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Sketchy
Cornwall UK
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24th January, 2011 at 02:08:11 -
Unless I missed there isn't a thread for this comp, even though it was announced ages ago - so what's going on?
Is nobody entering, or are you all just keeping your projects top secret?
I'll start by sharing the progress I've made on a possible entry (I may do something different, as I get the impression judges tend to discriminate against puzzle games).
Anyway, this is one of 3-4 puzzles which would be included in a bundle (along with sokoban, and something else).
It's a simple copy of the game "Pentominos" - just fit all the pieces into the grid.
It's far from finished, but it is more or less playable.
http://cid-b1e7ee094271bbda.office.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Pentominos.exe
Left click to select or place a piece.
Right click to rotate selected piece; or right click on an unselected piece to flip it.
Includes 261 puzzles (some are more difficult than others, but I guarantee all are solvable).
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Jon Lambert
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Vaporware Master
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24th January, 2011 at 03:24:46 -
I'm entering but my project will remain a secret until it is more than just an engine.
Sandwich Time!Whoo!
JoyCheck & KeyCheck Widgets
For easy implementation of customizable joystick and keyboard controls.
http://www.create-games.com/download.asp?id=8364
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Cecilectomy
noPE
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24th January, 2011 at 06:17:33 -
Where do you get this idea that we discriminate against puzzle games? last year 3rd and 4th place were BOTH puzzle games. That was out of 45 entries. It disappoints me when people go into a competition and have a bad attitude, or have a bad attitude when they lose, and its always the judges fault. We aren't gods, we are not all knowing, we are not perfect. There might be a mistake. Last year a member was banned(?) because of their behavior when the results were posted. Because of this, there is a public review period, where the community can see your game, make comments, and submit any issues, problems, etc to the judges before they review and post the official results.
A game is a game. If it is well made and really fun to play, it won't matter what genre it is. Same goes if its terribly made.
Quite the contrary. I think every one of the judges quite enjoy puzzle games.
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Sketchy
Cornwall UK
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24th January, 2011 at 13:58:30 -
I'm not being a bad loser - I never even entered before.
I'm just conscious of never having seen a puzzle game win anything, ever.
"Discriminate" might have been a bad choice of word, but I get the impression puzzlers are a less popular genre among klikers (and gamers in general, these days) - and if someone doesn't enjoy a type of game, they're not likely to rate it highly, however well made it is (and rightly so - I don't think it would be fair to say "this is okay, but because I don't generally like this kind of game, that means it must be awesome").
Also, I'm not taking this too seriously, and I'm not going into it expecting to win anything.
It's just that if I have a couple of different game ideas, and will likely make more than one of them before the deadline (which is still a long way off), then why would I not enter the one with the best chance of winning? (seeing as it's 1 entry per person)
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Ski
TDC is my stress ball
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24th January, 2011 at 14:03:43 -
I have nearly finished my entry
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GamesterXIII
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24th January, 2011 at 16:05:53 -
I'm not showing mine until the competition.
I will say that the engine is nearly 100% complete. Just need to tweak it a bit and create bosses. Still trying to shave 1-2 lines of code out for extra features  .
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Cecilectomy
noPE
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24th January, 2011 at 19:28:25 -
i wasn't trying to insinuate that you were or that you had, but that there was an air about that post that emanated negativity about the judges.
i just want to make it clear that if it seems that there aren't many puzzle games (or any other genre) it's not because of any discrimination on our part, and quite the contrary, we love them. It just happens that not a lot of people enter them. If more puzzle games were entered and are good, maybe they would win. As it stands there aren't many entered, but the good ones that are, come close to winning.
i hope you come up with some great ideas, and whichever you choose to enter in to the competition, that you still upload your other creations. 
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Hayo
Stone Goose
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15/08/2002
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6947
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24th January, 2011 at 19:35:45 -
I am too busy working on Fishhead 4 and making example games for my TGF2 course. Otherwise I would prolly have joined.
www.hayovanreek.nl
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GamesterXIII
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25th January, 2011 at 07:08:21 -
You should enter anyway.
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Hayo
Stone Goose
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25th January, 2011 at 16:21:16 -
Yeah because I have a time machine. And honey dripping from my ass?
www.hayovanreek.nl
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GamesterXIII
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25th January, 2011 at 16:42:53 -
Oh come on 20 lines is like 20 minutes to a few hours of work tops. I just dedicate about 10-60 minutes at a time to working on mine so I don't work to fast or get ahead of myself.
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Hayo
Stone Goose
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25th January, 2011 at 16:51:13 -
Drip. Drip. Drip. Drip.
www.hayovanreek.nl
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Ski
TDC is my stress ball
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25th January, 2011 at 16:52:24 -
Hayo's games have standards. We can't all churn out anime fan games in a couple of minutes.
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GamesterXIII
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25th January, 2011 at 16:56:52 -
I thought I was the only one. Where are yours?
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Ski
TDC is my stress ball
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25th January, 2011 at 19:39:18 -
Originally Posted by GamesterXIIII'm not showing mine until the competition.
I will say that the engine is nearly 100% complete. Just need to tweak it a bit and create bosses. Still trying to shave 1-2 lines of code out for extra features .
Cool, look foward to Judging it  
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