1st DCEmulation Programming Contest

Sanchez · Post by **Sanchez** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 12:40 pm

I am proud to announce the first DCEmulation Programming Contest.

In an effort to kickstart original homebrew development and to unify the scene, we are conducting a programming contest open to any developer.

The Submission:

You have 6 weeks from Mon Apr 1 to work on and submit a completely homebrew DC only project. This project must be your own work, and utilize whatever tools you desire. The submission can be a game or utility and must be at least 51% your own work, not a simple port to the DC. You do not have to provide source, but you need to provide some method of identifying it as your work ( a header file, some value embedded in the binary readable with strings, etc.) The submission must be free and be allowed to reside on any DC related website. Any submissions that violate another's copyright/work/etc will be removed from the competition at our discretion.

The Judging:

After the submission period is over, initial voting will be conducted by the moderators of this site (and others if desired) to determine the finalists. This period will take up to 2 weeks. After the finalists have been decided, voting will be open to all members of this site to determine the winner. This voting period will remain for a length of one week. The winner will be announced and their prize will be provided.

Your submission will be judged on:

Originality
Graphics/Sound
Usability
Fun/Coolness factor

The Prize:

The only prize we currently have is:

A Sega Dreamcast Broadband Adapter

Other prizes are being looked into, but are not guaranteed.

The Caveats:

The final decision in all matters is in the hands of the DCEmu staff. I am actually providing the BBA and have every intention of making it available to the winner. If you don't like these rules, tough.

A forum will be created for any questions/discussions. Submission addresses will be provided at a date closer to the deadline.

butters · Post by **butters** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 12:47 pm

Sounds cool, I can't wait to play the games

BTW, you should post this at CV, too and maybe be nice and let them help judge (only way I can think of to get crt0 to do something)

ZacMc · Post by **ZacMc** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 1:31 pm

Cool! Hope we see something from Ganksoft

After the submission period is over, initial voting will be conducted by the moderators of this site (and others if desired) to determine the finalists.

Consolevision and Boob! should get a vote too!

After the finalists have been decided, voting will be open to all members of this site to determine the winner.

Won't people be able to cheat if it is a poll?

Sanchez · Post by **Sanchez** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 1:36 pm

I've already invited Cvision and Boob to join in voting for the finalists. I have yet to receive a response, but I hope they will be interested.

As for the final voting on the winner, the exact method has yet to be determined. We've got some time yet, so hopefully we'll figure something out.

EvilSporkMan · Post by **EvilSporkMan** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 2:41 pm

Clever, now I have more motivation to get coding the game i've been "working" on (having trouble with getting coders' cable, damn zophar). If you're lucky you'll see a build entered!

Oz · Post by Oz » Wed Mar 27, 2002 5:24 pm

Sounds like a great contest. Mabye it will motivate me enough to rebuild my cygwin toolchain and dust off those C books.

Although creativity has never been my strongest trait.

pkScary · Post by **pkScary** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 6:09 pm

if any programmers need assistance with textures, animations, midi, sound effects, wav and mp3 music, or pictures, i would be more than glad to help out.

cyberhoby@attbi.com

HyperG · Post by **HyperG** » Wed Mar 27, 2002 6:17 pm

i'll work on something for sure .... check this out ... http://206.117.28.84/ubbthreads/showfla ... o=0&fpart=

just a pic of whats to come. Hehe ...

Freeze · Post by **Freeze** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 1:54 am

I want to help, too. I've got expert knowledge in Photoshop and can maybe help to create a official Website for the project...

quarn · Post by **quarn** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 3:47 am

DirtySanchez wrote:The submission can be a game or utility and must be at least 51% your own work, not a simple port to the DC.

What about demos? (you know, variance by haujobb, delicious by yodel etc etc)

Sanchez · Post by **Sanchez** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 7:44 am

Anything that's DC specific can be submitted, but remember that it will be initially judged on the 4 characteristics listed above. If it looks cool as hell, but you can't do anything with it, your score won't be as good as something that does well in all categories....

brain_donor · Post by **brain_donor** » Thu Mar 28, 2002 11:20 pm

this is too cool. I should have ordered a faster shipping package on that coder's cable. Man, I gotta get in on this, but how much can I do in six weeks?

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