Blue Comp #1 starts soon

General Discussion
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That’s right!

In two weeks, you can enter to develop a game that will be recognized as Awesome!

The competition begins on Sunday – July 1st and ends Saturday – July 28th. Entries must be submitted the Monday – July 23d.



Attendance/Entry in the Competition must be marked before July 7th.



Theme + Challenge:



Blue Comp #1 has no theme, just a challenge:



Include an angry rabbit into the game anyway you want.



(Not required to qualify.)



What is Blue Comp?

What is Blue Comp? Blue Comp is a game development competition where your imagination is paramount. Blue Comp happens every two months, each time the prizes are different, the development time length is new, and the challenges/themes are always insane. Anyone can enter Blue Comp using any development software they wish. Blue Comp also features awards for more than one entry. A bit of a stretch from other online competitions.



Rules

Blue Comp Rules:

  1. All in game content must be created by you/your team. But you are allowed to use content of other origins as long as you have permission to use it from the original creator/Licence holder.
  2. Your game is not required to follow the theme. If you are having trouble coming up with ideas though, the theme could help you in a jam.


  3. You must have checked in before the recorded Attendance/Entry date.


  4. while it is tempting to use programming you have created prior, it is recommended to start from scratch for each competition as entries that contain work created before Blue Comp gets disqualified.


  5. There are no programming language/game engine restrictions except that the game must run on Windows 7. Additionally, Your game shouldn’t require installation of any additional software (Talk to an Admin if you feel your entry requires extra drivers/software attached).


  6. Don’t cheat. While some of the other rules already cover this, there are many different ways to cheat. In order to not defame yourself and become disqualified, it is best to not cheat in the first place.


  7. Your game must not be libelous, harmful, threatening, harassing, abusive, racially or ethnically offensive, sexually explicit, pornographic, obscene, defamatory or objectionable, in “our” opinion. (Don’t worry, we’re open minded.)


  8. If you and other users are entering as a team, every member of the team must check in.


  9. Atodev’s administrators reserve the right to modify the rules as require/see fit in a completely fair and just manner.



    Any questions you have will be addressed asap.



    Prizes



    Thief: Gold, II- The metal age, and III – Deadly shadows



    Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver



    Tomb Radier: 1, 2 ,3



    World of Goo



    Aquaria



    Samorost 2



    10,000 Atodev Points



    A signed color picture of your game’s hero by one of our artists



    Advertising across the network’s sites (Established and in progress.)



    (And potentially more to come.)



    Click here to enter: http://atodev3.com/events/2012/07/blue-comp-1-summer-2012/
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Sounds nice. Not that I would participate though. Not my thing really, but if I can make a suggestion…



Prizes are games? Being a developer, if the prizes were software licenses of applications that would help me make better games it would interest me a whole lot more. There is nothing wrong with giving away games, really, but I think the appeal would be more interesting for developers if, for example, you had something like Photoshop or other titles sponsoring your contest.



EDIT: An even better prize could be, for example, an 8/16/24 hours-worth of work from a great graphical artist, or a web designer, or… whatever. :slight_smile: You get the idea.



Just saying.

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@juurianchi said:
5. There are no programming language/game engine restrictions except that the game must run on Windows 7. Additionally, Your game shouldn’t require installation of any additional software (Talk to an Admin if you feel your entry requires extra drivers/software attached).


Sounds like this rules out Java games... at least without talking to an Admin.
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@pspeed, most computers have Java today. I guess they took that for granted.

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Base Windows 7 can’t run much … .NET Framework 4 requires installation, XNA requires installation, Flash requires installation, HTML5 requires non IE browser. Heck even C++ apps developed in Visual Studio require installing the C++ Runtime from Microsoft’s website …



Somebody will have to install some additional software, I am afraid.

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@pspeed said:
Sounds like this rules out Java games... at least without talking to an Admin.

This is stated as a "within reason" rule. Most of the addons Momoko Fan mentioned should be standard on the system of anyone who plays games.
If you where making a game with "Rpgmaker" for example, your entry must be built in a way that allows the player/Judge to not have to install what they call the "RTP" as it isn't important and is wasteful of computer space. :D