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[oeed]

Round 1 Results

First place was entry 10, by Symmetryc.
I encourage you to go to his profile and give him a good rating on his efforts.

Second place was entry 3, by MKlegoman357.
Again, I encourage you to give him a good rating.



Essentially you have one week to create a program using all your own code (no using other peoples APIs) that follows the task. Before midnight (GMT) of the Sunday/Monday at the end of the week you must submit your program by uploading it to Pastebin (use Package Maker or simliar if your program has multiple files) and sending the Pastebin ID to me via PM.

General Rules

• You have 1 week to start and complete your program.
  
• Your program must be submitted by 11:59PM GMT on the following Sunday of the competition starting.
  
• All code has to be 100% yours*, you can not use any APIs or code you did not create. Failing to do so will have you removed from the competition.
  
• *You are allowed to use example code from the PIL or the Wiki.
  
• You are allowed to use your own APIs You are no longer allowed to use any APIs other than the default. (You can make APIs during the week and use those, however.)
  
• You are not allowed to submit programs not made in the 1 week period.
  
• You are allowed to use any editor, emulator etc.
  
• Any registered forum user can compete, there is no limit on the number of competitors.
  
• All programs are to be made completely anonymously, there can be no instance of your username or anything that could be recognised as you (logos etc).
  
• You do not need to register (it would be nice to let us know by replying here, but it's not necessary), as long as you submit it on time thats all the matters.
  
• You must submit your code to Pastebin anonymously.

Judging

The judging of programs will be split in two. Forum members will vote for their favorite program using the polls on this topic, hence why all programs are to be made anonymously (users may tend to vote for people they know). The judges (none of which will be competing, for obvious reasons) will also vote for their favorites and the two results will be combined. The top 50% will go through to the next round (dependent on numbers, but it will be near this) and this will repeat until we have one person left, the winner.

Current judges: Lyqyd, AfterLifeLochie, nitrogenfingers, Cruor, Sammich Lord

Round Two

Round Two starts at the time of posting (start now) and all programs must be submitted by 11:59PM Sunday, 26th May (GMT).

Your task is to create...wait for it, a door opener.

Now, before you rank on about how there's millions of door opening programs, these challenges are designed to be as open as possible. Your door opener can be as simple or complex as you like. Again, make sure you submit it by PMing me.

Remember, you can not include your username in anyway and all code has to be 100% your own.

If you have any queries just ask.

[theoriginalbit]

oeed, on 05 May 2013 - 02:58 AM, said:

The judges (none of which will be competing, for obvious reasons) will also vote for their favorites and the two results will be combined.

who are these judges you speak of?

also does the code need to be commented?

[oeed]

theoriginalbit, on 05 May 2013 - 03:07 AM, said:

oeed, on 05 May 2013 - 02:58 AM, said:

The judges (none of which will be competing, for obvious reasons) will also vote for their favorites and the two results will be combined.

who are these judges you speak of?

also does the code need to be commented?

Well, I'm yet to have any, I'm mainly interested in Moderators. If I can't find anyone to do it then we'll just use community voting.

No, the code does not need to be commented.

[Mads]

Do you mean moderators as in the forum moderators, or just some of us who are chosen?
Also, I like this model alot better, as it doesn't require us to actually meet up on a server or something similar.

[oeed]

Mads, on 05 May 2013 - 04:03 AM, said:

Do you mean moderators as in the forum moderators, or just some of us who are chosen?
Also, I like this model alot better, as it doesn't require us to actually meet up on a server or something similar.

Forum moderators. I'll probably PM a few to see if they're interested. I might not get them involved in the first round, however.

[theoriginalbit]

Mads, on 05 May 2013 - 04:03 AM, said:

Also, I like this model alot better, as it doesn't require us to actually meet up on a server or something similar.

Agreed. I also like it more as we are given a task to complete, as opposed to having to make up our own task.

[Shnupbups]

Way better than the original. I will be competing in this!

[theoriginalbit]

Shnupbups100, on 05 May 2013 - 04:07 AM, said:

I will be competing in this!

I'm already programming

[Mads]

Are we allowed to start already?

EDIT: ah, I thought it was something like Ludum Dare where you start at 00:00 or something.

[diegodan1893]

I only see one problem: how will you know if the program is made in a week?

[theoriginalbit]

Mads, on 05 May 2013 - 04:08 AM, said:

Are we allowed to start already?

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Round One starts at the time of posting (start now) and all programs must be submitted by 11:59PM Sunday, 12th May (GMT).

[Mads]

Oh, okay xD
I'll get going, then!

[oeed]

diegodan1893, on 05 May 2013 - 04:09 AM, said:

I only see one problem: how will you know if the program is made in a week?

Well it is possible that someone could have already made this program a few weeks ago, but really for this task 1 week is more than enough.

[superaxander]

Let's finish my api!

[Engineer]

How awesome this contest seems, I have my doubts everyone will follow the rules. That is because there is no control on how long somebody can work on a project.
Of course, its up to the contestant if (s)he want to play fair, but still. Some people are going to abuse it, and that is because, once again, there is no real control.

This is me just giving feedback on the contest, not more or less. Since there is no real way to control it, I cant suggest nothing.
Remember: this is just feedback.

[oeed]

Engineer, on 05 May 2013 - 04:36 AM, said:

How awesome this contest seems, I have my doubts everyone will follow the rules. That is because there is no control on how long somebody can work on a project.
Of course, its up to the contestant if (s)he want to play fair, but still. Some people are going to abuse it, and that is because, once again, there is no real control.

This is me just giving feedback on the contest, not more or less. Since there is no real way to control it, I cant suggest nothing.
Remember: this is just feedback.

I see where you are coming from, however, unless they have already made this program then they are forced in to a 1 week deadline. If I receive it after mid-night then their entry doesn't count.

[BigSHinyToys]

Sounds interesting. This is a bad week time wise for me but I will see what I can do to get something together.

I would suggest a rule that when uploading to pastebin that it is posted anonymously and not using a user account to keep it anonymous and also stop people altering code after submitting it.

[Mackan90096]

Are you allowed to use the paintutils api ?

[Engineer]

Mackan90096, on 05 May 2013 - 05:08 AM, said:

Are you allowed to use the paintutils api ?

Of course, since its in the CC standards. Im not a n organisator or something, fyi

[oeed]

BigSHinyToys, on 05 May 2013 - 04:53 AM, said:

Sounds interesting. This is a bad week time wise for me but I will see what I can do to get something together.

I would suggest a rule that when uploading to pastebin that it is posted anonymously and not using a user account to keep it anonymous and also stop people altering code after submitting it.

Definitely, added to the rules.

And yes Mackan, you can.