PGD Annual 2009 - Progress

**NecroDOME** · 10-09-2009, 08:08 PM

As I promised: a movie! More detailed info can be found on my site: http://www.necrosoft.nl/?p=568

http://www.youtube.com/v/XpBcvTb5tGM&hl=en&fs=1&

**AthenaOfDelphi** · 12-09-2009, 03:52 PM

Just a gentle reminder (as if you need it)

We're in the closing stages of the competition, with just two weeks to go before the final deadline.

I've enjoyed looking at the screenies and vids that have been posted so far, so if you've not posted yet... lets see them.

And with that... I'd just like to wish everyone who is competing, the best of luck.

**WILL** · 12-09-2009, 04:41 PM

Good luck guys! What I've seen so far has been pretty nice so keep it up till the end and lets have a great finish to this year's competition.

Also as a little heads up if you do make the top 3, your game will end up with a sizable space within the next Pascal Gamer Magazine as part of the 2009 PGD Annual feature section. So fame and fortune could be yours.

**pjpdev** · 12-09-2009, 07:34 PM

Well I still have a lot to do, so I'm gonna give it my best! Which means... forget about playing games, youtube, girls, booze and sheer laziness.

I'm also gonna finish the project in Linux, luckily I've used FPC with JEDI-SDL. And the multiple desktops just helps a lot for multi tasking.

EDIT: Or maybe I can still make time for the chics... lol

**Traveler** · 12-09-2009, 09:15 PM

Mind you that your entry needs to be able to run on specs entered by the judges. If we can't run it we can't judge it

Good luck in these last few weeks!

**pjpdev** · 12-09-2009, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by Traveler

Mind you that your entry needs to be able to run on specs entered by the judges. If we can't run it we can't judge it

Good luck in these last few weeks!

I'm just using linux for the development, since I have a comfortable development environment set up in it. When I'm done I'm gonna compile the game for windows. I'm not using any OS dependent routines, so I won't have any problems there.

**chronozphere** · 13-09-2009, 10:24 PM

I've some sad news. I'll not make it to the deadline.

I haven't made any progress for more than three weeks (which kills a project, because its hard to get started again). It's all because I just started at university. I have to travel about 18 hours a week. I also have to read and prepare for the lectures etc..., so there is very little free time. I'm planning to finish this project, but there is no way I can finish it before the deadline.

**Legolas** · 13-09-2009, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by chronozphere

I've some sad news. I'll not make it to the deadline.

I haven't made any progress for more than three weeks (which kills a project, because its hard to get started again). It's all because I just started at university. I have to travel about 18 hours a week. I also have to read and prepare for the lectures etc..., so there is very little free time. I'm planning to finish this project, but there is no way I can finish it before the deadline.

You are not alone, my friend

No free time, no progress, nothing... I'm in the middle of the preparations for my wedding

and I have started working to renovate my future house, so my spare time is lowered to zero.
I hope I'll get something playable for the deadline, but really I'm afraid I can't.

**paul_nicholls** · 14-09-2009, 12:01 AM

@chronozphere: bummer dude

I do hope university goes well for you though, and I wish you luck with completing your game at a later time.

@Legolas: bummer to you as well, but mega congratulations on your upcoming wedding chief!

I am too really struggling to get my game finished by the deadline too - it is looking very much like I won't make it either!

My work and home life have dug deep into my free time and I have only done a bit of the particles stuff this last few days - nothing else in around a month!

I have been severely sleep-deprived the last few weeks as well due to my lovely children waking us up through the night

Good luck to all and happy coding - I hope SOME of us make it to the compo deadline

cheers,
Paul

**chronozphere** · 14-09-2009, 06:28 AM

I hope most of us will make it to the deadline.

Otherwise the PGD annual is just a matter of "survival" and the judges wouldn't have a job. If it appears that too many of us have too little time to work on our entries, I'd suggest to postpone the deadline a few weeks. Maybe?