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FalseMasterJ 12:29, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
I woke up, donloaded the rules, and workig on the game right now.
MaxEd 12:24, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
So, trains & time? Well, just yesterday I was thinking about doing a remake of Short Lines. Here it comes, then! Only I'm not sure about ASCII art, I'm not good at it (actually, I can hardly imagine how to do it, always was amazed by cracktros/intros).
muratayik 12:20, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
I'm not sure, the ASCII art limits not only the possibilities but also the quality. I think I will try barking:) or try to find a trick to meet it.
Niunio 12:10, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
Rules read!

- Time: Easy: Each level is a different Era and you should back the yours...
- Train: Easy: Any level would be inside a train...
- Help function: Easy: If press F1 show a help screen with keys and so...
- ASCII Art: Easy: One of the future levels would be all ASCII art...

Now, what game would I do? Thats a good question.
Allefant 12:10, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
Maybe because everyone kept reloading the page in few second intervals? :)

Anyway, seems these are the rules:

#1 Time
#2 Railway/Trains
#3 in-game help
#4 ascii art

I do like them a lot myself. Now need to come up with an idea..
lambik 12:07, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
I suppose that printing a train time table would satisfy all rules but be somewhat lacking in gameplay ;-)
Julian 11:53, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
mmm would you please send the rules through email besides using the rules page? im felling kind of stalling on requesting the page.... :(

anyway happy speedhacking.... ;)

thanks
Allefant 11:51, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
hmp, hitting ctrl-r on the logs page apparently repeats the last post :P
Allefant 11:33, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
Hm, I'm alone in #tins.. am I in the wrong network, or is there no IRC this time?
Eric 11:18, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
Oh, I forgot Australia was still on daylight savings!

I was remembering the team comp in 01 where it was DLS in Europe and the rules came an hour early, but this time I got it wrong!

Anyway, you won't see me in the logs, because I'm usually offline, but as usual check log.txt in my entry for a lengthy account of the highs and lows of speedgamedev.
NyanKoneko 08:44, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
I have an 8 page essay to write, plus other stuff I have to do, so I'm going to start a day later than it actually begins since I'll be working and sleeping the rest of Friday. :) Good luck everyone!
Tomath 08:16, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
I believe it will be fun this. First time I try using allegro.
Julian 04:38, 03 Mar 2006 GMT
Hello.
After a week of hard work I hope that my first speed game hacking contest be a great one.

See you in seven hours!
Ceagon 23:34, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
This is a test to show that I actually read your email! =P

Cannot wait until tomorrow!!!
Steven Silvey 22:39, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
"Girlfriend : on vacation unfortunately "

Shouldn't that be 'fortunately'? :)

Anyway, It's been a rough week for me. I was hoping to get myself prepared beforehand, but "unfortunately", everything that could go wrong this week did. Got paged twice, forcing me to stay up two nights in a row! It also prevented me from finishing my homework that was due today! I've got a huge test tomorrow that I haven't studied for, so I can't think TINS until that is over. Anyway, how much time is left?

[EDIT]
Oooh, just found out there's only 13 hours left. That means it'll be starting at 5:00am for me. And that means It'll be another 12 hours before I can start! :(
lambik 22:38, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
Had a rough week at work, last days were 13 and 10 hour shifts. Going to catch up on some sleep now. Hope I wake before the start of TINS ;-)
ahuillet 21:56, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
Okay, I went to the mall.

Junk food (potatoes chips) : ok
Real food : ok
Beer : ok, already started consuming the stock
Soda : ok, not much of it though
Girlfriend : on vacation unfortunately
jiifurusu 20:41, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
This is going to be a hard one.

I never did a speedhack before, never even used Allegro before, and I have work most of Sunday. Yay!
But taking on the challenge should be fun enough :)
HopeDagger 19:24, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
The moment of truth lingers closer! Just one day left. :)

I'm really nervous about the contest, to be honest. I've never done a *hack before, and I'm trying to absorb as much wisdom as I can before things get underway. I know it's more about the process than winning, but darnit, I want to win. :P

Since I'm working every day of the contest, time management will be crucial. I've calculated that if I use every spare hour I have (non-working && non-sleeping) I will have 18 hours total. Odds are I'll have to cut into my sleep time. 4 hours of sleep is more than enough, right? ;)
FalseMasterJ 18:51, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
Well it's only one day away until the competition starts.
I can just think of all the things that can go wrong. Not being able to think of the code, taking too long to make the graphics, no music, but the good news is that I found out today that I have more time than I thought I did. I thought it was just all of Saturday, but in reality I have three days (although two of them are cut in half by other activities). So who knows, maybe this unexpected amount of time will help me with making the game much smother. So I'll stop writing and clean of my desk of clutter papers, to prepare for the upcoming competition theme.

Edit: What you'll clear these messages? oh well, at least I'll have these messages in the log with my project
miran 17:25, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
OK, here's what we're gonna do. Since I have 0 time this weekend, I'll just do a remake of an extremely simple little I found the other day that has 20 seconds of gameplay and requires almost no graphics. Then I'll make up some ridiculous story around it to make it fit the rules. I estimate it will take 30 minutes to complete...
muratayik 17:03, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
Better test now then during compo!

I may or may not lose a few hours in the beginning and in the end but losing %5-10 time shouldn't be that important. I hope I survive, this is my first time.

Edit: Looks fine:) Junk food, check! Warning people about forgetting my existence for three days, check! As a male getting rid of any biological burden that may interfere with my brain's stability (hopefully with someone's help!)..... pending!
Marcello 16:37, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
rexel monkies!!!!

Dunno if I'm entering or not. But then again, I never do. I'll know come Saturday night, I suppose.
Deathlord 16:26, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
Well folks, only one day left. I'm still wondering how many hours of sleep I will be able to get during TINS. I think the time has come to buy loads of coffee and stuff. And of course to get my coding-hands ready^^
See you later.
ahuillet 16:18, 02 Mar 2006 GMT
I'm going to have some trouble making graphics, as usual. Apart from that, I'm pretty sure that I am completely rusty after those six months working maths instead of doing useful things such as game programming.

Anyhow, I still need to buy some beer, chips and similar junk food, but also good food (I like to cook), then I'll be ready to TINS !

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