This is a
TIGSource TIGER Assault Free Form Competition.
What is TIGSource? You're sitting in it.
What is TIGER Assault? TIGER Assaults are short competitions based around a particular theme. The emphasis is on collaboration, sharing, and, most of all, the
completion of projects. I.e., it's an exercise in making small, tight, enjoyable/interesting games that can be played from beginning to end. There are no prizes involved.
The theme of the game is cockpits. Technically, a cockpit is the area where a pilot controls an airplane, but in this competition, it can be any kind of vehicle or thing you might control.There have been many great cockpit games in the past, like
,
,
TIE Fighter,
Wing Commander,
Quarantine,
Robocop 3, etc., and more recently,
Steel Battalion and yes, even
Metroid Prime. And there have been some real stinkers, too (*cough*
Sewer Shark *cough*). But even so, cockpits are a rare sight in games - there's still a lot of unexplored territory here.
How you want to define the cockpit in your game is up to you, but it should play a pivotal role in how you design your game!
Also, to quote toastie:
I don't think simple 3d is very hard to do. I think this compo can be a good introduction to it for people who have never done it.
BUT! There's no reason why you couldn't also do a cockpit game in 2d. Remember the boss of the first level of Battletoads? Use your imagination!
Start Date: Sunday, February 22nd
End Date: Sunday, March 29th (Around Midnight)
Rules:- Entries should be started and ended within the time frame of the competition to be considered for judging (but it's OKAY if you start thinking/prototyping a bit earlier).
- Using pre-existing game engines is OKAY.
- Entries must be made for the competition only (but you can do whatever you wish with them once they're finished).
- Collaborations are allowed and, in fact, are welcomed.
- As usual, you should start a thread to track the development of your game! Please put your thread in the
Cockpit Compo subforum.
- You may submit more than one game.
- Submit your game by declaring "FINISHED" on your game's thread. Include the download link to the latest version of the game somewhere where I can find it.
Okay, let's do it!
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