[CSDb] - User Forums - Event id #3003 : Only Sprites Compo

Welcome to our latest new user IcePic ! (Registered 2024-12-03)

You are not logged in - nap

CSDb User Forums

Forums > CSDb Entries > Event id #3003 : Only Sprites Compo

2020-11-04 12:59

Raistlin

Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 671

Event id #3003 : Only Sprites Compo

Competition Rules:

* You can ONLY display sprites - no chars or bitmaps. Magic byte(s) CAN be used.
* Change any VIC properties that you like
* The Effect must be a one-screener in one PRG (preferably compressed) (no disk streaming)
* Variations of the effect are allowed
* Interaction is allowed - make it a game if you like ;-p
* Music is allowed and encouraged
* Borders can of course be removed

Winner will be chosen based on CSDB's rankings.

... 99 posts hidden. Click here to view all posts....

2021-01-23 11:40

ChristopherJam

Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1409

Quoting Compyx

So, basically we'd be repeating old Horizon, Triad, Censor, Bones, Upfront etc, demos?

<cjam> looks at winning entry

But seriously, great work everyone.

I see Mixers point in that this was a competition where style was heavily rewarded (much as I'm impressed by the dxyccp in the winning entry), but I'm quite happy with that. I preferred the winning entry to the 2nd placed one too (and TBH I think Booze's other entry should've placed much higher than it did - that twister was gorgeous)

My only comment on the voting palaver is that if anything we should be discounting public votes, as there seems to be more peer pressure to vote everything an eight or higher, which leaves very little room for saying which of the top five or six entries you think should rate higher in the final rankings.

Sadly I didn't manage to make time to do my usual "rank every entry in a text file then dish out a few each of every possible score" so y'all are spared what some would call 'downvoting' from me this time :)

Thanks again for a great compo, Raistlin - hopefully I'll manage to cobble an entry together next time this theme is revisited.

2021-01-23 12:06

Oswald

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5086

hmm what happened here, its suddencly a 2 category compo game/effect ? this was never in the rules in the compo page.

2021-01-23 12:11

Burglar

Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1090

Quoting Trap

I'm sorry that you are so full of envy of our skills, Mixer. I would much rather have seen a creative response than just trolling, but I guess you cannot do it - even though you are not a child, but (supposedly?) a grown-up. I feel sorry for you that you have nothing to give but hatred.

Yeah, do tell me you are making fun .. but no, it's not funny and everybody knows that your comments are just an outlet of bitterness that you cannot find anywhere to place except than to put down other people on the internet.

I truly feel sorry for you. Such a little man.

but hey! ... I might be wrong, but then you need to do some work on your written communication skills :)

wow Trap, your super negative and ad hominem attacks here make me think *you* need to do some work on your written communication skills :)

2021-01-23 12:26

ChristopherJam

Registered: Aug 2004
Posts: 1409

Oswald: Check the discussion on the event page around the 6th of January.

2021-01-23 12:33

Trap

Registered: Jul 2010
Posts: 223

You are right. I was out of Line. I am sorry and a bit embarrased about this.
Somehow it just really got to me.

Sorry about this, guys. I wasnt myself.

I will crawl back to my hole now.

2021-01-23 12:45

Burglar

Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1090

no worries buddy :) Goethe once said: "By seeking and blundering we learn."

"Harsh criticism is the cost of a tight win" Burglar 2021 :)

2021-01-23 12:48

oziphantom

Registered: Oct 2014
Posts: 490

My entry was so good it was cracked twice by the same group!

2021-01-23 12:53

Burglar

Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 1090

Quoting oziphantom

My entry was so good it was cracked twice by the same group!

LOLOLOL :D now this was funny :)

2021-01-23 12:55

Raistlin

Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 671

Ozi: reading up on the crash bug you’ve been seeing, I didn’t realise quite how complex your game was actually... neat stuff! Of course, the ghostbyte changes are the big factor here as you need to update those every line - easy to forget these things when just loosely looking at these releases.

2021-01-23 12:58

Raistlin

Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 671

Also, Mixer, Oswald, apologies if things got a little heated yesterday. I get defensive of these things because I know how much some of us put into this hobby - and it can really hurt when people put that down.