No way for anyone to know when you coded your game. Submission period is from Dec-Jan. You can theoretically code your game any time.
I assume you are suggesting a clone of the 2D portals flash game? as I think fitting a full 3d shooter + portal support is asking abit much of 4kb :o
Though I suppose portal support in a ray caster might actually be quite easy…
Yes I was thinking about the 2D flash game. Should be doable in 4k.
Don’t worry about your experience. Just participate. It is fun and you will learn a lot. Someone linked to the 4K help site that gives you suggestions on how to start.
I have thought about doing a portal clone for 4k… however it will be very difficult to get level designs and the game engine in under 4k.
I have made a tool in previous competitions to output the smallest jar from different obsfucators and zip programs.
see http://www.java-gaming.org/index.php/topic,18085.0.html
description and command line options here http://www.java-gaming.org/index.php/topic,15497.0.html
Thanks Moogie! I just used your tool and it saved me 190 bytes over just using kzip and proguard! Brilliant! (…and I thought I’d finished! ;D)
I’m not sure to join yet, but this contest is addictive…
So may be if I have enough spare time I’ll try and propose a kind of old style vertical SMUP
Lilian 
Ah, I remember that one. It’s beautiful!
A 2D Portal-like game was one of my ideas, if no one else tries it, I might.
Thnak you very very much for providing the link to this again, I was dreading having to go look for it
my pleasure. It does give me a bit of satisfaction that at least one of my programs are used by people other than myself
Definitely participating this year… I felt so bad for not doing it last year…
It was a full year of coder’s block, from Sept 07 to Aug 08.
Inspirations/ideas for this year:
*Pixel Junk Eden (L-system in general)…
*DooM (since I didn’t finish it in 2005)
*Star Fox (another use for a little flat shaded engine)
Well, I’m already started ;D
Oh God, I had forgotten how much fun game programming is!
Yes! I am planning to enter this year’s competition. This would be my first game competition, so I’m not quite sure what to expect…
I grabbed Morre’s template, and moogie’s tool to squeeze the most out of this 4k!
My only little problem is the current lack of cool game ideas… so feel free to send any ideas my way!
Cannot wait to start coding!
There are bunch of ideas out there (hint hint, arcade, old). I’m remaking a known popular game, in my own fashion.