3rd PGD Challenge Discussion

[T-Bear]

Im trying to be a little more active on this forum now so here it goes. I have never been in any PGD challenge before but a few things I would find interesting:
There was a discussion on here some time about an AI challenge were everybody would basically code their own AI for a game and compete against each other. It kinda died because nobody wanted or could code the game but I would still find it interesting.

The idea with the "picks" seems good to me. I find it interesting when several people code a game to the same theme and see what the different developers make of it.

Of course we should have a lot of participants. Come on guys!

Cheers!

[Darkhog]

Or even winner-less (or rather "everyone's winner") sort of deal. Since I guess there wouldn't be prizes anyway, I think it could be great to do some games with common theme.

[Super Vegeta]

A Jam might be a good idea, only make sure not to run into Ludum Dare.

[SilverWarior]

I would gladly participate, but I'm afraid I won't have much time lately as I recently been asigned to new workplace and therefore I have to learn a lot since my current job is compleetly different from previous.

[Cybermonkey]

Well, it depends on the "theme". If it's interesting for me I would participate.

[Ñuño Martínez]

Or even winner-less (or rather "everyone's winner") sort of deal. Since I guess there wouldn't be prizes anyway, I think it could be great to do some games with common theme.

Depending on dates, I'll try to join in.

[WILL]

Well since we are asking about dates, how does starting sometime next month (August) sound?

When does the next Ludum Dare take place? I don't think there is one running now is there? My twitter app isn't humming with the sounds of LD so I think we are in a safe zone, yes?

Duration; what do you guys think would be a good time-frame? 2 weeks? 3 weeks? a whole month? How fast can you guys put together a prototype that is playable and gets the basic gameplay across?

The picks idea is just to make it interesting for those that are not participating and when showing off what everyone did to highlight things that were accomplished among the whole event. Really it's mostly just dressing for interest's sake.

And well theme I would pick out something cool, interesting yet something that doesn't have to be a huge game project and could be completed in a matter of weeks for an event. It's kept secret so that everyone is "on par" when the event begins. So far no one has outright hated any of my themes so far. (That they have told me lol) And if you are not crazy about this theme, the idea is that there is another one around the corner in the next challenge that you'll probably like more.