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[CrimsonCasio]

last time Pascal was addmited under the C/ASM catagory. i assume it will be the same this time.

[Bob Vila]

does anyone have any information about programming the afx in pascal/asm. cause i started to teach myself pascal awhile ago and doing that might be easier than learning a whole new language ( c )

[Andy.Davies]

i dont see why you shouldnt enter, BUT the game can only have started development after the comp began. eg: you cant submit a year old project or anything

[2072]

Of course it's OK to use Pascal

[Marco]

Thx for your answers, so I?ll try it.

When the development with the game began is also no problem, cause I?m a real newbie.

Getting my AFX not long ago middle of August this year (I began writing first Add Ins with NAsm and wrote a graphics engine + some other moduls then, ported to Pascal 2 weeks ago), I started with the game only 4 days ago

@Bob Vila: Sure; it?s much easier, but as efficient as C. The way you create Add Ins in Pascal is the same as in C: just ensure that Program+Data+Stack+Heap will not go over 64K at all. Use 286, disable FPU (you may enable emulation, however; already tested), and as the AFX is not as fast as other computers, disable all kind of unnecessarry code generation (like range check, IO check and so on). I use good old TP 6.0, it works fine!

[huhn_m]

yeah ... of course you can enter...

btw. someone should make some kind of banchmark on
how fast what language is.

[Roeoender]

I've programmed in Borland's Pascal before I started using C and C++ compilers,
and Borland's Pascal compiler was rather a slow one. FreePascal was faster, but I don't know if it works for AFX as I don't want to use pascal anymore.
You can write effective or crappy/slow code in both languages. Using C doesn't make your programs automatically faster (well, assembly is the answer )
I prefer C as there are more compilers I can choose from and it gives me more freedom (btw I love pointers which are natural in C and a bit unnatural in Pascal).

Roeoender.

[Marco]

I noticed, that I?m not able to finish the final release of the game until Nov 1, as I have very rare time at the moment. A playable demo with a few levels, however, I?ll be able to do, cause the game engine is compleate already.

Is this enough for the contest or MUST it be the final release that will be published later?

[CrimsonCasio]

you can submit it in an uncompleat form but it would likely be docked points... try to make it as compleat as possible.

[PerCasioAdAstra]

Hmm, thats it for me.

During my recent formatting of my hard drive, i accidently swapped my game for the comp. with another game, after i had copied the backup files for my calculator folder. Resulting in the deletion of my game, permanently.

So, i would like to withdraw from the comp, as i will not have time to create a new game anyways. And no- i'm not TO sad about it, because the game sucked anyway

PCAA'

[CrimsonCasio]

heh, im so happy
i was becoming worried that I wouldnt have enough time to finish my game, but I did it... would have taken a lot less time in the past but im so out of practice with the CFX...

anyway, which judge is doing CFX games?

[PerCasioAdAstra]

actually, since i'm out, i wanna be a judge

[Andy.Davies]

unfortunatly, judging might be more difficult for me, as i may get quite busy at uni, but i will know for sure nearer the time.

[Bob Vila]

actually, since i'm out, i wanna be a judge

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me too

[huhn_m]

only the original judges in each categorie will do the judging.

No more judges are accepted.
Too many judges will make the progress of judging slower too so
I think we are fine with the ones we do have.

[Bob Vila]

i thought as much

[CrimsonCasio]

if im not mistaken you dont have a judge with a CFX... that will make it imposible to play my game (and mabey others)

[the_unknown_one]

So make Bob Vila judge

[CrimsonCasio]

thats one solution, though there are others qualified (and i may be wrong about the CFX thing)

[casiokingdom]

i don't have time to make a game for the comp, as i am busy studying for my end of highschool exams (TEE). sorry.
I could always make a really small game, but it would be really rubbish. so i think it's best that i withdraw from the competition now.

[casiokingdom]

i have actually decided to stay in the competition. i don't want to spoil to comp, so i made a small game. i will send it to the judges soon.

====EDIT====
which email addresses do i send my game to? btw, is there going to be a judge with a CFX?

[huhn_m]

2072 just created an e-mail account where ALL competitiors can send their
programs to. Please do not send them directly to the judges but to this account! They'll be forwarded then!

Please include the categorie, your name, the name of the program,
a compiled executable and the sources (for ASM/C), an explanation for
functions / keys. Things that need to be considdered for the program to
work (e.g. create matices / basic fiels etc ...)

You have to hand in the sources since they are important for the evaluation. However you can ask us (the judges) to delete them after the
comp. Please just drop a note in the mail.

Here is the mail addresse:

contest (a) casiocalc.org

replace the (a) by the @ sign (changed to prevent the mailbox from beeing flooded with spam)

[4nic8]

ASM/C programs contest ends on December 1st, right?

[CrimsonCasio]

i sent mine but my mail gave an error when i did, can somebody check and see if it went through?

[genesis]

I have sent my game to several e-mail addresses (including the one above) numerous times, and I don't want to sound irritating, but has anyone received it? I just want to make sure it all went through, (game, readme, screenshots and description) unlike last time...

[C@siomax]

Mine is already published ^^
And I won't modify it because of lack of time

[2072]

games recieved so far:

Hearts (asm/c) Bija
Flashes (basic) casiokingdom
Sprite 2 (basic) Genesis

[2072]

Other judges should have received the games, right?
Any email sent to contest AT casiocalc.org will be forwarded automatically to all judges.

[Mohamed]

Ok, mails recieved, all BASIC competitors shall send their programs in no more than 48 hours (depending on where you live).

Remember, BASIC games shall work on both AFX & CFX unless you mention you made a restriction.
If you need to make a different file for AFX for example, then do it please.

[Marco]

I sended in my game in C/ASM cathegory also now.
Was nearly last minute. Hope it was not too late?

[Marco]

Don't understand this...

I became a Mail now that my Mail could not be delivered. I sended it exactly to contest (a) casiocalc.org (where (a) was replaced by @)

What adress do I send it to now?

---Edit:---

I tryed it 3 times now, I always got a mail delivery failure
Really donn't know where to send it now, please help!

[huhn_m]

well, I got your program ... (exactly 3 times)

I don't know why you get these error messages but they don't seem to
mean anything

[2072]

got it 3 times too, that means that the email address of one of the judges rejected it for some reasons... So you can assume that one of the judges didn't received it. Can you post the exact error message you got? (the email address in error and the reject cause should be written in the error message)

[2072]

In fact that's the forward to my and Andy gmail account that bounce: "Illegual Attachmemt"...

Gmail doesn't seem to like your attachment so I made a .rar and send it to Andy.

[2072]

So far we received 5 programs, so even if your game is "already published", YOU HAVE TO SENT IT TO CONTEST AT CASIOCALC.ORG. We have no time to search for your programs on the internet and possibly pick the wrong version...

[Marco]

Ok, Thx^^

[Mohamed]

Who said that ASM/C games are to be sent now?
All ASM/C guys still have a full month!

[2072]

It's only for ASM/C non-games where deadline is on december 1st

[mastermage]

oh **** I thought like mohamed ! I have not finished my game yet.