NeoFlash NDS Coding Competition!

[Toadhead]

bah
I'm not getting my game ready. I'm just too busy with work, friends exam parties sport and other things.
Also I'm thinking about quiting DS development completely. Without a passme + flash cart it's very hard (almost impossible) to make quality games and applications.

Also you just want to test and play your own games on a real DS when you completed it. Also the ndslib/PA_lib are currently quite buggy. It's just too hard to create games for the DS. I learned, however, quite alot and it was alot of fun.

I'm probably going to cancel all my current projects for the DS (I only had 2 and I didn't even started programming the 2nd one), and i'm going to focus myself on my colonization clone which I am disigning for the PC (very old but a brilliant game made by Sid Meier which can be improved alot in my opinion). This game would also work perfectly on the DS, using the stylus to select units and move them would rock. Maybe I'll port it to the DS once I finished it on the pc

I wish everyone good luck who is still entering the competition and I'll probably still hang around here from time to time.

Greetings,
Rob

[Dr.neo]

One question: I'm sure many of us don't have a DS flash kit, but would love one.  We can't make sure our project works in hardware, only in available emulators . Can we still participate?

yes we accept it.

[alekmaul]

Well, it will be the last week tomorrow, some news about this compo ? 

[Dr.neo]

today later we will announce all details for this contest.

[alekmaul]

Just two question about the compo :

1) as you said on front page, the deadline is now 10th august ?

2) can we use our own neocomp splash screen rather than your?

Regards

[Dr.neo]

Just two question about the compo :

1) as you said on front page, the deadline is now 10th august ?

2) can we use our own neocomp splash screen rather than your?

Regards

1) yes
2) no

[TheMikaus]

It says to submit two versions of the game.  One for emu's.  What if we use the gbfs to store content? (sounds)  I'm 90% certain that emus won't work with that.  So could we just submit the one version to be used with the passthrough?

[Dr.neo]

It says to submit two versions of the game.  One for emu's.  What if we use the gbfs to store content? (sounds)  I'm 90% certain that emus won't work with that.  So could we just submit the one version to be used with the passthrough?

yes you can,if you think the EMU can't run it,and you should announce in your description,then we can accept.

[Sarah]

So how do I enter the contest?

[Dr.neo]

[7.25.2005] The NEO Coding Competition 2005 final announce

[1] Rule:
There will be 2 categories for entries. The first is for NDS homebrew games, the second, for NDS apps. Apps include multi loaders, emulators, audio players, video players , PDA, MAC driver, Linux driver and whatever else you can think up.
The NDS game and NDS APP division will have same prizes for each top ten. The prizes list:

The No.1 for game and APP : NeoFlash 1Gb + MagicKey2 8Gb + PSP console
The No.2 & No.3 for game and APP : NeoFlash 1Gb + MagicKey2 4Gb
The No.4 ~ No.10 for game and APP : NeoFlash 512M + MagicKey2 1Gb

We just accept the *COMPLETE* programs, please don't submit anything until it's final. And a NeoFlash splash screen (see below) is required before the main program starts. For example click the NEO splash to continue is fine.
Every one can enter this contest, and one author can enter both division, without any limit. It'll be best if you can send your source code to our mail box for double check, but it's not forced, and we will never release the source code in public.
We will collect all the top ten to NEO driver CD for demo, and come with author credit.

[2] How to submit your project?
Enter here, choose your project is GAME or APP division, then mark the post title as this format: "contest: NDS GAME - game name - By: your nickname" or "contest: NDS APP - APP name - By: your nickname" , then...

     [a.] Upload your rom file,it should be compressed to ZIP or RAR format, and must offer 2 version ROMs, one can run in NDS EMU, another can run in NEO flash cart (if you can't make sure it can run in NEO or not, just add the NDS loader to the rom then upload it to forum, we will check it);
     [B.] Upload the screenshots for your project;
     [C.] Release your description about your project, if your project is APP then should have the user menu;
     [D.] Last step, if you like to send your source code to us, please don't upload to forum, just send it to neoflash_team@hotmail.com.

[3] How to judge the winner?
We will make the poll for each GAME and APP, then everyone can vote their favorite, the result of poll will become the best reference for our last decision.

[4] When can announce the top 10 winner?
It'll take 3 weeks to handle everything, around 20th.Aug, and we will close the submit after 10th.Aug.

[headspin]

Before there were 3 PSP's you were giving away. 1 for Game category and 2 for first and second place in App category.

What happened to the 3rd PSP? (your playing it right now arn't you)

[Dr.neo]

now the 3rd. psp become many 1G~8G MK2 

[cory1492]

What happened to the 3rd PSP? (your playing it right now arn't you)

   

now the 3rd. psp become many 1G~8G MK2 

Is there no info released as to what the MK2 even is yet?

[Dr.neo]

you will know when this contest is over.

[mollusk]

I'm pretty sure the answer is going to be no, but can I enter the contest with PA_lib ??