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[nayon]

Hey peoples, the compo is over, and I encourage you all to play and vote for the following games! To cast your vote, please PM the name of the game to me with a PM titled "compo".

Voting is until the 4th of july.

The entries are as follows:

malec2b:
B.C.E.
Download:  http://www.ultimate-nerds.com/wp-content/uploads/BCE.zip
Forum Thread: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6735.0

NathanielEdwards:
Sphere Psychosis: http://gamejolt.com/online/games/platformer/sphere-psychosis/351/

Neonlare:
Maximum Security: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6899.0

Innerscope:
Forum: http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6946.0
download for Windows: http://syntropymac.googlecode.com/files/Sunman.zip
download for Mac: http://syntropymac.googlecode.com/files/SunmanOSX.zip




Hello everyone, and welcome to the vaporware competition!

What's vaporware, you say? Well let's ask our reliable friend Wikipedia!

Vaporware is a term used to describe a product, usually software, that has been announced by a developer during or before its development and, therefore, may never actually be released. The term is usually applied to products which fail to emerge after having well-exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar product.

So what is the competition about?

The competition is about developing games!

What kind of games?

Games that have been announced by major corporations, then turned out to be vaporware!

Like Duke Nukem Forever?

Exactly!

So where can I learn about such games?

Our trusted friend Wikipedia can answer that too!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vaporware
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cancelled_video_games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_failures_in_computer_and_video_gaming

But wait, wouldn't that cause a breach of copyright?

You should rename them ala bootleg demake style.


So, formally, this competition is about making any kind of game that was announced, but never released. Entrants are to complete those games. Talk about the games you make here on TIGSource. You may use any kind of art or engine that you make, and you can use stuff you have previously made but not used. The emphasis is on creating a final game that is NOT vaporware, but actually complete.

You may of course collaborate with other people to produce any kind of material, be it code, art, or whatever.

You guys have one month to complete your entries, which means the competition ends around 28 June 2009.

Any questions and such shall be answered here, by me.

LE GRAND PRIZE: Undisclosed, but there will be one.

BEGIN!

[Radix]

Isn't this a pleasant surprise. Engage brain.

[ஒழுக்கின்மை (Paul Eres)]

i wouldn't say 3d realms was a "major corporation" at all. they were a moderately small company with 30 employees. they weren't walmart or nintendo or something; they were closer to an indie game team than to a large corporation, size-wise and budget-wise.

[nayon]

i wouldn't say 3d realms was a "major corporation" at all. they were a moderately small company with 30 employees. they weren't walmart or nintendo or something; they were closer to an indie game team than to a large corporation, size-wise and budget-wise.

Yes, because that was the only case of hyperbole in my post.

[mirosurabu]

Oh, yeah.

[Hideous]

Actually, it wouldn't cause a breach of copyright. The Fair Use shit states that you may use other's shit for parody.

[nayon]

Actually, it wouldn't cause a breach of copyright. The Fair Use shit states that you may use other's shit for parody.

I'm just warning ya guys! Don't come crying to me if you're slapped with a C&D!

The fair use laws, while awesome, are too vague, thus it can be problematic. By the way, anyone who updates the TIGS blog, maybe some coverage would get this more attention?

[Hideous]

I feel that this is related.

[nayon]

That was awesome!

[skaldicpoet9]

Oooo, this sounds so awesome

Chinese demaking and vaporware rolled into one delightful treat? It might actually be time to release some vaporware....

[Moon Goon]

I stake my claim on Super Pitfall II.  Even if I never complete the game it'll win by its double-vaporware status!

http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/List_of_cancelled_video_games_-_Nintendo/id/1648446

I already feel redeemed from chickening out on the cockpit contest 

[mirosurabu]

I'll try and get 15 minutes from my daily schedule to work on something for this compo.

[Anthony Flack]

I'm going to try tackling the long-running indie vapourware joke Cletus Clay, but I don't think a month is going to be long enough. Maybe I'll just release a teaser trailer or something.

[Bood_war]

Hmm...

[Alec S.]

I'll try to make an entry for this.  I have a vaporware game or two in mind that need making. 

[Zaratustra]

I stake my claim on Super Pitfall II.  Even if I never complete the game it'll win by its double-vaporware status!

http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/List_of_cancelled_video_games_-_Nintendo/id/1648446

I already feel redeemed from chickening out on the cockpit contest 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis_no_nazo

this is the game that would have become Super Pitfall II. It's every bit as bad as the title suggests.

That being said, I'll be very sad if nobody makes Bio Force Ape.

[Moon Goon]

Atlantis no Nazo never actually made it to the states as Super Pitfall II so it's still vaporware to me.  In fact, I try not to think about Atlantis no Nazo at all.  It's like a blind date you feel compelled to run away from: not pretty, and you feel ashamed for doing it afterwords.

Just to throw another idea out there Zombie Master occupies a similar position:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/review/R99628.html

I remember seeing advertisements for "Zomebie Master" only to never actually see a cart stateside.

[Alec S.]

LE GRAND PRIZE: Undisclosed, but there will be one.

I bet it's a copy of Duke Nukem Forever once it comes out.

Also, I'll lay claim on B.C. Or, since other people can also make versions of the game if they choose, I lay claim to calling my version B.C.E. 

[Noyb]

Are TIGSource vaporware games like Ciellus or Tract (or to a lesser extent Fez and Café) fair game?

Also thinking of Metanet's Robotology, though Biocosm is probably a better vaporware demake than I could possibly imagine.

[nayon]

Are TIGSource vaporware games like Ciellus or Tract (or to a lesser extent Fez and Café) fair game?

Also thinking of Metanet's Robotology, though Biocosm is probably a better vaporware demake than I could possibly imagine.

Of course they are!