Actually, someone already posted to TIGSource, but they put it in the General forum. I'm hoping the admins will move it to the competitions forum, which is a more appropriate place for it.
That would certainly be a bonus if someone did it, but we won't be making any changes apart from clarifications and minor adjustments (nothing substantive at this point, since people have already donated a fair amount of money).
You could even make shooter in which you fly around over a town of NPCs and shoot at them, if you want to subvert the genre completely. :)
The art does admittedly suggest a general fantasy RPG genre, but we wanted to do something where we knew we could provide a fairly complete set of assets, and that meant concentrating in one direction. While I would certainly like to see some JRPG-type entries, nobody will be penalized for not going with that genre.
Furthermore, people can add on to the art in whatever genre they want, provided they stick with the general artistic style. If you'd like to go sci-fi or modern or post-apoc or whatever, that's all good.
I'll be honest with you -- I think your expectations are needlessly low. If there's ever been a FOSS game contest that's had even close to this much publicity, I'm not aware of it. :)
Also, there are plenty of free-as-in-freedom engines that people can build on top of, so it's not like they have to start from scratch. If you work quickly, you can accomplish a lot in a month, and it would be cool to see some new projects come about because of this (or some old ones improved).
<i>Maybe it is not too late to switch to something like that as an alternative option? After all the graphics requirements would be similar and you seem to have not completely decided on the exact requirements.</i>
We're not going to be switching at this point. :)
That being said, you're more than welcome to use the assets with existing code and enter them into the competition.
No it isn't.
Actually, someone already posted to TIGSource, but they put it in the General forum. I'm hoping the admins will move it to the competitions forum, which is a more appropriate place for it.
That's a pretty cool concept. :)
@begol00: Click on the title, and that will take you to the download page. :)
That would certainly be a bonus if someone did it, but we won't be making any changes apart from clarifications and minor adjustments (nothing substantive at this point, since people have already donated a fair amount of money).
You could even make shooter in which you fly around over a town of NPCs and shoot at them, if you want to subvert the genre completely. :)
The art does admittedly suggest a general fantasy RPG genre, but we wanted to do something where we knew we could provide a fairly complete set of assets, and that meant concentrating in one direction. While I would certainly like to see some JRPG-type entries, nobody will be penalized for not going with that genre.
Furthermore, people can add on to the art in whatever genre they want, provided they stick with the general artistic style. If you'd like to go sci-fi or modern or post-apoc or whatever, that's all good.
I'll be honest with you -- I think your expectations are needlessly low. If there's ever been a FOSS game contest that's had even close to this much publicity, I'm not aware of it. :)
Also, there are plenty of free-as-in-freedom engines that people can build on top of, so it's not like they have to start from scratch. If you work quickly, you can accomplish a lot in a month, and it would be cool to see some new projects come about because of this (or some old ones improved).
<i>Maybe it is not too late to switch to something like that as an alternative option? After all the graphics requirements would be similar and you seem to have not completely decided on the exact requirements.</i>
We're not going to be switching at this point. :)
That being said, you're more than welcome to use the assets with existing code and enter them into the competition.
That's a good idea. I'll have to check out their policies first because I want to be sure I don't get labeled as a spammer. :)
You are awesome.:)
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