Welcome to DJvenom's GML Master's challenge #1! A contest consisting of a game made in Game Maker, with absolutely no sprites! The premise for the contest is all graphical display must be done using draw events, but the catch is you may use no sprites at all. Registration is currently open! Programming commence as of 12/25/10 and 1/14/11 shall be the turn-in date. One condition will obviously be providing a .gmd .gm6 or .gmk. An .exe is optional, but very ideal as the contest will be solely judged by the community. Voters will also need to provide statistics for Fun factor, Originality in idea, and Effectiveness in using draw commands.
This leads to the overall winner, as well as 3 honorable mentions in 3 vital categories
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If this contest goes over well, I may make this a monthly occurrence to not only get people interested in creating games, but people who are less fluent in GML also have submission's source files to skim and get an idea as to how certain functions work
! Everybody wins! (figuratively, of course.) Just to sweeten the pot, What hangs in the balance right now will be a Minecraft activation code. I will buy you a key which you can use for yourself, or give to a friend you wish to play beta with
Teams are welcome, but the prize will then be the humble indie bundle!
So as of right now, sign-ups are in effect! I personally am signing up too, to defend my moneys!!
So here is the skinny (tldr):
- Sign-ups begin now until (date TBA).
- GM exclusive (sorry) versions 4.*, 5.*, 6, 7, or 8.
- Programming on your actual game may begin 12/25/10!
- All work is to be PMed to myself 1/14/11! (earlier if you'd like)
- Teams are welcome.
- No sprites/backgrounds permitted. All drawing must be done via draw functions.
- You will be judged on Fun, Originality, and Usage of draw events.
- Source files are mandatory.
- Sprite based fonts are not permitted.
- Due to Game Maker's collision system, mask sprites will be allowed.
- Sprites used for reference in the room editor are permitted as long as they aren't drawn at any point in-game.
- The winner will get a Minecraft key!
Let's make this a fun regular thing, ZFGC!!
Current contenders:
♥ Theforeshadower
♥ Mamoruanime
♥ Nabeshin
♥ Knighty
♥ Martijn dh
♥ DJvenom