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hang-on wrote

How is everybody doing with the preparations?

I have made surprisingly good progress lately, so my little game has now reached a state where I could already enter it into the competition. I'll try to use the remaining days to add a little more polish, though.

All my recreational time suddenly turned in to... "Must finish SMS project... must finish SMS project..."

Haha, yes, that's what happens ☺

All my free time is going into SMS programming too. ;-) Having lots of fun doing it though.

Sounds great, I'm looking forward to play your games! :)

So? Only one entry so far? :|

sverx wrote

So? Only one entry so far? :|

Haha - I'm postponing posting my entry while desperately trying to upgrade my music assets. If psglib in my dev setup was a sentient beast, it would be a very sad beast, as it is currently being forced into extended sessions of playing back my humble emerging chip tune compositions.

I haven't been checking the mailbox much, I added a missing music entry now. I'm sure everyone will release something at the last minute :)

As always... ^^

sverx wrote

So? Only one entry so far? :|

I think I'm actually done now. Found a nasty glitch at the very last minute, but after fixing it, all seems to be fine now.

I'm currently pondering if I should try creating some box art or if I should leave that for the time after the competition. After all, 20% more awesomeness is definitely something worth aiming for.

It's worth noting that you can send as many updates as you like before the competition, and we'll post the latest on the 27th. Usually there's some updates afterwards too, and that's also acceptable.

Sad to say that I'm unlikely to have a game finished for the compo now, work commitments and generally not having enough up and go (depression sucks). I haven't given up on it though so expect to see it sometime in the next few months.

Really looking forward to seeing the other entries however!

tripledonkey wrote

Sad to say that I'm unlikely to have a game finished for the compo now [...]

Don't you feel like sharing some unfinished work? I'll go that way, as there's no chance on earth I can complete the game I'm currently coding in the next few days, but I want to be in the b-day party :)

I mean, throw your work at us the way it is, and don't worry too much :)

Maxim wrote

Usually there's some updates afterwards too, and that's also acceptable.

It's worth noting that we love to see the entries updated while we're in the voting phase, just you'll probably won't get a vote upgrade from those who already voted your entry.

sverx wrote

It's worth noting that we love to see the entries updated while we're in the voting phase, just you'll probably won't get a vote upgrade from those who already voted your entry.

That's why we are trying to get something (somehow) finished and polished out of the door and start building new stuff afterwards. If we can reach another milestone, we will update our entry.

sverx wrote

tripledonkey wrote

Sad to say that I'm unlikely to have a game finished for the compo now [...]

Don't you feel like sharing some unfinished work? I'll go that way, as there's no chance on earth I can complete the game I'm currently coding in the next few days, but I want to be in the b-day party :)

I mean, throw your work at us the way it is, and don't worry too much :)

Thanks for the thought but I'm a bit funny like that. Would prefer to have it at release quality or near. If I have something worth showing off by compo deadline you'll get it though.

sverx wrote

Maxim wrote

Usually there's some updates afterwards too, and that's also acceptable.

It's worth noting that we love to see the entries updated while we're in the voting phase, just you'll probably won't get a vote upgrade from those who already voted your entry.

If I remember last year, to upgrade a vote you have to delete your vote and vote again, right ? A bit cumbersome and vote-unencouraging.

We had some last min dramas so will hand in a version for comp, another final version at a later date. Its all there for most part but syncing could use use some love.

First time programming for z-80, and first for SMS hardware. At this point totally burnt out on my project, want to check out everyone else's work, complete or otherwise!

I just noticed this entry can't be rated '9'... poor Haroldoop... ;)

Fixed... I'll have a once-over of the entry posts as they go live, not least to synchronise the end times.

Looking at entry list i have an urge to spin the wheel and call out some vowels and consonants.

LOL ^^

Many coding entries this year, nice !

ichigobankai wrote

Many coding entries this year, nice !

7 (coding) entries so far. Are we going to beat last year record? :)

+1 with mine in few days ;)

11 now, the record was 15 last year. Not much of race in the music competition yet, and no hacks yet...

you mean 16 last year :)

I've been working on something for the music competition since last week, I hope it will be finished by sunday :)

vingazole wrote

I've been working on something for the music competition since last week, I hope it will be finished by sunday :)

Nice! (and happy birthday!)

Thank you very much ! :D

Finally I can relax and just wait for the 27th to come and bring us new cool stuff one more time :D
So, who's still missing? :)

Maxim wrote

11 now, the record was 15 last year. Not much of race in the music competition yet, and no hacks yet...

Well, i just submitted a hack. So there will be at least 1.
And im working on finishing my song also.

We will submit one entry to rom hacks tomorrow or latest on sunday. So we'll have at least two! :D

+1coding (^o^)!

Entry sent ;)

I just sent my entry for the music competition :D

+1 for the hack competition :D

threw my hat in for the music comp. :)
a quick entry, just to participate.

ran out of time to finish my main entry, the most ambitious one.

Maybe you can still finish it during the competition. I heard you can submit something while the competition is running.

-------
Formerly known as flippi

Happy SMSPower! birthday everybody :)
I guess there are still a few entries missing, right? Who's late again? ;)

I'll post stuff this evening (UTC). Enter something now and you can update it later, but we can't take late entries past today. Or maybe tomorrow ☺

Sent a little update (new rom + text/how to play)

thelowestdefinition wrote

Maybe you can still finish it during the competition. I heard you can submit something while the competition is running.

My drummer has failed me. He didn't turned in his tracks in time, and i take way too long to program decent drums.

We will finish it eventually and post it on the music forum. :)

I'm in for the music competition! Hope there will be a few more. I've participated a few times before and I also have my dark green SMS tee. I love it and have worn it many times!

Heeelp ! When will voting start ? I'm in France (14:37 right now) and I have a conding entry to submit, just not completly finished yet !

tibone wrote

My drummer has failed me. He didn't turned in his tracks in time, and i take way too long to program decent drums.

We will finish it eventually and post it on the music forum. :)

Alright, I'll be looking forward to it :)

furrtek wrote

Heeelp ! When will voting start ? I'm in France (14:37 right now) and I have a conding entry to submit, just not completly finished yet !

Hopefully at 23:59.999 Hawaiian timezone! That's what I'm aiming at!

Yeah! Happy SMS-Power birthday everybody! It will be a great retro night tonight!

Entries are accepted at any time where you can plausibly argue it is still SMS Power! Day, in any timezone or science fiction scenario you can make us believe. Submit something! Music with missing drums could have it added later, I guess? Updates during voting are welcome, although as you would expect you may suffer a bit.

Maxim wrote

Entries are accepted at any time where you can plausibly argue it is still SMS Power! Day, in any timezone or [...]

I just found out there's a formal definition of AoE (anywhere on earth) so I guess that as long that it's SMSPower! Day AoE we really can't complain ;)

edit: AoE online clock. There's still plenty of time left :D

Happy SMSPower birthday!

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Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 895	Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 5:03 pm
Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 895	hang-on wrote How is everybody doing with the preparations? I have made surprisingly good progress lately, so my little game has now reached a state where I could already enter it into the competition. I'll try to use the remaining days to add a little more polish, though.

psidum Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 331	Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 2:32 am
psidum Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 331	All my recreational time suddenly turned in to... "Must finish SMS project... must finish SMS project..."

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14959 Location: London	Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:31 am
	Haha, yes, that's what happens ☺

efry Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Posts: 106 Location: Sydney Australia	Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:27 pm
	All my free time is going into SMS programming too. ;-) Having lots of fun doing it though.

flippi Joined: 01 Feb 2016 Posts: 5	Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:54 pm
flippi Joined: 01 Feb 2016 Posts: 5	Sounds great, I'm looking forward to play your games! :)

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3941 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 10:33 am
	So? Only one entry so far? :\|

hang-on Joined: 23 Mar 2013 Posts: 611 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark	Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:33 pm
	sverx wrote So? Only one entry so far? :\| Haha - I'm postponing posting my entry while desperately trying to upgrade my music assets. If psglib in my dev setup was a sentient beast, it would be a very sad beast, as it is currently being forced into extended sessions of playing back my humble emerging chip tune compositions.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14959 Location: London	Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:12 pm
	I haven't been checking the mailbox much, I added a missing music entry now. I'm sure everyone will release something at the last minute :)

ichigobankai Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Posts: 546 Location: Angers, France	Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 4:13 pm
	As always... ^^

Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 895	Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 7:07 am
Kagesan Joined: 01 Feb 2014 Posts: 895	sverx wrote So? Only one entry so far? :\| I think I'm actually done now. Found a nasty glitch at the very last minute, but after fixing it, all seems to be fine now. I'm currently pondering if I should try creating some box art or if I should leave that for the time after the competition. After all, 20% more awesomeness is definitely something worth aiming for.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14959 Location: London	Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:21 am
	It's worth noting that you can send as many updates as you like before the competition, and we'll post the latest on the 27th. Usually there's some updates afterwards too, and that's also acceptable.

tripledonkey Joined: 08 Nov 2014 Posts: 92	Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:19 am
tripledonkey Joined: 08 Nov 2014 Posts: 92	Sad to say that I'm unlikely to have a game finished for the compo now, work commitments and generally not having enough up and go (depression sucks). I haven't given up on it though so expect to see it sometime in the next few months. Really looking forward to seeing the other entries however!

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3941 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:44 am
	tripledonkey wrote Sad to say that I'm unlikely to have a game finished for the compo now [...] Don't you feel like sharing some unfinished work? I'll go that way, as there's no chance on earth I can complete the game I'm currently coding in the next few days, but I want to be in the b-day party :) I mean, throw your work at us the way it is, and don't worry too much :)

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3941 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:48 am
	Maxim wrote Usually there's some updates afterwards too, and that's also acceptable. It's worth noting that we love to see the entries updated while we're in the voting phase, just you'll probably won't get a vote upgrade from those who already voted your entry.

badsector Joined: 01 Jul 2015 Posts: 152 Location: Berlin	Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 12:39 pm
	sverx wrote It's worth noting that we love to see the entries updated while we're in the voting phase, just you'll probably won't get a vote upgrade from those who already voted your entry. That's why we are trying to get something (somehow) finished and polished out of the door and start building new stuff afterwards. If we can reach another milestone, we will update our entry.

tripledonkey Joined: 08 Nov 2014 Posts: 92	Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 1:50 pm
tripledonkey Joined: 08 Nov 2014 Posts: 92	sverx wrote tripledonkey wrote Sad to say that I'm unlikely to have a game finished for the compo now [...] Don't you feel like sharing some unfinished work? I'll go that way, as there's no chance on earth I can complete the game I'm currently coding in the next few days, but I want to be in the b-day party :) I mean, throw your work at us the way it is, and don't worry too much :) Thanks for the thought but I'm a bit funny like that. Would prefer to have it at release quality or near. If I have something worth showing off by compo deadline you'll get it though.

Niloct Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 620 Location: São Paulo - Brazil	Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 3:47 pm
	sverx wrote Maxim wrote Usually there's some updates afterwards too, and that's also acceptable. It's worth noting that we love to see the entries updated while we're in the voting phase, just you'll probably won't get a vote upgrade from those who already voted your entry. If I remember last year, to upgrade a vote you have to delete your vote and vote again, right ? A bit cumbersome and vote-unencouraging.

psidum Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 331	Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2016 11:02 pm
psidum Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 331	We had some last min dramas so will hand in a version for comp, another final version at a later date. Its all there for most part but syncing could use use some love. First time programming for z-80, and first for SMS hardware. At this point totally burnt out on my project, want to check out everyone else's work, complete or otherwise!

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3941 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 10:55 am
	I just noticed this entry can't be rated '9'... poor Haroldoop... ;)

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14959 Location: London	Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 11:30 am
	Fixed... I'll have a once-over of the entry posts as they go live, not least to synchronise the end times.

psidum Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 331	Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:02 am
psidum Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 331	Looking at entry list i have an urge to spin the wheel and call out some vowels and consonants.

ichigobankai Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Posts: 546 Location: Angers, France	Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 1:47 pm
	LOL ^^ Many coding entries this year, nice !

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3941 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 3:06 pm
	ichigobankai wrote Many coding entries this year, nice ! 7 (coding) entries so far. Are we going to beat last year record? :)

ichigobankai Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Posts: 546 Location: Angers, France	Posted: Tue Mar 22, 2016 7:16 pm
	+1 with mine in few days ;)

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14959 Location: London	Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:17 am
	11 now, the record was 15 last year. Not much of race in the music competition yet, and no hacks yet...

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3941 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 9:08 am
	you mean 16 last year :)

vingazole Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 118 Location: Saintes, France	Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 5:04 pm
	I've been working on something for the music competition since last week, I hope it will be finished by sunday :)

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3941 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:03 pm
	vingazole wrote I've been working on something for the music competition since last week, I hope it will be finished by sunday :) Nice! (and happy birthday!)

vingazole Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 118 Location: Saintes, France	Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2016 8:10 pm
	Thank you very much ! :D

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3941 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2016 10:47 pm
	Finally I can relax and just wait for the 27th to come and bring us new cool stuff one more time :D So, who's still missing? :)

tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 297	Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 12:28 am
tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 297	Maxim wrote 11 now, the record was 15 last year. Not much of race in the music competition yet, and no hacks yet... Well, i just submitted a hack. So there will be at least 1. And im working on finishing my song also.

flippi Joined: 01 Feb 2016 Posts: 5	Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 1:10 pm
flippi Joined: 01 Feb 2016 Posts: 5	We will submit one entry to rom hacks tomorrow or latest on sunday. So we'll have at least two! :D

pedro76 Joined: 18 Mar 2015 Posts: 9 Location: France	Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:41 am
pedro76 Joined: 18 Mar 2015 Posts: 9 Location: France	+1coding (^o^)!

ichigobankai Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Posts: 546 Location: Angers, France	Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 7:47 pm
	Entry sent ;)

vingazole Joined: 20 Feb 2008 Posts: 118 Location: Saintes, France	Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 9:55 pm
	I just sent my entry for the music competition :D

badsector Joined: 01 Jul 2015 Posts: 152 Location: Berlin	Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 11:33 pm
	+1 for the hack competition :D

tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 297	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 3:08 am
tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 297	threw my hat in for the music comp. :) a quick entry, just to participate. ran out of time to finish my main entry, the most ambitious one.

thelowestdefinition Joined: 26 Mar 2016 Posts: 36	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 7:34 am
thelowestdefinition Joined: 26 Mar 2016 Posts: 36	Maybe you can still finish it during the competition. I heard you can submit something while the competition is running. ------- Formerly known as flippi

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3941 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 7:45 am
	Happy SMSPower! birthday everybody :) I guess there are still a few entries missing, right? Who's late again? ;)

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14959 Location: London	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 7:56 am
	I'll post stuff this evening (UTC). Enter something now and you can update it later, but we can't take late entries past today. Or maybe tomorrow ☺

ichigobankai Joined: 04 Jul 2010 Posts: 546 Location: Angers, France	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:12 am
	Sent a little update (new rom + text/how to play)

tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 297	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 12:08 pm
tibone Joined: 30 Mar 2009 Posts: 297	thelowestdefinition wrote Maybe you can still finish it during the competition. I heard you can submit something while the competition is running. My drummer has failed me. He didn't turned in his tracks in time, and i take way too long to program decent drums. We will finish it eventually and post it on the music forum. :)

LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 12:25 pm
LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	I'm in for the music competition! Hope there will be a few more. I've participated a few times before and I also have my dark green SMS tee. I love it and have worn it many times!

furrtek Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 54 Location: France	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 12:37 pm
furrtek Joined: 05 Mar 2006 Posts: 54 Location: France	Heeelp ! When will voting start ? I'm in France (14:37 right now) and I have a conding entry to submit, just not completly finished yet !

thelowestdefinition Joined: 26 Mar 2016 Posts: 36	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 1:43 pm
thelowestdefinition Joined: 26 Mar 2016 Posts: 36	tibone wrote My drummer has failed me. He didn't turned in his tracks in time, and i take way too long to program decent drums. We will finish it eventually and post it on the music forum. :) Alright, I'll be looking forward to it :)

LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:08 pm
LieMfB Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Posts: 26 Location: Sweden	furrtek wrote Heeelp ! When will voting start ? I'm in France (14:37 right now) and I have a conding entry to submit, just not completly finished yet ! Hopefully at 23:59.999 Hawaiian timezone! That's what I'm aiming at!

hang-on Joined: 23 Mar 2013 Posts: 611 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:10 pm
	Yeah! Happy SMS-Power birthday everybody! It will be a great retro night tonight!

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14959 Location: London	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:41 pm
	Entries are accepted at any time where you can plausibly argue it is still SMS Power! Day, in any timezone or science fiction scenario you can make us believe. Submit something! Music with missing drums could have it added later, I guess? Updates during voting are welcome, although as you would expect you may suffer a bit.

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3941 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 4:50 pm
	Maxim wrote Entries are accepted at any time where you can plausibly argue it is still SMS Power! Day, in any timezone or [...] I just found out there's a formal definition of AoE (anywhere on earth) so I guess that as long that it's SMSPower! Day AoE we really can't complain ;) edit: AoE online clock. There's still plenty of time left :D

psidum Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 331	Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:14 pm
psidum Joined: 01 Jan 2014 Posts: 331	Happy SMSPower birthday!

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