10MB is a great boost for sound packs / high res graphics, etc... sounds great.

I might join in, but likely will not be able to. Or if I did, my C++ and game-foo are a bit rusty (I've been in Biz land.)

Heck, I'd love to just be able to get a weekend of programming in...

edit/obligatory hijack: Is anyone interested in doing an "audit" of speed hack? (Like when you audit a class in college, you sit in and what-not, and hopefully learn, but it's not graded...) -- Maybe I'm the odd man out, but it may be appealing for those of us who are no longer using C++/Allegro to follow along with a 72-hr game competition of our own (following the same rule-o-matic/72-hr time period, maybe 10mb file limit max for everything in one package, etc -- simple rules, just have fun... )

It works here.

Works on my work machine at a decent speed but yeah, it flip flops between smooth and just slight moments of being a little "jumpy"... (It's a shitty computer though, so go figure.)

My $.02: Keep in mind, just because it works on some machines doesn't mean it will work everywhere. Make sure to check return codes to see if an API call is failing, etc, and show an error to the user with a message box instead of just making an invalid call which will crash the application.

FYI: I tried it with, and without the data folder present. Without, on my machine, causes the app to come up with a blank black window and do nothing until I close it. So if it came up and then went down for someone, it wasn't a file issue, you seem to be handling those alright (though it would be better if the app complained and said "I can't find my data!" -- I get that this is a "framework" though, so I will shut up now.)

Yea, I all returns are checked and comes up with a dialog. I will be adding checks on the images later on tonight if I get some time for now it just checks that it exists before drawing them to the screen to stop segmentation faults.

Works great on mine, though mine is a gaming rig.

I've signed up for the competition, I'll see how it goes even though I'm pretty sure I won't come up with an entry (probably won't even start one). I've already got Friday completely booked, and Sunday is work for me...

I'll be there if I can clear my work schedule before then.

My odds of joining this year are close to zero, unfortunately, but I still wanted to chime in and wish everyone participating good luck .

It looks like this year's SH will be a little bit smaller, but seeing as there are a few days left, perhaps more people will still register.

Concerning the 10MB additional resource file, it seems a rather strange concept to me. It straddles the line between keeping the 250kB limit and increasing it to 10MB, but in the end I don't think it makes anybody happy. The people wanting to use nice hi-def stuff for their games will still feel unable to do so (since they would have to cut it out of the 250k version, and while it might be feasible for music, not so for most graphics). The die-hards who'd like the limit to stay forever will feel like it was lifted.

Just my 0.02$, obviously worth even less considering the fact that I'm not taking part anyway.

Again, good luck to everyone - looking forward to trying your games!

Don't worry bammcaig. I've got you covered

Voting closes 1-2 weeks after the competition is over. But only people who submit an entry can vote. However, it's perfectly acceptable for a SpeedHacker who doesn't have the time to test each game to delegate his voting privileges to a non-participant.

I am so excite!!!

I'm In!
I just have a few questions...
Can I use to make my game a framework, based in allegro5?
Or I can just use allegro's lib?
I know, that someone have just answered it, but I have looked and dont find a thing about it.
Thanks in advance.

Thanks GullRaDriel...
So, I cant use the framework... Its libs cant fit in 256kb...

And if your framework is more than 250KB of source only, well, maybe it's a little bit overloaded for a 2 days compo ^^