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The Chris Street
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Unspeakably Lazy Admin
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16th September, 2010 at 13:17:06 -
I've been updating! This site is only as active as the number of people who submit things.
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Strife
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Der Dairy Crick
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16th September, 2010 at 13:39:22 -
Yeah, every site has its slow months, I would presume. 
That, and it would seem that a lot of the veterans are working on massive game projects that would take months, if not years, to finish. Not many of those people are willing to make a smaller game on the side. For precisely that reason, I took a break from my FQ project at the start of this month to work on something else.
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Hagar
Administrator
Old klik fart
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20/02/2002
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16th September, 2010 at 17:16:11 -
TDC has been slow for much longer than a month or two. Needs something to spur on some game creation  .
What happened to the "App"?
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Strife
Administrator
Der Dairy Crick
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16th September, 2010 at 18:45:28 -
Now that I think about... I can't remember if there was ever a time since I returned and uploaded Jade Phoenix that people weren't complaining about a slow TDC. But the topic's definitely not new, that's for sure.
As for the App: Yeah, what did happen to that? <.< It looked pretty awesome. D: And what about the Arcade? That was supposed to be our savior, was it not?
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OMC
What a goofball
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16th September, 2010 at 18:53:55 -
Not dead. We're still in need of some artists (particularly tileset makers). The prototype engine is almost ready for building around.
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The Chris Street
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Unspeakably Lazy Admin
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17th September, 2010 at 01:01:28 -
Maybe a Christmas competition is in order...
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AndyUK
Mascot Maniac
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17th September, 2010 at 02:03:28 -
Can we try a console wars competition?
I would like it if you admin guys took my previous attempts as a basis and made it better and stuff.
Loads of people seemed to love the idea before.
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OMC
What a goofball
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17th September, 2010 at 02:18:58 -
The competition insta-fix idea reminds me of that tired old definition of insanity. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
But that doesn't mean we should not do a competition. On the contrary! The more the merrier. To a degree. Which we haven't reached yet.
ONWARD, FATTY LUMPKINSES!
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AndyUK
Mascot Maniac
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17th September, 2010 at 03:09:35 -
A good long term fix would be having people making actual games instead of crap Flash mini games and abandonware/engines.
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Ricky
loves Left For Dead 2
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17th September, 2010 at 03:25:14 -
A working competition doesn't revitalize a community, it just shows weather or not there is one.
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Strife
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Der Dairy Crick
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17th September, 2010 at 09:40:37 -
What about a different kind of competition? Instead of asking people to make an entire game, perhaps we could have some kind of Concept Contest where the person who invents the best gameplay element, level gimmick, enemy, boss, etc, is the one who wins. In addition, we could have someone sponsor the contest and bring the winner's concept to life in a small game to see how well it works. 
For example, say we have a Boss contest. In that case, contestants submit drawings and ideas for boss battles, including the boss's appearance, the layout of the arena, attack patterns, ways of damaging it, and so on. Just something that people could think up on a whim rather than dedicating months of effort towards.
Take a look at HorrendousGames' Humanoid Character Design Compo. It got a fair number of participants from the community, and I think it was due to the ease at which people could create and submit entries. If it had gotten some advertisement on the front page, I'll bet even more people would've jumped in. :3 Kinda makes me wonder if I should have a Monster Design contest for FableQuest. The art style is simple enough. ;
Another idea: VS battles, much like the one from the latest Klikcast episode. Members play one of the more recent game submissions and see who can rack up the highest score, or, in games without scores, who can speed through it in the fastest time. As I've learned in the past, sometimes you need to take a break from making games in order to play a few games.
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Hagar
Administrator
Old klik fart
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17th September, 2010 at 10:25:51 -
Originally Posted by AndyUK
A good long term fix would be having people making actual games instead of crap Flash mini games and abandonware/engines.
Hear Hear, a lot of people seems to have Flash game "Make a quick 20 pounds and annoy everyone with adverts" fever or Engine fever. That said I am still designing an engine and it has only been a few or more years... 
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OMC
What a goofball
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17th September, 2010 at 12:38:22 -
I like that idea, Strife. And if we did something like that, we could also have a Christmas Compo. We need to have one of those.
I have some little stupid thing I made that we could use for a competition-ish diversion, but I have to wait until I get the yay/nay from the person I made it for before TDC can have it.
We need prizes. Those are nice.
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Hagar
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Old klik fart
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17th September, 2010 at 12:45:18 -
Perhaps you could ask CT for any freebies as prizes. Surely they must be willing to spur on the community for the odd copy of MMF, Flash exporter or whatever.
What do points make? Prizes. And everyone loves a "Brucie Bonus"
http://www.chestert-shirtprinter.co.uk/images/t-shirt-wholesale/Cool%20t-shirts/Cool%20Ts%20large/brucie-bonus-large.jpg
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OMC
What a goofball
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17th September, 2010 at 13:06:59 -
We could ask again, but we recently gave away a Flash exporter for a competition. I wouldn't want to impose on their generosity.
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