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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:35 pm |
Hi Segarule, after thinking more about this more, it is because Brazil uses 60Hz (for master system) and the Spaghetti Numbers demo is designed for 50Hz master system-it not guaranteed to work on 60Hz master system. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:53 pm |
If you test your game on Emulicious you will see that *sometimes* you're writing data to the VDP too fast, which can lead to wrong colors/VRAM corruption. Also, the VDP register #6 is set to 0. This register works differently on SMS' VDP and SMS II's VDP, you should ensure that the lowest two bits are always set, so try setting the value to 3 instead. |
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Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 9:09 pm |
@Segarule I made a second version of Spaghetti Numbers (using suggested code changes of sverx ) so you may want to try that and see if it works for you. | |
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Posted: Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:32 am |
@segarule
I sent you a private SMSpower message -can you kindly reply to it. |
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Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 4:59 am |
Thanks Maxim for handling everything, I've been away this year and didn't have time to even post the traditional rom releases. I'll be trying the entries soon!
Our Competitions section also host indexes, which is another way to browse the entries: https://www.smspower.org/Competitions/Coding-2024 https://www.smspower.org/Competitions/Music-2024 https://www.smspower.org/Competitions/Hacks-2024 |
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Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:56 am |
When can we start voting? | |
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Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:57 am |
I’ll add polls in the next few days, with voting for a couple of weeks. | |
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Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:05 pm |
@segarule
"The others homebrews worked fine." So I think the newest version (version 1.2) of my other game ,Find the Wordy Gems, will work without a problem for you as also it works fine at 60Hz in an emulator. Maybe you will hear some random noise or a tone though -not a bug-no sound as it is WIP as stated on title screen. On 50hz real hardware master system there is no sound emitted.. Let me know if it doesn't work on your Brazilian 60Hz master system. By the way, Find the Wordy Gems works on 50Hz real hardware master system. |
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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 3:58 pm |
Sorry to intrude but I've released my look at the entries and prediction for winners.
The 2023 video somehow got nearly 30,000 views so hopefully this gets the entries equal exposure. (A minor disclaimer, I used 27/3 versions of all games, as forum viewers will know there are bugs which are fixed since) |
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Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:43 pm |
Another great video @yesterzine - have been very eagerly anticipating this, thanks for putting this together. | |
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:38 am |
Thanks Will, I added the update to "on your base" to the description.
Incidentally, reading out that name was the last thing recorded because I discovered in editing I'd managed to say "Face". As I'm entirely sure was your intention :D |
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:57 am |
No comment. |
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 10:47 am Last edited by toxa on Mon May 06, 2024 7:16 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:17 am |
He says in the video that it’s based on the March 27th versions of everything. | |
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 11:18 am |
I keep thinking about the sequel “I’ll Land On Your Base (And Tell You I Love You) 2”. |
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:06 pm |
I didn't notice any issues on my UK "Alex Kidd" SMS1 either. I can test it in a "Snail Maze" UK model if it'd help anyone. | |
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Posted: Sat Apr 06, 2024 9:10 pm |
Yeah, I work full time and it's a 35 minute video. The deadline for the competition felt fair at least as a compromise between evaluating the entries and getting out the video when voting is still possible. I've noted that it's submission date versions in all communications and listed major changes, including those bug fixes in the description. Should there be a physical version of Sushi I'll certainly be buying it to make another video though. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2024 5:18 am |
I think it is nice that various folks still make new videos, websites and new games for the SMS. It helps keeps the SMS scene alive or interesting. | |
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:49 pm |
I've added polls to all of the entries' forum topics now. Please let me know if anything is broken! Polls close in 11.5 days from now. | |
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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:15 pm |
Votes go up to 10 this year? :) | |
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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:00 pm Last edited by mateusbond on Mon Apr 15, 2024 6:52 pm; edited 1 time in total |
Well, I'd say this year needed an extra grade. We have so many great entries that the first, second, third and even fourth places (or more?) will be just some fractions of points apart from each other. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:08 pm |
I hadn’t even noticed that I’ve been inconsistent in the scale over the years… the SQL script does 1 to 10, and was used in several past years. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 11:53 am |
when is the deadline for voting please. I really should know but I've a memory like a sieve these days | |
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Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:26 pm |
thanks for the review and good to know my game runs on real pal hardware, as i don't have acess to that to test. :) |
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:11 pm |
Voting ends in about two hours! Vote now! | |
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:46 am Last edited by segarule on Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:21 pm; edited 1 time in total |
The final results are here. Congrats to all participants. This year i would like give my "Laudate" for sverx. I am still upset why he dont give to us your great games anymore. But your devkit is a tool that made possible various wonderful games. Congrats to Maxim again in manage the competition and submitt a new entry. One day i hope a homebrew by turboxray. I also hope that eruiz continue with new projects but dont abandon the pinball engine. Who know he adapt pinball fantasies or devils crash for our console?
My score wil be -1 for Ichigo because dont submitted any of your fantastic games. LOL. |
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:03 pm |
@segarule when can we expect an entry from you - next year maybe? ;) | |
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 12:11 pm |
You forget about me and focus in next year when you will entry the PC port. hahahaha |
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:27 pm |
sverx's devkit really changed the scene. It's impossible to overestimate what you have done, sverx. None of us will ever be able to thank you appropriately. |
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:22 pm |
I agree with that |
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2024 6:27 pm |
100% agree. I wouldn't be trying to make a game without it. I extend that thanks to everyone involved in making the tools included in the devkit too. |
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 11:33 am |
Well done everyone, looking forward to seeing the results. It's been another really strong year for entries I feel. | |
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:00 pm |
agree 100%, i couldn't imagine being able to code an SMS before devkitSMS, and sverx is also very helpful answering our questions. :) |
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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2024 12:04 pm |
Thank you guys for creating so many great games :D |
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:40 pm |
Voting is over, aggregated (and slightly filtered) results are now on the competition pages:
https://www.smspower.org/Competitions/Coding-2024 1st: Stygian Quest (Naarshakta) 2nd: Goblin Kart Rescue (raphnet) 3rd: Mai Nurse (lunoka) https://www.smspower.org/Competitions/Music-2024 Incredibly close voting, I think it's really a 6-way tie! 1st: Battle Squadron (Kagesan) 2nd: Last Escape (chirinea) 3rd: Doki Doki Heartstopper (Tobikomi) https://www.smspower.org/Competitions/Hacks-2024 1st: Barn 51 (PinkeyeFR) 2nd: Oh-No! More Lemmings (slogra) 3rd: Scourge the Hedgehog (PinkeyeFR) As ever, congratulations to everyone who entered, because you are all winners. The only way to lose is to not enter! So start working on an entry for next year! |
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:46 pm |
A note on filtering: we always analyse results and look for suspicious voting patterns and to check on their impact on the scores and rankings. We rarely see anything too strange, but we excluded a few aberrant votes from the results, but this had no impact on the final rankings.
It also became clear that one of the coding entries broke the intention of the "made for the competition" rule so we exclude it from the official rankings, but have left the forum post and site page because it's still a fun game. |
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Posted: Sun Apr 28, 2024 10:20 pm |
Congratulations once again to all. I was thinking that a kind of "Pirates" from Microprose would be great. A game to sail in 7 seas and explore the regions! Forza and come back Ricco next year. Andiamo, my friend! | |
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:34 am |
Thanks Maxim for the final results, and congratulations to everyone that entered. Having a 0.9 points difference between the first SEVEN entries is another testament to how great this year was.
Thanks guys, you keep the SMS homebrew scene alive! ❤️ |
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 8:45 am |
Congratulations everybody and Thank you all to make Stygian Quest a winner.
There is a lot of good entries. |
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:23 am Last edited by Kagesan on Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:52 pm; edited 1 time in total |
Congratulations to all and to the winners in particular. This has been an incredibly strong year. The overall quality was just stunning.
Thank you for voting Battle Squadron to #1 in the music category, although I feel bad for winning with cover versions, as clearly I am standing on the shoulders of the giants who composed the tracks in the first place, and personally, I would rate any of the original compositions in the competition higher on creative merits alone. Still: Thank you all. As promised, I’ll post the vgms of the remaining two tracks in the music section of the forum later. EDIT: Here they are. |
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And now... a word about the Music entries
Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 10:02 am
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Since I haven't seen folks discuss it all that much outside the entries' forum posts, I just wanna give a shoutout to all the entrants in the Music Competition. As evident in the results, there wasn't a single weak entry (aside from mine, before y'all pointed it out!)
We've come a long way from there only being one or two entries in the dark days at the beginning of this decade. No matter how you ranked, all of you should be proud of yourselves for contributing to a grand tradition that was in legitimate danger of dying out just years ago (like the Art competition did, bring it back!). I'm looking forward to doing better next year, see you all then! |
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Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 4:46 pm |
Congrats everybody, lots of nice things this year. As always thanks for your support, I'm glad you liked barn 51. I hope next year I'll be able to post something in the code section, for a change! | |
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:06 am |
Congratulations to everyone who took part in this competition. I'm really happy with my results, for a first timer I guess I fared pretty well. The most exciting thing about the competition is all the new things we have now to enjoy, so thanks to the organization for gathering so many high quality entries! | |
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Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2024 4:36 pm |
There was a minor mistake in the ordered listing of Music entries where rank 4 and 5 were swapped in the listing first published, it's now fixed (reported by toxa, thanks). Sorry for this! |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 4:21 pm |
Lovely, multiple games that deserve a proper release and I hope they get them.
No way does everyone beat this next year. |
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Posted: Thu May 02, 2024 6:27 pm |
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuGAOu1eOK4JgV_CaDxSCoopHC6H17_a0aVNiG...
Let´s go winners. |
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