Well, to start this blog off, it's Prometheist's birthday today, but he can't get on right now. Wish him a happy birthday, if you like.
<h2>HAPPY 15th BIRTHDAY, PROMETHEIST!</h2>Yes, this is the cool one.Now, to the actual content. Despite what I said, I s'pose I'll release a little data here. I figure I might as well announce it now, so contest blogs don't get old before I make mine.If you don't know about it…<b><i>Note to all: There is a contest at YoyoGames to make a winter game by midnight of December 23, GMT time. There are no age restrictions, but games must be made in version 6 and up, registered or unregistered. You can use anything you want, so be creative.The first place winner will receive a $1000 USD prize, second will receive $500, and third will receive $250.</i></b>More competition will make it more enjoyable. Now, I know that I will most likely not win, so I'm in it for fun, to see how well I do, and to train myself in 3D some more before I finish LODM.The game is a Lixies one, since they're easy to model and somewhat easy to animate. Right now, I've got the entire idea and the model is almost finished. All I have to do is animate it. That's the hardest part in 3D. YAAAAYZ!Now, you guys will probably get after me for making a 3D game…examples…<i>"Oh, everybody at the GMC likes a game only if it's 3D and online.""You're just trying to show off."etc.</i>First of all, it's the <i>staff</i> there that's judging, not the users. Second, I'm not trying to show off. I'm trying to have a reason to practice my skills in 3D.Oh, and we've all joked about how FredFredrickson is probably going to enter, make a 3D snowball cannon game, and somehow implement online-iness. We've joked, but it probably <i>will</i> happen. XDNow, I won't share any screenshots or anything until I'm either well under-way, or I'm releasing it here.But, just so you guys in the dark know, there IS a contest going on. It's advertising GM, yes, but it's an oppurtunity to show what you're made of.Peace out,~Kilin
You can't win, me and cactus are entering.
SEPERATELY! >: D
I'm entering that too but it's just for fun i don't think i'll win :p
@Nobody: Oh noez!
I think I might enter…
I wonder if they'll let us post our finished games here after the contest is over.
Oh, yes, submissions have to be uploaded to YYG, with a tag of contest01 or something like that. I have to read up more on the rules first.I would enter, and like any other, I could likely win, but I have no ideas at all, and hate working to a deadline!
(No, I'm not being cocky, look at 'Stick wars', it's technically inept, but brilliant fun)I hate working on a deadline, too. But in this case, it's almost motivating. It's also helping me to finally learn enough about 3D.
It all pays off in the end, money or no money.Nobody will win. yoyogames will give the prize to themselves.
Yehp…most likely. I can dream can't I? XD