Original Old Discussion Thread • Think Outside The Box 3 •

gyroscope

stormystudio said:
(Gyro... are you taking part? ... otherwise fancy being a judge?)

Jon, I would be really pleased to be a judge and would enjoy it, thank you! :-)

stormystudio said:
Also Gyro... why 4 weeks..? (not knocking it...I'm happy to go with what the people want...some people before said they wanted it to be a 48 hours contest... I like the idea of seeing some great games so the longer its on the better the games can look both in game design and visual and audio polish)

Yes, might see some more "polish" in the games, I was thinking.

Really like your Think Outside the Box poster, spot on! :-)

StormyStudio

Cheers Gyro.... time to hit the hay for me... but I'll get back on this tomorrow evening after work...

Riffel

stormystudio said:

(Also Riffel...I owe you a video edit... I promise I've not forgot.. I'll surprise you with it one day soon...)

I love surprises! :-)
Hope Weswog have the time for the video-review

Mammoth

When does this competition end?

tenrdrmer

Mammoth said:
When does this competition end?

Three weeks from the 18th

AppsRacK

wow. I'm still working on my supposedly entry on TOBT2 and we have another one again. I better start working faster to finish my game before this one starts.

With the look of the splash image im feeling theres a touch of retro in there.

kapser

I'll try to get my game ready in 10 days so I can participate in this!

With a title like ''think ouside the box'' game design should take a big part of the judging. But with all the great artists out there, graphics should be considered.

I'm not sure if menu design really should be though. And things like story gotta be labered as 'none' instead of 0/10. Maybe there could be a bonus score for stuff like overall polish and game universe feel/story background, which would be judged widely if it does add to the game experience.

I guess having no prize is not a problem since we can publish on appstore

UtopianGames

I'm sure Wayne and I will offer up a prize or 2 from DeepBlueApps.

Darren.

old_kipper

I am not sure if you will accept prizes from entrants, but if you are I offer a somewhat out of the box one. A pound of some of the World's finest coffee, roasted to your personal preference (light, medium, or dark roast) and ground (or not) for your own personal coffee device. And to drink it from a coffee mug with your own logo or game design on (will take a couple of weeks to process once I have the design).

I do have a real thing for coffee and have been roasting for a few years from green beans that come via one of best coffee guys in the UK, and I promise you this coffee would be some of the best you have ever tasted, and from a one of a few sacks produced by one of the best small growers in World. None of your blended nonsense or the overpriced stuff you can get at coffee chains...

Anyway, just let me know.

Kipper

kapser

Kipper, this prize sounds plain awesome!

quantumsheep

Can I be Judge, Jury and Executioner?

Happy to help, and I'm offering a service to write iTunes descriptions in the marketplace. I'd be happy to write one up for free (usually $80) for the winner as a prize.

QS

StormyStudio

Awesome prize offerings guys.
- Darren email me with what prizes you want to offer sales@stormystudio.com
- old kipper the coffee and mug prize is awesome. Random but so classy I like it. Damn now I wish I could enter (I'm not, nor am I a judge, just so I can stay impartial to it all).

Thanks QS for saying yes to being a judge, jury and executioner. Feel free to execute any rule breakers. :-)

gyroscope

stormystudio said:

Thanks QS for saying yes to being a judge, jury and executioner. Feel free to execute any rule breakers. :-)

Hmmm, QS could get into trouble...just checked out section 59, paragraph 347, clause 6.57 of the Gaming Competiton Rules:

"Rule breakers may NOT be executed; although a short, sharp whack across the wrist with a bamboo (or similar) stick can be deemed fair."

:-)

debugdesign

Sounds great! - @stormy - on your website, the Okimoki previous winner link goes to your portfolio?

StormyStudio

Cheers for that debug, I'll fix that at lunch (in 2 hours)

quantumsheep

gyroscope said:
Hmmm, QS could get into trouble...just checked out section 59, paragraph 347, clause 6.57 of the Gaming Competiton Rules:

"Rule breakers may NOT be executed; although a short, sharp whack across the wrist with a bamboo (or similar) stick can be deemed fair."

:-)

Yes, but paragraph 348 clearly states "And ye shall fear the sheep, for rules do not apply to him. He will inherit the earth and smite thee!"

gyroscope

quantumsheep said:
Yes, but paragraph 348 clearly states "And ye shall fear the sheep, for rules do not apply to him. He will inherit the earth and smite thee!"

...so it does!...and reading on: "...thrice times, so thoust you will utter ooooooouch bigtime."

:-)

calvin9403

how about all sous chef as judge and a couple more like tenrdrmer

but I can't join because of the bloody exam

aarggggggggggggggg

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StormyStudio

quick recap...

Judges so far:
T-shirt
Utopian Games (Darren)
Butter Bean
Quantum Sheep
Gyroscope
tenrdrmer

Prizes so far...the more the merrier..
- Templates/Tools from Deep Blue Apps (to be decided which ones)
- A pound of the worlds finest coffee roasted to your own spec from old_kipper
- A customized mug from for the coffee from old_kipper
- A Paper Toss template from stormystudio.com worth £20
- A app description for itunes from Quantum Sheep (Games Journalist) worth $80
- A couple of menu templates from tenrdrmer

Think that's the lot so far...

Any more prize offerings.. :-)

Lykke

Awesome and very interesting ^_^

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simo103

Hi Stormy ... will try to compete (again) and pleased to offer up a $25 itunes prize for the winner. As usual thanks for the efforts in bringing the community together.

StormyStudio

Excelent prize once again simo... cheers... I'll add it to the pot of growing prizes...

old_kipper

If you get a gert stack of swag, perhaps you could have categories for more than one winner. I saw that there was some unease about skills in all areas so some recognition for design, gameplay, and originality would work with an overall winner might work. The prizes are nice but a wide share of the glory would make more happy campers possibly.

just a thought. kipper

simo103

old_kipper said:
some recognition for design, gameplay, and originality would work with an overall winner might work.

Agreed ... and adding my thanks for your prize offer ... big coffee fan!

StormyStudio

kipper good point... before the contest starts, I'll break the prizes up into some sort of categories if possible.

Perhaps..

One over arching 'Best overall game prize'

Other prizes for:

- Originality
- Best Gameplay
- Best Artwork and Graphics Design

calvin9403

tsb you can give out 10 tshirts
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BackUpAndDown

Awesome. I'll definitely be entering. I could really use that Project Optimizer from DeepBlueApps.

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old_kipper

and the loser get ten minutes in the ring with QS (with a live feed to the site for those of adult age and strong stomach).

This might also be shared so that copyright infringement gets 4 minutes, template usage gets a vicious 6 minutes (I have noted QS feelings on this and the time would allow him to show his own originality), asking on the forum for help would get 2 minutes if the question is available with a minor search, and bumping threads or trolling on other's build thread would get 27 minutes.

Just more thoughts...

kipper

ozboybrian

Totb3!! Wooo I finally know enough to enter this time

StormyStudio

@ozboyBrian - Glad your taking part this time...

I've just updated the webpage a bit more...

www.stormystudio.com/totb3.html

(you may have to refresh if you looked at it before)...