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BMacZero
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 15:25 Edited at: 21st Dec 2009 15:25
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Quote: "Erm...... what happens if i fail to complete a game?, do i get savegly murdered by a axe wielding monkey or?"

You die a slow, painful death by your own sense of failure.

Rly.

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Outscape
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Quote: "Do you want to be included in the names list? I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not in your post."


include me


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I, __________________________, pledge to finish a working [game\demo\general program] within the first thirty days of 2010.

Finally want to complete "super kamikaze box shooter" a first person
tetris style game... started with it a few months back I guess the spawning and physics got the better of me.

I really really want to be the first person with a unique take on tetris.Combining the two elements is fun.

The buddy system is essential to your survival; it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at.
The problem with taking the easy way out is that the enemy has already mined it.
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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 18:53 Edited at: 21st Dec 2009 19:03
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I, Seppuku, pledge to finish a working [game\demo\general program] within the first thirty days of 2010...even if it's only 1 level.

Sparked from a conversation in another thread, it'll be something small and spontaneous. I'm doing the odd tiny thing with Unity3D - so even though this is for TGC products, I'll make the pledge anyway, even if it don't count.

It'll be called, "I aRe Seri0us GAMe"...essentially a game with cheapskate, poor media made up spontaneously...so it might be something completely inconsistent and I'll make it up as I got along. It might be a platformer. Essentially, if I have time...I'll work on it. Hence the "cheapskate, poor media", I don't plan to put much effort into it.

I might include random references...like Hard Gay (Japanese TV show), Rick Astley, and whatever the hell I want.

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Melancholic
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 19:37
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Quote: "essentially a game with cheapskate, poor media made up spontaneously"


Damn you!, you took my idea, i was goign to try make an rpg but relised, i suck at modelign texturign and animation, so i went on turbosquid and though up of the game Multiverses where all parralel universes combined, so i could use and model i though looked cool
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BMacZero
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 19:44
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I, BMacZero, pledge to finish a working pathfinding and sim control demo for Fields within the first thirty days of 2010.

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 19:48
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@NeX:

Use whatever programming language you like! It doesn't really matter.

@BMac:

Sounds good! I'll update the list on the first page.


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AndrewT
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I, AndrewT, pledge to finish my SUPER DUPER AWESOME TURTLE-KILLING GAME within the first thirty days of 2010.

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 20:02 Edited at: 21st Dec 2009 20:03
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Turtle-Killing Game? I assume you're making a platformer about a plumber wearing a red shirt and blue overalls.

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AndrewT
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 20:12
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Quote: "Turtle-Killing Game? I assume you're making a platformer about a plumber wearing a red shirt and blue overalls."


Something like that, only with a lot of blood and guns and shooting and explosions and no Mario.

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 20:16
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Lots of blood? Hmm...I think there may be a guideline about lots of blood.

@Everyone:

When your project reaches a decent stage and you feel ready to share at least something about it with the world, post a Work In Progress thread and link back to it here, either through a logo image or just a plain hyperlink (if you choose the former then I can add the linked images in the first post to give it a bit more flair).


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AndrewT
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 20:20
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Quote: "Lots of blood? Hmm...I think there may be a guideline about lots of blood."


I fail to see why there should be a guideline about anything regarding the content of the games. Any guidelines in place would presumably restrict the posting of these games, and we already have those in the AUP. Regardless, I suppose you won't even know what ends up in my game...so yes, no violence. Of course.

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 20:23
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Eh, I s'pose you're right.


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lazerus
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Ehh if am going to be bed ridden, i can produce a few assets for anyone in desperate need. Im not saying fully fledged and rigged character's just the average stuff that you might need.

Compile a list now of general needs and ill start work soon as, but ill only release the media on the 1st.

Dont be over presumptious in thinking the media will be solely for you, its just me giving me back to the community. I will texture the gear aswell. Other than giving back to the community, this is rather selfish way to get some practise in ^_^ and apply that little more pressure to get me to work again on other projects.

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thenerd
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Posted: 21st Dec 2009 23:44
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can I pledge to finish part of something...

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 00:49
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Sure, as long as it's a working program of sorts. Go for it!


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Outscape
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 00:57 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2009 00:59
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wait...
what?
you also want me to say what i wana do?

does this mean i cant get away with posting a game of pong or something else easy?
i actually have to work?

well urm, put me down for a mmorpg, you can see the wip at Work In Progress Forum

_______

</end sarcasm>

put be down for making a game with ai path-finding, and ai fighting in my 3d fps game.


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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 01:00 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2009 01:00
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I, thenerd, pledge to finish a working level editor for my FPS game within the first thirty days of 2010.

there. hope it actually happens...
I will try.

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 01:11
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JLMoondog
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 03:03
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I, Josh Mooney, pledge to finish a working game within the first thirty days of 2010.

I'm thinking space action.


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Dar13
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I, Dar13, pledge to finish a working demo of my RTS within the first thirty days of 2010.

Let's see what happens.

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BearCDP
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 03:57
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Alrighty, whatever my game shall be, it will include a robust interactive music system with a special file format for defining music cues and transitions.

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Herakles
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 04:06 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2009 04:08
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I, Herakles, pledge to finish at least a working demo of Swordfight within the first thirty days of 2010.

I figure what the hell. I could probably finish a working demo where you could at least run around the first level. And if I don't finish, what's the worst that could happen? (I'll prepare for something unspeakable, just in case)

EDIT: Sig test

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 06:19
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Melancholic
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I, Melancholic, pledge to finish a working game demo of an idea i just had within the first thirty days of 2010.

So, has there ever been any cartoon platformers around here?
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demons breath
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 12:00
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This is amassing rather more interest than I anticipated - possibly because my main lurking place is the DBC board, where you get about 1 post a week and our poor challenge thread seems to be withering and dying.

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YavinB
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 16:40 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2009 23:00
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I, YavinB, pledge to finish a working demo within the first thirty days of 2010.

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Monk
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 17:02 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2009 17:12
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I, Monk, pledge to finish a working demo within the first thirty-one days of 2010.

I think I'll take the extra day of January to complete it

I'll not say what it is I'm thinking off at the moment, but I do aim to have a working demo, even if working classifies as <20 fps

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YavinB
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 23:04
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Nice banner for the NaGaCreMo 2010 CoffeCoder.

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Yodaman Jer
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I believe that is Virtual Nomad's art work.


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TechLord
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 23:24 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2009 23:27
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Quote: "make a pledge to create and finish a working program"
Perhaps, I should have used a pledge for the DGDK Open Source Project-Trio - LOL.

I overlooked the guideline on the qualifying start date. Can a WIP be entered? I was trying to set up the Text Adventure Comp Post 2009. But, I haven't receive a reasonable amount of interest. Maybe I'll sponsor a Prize for this contest. What would be a reasonable prize for NaGaCreMo?

Super 3D Game Engine (S3GE) - The Ultimate All-in-1 3D Game Engine in development with Dark GDK.
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demons breath
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It's sort of an uncompetitive competition as it were. The prize is meant to be your own sense of achievement and all that. The entire goal is to finish something to the best of your abilities, not to try and outdo others and win prizes...

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 22nd Dec 2009 23:31 Edited at: 22nd Dec 2009 23:32
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NaGaCreMo isn't really meant to be a prize-winning competition. It's more of an event that can (and does) encourage all who sign up to finish at least a part of a program within a certain amount of time. They can encourage others about their projects as well. So basically, they all encourage each other to finish their projects, and like demons breath said, the "prize" is a sense of achievement.

And yes, a current WIP can be entered as long as it has something new to show and be developed within the first thirty days of 2010.

I'm also thinking...

At the end of January, each of us who have created something should download and play each other's game, and perhaps rate it in a brand new thread (perhaps entitled "The Best Completed NaGaCreMo Projects"?). Perhaps if that happens and it gets enough views and what not, it could be featured in the newsletter. Of course by then it will already be February...but it's still an idea nonetheless. What do you guys think?


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Posted: 23rd Dec 2009 19:32 Edited at: 23rd Dec 2009 23:04
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i got pathfinding working in only 140 lines with commenting (which i find suprising)
i have one floor though, that is i cant move bottom right diagonally, for some reason it isnt picking that area up (ill have to figure out in my logic why it isnt)

but ill upload the .exe of it so far, to bad it isnt even 2010...

[edit]

after i uploaded the first one, i realised it looked very unrealistic with the way it moved, so i quickly changed the movement function and now it moves alot more realistically, and the objects are coloured differently now

i reuploaded the improved one.

[edit 2]

i forgot to add
arrow keys now make you move

todo:

fix the bug that it cant get around objects
upload a pic
make it move diagonally bottom right (it moves every other 7 directions =S)(it magically fixed itself)
improve its movement
fix the bug when it gets stuck in the corner =/




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YavinB
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Quote: "I'm also thinking...

At the end of January, each of us who have created something should download and play each other's game, and perhaps rate it in a brand new thread (perhaps entitled "The Best Completed NaGaCreMo Projects"?). Perhaps if that happens and it gets enough views and what not, it could be featured in the newsletter. Of course by then it will already be February...but it's still an idea nonetheless. What do you guys think?"


Sounds good.

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Yodaman Jer
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Posted: 24th Dec 2009 01:05 Edited at: 24th Dec 2009 01:08
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@Outscape:

That looks great!

EDIT:

I've renamed my project to "The Adventures of Martin the Marble", and am almost done working on the level editor for it. Basically, the story is that Martin needs to rescue his Marbly friends from some nemesis (currently undecided as to who/what that will be), and he has to travel through several worlds to find them. I'm thinking about having a world screen, very similar to what was introduced in SMB3 for the NES. I can't wait to start the actual game itself!


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Outscape
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thanks CoffeeCoder, i still gota fix the bug where u can get it stuck in the corner.

but tbh, if im going to add line of sight i dont need to bother.


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lil marioman
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Quote: "Also, you can use whatever game creation software you like as long as it's from TGC (this only applies if you want to create a WIP thread of your project). This includes FPS Creator, DarkBASIC Classic, DarkBASIC Pro, The 3D Game Maker"


Don't these people get off a tiny bit easy?



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Haha, I suppose so.


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HaHa!

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Zeus
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I, Zeus, pledge to finish at least a working demo of Blox 2.0 within the first thirty days of 2010.

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Neuro Fuzzy
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Meh, I think I'm going to start coding now, 'mbored.

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Zeus
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Why thank you, I think I will start now.

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Melancholic
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Wait what do you all mean, we cant start until 2010 can we?!?!?!?
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lil marioman
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I don't think we can, unless you pledged to finish something that you already started methinks.



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AndrewT
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Well the challenge is to finish a game within the first thirty days of 2010, so I don't see why you couldn't start now, or three weeks ago, or a week before the end of January.

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Melancholic
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Well that sucks, im going to be hoenst about it and start my game and finish it within the first 30 days of 2010
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I'm doing the same. Theoretically otherwise I could just pledge for NaGaCreMo '24 and just do everything apart from the title screen over the next few years and add that in in the last month. The entire point is supposed to be that you make something in the first 30 days of 2010, not the first 30 days and however much other time you want to put into it at any other point...

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