kojacker | # 1 | 2010-07-23, 02:19 | Report

Wiki page
http://wiki.maemo.org/Maemo_Coding_Competition_1


Results


The poll is now finished, and after admin and mod help to verify the scores the final order was:

PSX4M
Destroid
Bos Wars
Skid Stone
Reaction face-off
Flobby
PeQersi
Vectormine

Thank you everyone for voting For further news or discussion please continue on the competition discussion thread.


We have 8 entries to judge from the games category. And we'd like your help with that!

Some entries are substantial ugrades to existing projects while others are completely brand new. This competition is not necessarily for the best app, but for the best coding during May 21st-July 21st. There are prizes for the top placed winners, so try them out and please vote for the author/project you feel deserves to win

Please understand some of these applications are in the development and testing repositories, some are external to Maemo.org. There may be bugs or other issues that have not been discovered yet. You should be comfortable with that before installing any application. Also, zero flaming in the voting threads please.

Voting runs until approx 7 days (please see poll for exact date and time). More info on the 8 entries can be found in the post below.

You have one vote and it can't be changed later! So please use it wisely!

Thank you for voting, and best of luck to all the competitors

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kojacker | # 2 | 2010-07-23, 02:23 | Report

Application name: Bos Wars
Author: Tomasz 'smoku' Sterna (original authors: Tina Petersen Jensen, François Beerten)

Description: Bos Wars is a futuristic real time strategy game (RTS).

Screenshot:

Also, see http://tomasz.sterna.tv/2010/05/bos-wars-maemo-edition/

Features/work to be judged: Full "Maemonisation". Replacing OpenGL graphics backend with SDL. Fixing game to work on 800x480 screen. Replaced key shortcuts not existing on N900 keyboard. Reworked mouse usage for touch-screen controls. New application icon.

Change log:
Get it from: Extras-Testing
http://maemo.org/packages/view/boswars/

Maemo.org Thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...e=4#post657886



Application name: Destroid
Author: destroid

Description: Blast as many astroids as you can to get the best highscore. You can stir the space ship and shoot with the accelerometer and an on-screen joystick.

Screenshot:



Features/work to be judged: The game was especially developed for the N900. On screen joystick and accelerometer support, although the game is 2D, I hav used 3D modeling software to render all the sprites. I hav been using an image menipulator to create those space view backgrounds.

Get it from: You can download from extras-devel (Just make sure it's this destroid_1.0.2-2_all.deb (v-1.0.2-2)) or install manually by the How To Install. http://www.mediafire.com/?npv9pip7lslncgz

How to install: .
1. Make sure you have installed: "python2.5", "python-pygame". If not, install them (be root in X Terminal "apt-get install python2.5" and "apt-get install python-pygame").
2. Install destroid package ("destroid_1.0.0-1_armel.deb") by dpkg or by maemo app manager (open maemo file manager, navigate to the destroid package, click on it, the maemo app manager will be opened check the "I Understand And Agree" and press the continue button).

Maemo.org Thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=758315



Application name: Flobby
Author: Slocan

Description: Control the falling ball through a maze with the N900’s accelerometer so it does not get squished at the top. Collect cherries on the way for extra points!

Screenshot:


Get it from: Extras-Devel

Maemo.org Package HomePage: http://maemo.org/packages/view/flobby/



Application name: PeQersi version 0.0.0-1
Author: mmlado

Description: Reversi, which PeQersi is, is a board game (8x8) for two players. By putting discs, different color for each player, and flipping the enemies discs, the goal is to have the most discs of players own color on the board when there’s no more place on the board. More information can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversi

Screenshot:


Features/what to judge: It's a new app, written from the beginning for this competition, so the whole app.

Get it from: peqersi is in extras-devel repository. Install it through Application Manager or apt-get

Maemo.org Thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=58874



Application name: PSX4M
Author: Smoku

Description: Sony Playstation emulator

Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2XOfoTYvqU

Features/work to be judged: Implemented Maemo5 spacific backends for video (HAA), audio (PulseAudio) and input (GTK+). Speed improvements. Command line interface for setting options.

Change log:
Get it from: Extras-Devel
http://maemo.org/packages/view/psx4m/

Maemo.org Thread: http://maemo.org/packages/view/psx4m/
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=47904


Application name: Reaction Face Off
Author: shapeshifter

Description: A fast-paced 2-player game that puts your reflexes, knowledge and brainpower to the test.

Screenshot:


Get it from: Extras-Testing

Maemo.org Thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=58147



Application name: Skid Stone
Author: avis

Description: This game is based on idea of BrickShooter.

Game rules: This board game presents colored boxes in the center of the playing field. Outside the playing field, a single row of colored blocks is placed in random order. You can slide these blocks and they will stop, when hitting boxes located in the center. When two or more blocks of the same color are side-by-side, they disappear. Clear the playing filed to win.

Screenshot:



More info: It's built with Nokia Qt SDK. This is my first project for Maemo and first, made with Qt. This work took me about three weeks.

Get it from: Extras-Devel

Maemo.org Thread: http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=58692


Application name: VectorMine
Author: Khertan

Description: A old school shoot them'up using Maemo n900 accelerometers, a clone of MineStorm on Vectrex.

Screenshot:



Get it from: Hosted externally on khertan’s own repository, see http://khertan.net/khertan_repository

External Thread: http://khertan.net/vectormine?DokuWi...cb087125fb30fb

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gryllida | # 3 | 2010-07-25, 01:27 | Report

Hi kojacker and Slocan!
It's a homepage (not a thread). For the reason of lacking thread, I'm feedbacking here.
First, this isn't an algorithm, since it isn't finite.
Second, the score could be divided by the time it's obtained to get a more complete understanding of the player's level. As in, by playing longer, an infinitely huge score can be obtained, which however doesn't mean anything significant.
Overall, well done, since isn't related to virtual world as much as thousands of other games, simple, doesn't distract from reality.
~~ Gryllida

Jay92 | # 4 | 2010-07-28, 11:28 | Report

I think smoku deserves to win as
psx4m beats all the rest graphics wise.
It also stops the nokia n900 from being beaten by phones like the htc desire - gamewise

kojacker | # 5 | 2010-07-28, 20:18 | Report

Hi Jay92, i just want to clarify on this point in case anyone is confused by the video. PSX4M is a Playstation emulator smoku has released, and the game in the video is the Playstation game Tekken 3 running on it. PSX4M itself has no graphics to speak off, it runs from command line. What it shows and the quality of the graphics will depend on what Playstation game you are using PSX4M to play.


Just noticed the date and time on the poll, not long to go now

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Jay92 | # 6 | 2010-07-28, 21:23 | Report

i understand that kojacker
but simply

Out of all the games above, if all were listed in ovistore right now for £15
I'd only think of buying smoku's psx emulator
The rest i'd think were overpriced and not worth the cash

Jay92 | # 7 | 2010-07-29, 11:56 | Report

how much cash does smoku get ?

Helmuth | # 8 | 2010-07-29, 13:27 | Report

No cash for smoku. destroid will get the cash!

Smoku will get invited to the MeeGo Conference by Nokia.

Jay92 | # 9 | 2010-07-29, 13:32 | Report

What
are you being sarcastic :-) ??

he doesn't get any money?

kojacker | # 10 | 2010-07-29, 13:38 | Report

Congratulations to smoku and PSX4M! Our very first N900 GAME Coding Competition Winner!

But well done to everyone! Destroid pushed you hard smoku It's been a great competition, thanks to everyone for taking part and playing the game well

We'll be in touch soon with what ya get

Edit: dam.. that's really pink..


Jay92, are you smoku's manager or something?

Please if you have any questions about the competition, check out the wiki or the latest posts in the competition thread. You should really have done so before taking part and placing your vote.

Wiki - http://wiki.maemo.org/index.php?titl..._Competition_1

Competition discussion thread -http://talk.maemo.org/showpost.php?p=769189

To clear up any confusion, Nokia have offered previously to invite the winners to Dublin Ireland for the MeeGo conference to be held at the new Aviva Stadium - all accomodation and transport paid for. Else a brand new N900 could be substituted instead. A value much higher than any share of the bounty, ofcourse, and forum vote decided the bounty would be kept and shared to reward the runners up. We're confirming this with Nokia at the moment, if it falls through smoku will get a winning share of the bounty instead... if jay92 allows him to .

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