It's a Coders Holiday- Games Programming Competition - Judges - Games

[img]http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/8259/bannerak.png[/img] Over in the programming section we were given a task: Develop a Christmas themed game. the rules were simple... [code] There are only a few rules, to keep this from falling apart. - No more than 3 to a team - Everything must be made by your team, or yourself (Except for the graphics, to stop the programmer art...) - One Submission per team - You don't have to, but really should, provide code and resources - All entries must be in by 1st January 11:59 GMT [/code] And now it's your turn... You guys have to judge our entries... How to judge [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [15] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [15] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [15] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [15] - Total marks: 60 [/code] [b][u]The Enteries[/u][/b] [b]Jallen - Raining Snow[/b] [url]http://jallenbah.co.uk/rainingsnow.php[/url] [b]Z-Guy - Santas Hurry[/b] [url]http://www.zguyserver.mine.nu/~johannes/files/SantasHurry.rar[/url] [b]andid2 - Solstice[/b] [url]http://fpxmascompo.braxnet.org/viewsub.php?id=536[/url] [b]Sirkorv - Winterbells Clone[/b] [url]http://goosk.se/winterbells/[/url] [b]Loli - Merry Christmas You Bastard[/b] [url]http://www.mediafire.com/?w8ggaqva5waod3y[/url] Get voting. If you want to donate to any of the developers PM them. Don't forget the judging criteria, also, play all games before you vote (you don't know what you're missing)

Oh, nevermind. I don't want to have to actually [i]work[/i] to vote things. [editline]2nd January 2011[/editline] Antid's was the best, though

Jallen's game was definitely the most polished one, so my vote goes to him.

Polish does not always imply fun

Could you upload them all in one package? (The ones that need downloading) I'm sure there are some lazy people that can't be bothered to download them all.

And loli, make yours a direct exe not an installer

[b]Jallen[/b] - 51/60 [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [13] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [10] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [14] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [14] [/code] [b]Z-Guy[/b] - 50/60 [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [12] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [10] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [13] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [15] [/code] [b]andid2[/b] - 50/60 [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [14] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [12] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [10] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [14] [/code] [b]Sirkov[/b] - 49/60 [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [10] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [14] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [14] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [11] [/code] [b]Loli[/b] - 58/60 [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [15] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [13] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [15] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [15] [/code]

[QUOTE=NorthernGate;27150426][b]Jallen[/b] - 51/60 [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [13] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [10] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [14] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [14] [/code] [b]Z-Guy[/b] - 50/60 [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [12] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [10] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [13] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [15] [/code] [b]andid2[/b] - 50/60 [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [14] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [12] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [10] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [14] [/code] [b]Sirkov[/b] - 49/60 [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [10] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [14] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [14] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [11] [/code] [b]Loli[/b] - 58/60 [code] - Graphics: How pretty is the game, would you rather sandpaper your own eyes? [15] - Game play: Is it nice to play, or does it suck ass. [13] - Fun: Did you have fun, or were you bored shitless [15] - Theme: Did it suit the theme, or was it about wrestling crocodiles in the Bahamas? [15] [/code][/QUOTE] Cool, I only missed out on 2 marks...

Santas hurry was not too bad, though the chimneys were far too infrequent and difficult to hit. Plus you don't seem to die, you just get negative score, so I had like -250 and gave up. It had potential but needed more tweaking for a good gameplay experience. Solstice seems to have potential, but it seems like more of a platformer tech demo than a game. Good work and I think you should take it further :D Winterbells plays quite nicely, the graphics aren't bad. As for the gameplay, it's very nice, but it isn't really original. Still, nice. Loli, I'd prefer an archive please. I don't particularly want to have to use an installer. Thanks for the feedback on mine everybody :buddy: Oh and I welcome anyone to try and beat my score in my game! :D (warning, you will find your eyes drying out because blinking is not an option if you want to do well :v: ) [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5062494/junk/rainingsnowscore.png[/img]

The only reason it's in an installer is because you need the XNA Redist.

I thought this closed on 25th January? Oh well, Jallen gets my vote.

Jallen gets my vote. Also don't really like using installers, so archives are better

I know, but as I have already said... This just has my game, and the XNA Redist...

I really hope people aren't judging on the fact it uses an installer. You shouldn't be judging the game on the way it's put on your computer. Loli's game was really well made, and really well polished. I mean I liked everyone's games, a lot. But in terms of production value, which everyone seems to be judging on for some reason, Loli has a clear lead. Well, that's my opinion at least.

Didnt realize that there was autofire on Loli's game untill about the tenth try

I liked Jallens game. They are all great though!

Z-Guy's game wasn't bad, I don't know why he has no votes :/ Sure it's impossible to hit the chimneys and obtain anything other than a negative score, but it's got potential and it works.

People don't want potential, they want good gameplay... That's why Super Mario works... It has no more potential, and if they beat the skeleton of that dead horse any more it'll have to be stuck together with duct tape. The gameplay hasn't changed at all and is nearly exactly the same as the very first game. Not much has changed...

[QUOTE=Loli;27170290]People don't want potential, they want good gameplay... That's why Super Mario works... It has no more potential, and if they beat the skeleton of that dead horse any more it'll have to be stuck together with duct tape. The gameplay hasn't changed at all and is nearly exactly the same as the very first game. Not much has changed...[/QUOTE] Then why is antid2's game doing much better, it appears to be a platformer tech demo. I mean no offense, it's just it doesn't seem relative. Since solstice in its current state is just a single level where you talk to a snowman, kill an enemy and almost die by icicles. It has potential don't get me wrong, in fact that's my point. Potential does seem to have an effect in the votes.

[QUOTE=Jallen;27170261]Z-Guy's game wasn't bad, I don't know why he has no votes :/ Sure it's impossible to hit the chimneys and obtain anything other than a negative score, but it's got potential and it works.[/QUOTE] Thanks. Yeah, I probably should've let someone play it before uploading. During the development I learned to hit the chimneys, so it didn't occur to me that it wasn't as easy for others.

I see what you're getting at Jallen, and now I actually withdraw my opinion. Potential is everything... My game needed alot more work, more enemy types etc, but that's the fun of a game jam... You build something shitty and then maybe (if you want) work on it later.

[QUOTE=Jallen;27150738]Santas hurry was not too bad, though the chimneys were far too infrequent and difficult to hit. Plus you don't seem to die, you just get negative score, so I had like -250 and gave up. It had potential but needed more tweaking for a good gameplay experience. Solstice seems to have potential, but it seems like more of a platformer tech demo than a game. Good work and I think you should take it further :D Winterbells plays quite nicely, the graphics aren't bad. As for the gameplay, it's very nice, but it isn't really original. Still, nice. Loli, I'd prefer an archive please. I don't particularly want to have to use an installer. Thanks for the feedback on mine everybody :buddy: Oh and I welcome anyone to try and beat my score in my game! :D (warning, you will find your eyes drying out because blinking is not an option if you want to do well :v: ) [img_thumb]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5062494/junk/rainingsnowscore.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/nGEeZ.jpg[/img] By the way you should add a pause and reset button.

[QUOTE=K1ngo64;27172018][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/nGEeZ.jpg[/img_thumb] By the way you should add a pause and reset button.[/QUOTE] Oh damn. And will do!

< 24 hours to vote...