guidelines wrote:
Entries cannot be submitted if they have already been released prior to the contest. The exception would be if there are significant changes making the original release something completely different.
A couple of notes on the format...I realize that this is a rule made as it is because it is the maximum regulation that is enforceable, but it creates the interesting bit where, if one works for 10 years and keeps it private, one may technically submit it to the competition and qualify. This actually would appear to discourage engagement in the community, lest one wish to get "extra time" for the next compo.
Whence "compo" as an abbreviation for competition, anyway?And yet
guidelines wrote:
Use of existing tools/libraries/code qualify as long as permission has been granted by the author.
this rule seems to have the reverse effect. One wonders, when one makes a ROM of Theseus, what happens. Similarly, it is unclear whether graphics and sound are included under this provision, and the wording SEEMS to (but probably doesn't), in conjunction with the above, disqualify you from using your own old tools and bits.
43110 wrote:
I think this year went pretty well. I know it seems like there should be one multi-cart per compo and visa versa, but I think having the compo a regular annual or biannual thing [...]
Edit PS: to clarify I meant biannual to mean every other year.
Isn't English a pain? (Biennial?) In conjunction with the first rule-note, additional competitions do not necessarily grant additional coding-time, so it might have the effect of just bringing down the coding-time per entry, making the entries worse overall. (This was my comment more for the twice-a-year idea.)
I'm probably overthinking this and the above.Similarly, you would need more prize money for more competitions.
I would think annual would be nice, simply because it would motivate me to get my tools in order so I can participate next year. (Hand-assembling in buggy hex-editors gets old.)
There is one issue I thought of with having multiple competitions per multicart-
guidelines wrote:
Dev. Edition Numbered multicarts (#1 for 1st place, #2 for 2nd, etc) for all meritorious entries (at judges discretion)
There would be multiple #1 devcarts. I suppose strict seriality is not required, but it would seem to reduce the value. Of course, the judges could then have a get-together to mesh the winning/meritorious entries into some strict hierarchy, but...
Idea (likely incompatible with manufacturing realities): Gold/silver/bronze-colored carts for winning entries.