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[george]

You have one week to win $2000

CONTEST FORMAT: This is our most experimental competition to date because we are leaving the format completely up to you!

    * If you are a video artist, create your video in segments so that the viewer can choose where the story should go.

    * If you are a poet or a rapper, break your spoken-word piece into parts to give the listener a choice about the next verses.

    * If you are a superstar-code-monkey, create an interactive website or a web-module with buttons and re-direct pages to tell your tale.

    * If you are a Flash movie or game animator...um, you probably already know what to do because Flash animators are seriously hard core (p.s. YES - you ARE allowed to borrow flash code and action script to your heart's content as long as the resulting movie or game is YOURS and does not infringe on the rights of anyone else).

    * If you are a writer, buddy up with a graphic artist to give your on-line story some image pizazzz (yep, that's a word.....our contest, our rules).

    * If you are a digital artist in a format we haven't mentioned, it's because we are not nearly as cool as you and our brains are still operating in version 1.0, but we invite you to surprise us with your creation!

In researching on the web to prepare for this project, we found that interactive story-telling can get quite complex.  But it doesn't have to. THAT's totally up to YOU!

Think of it as a one week compo with serious benefits!

[agj]

That one sounds like a pretty cool contest.

[Overkill]

So I figured this was the right to place to 'advertise' this.

There's a game contest hosted by RPGMaker.net, called "Game Chill 2009".

http://rpgmaker.net/events/game_chill_2009/

You can also jump on IRC. Go to #compo on irc.esper.net.

It goes from December 11th 12:00 AM - December 28th 11:59 GMT. Yeaaaah, blah blah, the time overlaps Assemblee, among other contests. I'm planning on entering both. So you can potentially show how much better you are at making games than me, in multiple places!

The theme will be decided when the contest starts. You can use whatever engine you want, and, no, you don't need to make an RPG.

The entries are judged at the end, no prizes, just for fun.

Oh, and the contest also needs judges, so say something if you're interested.

[X3N]

Does writing an inform file count for Zcode? I know its not Zcode but Inform's documentation says it a Zmachine can read Inform 

[increpare]

Yeah, compiled inform should be good : )

[X3N]

Yeah, compiled inform should be good : )

Oh snap.. I better rush and finish some stuff then!

[PaleFox]

Does writing an inform file count for Zcode? I know its not Zcode but Inform's documentation says it a Zmachine can read Inform 

Inform compiles to zcode, essentially. I believe inform is also capable of compiling to glulxe if you desire it, but that probably wouldn't be acceptable.

[X3N]

Why doesn't Inform understand my English?
Kidding. This language is still kinda weird though.. kinda makes me want to pick up a Python text adventure engine I was working on. I'll try again to get used to Inform 

[HybridMind]

I'm going to be hosting Mini Ludum Dare 16 this weekend!

More information about this specific mini LD 48 hour game competition can be found here:
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2010/02/16/mini-ld-16-teaser-constraints/

The compo will kickoff at 9pm EST (GMT -5) this Friday Feb 19th and run till Sunday at 9pm on the 21st.

Ludum Dare Compo Home:
http://ludumdare.com/compo

I will be posting a final blog entry on Friday when the compo starts.  Find live info in the irc channel at #ludumdare on irc.afternet.org

[increpare]

Cool - count me in : )

[AuthenticKaizen]

Garden Games
"The game must include grass, greenery or any other form of plantation!"
(Deadline: 25th February)
http://forums.braingaleteam.com/index.php?topic=159

[jwaap]

poppenkast has a new competition, 5hours, theme: animals

CLICK ME YO 

[increpare]

The First The Games Collective Games Pageant: Bricolage (Feb 27 -> Mar 31)

Bricolage, pronounced /ˌbriːkoʊˈlɑːʒ/, /ˌbrɪkoʊˈlɑːʒ/ is a term used in several disciplines, among them the visual arts and literature, to refer to the construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things which happen to be available, or a work created by such a process. The term is borrowed from the French word bricolage, from the verb bricoler – the core meaning in French being, "fiddle, tinker" and, by extension, "make creative and resourceful use of whatever materials are at hand (regardless of their original purpose)"

more info here

[moi]

I hope it will get many jeux d'art submitted

[Andrew Brophy]

Braingale's "The Butler Did It" Competition
Runs til' 15th March
Must include a butler, maid, or pretty much any form of servant as an interactive part of the game.
>> http://forums.braingaleteam.com/index.php?topic=241.0

[Jotaf]

How about the 7DRL (seven day roguelike) at RGRD? There are more than 150 entrants this year, it's freaking epic

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.roguelike.development

(Yeah, you can just press the "older" button over and over again, and the 7DRL entries never seem to end! )

[dr.crow]

I you're a scandinavian, you probably know this already, but anyway:

Norwegian Game Awards
Swedish Game Awards

In addition to having a yearly competition, they also have warmup and hype compos

[Andrew Brophy]

Inside the Machine (Deadline: 24th April)
"The games should take place inside a machine (or multiple machines)"
>> http://braingaleteam.com/forum/index.php?topic=329

[increpare]

[increpare]

The Third The Games Collective Pageant.  Theme: S.C.U.M.