Stonking Great Game Contest Now Live!
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I would at least hope that this thread would remain open in case there are reasonable questions along the way. I know that I might have one or two in the planning stages.
What a pitiful choice of time... Well it lasts till October, I guess I will have some spare time by then.
Still, aren't the ownership conditions a bit aggressive? I can't say I like the idea of giving away any rights to the game, even when given free assets to work with...
Still, aren't the ownership conditions a bit aggressive? I can't say I like the idea of giving away any rights to the game, even when given free assets to work with...
Your reputation as the site's resident psycho is well deserved if you have that view of gamingMaxTheReaper said:
Although that guideline is somewhat crappily worded.
The only problem I see, is most the games are going to be very complex or serious. The escapist owning the rights of the creation is going to kill a lot of creativity. No one want's their work owned by someone else, specially if they may want to use it as a portfolio. That alone has made me veer away from entering the contest. Good luck to anyone that enters though.
Imagine if newgrounds was that way, never would be the site it was today.
Imagine if newgrounds was that way, never would be the site it was today.
Damn year 12 exams, I wont have time to make one. And recently my computer has been overcome with a state of legality which means to make a game I would have to either get rid of that state or fork out ~$400 for flash. Unless there is some other flash-making program I'm not aware of (please tell) there would be lots of us in my position.
As much as I want to participate, this thing just looks fucking complicated. Plus Flash is like $700. I'm not paying that much for something I'll only use once, and probably lose anyway.
Sigh...
Sigh...
There are trial versions, but if this competition is in any way commercial, that may go against the license agreements.smallharmlesskitten said:
I would recommend using Flashdevelop with Flex 3 (both free and open source). Those will allow you to easily develop flash using AS3. There's no creation of vector graphics in Flashdevelop, but using inkscape (or some other software) you can create content externally and embed it at compile-time. Bitmaps can be embedded at either compile- or runtime. If you can't script in AS3, take a look at Adobe's livedocs for flex 3.
While this kind of competition could be fun, the aptly named please-don't-read-this-through-it-is-far-too-trivial "legal stuff" is what will keep me from creating an entry.
Which for me would mean either creating a half-arsed, simple game, the copyright of which I wouldn't care about, or spend months on a brilliant inventive experience, only to see it ripped away from me, along with the source code, by a smiling guy in a suit. Some offence meant.
I know these agreements are standard to an extent, and that this is just a small gimmicky competition for fun, but I still don't like it.
Have fun though, I hope there are scripters here who aren't cynical, selfish bastards like me.
/Suspicious swede