Author Topic: Open Source Game Competition (Read 6754 times)

squamulus · « **on:** June 16, 2010, 05:13:33 pm »

Hello,
I'm working with a few guys on a project for indie game developers. The two of them quit their jobs about a year ago to focus on building a marketplace for indie games that gives developers more freedom and opportunities to collaborate. We're now almost ready for an open beta, and we need both games and people to help us test the platform.

To that end, we thought we might hold a competition to find some noteworthy open source games. The goal of the competition would be to grant recognition to open source developers who have contributed to the community in a way you feel is important. Since our platform is based on indie game development, we're looking to celebrate the work of open source indies you love, granting their developers some recognition and allowing us to feature some favorite open source games from the community in our marketplace.

What do you think of this idea? Who are some people in the community with open source projects that you think deserve recognition?

Here's the blog where the competition is being held: http://digitalmancompetition.wordpress.com/
I'll be improving the site based on your feedback to make sure it's as awesome as possible, so feel free to drop your advice below. If you think the structure of the competition itself needs to be heavily modified I'll gladly take your suggestions. We'll be running more competitions in the future, so any input now would be great.

Thanks,
Samuel

squamulus · « **Reply #1 on:** June 23, 2010, 08:04:07 pm »

The day has arrived, and Tremulous has been nominated.

Voting for the best open source game on the web has begun. We've broken the list down into 10 genres. Vote on the art, innovation, storyline, and overall gaming experience to decide what games from the 10 genres will go head to head in the final round.

I'll post some results every day so you can see how your game, and gaming community, stacks up against the rest.

*dons battle cap*

Let's do this.

-samuel

KillerWhale · « **Reply #2 on:** June 23, 2010, 09:26:42 pm »

The link to the Tremulous page is broken; the one above the video of the game.

squamulus · « **Reply #3 on:** June 23, 2010, 09:28:31 pm »

Fixed it. Thanks for the catch ^^
-samuel

Kiwi · « **Reply #4 on:** June 24, 2010, 05:50:43 am »

Nice! I definitely voted! And lol at the video for trem

The first halve of the video consist of 5 pulse rifles lighting up grangers in the bottom of ATCS

mooseberry · « **Reply #5 on:** June 24, 2010, 06:37:57 am »

Well I voted.

Demolution · « **Reply #6 on:** June 24, 2010, 09:02:48 am »

The Trem video could have been a lot better indeed. But oh well.

squamulus · « **Reply #7 on:** June 24, 2010, 04:26:48 pm »

If there's a specific one you'd like me to put up link to it here and I'll switch it immediately.

Thanks,
samuel

Asvarox · « **Reply #8 on:** June 24, 2010, 05:22:46 pm »

I think official teaser/trailer would fit better http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmFG4asJio8&feature=related
or this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk-rfliDGm4

squamulus · « **Reply #9 on:** June 24, 2010, 05:25:32 pm »

Done and done!

squamulus · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2010, 07:05:48 pm »

Alright, Tremulousians.

Here's the lowdown. Alien Arena has been able to turn out a big portion of their population to the voting booth. The Multiplayer Shooters is now basically between you and them. Despite the difference in numbers in the chart below, you still have a good shot at beating them.

Here's why: Looking over the data yesterday, they have one or two votes trinkle in per day, as opposed to the gigantic rush they had for the first 2 days. If a number of you can hop in and vote Tremulous up, I'm pretty sure you'll overtake Alien Arena before they're aware of what's going on. I'll update the polls tomorrow so you can see how you're doing.

Best of luck,
samuel

Asvarox · « **Reply #11 on:** June 30, 2010, 06:14:52 pm »

Lol, of course Alien Area has extremely innovative gameplay, while Tremulous' is so generic.

your face · « **Reply #12 on:** June 30, 2010, 06:29:05 pm »

LOL ALIEN ARENA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

People are stupid.

Demolution · « **Reply #13 on:** July 01, 2010, 01:14:35 am »

Quote from: your face on June 30, 2010, 06:29:05 pm

People are stupid.

Camman faes, don't be like that now. >.>

your face · « **Reply #14 on:** July 01, 2010, 03:30:28 am »

fine, I'll rephrase it.

People who don't agree with me are stupid.

Conzul · « **Reply #15 on:** July 01, 2010, 04:13:53 am »

Quote from: your face on July 01, 2010, 03:30:28 am

fine, I'll rephrase it.

People who don't agree with me are stupid.

:/ I disagree.

your face · « **Reply #16 on:** July 01, 2010, 05:39:16 am »

Wait, but you aren't stupid. Uh oh, I has been borked.

squamulus · « **Reply #17 on:** July 06, 2010, 06:57:17 pm »

Hello!

The Digital Man competition has wrapped up its first round. We're now pitting the genre winners against one another for the final decision on which game has the best art, best story/world, most innovative gameplay, and is the overall best game.

If you want to come check out the winners and cast your final vote in the first Digital Man competition, click here.

Thanks for the support,
sqm

Crava_Loft · « **Reply #18 on:** July 07, 2010, 02:32:49 am »

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albertosandras · « **Reply #19 on:** August 12, 2010, 06:44:43 am »

Well,

With what started with GNU , it has become a world wide phenomenon

Providing free software for everyone !

Regards!

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