I’m spinning up on a project related to the Games for Engineers series that, if everything turns out, will take it to the next level. What does this mean for you guys? It means it’s CONTEST TIME!
- Your task is to design a game for the Games for Engineers series.
- You don’t actually need to know anything about making games – all you need is a good idea!
- The minimum that will be accepted is a strong concept. Thinking through rules and designing example levels will greatly increase your chances of winning.
- You should not program anything or create any artwork beyond concept drawings.
- If your design is chosen, you will be given the option to temporarily join on with the Zachtronics Industries team and make your game. Terms will be discussed at this time.
All submissions should be emailed to me at zachbarth@gmail.com by April 30th, 2009. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me by email or in the comments.
I hope you like my idea. It came to me while watching Alaska Week on Discovery Channel, but I expanded my original thought in the e-mail. I believe you’d do that idea justice if you picked it.
I have a idea. Should I put in a bit concept art when I sent my idea?
(I think of sending it wednessday or so, after typing all data and making the concept.)
If you can make concept art, by all means do.
Is there any kind of time frame on Infiniminer?
Really, compsciguy? Really?
Progress is moving slowly, but we’re nearly finished now. It’ll be available when it’s ready.
I am thinking of a Game for Years now, but its not fitting for Games4Engis.
Its yet another Trading Card Game-esque with some… rather unique Rules and Features.
If you have spare Time you could look at my Concept, but I am not entering it for this Contest since the Previous Games go in another Direction.
On a side Note: You might want to replace your EMail-Text with an Image.
payjack: Feel free to email it to me anyway. I’d love to take a look.
I have a great question: what’s for winning?
(I think there is a delay on my game concept, I will send it Friday.)
Oh I have such a great idea, but being a game designer/programmer myself, I’m not sure I want to give it up. Still, I might anyway, since it’s right up your alley and I’d rather play the game than have it sit on the back burner forever. 🙂
Blueation: The prize for winning is getting to make your game, and perhaps lots of valuable opportunities in the future. As I mentioned in the description, we’ll discuss those terms when you actually win. =P
So who’s judging? Just you? or are you going to set up a poll?
Axoren: The contest is being judged predominantly by me, although I do have a few people that I reach out to on issues such as this. The contest is less about finding the “best idea” and more about trying to find something that would be good to run with.
Obviously playability is an issue, so the best idea may not be the most practical. (Build a spaceship with these materials, these schematics, etc.) You’re probably have something more one or two dimensional like many of your grid games. This isn’t my submission, but ever since Silicon Foundry, I was hoping for its sequel to come about. Then when KOHCTPYKTOP showed up, I was thinking “it would be perfect to pair this up with Silicon Foundry”. It would give Silicon Foundry a little more longevity, and you could make a more challenging game by merging the two. The more I type about this, the more I wish I had submitted it.
Axoren: great idea!
The one I submitted took on a completely different look and feel… a type of engineering Zach hasn’t encountered from reading his past entries. I still have a good feeling about my submission.
I have an idea but it might be too complicated, sending it anyway
btw hope you have openoffice or a converter program zach
Why not send it using Rich Text Format? Save File As > .rtf
OpenOffice allows to save your Data as HTML. I did it that way and attached it to the Mail.
You can send HTML data in an email without attaching it… that’s how the Nigerian Lottery E-mails look so nice.
I can’t as I have disabled it for exact that Reason: Blocking active HTML that sends Data to a 3rd Party (not sender, not receiver of the Email) Servers/Sites
How about a level editor for Codex?
So when do we hear results?
Looks like this love child was stomped out by infiniminer…
can i make any thign else lik a multiplayer buliding game
this kind of contest is over D:?