TomT64's Compo Site
Welcome to my compo site. Here I run compos (duh). See the currently running compo below.


New Year's Compo
January 1, 2003 - January 4, 2003


Updates

01/01/04 @ 2:57 PM PST - Happy New Year! There was a problem with the upload script, but this has been fixed now.

12/31/03 @ 9:00 PM PST - Random Rule for the new compo added. The compo officially begins noon tomorrow, but I won't be awake then so I'm starting it now. Good Luck!

12/27/03 @ 1:27 PM PST - New Compo announced. It will be from noon January 1 to noon January 4, PST.

Rules

Use any engine you want as long as the judges can get it for free legally. It's preferable if you can use ika, WinV2, sphere, or other WinXP runnable engines.

Games require a readme that details buttons and simple playing rules.

The Compo will begin at Noon January 1 Pacific Standard Time. It will end on January 4 at noon PST.

Special Rules

  • Your game must have an ORIGINAL mini-game. This means the mini-game must not have been done before in any other game. Points for this go to the "Fun" category.
  • At least one major part of your game during gameplay must be greyscale (black and white). Points for this go to the "Quality of original content AND/OR usage of ripped/third party material" category.

    IRC

    Join an Esper.net IRC server and channel #compo to discuss the compo.

    Judging

    Judging is based on the following:

    1) Story - How well thought out is the story?
    2) Random Rules (Theme) - How well does the story tie in with the random rules?
    3) How well everything works - Self explanatory. Stop your bugs cold with RAID for code!
    4) Quality of original content AND/OR usage of ripped/third party material (even for what I give you) - This category encourages people to make original content that is good. If you're ripping, it encourages you not to just stick rips in, but make it fit with your game.
    5) Fun - I don't think I have to explain this. However this is the most personal opinion category there is.
    6) Bonus Points
    These are little things you do to go above and beyond.

    Judges go here to judge

    Joining

    Join here

    Submitting

    YOU MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR FINAL GAME:
    Readme.txt, which includes controls for your game and what you ripped (if anything).
    Example:
    			MyGame v1.01
    
    			Use "a" to attack, Space bar to throw a bomb, and the arrow keys to move around
    
    			This game has the following rips (not including graphics pack files):
    			ff7.chr
    			hahn01.vsp

    Caveats:
  • Your file size must be under 15 MB. Email me the file with matching info if it is larger.
  • Do not include DLLs for ika. I will make these available via a separate download. If your engine requires DLLs, please do not include them but email me instead and I will provide them in a single download.
  • You can upload any number of times, and any number of demos. Each one will be there for download.
  • The file that will be judged will be the last one submitted unless you specify otherwise. The last one you submit will be the bottom one under your team name.
  • Overwriting is forbidden by the script. Turns out if you don't finish the upload, it won't appear, so you can keep trying with the same file name.
  • You can upload screenshots by selecting your team name and the short description of your screenshot under Game Name.
  • The time that will be listed is the time that the upload completed. Points will not be taken off if this is past the end of the compo, because the script doesn't allow you to upload after a certain time anyway!

  • All that being said, go here to submit your file.

    Entries

    Discuss and rate entries in the New Years Compo (2004) Forum.

    Make your Entry here
    Edit your Entries here
    Edit your Team info or Join here

    Judges go here to judge


    Teams

    Teams can be up to 4 people. It has been asked if you can have more than this. Yes you can, but remember that this may be more difficult to organize and if you have too many people the judges might take this into consideration with judging the results of such a team. Below is a list of teams that already joined


    Make your Entry here
    Edit your Entries here
    Edit your Team info or Join here

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