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Calculator Community => Other Calculators => Topic started by: Madskillz on March 01, 2011, 09:16:40 pm
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Hey Omnimaga crew,
UTI, MC and Revolution Software have teamed up for a Spring coding competition.
A poll is up at UTI for the people interested in participating or just those that are wanting cool projects.
Let your voice be heard for a contest for you.
Here's the link:
http://www.unitedti.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=9675&pid=143558&st=0&#entry143558 (http://www.unitedti.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=9675&pid=143558&st=0&#entry143558)
We'll keep you posted here, revsoft, and UTI as well.
-Madskillz
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s interesting. Could we have more information on this there wasn't much to go on in the link.
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Sure I'll go and post more there, but I'll post it here first.
The contest is going to go from March 7th until June 6th.
Contestants are allowed one entry for the contest, but can enter at any time before June 1st.
There will be rules posted as well as some prize info on Monday.
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Nice. Hopefully this sparks some interest. Omni contest starts around mid may, but the first portion will not cover BASIC/ASM, so hopefully this shouldn't cause the participation to go down.
I'll go vote on the UTI poll later.
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The contest is going to go from March 7th until June 6th.
Contestants are allowed one entry for the contest, but can enter at any time before June 1st.
Lots of time to use... /me likes :D
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is there age restrictions on this9can a middle schooler join)
Looks great I'd love to participate
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Nice. Hopefully this sparks some interest. Omni contest starts around mid may, but the first portion will not cover BASIC/ASM, so hopefully this shouldn't cause the participation to go down.
I'll go vote on the UTI poll later.
Let me guess... Axe? :) Nice
Btw, I'll vote at UTI
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@ruler501:Although I can't say for sure (as I'm not involved in organizing the contest)there usually is no age restriction on entries to these sorts of contests. The only complications that could potentially arise are in prize distribution, depending on if physical prizes are offered or not.
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Actually there is an age restriction...but I think pretty much everybody here is safe. The contest is only open to people 25 and under. We wanted a contest where a student or a person of student age could participate and get a useful prize.
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I would participate if it was BASIC
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I'm pretty sure BASIC is going to be a programming category :D
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Yep, BASIC will almost definitely be a language.
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No...! No RPG in da poll? D:
*RPG is Yeong's speciality
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Actually there is an age restriction...but I think pretty much everybody here is safe. The contest is only open to people 25 and under. We wanted a contest where a student or a person of student age could participate and get a useful prize.
Lol, that sounds like a great idea :D
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RPGs require a lot of work, though, and might discourage other programmers from joining :P
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I wanna do either RPG or TCG thingy if TCG means trading card game thingy.
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Yeah I agree with Xeda. It would have to be a short RPG, but not many people like tiny RPGs so maybe not a lot of people would participate.
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I personally want to see a TCG come of this (and yes, TCG=Trading Card Game). You can definitely make an RPGish TCG, too! That would be really cool!
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Like Magi-Nation?(This game was horrible but...)
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I'm not familiar with it, sorry.
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It's an old gbc games so I don't think anyone will be familiar with it X)
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I remember there was an old Yu-gi-oh game for the GBC... So maybe something like that?
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Well, i've never played YuGioh in gbc before, but Magi-nation works by walking around and encountering enemies, but the battle itself is a card battle XJ
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Yes, like that! That would be cool on a calc! Especially if you create your own card game... I've been meaning to turn the two card games I created into games on the calc :D I made an RPG of it, but I think I would like the card game more on the calc :D
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Yu-Gi Oh would be hard with like 1200 cards to code in, though. O.O
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It haz that much card? O.O
If I do, imma make something new, so I think i'll be fine.
(gotta play Pokemon TCG to review how it worked XD )
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>_>/me knows the Pokémon TCG...
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I just voted for card game...
I just relized that I had UTI id too.
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I have added RPG to the poll now
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I said TCG too, cause a TCG sounds cool, especially if it's anything like the Pokemon TCG game for the Gameboy.
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Actually there is an age restriction...but I think pretty much everybody here is safe. The contest is only open to people 25 and under. We wanted a contest where a student or a person of student age could participate and get a useful prize.
/me feels old all of a sudden O.O
Like Magi-Nation?(This game was horrible but...)
Actually it was a very good idea, the implementation just wasn't the best. I thought it was decent, and the graphics were quite good for gameboy color.
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Well a lot of the staff at UTI, MC and RS are over or pretty close to that age. However don't let the age restriction stop anyone. The other prizes are good too.
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Now I'm confused. Do you mean only people under the age limit are eligible for physical prizes but anyone can enter? Perhaps I should wait until details are posted, I'm guessing you don't want to spoil anything. =)
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is python/C/C++ going to be one of the languages. I'd prefer python.
What kind of prizes are there(ruler sees dreams of great TCG with big prizes)
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I think it's just for calculators :)
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ahhh. I'm only good at computer programming... Nspire can't do anything interesting
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Now I'm confused. Do you mean only people under the age limit are eligible for physical prizes but anyone can enter? Perhaps I should wait until details are posted, I'm guessing you don't want to spoil anything. =)
Yeah, everybody stay tuned. More information will given on Monday.
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Wow I'M just barely below the age limit. O.o Idk if I'll participate, though. it will depend how much motivation I got, the game genre and my free time.
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Somebody help me upvote platformer genre so i can submit graviter :)
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I doubt you can submit programs that have already been started ;)
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Awww darn :( I'll submit graviter somewhere someday xD
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Yeah sorry it has to be a new program.
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Can we do a port of a game, as long as we use new code and there hasn't been a port of the game previously?
If so, I know what I'm gonna do, providing TCG wins (and it looks like it might).
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Probably Pokemon TCG or Yu gi-ohs? :P
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Probably Pokemon TCG or Yu gi-ohs? :P
Sssssh.
And yeah, I was thinking the Pokemon TCG, because it's a great game, plus it actually explains the rules well. I never understood the rules to the game before, but after playing the game I understood them. Still doesn't make me a good player, though...
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Awww darn :( I'll submit graviter somewhere someday xD
Yeah, as Madskillz said here (http://www.unitedti.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=9675&view=findpost&p=143578), if you're submitting a non-original program, it has to be a rewrite :)
And these programs are generally timed (so people don't just submit the same program year after year to every single contest), so you might have some trouble looking for a contest that accepts programs already made.
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RPG poll is there now, but I already votes for TCG D:
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You can change your vote :)
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Nah. Even though I change mah vote to RPG, I don't think anyone else will vote for it X{
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Not enough time, unless you already have an engine in place and have a story planned (aka have it finished :P)
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Yeah RPG would be tough to do in 3 months.
Can we do a port of a game, as long as we use new code and there hasn't been a port of the game previously?
-Yeah a port would be fine as long as you use new code.
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Can we do a port of a game, as long as we use new code and there hasn't been a port of the game previously?
-Yeah a port would be fine as long as you use new code.
Great!
I got bored, so I've already made the card sprites for the first 9 Pokemon as well as mockup one of the battle screens.
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So is this a computer/calc or just a calc programming contest?(If calc can I do an Nspire one)
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It is a calc contest. Unfortunately I dont think any of the staff have an Nspire to test an entry on.
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Yeah I think this will be 83+/84+-only, because two of the site the contest is ran by (MaxCoderz and Revsoft) are pretty much just 83+ sites.
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wait, so is this separated into different programming languages? as in, Axe programs gets voted separate from BASIC programs, etc.?
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For Pokemon, it'd be cool to have an Appvar with all the card data, and when new cards come out, you could just post an updated Appvar, or people could trade appvars to get different cards. Is this game allowed to be multiplayer? Although I don't know if I'll enter yet...
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I wouldn't be giving to many ideas out there on your possible entries. You are gonna want something that sets yours apart remember. ;)
As for the languages being judged separately, as of now I don't think so. I think we are going to lump all entries together. But that could change by Monday.
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The joint programming competition starts today. The contest will run until June 6th. The judges will be representatives from United-TI, Revolution Software and Maxcoderz. If you would like to enter into the contest, you may create a topic in the Programming Competitions section of the United-TI forums. The rules and scoring rubric will be posted on March 11th. As well as some information regarding the prizes. If anyone has any questions you can post them here or send any one of the United-TI staff, Revolution Software staff or Maxcoderz staff a private message.
All participants in the contest must create a trading card type of game.
We would recommend holding off on programming anything until the scoring rubric/rules are posted on the 11th.
All parties want to thank all the people who voted in the contest poll.
We are all committed to making this an excellent competition with excellent prizes!
Thanks again and good luck,
-Madskillz
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Cool to hear it's starting. Should I wait until the scoring/rules are posted before posting a news?
Also what language is allowed? BASIC, ASM, Axe, BBC Basic, FastRPL, hybrid?
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TCG ftw! XD
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Cool to hear it's starting. Should I wait until the scoring/rules are posted before posting a news?
Also what language is allowed? BASIC, ASM, Axe, BBC Basic, FastRPL, hybrid?
Yeah I would wait DJ, that will all be posted on the 11th.
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Yay it's started! I've never made a TCG though :(
What's FastRPL?
EDIT: this (http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=296)
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Ok Madskillz, and yeah Deep that's what I mean.
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Ok I have posted a topic with the official rules and judging criteria for the contest.
I hope this answers some questions that people had. If you got anymore feel free to ask here at Revsoft or on the thread posted below.
http://www.unitedti.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=9679&st=0#entry143616
Edit: updated the link
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This is going to be great
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I cannot view the attachment and I do have an account and I am logged in.
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I cannot view the attachment and I do have an account and I am logged in.
same for me except I do not have an account and am not logged in
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I don't think anybody can, 0 downloads :S
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erm scout. I managed to download it.
If you still can't downlaod it, here.
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I'm glad to see this started. I hope to see great entries in this. :D
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The link should be updated, the old one you couldn't download. But I realized that almost right away, it should be good now.
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Cool to hear. By the way I posted a news as promised. :D
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I'm curious to know if there are other people that are planning to join. You don't have to start a topic at UTI, but I'd just like to get numbers involved.
Thanks,
Madskillz
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I would join if I were not so busy with DalSoft projects I signed myself up to do X.x
However, good luck to the contestants :)
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Meh, I cannot join, but I might make a simple game idea if I need something to do. I only have a few weeks left before my internet goes bye-bye :/
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I will update you all within a few days on the first place prize for the contest. It will be big, like new calculator big. ;D
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Yeah it would be nice to know who is joining to gain an idea of how many entries there might be. But again maybe they'll all be submitted at the last minute like Omni contest. 10 of our 12 entries were submitted during the final 8 hours of the contest.
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I will update you all within a few days on the first place prize for the contest. It will be big, like new calculator big. ;D
The big thing is the prize? Anxious.
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I will post the first place prize info on Monday morning.
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I will post the first place prize info on Monday morning.
Glad to know :D Monday so that's tomorrow! :D
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Sorry I didn't get it posted this morning, but here it is.
Maxcoderz and Revolution Software are the ones fronting the first place prize and we will be putting up a brand new TI-Nspire CX. I know it isn't out yet, but it should be out before the contest ends.
So keep working on those entries. A big first place prizes needs a big first place winner!
-Madskillz
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Awesome! I sure hope that is good incentive! (to win, anyway)
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Just thought I would let everyone know that the competition deadline is coming up quickly. A little less than a month to go until the entries are due. Good luck to all the entries.
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Guys, those who are participating to this contest, remember it ends pretty soon so make sure to finish your entry in time!