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Title: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: fruckert on October 20, 2011, 01:51:58 AM
CHARAS DARE

Starts Tuesday, November 1st, 12pm PST
Current Theme: Engineering, with 2 and a half votes

I don't know about you guys, but I'm really, really bored.
So, to liven things up a bit, let's have...a contest!

Charas Dare 48!
Or 72, if you guys feel that 48 hours isn't enough. (I did)

Basically, make a game in 72 hours, based around a theme, which we will choose...NOW.
Considering that we want to do this, of course.

RULES

You have 72 hours to complete a game.
You may use any game maker of your choosing.
At the end of 72 hours, you submit your game and the source project to the forum. Then we spend a while playing and completing each game, and then judge them.
In the maker of your choice, you may NOT use pre-built systems. You must program most everything by hand.
Everyone is a judge.

Winner will get a medal. The two runner ups will, as well.


LIST OF THEME IDEAS

Alchemy (0.5)
Swarm (0)
Ponies
Testosterone Poisoning (1.5)
Engineering (2.5)
Building (0)
Dreaming/Nightmares (1.5)

Alright, start voting and submitting theme ideas.
I'm counting on you to make this not suck!

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
Lucas (I think)
Purp
Moose
Fruckert
Felix

Title: Re: CD48
Post by: ellie-is on October 20, 2011, 01:38:05 PM
Testosterone Poisoning. Yes.
Title: Re: CD48
Post by: Prpl_Mage on October 20, 2011, 05:11:47 PM
This sounds interesting, but the thread title made me suspect a bot post.

As long as we get to know when the time starts it's cool. Otherwise it might happen when it's a bad time and we miss it entirely.

I'd say engineering. Always fun. And it won't be long or anything.
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: fruckert on October 21, 2011, 01:53:03 AM
Got it.

Also, seeing as we're ALL judges, I won't get in trouble for joining!
Ha!

My personal favourite from that list is engineering, but still
You can add your own if you don't like what's up there.
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: Moosetroop11 on October 22, 2011, 08:41:04 PM
Alchemy or testosterone poisoning. That's just abstract enough that the game could be about anything :p

I'll have a go. I'll use flash
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: Bluhman on October 22, 2011, 08:57:09 PM
This sounds interesting, but the thread title made me suspect a bot post.

Haaahah. That'd be the day, when members begin mistaking other members for ****ing bots. (http://www.charas-project.net/forum/index.php?topic=27483.0)
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: SaiKar on October 23, 2011, 05:58:01 PM
Hey, yeah, how's that advertisement job paying these days?
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: fruckert on October 23, 2011, 06:31:31 PM
Ludum Dare isn't paying as well as I was hoping.
Shame :/
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: Bluhman on October 23, 2011, 07:48:16 PM
Hey, yeah, how's that advertisement job paying these days?

Post in length about something you like, get accused of advertisement.
K thanks charas. I see how it is, you bitches.

Apologies for the derail. You can get back to it, Fruck.
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: Cerebus on October 23, 2011, 07:58:14 PM
Ludum Dare isn't paying as well as I was hoping.
Shame :/

Charas isn't really good at planned and prepared Game making contests, so it had to be expected when it is like a sudden, 2 days only contest.
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: fruckert on October 24, 2011, 07:41:08 AM
I'm only starting the contest proper when we have enough people.
Right now, we don't have even close to enough to make it fun.
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: Cerebus on October 24, 2011, 10:50:18 AM
Ah, Charas...

Well, I'm afraid I'll be part of those not making it fun. I already was too uncreative to create anything while I had unlimited free time, and now that this isn't the case anymore (as of today) I doubt I'd come up with something.

I'd love to see this work, though, and hope it actually will... but to be honest, I don't have much faith.

Let us wait and see...
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: Felix-0 on October 24, 2011, 01:45:31 PM
[spoiler](http://www.damienbenoit.com/minecraft/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/challenge_accepted.png)[/spoiler]

Just, how would the ideas
Alchemy
Engineering
Building
Swarm


be made into a game?!
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: fruckert on October 24, 2011, 02:02:46 PM
Use your imagination!
:D
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: Felix-0 on October 24, 2011, 03:25:02 PM
Use your imagination!
:D
My brain hurts. D:
I mean, how... HOW?! D:
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: fruckert on October 24, 2011, 04:51:55 PM
You can think of something.
Just for those four, I have quite a few.

Not telling though, because y'know...competition.
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: Felix-0 on October 24, 2011, 06:01:49 PM
can we get a few more suggestions for themes? ;_;
Some that would make sense in terms of game creation >_>
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: fruckert on October 24, 2011, 06:11:26 PM
Suggest some :V

Main reason why I chose very abstract themes is because I thought it would be fun to see what people came up with when thrown something really weird. Like Testosterone Poisoning.
Swarm, for instance, was an actual Ludum Dare theme a few years back. DrPetter, a guy I admire heavily due to his programming wizardry, ended up making a really clever game where the level itself constituted as a "swarm" instead of some enemy, or the player. It was a Metroid style platformer where the level bits were floating around in space, moving constantly. You had to find specific bits and do...something. It's been a while, memories kind of fuzzy.

I have no idea what that story had to do with anything, but yeah.
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: Felix-0 on October 24, 2011, 06:17:24 PM
Well, the only program I could make anything in 48hours is with RPG maker.
Adventurecraft takes way too long.

I'll suggest.
Nightmares/dreams
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: fruckert on October 27, 2011, 12:39:20 AM
Sorry, I spaced out.
Added that to the list.

Anybody else have anything to add?
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: DragonBlaze on October 27, 2011, 12:49:19 AM
If this starts after Monday or later, I'll join in. I have to much stuff to do in the meantime to do anything :( My vote goes to either Dreaming/Nightmare or Engineering. Now to decide what maker or language to use..
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: MissingName on October 28, 2011, 12:22:07 AM
School really is a bitch.
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: fruckert on October 30, 2011, 05:32:42 AM
If nobody else has any other plans, I'm going to start this Tuesday, at noonish PST.
Please post in the thread if you have any reservations.
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: fruckert on October 31, 2011, 08:14:08 PM
Last call for entrants!
Title: Re: CD48 (Are you a bad enough dude to make a game in 48 hours?)
Post by: fruckert on November 01, 2011, 05:22:23 PM
This starts in like an hour and a half.
edit: Also, I'm extending the competition until Friday.
So it's now "CD72"
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 01, 2012, 10:50:16 PM
It's a shame we never got around to this. :/
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: fruckert on July 01, 2012, 11:13:31 PM
Yeah, we only got one entry.
:(
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 01, 2012, 11:14:15 PM
It's a shame we never got around to this. :/

And you thought it worth kicking?
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 01, 2012, 11:15:13 PM
And you thought it worth kicking?
Yes  :eyes:
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 01, 2012, 11:17:01 PM
Yes  :eyes:

You guys needed another reminder that in contest - the purple one always enters and submits something but is usually one of few (like 2) people actually doing it?
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Meiscool on July 02, 2012, 12:29:54 AM
We should just do a "post something you've already made and we'll judge it" kinda contest. I've noticed that "make something from scratch" contests often fail :(
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 02, 2012, 12:36:26 AM
You guys needed another reminder that in contest - the purple one always enters and submits something but is usually one of few (like 2) people actually doing it?
I was super stoked for this awhile back. I was so ready to do this, but I don't know what happened, not enough people got behind it, I don't remember an actual theme getting picked. Since it was Nov. 2011.. hmmm. I had just begun college and stuff happened with friends so I no longer had internet, and I kind of just stopped visiting charas all together. </3
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: ellie-is on July 02, 2012, 02:29:20 AM
I was super stoked for this awhile back. I was so ready to do this, but I don't know what happened, not enough people got behind it, I don't remember an actual theme getting picked. Since it was Nov. 2011.. hmmm. I had just begun college and stuff happened with friends so I no longer had internet, and I kind of just stopped visiting charas all together. </3
Assdick.
We should just do a "post something you've already made and we'll judge it" kinda contest. I've noticed that "make something from scratch" contests often fail :(
Haha, yeah. Unless they're game making contests, because most Charas members have never ever finished a game before. :P
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 02, 2012, 02:40:18 AM
Assdick.Haha, yeah. Unless they're game making contests, because most Charas members have never ever finished a game before. :P

Well, sorry. ;~;
I put... more hours into multiple failed projects than people who actually complete games. seriously. I have a habit of making them too big, or something breaks and I give up.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: ellie-is on July 02, 2012, 02:43:31 AM
Yeah, same here, really.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Moosetroop11 on July 02, 2012, 02:54:44 AM
I'm still working on my platformer. Coming along niceley!
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 02, 2012, 03:00:50 AM
Yeah, same here, really.

:< I make ABS games and such though, my problem is I can't handle all the variables like levels, health, all the different weapons, sprites. GAH. It gets too be too much for me.

I'm still working on my platformer. Coming along niceley!

Really? I never knew about said platformer.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: fruckert on July 02, 2012, 03:08:59 AM
I'm liking your "leftover contest" idea, Mic.
We might be able to pull that off.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 02, 2012, 03:40:57 AM
I'm liking your "leftover contest" idea, Mic.
We might be able to pull that off.

The things is. I could easily go make a short game using only RTP within like 3days.
Because I have no leftovers. ;-;
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: ellie-is on July 02, 2012, 04:34:47 AM
The things is. I could easily go make a short game using only RTP within like 3days.
Because I have no leftovers. ;-;
rtp game contests
best contests.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 02, 2012, 05:36:48 AM
I think I can agree.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: zuhane on July 02, 2012, 11:08:22 AM
I'd absolutely love to do this one! However, I can't seem to install RM2K3 on my new computer. It doesn't want to play along.
If anyone knows how to make it not be ****, then I'll consider making something.

Also, remember when Ben made a contest, and Purple and I submitted, then he just stopped replying and disappeared? Yeah.

Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: ellie-is on July 02, 2012, 12:12:01 PM
What exactly is wrong with your RPG Maker? Details!
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Meiscool on July 02, 2012, 01:17:02 PM
rtp contest... would that mean no resources outside the run time package? No text pictures or custom HUDs or charaset poses of Alex or anything?
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 02, 2012, 03:46:21 PM
rtp contest... would that mean no resources outside the run time package? No text pictures or custom HUDs or charaset poses of Alex or anything?

That would pretty much be the idea. Otherwise some people with amazing map skills or resource making-skills gets a huge advantage.
If you limit yourself to the rtp resources noone have to spend time picking / making sprites and building up a style or theme or whatever. You simply make a game with what you are given.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 02, 2012, 04:08:45 PM
That would pretty much be the idea. Otherwise some people with amazing map skills or resource making-skills gets a huge advantage.
If you limit yourself to the rtp resources noone have to spend time picking / making sprites and building up a style or theme or whatever. You simply make a game with what you are given.
and I like that.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Meiscool on July 02, 2012, 04:22:05 PM
Eh... see I would want to make a cbs and would need to use pictures for the interface. :/
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 02, 2012, 04:33:19 PM
Eh... see I would want to make a cbs and would need to use pictures for the interface. :/
I can made an ABS, without using any pictures for the interface. :3
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: zuhane on July 02, 2012, 05:00:28 PM
Firstly, I don't know what the latest version of RM2K3 is. I'm getting mixed reviews. FIXED!

Secondly, when I test a game, it tells me it can't find System3 or whatever, leaving me guessing that the RTP hasn't installed correctly. FIXED!

Thirdly, I want the right version so I can download those cherry plugins (particles and class instances).

Fourthly, does it HAVE to be RTP? :P I mean, it's so ugly!
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 02, 2012, 07:32:17 PM
Firstly, I don't know what the latest version of RM2K3 is. I'm getting mixed reviews. FIXED!

Secondly, when I test a game, it tells me it can't find System3 or whatever, leaving me guessing that the RTP hasn't installed correctly. FIXED!

Thirdly, I want the right version so I can download those cherry plugins (particles and class instances).

Fourthly, does it HAVE to be RTP? :P I mean, it's so ugly!
RTP makes it fair, so everyone has the same resources to work with. someone who has just a small amount of chipsets and tilesets, or someone who can't sprite well, is going to be SoL
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: ellie-is on July 02, 2012, 09:38:52 PM
What about this

RTP with limited edits allowed
Such as pose edits and custom interface as long as it matches the theme of one of the default rtp "system" graphics.

No entirely custom characters allowed (or making characteres with new parts - editing is just getting one of the rtp dudes and making them jump and slash and whatever).

If everyone agrees on this a thread shall be made tomorrow.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 02, 2012, 09:51:17 PM
OR

We could get the contest creator leader person so pick some resources that are allowed to be used. People get to download them and then we do what we can using those resources and the standar rtp.
Allowing "simple edits" or something like that simply becomes a bit arbitrarily on what's allowed and what's too much.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: ellie-is on July 02, 2012, 09:57:32 PM
Well, like I said, you can add poses, but no creating of new characters or changing clothes and stuff. The poses are allowed simply because RPG Maker doesn't have one and poses are quite important in non DBS games.

Giving off a resource pack'd probably feel even more limited than RTP as everyone would have to use the same stuff. Not much variety allowed.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 02, 2012, 10:50:19 PM
Giving off a resource pack'd probably feel even more limited than RTP as everyone would have to use the same stuff. Not much variety allowed.

But that's the point. People might dislike the rtp but we could give them a sheet of flashy animations for alex and some stuff useful as interface, maybe some chipsets and overworld animations like swords. That way people can do pretty much whatever they want but not add any more personal animations and stuff.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: ellie-is on July 02, 2012, 10:51:36 PM
Yeah, but then everyone will have to make a game with Alex who does all the same thins and there will be no creativity factors on what animations they choose and the characters since everyone'll have Alex as a main character.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 02, 2012, 10:52:37 PM
Would Don Miguels RTP for RM2k suffice as enough resources?
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: fruckert on July 02, 2012, 11:33:00 PM
What say we move this conversation to AoA and make a poll?
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: ellie-is on July 02, 2012, 11:41:47 PM
@Felix: Isn't that even more limited than 2k3?
@Fruck: Nah, this thread is good. :P

We need to know what goes in a poll before making it. Right now, just gathering ideas.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: fruckert on July 02, 2012, 11:48:22 PM
Just to make it a bit more clear what the topic's about now.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 02, 2012, 11:57:33 PM
@Felix: Isn't that even more limited than 2k3?
@Fruck: Nah, this thread is good. :P

We need to know what goes in a poll before making it. Right now, just gathering ideas.
It would be His RTP, plus normal RPG maker RTP.
That's actually quite a lot of resources, mostly for chipsets.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Meiscool on July 03, 2012, 12:14:56 AM
Yeah, but then everyone will have to make a game with Alex who does all the same thins and there will be no creativity factors on what animations they choose and the characters since everyone'll have Alex as a main character.

What if we made a rule that alex cannot be the main character? Or, we could twist it and say he must be the main villain.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: ellie-is on July 03, 2012, 01:16:46 AM
Oh, but that was just in the case of we giving animations *only* for Alex.

But yes, that sounds like a nice rule!
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: zuhane on July 03, 2012, 11:11:51 AM
We should make a game with a 1x1 resolution!
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Meiscool on July 03, 2012, 06:42:20 PM
People won't even know it is running XD
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 03, 2012, 07:18:59 PM
1x1 resolution....
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Prpl_Mage on July 03, 2012, 07:31:46 PM
The point of making an rtp only game contest is to limit the creativity to what you can do with what you're given.
If we want to make a contest that's simply "do a game, as good as you can." People will get all creative and most won't finish since they got stuck somewhere along their creative thinking.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 03, 2012, 07:33:51 PM
The point of making an rtp only game contest is to limit the creativity to what you can do with what you're given.
If we want to make a contest that's simply "do a game, as good as you can." People will get all creative and most won't finish since they got stuck somewhere along their creative thinking.
and so it focuses on the more technical parts, like creation and events, than just graphics since everyone has to work with what they got.
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: ellie-is on July 03, 2012, 08:05:16 PM
Yeah, exactly.

And hey, what about this: People can use one charset other than the default ones. Which should in theory be used for poses, but can be used for anything else as long as it doesn't go over the limit of one charset sheet.

Then we add a time limit, and people can do anything as long as the game isn't too long?
Title: Re: CD72 (Charas, I am disappoint)
Post by: Felix-0 on July 03, 2012, 08:35:07 PM
I still think.
Rpg Maker 2000 RTP 1.32
Would add a lot of resources for people to use, mostly for chipsets.
crankeye.com has a download link for it.