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[LemonScented]

I'm up for getting involved in the code/design part of this competition. Is it a stipulation on the code side that ALL of the code be written from scratch in a month, or is it okay to build on the engine I already have? (I'm not talking about just slapping assets into an already-completed game, but using a pre-existing game engine to build the game on top of once the second month starts).

[piyush86]

My first compo....

[Almost]

Sounds very cool.

Yeah, the legalities of what we're allowed to do with the assets is important to know. A Non-Commercial License means that a flash game can't be distributed through sites like kongregate that generate ad revenue..

Also: final assets should be sorted somehow, perhaps assign tags to each something like "Art, 3D", "Music, Sound"

[prof]

nice.
Maybe you could say an *almost-date* for the programmers ?

[dbb]

Yeah, the legalities of what we're allowed to do with the assets is important to know. A Non-Commercial License means that a flash game can't be distributed through sites like kongregate that generate ad revenue..

Couldn't this kind of thing be sorted out via personal communication between the programmers and the artists whose assets they're using? If someone made a really cool flash game using my graphics, I'd be really happy for it to go on Kongregate, for example, but I would expect a cut of any ad revenue.

[NiallM]

This is a great idea for a compo   Think I'll contribute some sounds and music.  Is there a preferred sound file format?

[Inanimate]

Awesome little poster, this is a fantastic idea! Can't wait to see the (inevitably) hilarious results!

[test84]

Hi

I want to be able to use the art for the second month's code competition, should I start a topic or subscribe anywhere?

[falsion]

What if we use original sound effects in our games? Do they have to be submitted before we can use them?

Sometimes I generate sounds in sfxr when I can't find an appropriate sound effect. Or create short, really basic, fanfare music by messing around in FL Studio (for things like item pickups).

I think I'll especially be doing this if I can't find those kinds of pieces in the submitted assets. I'll end up creating my own. But can I do that? Or are we only allowed to use submitted assets?

[pgil]

4. Converting between formats should be allowed, I think, as long as the core work remains unchanged.

Yeah, I agree. And with lossy formats (like mp3), I think a programmer should be allowed to ask a musician for a version of their song in a different bitrate or whatever, since it's not really practical to upload 10 different versions  of each audio file. As long as they come from the same source.

[Ted]

  I have a good feel about this

[Lemming]

Fucking ace!

Shouldn't the (relevant) code be open source too, since it's all about sharing?

(Not saying that someone shouldn't want to join in because they don't want to expose their previously built gazillion line code, but it should be encouraged atleast.)

[threesided]

Wow, this is a super cool idea! I can actually just contribute the stuff I'm good at: ART!

I will throw down when I can, school is a little hectic this week, but this'll be a nice little distraction between all my monstrous art projects. I'll get started tonight :D

[Take One]

Wow, I love the idea. I'm definately slapping some music together for this (when I'm not about to pass out on my keyboard from tiredness).

[pgil]

So...

I've already been saving the posted assets to a folder on my computer. When the end of Part 1 comes around, I think I'd like to upload a zip with all the assets in it, organized in folders by type of assets. Music, sound effects, ambience, tiles, character animations, item sprites, fonts, hud/gui stuff, etc. If anyone has suggestions on how to organize stuff let me know.

[Ivan]

How will exclusivity be worked out? Like, if someone creates a full set of amazing graphics that many people will want to use... say a shmup set or something like that. Will there be many shmups with the same graphics or will people end up collaborating together on one?

Not really a rules question per se, just wondering aloud how that will play out.

[Radnom]

Does anyone else interpret the image like this?

[the2bears]

This is an absolutely fantastic idea for a competition!  Looking forward to getting inspired from the artists' works.

Bill

[Ivan]

Does anyone else interpret the image like this?

That is exactly how I interpreted it until I saw the comment in the frontpage post and had vase turn into two faces thing happen.

[Russell Fincher]

So, would it be OK for an an artist to submit more than one "set" of assets?  Say I wanted to submit a groups of 3d assets in one style, and a set of 2D assets in a completely different style.  I guess if an individual can only start on thread, the two sets would have to be contained in that same thread.  Right?