Next Programming Competition - Developers

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;29560301]Like Killswitch? I suggest we make the creepypasta game real.[/QUOTE] That would be interesting :v:

Variable speed of light.

[QUOTE=Dlaor-guy;29558936]Don't even know if I'm participating in the next competition. I seriously can't decide what game engine to use. SFML.NET is too unstable, [b]XNA is too bloated[/b], and OpenTK is too hard. And C++ is also too hard. Wait... LÖVE perhaps...[/QUOTE] ......?

[QUOTE=efeX;29563147]......?[/QUOTE] I mean, before I can start developing in it, I need to download this huge library, and everyone who wants to play it also needs to download some kind of XNA redistributable.

I intend to enter this contest. [editline]2nd May 2011[/editline] Should I write the game in Fructose, Kari or Assembly?

Theme: "controversial"

[QUOTE=Tangara;29567489]I intend to enter this contest. [editline]2nd May 2011[/editline] Should I write the game in Fructose, Kari or Assembly?[/QUOTE] Uh, duh? Kari.

[QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;29559733]Games using only procedurally generated content.[/QUOTE] I [i]really[/i] like this idea. What about entering as a team? Even if we limit it to 2 people.

I already have an idea for the procedurally generated content thing. Please let it be that :D

I've already been working on a small system in Python for procedurally generation of levels for a game I might make sometime. Would LOVE to see that as a theme! Even though I'm not going to participate this time.

Would a music game be considered procedurally generated?

[QUOTE=Moustach3;29571307]Would a music game be considered procedurally generated?[/QUOTE] Too vague to answer. Audiosurf is. Guitar hero isn't.

[QUOTE=Jallen;29571413]Too vague to answer. Audiosurf is. Guitar hero isn't.[/QUOTE] Only if the music itself is procedurally generated.

[QUOTE=Jallen;29571413]Too vague to answer. Audiosurf is. Guitar hero isn't.[/QUOTE] I don't think it's too ridiculous to assume that I meant procedurally generated based on the music.

Why not have a music based game, as in the music has to play a part in the actual gameplay

[QUOTE=Richy19;29571812]Why not have a music based game, as in the music has to play a part in the actual gameplay[/QUOTE] More and more games has this, and it's an awesome thing. What I'd like to see (with this specific thing) is a platformer-sidescrolling-Metal Slug kind of game, with procedurally generated shit!

[QUOTE=MGinshe;29567921]I [i]really[/i] like this idea. What about entering as a team? Even if we limit it to 2 people.[/QUOTE] Does that mean I need to randomly generate all my textures? :P

I vote for the procedurally generated idea. :buddy:

I don't like the idea of everything being procedurally generated, I mean I don't want to write code to generate my font characters.

[QUOTE=Jallen;29572929]I don't like the idea of everything being procedurally generated, I mean I don't want to write code to generate my font characters.[/QUOTE] Let's say that only graphics, sounds, music and levels have to be generated procedurally.

[QUOTE=Dlaor-guy;29572995]Let's say that only graphics, sounds, music and levels have to be generated procedurally.[/QUOTE] How about the theme just be "procedurally generated" and leave it to people if they want to generate sounds, music, graphics and/or levels?

[QUOTE=T3hGamerDK;29573021]How about the theme just be "procedurally generated" and leave it to people if they want to generate sounds, music, graphics and/or levels?[/QUOTE] I, uh, thought this was what you guys meant? Having everything procedurally generated is silly.

[QUOTE=BlkDucky;29573273]I, uh, thought this was what you guys meant? Having everything procedurally generated is silly.[/QUOTE] didn't read lol [QUOTE=ROBO_DONUT;29559733]Games using only procedurally generated content.[/QUOTE]

Ok then I could enter the competition with my 2d rpg, I would love to rewrite it from the start.

I'd be okay with the procedural content idea if there were also some gameplay restrictions. Like I said before, I really believe that's more in line with the spirit of these kinds of contests. I get the feeling that people are just picking things that they would like to see in a game.

[QUOTE=Ortzinator;29573705]I'd be okay with the procedural content idea if there were also some gameplay restrictions. Like I said before, I really believe that's more in line with the spirit of these kinds of contests. I get the feeling that people are just picking things that they would like to see in a game.[/QUOTE] I do think it forces you to be a little creative about gameplay. A programmer [i]could[/i] still generate a big open-world RPG with bitmap sprites, but that would really be fighting the theme. I think procedural would be more conducive to abstract games. I probably won't be participating (as I have another project planned), so those who [i]are[/i] planning to participate should have a greater say in the rules than myself.

Procedural game with extra points the more procedural content it has.

What about sidecrolling remakes?

[QUOTE=Richy19;29574210]Procedural game with extra points the more procedural content it has.[/QUOTE] Maybe a multiplicative scoring system, rather than an additive. Additive scoring presents problems, as a programmer could make a game with very little procedural content and still get a decent score from other criteria. Use something like "(Gameplay + Artwork + Story) * (Percentage Procedural)" instead of "Gameplay + Artwork + Story + Procedural".

How about a 4 player co-op game of some sort?