Ditto.
I don’t have a lot of spare time either, so something like 48 hours to make it would rule me out right away. Any other restriction is fine for me.
meh. having a list of non-standard libraries a user can use really can make the size validation confusing for everybody. if you’re going to have a lwjgl or whatever contest, the challenge should not be the size restriction.
we could pull off a time-limit and theme. (time-limit even being 3 months if the theme is broad enough to cover that much time). 48 hours is cool but I’d like to see some full potential games that are made in over a month’s time. we’re already making a name for java in the gaming market through the 4K, why not put some serious effort into a game (more than 48 hours) that’s larger than 4K. we’re really using these contests to motivate some impressive game creation in a short amount of time. It kinda makes no sense to give people 3 months to develop a 4K game but give them 48hours to develop a 3D 16K game?
theme idea: classic boardgame remakes (you know you want to see a real-time rendered 3D ‘hungry hungry hippos’ board game)
easy bonus would be to make your boardgame playable over a network 
I love the idea of classic board games remakes. Can’t think why.
Kev
I’d also find it difficult to compete in a 48 hour contest. I’m also pretty maxed out for the next couple of months anyway.
Themes are Ok, although I prefer subject themes, rather than technology themes.
Another thought is to have a small code limit, but unlimited resources. That could be abused with some clever programming, methinks, but maybe worth the risk to get some more interesting graphics/sound. Having said that, I’ve got quite a good procedural sound engine and a few ideas to make it even better 
The most important thing however is for the competion to actually happen ;D
Alan
Ok, how’s about we just do it! Deadline is 00:00 GMT 30th April. Must be runnable on Windows, OSX, Linux and deployed via Webstart; there are no other restrictions. Machines used for judging will be my laptops (all 3 of them, in various configurations, so code carefully!), my iMac G5, and whatever Linux machine Elias from Oddlabs has got TT running on. We won’t enter except maybe for fun. Criteria are gameplay, graphics, sound, production. Prize is glory and $100 PayPalled from Puppygames plus all the lame publicity we can muster. Theme is… rocks, tunnels, earth, channels, digging. Gentlemen + odd random girl, start your engines.
Cas
Sounds good.
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JDK 1.5.0_06
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Any library can be used.
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Must be Webstartable
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Must run on:
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Windows
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OSX
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Linux
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Must incorporate the following themes:
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rocks
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tunnels
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earth
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digging
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All entries will be judged on the following criteria:
- Gameplay
- Graphics
- Sound
- Production
- Incorporation of theme
Up to 20 points can be awarded in each category for a total of 100 points.
I dont think a month is long enough though, for many people to participate, it would put me off.
Well, technically it’s almost two months. Kind of a weird theme too…
Theme is… rocks, tunnels, earth, channels, digging.
All of those? If you dont make yet another Boulder Dash its difficult to use em all. Cant think of anything actually… mh.
Won’t award “points”, we will simply put each entry in order of preference and the lowest score adding up the ranks wins.
If you use JDK5.0 you will find the game won’t run on my Mac so I wouldn’t advise it or you’ll be disqualified
And the theme is very vague - use any of those words, or all of them, in your game. There’s pretty much scope to do nearly anything
I reckon 2 months is enough time to get something fun together.
Cas
Wanna start a poll, see who’s going to enter? If there is significant interest then I guess its good to go. If there are only going to be 3 entrants due to sometihng about the current restrictions might be worth a quick rethink.
Kev
PS. Whats the contest title “The Puppy Games Award for Java Gaming Excellence” ?
Why don’t you have Java 5 installed on your Mac? It’s been out for ages.
my prediction for the winner? Miners4M
p.s. do you guys want to submit these games to Java Unlimited? you know I’m dieing to get the game count up. 
Yes please, J. unlimited is a great repository for this stuff.
No Java 5 coz i’m a Mac n00b and I expect that every other Mac user is too mostly. When it turns up in System Update I’ll have it, just like everyone else.
Cas
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Ok. Won’t be long now anyway. Probably before the contest is over.
So voted!
Great contest idea, and a good time to start learning LWJGL… ;D