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I have heard some people asking for an extension to the competition time. I think that, as usual, people plan their games to be completed in a month, and as usual you always take more time to do something than you initially assumed.

As such, I'll be running this poll for the next week, and depending on the results (I won't just consider the highest-voted option), I'll add a one week extension to the competition time.

So, do vote and post your feelings on this.

I am posting my feelings on this; I vote yes because I started late and I would very much like to get my shit together :D

I voted no, because I like having a specific deadline.
Now I just hope I finish next week and not look like a douche for posting this.

As I said in the compo thread, if there is more time given, it is at least justified for this competition topic, as it does lend itself to larger games, because a cart has a lot more room to work than a single mechanic or theme.

And lots of people seem to be thinking big for this one.

I can probably get my game done by next weekend, but I wouldn't mind an extra week.  Voted don't care. :shrug2:

Voted yes even though my game is done. I crammed way too many hours into the first couple of weeks of the compo (16-hour days on the weekends, ugh) and made myself ill; I'd like to see lots of finished, quality games without other developers needing to do the same.

yes! I'm making an RPG, I need all the time I can get :beg:

yes! So much BS (for me) has occurred since the competition started that the deadline hit me in the face like a board.  :facepalm:

no for me, I should be done soon, 1 month is HEAPS

YES. Please.
I am starting to panic. And I'm working even slower, because I feel doomed.

Thank you for asking. ♥


P.S.: Please!

Yes, I've been on trips for half of July.  :)

An extra week would probably help to compensate for the effect the Steam sale has had on my productivity, but that said I think there'll be people (myself included) rushing to finish at the last minute regardless of when it ends so I'm inclined to say no.

It would be nice because I have to go away for a week and where I'm going has slower internet than a network in the former Soviet Union, if it even decides to work. Sometimes polar bears chew on the phone lines.

Then again, I'm only entering for fun... not to win, so my game won't be very spectacular - I'm making it with limited time and resources.

It's up to you Melly. I think it would be best to be up to majority vote IMO.

One word: Starcraft (2)

I have it lying here on the table and on 27.7. I HAVE to play it...I will be strong and reserve time for the competition, but my game is not far enough anyway. So I absolutely vote yes for the extension :)

I will be able to finish on time. But an extra week would be nice to really make my game shine.

I voted yes because:
* I have a milestone at work by the end of July, so I will probably be unable to work on the game this week (and probably neither next weekend)
* Another competition (@ADVA) finishes the 31th, which I sort of abandoned but want to wrap the game up so it has at least a win-state.

I woted yes, because if given another week, I will probably have time to release more than just a beta-build of my game. I also think that this compo has many promising and ambitious games and that the overall quality of the final releases will improve if given a little more time.

Btw, can this poll end before the compo deadline? Just in case "no" wins so I have time to put my game on the Finished games topic.
Thanks!

I'm having trouble deciding... I only really got a chance to start my game today, so a week might not make a brilliant game. On the other hand, having only 7 days might help me get my butt in to gear.

I vote to stick with the original deadline.  There's nothing preventing people from polishing their work beyond this competition's expiration.  Maybe there could be a seperate thread for collecting updates and refinements after the competition deadline elapses(?).

The poll will end one day prior to the deadline, and even then the deadline isn't so strict that you can't put your game as completed a few hours afterwards. What are we, nazis? :durr:

And I prefer it this way so people don't know until the end. That way they don't slack off because they think there's probably going to be an extension.

SO GET BACK TO WORK. :-*

 :-X  nnggmbb... ok

But in case I, for some reason, don't have Internet that day, please include Love Love in the voting!

Don't worry about it.

Thanks  :)

I usually take profit of the last sunday of the competition to finish my game in crush-time mode, so I wouldn't mind it to last, as least, until sunday night :)

I know I haven't been posting about my progress lately on my own contribution, but this time I'm kind of happy of the gameplay I managed to create (even if I made a shameless remake of 'Metrocross')

So YES, an extra week would be really cool (especially as I'm pretty busy at the office during the week, so saturday & sunday are usually my most precious schedule for tig compos)  :handanykey:

I probably will not be able to finish even if I had another month. But I will have something playable by the current deadline. I will have some thing more playable if you gave me another week.

I voted YES because so we can make better games for the compo...

I voted yes because i've been busy with other things all month and have nothing done! >.<

Originally said no because I thought I was on track, but then my wife caught strep and I've gotten about nothing done in the past four days!  Eep!  :handanykey: Switched my vote to yes!

I don't care, but I voted yes :P

Another week would be appreciated by the procrastinated among us.

*cattle-prod* Get back to work. :-X

You should add a number of days proportional to the ratio of people who voted "yes" to the total number of people that voted "yes" or "no."  Essentially,

number_of_days_added = round(7 * (voted_yes / (voted_yes + voted_no)))

No, I think one week is good enough. This extension if for people to be able to wrap up their games properly, not for them to create epics.

The maximum number of days that equation could return would be 7.  Unless, of course, no one votes at all, and then it would yield the indeterminate form 0/0.  :)

so.... the deadline is extended a week?

We find out in 2 days haha.

Secretly, it will only be extended if Melly needs more time :wizard:

~ This place still has the best emoticons anywhere, hands down.

YES. i really need this extension :P

I could do with an extension, mainly for polishing and maybe adding a nice intro.

I'm away on the current deadline which will make for some nasty VNC based fiddling to get a Windows version built.

I don't really care, because I'm fucked either way.

My game will be done, but I will be able to make better music with another week.

And possibly cutscenes. Because! More important than anything! Are cutscenes.

Yo, What if we finish before the deadline and it's extended? We're allowed to edit our "Finished game" post to reflect the updated game, yeah?

An extra week, while not needed, would be very nice. Next week I'm working the evening shift, which is about 3 hours of work and 5 hours of unfettered free time. I could add a whole ton of stuff to my game in a week.

Everyone is allowed to edit their games until the deadline, regardless of their completed status, as long as they ALWAYS maintain the Finished Entry post with the link to the most current version.

In fact, you're allowed to do bugfixes and other small changes past the deadline as well. I don't really see a reason not to allow that, though you should refrain from adding new content past the deadline.

However, once I build the webpage with the entries (I'll see about getting help with that), your link won't be changed save for some big mistake. As such any new builds need to be accessible from the links you provided, or it'll be too much hassle for everyone involved.

So, I guess I can recommend you to make sure the game's bugs and balance issues are mostly fixed around the time the deadline comes.

Just want to say that I really appreciate those taking other people but themselves into consideration when voting, and those voting with the hope to improve the competition entries. That's a really good and social spirit! :gentleman::handthumbsupR:

I voted yes so we will see more finished and polished and ambitious contributions.
That said, not certain me and my team will make it, though.

I'm leaning towards an extension but this time it's not needed.  I had plenty of source material and due to having mock-up screenshots all the gameplay and graphics already were basically there.  I hope other people also found this compo easier to deal with.

Just noticed this thread! (im bad with stickies)
I voted yes but slightly hoping for a no. Going in crunch mode starting tonight. An extra week would allow me to polish and maybe add some stuff I already cut out due to lack of time.

We are a two-man team and this is our first time to join a competition here in tigsource. Since our workload (real work) has been heavy for this month, we didn't have much time to work on our entry. It would be quite a shame if we wouldn't be able to share our game to the rest of the community. So definitely a YES from us. ;D

Voting should close in 1 hour, then I'll announce the results.

I voted yes, because even though concrete deadlines are nice, this comp is about the fun of it...and I am having fun.  Plus, I know I am not the only one, I have a full-time job that has been taking away from this.

At the same time, my team needs to start cranking on the next comp we are supposed to be working on.

Still the extra week would allow us to finish the enemies and better tune the models.  GAH!! still need to finish the boss! :P

Well, it's official. Due to some pretty overwhelming voting in favor of it, the compo is now officially extended by one week, and will end August 7th.

Now get back to work. ;D

Thank you, Melly! :)

I'm going to celebrate by not working on my game for another 7 days!  :beer: