Hello everyone!
From our organization we are pleased to announce the #CPCRetroDev2022, the 10th edition of the Amstrad videogame creation contest by the University of Alicante.
As always, we would like to invite all of you to participate in the contest, any new game is always welcome! ;D
This year, to commemorate #CPCRetroDev's 10th anniversary, we would like to pay tribute to Larcenas Legacy, the winner of the #CPCRetroDev first edition in 2013. New games willing to participate in the #CPCRetroDev2022 can include a wink to the characters portrayed in Larcenas Legacy, which is available to download on our website, as well as the rest of games that have participated on previous editions.
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We have also opened a Sponsors phase. If you wish to sponsor the contest, please contact us through our email: cpcretrodev.org@byterealms.com before 7th September, 2022.
You will find all the information on our official website:
http://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022
Stay tuned to
@CPCRetroDev twitter account so as not to miss any detail.
And don't forget to comment with the hashtag #CPCRetroDev
We are waiting for you!
Let's goooo!!!
Been looking forward to this.
Been watching to see when this would be announced.
Not that hasn't stopped me from starting my next game. ;D
Not a lot of detail yet but that game looks a little harder to gesture as from the video it doesn't look like there are a lot of graphics to choose from.
If it is half as good as previous contests... it'll be bloody great. :)
Quote from: awergh on 16:31, 09 July 22Been watching to see when this would be announced.
Not that hasn't stopped me from starting my next game. ;D
Not a lot of detail yet but that game looks a little harder to gesture as from the video it doesn't look like there are a lot of graphics to choose from.
I've watched the video of Larcena's Legacy over and over again, looking for something that can be used as a tribute.
Finally found something... hope it'll be enough of a connection!
Hi
Are there already bases for the contestants?
Dates?
My guess is that the submission date will be 1st November but they haven't announced it yet unfortunately.
The submission date and the awards have been announced ;D however slightly confusing the two different sites have different submission dates.
It is either 2nd November
http://cpcretrodev.byterealms.com/cpcretrodev-2022-2/
Or 1st November
https://itch.io/jam/cpcretrodev2022
Obviously the more time the better but clarity would be good.
They corrected it, it's the 2nd!
I can see 2nd on both but they have different times (1000 UTC+10 vs 2359 UTC+1), usually the official site is the source of truth.
Hello everybody,
We are happy to announce that this year's rules are now available on itch.io https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022itchio (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022itchio) as well as this year's dates, which you can also find on the official website of this edition https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022 (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022).
Please note that this year there is a new rule for third party content whereby:
1) It is allowed to use it under express license (the license must be included in the submission), but most of the game must be own content.
2) Third-party content will not be taken into account in the jury's assessments.
3) The aforementioned also applies to reused own content that already existed before.
Please take these changes into account when developing your games.
We look forward to seeing what you have prepared for this new edition.
Kind regards.
What does that mean in practice?
Quote from: CPCRetroDev on 17:26, 29 September 22Hello everybody,
We are happy to announce that this year's rules are now available on itch.io https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022itchio (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022itchio) as well as this year's dates, which you can also find on the official website of this edition https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022 (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022).
Please note that this year there is a new rule for third party content whereby:
1) It is allowed to use it under express license (the license must be included in the submission), but most of the game must be own content.
2) Third-party content will not be taken into account in the jury's assessments.
3) The aforementioned also applies to reused own content that already existed before.
Please take these changes into account when developing your games.
We look forward to seeing what you have prepared for this new edition.
Kind regards.
I agree with gryzor, we need a bit more clarity on this.
In my case particularly part 3.
I don't have any third party content in the form of sound, music, graphics, levels but I do have some third party code for arkos tracker and a getkeys function that came from here. However I do have content that I have previously created that I have reused in the game (mostly in the form of functions and the general structure of the code).
It seems a bit unnecessary to rewrite code just to make it different when the existing code is something that I have written myself and does what I need it to already.
Although I might be misunderstanding and I should just be careful not to leave in too many placeholder graphics and sounds from last year.
Of course, new rules always are bound to require explanations :). This rule in particular has been proposed by many people on past two years, in different forms. The motivation is simple:
- Imagine 2 contestants that make two games
- First one creates everything by its own. Music is okay but not great, graphics are nice but not spectacular.
- Second one takes graphics and music already available, with creative commons licenses. Both graphics and music are from the best artists, and the result is outstanding.
- Deserves the second developer to get points for music and graphics? Deserves more points than the first one?
During past two years, this debate has been intense, because there have been examples. Almost all jury members agree that developers have to be judged by their creations, not by the use of already existing content. Many of you have also expressed similar views. On the organization we have discussed it and we agree. Therefore, we have a new rule for this scenario.
In general, this does not apply to code. The rule is for content and for the resulting game. We all know that code reuse is not only logical, but a desired practice. So, the rule is about "content", not code. That is, Game Design, Graphics, Music, Stories and related stuff.
Now, I think that, to properly proceed with more doubts and considerations, first it would be advisable to carefully read the PDF with the official rules. Then, when you have a detailed idea on what the rules exactly say, we may proceed with more doubts, if you like :)
Quote from: CPCRetroDev on 17:26, 29 September 22Hello everybody,
We are happy to announce that this year's rules are now available on itch.io https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022itchio (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022itchio) as well as this year's dates, which you can also find on the official website of this edition https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022 (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022).
Please note that this year there is a new rule for third party content whereby:
1) It is allowed to use it under express license (the license must be included in the submission), but most of the game must be own content.
2) Third-party content will not be taken into account in the jury's assessments.
3) The aforementioned also applies to reused own content that already existed before.
Please take these changes into account when developing your games.
We look forward to seeing what you have prepared for this new edition.
Kind regards.
HelloI am going to use sounds that already exist previously, and I have the author authorization by email.How should I indicate that when I'll upload the game?
Thanks
Quote from: Fran123 on 12:36, 30 September 22I am going to use sounds that already exist previously, and I have the author authorization by email.
How should I indicate that when I'll upload the game?
Thanks
Please, take into account that my explanations are only explanations. What counts is the rule. Therefore, that's why I am asking people to first carefully read the rules in the official PDF. I'm glad to try to explain any doubts that may arise, but I think this is dangerous if rules are not first read and interpreted. Rules say what you have to do when using third party content. Could you please read them and then ask me any doubts you have afterwards? :)
Thanks ronaldo that clears that up for me ;D (I will try to keep identical graphics and sounds to a minimum though).
It does make a lot of sense as making your own original content should be encouraged even if graphics aren't what some of us are best at.
As you said code reuse is completely logical but I did wonder as I thought in an interview you did with Xyphoe you mentioned wanting to encourage students to build things from scratch rather than using what has been done before but maybe I misunderstood.
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Hello everyone,
For yet another year we are less than a month away from closing the #CPCRetroDev submissions and, as usual, we would like to announce the sponsors that make this possible year after year.
Let us start by one of last year's winners, Lambda Mikel, who won in the category of best Artificial Intelligence from the #CPCRetroDev2021 edition with the game "The Wrath of the MCPC (https://itch.io/jam/cpcretrodev2021/rate/1254250)" and donated his prize to this year's contestants.
Thanks to him, 100€ will be destined on his behalf to the winners of the PRO and UA categories of this 10th edition.
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For the second year in a row Amstrad Sakis (https://amstradsakis.blogspot.com/) and Somos de Amstrad (SdA) (https://www.facebook.com/somosdeamstrad/) come together to bring us the BASIC category.
As last year, their 100€ will be divided into 2 prizes of 60€ and 40€ that will be awarded to the two best games developed in BASIC without the use of external libraries.
We look forward to seeing which games you will submit using this exciting language. :)
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what if you are a guy and make some graphics, then you become a girl, and you make a game using the graphics that the previous existing guy that you were made?
Quote from: zhulien on 15:52, 11 October 22what if you are a guy and make some graphics, then you become a girl, and you make a game using the graphics that the previous existing guy that you were made?
As long as you are human, you will be able to finish the game
How quickly time passes! Hasn't it already been 5 years since the first time Blast Annual (https://blastannual.com/) sponsored the best Opera Prima award? This will be the sixth year colaborating in the #CPCRetroDev with 50€ for the novel developpers.
What are you waiting for? Step up and submit your first videogame in this 10th edition of the #CPCRetroDev!
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It there any ZIP folder of the 2021 games?
Quote from: GUNHED on 19:08, 12 October 22It there any ZIP folder of the 2021 games?
https://www.mediafire.com/file/21grfb85uzr72u7/CPC_RetroDev_2021.zip/file
Arcade Vintage (https://museoarcadevintage.com/) is also an old acquaintance of ours, sponsoring for another year the best ARCADE themed game with 100€ and 5 tickets to the Arcade Vintage Museum. It is a great pleasure to see that the retro scene receives so much support.
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Quote from: zhulien on 15:52, 11 October 22what if you are a guy and make some graphics, then you become a girl, and you make a game using the graphics that the previous existing guy that you were made?
If you're the author of both, and the graphics are made specifically for this game, it really doesn't matter.
If the assets were previously used in any other work, you will need to authorize yourself to use it, and it will not be counted by the jury, as it's reused content.
Hope it helps.
Quote from: GUNHED on 19:08, 12 October 22It there any ZIP folder of the 2021 games?
All the games will be added individually to our official web, but you can always download them directly from their pages on itch.io.
You can see all the games that participated at the #CPCRetroDev2021 itch.io jam page (https://itch.io/jam/cpcretrodev2021/entries).
Arcade Vintage (https://museoarcadevintage.com/) is also an old acquaintance of ours, sponsoring for another year the best ARCADE themed game with 100€ and 5 tickets to the Arcade Vintage Museum. It is a great pleasure to see that the retro scene receives so much support.
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@XeNoMoRPH : You get the price (gold medal of course!) for the most well informed CPC scener ever! :) :) :) :) :-* :-* :-* :laugh:
For the second consecutive year there will be the AUA (https://auamstrad.es/) award to the most popular game endowed with 200€. Since we know that the public always has something to say about the games, here we give them the opportunity to vote for the ones they like the most.
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Question, is there a date set for the results?
First and foremost, this competition values the innovation, creativity and artistic expressiveness of videogame developers.
This is why Trusiga sponsors the Trusiga (https://twitter.com/trusiga) Award for the best final product with 100€.
The standard keeps rising year after year, will your game live up to it?
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Those amongst the contest who know the CPCTelera (https://lronaldo.github.io/cpctelera/files/readme-txt.html) know well the great change it has meant for the new promises of the AMSTRAD world.
Thanks to their invaluable support and sponsorship, €200 will be split between the PRO and UA categories.
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By now everyone knows the Ready and Play website (https://www.readyandplay.com/) as a source of information about retro videogames. This year is their third time sponsoring with 80€ the Ready and Play's award fot the best newcomer game. We bet for new blood, but there is nothing like retro games!!!
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One of our new sponsors is none other than AmtixCPC magazine (https://www.patreon.com/amtixcpcmagazine) from the UK sponsoring the PRO and UA categories with €200, which will be split between the different prizes in those categories. We are pleased to know that more and more people know about the contest, especially as we are celebrating our 10th anniversary this year!
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We are delighted to inform you that the submission phase has started and will remain open until 2 November at 23:59 UTC+1. We look forward to receiving your amazing games, good luck to all of you! :) :)
You may submit your games on https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022itchio (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022itchio)
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Good luck to everyone and a big thanks for all contributions!
If you were wondering whether this year there would be a prize for games with a multiplayer option, we are pleased to inform you that Genesis8Bit (http://www.genesis8bit.fr/) has decided to sponsor this year's award with €100 for the best game with a multiplayer option. What could be better than a game you can play with friends on your beloved CPC?
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Among the names of our sponsors there are also some well-known in the scene, such as Respergu, who contributes €100 on behalf of Cepeceros Podcast (http://www.cepeceros.com/) that will be distributed among the prizes of the PRO and UA categories.
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Last but not least, an anonymous sponsor wanted to add €300 to the different awards in the PRO and UA categories.
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We would like to thank each and every one of our sponsors, without you it would not be the same to celebrate 10 years of #CPCRetroDev.
Now all that's left is to hand out the prizes... but you'll have to wait for the awards ceremony. ;D
Stay tuned to our official Twitter account @CPCRetroDev (https://twitter.com/CPCRetroDev) and our website https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022 (https://bit.ly/CPCRetroDev2022) for more information.
https://twitter.com/truncadoStudios/status/1585250144408117248
https://twitter.com/eduhina/status/1585240529352073217
https://twitter.com/PatMorita/status/1585297017370079232
https://twitter.com/Cabb4geCorp/status/1585327152735494145
Feeling excited even for the simplest entries!
Looks like I found something we were not intended to see ;D
I guess you can delete the post then...
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moustache3.png moustache2.png
I can't believe I'm being faster than Xeno :)
The play area in mode 1 and the control panel in mode 0? Druid & Droid is the most innovative game in years!
Looks great and fluid!
https://twitter.com/eduhina/status/1585888908306690048
https://twitter.com/Strawberryabp/status/1585979069400694784?
Quote from: rexbeng on 18:54, 27 October 22The play area in mode 1 and the control panel in mode 0? Druid & Droid is the most innovative game in years!
It's not a control panel, just the header graphics ;-)
Remains equally innovative! :D
https://twitter.com/eduhina/status/1586661199936102400
https://twitter.com/truncadoStudios/status/1586503157714075649v
https://twitter.com/grumpy_wave/status/1586437071714983937
https://twitter.com/PandemixStudio/status/1586307056377675776
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https://twitter.com/z80enjoyers/status/1586751097514909697
https://twitter.com/PandemixStudio/status/1587133196927488000
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The demons have taken control over both heaven and hell and this little angel is the only one able to end their reign. However, it will have to decide between fighting in heaven, where it would have a few more opportunities, or going for an all-in in hell.
What will be the angel's choice?
Jump. Get the coin. Repeat.
There is some really interesting stuff being previewed this year.
Looking forward to trying them out!
My game is almost finished as well.
Download from here : https://patmorita.itch.io/penguin-attack-amstrad-cpc
Gotta say, Penguin Attack looks really good!
I've started work on the itch.io page for my entry.
Still got lots to add to the page.
8)
https://poppichicken.itch.io/goatfish2
Wow, I guess the prize for the best technical achievement will go to Goatfish! Really impressive how your scaling experiments turned into a actual game!
Quote from: arnolde on 12:03, 01 November 22Wow, I guess the prize for the best technical achievement will go to Goatfish! Really impressive how your scaling experiments turned into a actual game!
Thanks very much.
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Can't wait to see the other entries!
Download from : https://div72.itch.io/go-to-my-planet
Quote from: Jean-Marie on 08:53, 27 October 22
CASTAWAY can now be downloaded (and the video is no more private) : https://gallegux.itch.io/castaway
A serious contender for the top of the chart !
Some really lovely titles on offer here! Well done guys!!!
Download here : https://hinaman.itch.io/be-witched-or-be-dead
Just over twelve hours before the deadline.
In what I'm sure is a big surprise :D I am not quite ready to submit, oh well I can sleep tomorrow (thats what it's for).
I can't wait to see what CNG does this year (if he has had time to create something).
He always creates games of a very high standard.
Quote from: awergh on 11:54, 02 November 22Just over twelve hours before the deadline.
In what I'm sure is a big surprise :D I am not quite ready to submit, oh well I can sleep tomorrow (thats what it's for).
Good luck! Really looking forward to seeing what you have made!
Goatfish reminds me an excellent virtuaboy puzzle-game.
Quote from: ervin on 11:59, 02 November 22I can't wait to see what CNG does this year (if he has had time to create something).
He always creates games of a very high standard.
Coming soon now hehe 😁😁😁
All submitted ;D
And it's only 6:28, loads of time before the 10am deadline :P.
Time to try to get some sleep and not be very successful, oh well.
A new competition means a new adventure for Fitzroy.
Fitzroy and the Confounding Labyrinth
It might be a little on the hard side again but hopefully it isn't too intimidating.
https://vimeo.com/766609508
Wow! That's on a different level. We could be looking at the winner here!
Quote from: awergh on 20:30, 02 November 22All submitted ;D
And it's only 6:28, loads of time before the 10am deadline :P.
Time to try to get some sleep and not be very successful, oh well.
A new competition means a new adventure for Fitzroy.
Fitzroy and the Confounding Labyrinth
It might be a little on the hard side again but hopefully it isn't too intimidating.
Well done!
Glad you made it before the deadline.
Looking forward to playing it.
:)
The entries for the 10th edition of the #CPCRetroDev are closed!! Thanks to all the people that have participated this year on the contest.
Keep an eye on our page (http://cpcretrodev.byterealms.com/cpcretrodev-2022/) and the twitter official account (https://twitter.com/CPCRetroDev?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) for more info about the award ceremony.
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Wow... I can't believe it's over!
Best of luck to all the participants!
42 entries seems to be the new record of participation. We counted 41 entries in 2018.
"After months of hard work and lot of increasing interest, no less than 41 new games have entered #CPCRetroDev 2018. An outstanding record that will be incredibly difficult to beat for sure."
No BASIC games this year.
Quote from: Jean-Marie on 00:53, 03 November 2242 entries seems to be the new record of participation. We counted 41 entries in 2018.
"After months of hard work and lot of increasing interest, no less than 41 new games have entered #CPCRetroDev 2018. An outstanding record that will be incredibly difficult to beat for sure."
No BASIC games this year.
Tiny deathmatch is in BASIC. There is also a .BIN file in the disk, but the game is no different if you delete it and run the .BAS game.
I didn't find any other game in BASIC in the other games.
Go To My Planet is written in BASIC but uses 8BP.
Does that count?
Well , I had it all wrong. there were 49 entries in 2020. I made a quick excel sheet from CPCPower database.
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| 17 | 15 | 36 | 33 | 26 | 41 | 35 | 49 | 36 |
Quote from: ervin on 01:41, 03 November 22Go To My Planet is written in BASIC but uses 8BP.
Does that count?
Nope : one cannot use RSX, nor assembly snipets of code...
"As last year, their 100€ will be divided into 2 prizes of 60€ and 40€ that will be awarded to the two best games developed in BASIC without the use of external libraries."
Quote from: XeNoMoRPH on 22:03, 02 November 22
Sequel to his own Hire Hare he did for the 2016 contest?
http://cngsoft.no-ip.org/hirehare.htm
Quote from: Carnivius on 12:28, 03 November 22Quote from: XeNoMoRPH on 22:03, 02 November 22
Sequel to his own Hire Hare he did for the 2016 contest?
http://cngsoft.no-ip.org/hirehare.htm
Hecatia is back! After defeating the feared Lycurgus in "Hire Hare", Hecatia has dared accepting the challenge of the dangerous wizards Glanosuchus and Alopecodon, who turned a mansion into their stronghold. Will Hecatia succeed in this dire dare?
Quote from: ervin on 22:16, 02 November 22Wow! That's on a different level. We could be looking at the winner here!
I hope so. It's about time
@cngsoft won the competition and I think this might just be the year it will happen - fingers crossed!
Hi guys!
The CPCRetroDev needs your help! We need your expert opinion to chose a game for AUA's (https://auamstrad.es/) award to Public Vote :)
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Voting works as follows:
- You vote by comparing 3 games chosen at random
- You can vote once per day ('till 9/nov inclusive)
With your help, the game that deserves it most will win Public Vote Prize, sponsored by AUA (https://auamstrad.es/) :D
Hope you enjoy the contest and the games!
Quote from: ronaldo on 18:47, 03 November 22Voting works as follows:
- You vote by comparing 3 games chosen at random
- You can vote once per day ('till 9/nov inclusive)
With your help, the game that deserves it most will win Public Vote Prize, sponsored by AUA (https://auamstrad.es/) :D
If the voting takes place over 7 days, and each voter can only rate 3 games per day, then that means each voter can only rate 21 games in total - but as there are 42 entries, how do we know that the distribution of games to rate among the voters is balanced? Some games could potentially receive many more requests than others, which doesn't seem very fair to me.
Quote from: Nich on 19:38, 03 November 22Quote from: ronaldo on 18:47, 03 November 22Voting works as follows:
- You vote by comparing 3 games chosen at random
- You can vote once per day ('till 9/nov inclusive)
With your help, the game that deserves it most will win Public Vote Prize, sponsored by AUA (https://auamstrad.es/) :D
If the voting takes place over 7 days, and each voter can only rate 3 games per day, then that means each voter can only rate 21 games in total - but as there are 42 entries, how do we know that the distribution of games to rate among the voters is balanced? Some games could potentially receive many more requests than others, which doesn't seem very fair to me.
great observation,
maybe you should ask it on the itch.io page (community)
Quote from: Nich on 19:38, 03 November 22If the voting takes place over 7 days, and each voter can only rate 3 games per day, then that means each voter can only rate 21 games in total - but as there are 42 entries, how do we know that the distribution of games to rate among the voters is balanced? Some games could potentially receive many more requests than others, which doesn't seem very fair to me.
I'll rather prefer starting with a clear statement: I don't expect the system to be fair, as that would be quite an achievement :) . In my personal experience, I haven't had the opportunity to participate on or design a system that is actually fair. All systems I have known have advantages and disadvantages. My only expectation is being able to improve itchio's system we used on past year, which had many many problems.
With respect to voting, we are not expecting most of the voters to vote all 7 days. In fact, our expectation is that 7-days voters would be a minority. That's a design consideration: we are not relying on voters voting all days. Moreover, your observation is correct, but it is not considering how the system works. When you vote, you are not rating games individually. On the contrary, you are rating games
comparatively. You are deciding which one is best and worst out of a random sample of 3. Therefore, if you actually were expected to "rate everything" you should vote (39 over 3) combinations, so you would need 54834 votes.
Of course, we are not depending on voters rating every possible comparison individually. We are relaying on statistics. We need a great sample of votes, not necessarily from the same person, comparing sets of 3 games. With a great sample, statistical estimations will be nice approximations. That will be enough for the system to work correctly, as we have designed it.
Our main concern is that the system requires many votes. We expected to get 500-1000 individual votes, extrapolating on what we had past year on itchio. However, as this first day is going over, it seems we will probably get much less than that, if things doesn't change. That would make statistical estimations worse, of course.
In any case, it is a new system and it will have its own set of advantages and disadvantages. Depending on how it works, we may consider improving it for next years, or designing a new one. We are not affraid of the system performing badly. That's always a risk, no mather what you do. In fact, as I said, using itchio's system worked really bad last year. That's why we have been designing a new one :).
Be it as it may, just a last thought. Try not to judge the system based on traditional rating systems, because it is different. You are not issuing a stars or percentage rating. It works based on 3-way comparisons. It will have many things to be criticized for sure, but any proper analysis needs to start considering it different from traditional methods :)
In any case, hope it works better than last year. That would be a nice starting point for future discussions :)
CPCRetroDev 2022: Public Vote (Day #2 / #7)sponsored by AUA (https://auamstrad.es/)
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Your votes are
greatly valuable to award the most deserved game!
Remember:
- You compare 3 games
- You vote once a day
Thanks a million!
Enjoy! :D
I have to say, I'm really enjoying the voting process, as I am downloading and trying more of the games than I otherwise might have.
While I play all the games eventually it is a good way to play plenty of the games in a manageable way.
By voting once a day does that mean you can only vote every 24 hours or you can only vote on each day of voting?
After voting it looked like the second set of games included my own, I was hoping it would offer me everything but my own.
I doubt I can be entirely objective with rating my own game.
I will see what it offers me when I vote again later today.
Quote from: awergh on 04:57, 05 November 22While I play all the games eventually it is a good way to play plenty of the games in a manageable way.
By voting once a day does that mean you can only vote every 24 hours or you can only vote on each day of voting?
It means once every day. With a google form it's difficult to limit by user :). The limitation is for all users, so it means days from 00:00 to 23:59h.
Quote from: awergh on 04:57, 05 November 22After voting it looked like the second set of games included my own, I was hoping it would offer me everything but my own.
I doubt I can be entirely objective with rating my own game.
It would be nice that the system took this into account, but it would be quite complex. In fact, it would be easy to fool by simply using a different itchio account.
In any case, you would are usually able to vote to your own game in most systems. In this system, you can, if you are lucky enough to get your game in the 3 random ones you are assigned to vote. Like in other systems, that should tend to compensate with the number of total votes, as all participants vote their own games if they get them.
As I said before, the system is far from perfect, but in terms of advantages/disadvantages, it seems to be improving previous ones (at least, from our point of view).
CPCRetroDev 2022: Public Vote (Day #3 / #7)sponsored by AUA (https://auamstrad.es/)
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| Votes received.... | 153 |
| Votes/day.......... | ~41.5 |
| Target votes..... | >390 |
| Days left............ | <5 |
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Congratulations to all participants!
Dire Dare and Penguin Attack (very funny MSX's styled game) was the best entries this year.
@cngsoft you are the isometric master. Gorgeous graphics and music. Please, Get Dexter 3 !!! 8)
Awww I feel bad for Asteroid Strike!
Quote from: Gryzor on 09:38, 12 November 22Awww I feel bad for Asteroid Strike!
It's a bit unfortunate that they didn't get any of the free points.
That said they did at least make the finals, there are three more games that were semi-finalists (tied for 37th).
Quote from: Nich on 16:25, 03 November 22I hope so. It's about time @cngsoft won the competition and I think this might just be the year it will happen - fingers crossed!
Aaargh, beaten again! :(
Penguin Attack looked like it would be the overall winner, but
Castaway sneaked past to claim the top spot right at the end.
Here's the official stream of the awards ceremony:
Quote from: awergh on 20:30, 02 November 22All submitted ;D
And it's only 6:28, loads of time before the 10am deadline :P.
Time to try to get some sleep and not be very successful, oh well.
A new competition means a new adventure for Fitzroy.
Fitzroy and the Confounding Labyrinth
It might be a little on the hard side again but hopefully it isn't too intimidating.
Congratulations on 12th place!
Though to be honest I think Fitzroy deserved to finish a little higher.
Quote from: ervin on 14:22, 12 November 22Quote from: awergh on 20:30, 02 November 22All submitted ;D
And it's only 6:28, loads of time before the 10am deadline :P.
Time to try to get some sleep and not be very successful, oh well.
A new competition means a new adventure for Fitzroy.
Fitzroy and the Confounding Labyrinth
It might be a little on the hard side again but hopefully it isn't too intimidating.
Congratulations on 12th place!
Though to be honest I think Fitzroy deserved to finish a little higher.
Thanks I appreciate it, I am currently writing up some thoughts about the game however it looks like I'm out of time today to post it before I go to bed. I thought I might not have too much to talk about but turns out it is going to be even longer then last year ;D .
Many thx and congratulations to all the participants and the creators!
Quote from: awergh on 14:47, 12 November 22Quote from: ervin on 14:22, 12 November 22Quote from: awergh on 20:30, 02 November 22All submitted ;D
And it's only 6:28, loads of time before the 10am deadline :P.
Time to try to get some sleep and not be very successful, oh well.
A new competition means a new adventure for Fitzroy.
Fitzroy and the Confounding Labyrinth
It might be a little on the hard side again but hopefully it isn't too intimidating.
Congratulations on 12th place!
Though to be honest I think Fitzroy deserved to finish a little higher.
Thanks I appreciate it, I am currently writing up some thoughts about the game however it looks like I'm out of time today to post it before I go to bed. I thought I might not have too much to talk about but turns out it is going to be even longer then last year ;D .
Do you study classic music? It sounds like classical piece (for me)
Congratulations!
Quote from: Fran123 on 18:55, 12 November 22Do you study classic music? It sounds like classical piece (for me)
Congratulations!
Thanks, I didn't write the music but yes he would have written a classical piece.
My understanding the process goes like this, he writes the score, imports the midi into arkos 2 and then makes any adjustments to the instruments in arkos.
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE ORGANIZERS OF #CPCRetroDev 2022
REASON: Errors in final results
Hello everyone,
Thank you very much for your participation and feedback. Thanks to you, we have reviewed the results of #CPCRetroDev 2022 and found that we made 2 errors scoring entries. These errors affect Dire Dare / CNGSoft and Deep, Deeper, Deepest / Carlos Perezgrin. Both games should have +25 points, as their gestures are valid and we did not count them that way.
We are very sorry for the errors and we thank you for informing us about them as soon as you detected them.
Both games should have been ranked 1 place higher than announced at the ceremony: Dire Dare should be 2nd and Deep, Deeper, Deepest, 4th. However, this changes after the ceremony affect Penguin Attack / Pat Morita and Druid & Droid / Leosoft, which were announced as 2nd and 4th.
To solve this problem, we have decided:
- That Dire Dare and Deep, Deep, Deepest will get 25 points and rank 1 place higher both, as they deserved.
- That Penguin Attack and Druid & Droid will remain in their respectively announced positions, not being penalized.
- Therefore, Dire Dare and Penguin Attack will tie for 2nd place, and Deep, Deep, Deepest and Druid & Droid will tie for 4th.
The final ranking (top 5) will be as follows:
1st Castaway.................400 €
2nd Dire Dare................300 € (+100€)
2nd Penguin Attack...........300 €
4th Deep, Deeper, Deepest....100 € (+ 50€)
4th Druid & Droid............100 €
The organization will assume the costs as responsible for the errors.
Again, we apologize and hope not to make this kind of errors in the future.
Thanks to all of you.
I have written reviews of the top six finishers in the #CPCRetroDev 2022 contest for CPC Game Reviews:
- 1st: Castaway (https://www.cpcgamereviews.com/review/2311)
- 2nd=: Dire Dare (https://www.cpcgamereviews.com/review/2313)
- 2nd=: Penguin Attack (https://www.cpcgamereviews.com/review/2312)
- 4th=: Deep, Deeper, Deepest (https://www.cpcgamereviews.com/review/2315)
- 4th=: Druid and Droid (https://www.cpcgamereviews.com/review/2314)
- 6th: Goatfish 2 (https://www.cpcgamereviews.com/review/2316)