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That1Smart Guy
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Posted: 19th Apr 2009 18:47
cool comet

today is the final day and we only have 2 entrys, ill try to get mine done 2day but im not guna guarantee it

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Posted: 20th Apr 2009 19:09
aah I have hardly done anything for this and I am busy till 9 o'clock! Oh well I am determined to enter something if only to boost the numbers.

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Posted: 20th Apr 2009 23:03
the contest ended yesterday obese, my vote goes to comet

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Posted: 21st Apr 2009 02:05 Edited at: 21st Apr 2009 02:06
Who posted the idea for the contest?
That1Smart Guy
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Posted: 21st Apr 2009 03:14
Quote: "Who posted the idea for the contest?"

ME!!!!!

i never truly entered the one b4 this 1 but i just threw out an idea b4 this 1 started and they agreed to it

ev1 go ahead and post ur votes for who wins (caleb or comet)

also im just gona throw out an idea for the next contest, BEST BOARD GAME!!!!

this could be fun cuz its very general and allows lots of room for improv, although board game characters may be hard to do w/o external media

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Posted: 21st Apr 2009 03:48 Edited at: 21st Apr 2009 23:25
Quote: "ev1 go ahead and post ur votes for who wins (caleb or comet)"

Where can i find @caleb's

I vote comet

im new at this
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Posted: 21st Apr 2009 05:01
page 66 of this thread, its in code form

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Posted: 21st Apr 2009 20:23 Edited at: 21st Apr 2009 20:24
Wo Wo Wo! when did i enter? or is there another caleb? if i did i feel like a idiot.... haha

did you mean to say pictionary cuz i never entered lol and him and comet are the only ones i found

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Posted: 22nd Apr 2009 03:05
ok maybe it was pic, tht also explains y razer couldnt find urs, whoops

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hahaha it's cool

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Posted: 22nd Apr 2009 05:19
kk, so how does this work, do we vote on our fave program or does whoevr made the challenge pick?

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Posted: 22nd Apr 2009 05:45
if you made the challenge you pick the winner post it and then the winner makes a new challenge.

Soon hopefully. i didn't feel like doing the last one but i think i will do this next one lol

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Posted: 22nd Apr 2009 15:42
alright i say pic wins

and feel free to use my suggestion above, pic

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Posted: 23rd Apr 2009 04:39 Edited at: 23rd Apr 2009 04:42
NEW CHALLENGE


Best Board Game

Can be 2d or 3d.

Deadline Wednesday, May 13. 3 weeks from now
That1Smart Guy
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Posted: 23rd Apr 2009 06:05
sweet, ill get right on it

(this is 2 challenges that were my idea wen i didnt win the 1 b4 them, lol)

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Posted: 6th May 2009 09:57
About a week left....

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Posted: 6th May 2009 15:41
ya ive been busy with the DarkNOOBS project so i havent really had time to code this much but ill try to get something in

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Posted: 10th May 2009 04:17
3 days left! I'll be entering

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Posted: 10th May 2009 04:20
ill get somethin small and horrid in just in cause u dont

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Posted: 10th May 2009 05:58
I've designed quite a well rounded little game called Territory.
Haven't started coding yet but I have Mon and Tues off work!

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Posted: 10th May 2009 07:00
cool, if ur makin a decent game then i wont even bother, im busy on a tetris game and i expect ill be busy on the map maker soon so i prolly wont have time for challenges

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Posted: 10th May 2009 15:30
That's hardly the spirit of the challenges!
Anyway like I said I haven't even started yet so who says I'll finish it on time.

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Posted: 12th May 2009 02:48 Edited at: 12th May 2009 02:57
Finally got the website caught up to date. Not many entries to add from November til now, but a few of the challenges were a little hard to determine dates for, and some having no entries at all. From now on, if you guys have any questions or ideas (or errors) regarding the website, just shoot me an email here: [email protected]

Btw, Nano and Latch are tied for first at 8 wins each.

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Posted: 13th May 2009 02:29
"and with less than 24 hours of this DBC challenge remaining OBese decides to make a U-turn and abandon work on Territory in favour of a new game! He said "the decision was a tough one but it had to be made, Territory is not best suited to the board game genre", in an ironic twist of events he has now begun work on a version of Risk, and he has high hopes to win this challenge as there doesn't seem to be anyone else entering. That's all from DBC Challenge news."

Buh Buh Bah Baaah Booh, Buh Buh Bah Baaah Booh, Dah-Dah-Dah!

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Posted: 13th May 2009 07:05
alright, nobody wins, ne1 care if i post the next challenge, i have an idea but i picked the last 2 challenges so i wanted to ask first this time

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Posted: 13th May 2009 09:41
ARRRR I wish I still had time to enter these things, they were fun, I just have no time at all (barely squeeze in darknoobs as it is)

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Posted: 13th May 2009 14:21
There's still 12hrs of the challenge remaining.
The deadline has always been midnight on the last day, 13th in this case.

Where has the interest in the challenges gone? We used to have at least 8 people entering at a time and now barely one!
Has this board totally died or are people just scared to enter the challenges?
I'm still going to get something in even if it is lame, just so I can say I'm not part of the problem.

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Posted: 13th May 2009 15:21
I agree this thread has become less populated... but I have a few theories...

1: It might not really be dead at all and our fellow fans our just swamped with school, work and other stuff that has slowly picked off even some of the most loyal DB Classic Challenge Participants

2: People have moved to DBPro, DarkGDK.Net, DarkGDK and/or other engines or technologies entirely. (Mobile Phone programs are definately in the realm of "Indy developer can succeed" platforms at the moment.

3: People are simply working on their own projects

4: People might be "intimidated" or "not interested" in joing a 64 page thread and trying to figure it all all out. I bet if this thread was archived as "DB Classic Challenge Thread Volume 01" and a new thread was made, rules posted, and a challenge set with a good 3 week deadline to allow many to wander in... you might find the number of interested parties increasing. You almost would have to market the challenge - to get people excited and pumped about joining without fear they will get "crushed" by some Guru"... some special (but easy to understand) rules to handicap experts mignth be helpful - I dunno.


I'll stay tuned because I have seen this thread go from no one entering to many. We'll have to see.

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Posted: 13th May 2009 15:41
o, sorry obese, i thought u said last night was the deadline

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Posted: 13th May 2009 19:49 Edited at: 13th May 2009 19:56
I think we may as well scrap this challenge and start a new one, my data stick has decided to freeze on me so I'll have to sort that out or buy a better one (mine was a free 128mb). I hadn't gotten very far anyway if I'm honest.

When I joined I was quite intimidated by the awesome coders entering the challenges. I read through a lot of pages and when I thought I was ready to enter I did and received a lot of help.
There seem to be fewer and fewer noobs willing to read through threads and dedicate time to something like this these days.

I wonder how many of us are left on this board now.
There's Me, Latch, Smatguy, BN2, Ashingda, Ron, JP Sage, Razerx, Arbiter Chewbacca, TheComet, Caleb, and I think 2 other noobs I can't remember their names. That's 13 people.
I'm playing Fallout 3 so excuse my apocalyptic view

Anyway I think JP Sage is right, since we're struggling for entries we should extend deadlines to 3 weeks. I quite like the board game challenge so we could just extend it another week or so.

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Quote: "It might not really be dead at all and our fellow fans our just swamped with school,"

A lot of people are having midterms right now. (not me, im alumni)

Quote: "People might be "intimidated" or "not interested"

I've never been big on challenges about making a whole game, I prefer more specific challenge areas. But I did plan to make monopoly, I'm just never home long enough.

Quote: "There's Me, Latch, Smatguy, BN2, Ashingda, Ron, JP Sage, Razerx, Arbiter Chewbacca, TheComet, Caleb, and I think 2 other noobs I can't remember their names"


Oh, so I'm a noob now?

Just a heads up, this may be my last summer with DB, at least for the next few years. I'll know for sure today or tomorrow.


Obese, I've discovered another answer to your riddle, and it isn't footprints.

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Quote: "Oh, so I'm a noob now?"

Knew that was going to happen, lists of names are never a good idea
You rarely post nowadays though. You were one of those "awesome coders entering the challenges" btw.

Quote: "Obese, I've discovered another answer to your riddle, and it isn't footprints."

Yes?
Breadcrumbs could be an answer as in picking bread will produce a load of crumbs.
Or Time, ooooh

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Posted: 13th May 2009 23:45
lets take a vote, who wants to extend challenge, and who wants to end it

the vote will be taken in 3 days, midnight saturday/sunday, so i guess technically the challenge is extended 3 more days

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Posted: 18th May 2009 05:09
ok nobody voted so its over

go ahead and throw out ideas for the next challenge and we'll take a vote sometime l8r in the week

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I think something a bit simpler might be in order.

Sorry this is a very boring idea but how about a statistics challenge.
Display statistics in whatever way you want; charts, graphs, pictures of chickens, whatever.

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physics challenge?

Was going to do this for the last challenge, but I used SmartGuys idea instead.

EDIT:
Or has a physics challenge already been done.
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2D flinging challenge? Throw the ball. Equip it with distance scoring, or simply good physics.

I like Obese's idea.


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hmmm, I like the flinging challenge. Fire a cannon and try to get the projectile to go a specific distance?

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Like the old "Gorillas" game? There should be a tutorial on my site which covers projectile physics.

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I like the flinging challenge, any objections to it?

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I vote flinging challenge, it's not too hard and sounds interesting.

Plus I still get my way, because it involves physics
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Posted: 19th May 2009 15:34
ok then

NEW DBC CHALLENGE -- BEST PHYSICS "FLINGING" GAME

CHALLENGE ENDS JUNE 9TH

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YAY! i'm about to start

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2 weeks enough time? I think too much time can actually prevent more entries because people(coders like us) will probably procrastinate more.

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Posted: 19th May 2009 19:58
its 3 weeks phaelax, and i cant control procrastination, if they dont enter then so be it

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I think 3 weeks is a bit long for this challenge.
Maybe even 1 week. Let's quicken the pace a bit
Or we could start to factor promptness into the judging criteria. I.E. the earlier you submit gives you a better chance of winning, of course it has to be good too.

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Posted: 20th May 2009 03:16
we just had a discussion last page about lengthening it to 3 weeks to help people have more time to enter, i see your argument but there is an argument for long and short times so lets just leave it long for a few challenges then switch it and let the results be the judge

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Smart guy, I believe that the long challenges have been the ones where attention has fallen. Therefore, I must agree with Phaelax and Obese. It should be shortened by at least one week. If you have trouble meeting the deadline, then we will help you. Additionally, I think the popularity of the thread has decreased as DarkNOOB has peaked. The dbc community has focused their interest in DarkNOOB, not DB Challenges. To increase the threads activity, we need to keep things fast paced to counter act that.

If they are going to make an entry, they will begin early.


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Posted: 20th May 2009 05:51
i disagree, but i seem to be outnumbered so next challenge shall be decreased to 1 week

and IVE never had a problem with time, i dont usually enter because i spend most of my coding time learning and making small programs to test stuff

i will have more time now cuz schools out for us so ill try to enter more often

i already have v1 of my game done so here it is:



and PLEASE dont give me crap about my use of goto's here, I know i shouldnt use them but I chose to here because they seemed more logical here to me

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Cool physics smartguy,
you should make the ground look like a football field so you can see how fast your going an mayby add a power bar that moves back and forth fast

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