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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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And I forgot that sin() and cos() take radians, but OGL uses degrees. Two hours shot to hell!

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

_Kronk_
Member #12,347
November 2010

Don't you love it when that happens?

Yeah, it has taken me this far just to finish my stupid engine

Same here :-/

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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Fishcake
Member #8,704
June 2007
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<excuse for not finishing>
I don't think I can finish my entry in time. It's only around 20% done. It's my first time working on that particular genre, so it was a tough challenge. I'll upload the code to github and continue working on it in the future (well, eventually, I hope..), since I think the idea I have in mind is kind of cool.
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_Kronk_
Member #12,347
November 2010

I'm going to have to submit an unfinished entry as well. I had some things sprung on me unexpectedly IRL, and I've got to go to work in like an hour :-/

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Slartibartfast
Member #8,789
June 2007
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I think I'm going to be disappointing as well, I forgot I had a family thing today so I got nothing accomplished.
I will however make a serious attempt to finish in time for the later two dates, and I don't see why I shouldn't at least get a new year's gift ready :)

Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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You've seen somebody who's gotten their center of gravity too far forward, and they're trying to run fast enough to keep from facediving into the pavement? That's what I feel like right now, and the game is rapidly turning into a Big Ball of Mud due to taking unwarrented shortcuts on top of unwarrented shortcuts. I won't actually get to do all the tasks, but it might be interesting to look at.

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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I submitted my incomplete entry anyway, but I don't know if the Santahack Web site will still deliver it. I am far from finished, but I gave it a shot and got something [mediocre] accomplished. :-[ As is typical of a programmer, I still plan to finish it. 8-)

SiegeLord
Member #7,827
October 2006
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I too have spent too much time on the engine... but the end product is relatively good, if completely silent due to the lack of any sounds. I made my game completely multi-player, but unfortunately it requires a server with a public IP address (or you can use port forwarding)... I'll probably implement a dedicated server sometime in the coming week or two so I can try it with people outside my immediate LAN :P.

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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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I just got home and so tired I can't see straight, gotta crash, just might wake up in time to try compile on Windows just because before I submit it. If not, Baf said something about a grace period.

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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I'm really disappointed to be submitting here in 2 1/2 hours. I'm just getting to the good parts, just barely getting going here. Damn dude. I AM gonna finish this game to prototype status and give it to my guy, hopefully by New Years...

FMC
Member #4,431
March 2004
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Is the first deadline strict? I'd need one hour more...

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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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I finished the basics but didn't have time to implement the win/loose system.

Anyway it was good :-)

It helped me restarting some particles things :-)

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Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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I woke up at 12:03 UTC, wasted an hour and a half trying unsuccessfully to get it working in Windows while the broadband went up and down, then gave up to upload what I had only to find out the time had run out. No great loss. I put the zipfile in the paperclip if you want to play with it. I'm going back to work on my gui now.

[EDIT]

I see they're putting up screenshots below!

{"name":"607069","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/f\/a\/faf27c3ae5d981f1973578cd806f81df.png","w":797,"h":592,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/f\/a\/faf27c3ae5d981f1973578cd806f81df"}607069

That's supposed to be the farmhouse for a Harvest Moon clone.

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

SiegeLord
Member #7,827
October 2006
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Note to my gift recipient... I figured out the crashing bug this morning (apparently Windows really doesn't like programs writing to stdout when they are not run from the console), so if you want a binary that works more reliably, PM me and I'll send it along to you :P (I literally just nuked all the diagnostic text output).

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Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Here's the source code for everything I came up with over the week. Did not finish what I had hoped to, but am in a really good position to move forward now.
Eagle5GUI + Allegro5backend + Squire game source code

Binaries to follow later when I have fast internet again. Just 3 simple screens to show for now, nothing special.

Elias
Member #358
May 2000

I coded until 6am yesterday and fell asleep. Then woke up way past the deadline. So either I was out of the grace period already or couldn't find the upload button, but my entry is here anyway:

http://allegro5.org/sleighrace.zip

It's completely unfinished though.

{"name":"607068","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/1\/9\/19cbe98048f5e4aba0dd334fa2430426.jpg","w":1280,"h":720,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/1\/9\/19cbe98048f5e4aba0dd334fa2430426"}607068

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_Kronk_
Member #12,347
November 2010

I don't even have anything to submit. I'm barely clinging to consciousness at the moment...

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bamccaig
Member #7,536
July 2006
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Elias, that looks awesome. :o Great work!

Append:

This is as far as I got. :-[

{"name":"607070","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/b\/3\/b32283da1e51fe5bb013ec12fded1df6.png","w":816,"h":638,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/b\/3\/b32283da1e51fe5bb013ec12fded1df6"}607070

I guess it doesn't really spoil anything since it's not even a game yet. :P Hopefully my receiver gets a different gift, despite me submitting this. :-X

Edgar Reynaldo
Major Reynaldo
May 2007
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Okay, here's the binaries and the source so far. It's called Squire :
Windows binary, data, dlls and source
Data only
Source only

{"name":"607071","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/5\/c\/5cd9215d794bf3c2bb2124e4ca693cc0.jpg","w":800,"h":600,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/5\/c\/5cd9215d794bf3c2bb2124e4ca693cc0"}607071

BAF
Member #2,981
December 2002
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Grace period was under an hour. It was meant to give a short period of extra time for snags uploading, not to give extra debugging or sleeping time. :P

Fishcake
Member #8,704
June 2007
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That's supposed to be the farmhouse for a Harvest Moon clone.

That sounds like the game on my wish list! ;D As for my entry, I have uploaded it to github, in case anyone is interested. It's supposed to be a combo-based fighting game. I used c++0x (first time!), so you'll probably suffer to get it compiled using the Makefile though (I know I did).

{"name":"607072","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/4\/b\/4b3e0149b281ab44b4ad139b0ef9c645.png","w":914,"h":736,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/4\/b\/4b3e0149b281ab44b4ad139b0ef9c645"}607072

P.S. The game is 2d, despite the background making it look a bit 3d. :P

Arthur Kalliokoski
Second in Command
February 2005
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One question, why is there a 2MB upload limit? Is it to discourage people from trying to do too much, or is it to help out those guys on dial-up (both of them), or is it some sort of misguided retro nostalgia?

They all watch too much MSNBC... they get ideas.

Elias
Member #358
May 2000

I'd say the size limit is just because it's cool. Like demos. For example this is 4096 bytes, for all code and data:

video

Each SantaHack entry has 512 times (!) as much space.

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GullRaDriel
Member #3,861
September 2003
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So sorry for my recipient. I only gave a gameplay demo with really basic framework.

I'm currently in my far family and couldn't add one more day of work into it.

Let me promise you there, as a Christmas present, that I will make that entry a full game before the end of mid January.

I will just bring it to the state I've made in my head when reading my assignment.

And I will port it to Linux, for god's sakes !!

Anyway, merry Christmas to you all :-p

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