I couldn't figure out the objective. The flag is probably the goal, but without being able to move the blocks, I'm stumped.
HoMM: The graphics are very nice looking. I'm getting RAM clears when I battle, so I'm not sure on the gameplay.
I can't try heroes of might and magic, because of memory (i like Heroes 2 and 3 on PC) :/ but i found jump by ztrumpet, i like this game ;)well, can't you send the apps o your calc? just Setup and HoMM? it would be a real pitty when you couldn't use my game. it's not completely HoMM 3 of course, but it resembles to it. when I showed the game for the first time to my classmate, he said: 'hey, that looks like HoMM3! do you know that game?' lol
i'm having some issues with jump; it looks like the square landed, but then it just falls through the line and I die....me too. it seems to me that you can better jump as late as possible, and land further on the block, and not just on the border.
T'would be nice if this judging topic would contain screenshots of each entry.Yeah I've thought about that but got worried people would not even bother trying them and simply vote based on what they see in the screenshot, not to mention I did not have time to make screenshots. I ended up staying awake until like 5 AM I think to post that poll x.x
Good luck to all participants!
Mines4: Classic minesweeper clone. The undo feature is convenient. Allowing the player to hit a mine on the first selection should be changed.
Difficult to play on Wabbitemu, so I'm going to wait until I can try it on the real calc.
Good point DJ.
Your work is very much appreciated. :)
Jump!:
Didn't I see this in a video somewhere?
The only thing I dislike about jump (and all your Axe game that supports scores) is that when you die, you have to press a certain key to go to the score screen. Sometimes it looks like the calc froze when it isn't the case. I think it would be better if when you died you instantly went to the score screen.
What is the worst is when a game requires you to press a totally different key that is never used anywhere else in the game and key detection is slow. Usually you end up removing a battery x.x
Some have big potential to get featured on ticalc.orgPotential?
I didn't necessarly mean WFRNG, I meant certain of the entries. I think of Splut, for example. Also I doN't think ticalc.org posts multiple fake news at once.Some have big potential to get featured on ticalc.orgPotential?
With a port of WFRNG?
"Axe Parser has shown its "can-do" attitude and can now be counted as an equal in the TI calculator family"
I could almost imagine that red border already...
One would hope they wouldn't.What do you mean?
well I've only had my calc for about a year, and less than that programming, but I could imagine that happening.what do you mean again? x.x
-Splut
BRILLIANT!
the concept is totally original and totally awesome. i wasnt able to get past level one, though :P is there a jump key or something? what am i missing...
I would like a visual expanation of that x.x (screenshot) cuz I don't get what you mean :(-Splut
BRILLIANT!
the concept is totally original and totally awesome. i wasnt able to get past level one, though :P is there a jump key or something? what am i missing...
You can use the left & right key to climb 1 block higher.
But just 1, if you're up against a 2 block "tower", you gotta place a block in front of it to climb it. For level 1, you you could build a staircase. But I'd discourage that, since lv1 has a faster way of solving, which is also a mandatory skill for later levels. I'l upload a gif later, but its basically building a tower with width 2. (Blocks placement: LRLRLR and so on, always climbing on the side where a block isn't falling.
-Simul
i really liked this, dthought!
sure, it is very similar to that multigame thing that was posted a while back, but very well implemented and addicting. the switch between gray background and clean upon switching games was very innovative and helpful to the gamer. one thing: the paddle in pong stops one pixel away from the left side of the screen and one pixel past the right side.
Simul: I like the concept, though I have to admit it got a little bland, even on ninja mode. Not sure why, maybe just because calcs have seen these classics so many times. also there was a noticeable speed drop on advance to multiple games (not sure if this was intentional or not).
Heh, ironically, I just played Multitask for the first time a few days ago. Haaard...well that's cool then. plus 50 originality points!
I actually got the idea from that dual Tunnel game someone made a few weeks ago. Then I remembered a neat little game I played online called Grid 16, and that's where it came together.
He most likely used the Rabbitsing utility that comes with Axe Parser 0.4.4 or Wabbisign/Wappsign. I did not know Axe included Rabbitsign until yesterday :P
Yeah I prefer to wait until judging ends. As for people, about 35 voted so far but now school tests seems to enter into effect because there are some people who visit less often.
Anyway, http://tinyurl.com/yfkhzkl
Ooh - that's a cool website.
*Ikkerens jumps in excitement and can't wait for the result*
Ooh - that's a cool website.
Especially here: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=cache:lmgtfy.com (http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=cache:lmgtfy.com) >:D
Hmm, let me check the rabbitsign arguments...Shouldn't you be using the 0104 key?
rabbitsign -g -k 010A.key -r -o AdvanceWars.8xk Advance.8xk
That should work, assuming you have 010A.key in the same directory.
Who can send me a a TI 84+ rom? i can't try HoMM because of size :/
yeah... thats why all the emulators dont come with roms...Who can send me a a TI 84+ rom? i can't try HoMM because of size :/
I'm afraid it's not very legal to ask this here...
waahh.... 168 comments lol...Yeah that got quite a lot more attention than last year contest, although last year the contest starting announcement had 202 comments, since ticalc.org stopped posting news articles after featuring our contest for about 3 months (our news remained on the front page for that long) and it was the first contest we had. The largest news article is the one about TI-Nspire OS 2.1, though, and by far.
this should be getting some nice results...
p.s. 169 now XD
i see....waahh.... 168 comments lol...Yeah that got quite a lot more attention than last year contest, although last year the contest starting announcement had 202 comments, since ticalc.org stopped posting news articles after featuring our contest for about 3 months (our news remained on the front page for that long) and it was the first contest we had. The largest news article is the one about TI-Nspire OS 2.1, though, and by far.
this should be getting some nice results...
p.s. 169 now XD
Yeah true, although it seems people prefer communities and facebooks to sites with no forums nowadays, because even when ticalc posts a lot of interesting news, those news get few replies anymore. It seems people mostly go there to download stuff nowadays. Heck, check Omnimaga news section then go on Cemetech front page. Compare them with ticalc.org news list. On Cemetech almost every single news get 40+ comments and on Omni, while a lot won't go above 20 comments, there are some that goes in the 40-50s. That said, it did not help that Contra 83, Robot Wars and some newer stuff took so long to get featured, though. For years, people felt ticalc.org was biased against the z80 series, especially BASIC. I was happy to see that the two current file archivers are more open than the previous staff in terms of features. Back then, there were rumors that Michael Vincent did not feature xLIB because it was competing with his Omnicalc app.wow... i see...
Well in 2008 the community went through some bad shit. A lot of people turned against Omni because of our anti-trolling policies and because a lot of good people left around 2007, a lot of the people that remained around were people who did not care much about the communtiy and troublemakers. This lead to Omnimaga demise and then there was an increased amount of people losing interest for calc stuff since it seemed like it no longer mattered how much work you devoted on games/softwares for the community. All that mattered was if you advocated trolling behavior then you were considered as cool. In addition to that, Cemetech was still recovering from the Jatol incident so besides UTI, there wasn't much activity elsewhere. 2008 was the year there was no z80 POTY, btw.
...Indeed. This is why I have an hard time trusting other web hosting providers nowadays and why I initially thought about moving to Surpasshosting. 1and1 and Surpasshosting were around for years and I doubt they'll vanish anytime soon. When/if I move to that hostfolks thing, I'll backup more frequently I think, in case, plus I'm keeping my 1and1 account so it can still be useful in case of emergency. Another thing that I saw happening with some hosts is data loss. They would have a server crash or poor manipulation and would lose all your stuff. In 1and1 case, I only suffered data loss once due to 1and1 fault: only around 2 days of posts on TIMGUL in October 2008.
o.O
How horrible.
Good thing most of the 'new people' that are still in high school are less inclined to be of that spammer/troller/etc type. Of the people that I know that have a ti calc, it's only the kinder and (for lack of a better word) wiser bunch who knew about any of the calc websites. They'd be too busy with their phone or something. And anyway, most of the people who go to ticalc.org and/or other calc-related websites (such as this one, cemetech, etc.) probably go just to download games. They probably don't know a thing about how the files are made, or the people who made them.Well to be honest this doesn't matter. I know trolls that were 13, 18, 25 and even 30 years old. Some people are just rude by nature and don't want to change, and some people just love to cause trouble or to discourage programmers. Fortunately they are not as frequent nowadays. On ticalc.org, back then there were like 200 comments on news articles and only 170 were not spam.
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o.O
How horrible.
Yeah, I was thinking of that, but he seems like a very busy person to me ;)Btw any luck on this so far? /me wants Splut to be finished ^^
Il try to solve it myself first, Quigibo is like my last rescue :P
Btw any luck on this so far? /me wants Splut to be finished ^^
25->{97+L2}->{98+L2
25->{97+L2}->{98+L2}
I can't wait for a bug fixed Splut either.Same here.
If it wasn't for the exit bug, I would put this on my calc right now.
EDIT: I found it! The ramclear/strange things when closing is caused by the difficulty part. (I tested it by putting it inside a If 1=2 block)Awesome! I can't wait for a version that I trust on my calc. :)
Now to find out WHAT exactly is wrong with it ;)
EDIT 2: Fixed, no more closing errors ;)
Merely commenting on the entertainment side of the game. I found the concept of the game to be fairly entertaining, reminds me of all those times I Googled "bored games" to take my mind off work. However after 20 seconds I soon realized it was impossible for me to complete the current level due to the impossibility of moving to the flag from any position. The path was split by an overhang at the top of the screen, where blocks could not drop down for me to travel across. In which case your logic of generating a solvable map fails.
Lol @ someone's ability to solve splut.Wow, fail indeed. Of course some levels are hard to solve but I found some to be rather easy once you find the solution. Also, where was that comment from?QuoteMerely commenting on the entertainment side of the game. I found the concept of the game to be fairly entertaining, reminds me of all those times I Googled "bored games" to take my mind off work. However after 20 seconds I soon realized it was impossible for me to complete the current level due to the impossibility of moving to the flag from any position. The path was split by an overhang at the top of the screen, where blocks could not drop down for me to travel across. In which case your logic of generating a solvable map fails.
And he's saying I!!!! fail :P
Impartiality is a principle of justice holding that decisions should be based on objective criteria, rather than on the basis of bias, prejudice, ...
Just wondering, does anybody know any of the people who run ticalc.org? Because it seems like they're being a bit impartial lol
Hmm, or maybe not many people have even submitted their entries yet.
Ah, right. I am not too familiar with that word. Normally they try to be neutral, unless they write a joke in their news (like the PS3 comment in the PS3Groove thing), but they used to have a reputation of favoring 68K calculators over Z80 ones and a bias against pure-BASIC gamesLet's see how they treat Exodus when it's finished... ^-^
I believe they are able to vote every year; it's hard to dis-allow access to entrants in the way SMF does polls. :)
Better not post a picture of my face once I saw that I was being mentioned on the front page of ticalc.Lol I remember we had a topic with pics of ourselves somewhere, but we moved it to randomness in case. Also some people woN't be posting any pic because of parents
as well as a readme capable of exploding your calculator if you fail to read it.
Hmm, lots of Axe contest programs are being featured...It's because they're all well written and fun! ;D
I still liked your entry though. From what I could notice, a lot of people were busy and started near the end of the contest, or were hit by RAM clears at last minute. Result: A lot of entries are unfinished games.
I exclusively code on-calc :P I can't stare at text on a screen for long amounts of time (looking at games is ok though ;))
Axe is....amazing...although I suspect it's name is the reason Omnimaga is blocked at school because the site fits into URL category "weapons' :P
I exclusively code on-calc :P I can't stare at text on a screen for long amounts of time (looking at games is ok though ;))
Axe is....amazing...although I suspect it's name is the reason Omnimaga is blocked at school because the site fits into URL category "weapons' :P
my school has tifreakware blocked but not facebook :P
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ours has no problems with that for the simple reason that we have no computer labs or anything similar. however, there is wireless for the teachers, and everyone knows the key.
EDIT: i hate it when i reference to a previous post and then i end up being the first post on a new page...
It migth filter based on META tags in the HTML code.I exclusively code on-calc :P I can't stare at text on a screen for long amounts of time (looking at games is ok though ;))
Yeah, me too. I love Axe for that reason :)Axe is....amazing...although I suspect it's name is the reason Omnimaga is blocked at school because the site fits into URL category "weapons' :P
O.o Wow. That is some fail :D
It's under "Games" at our school, even though ticalc.org isn't blocked.
That is even weirder... And apparently a whole category of sites are blocked at my school under the category "Education" x.x
Lol no way Deep Thought. Squidgetx yeah x.x, although we kinda did fine, surprisingly when the results got announced.
Lol no way Deep Thought. Squidgetx yeah x.x, although we kinda did fine, surprisingly when the results got announced.
This is for previous contests right? or are the results out already and I just haven't found them?
Just a few more days left!
/me desperately starts trying to program a time machine onto his calculatorWell, traveling backwards has already been proven possible so forwards shouldn't be a problem :D
/me desperately starts trying to program a time machine onto his calculatorWell, traveling backwards has already been proven possible so forwards shouldn't be a problem :D
Nah. We're talking about TI here, so of course we can't apply logic to our problems...
Good thing they didn't travel forward to find out about Ndless and block it in the very first Nspire OS...Nah. We're talking about TI here, so of course we can't apply logic to our problems...
Lol, TI definitely traveled back in time somewhere between the TI-84 Plus Silver Edition and the TI-Nspire :P
Naw, don't worry, TI lost the ability to travel forward in technology since the cancellation of the SE line in Europe.They took my SE!
*GASP*wow you timed that perfectly....17:00:00...nice
Less than 8 hours left...
nice. :P it'd be pretty cool if the results were posted at exactly 00:00:00. ;)
Anyone who is online, please text me with the results as I will be at school :)That's a US number, right? I don't know how to properly call/text to a US number from another country D:Spoiler For Spoiler:
@JosJuice doesn't numbers in Europe looks like 06-74-42-78-62-20-39-19-49-45-04-71-23-71-37-86-96-09-56-36-64-37-19-18-72-88-46-77-64-65-75-73-96-24-13-89-08-65-83-26-45-99-58-13-39-04-78-02-75-90-09? It wouldn't even fit on some phones over here. X.xHere in Sweden, they're in a format of 0123-456 789 or 012-345 678 (the first number is always 0 and you only need to use the last six if calling from the same "kommun" (idk what that's called in English). The last six numbers are only five in some rare cases, and all cellphone numbers have 0 and 7 as the first two numbers. To call a Swedish number from another country, the 0 must be removed and replaced with +46, which is the land code of Sweden (although I'm not sure if the + is actually required). I don't really know how it works in the rest of Europe but the numbers aren't over 9000 numbers long :P