Hello everyone!
We are pleased to officially announce that the 11th edition of the Amstrad Video Game Creation Contest at the University of Alicante, #CPCRetroDev2023, has begun!
As usual, we would like to invite all of you to participate in the contest, new games are always welcome! ^_^
This year, we want to pay tribute to a great Amstrad game that turns 30 years old: Super Cauldron by TITUS.
Including a homage to this game in the gameplay will add extra points to the score of the game that incorporates it.
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In the same way, we want to honor the commercial farewell of the Amstrad CPC by awarding extra points for adding a gesture to your games saying goodbye to this beloved platform.
The game submission phase will be open from October 13th to November 3rd, 2023, through our itch.io page http://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2023itchio (http://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2023itchio), so remember to take it into account to not miss the opportunity to participate in the contest. We are looking forward to seeing your games!
Also, we would like to announce that the Sponsors phase of the contest has already been opened for those who wish to sponsor the contest and it will be available for registration until September 15th, 2023.
On our official website we have a list with all the prizes that need a sponsor so, if you want to be part of this great contest, contact us through our email address cpcretrodev.org@byterealms.com (mailto:cpcretrodev.org@byterealms.com) before September 15th, 2023.
You can find all the information and rules for this edition on our official website:
http://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2023 (http://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2023)
Finally, remember that we announce all our updates through our Twitter account
@CPCRetroDev, so stay tuned to not miss any details.
And don't forget to comment with the hashtag #CPCRetroDev!!
We are looking forward to your participation!
Awesome! 😊
But... "goodbye"?
Quote from: Gryzor on 03:36, 11 August 23Awesome! 😊
But... "goodbye"?
Yeah I wasn't sure what to make of that either...
Quote from: ervin on 04:33, 11 August 23Quote from: Gryzor on 03:36, 11 August 23Awesome! 😊
But... "goodbye"?
Yeah I wasn't sure what to make of that either...
From the Spanish version I guess it is just a hommage to the ending of
the commercial age, nothing about the end of cpcretrodev, if that is what you're afraid.
Quote◦ La despedida comercial debe ser parte del final del juego. Al completar el juego se debe mostrar un mensaje, icono, imagen, guiño o similar referente a que en 1993, hace 30 años, terminó la vida comercial del Amstrad CPC.
Oh ok. That's good to know.
I won't be submitting an entry this year, but I intend to do something for next year's comp, so I certainly hope the comp is still running next year. :)
Quote from: asertus on 06:05, 11 August 23Quote from: ervin on 04:33, 11 August 23Quote from: Gryzor on 03:36, 11 August 23Awesome! 😊
But... "goodbye"?
Yeah I wasn't sure what to make of that either...
From the Spanish version I guess it is just a hommage to the ending of the commercial age, nothing about the end of cpcretrodev, if that is what you're afraid.
Quote◦ La despedida comercial debe ser parte del final del juego. Al completar el juego se debe mostrar un mensaje, icono, imagen, guiño o similar referente a que en 1993, hace 30 años, terminó la vida comercial del Amstrad CPC.
Yeah, it's not like I thought it was the last competition, but it sounded weirdly pessimistic. Perhaps lost in translation.
It says that you'll get extra points if you reference the end of the commercial era of the CPC.
Which is a bit weird if you ask me as there's no special date now, like "25 years from the last CPC made" or similar.
Then again, I may be wrong... ;D
Quote from: robcfg on 09:09, 11 August 23It says that you'll get extra points if you reference the end of the commercial era of the CPC.
Which is a bit weird if you ask me as there's no special date now, like "25 years from the last CPC made" or similar.
Then again, I may be wrong... ;D
Well, to me it says "early 90s" so it could be a reference to anything from that era? Like, say, Donnie Darko or Clerks (ooh that'd be a great game!)?
My guess is that it need to be CPC related, but don't take my word for it.
Nice to see that it is announced at last :) , I already started a month ago and am fully prepared for it to take over all my spare time as usual ;D .
QuoteThe commercial farewell must be part of the end of the game. Upon completing the game, a message, icon, image, homage, or something similar must be displayed, referring to the fact that in 1993, 30 years ago, the commercial life of the Amstrad CPC ended.
The rules for the farewell seem rather specific. I would prefer there was more room for creative interpretation.
Not sure what I am going to do yet, I am contemplating whether I could gesture different games through the commercial lifetime to do this but it might not be quite what they are looking for.
Good news ! CPCRetroDev 2023 is here !
QuoteThe commercial farewell must be part of the end of the game. Upon completing the game, a message, icon, image, homage, or something similar must be displayed, referring to the fact that in 1993, 30 years ago, the commercial life of the Amstrad CPC ended.
I made a quick search on internet and i haven't really found any informations about this fact.
It's rather strange as gesture, i don't see what we can do (tombstone ??? )
Quote from: Arnaud on 17:24, 11 August 23Good news ! CPCRetroDev 2023 is here !
QuoteThe commercial farewell must be part of the end of the game. Upon completing the game, a message, icon, image, homage, or something similar must be displayed, referring to the fact that in 1993, 30 years ago, the commercial life of the Amstrad CPC ended.
I made a quick search on internet and i haven't really found any informations about this fact.
It's rather strange as gesture, i don't see what we can do (tombstone ??? )
I haven't done any research but I remember Xyphoe mentioning Super Cauldron was really late in the CPC's commercial lifespan.
Need to do something to celebrate the commercial life of the CPC but don't want to do something that suggests its death.
Especially since it was just as much the start of a new era as the end of the previous one.
One could draw a CPC and 1984-1993 but that sure sounds like an obituary.
If we get a physical release on tape again - can we also have it on microsd card or usb?
Looks like there is only one month left to go before the deadline :o , anyone panicking yet :P ?
The #CPCRetroDev 2023 opened the submission period for new creations yesterday (it will remain open until November 3)
https://itch.io/jam/cpcretrodev2023
Nita looks just lovely!
BTW: Is there a ZIP folder (or similar) of all the 2022 games?
On the official HP I found games only up to 2021.
Quote from: GUNHED on 13:58, 24 October 23BTW: Is there a ZIP folder (or similar) of all the 2022 games?
On the official HP I found games only up to 2021.
https://itch.io/jam/cpcretrodev2022/entries
Thanks!!! :) :) :)
This one is my favorite so far, by
Altanerus dog:
It reminds me something, but I can't find what. 🤔
https://vimeo.com/880074821
Very nice game. With some more detailed GFX this will be a best seller! :laugh:
We've had quite a busy few days, but we're now ready to announce our sponsors for this year's #CPCRetroDev!
This year, we'll start by announcing one of our most dedicated sponsors. This anonymous sponsor has been supporting #CPCRetroDev for the past 4 years and will sponsor the special mentions this year with a total of 400€!
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On the other hand, Amstrad Sakis (https://amstradsakis.blogspot.com/), a former participant of the contest, and Somos de Amstrad (SdA) (https://www.facebook.com/somosdeamstrad/) have been sponsoring the BASIC category of the contest for 3 years. However, a new sponsor has joined their team this year, and along with Dark Steph (https://twitter.com/DarkSteph3), they are sponsoring the BASIC category with a total of 120€ in prizes.
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Are you familiar with the BLAST Annual (https://blastannual.com/)book?
They have been sponsoring #CPCRetroDev since 2017, for a whopping 6 years, with their "Opera Prima" mention for the best game by novice developers.
Will you be the one to win their 50€ prize?
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People have spoken, and so has AUA (https://auamstrad.es/) in their desire to sponsor, for their third consecutive year, the special mention for the most popular game of the contest.
As in previous years, their mention will award 200€ to the most voted game by the audience.
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Do you enjoy playing games with friends? How about developing them?
Genesis8Bit (http://www.genesis8bit.fr/)has decided to sponsor the prize for the best game with a multiplayer option for another year with 50€.
Up for a game?
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This year, our friends from Amstrad ESP (https://www.amstrad.es/) have informed us that they wanted to sponsor one of the prizes for #CPCRetroDev, and we are delighted to announce that they will sponsor the 2nd place in the PRO category with a total of 250€!!
Thank you very much for the support to the contest and the retro scene.
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Have you not yet visited the Arcade Vintage Museum (https://museoarcadevintage.com/)?
If you haven't, you have the opportunity to win not only 100€ and 5 museum tickets but also merchandise from the museum if you win their "Best Arcade Game" mention. What are you waiting for?
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If you're just starting to develop games for Amstrad CPC, you may have heard of #CPCTelera (https://lronaldo.github.io/cpctelera/files/readme-txt.html), but did you know that they have been part of our contest since 2015?
This year, they are sponsoring the special mentions of the contest with 200€.
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Not a sponsor per se, but it's worth mentioning that Leosoft, one of the winners of last year's #CPCRetroDev with the game Druid&Droid (https://leosoft.itch.io/druid-and-droid (https://leosoft.itch.io/druid-and-droid)), has donated 150€ from their prize to the contest.
We greatly appreciate the support from all of the sponsors and developers.
Without you all, this contest would not exist.
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There's only one day left for the contest submissions to close.
We hope you've read the contest rules carefully before submitting, as all entries that do not meet the requirements will be disqualified and not eligible for prizes.
Remember, you have until November 3rd at 23:59 (UTC+1) to make your submission through our itch.io page (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2023itchio (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2023itchio)).
We're looking forward to your submissions!
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With less than 24 hours to go :o it means its the time where I give up sleeping until its done. :P
I see that there are already 23 super organised teams that have submitted something already.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who will submit close to the deadline though.
Quote from: awergh on 00:41, 03 November 23With less than 24 hours to go :o it means its the time where I give up sleeping until its done. :P
I see that there are already 23 super organised teams that have submitted something already.
I'm sure I'm not the only one who will submit close to the deadline though.
You can do it!
Good luck!
Last but not least, we would like to express our immense gratitude to the Vicerrectorado de Cultura and the Vicerrectorado de Transformación Digital of the University of Alicante for organizing this fantastic contest together with us.
This year, 900€ of the prize money has been sponsored by them.
We have no words to thank them for their support in organizing the contest.
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The final hours to submit your entries to #CPCRetroDev are here.
Make sure your submissions comply with the rules, and our judges will test and evaluate your games for the awards ceremony.
You have until 23:59 (UTC+1) today to participate through our itch.io page (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2023itchio (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2023itchio)).
Good luck!
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Alloy Box seems to be very solid one. Nice graphics, motion and sound. Haven't looked on the website... those entries are not only from students?
There is a "professional" category where anyone can submit a game. Cesar is a regular contributor.
Phew all submitted with half an hour to spare. ;D
Looks like I pulled an all-nighter this year, maybe next year I can try a more reasonable time like 4am. :laugh:
Looking forward to examining the other entries but I might try to get some sleep first or perhaps breakfast that seems like a good idea too.
And now, we officially close the submissions for this year's #CPCRetroDev.
Many thanks to all the developers for being part of this contest.
Everything now rests in the hands of our judges, and we'll see you at the awards ceremony, just like every year.
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Impressive to see how many entries there have been developed. Even it doesn't look sometimes like a "high quality" game my deepest sympathy and respect working with a CPC.
Quote from: GUNHED on 11:55, 02 November 23Very nice game. With some more detailed GFX this will be a best seller! :laugh
Thank you! At the end, it turned out that I could habe been more generous with the tiles (there are only 64 different ones), because after all my maniac over-optimizing I ended up with more than 4K memory free ;D ;D Maybe in the sequel - if there is one...
Dear Community members :),
We are excited to inform you that, for the second consecutive year, the
Asociación de Usuarios de Amstrad (AUA) (https://auamstrad.es/) is sponsoring the
Public Vote Award. The voting process for this prestigious award, along with its accompanying prize, will commence today. Here's how it will work:
- Cast your votes on the #CPCRetroDev 2023's itchio's page (https://itch.io/jam/cpcretrodev2023) under the 'Submissions' section.
- You will be randomly presented with 3 game entries to evaluate.
- Please play each game and rate them based on Playability and Engagement, using a 1 to 5-star scale.
- After rating the first set of 3 entries, you'll be given another set of 3 different games to rate.
- An itch.io account is required to participate in the voting process.
- The voting window is 72 hours, from 13/Nov/08:00 AM to 16/Nov/08:00 AM (UTC+1).
Of course, you are free to promote games and gather votes, but please do so ethically. Itch.io has robust measures in place to detect fraudulent voting activities. We strongly advise against any actions that could be construed as manipulative or unfair and we remember you that they are against the terms of itchio's service, and that could result in problems to your personal or group accounts. We hope you to help us ensure that the award is given to the most deserving team, and we hope you find the voting process enjoyable and fair :).
We wish you a fun voting experience and the best of luck!
Warm regards,
Quote from: arnolde on 17:40, 04 November 23Quote from: GUNHED on 11:55, 02 November 23Very nice game. With some more detailed GFX this will be a best seller! :laugh
Thank you! At the end, it turned out that I could habe been more generous with the tiles (there are only 64 different ones), because after all my maniac over-optimizing I ended up with more than 4K memory free ;D ;D Maybe in the sequel - if there is one...
For me I think the graphics style suits the spirit of the game perfectly. I like these kind of children book's like style graphics. Same for your previous entry Druid and Droid. It deserved a better result in the contest imho. Specially when everything's done by one person. And both games musical themes are awesome.
I was thinking about doing an original picture for an alternative loading screen for this new game of yours, but I guess I'll pass for now since I don't really understand how it works the way it does. Not the colour flipping thing that also I should see how the colour mix exactly works, but the weird way the loading screen is stored in video memory. I'm not a programmer at all. Also I don't either know if you're ok with the idea :D
Anyways, excellent work. Best of luck in the contest.
Quote from: arnolde on 17:40, 04 November 23Quote from: GUNHED on 11:55, 02 November 23Very nice game. With some more detailed GFX this will be a best seller! :laugh
Thank you! At the end, it turned out that I could habe been more generous with the tiles (there are only 64 different ones), because after all my maniac over-optimizing I ended up with more than 4K memory free ;D ;D Maybe in the sequel - if there is one...
If there is one - I'll buy it with pleasure! :) :) :)
Quote from: Brundij on 20:58, 16 November 23For me I think the graphics style suits the spirit of the game perfectly.
Thank you, that's very kind. As for the music, I'm kind of a pro, but the gfx are always a lot of fun to do.
Quote from: Brundij on 20:58, 16 November 23I was thinking about doing an original picture for an alternative loading screen for this new game of yours, but I guess I'll pass for now since I don't really understand how it works the way it does.
That would be awesome! You don't have to take care of the technical side of it, I just send you the palette of the mixed colors with modern color notation and if you hand me a PNG I'll do the conversion! 8)
Good morning everyone, CPC comrades!We would like to invite all of you to join us in following the awards ceremony of #CPCRetroDev 2023. It's a pleasure to see how for 11 years you have followed and supported us with so much joy and enthusiasm, helping us to maintain and renew our beloved Amstrad community.This afternoon at 19:00 UTC+1, don't let us down!XeNoMoRPH beat us to it by sharing the link to watch on YouTube, thanks so much hahaha.
I think
@XeNoMoRPH has a script running to auto-post everything :D
Quote from: Gryzor on 13:17, 17 November 23I think @XeNoMoRPH has a script running to auto-post everything :D
Probably based on a biological neuronal network ;) :)
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Quote from: arnolde on 08:08, 17 November 23Quote from: Brundij on 20:58, 16 November 23For me I think the graphics style suits the spirit of the game perfectly.
Thank you, that's very kind. As for the music, I'm kind of a pro, but the gfx are always a lot of fun to do.
Quote from: Brundij on 20:58, 16 November 23I was thinking about doing an original picture for an alternative loading screen for this new game of yours, but I guess I'll pass for now since I don't really understand how it works the way it does.
That would be awesome! You don't have to take care of the technical side of it, I just send you the palette of the mixed colors with modern color notation and if you hand me a PNG I'll do the conversion! 8)
Good then,
Quote from: arnolde on 08:08, 17 November 23Quote from: Brundij on 20:58, 16 November 23For me I think the graphics style suits the spirit of the game perfectly.
Thank you, that's very kind. As for the music, I'm kind of a pro, but the gfx are always a lot of fun to do.
Quote from: Brundij on 20:58, 16 November 23I was thinking about doing an original picture for an alternative loading screen for this new game of yours, but I guess I'll pass for now since I don't really understand how it works the way it does.
That would be awesome! You don't have to take care of the technical side of it, I just send you the palette of the mixed colors with modern color notation and if you hand me a PNG I'll do the conversion! 8)
Ah nice then. I usually "fix" or retouch already existent loading screens but I've made a couple of loading screens from scratch for homebrew games. Let me know how to stay in touch to keep this thread on topic. Grats on your 3rd position BTW.
Congratulations to all!!
It was a great evening. Thank you and congrats to all.
Well done to all the entries.
I'll have to look at the awards ceremony later.
@Targhan Any chance of a return of Targhan's CPCRetroDev reviews?
Quote from: awergh on 02:24, 18 November 23Well done to all the entries.
I'll have to look at the awards ceremony later.
@Targhan
Any chance of a return of Targhan's CPCRetroDev reviews?
Your game was really nice! Congrats!!!
Great stuff as always. So I heard that the university will not be running CPC retro dev next year? I hope the competition will continue in some form; it would be a shame if it wasn't around for the CPC's 40th birthday.
Hi folks.
I only caught a tiny bit of the ceremony, but I heard mention that this would be the last cpcretrodev, at least at the Uni of Alicante.
Does anyone have any more details about this?
Thanks.
[EDIT] Ah, I just heard xyphoe's explanation of it at the start of his stream. I hope the comp can continue in some form.
I'm so happy that CNG finally won the comp!
I don't think it's the best game he has entered, but as far as being someone who consistently delivers, he absolutely deserves to have won the crown at least once.
Unexpected result actually, but thanks a lot for all that work and posting updates! :) :) :)
Quote from: awergh on 02:24, 18 November 23Any chance of a return of Targhan's CPCRetroDev reviews?
Yes, hopefully this week?
Commercial farewell? I'm still buying new Commercial products for my CPC.
There's a brief look at the competition in issue 255 of Retro Gamer, in shops today.
It would be a real shame if there weren't a 40th-anniversary competition - maybe other people could organise it, with the help of the existing sponsors?
Is there a ZIP with all the games somewhere? :)
Quote from: GUNHED on 18:36, 18 January 24Is there a ZIP with all the games somewhere? :)
Not that I know of. I think you have to download each game individually from itch.io (https://itch.io/jam/cpcretrodev2023/entries).
And that's pretty time consuming.
Quote from: arnolde on 08:08, 17 November 23Quote from: Brundij on 20:58, 16 November 23For me I think the graphics style suits the spirit of the game perfectly.
Thank you, that's very kind. As for the music, I'm kind of a pro, but the gfx are always a lot of fun to do.
Quote from: Brundij on 20:58, 16 November 23I was thinking about doing an original picture for an alternative loading screen for this new game of yours, but I guess I'll pass for now since I don't really understand how it works the way it does.
That would be awesome! You don't have to take care of the technical side of it, I just send you the palette of the mixed colors with modern color notation and if you hand me a PNG I'll do the conversion! 8)
Just for your interest, Brundij drew the perfect title screen for my game and I have finally included in the loader. Disk and Tape files on my itch io are updated! Thank you so much, Brundij!