[color=white]No, I dont think we should force an certain file format over another. Though, what we can do is place an comparison chart between a few of the best giving the pros and cons, and let the participant decide which one to use.[/color]
Awesome Idea. I will see what I can do.
Correct me if i’m wrong, but if you save a gif as optimized, doesn’t it automatically adjust the color pallette to only save whatever colors are being used? Unless you’re using more than 256 colors in which case, you can set a lower level limit.
It’s been a long time since I’ve done any game related 3D stuff, but this sounds like a really interesting challenge. Nice job!
Just a quick question(just to be safe): Are you allowed to change the transperancy of something in your level, without out resorting to using textures with an alpha channel. Most engines that I know, allow you to change transperancy of a whole model via code.
I posted th[color=White]e submissions thread for all you fast workers
We only have a little over an week to finish. The entries are looking great so far guys. Keep it up.
*man! Only a week
I need to get working on mine
I will finish.
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Any chance of an extension to this challenge?
My digital environment is far from complete :sad:
noooooo no extensions. im of on holiday on monday not fair.
anyway can we get sa video as a submission, say 1min and resolotion same as console.
Plus as DS’s the screen size is crap could we get 8x images rather than 4x with some of them set up as duel screen and some as single. cos i dont really just want a map as half of my image space.
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Well. Youre in luck.
Due to so many entries being so close to being finished, and the great quality of requests, the challenge has had one more week added to its deadline.
Due to the need for an extended deadline; it has been decided to extend the challenge for another week, making the new due date April 15th, 2005. This will be the last/only extension that will be offered for this challenge, so its time to gear-up and get some of those entries done.
Good luck to all the contestants.
I hope the week proves to be beneficial to finish/polish your entrys.
-Daren Loney
brilliant work shep. looks like a real game for the DS!
edit bah, my internet lagged and this got posted in the wrong place
Hey everyone, the entries that have been submitted in this current challenge are amazing in their quality and originality, and I just want to say great job to all those who participated.
The competition officially ends today, and I thought it would be nice to get the Ideas rolling while we get the judges verdicts in, ect
Upon looking back on past challenges I am seeing a trend were more people participate the more simple the challenge is. I think these level challenges seem to daunting for most people (which in some cases, they are) so I was thinking about taking a 360 back to our original roots(though the final decision is still decided by the contest winner). Here are some Ideas that have been circulated but never used. Please add yours to the list, who knows. [size=2]It might be chosen.[/size]
yeah ive been thinking theres been no good vehichle design comp for ages and ages.
if it was up to me id say SEXY AND SHINEY FANTASY vehicle comp.
that would be nice and open with inspiration like Queen armidalas (or what eva the heck) space ship, flight of the navigator, judge dredds bike, UFOs, fith element, 2000 leagues, blah blah blah.
medium poly count, 2x 512* diffuse, 1x 512* norm, 1x reflection map, or sommit.
i think it would be cool and different.
Trying to get them all rounded up and ready to go
should be ready by Friday
Next challenge hopefully Monday
Or so we hope
so ideas here, more like though, instead of doing the 3d side of games, lwhy not do the 2d concept verion of games, maybe storyboard, the early stage of game project. why not do the 2d side of things.
E.g. Write a game, support it with your 2d storyboards, concept ideas etc
cheers
So, where is the judgment?
Sick job guys! Really sick Shepeiro!
What is the next one going to be?
i am trying to find them ASAP… Neil, an email is heading your way…
I think very few know how daunting a job it is to find judges an good number of judges. So, I was wondering, how does everyone feel about re-organizing the judging some?
You would have the public vote.
Once the overall (total) votes are in after one week, points will be given out to places 1-3
You would also have judges vote, with the minimum of 1 judge and an maximum of 5 judges. Each judge gets 12 points to hand out:
Points will be tallied after 14 days and the winner will be announced.
If such an voting system was wanted i could have it up by the end of the day.
Right now, it is becoming hard to find 3+ people to take out the time and judge…
-Daren Loney
hehe