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AppGameKit Classic Chat / testing the waters (coding challenge)

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fubarpk
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Posted: 21st Oct 2019 02:46 Edited at: 21st Oct 2019 02:47
Just testing the waters atm but who would be interested in a coding challenge

Im thinking everything created from code but am open to change
timeline would prob be 1 or 2 weeks

depending on whos interested ?cant promise any prizes as TGC require a certain ammount of entries for that
but you would get shiny new badges. Gold, silver and bronze and im sure most of you have seen around
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Posted: 21st Oct 2019 04:44 Edited at: 21st Oct 2019 04:50
i was recently remembering past coding challenges with appreciation but 2 things generally prevented me from learning from some of the submissions:

1) code-generated media that fell quite short of what most of us could produce with a basic "paint" program in short time. i just never saw the point and especially when the majority of the code submitted was said "rudimentary" media.

2) projects that went (very) unfinished due to to time constraints; i'm suggesting at least 3 weekends on a "simple" challenge where the majority of us should be able to produce a submission in 2 weekends, leaving another to polish it up for some.

that being said, i WOULD like to see a challenge that IS generating decent media. this recent post in another thread has whet my appetite.

and, i always wanted a forum aristst to throw something out and say "do something with this" as a challenge (i can only recall 1 instance of that).

no matter what, i'm up for a challenge

i just realized: are you suggesting a code challenge or competition. talk of "prizes" now has me guessing.

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Posted: 21st Oct 2019 04:53
Quote: "everything created from code"


Awesome! I'm in
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Posted: 21st Oct 2019 11:50
I'm down


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Posted: 21st Oct 2019 14:38
I'm in!
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Posted: 21st Oct 2019 17:16
I prefer the idea of "Here's some media, now see what you can do with it" but I could be up for producing something from nothing.
I think a longer time frame (3-4 weeks) is better than a short one judging by how previous code challenges have gone.
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Posted: 21st Oct 2019 19:12
Yep, I could do with a challenge , I'm in.
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fubarpk
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Posted: 21st Oct 2019 21:25
Thanks for those saying they are up for the challenge

@scraggle the media idea is a good one but not sure where I would get media from for that idea
and would prob really limit what people could do with it

The last one i was quite flexible with times and allowed extra time which really didnt benefit the entries
due to unforeseen events. It really just advantaged some but not all. So this time il be much stricter on
times and deadlines. Im really just expecting 2D entries and why i say created from code its easier to
share the code with others and doesnt advantage people who can tween etc beautiful animations
kinda a take on the older coding challenges which used squares, circles etc for game remakes like
space invaders, pacman etc where the code was judged and not the graphics

an example of a plane might be produced like the following

the older days people did there creations with data statements

With that said I may allow media yet if that's what everyone prefers ide just like to keep it some
where noobs can come and copy paste run code and learn from it. I find with download links
over time get removed and learners who would love to try them find the link is gone

Il come up with some theme and see what you experts can come up with
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Posted: 21st Oct 2019 22:30
I think if you go with no assets then a theme wouldn't be necessary.
I think "no assets", is technically a theme isn't it?
Just a suggestion to make it easier for people to get the job done.
On the other hand, making a theme might make it easier for people to come up with an idea.
Now i'm confused?!
What does everyone else think?
fubarpk
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Posted: 21st Oct 2019 23:29
Rethinking and think I may allow media but give a small bonus to those who create media with code

All entries must be 100% your own creation including and not restricted to any media or assets

Judging based on scoring within the following categories
1>How close it fits the theme
2>How well it plays
3>Originality
4>Bonus points awarded to anyone who creates all media from code

I have an idea for a theme which should work well with the above judging and rules

and will post the comp later this week prob thursday. It will be a strict two weeks apologies if that seems
harsh but sometimes some people can only afford a couple of weekends while others can afford to spend
a week polishing and i beleive thats fairest way of doing it.

2D should be by far the easiest to complete but with saying that ive seen some great 3D stuff done in short time

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Posted: 22nd Oct 2019 03:39 Edited at: 22nd Oct 2019 04:02
The reason all past challenges said no media (unless generated from code) was because we wanted all code snippets to simply be copy, paste, run. The old challenges are still archived:

https://zimnox.com/dbcc/

For some unknown reason, the site appears down at the moment. It was working 2 weeks ago last I checked and I haven't altered any code in years. Error log is telling me mysql_connect() is an undefined function.... funny since it's been a valid function for the past 10 years. I wonder if my host updated something without telling me.

Apparently I use deprecated mysql functions and they updated something without notifying me. So DB Code Corner will be down until I can rewrite it.....
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Posted: 24th Oct 2019 07:39
Started it theme is here https://forum.thegamecreators.com/thread/225309
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