Well I have threatened to hold one of these for long enough. Now the threat is a reality.
I would like to officially launch the PGD Dog Fight game programming competition. As you may have guessed, Dog Fight is the theme.
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Theme
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For those unfamiliar with the term, a dog fight is usually a duelling battle between 2 opponents.
Traditionally the term was associated with fighter pilots during WWII, but for the purposes of this competition we will allow any 2 fighting entities from bacteria to solar systems.
Rules
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1. The game must primarily be written in Pascal and should compile with either Delphi, Kylix or FreePascal. Other Pascal compilers will be considered if we can get them working. Pascal interfacing to DLLs/SOs etc are allowed, as long as Pascal is the MAIN programming language used. Examples of acceptable APIs and Libraries are SDL
2. All Pascal source code must be included in the final distribution and released under an appropriate Open Source licence. This is so that you are correctly given credit for the code and so that others can learn from your work. The final distribution should include a Win32, Linux or MacOS X executable as well as the source code and licencing information. Also include instructions on how to compile your code and a couple of screen shots. The only acceptable distribution methods are Zip, Tar.gz or Rar compressed archives.
2a. The maximum allowable size for the compressed archive that includes executable and associated resources ( sound, textures etc ), is 10MB.
3. The Executables must be able to run on either a Sony Viao Laptop with a ATI Radeon IGP card or a Desktop machine that has an NVidia GeForce 3 Ti card. You may use more advanced techniques than what these cards support as at least one of the judges will be able to view advanced Shader/glSlang type effects.
4. The competition will run until March 15th ( which gives you 2.5 months ) at which time the competition will be considered closed. From the 16th of March the judges will be assess the entries and a winner will be announced on the 1st of April ( seriously ).
5. The game can be 2D, 2.5D ( Isometric ) or 3D.
6. Games will be judged on the following criteria and awarded a points score between 1-10 in the following 5 categories with a maximum of 50 possible points.
a ) GamePlay - How fun is the game?
b ) Usability - How easy is it to pick up and is it challenging enough?
c ) Quality - How polished is the game?
d ) Originality - How original an idea is it?
e ) Wow Factor - What makes it stand out, ( jaw dropping visuals, attention to detail )?
7. 1st Prize : Delphi 2005 Architect - value $3000 (US)
Donated by Borland
and
Game Programming Gems: v. 5 - value $70(US)
Donated by Steve \"Sly\" Williams and Dominique \"savage\" Louis
2nd Prize : gameSpace - value $300(US)
Donated by Caligari
and
3Impact Game Engine license - value $99 (US)
Donated by www.3impact.com
3rd Prize : gameSpace - value $300(US)
Donated by Caligari
and
Nexus Memory Manager - value $120 ( US )
Donated by www.nexusdb.com
8. The competition judges will be announced closer to the closing date.
9. Please try and start something new, as this will be more of a challenge than just dusting off some of your old code and submitting it.
10. The judges decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into ( I always wanted to write that ).
Prizes
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I am currently speaking to Borland, ATI and NVidia to see if any of them are willing to supply prizes for the competition. In either case, I will announce some kind of prizes on the 1st of February.
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Please use the link below to ask any questions about the competition and to post links to your entries as you work on them.
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