text effects
Done really well!!!

The projects that I did understand didn't show much creativeness or originality. Text effects, although limited, showed the simple possibilities of what 3DGS can do when the creative minds are looking for great results

ditto! +1 text effect...

There are a lot of interesting and some very well done demos among the entries, however the winner for me is Typing Tiles. Typing Tiles is a simple but entertaining concept. It is exclusively made with panels (except the music :P ) and it is a complete game with menu, difficulty, loosing or winning screens, replay options etc.

I have started a lot of projects in my "3dgs career" but I have never finished a game to where it could be published. Respect for accomplishing more in your first project than I have in countless tries.

PS: I suck at typing so maybe this will hep me get better.

I vote for megaman, because it's just fun! The Code from texteffects and collision detection is very professional, but they neither are fun nor they have a goal.

I agree with hopfel about the texteffect entrance. It's good to look at but it's not a game.
I think the objective of this competition should be to make the use of panels easy to understand and accessible to people learning. Some of these entries are 'too good'. We end up marvelling at their incredible abilies and learning nothing much. That's why I voted for the Copter game. It's not that good but there's a lot to learn for newcomers.

the contest was based on the above, learning purposes was never mentioned, it wasnt aimed to get beginners to learn, the learning would've resulted from studying panels in order to participate.. just wanted to make that clear.. am sure every contestant worked with one thing in mind "add as much functional and innovative code as possible"

Hey Vet!




My first try also ended with "what the,... where are the controls...???
But on my second try, i found the controls-editor in the game. You have to define the controls of each player.
I like the little game. Also the little face-expressions... funny.

cheers
Marcel

My vote goes to "Typing Tiles"

Lots of nice entries, though some of them could use a little more work (adding a game menu etc.).

I rated all the entries on different factors from 1 to 10, and the top5 on my list got the following overall ratings:

1. TypingTiles - 9,25
2. Text Effects - 9
3. Super Mario - 8,75
3. Worm Dieder - 8,75
3. OMGman - 8,75

A few comments (didn't take my time to comment on all entries, sorry):

Typing Tiles - a game with a simple and nice concept (a bit like the game "typer-shark"). I chose it due to the fact, that it had a simple game menu, instead of just starting right away (like many of the other entries) and by telling the user what to do/controls - which many of the entries didn't. Had had to choose one, and as all of the entries were great, this is the little thing that made me choose it.
This game proves that Gamestudio/Lite-C is fully capable for making professional 2D games.

omgman - I really enjoyed this one, but it seems a bit unfinished due to the lack of a menu system. If a nice menu system was added, it would be my favourite

Invisible Shadow - a nice game, with very nice graphics! It's just a bit buggy though (as when I complete the level and return to the menu, the player and he bad guy is still being visible). The "combat system" might as well need a little more work.

Text Effects - Simply amazing work It's not a game, making it a bit hard to compare to the other entries. However it's a nice coding job, and you really got my respect for that.

Little 2D Game - Very nice looking game, but it really seems unfinished


1. Yes, unless it's compiled into an exe-file.
2. Agreed.
3. Would be nice, but shouldn't be necessary in my opinion - not everyone even uses comments.

Hmm... when ends the voting?

Yeah, i was in a top five - not one vote