My problem is that I'm doing everything I can so far, but I'm not testing anything since everything is interligated. My problem is that I'm not a artist and I went way too far from what I really know of allegro, that, in 8 days, heh. Well, I think I'll make it, maybe it won't be polished, but it will be playable.

Same as me William.

Steven that's a pitty.

Well after yesterdays 8 hour coding & pixeling marathon I was going to do the same today but I went to obtain a Christmas gift for me - new cell phone since the old one refuses to work . But they didn't have the one I want and I can afford, actually they have but with f***ing firmware from T-mobile which screws up the whole menu. So my last hope is that it will be aviable on tuesday. And then when I got home from city I realised that we have a problematic test from math tommorow so I did nothing today. So I feel bit angry about this, but I think this is nothing compared with your problems.

I'm spending most of my time e-mailing and waiting for e-mails regarding the misplacement of my test at the university. I'm a bit stressed out, so I end up doing much less than I planned to, but I have a solid design and close to complete graphics...

I watched some snooker to relax (the UK Championship Final - a very nice match this year, featuring one of the oldest and the youngest player in the championship ), and now I intend to finish the graphics and start coding tomorrow. I have a pretty solid framework (designed with the type of game I will be doing in mind), so I don't anticipate any big problems. Except for the possible lack of time.

Great job Thomas, you're the first participant to submit anything. To all people having little time, or struggling with some code/design problems: I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you.

Damn, what I would give for that opportunity. Of course, I would probably stand there to shy to even speak a word to them, but still... I'm a player and a fan, and I would surely sell my liver to just play a frame with one of the pros . The closest I ever got to that was playing against a champion of a city-level English tournament (I believe it was Brighton). But I digress .

I've done 90% of the graphics, though I'm not really pleased with their quality. They'll have to do for now. I'm wondering if I was in Speedhack mode when I was doing them, because altogether they weigh 50kb . Now, time for a designing night.

Seconded.

I wouldn't mind about that, actually I would like it, since I'm only getting rid of college on wednesday. I've finally decided to test my stuff and having some minor bugs, now I just need to get graphics and maps loading work somehow, and then just tweak the game enough for it to look good

EDIT: I'm very happy with myself, I coded almost half the game without testing it even once and got some very minor bugs because I changed stuff I shouldn't . Still lot's to go though .

Well, although no where near my original timeline, I'm happy with today's progress. I somewhat caught up on where I need to be. I've now got the core framework of the game engine: Moving, Collision Detection and AI Processing. Tomorrow, after work, I plan on tweaking, expanding and hopefully getting it fully functional so I can focus on content by Tuesday (of course, the chances of that right now are pretty slim).

I wonder how far the game for me is coming along...hmmm...can't wait till I get to see it at the end!

Speaking of work, I should at least get four hours of sleep before going. Guess that ends the weekend and my major amount of time.

Boy you guys are slow! I've pretty much completed my framework, and have nothing left to do but finishing touches such as power-ups, add a few more baddies, slap together more levels, add a menu with a high score..uhh..better get to work

Ding beat Davis 10-6.

I've finished the level editor, I only have to do the actual game for it now .

Try out Collegro for your collisions! I decided to give it a try, and got it working in a few minutes . Saves you some time, at least

I vote against on the basis that changing the rules mid-event as to more than simply end packaging is to substantially change the nature of the event and so what people thought they were participating in. I believe there is, for many of us, an element of pride in our submissions and a want to compare favourably to the other efforts. Since some people may have chosen and already irrevocably worked towards designs that were deliberately abbreviated for the time limit it would be frustrating for them to extend the event in length as it could mean that they could have instead worked on what was otherwise a more favourable idea.

Of course that assumes that the majority will have judged their timing well or, like me, judged too harshly and finished early. With a non-competitive event there isn't any unfairness in moving deadlines back so the case isn't as strong as it would be for something like SpeedHack.

If you want the extra day could you not just submit a short demo or something and release fully the day after? I'm sure some, like me, are keen to show what they do have to the world and are looking forward to the end of the competition to see how the person they wrote for receives their game and in peripheral to see how the community as a whole takes to it.

I've used no external libs! In fact I've not really used Allegro that well. I must use a total of less than 20 Allegro functions, all the install_xxxx's included.

I will definitely not extend the deadline, mostly for the reasons Thomas stated. The original reason for choosing the deadline to be on 23rd was that many people visit their families in distant corners of their countries during Christmas, and don't have Internet access/time/will to check their CH gifts on 25th. I'm one of these persons, and I must be present when the event ends, to supervise and troubleshoot everything. I leave on 23rd, in the evening - hence the date.

Steven:
Go CH! And we managed to do it in 8 days, not 8 months .

We harvest presents on Christmas Eve
Well Thomas I meant that I don't want to use any external libs except Allegro, since there's in the rules that the project must use Allegro.