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The 20 Line Challenge / [LOCKED] Wouldn't it be better to have a 100 line challange?

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Kenjar
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Posted: 14th Jul 2006 12:06
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Wouldn't it be better to have a hundred or two hundred line compitition thread? As it is, 20 line challanges just end up being 200 line programs with : between them. It makes them hard to read, and difficult for newbies to understand, which rather defeats the point of the 20 line challange in the first place right? "Which I assume was to provide the community with code samples."

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Baggers
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Posted: 14th Jul 2006 17:22
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no the point of the 20 line challenge is to show off just what you can squeeze into 20 lines. If it happens to educate people in the process then thats a bonus.
Heck back in the ol' atari magazines we had a '5 liner' yes they use ':' then but it's none the less cool to see what people can achieve with a limit on their resources.

Why not make a 20 liner to change a '20 liner' entry into a normal source file!

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Posted: 18th Jul 2006 06:00
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the way i write my 20 liners is i pick a few things i want to accomplish,
and figure out how to do them efficiently.
then you get some thigns working, count how many lines you've used, optomize, and continue.
i certainly don't just write them with ":"s in there. that 's
just how they get compressed.

you actually have 500 lines to work with if you do it right.
i did all these, and they all qualify.
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=81185&b=11
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=80596&b=11
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=81193&b=11

and with each one i provide the code all spread out. you CAN learn
from doing this. You can't cram every feature into every game, but you can get good at a couple in each one.

keep the 20 line challenge and bring bakc the #@&!*@# prizes!
(they stopped having prizes as soon as i started writing 20-liners)

Starlord Omega: SCI-FI 4X TBS
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=61670&b=8
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flock
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Posted: 4th Aug 2006 03:02
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I never knew they had prizes!?

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