Gp2x Coding Competition Results

[melime]

Hi!
I have found some great news on Emuholic :rolleyes:

and here is the link http://gp2x.co.uk/gp2x2006/gp2x2006comp.html

nice!!!


GP2X Coding Competition Results
GP2X News

Craig and myself have been busy judging all the entries and we came to the decision that the top 3 places go to the following:

1) Bubble Train - Fantastic port, shockingly addictive, just try it!
2) Vektar - Jeff Minter would be proud. Dreamy visuals and silky smooth blastem up gameplay.
3) GNUBoy - Best GBC emu on the GP2X now with all the options you could ask for, fast, great sound and wonderful compatibility.

I would also like to take the opportunity to thank everyone that participated in the competition. A 20 day deadline and 26 entries is a very good turnout especially with the GP2X being a fairly new console. You can check out the winners and the other entries via the compo results page here. Let us know what your favourite entries are on the forum!
Discuss the news on our forum, guest posting allowed. :wub: :wub: :wub:

 

[declaration]

very nice.
Can't wait to try all the entries, but Vektar looks espescially good.

 

[Drak]

I think efegea's should have won something, even though it isnt complete or w/e its what most people want

I also dont understand why a skin was accepted too since it isnt coding at all. Not bad ill be getting most of that stuff.

 

[rokdcasbah]

actually the results were mentioned in another thread but i'd say it deserves its own thread anyway.

congrats to the winners. so far i think my personal favorite is vektar. it has all those little finishing touches that make a great game. the new music and sound fx in ladykiller are great. and gnuboy2x is just perfect. i'm about to try out whacky.

regarding efegea's...i was intrigued but i wanted to make sure before i tried it that the program itself wasn't what bricked his gp2x! i'm sure it wasn't though. i'll be trying it shortly. also, i should say that sdl2x looks great. once i get more into c++ i'll be trying it out.

 

[Iorgy77]

Indeed, congratulations and thanks to all who entered, the winners and the organisers.

 

[starpause]

wow, bubbletrain is 30 megs h34r:

GNUboy, last time i tried the sound compatability was not so great, littleSoundDj was not playable ... i talked to K-teto about it a little, he said maybe someday the sound core could be re-coded but the task is large

anyway, awesome !!!! ... we need a smilie !!!

 

[Trashman]

Vektar is just awseome! Its made the 26 day wait worthwhile alone for me.
Big pat on the back for everyone else too. Gnuboy will be getting a good run out when I get home from work today.
Respect everyone B)

 

[aapje89]

anyone tried gpgeneral? Whats it like?

 

[Aninhumer]

I haven't played gpgeneral yet, but there are some problems with text.
It could be hardly noticeable, or it could be impossible to play.

 

[chimpoid]

Woo. Vektar is stunning for such a short amount of development time.

Chimpoid

 

[greenpix]

wew. Vectar is really nice. I would have liked to see a more advanced version of Pulp Life. So far it is certainly a nice demo, lots of room for improvement here. Once the bugs are fixed I think it will be quite a nice game/engine.

 

[barnesy]

GNUboy, last time i tried the sound compatability was not so great, littleSoundDj was not playable ... i talked to K-teto about it a little, he said maybe someday the sound core could be re-coded but the task is large   

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In that case you REALLY need to check the new version out. This is one of several changes listed in the readme: "Perfect sound thanks to total elimination of SDL and use of the minilib for sound." And I agree - it sounds fantastic!

edit - I still haven't worked savestates out in it though.
edit edit - Ah! L+R to get to the menu, then Y to get to savestates, then A to save or B to load. A bit tricky, but it works.

 

[Prefab]

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!

h34r:

 

[Hanz™]

Most useful thing for me is SDL2X, as I can read through the source code, and it helps me see how stuff is done.

 

[chimpoid]

Hanz, whacky's source will be up in an hour or two.
Then you can see how not to code SDL

Chimpoid

 

[Hanz™]

Hanz, whacky's source will be up in an hour or two.
Then you can see how not to code SDL

Chimpoid

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Haha. I already know how not to code in SDL. hehe

 

[DuFace]

That's odd. GnuBoy doesnt work for me. It gets to the rom selection screen, but nothing is there? I'm on oddbots firmware.

 

[fomit]

That's odd. GnuBoy doesnt work for me. It gets to the rom selection screen, but nothing is there? I'm on oddbots firmware.

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It worked fine for me on theoddbot's firmware. I was unable to actually save a game (this was before I heard about the save states). It would be nice if everything was nicely documented somewhere (like the readme) instead of in scrolling text. Oh well.

So in short: saving in game doesn't work for me, though save states should.

 

[Aninhumer]

Do you have a rom folder in the Gnuboy directory?
Just checking.

 

[noreason]

just tried the top3 and they are really cool! Congratulation for all the programmers that have made something!