2nd PGD Challenge Questions!

[WILL]

It's funny though, SilverWarior does bring up an interesting point by mentioning the theme there. I'm finding that some teams are having a hard time sticking to theme. It's almost as if they want to make what they want to make and then force the theme into it. I guess that's just one angle to go at it from a creative stand-point. The other way could be to take the theme and think of a game that would be built around the theme. That was the intention for the challenges originally, but I guess not everyone can work that way.

Of course another reason could simply be that they are trying to work with their own established frameworks, engines and libraries they spent so much time on already. Fair enough, but it almost makes me want to do the next one where you have to do it from scratch.

Either way I wish everyone luck! There is just over 3 weeks left so don't let too many days go by.

[Eric]

I'm finding that some teams are having a hard time sticking to theme. It's almost as if they want to make what they want to make and then force the theme into it. I guess that's just one angle to go at it from a creative stand-point.

Well, I picked my game genre based on time availability and complexity, given the time frame all content-based genres were out given I don't have anyone working on the graphics or level design (that eliminates RPG, FPS, platformers, hand-tuned puzzles...), that left reflex (shooters), random-puzzle and level-scaled/grind games. Given that my last one was basically a shooter, and I had no original idea for a random-puzzle games...

Fair enough, but it almost makes me want to do the next one where you have to do it from scratch.

I'm starting completely from scratch this time, in a way it's nice and unencumbered, no library, no game engine, bare-bones RTL, open horizons! but on the other, hand, it's a little "too scratch", I'm making up even the 2D vector stuff and sin/cos caching as I go, been a while since I last had to write those ;-)

[paul_nicholls]

I just got home very late last night from my holiday, and had to unpack and clean up today so I have had little time to think about my entry

I am thinking of using Oxygene for Java for my entry...is anyone else using Oxygene in this competition yet?

[pstudio]

I just got home very late last night from my holiday, and had to unpack and clean up today so I have had little time to think about my entry

I am thinking of using Oxygene for Java for my entry...is anyone else using Oxygene in this competition yet?

Well, I'm fiddling around with Oxygene for Java. We'll see if it will result in an entry.

[paul_nicholls]

Well, I'm fiddling around with Oxygene for Java. We'll see if it will result in an entry.

Neat I did try using some JMonkey with my Beta version of Oxygene a few weeks back, but I wasn't sure what packages to include, and when I finally got it to compile, it crashed when run (couldn't find some java class...). Now my Beta version has expired and I have had to uninstall Oxygene + VS 2010 since the trial license clashed with my expired Beta license (grrr). Hopefully I can reinstall it tonight.

I might try seeing if I can get LWJGL working with it...might be a bit easier and quicker for the competition LOL

I still have no idea what I am going to do yet though...

[pstudio]

Well, I got JMonkey running. Unfortunately VS crashes if I try to debug a JMonkey application but outside VS the application works fine.

[paul_nicholls]

Dang and blast! I uninstalled my Oxygene for Java beta + Visual Studio 2010 stuff, but I can't install the Oxygene for Java trial (from Visual Studio 2010 install ISO)...
I keep getting a very unhelpful error when trying to install!!

AAARRRRGGGGHHH!! Looks like I can't use Oxygene for Java in this competition now!!

EDIT: I am re-downloading the ISO file to see if there might have been an error when downloading it last time (there was a big pause during the download previously...)...I will let you know how I get on...