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| August 10, 2008, 20:41 | |
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Mezzmer
Square-theorist 792 posts 
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The official booleansoup competition "retro'ed-remake" is declared open! The requirement is - you must take a modern game-type and make a lo-fi or retro version of it. A definition: retro is anything on consoles before the PS1. We mean old school. (Also you can use any programming means, though we would like a Windows compatible version for submission on the closing date.) You have three months duration. The deadline shall be Saturday 15th of November at midnight. You may do your project in teams, but this obviously affects the prizes if you are a winning team. You will basically have to cope, or share! (though the prizes are not officially chosen yet.) So you shall be spening the remainder of summer and most of autumn - whiling away those darkening evenings coding and creating the reduced version of your favourite game! [Edited on August 10, 2008 by Mezzmer] ____________ |
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| August 11, 2008, 20:56 | |
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TheMI3
Starving Artist 520 posts 
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This an excellent idea for a competition. I can't wait to try them all out. Hell, maybe I'll even half arse my way through it.
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| August 13, 2008, 17:28 | |
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Ariel Yust
Bloodcoughted Yozik 291 posts 
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wow so it have started...  good luck to everyone this is kinda intresting  I wonder what wierd innovative games people will make hhhhecko?! where are you!? 
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| August 14, 2008, 02:20 | |
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link3rn3l
Whiskered 78 posts |
rules? graphic ripped? sounds? is ok ? thanks ____________ |
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| August 14, 2008, 14:05 | |
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Mezzmer
Square-theorist 792 posts
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Quoting RaverDave's ramblings: Use freeware sounds, royalty free you know.... But use your own graphics,least i would advice it, but never fear, I will not be judging the entries by graphics or sound..just gameplay. [Edited on August 14, 2008 by Mezzmer] ____________ |
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| August 14, 2008, 15:24 | |
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Dennis
どこかにいる 2092 posts 
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Alas, I installed Fenix. I just noticed my remake game already exists in Flash...  Should that become a problem for judging? ____________ Kwakkel |
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| August 14, 2008, 17:29 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts 
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It's Portal isn't it.
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| August 14, 2008, 21:32 | |
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Dennis
どこかにいる 2092 posts
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It is.
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| August 15, 2008, 15:20 | |
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toco123
Banned 240 posts 
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To answer your question, I believe it may have a small influence and depending on how it compares it will either be a positive or a negative influence... as with all games 
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| August 15, 2008, 15:55 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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To be fair that Flash game isn't a "demake" as such, it's on-par graphically and gamplay-wise with other 2D games of today. It's no more a demake of Portal than Codename; Gordon is a demake of Half-Life. ____________ laffo |
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| August 16, 2008, 00:55 | |
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toco123
Banned 240 posts
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However I think they are perfect examples of what we should be aiming for... another example is Halo:Zero.
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| August 16, 2008, 06:07 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts 
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I thought doing it like Codename: Gordon was the idea. Well seems to me a good target anyway, like toco suggests.
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| August 16, 2008, 09:35 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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Well in that case surely this competition is turn-your-favourite-3D-game-into-a-2D-version? Whereas it isn't see the OP- Quoting Square: A definition: retro is anything on consoles before the PS1. We mean old school. You wouldn't have seen anything like Codename Gordon or that Flash version of Portal on the SNES. ____________ laffo |
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| August 16, 2008, 14:21 | |
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Sandman
F3n!x0r 1194 posts
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I think the SEGA Saturn might be able to produce this quality. Its video system can handle 16bit or even 24bit, but I'm unsure about that. But also it doesn't seem to matter much, as Dave said he will be judging gameplay mostly and won't pay much attention to graphics, which means to me that the game should be 'demaked' gameplay wise. I would find it a great achievement though if the games submitted will equal or surpass this graphical quality.
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| August 16, 2008, 16:55 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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The Saturn and PSX are part of the same "Generation" as it were, their releases were only a few months apart.
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| August 16, 2008, 17:25 | |
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Mezzmer
Square-theorist 792 posts
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yes, fiona i know that statement was a little narrow. Dave didn't want too many rules and he told me to put that in the competition post. peronally i'd like to see a remake of Codename Gordon quality. edit: 500th post! all buy me a beer! [Edited on August 16, 2008 by Mezzmer] ____________ |
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| August 17, 2008, 19:41 | |
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toco123
Banned 240 posts
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im saving my beer money for fionas comment countdown apocolypse
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| August 18, 2008, 02:34 | |
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Dennis
どこかにいる 2092 posts
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Quoting Fiona: To be fair that Flash game isn't a "demake" as such, it's on-par graphically and gamplay-wise with other 2D games of today. It's no more a demake of Portal than Codename; Gordon is a demake of Half-Life. AND it is not compatible with an azerty keyboard, but that is not the real problem (since you can change it in your windows language settings), but I just think in a decent game the player should be able to [Edited on August 18, 2008 by Dennis] ____________ Kwakkel |
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| August 18, 2008, 17:14 | |
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toco123
Banned 240 posts
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And? dont you mean but? Anyway azerty is for losers :P:P ____________ Kamasutra: The new Massively Multiplayer Foreplaying Game |
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