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MinorHack Returns! |
Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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Well, since the old thread sorta died, I thought it would be good to have a new one. Since the judging database doesn't seem to be on-site yet, this thread is important. The MinorHack website is here: http://cgamesplay.com/minorhack/ Posty! |
Simon Parzer
Member #3,330
March 2003
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Although I missed all of the previous MinorHack competition, I want to participate this time. Short question: Is is allowed to prepare code snippets before the competition starts? |
LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Quote: Short question: Is is allowed to prepare code snippets before the competition starts? The rules are extremely clear about this. Read them.
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Zaphos
Member #1,468
August 2001
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Quote: The rules are extremely clear about this. Read them. Well, not the rules. Strictly speaking, the rules don't address this issue -- the guidelines do. The guidelines said: Do not reuse code. Write all of your code yourself, during the 1-hour slot. Code reuse is fine for longer competitions where you often spend 6-10 hours rewriting something that you have coded before, but here you are unlikely to spend more than 15 minutes on it. Also, writing from scratch boosts creativity because there is no temptation to use large chunks of other games.
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Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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However, it was agreed on that we could use a simple code base to initialize Allegro, include headers, and have a while (!key[KEY_ESC]) { //do something } for the main loop. |
LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Quote: Well, not the rules. Strictly speaking, the rules don't address this issue -- the guidelines do. The guidelines were in the "Rules" section.
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CGamesPlay
Member #2,559
July 2002
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Yay for MinorHack! Can't wait! -- Ryan Patterson - <http://cgamesplay.com/> |
Onewing
Member #6,152
August 2005
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I'm a "maybe" on this one. ------------ |
Simon Parzer
Member #3,330
March 2003
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Quote: Do not reuse code. Write all of your code yourself, during the 1-hour slot. Code reuse is fine for longer competitions where you often spend 6-10 hours rewriting something that you have coded before, but here you are unlikely to spend more than 15 minutes on it. Also, writing from scratch boosts creativity because there is no temptation to use large chunks of other games. Yeah, but I'm still not very clear on it. I reuse code all the time, either by copy&paste or by remembering it. So, in theory, it would be allowed to prepare code snippets, memorize them, and type them into the editor after the competition has started. You know, the thing you learn at school: memorize something that you don't understand and later write it down as fast as you can. |
CGamesPlay
Member #2,559
July 2002
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Memorizing is fine. Pasting in a few hundred lines from some other project you're working on is not. It just gives an unfair advantage. -- Ryan Patterson - <http://cgamesplay.com/> |
Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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Code base helps to avoid "I just spent 15 min setting up Allegro for the comp." Of course, using a lot of stuff from another game = bad bad bad. |
Derezo
Member #1,666
April 2001
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I really want to participate in one of these soon... I wont be able to participate in this one. I'm too busy. "He who controls the stuffing controls the Universe" |
Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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Hope you can be in soon! For anyone who hasn't yet noticed, the next MinorHack is tommorw. |
Kibiz0r
Member #6,203
September 2005
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Count me in. --- |
Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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Yay! MinorHack in ... CGames, you need to look at the timing on your site. It's messed up. |
CGamesPlay
Member #2,559
July 2002
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I don't know why the clock was so off, but I've reset it. Seems the machine was rebooted, and loaded the hw clock as GMT, when it was set as EDT, or vice versa. [append] -- Ryan Patterson - <http://cgamesplay.com/> |
Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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Ok. thanks. [EDIT] |
Epoch
Member #4,737
June 2004
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What a great idea for a competition. |
CGamesPlay
Member #2,559
July 2002
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By the way, guys, I won't be able to provide those Windows binaries today! -- Ryan Patterson - <http://cgamesplay.com/> |
Ron Ofir
Member #2,357
May 2002
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Eeks! I've just notices there's a hack in 3 hours and I'm not even on my computer (it's broken)! I better get some dev tools or something... BTW, it would be nice to have an "I'm in!" button for future competetions so that we can tell how big it's going to be. |
CGamesPlay
Member #2,559
July 2002
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That is in the TODO list Maybe I should do some work on the site sometime. -- Ryan Patterson - <http://cgamesplay.com/> |
Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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That would be good. |
CGamesPlay
Member #2,559
July 2002
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LennyLen, Zaphos: You guys in? We have the capacity to make this the biggest MinorHack yet! -- Ryan Patterson - <http://cgamesplay.com/> |
Kikaru
Member #7,616
August 2006
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Hurray! More people! |
Zaphos
Member #1,468
August 2001
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Quote: LennyLen, Zaphos: You guys in? Sure; I'm in.
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