mvaniersel
February 8th, 2006, 09:00 AM
Here is something that might be of general interest to programmers: I'm hosting TINS, a game programming competition (http://amarillion.bafsoft.net/tins06/), where the goal is to write a game in 72 hours using the allegro library (http://alleg.sourceforge.net). That is right, a complete game, from scratch in only a single weekend. Impossible? No. Fun? Hell yeah! :twisted:
If you are interested in game programming, looking to learn a lot about coding or you just like the idea of driving yourself mad in a big hacking frenzy :mrgreen:, this should be interesting to you!
The competition will be held from march 3 to march 6.
rules:
you have to supply source code to your entry
your entry has to be cross-platform in principle (no OS-specific code). The myth that you need windows to play game has lasted long enough. Allegro is there to fix that.
You can use any programming language you like. Historically, most entrants use C or C++, but there are allegro bindings for Perl, Python, Lua, and many more.
You have to make use of the allegro library (http://alleg.sourceforge.net). Allegro is a cross-platform game programming library, designed to take the bothers and quirks of the hardware out of the mind of the game programmer. It has a very shallow learning curve, but still has all the power you need for making great games that work without modification on Linux, Windows, DOS and Mac OS X.
There is a size limit for the source code of your entry of 400kb, after zipping.
Right before the start, a few secret, special rules will be anounced, just to prevent cheating.
For more information, please take a look at the TINS website (http://amarillion.bafsoft.net/tins06/). This is the third time this competition is held. If you want to get an idea for what to expect, look at the site for last year's competition (http://amarillion.bafsoft.net/tins05/). There you can find e.g. last year's entries, and reviews for those entries. If you want you can already sign up for the competition at the registration page (http://amarillion.bafsoft.net/tins06/tinsuser.php)
If you are interested in game programming, looking to learn a lot about coding or you just like the idea of driving yourself mad in a big hacking frenzy :mrgreen:, this should be interesting to you!
The competition will be held from march 3 to march 6.
rules:
you have to supply source code to your entry
your entry has to be cross-platform in principle (no OS-specific code). The myth that you need windows to play game has lasted long enough. Allegro is there to fix that.
You can use any programming language you like. Historically, most entrants use C or C++, but there are allegro bindings for Perl, Python, Lua, and many more.
You have to make use of the allegro library (http://alleg.sourceforge.net). Allegro is a cross-platform game programming library, designed to take the bothers and quirks of the hardware out of the mind of the game programmer. It has a very shallow learning curve, but still has all the power you need for making great games that work without modification on Linux, Windows, DOS and Mac OS X.
There is a size limit for the source code of your entry of 400kb, after zipping.
Right before the start, a few secret, special rules will be anounced, just to prevent cheating.
For more information, please take a look at the TINS website (http://amarillion.bafsoft.net/tins06/). This is the third time this competition is held. If you want to get an idea for what to expect, look at the site for last year's competition (http://amarillion.bafsoft.net/tins05/). There you can find e.g. last year's entries, and reviews for those entries. If you want you can already sign up for the competition at the registration page (http://amarillion.bafsoft.net/tins06/tinsuser.php)