Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 22, 2006, 10:02:00 am
Programming the best rain routine
October 22, 2006 to October 28, 2006
Description:
You will have to program a routine that looks like it is raining either in pure basic or with an ASM utility, but there will be no asm programs accepted.
scoring:
12.5 for code
12.5 for speed
25 points for following rules
50 points for forum voting
Rules:
You will be judge on how optimized your code is and how fast the routine appears to run on the screen. The routine must be on the graph screen and not the home screen. Your program will then be posted on Omnimaga on October 29, 2006 for voting. If you recieve 7 votes then you get 1/7 of the 50 points etc. You will also need to follow the rules for your code below and bonus points will be awarded as specified below.
Needs for Code:
How fast the rain falls/moves will need to be in variable F.
Amount of rain that falls will need to be in variable R.
Bonus Points:
When rain hits the bottom of the screen there is a splash. 2 points
Amount of wind that affects the rain is in variable W. 3 points
The needs for code section shows things that your code needs or else points will be deducted and the bonus points section shows things you can do to add points the overall amount that you recieve.
Email entries to [email protected]
Post by: Halifax on October 22, 2006, 10:23:00 am
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 22, 2006, 10:59:00 am
btw how do ppl submit the entries? Do they upload them in posts?
Post by: Halifax on October 22, 2006, 11:08:00 am
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 22, 2006, 11:08:00 am
Post by: bfr on October 22, 2006, 12:05:00 pm
.But I get slightly annoyed when in the rules of a contest, something like, "Assembly isn't allowed, but assembly utilities are allowed", is said. Which assembly utilities? When do you draw the line? What if I made an "assembly utility" that generated a rain affect based on different parameters passed through TI-BASIC variables or something? It's not a big deal, but it just get's me slightly annoyed.
EDIT: I suppose there is a reasonable amount of time for the contest, but unfortunately, for the next two weeks, I have a lot of work to do, so I may not be able to participate.
Post by: Halifax on October 22, 2006, 12:13:00 pm
For example you can only have Assembly routine for rendering graphics and nothing else but the While or Repeat or w/e loop you use must be written in BASIC. I hope that clears it up for you. I was originally going to say only Xlib was allowed but then I thought well maybe people have some Assembly utlities that no one else has heard of that will help them.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 22, 2006, 12:59:00 pm
Post by: Alex on October 22, 2006, 03:49:00 pm
- Alex
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 22, 2006, 04:15:00 pm
maybe later we could have some kind of 89 one tho :)(unless I am wrong, I just read the specs but we should really ask kpr for this as he started this contest)
Post by: tenniskid493 on October 22, 2006, 04:46:00 pm
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 23, 2006, 09:14:00 am
Post by: Speler on October 23, 2006, 10:30:00 am
Post by: Halifax on October 23, 2006, 10:35:00 am
Post by: Speler on October 23, 2006, 12:19:00 pm
Post by: Radical Pi on October 23, 2006, 12:53:00 pm
Post by: Halifax on October 23, 2006, 01:11:00 pm
Post by: Netham45 on October 24, 2006, 02:14:00 am
Post by: Radical Pi on October 24, 2006, 10:53:00 am
Post by: Halifax on October 24, 2006, 12:32:00 pm
Post by: Radical Pi on October 25, 2006, 08:33:00 am
Some questions about the rules: Are F W and R user inputted or random or our choice? Are the programs supposed to be anonymous for voting (so I would erase the "BY RADICAL PI" line)?
Post by: Halifax on October 27, 2006, 05:08:00 am
NOTE: There is one more day and your programs have to be submitted by or before 12:00 PM tommorow, Saturday the 28th October.
Post by: Radical Pi on October 28, 2006, 06:11:00 am
Post by: Speler on October 28, 2006, 08:03:00 am
Post by: Halifax on October 28, 2006, 08:16:00 am
Post by: Speler on October 28, 2006, 08:18:00 am
, I might be able to finish by then.
Post by: Halifax on October 28, 2006, 08:21:00 am
Post by: Speler on October 28, 2006, 08:33:00 am
Post by: Halifax on October 28, 2006, 08:41:00 am
Post by: Speler on October 28, 2006, 08:56:00 am
Post by: Halifax on October 28, 2006, 08:59:00 am
Post by: Speler on October 28, 2006, 09:02:00 am
Post by: Halifax on October 28, 2006, 09:26:00 am
NOTE: I have not recieved your email if you have sent it with your program Super_speler
Post by: Speler on October 28, 2006, 09:28:00 am
Post by: Halifax on October 28, 2006, 05:37:00 pm
Radical_Pi is officially the winner of this contest, because he is the only one to submit a program, and he will thus be able to either shutdown this contest or pick the topic for the next one. I will be posting his program later on in the night/day.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 29, 2006, 01:57:00 am
congrats anyway! Maybe the contest should have lasted a lil longer ._.
Post by: Spellshaper on October 29, 2006, 02:05:00 am
uhm... and maybe one could upload the winner program so we can test it? :D
Post by: Speler on October 29, 2006, 04:08:00 am
. Congrats Radical Pi, I'm sure yours would have won anyway, can we get a screeny?
Post by: Radical Pi on October 29, 2006, 04:29:00 am
I think we'd like to see your program anyway Spely. How could you have gotten 100 raindrops? o.o
I used plots and made the limit 35 to maintain speed, but 100? zohmyfugod (zomfg)!Well here's my program, tell me how you like it anyway ^^
And I'll think of something for next contest. I promise it'll be good.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 29, 2006, 04:34:00 am
btw suggestion for next contest: 3 weeks deadline