Dominos - Winter Comp

Posted by marbs on Jan. 11, 2008, 2:37 p.m.

I would be lying if I said I wasn't a bit disappointed that Dominos 2 didn't win anything in the Winter Competition, however it was fun to take part. Having a deadline to work to made me get so much more progress done than I would have thought possible, but of course I couldn't have managed it without help from Shadow Yoshi, Juju and gamerman, who each contributed a lot to the development:

Shadow Yoshi did a fantastic job of making a really professional level editor, which was a great improvement on my editor, as it's easier to use, and also looks a lot better =D

Juju helped me along the way with various things, and designed quite a few of the levels. Thanks also for staying up till 3am on the last night to keep me working =P

Gamerman was the person who persuaded me to restart Dominos, which conveniently happened to be at the time the Winter Comp was announced, and he also made a few levels, and contributed a lot with ideas for the game.

All in all I'm really pleased with how Dominos turned out. Sure, there's plenty more I would have liked to have added, but time didn't allow. Whether I'll enter the next competition or not, I don't know. It was good fun making a game for a deadline, but I'm not sure if I can go through it all again, what with school and all that.

If I do enter the next competition, it will likely be a much small scale game, so that I can get the engine done within a small amount of time, leaving me a while to polish the game, as that seems to be what defined the winners of the competition.

Incase you have no idea what game I'm talking about, here are some links to it:

Yoyo Games: http://www.yoyogames.com/games/show/20418

GMC: http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=348235

Fun-motion: http://www.fun-motion.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1620

64D: http://64digits.com/games/index.php?cmd=view_game&id=4453

Comments

mathiusman 16 years, 11 months ago

I agree with C-Ator9. It's a great game, it should have won something, but that's life.

Cesar 16 years, 11 months ago

=(

mmk

Nailog 16 years, 11 months ago

Dominos is an honorable mention right under your game, Fred. (Not that they're listed in any kind of rank.)

NoodleNog 16 years, 11 months ago

I thought Frozzd had some great ideas, but I definitely enjoyed Dominoes the most. Granny looked really nice except it only lasted 5 minutes for me. =/

FredFredrickson 16 years, 11 months ago

Ah, I see Naiolog. Just had to open my eyes, haha. Well, at least it made the honorable mentions list. Top 5% of all those games ain't too shabby! :D

marbs 16 years, 11 months ago

Yeah, I'm pleased that Dominos is on the honourable mentions list. Also, now that the competition winners have been removed from the front page, Dominos is at the top =D

eagly 16 years, 11 months ago

Dominos is brilliant. I think it definitely should have won something, but at least it got an honourable mention and your fans still love you. =p

Go merby!