3rd Annual PGD Competition due to start Feb 1st...

**WILL** · 14-03-2007, 04:46 PM

Hey all! Just want to check-up on those of you that went silent. I'd imagine that most of you are hard at work on your entries, hence the silence... though considering the high drop rate in stage 2 from stage 1, I'm a little concerned that some of you may have given up on us.

Are you folks still with us? And can we hope to see an entry for your game in time for the stage 3 deadline?

I hope we can.

Once again, good luck to everyone!

**Huehnerschaender** · 14-03-2007, 04:57 PM

Hey Jason,

personally I did nothing on my entry the whole last week. I was not able to...
I am really thinking about giving up, because I don't know if I will have the time for the further stages.

I need to do some additional stuff and it's not very much to fulfill the stage 3 goals. But after that it gets hard.

My real life needs me too much at the moment. Lets wait and see.. there is still more than one week for stage 3 and I hope I get everything needed into my entry. After that maybe planning time will work better...

**WILL** · 14-03-2007, 05:13 PM

Well Dirk if you have all (or any of) the requirements for future stages all you have to do is re-upload within that stage's timeframe to get the points for work done.

But if you quit now, do know that we will judge and score your last entry at any of the stages as your final version at the end.

But if it's a matter of missing a stage or two, I wouldn't worry about it.

There are lots more points to go around outside of the Time Management scores this year.

And... Excellence Awards will go to *any* of the entries, not only the highest scoring ones.

**jasonf** · 14-03-2007, 05:23 PM

I'm still here, working hard on LOTS and LOTS of things, moving house, reconfiguring job, commuting and more.. but also still hard at work on the game.
I've got a lot of work to do to get near to my goals for Stage3, but I'm confident that I'll be able to do it, even it if means rotoscope graphics based on Stills (that's how Prince of Persia, Another World and Flashback were done, graphics drawn over stills of animation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotoscope

It would certainly do away with the bluescreen requirements, but would add a lot of extra drawing work, but then it was never going to be easy.

**pstudio** · 14-03-2007, 06:45 PM

I haven't been able to work on my entry since the last deadline either, but I still consider me as a part of this contest though I may miss a stage or two (or the rest of them).
It's just that stupid real life getting in way

**technomage** · 14-03-2007, 09:48 PM

I haven't touched Brain Drain for 2 weeks, I've been busy with my family and the InfinitEngine (Had a few major brain storms onthe engine).

I havne't even started my second genre, so I could be in trouble

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**cairnswm** · 15-03-2007, 04:56 AM

After my marathon last weekend (4th) I sort of havn't touched my PC at home. Got LOTS still to do for stage 3, and I'm not sure I'm going to make it.

But I'm not out of the contest -still VERY much in even if I only feliver for the final deadline.

**Mirage** · 15-03-2007, 08:28 AM

I'm working on my entry almost every day. :roll:
Still not sure that I could meet stage 3 requirements (clear implementation of econimic aspects) but I'll try.

It's sad to see "give-up"-spirit in this thread. I would like a competition!
Maybe publishing stage 2 scores will improve this.

**jasonf** · 15-03-2007, 10:01 AM

Mirage has a point, when will the Stage2 scores be published? There seemed to be loads of energy in the compo, now the site is so quiet I can hear the crickets...

Come on guys, I want screenies, I want progress, I want demos, I want more movies, I want more activity... and I want a coffee.. (oh, I can do that myself

)

**Huehnerschaender** · 15-03-2007, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by jasonf

and I want a coffee..

Here ya go:

c(_)

All other things you want.... Hmmm... I want them myself. And I also want to put more effort in my entry, showing progress etc. I hope I'll find some time this weekend for BBA. I think I will meet stage 3 goals without much stress, but there are things I need to do for further stages, where I know yet already that time will be short to do them.

But as I already said... lets wait and see... I am aiming one of the first places!