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2020-11-04 12:59
Raistlin

Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 689
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.
 
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2020-11-04 15:30
chatGPZ

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11391
Don't the initial rules pretty much imply this? Who would want the badlines to be there with those rules in place? =D
2020-11-04 15:34
Raistlin

Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 689
Quote: why not say that only hyperscreen is allowed ? that is turn off VICII display bit, but open the top/bottom border each frame, then you only have sprites and idle byte naturally.

Maybe somebody has an amazing design idea but not the technical knowledge to do hyperscreen (is that the official name)?

I thought it best to just leave it as open as people like ;-)
2020-11-04 15:36
Oswald

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 5095
Quote: Maybe somebody has an amazing design idea but not the technical knowledge to do hyperscreen (is that the official name)?

I thought it best to just leave it as open as people like ;-)


yeah hyperscreen AFAIK, official as musch as FLI ;)
2020-11-04 15:46
Smasher

Registered: Feb 2003
Posts: 521
great compo! let's now talk about... the prizes! :)
2020-11-04 15:54
Krill

Registered: Apr 2002
Posts: 2982
Quoting Raistlin
Aren't sprites enough?

I think it gives a decent constraint without going for the often-repeated memory-limited compos.

It will be good to see if anyone can create anything new and amazing with this ... I suspect there'll be some things that most of us never thought about.
I was just a bit suspicious about the overlapping timeframes (ECM compo still running), plus i could remember at least 3 different sprite-only parts in existing demos without much effort, while ECM-only(-ish)... is a lot rarer to find.
2020-11-04 16:09
tlr

Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 1791
Quote: yeah hyperscreen AFAIK, official as musch as FLI ;)

In VIC-article, the term hyperscreen refers to just opening the top/bottom borders. (section 3.14.1 "HYPERSCREEN")
2020-11-04 16:10
chatGPZ

Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11391
Yep, "only sprites" is the opposite of "Hyperscreen".
2020-11-04 16:12
Dane

Registered: May 2002
Posts: 423
Good idea! Quite a couple of effects that can be recycled for this. I would have preferred if you waited until the end of ECM compo though....don't distract us/them/yourself with new challenges!
2020-11-04 16:25
Raistlin

Registered: Mar 2007
Posts: 689
Ok, as a few people mentioned that, I'll change the dates to be post-ECM :-)
2020-11-04 17:28
Mixer

Registered: Apr 2008
Posts: 455
Perhaps this old junk will do:

Starball Effect
Starfield

Though, it makes no sense to entry entries that have already been voted on. So, perhaps not.
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