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CodeWalrus Website => Contests => Topic started by: Yuki on June 01, 2015, 12:00:11 AM

Poll
Question: Select your 3 favorite CW 4x3 Challenge entries below -=SEIZURES WARNING!!=-
Option 1: alexgt - Nagoji 4x3 (HP Prime) votes: 3
Option 2: brentmaas - PixCiv (Java) votes: 5
Option 3: CKH4 - C4X3 (TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition) votes: 1
Option 4: Cumred Snektron - The Game (TI-83 Plus) votes: 3
Option 5: DarkestEx - TwelvePx (Windows) votes: 1
Option 6: gameblabla - 3x4 Simon (Android) votes: 0
Option 7: guicrith - UnexpOrd (Web-based) (standalone zip file) votes: 3
Option 8: Haobo - Pxl-Shooter (TI-83 Plus) votes: 3
Option 9: Hayleia - Four Shades of Grey (TI-83 Plus) votes: 2
Option 10: JWinslow23 - BittyBird (TI-83 Plus) votes: 5
Option 11: LD Studios - Red! Green! Blue! (TI-Nspire) votes: 1
Option 12: SciPi - Mini Dungeon (Computer) votes: 4
Option 13: Unicorn - Whack-A-Color (TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition) votes: 2
Option 14: unknownloner - ColorZ (Web-based) (standalone zip file) votes: 5
Title: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Yuki on June 01, 2015, 12:00:11 AM
SEIZURES WARNING!

Well, it's the end of the contest (http://codewalr.us/index.php?topic=432.0)! Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry! And if you haven't done it yet, well too bad.

(http://djomnimaga.codewalr.us/4x3challenge.gif)

You were a total of 14 contestants who submitted an entry, they have now been screened and accepted by staff! We will also give download links here real soon so you can try them out! Also, feel free to post them in your topic now.

Have fun ^_^

Edit: You can download all the entries at the following URL: http://codewalr.us/contests/2015-4x3/

EDIT (DJ): The poll is now online, above the first post of this thread or if you are viewing this from the front page, at http://codewalr.us/index.php?topic=509.0 ! Choose the three entries that you like the most. Results will be hidden until the end of the poll and judging.

UPDATE (June 15th 2015): The final results are out! http://codewalr.us/index.php?topic=546.0
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Unicorn on June 01, 2015, 12:01:52 AM
YAY! well done everyone!


ITS OVER!!!!!!!!! :walrii: Now, I cant wait to have fun with these entries, congrats to everyone!

Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:08:01 AM
Can't wait to mess with the other entries either. Best of luck to all!

News: New last-minute entry to the CodeWalrus 4x3 contest: The Game! Yes, the one you just lost. (https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: CodeWalrus 4x3 contest comes to a close! 13 people submitted entries, and today's date has inexplicably changed to Friday the 13th. Rumor has it that the black cat that crossed DJ Omnimaga's path was involved.(https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: 89.5% of statistics in fake news tickers break the fourth wall and are made up on the spot.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Unicorn on June 01, 2015, 12:13:39 AM
Quote from: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:08:01 AM
Can't wait to mess with the other entries either. Best of luck to all!

News: New last-minute entry to the CodeWalrus 4x3 contest: The Game! Yes, the one you just lost. (https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: CodeWalrus 4x3 contest comes to a close! 13 people submitted entries, and today's date has inexplicably changed to Friday the 13th. Rumor has it that the black cat that crossed DJ Omnimaga's path was involved.(https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: 89.5% of statistics in fake news tickers break the fourth wall and are made up on the spot.

Lovely
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:15:44 AM
Quote from: Unicorn on June 01, 2015, 12:13:39 AM
Quote from: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:08:01 AM
Can't wait to mess with the other entries either. Best of luck to all!

News: New last-minute entry to the CodeWalrus 4x3 contest: The Game! Yes, the one you just lost. (https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: CodeWalrus 4x3 contest comes to a close! 13 people submitted entries, and today's date has inexplicably changed to Friday the 13th. Rumor has it that the black cat that crossed DJ Omnimaga's path was involved.(https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: 89.5% of statistics in fake news tickers break the fourth wall and are made up on the spot.

Lovely
Thanks. By the way, that statistic was made up on the spot :P
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: DarkestEx on June 01, 2015, 12:22:55 AM
Quote from: Juju on June 01, 2015, 12:00:11 AM
Well, it's the end of the contest! Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry! And if you haven't done it yet, well too bad.

You were a total of 13 contestants who submitted an entry, they are now up for consideration by the judges! We will also give download links here real soon so you can try them out! Also, feel free to post them in your topic now.

Have fun ^_^
I hope you still got it. It arrived a few mins late, because of some problems on my side. Gmail was not working. and stuff.
Please still judge it, although I know I can't win the 1st place anymore.

Muessigb.

I used a GMX.DE mail adress to send it, so that it doesn't confuse.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:38:53 AM
Breaking news: DarkestEx breaks the curse of the 4x3 contest! Apparently, on the other side of the world, black cats crossing your path is GOOD luck. (https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: Half Life 3 is officially confirmed! The contest is 4x3...4x3=12, and 1+2=3. The result is obvious from there. (https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: It has been revealed that rearranging the letters of CodeWalrus gives Owl Crusade. I, for one, welcome our new owl overlords.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: princetonlion.tibd on June 01, 2015, 12:41:22 AM
Quote from: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:38:53 AM
Breaking news: DarkestEx breaks the curse of the 4x3 contest! Apparently, on the other side of the world, black cats crossing your path is GOOD luck. (https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: Half Life 3 is officially confirmed! The contest is 4x3...4+3=12, and 1+2=3. The result is obvious from there. (https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: It has been revealed that rearranging the letters of CodeWalrus gives Owl Crusade. I, for one, welcome our new owl overlords.
4+3=12? :P
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:44:35 AM
Quote from: princetonlion.tibd on June 01, 2015, 12:41:22 AM
Quote from: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:38:53 AM
Breaking news: DarkestEx breaks the curse of the 4x3 contest! Apparently, on the other side of the world, black cats crossing your path is GOOD luck. (https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: Half Life 3 is officially confirmed! The contest is 4x3...4+3=12, and 1+2=3. The result is obvious from there. (https://img.ourl.ca/NEWS.png) News: It has been revealed that rearranging the letters of CodeWalrus gives Owl Crusade. I, for one, welcome our new owl overlords.
4+3=12? :P
We here at Owl Crusade News are issuing an official apology. We didn't mean to come up with wrong calculations. We also didn't want all of these sentences to have exactly 3 Ws in them.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Yuki on June 01, 2015, 12:47:15 AM
Quote from: DarkestEx on June 01, 2015, 12:22:55 AM
Quote from: Juju on June 01, 2015, 12:00:11 AM
Well, it's the end of the contest! Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry! And if you haven't done it yet, well too bad.

You were a total of 13 contestants who submitted an entry, they are now up for consideration by the judges! We will also give download links here real soon so you can try them out! Also, feel free to post them in your topic now.

Have fun ^_^
I hope you still got it. It arrived a few mins late, because of some problems on my side. Gmail was not working. and stuff.
Please still judge it, although I know I can't win the 1st place anymore.

Muessigb.

I used a GMX.DE mail adress to send it, so that it doesn't confuse.
DJ is probably at some hockey game right now so I'm handling this while he's not here. Well, as you got some problems with your email and you still managed to post it before I post all the entries online I'd forgive you, but well it's pretty much case by case. DJ have the final word on this though, so let's wait for him to say what he thinks.

By the way you can try them out here (http://codewalr.us/contests/2015-4x3/), I'll post the votes ar around midnight GMT-4, or at least after we checked for their validity.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: alexgt on June 01, 2015, 01:20:11 AM
Quote from: Juju on June 01, 2015, 12:47:15 AM
By the way you can try them out here (http://codewalr.us/contests/2015-4x3/), I'll post the votes ar around midnight GMT-4, or at least after we checked for their validity.
I didn't see Nagoji 4x3?!
NVM xD I found it... it is late ok :P
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: DarkestEx on June 01, 2015, 01:25:08 AM
Quote from: Juju on June 01, 2015, 12:47:15 AM
DJ is probably at some hockey game right now so I'm handling this while he's not here. Well, as you got some problems with your email and you still managed to post it before I post all the entries online I'd forgive you, but well it's pretty much case by case. DJ have the final word on this though, so let's wait for him to say what he thinks.
Oh that is awsome  ;D
Thank you soo much Juju!

Quote from: Juju on June 01, 2015, 12:47:15 AMBy the way you can try them out here (http://codewalr.us/contests/2015-4x3/), I'll post the votes ar around midnight GMT-4, or at least after we checked for their validity.
I just did. I found some real nices ones. I will sleep now and play some more of them tomorrow.
Good night!
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Unicorn on June 01, 2015, 04:03:55 AM
Ooo oooo ooo! //i can't wait to try all the one I can!!! :)
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: unknownloner on June 01, 2015, 04:12:05 AM
Yay contest
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 04:28:31 AM
Commemorative anagrams, because why not:

Codewalrus Four Times Three Contest = drew to a close; to them, turns us fierce.

Codewalrus Four by Three Contest = Beat other scores? Fun. We could try.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 01, 2015, 05:04:48 AM
Quote from: Juju on June 01, 2015, 12:47:15 AM
Quote from: DarkestEx on June 01, 2015, 12:22:55 AM
Quote from: Juju on June 01, 2015, 12:00:11 AM
Well, it's the end of the contest! Thanks to everyone who submitted an entry! And if you haven't done it yet, well too bad.

You were a total of 13 contestants who submitted an entry, they are now up for consideration by the judges! We will also give download links here real soon so you can try them out! Also, feel free to post them in your topic now.

Have fun ^_^
I hope you still got it. It arrived a few mins late, because of some problems on my side. Gmail was not working. and stuff.
Please still judge it, although I know I can't win the 1st place anymore.

Muessigb.

I used a GMX.DE mail adress to send it, so that it doesn't confuse.
DJ is probably at some hockey game right now so I'm handling this while he's not here. Well, as you got some problems with your email and you still managed to post it before I post all the entries online I'd forgive you, but well it's pretty much case by case. DJ have the final word on this though, so let's wait for him to say what he thinks.

By the way you can try them out here (http://codewalr.us/contests/2015-4x3/), I'll post the votes ar around midnight GMT-4, or at least after we checked for their validity.
I would say it's fine in this case due to the aforementionned e-mail issue, but the next time we do a contest it doesn't mean entries will be accepted after the deadline. This is why I stated before to not wait until the very last minute to submit entries, in case e-mail issues, unexpected bugs in your program or Internet connection dying would happen at the end. This is also why I gave a bit more than 1 month to make your entry after all ;), so yeah, this 20-minutes late entry (or 11?) will be accepted but for CW Contest #2 (or rather 1 since this contest is more a mini-contest) it will not be.

Same goes for the readme.txt that was missing in one entry. The entry arrived before the deadline but the readme was missing. Also, the only reason why a txt readme was required was to stop Nspire Lua programmers from including their readmes inside the executable, which prevents people from knowing what they're about to download (eg if it's a graphical RPG or pure menu-only garbage, which is given away by game controls) and if it runs on their hardware, thus, causing them to waste their time (especially with how long Nspire Student Software takes to startup).

That one entry that got in 4 hours after the deadline, on the other hand, won't be accepted. On top of that the person who submitted this late didn't even bother making a topic about his entry and has 0 posts, so even if he had submitted in time, without a topic his entry would be disqualified anyway.

When I ran Omnimaga (including two contest and part of a third one) the entries were always accepted up to 1 hour past the announced deadline.


Also I'll attach a poll to this topic with entry download (and web links if applicable), but with the author nicks and entry title and topic links, so people know which entry is whom and stuff.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries!
Post by: Unicorn on June 01, 2015, 05:39:38 AM
Is the poll out? Anywats congrats to darkest for getting his entry in!
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Haobo on June 01, 2015, 06:08:30 AM
Well, I'm kinda late here cause got work, but yay, so many entries! Gotta try them all out tomorrow :P.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 01, 2015, 06:30:29 AM
Quote from: Unicorn on June 01, 2015, 05:39:38 AM
Is the poll out? Anywats congrats to darkest for getting his entry in!
Not yet, I was testing all entries one by one (except the ones I already tested earlier that didn't get updated) to ensure that they work. I confirm that the 14 accepted entries are working and thus, remains accepted. :P So the poll will begin as soon as I set it up.

EDIT: The poll is up at http://codewalr.us/index.php?topic=509.0 ! Choose your three favorite entries! Meanwhile, I'll begin judging.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Snektron on June 01, 2015, 07:03:20 AM
Cool! :D Also i can't wait to play these, just got to find the time x.x though i will be taking the ti 84 entries to play on school thank you
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 01, 2015, 07:05:45 AM
Oh I forgot to mention in the first post: Watch out about seizures! Some of those entries are quite flashy due to being 4x3!
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:26:34 PM
By the way, does anyone know when voting will end? I want to know if I can test the entries I can before voting ends.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: DarkestEx on June 01, 2015, 12:27:53 PM
Quote from: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:26:34 PM
By the way, does anyone know when voting will end? I want to know if I can test the entries I can before voting ends.
June 15
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: brentmaas on June 01, 2015, 01:18:13 PM
How will the final score be calculated? I understand that the scores from grading will be averaged, but how about the poll?
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: LD Studios on June 01, 2015, 07:08:39 PM
The poll seems unfair because platforms that more users have access to will get more votes
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 01, 2015, 07:14:46 PM
Quote from: DarkestEx on June 01, 2015, 12:27:53 PM
Quote from: JWinslow23 on June 01, 2015, 12:26:34 PM
By the way, does anyone know when voting will end? I want to know if I can test the entries I can before voting ends.
June 15
It depends if I somehow run out of time during that time frame, though. With 14 entries that could take a while, especially that I will at least try to play through games for a while to see if they have a significant length and entertainment value. Even longer if I get addicted to one of them like in previous contests I ran <_<

Quote from: brentmaas on June 01, 2015, 01:18:13 PM
How will the final score be calculated? I understand that the scores from grading will be averaged, but how about the poll?
I thought about something such as 60% total votes and 40% judging (basically if there is a total of 60 entries voted for, then the judging scores would be divided until their total reaches 40), but ideally I would like to do it like the 2010 Omnimaga contest that I partly judged. The ratio might vary based on how many votes we get, but it's unlikely we will get more judges at this point. Just as long as people's voice on this forum (via the contest poll) has enough power rather than just 1 single judge. After all, I am confident that our forum members are able to use enough common sense to not vote on a contest entry only if it's called Pokémon. ;) On the other hand, LD Studio has a point about people having the platforms or not so judging results will definitively have a significant impact on final results.
Quote from: LD Studios on June 01, 2015, 07:08:39 PM
The poll seems unfair because platforms that more users have access to will get more votes
We didn't have much choice sadly due to the multi-platform nature of this contest. Sadly we can't please everyone when we only have 1 category. Not to mention that if we had multiple categories per platform, then both gameblabla and alexgt would have won by default.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 03, 2015, 04:08:07 PM
UPDATE: A SMF bug combined with my lower account permissions (compared to Street, Juju and Eiyeron) has resulted into the poll results becoming public for a short while earlier. I apologize about that. It is fixed now, but to prevent this from happening again, I would like to ask any staff that are not part of the server maintenance group to not edit the poll. The issue was caused by how I have full privileges when creating new polls, but limited privileges when editing them, so once I edit an existing poll, it makes results public by default and I can no longer change the expiry date. I have found a way to set my group to be able to edit any poll, but it did not fix the problem.

So now the only way to keep results hidden until the end is to ensure that no staff other than those in the red server maintenance group edits the poll.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: alexgt on June 03, 2015, 08:08:52 PM
Yeah when I voted I was wondering about that! Glad it is (kind of) fixed :)
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 03, 2015, 11:01:14 PM
Thanks. SMF can be annoying sometimes. It was entirely possible that the poll would be unfixable, in which case the results would have been public until the end (and this would probably be the last time I make a poll for a contest)

I also added the poll to the front page, but the choices are hidden if you voted or if you do not have voting privileges.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: alexgt on June 04, 2015, 02:18:15 AM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on June 03, 2015, 11:01:14 PM
I also added the poll to the front page, but the choices are hidden if you voted or if you do not have voting privileges.
So if you didn't vote you can see the results!?
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 04, 2015, 02:48:46 AM
Not anymore. We were able to for a few hours earlier due to a setting issue.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: alexgt on June 07, 2015, 04:57:10 AM
When will the voting/contest judging end?
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Unicorn on June 07, 2015, 07:53:57 AM
Voting results on june 14. Anyways, WaC is gonna take it all by a landslide :P
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Snektron on June 07, 2015, 08:59:27 AM
WaC? whats  that? :P
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 07, 2015, 03:17:45 PM
Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 07, 2015, 08:59:27 AM
WaC? whats  that? :P
Whack-a-Color for the +CSE, I expect.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 07, 2015, 04:03:03 PM
Quote from: alexgt on June 07, 2015, 04:57:10 AM
When will the voting/contest judging end?
Most likely somewhere around June 15th. I took a break earlier this week due to past weeks stress but I am resuming judging soon. I already tried all entries but I still need to familiarize myself with them to judge them adequatly.

And yeah I think he means Whack a Color.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: alexgt on June 07, 2015, 04:04:51 PM
Thanks :). How long of a break do you have off work/school or whatever?
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! y:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 09, 2015, 03:57:22 PM
Oh I was in vacation actually, but I didn't feel like doing anything since I was so tired. I started work again but I am less tired so hopefully I judge soon.

Whoever wins will be asked a working e-mail address to which I can send him the digital prize and of course asked what he prefers (eg iTunes, Amazon, Steam). Itunes isn't really recommended, though, because Apple was stupid enough to still force users to enter a credit card number in a field even if they were going to use gift cards only, and I don't remember if they fixed that.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: alexgt on June 09, 2015, 04:01:52 PM
Well for me the email is the one that was I used to send it :)
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 09, 2015, 04:32:18 PM
Yeah I am just making sure because some people use fake email addresses on forums and ticalc.org because they're scared of getting spam or that admins use the addresses for bad things. If I send a prize to a fake address then the price will never be received :P
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: alexgt on June 09, 2015, 05:03:22 PM
Yeah I never use my email :P (it is filled up with notifications for SIFS, MinePrime, and Nagoji 4x3 :P)
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Unicorn on June 11, 2015, 06:18:57 AM
Yeah, I had that happen until I got tired of it and made an alternate acount for calculator things.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Snektron on June 11, 2015, 07:54:16 AM
You can just uncheck the 'Notify me of replies' button, right?
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 11, 2015, 05:21:13 PM
^This. But some people use fake addresses only because they are extremely paranoid about their privacy and thinks that every calc forum admin are just pedos awaiting for the best moment to catch a little kid from the forum after tracking down their location.


Also, less than 4 days left to vote!
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: alexgt on June 11, 2015, 05:28:59 PM
:( I won't be here when the contest voting/ judging is done, stupid camp <_<
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 11, 2015, 07:00:15 PM
Oh right you are leaving soon. I wasn't sure if it was in late july or earlier anymore.

Unless I procastinate and finish judging entries only when you have turned 18 years old O.O (I actually played all games but there are some that were harder or more confusing that I need to replay to judge adequatly, and I recently created the judging score template file
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Unicorn on June 11, 2015, 11:25:58 PM
Dun dun dun! Alex, you just get more suspense! It makes things better :P
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 12, 2015, 04:30:52 AM
That reminds me: I need to do the Spring CWPN for release at the end of this season (most likely around July 1st). It will most likely include a copy of the contest results.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Unicorn on June 12, 2015, 07:45:25 AM
CodeWalrus Personal Newslettter?  Ugh, I hope I can see the results by the time I leave for New York!
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: alexgt on June 13, 2015, 09:00:58 PM
Quote from: Unicorn on June 11, 2015, 11:25:58 PM
Dun dun dun! Alex, you just get more suspense! It makes things better :P
<_< hopefully camp will bedistracting enough to get out of thinking about it :P
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 13, 2015, 09:22:18 PM
Quote from: Unicorn on June 12, 2015, 07:45:25 AM
CodeWalrus Personal Newslettter?  Ugh, I hope I can see the results by the time I leave for New York!
CodeWalrus Programming Newsletter. The last edition was on March 30th http://codewalr.us/index.php?topic=358.0
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Unicorn on June 13, 2015, 09:37:27 PM
Oh yeal, programming. That makes sense :P I quite liked it last time.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 14, 2015, 08:41:32 PM
Woo! Excited about the results tomorrow(?)!
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 14, 2015, 10:42:50 PM
There will probably be some delays after the vote results come out before final results arrive, because I'm too lazy to get access to the actual voting results before they are revealed, then I'Ll need to merge them adequatly. Of course I bet that it won't please everyone, though, seeing all the whining that occurs during every Code Golf contest anywhere about the rules (with certain rare individuals who are particularly noisy almost bordering on being confrontational/harassing until the author gives up)

But yeah I am almost done judging the entries so I'll double-check every judging result totals again to ensure that no miscalculating have occurred.
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 15, 2015, 01:05:50 AM
More suspense to tease you: The contest judging is over, but here are the scores so far, from highest to lowest, without the entry names/authors :P. All those scores are greatly inflated due to the full-screen and installing/speed rules, though, because when this contest started, we expected many people to just cheat by making tiny games using 12 blocks made of 3x3 pixels using two Pt-On/Chg() commands to save speed, but finally almost everyone either made their entry full screen or very large, and many of the entries were easy to install and fast enough to be enjoyable. The max is 100 points:

92
90
88
87
87
86
85
84
83
82
80
68
58
37

Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: unknownloner on June 15, 2015, 02:01:09 AM
Let the hype commence!
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Ivoah on June 15, 2015, 02:37:25 AM
Wow, that's quite a broad range of scores!
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 15, 2015, 02:44:51 AM
Well, if you check carefully, if you remove the last three scores they only range from 80 to 92. :P
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Snektron on June 15, 2015, 07:53:46 AM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on June 15, 2015, 01:05:50 AM
37

Guess which one i am :trollface:
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 15, 2015, 01:36:17 PM
Yes. :P Anyway I'll try to publish the other results ASAP. I first need to convert the voting results into percentages or something. It seems like voting results won't have as much impact towards final results as the Omnimaga 2010 contests, because only 15 people voted (although this time they could vote for three entries at most). IIRC the 2010 contest had 50 people who voted.

EDIT: 38 votes total, meaning an average of 2.71 votes per people
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: brentmaas on June 15, 2015, 02:10:00 PM
I've got a really good feeling about this :P

Btw, did my 'fullscreen' count as fullscreen xD?
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 15, 2015, 03:46:38 PM
Looks like the voting was a tie between brentmaas' PixCiv in Java, my Bitty Bird in TI BASIC, and unknownloner's web-based ColorZ.

So, we ALL get 1st place medals? :P
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Snektron on June 15, 2015, 03:55:51 PM
Well, DJ still has a 40% share of his vote thinglys
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 15, 2015, 04:21:10 PM
Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 15, 2015, 03:55:51 PM
Well, DJ still has a 40% share of his vote thinglys
That was sarcasm. But can you imagine?
Title: Re: The 4x3 contest comes to an end! Vote for your favorite entries! s:3=
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 16, 2015, 12:07:02 AM
Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 15, 2015, 03:55:51 PM
Well, DJ still has a 40% share of his vote thinglys

Erm actually it's the other way around, and probably an higher share due to lower amount of votes compared to the 2010 Omni contest. But I still need to find the old results on archive.org to see how I calculated it back then.

EDIT here they are: https://web.archive.org/web/20110413080842/http://www.omnimaga.org/index.php?action=articles;sa=view;article=21

EDIT: Basically, back then, here is how it worked:

The max possible score from judging was 300. For the voting round, the entry with the highest amount of votes (8 votes) was extrapolated to 300 points and the rest were proportionally increased (basically, 37.5 points per votes). There were three times more judges and 3.333 times more voters.

Since the judging score is now 100 points instead of 300,  there will be 12.5 points per votes instead of 37.5.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Unicorn on June 16, 2015, 06:19:47 AM
So how much was your grading counted in?
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Snektron on June 16, 2015, 12:54:19 PM
That depends on the score :P. Its basically "DJScore + #points * 12.5"
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Yuki on June 16, 2015, 08:01:04 PM
Well, it seems not much people voted, so it's normal DJ's judging took a lot of the score.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 18, 2015, 05:57:47 AM
Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 16, 2015, 12:54:19 PM
That depends on the score :P. Its basically "DJScore + #points * 12.5"
^This. Since the total judging score was three times lower than the 2010 Axe contest, I decided to make each vote 12.5 times lower as well, but total votes were lower overall (38 totals IIRC, for an average of 2.7 per members, while the 2010 contest had 50 people vote once each) so the judging scores counted for a bit more.

In the future, I might hold a poll to see what percentages people would prefer (including options with no poll or no judging), but again I am reluctant about the idea of a vote-only contest, since if we start getting many new members who only sign up for games, many people might start voting only based on game names without even trying the program (kinda like on ticalc.org where Pokeman Red Blue Silver v1.337 topped the weekly download stats a few times despite not even being close to a Pokemon game). This year I was a bit late for such opinion poll, though, so I just went and did this contest like the 2010 contest that I ran.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Snektron on June 18, 2015, 01:30:28 PM
Yeah maybe there should be more judges too?
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Unicorn on June 18, 2015, 09:40:56 PM
I was thinking more like 70% Judging and 30% Voting, because some people may not be able to see how good an entry is, for example, I couldn't try out Nspire Entries.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 21, 2015, 04:14:12 PM
Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 18, 2015, 01:30:28 PM
Yeah maybe there should be more judges too?
It's next to impossible to find a judge who owns that many platforms, though. The only way we could have judges is if we made the contest for just 1 platform or have each platform split into multiple contests like the 2011 Omni contest. But then it's hard to find the money x.x.

Quote from: Unicorn on June 18, 2015, 09:40:56 PM
I was thinking more like 70% Judging and 30% Voting, because some people may not be able to see how good an entry is, for example, I couldn't try out Nspire Entries.

The TI-Nspire Student Software has a 30 days trial, so you could probably have used it to try the Nspire entry. Of course that would not work if the entry had used Ndless, though, or if it ran too fast in the simulator like the HP Prime entry.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Yuki on June 21, 2015, 06:08:57 PM
The Code Golf on Omnimaga accepts pretty much everything, but in that case the languages golfers usually use are either free (like Python), everyone owns it or is easily emulable (like the 83+). Like the 4x3 contest, mostly every entry was on a platform everyone have (except the HP Prime one). Of course, if you're gonna run it on a Casio Prizm or HP Prime, it's gonna be slightly harder, the judge would have to own one.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on June 22, 2015, 02:26:27 AM
Yeah true. That said, IIRC Code Golf contests are slightly about choosing the right language/platform, right? Because some Code Golf entries can only be done small in certain languages it seems.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 22, 2015, 03:37:25 PM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on June 22, 2015, 02:26:27 AM
Yeah true. That said, IIRC Code Golf contests are slightly about choosing the right language/platform, right? Because some Code Golf entries can only be done small in certain languages it seems.
And sometimes that language is not what you'd think. Sometimes, something can be done the smallest in TI-BASIC. That's right, it even beat Golfscript and CJam.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Unicorn on June 22, 2015, 09:13:14 PM
Yes, TI BASIC is the best language for CodeGolf :D
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 23, 2015, 04:29:44 PM
Quote from: Unicorn on June 22, 2015, 09:13:14 PM
Yes, TI BASIC is the best language for CodeGolf :D
Only on occasion. Usually Golfscript and CJam beat it out.

I mean, winning entries for displaying 1337 in:

TI-BASIC (9): int(pi^^2^pi+int(epi

Golfscript (9): !.))...+)

CJam (4): DHK+

And for searching for the letters in the word "CODE" in order in:

TI-BASIC (50):
Input Str1
1
For(X,1,4
inString(Str1,sub("CODE",X,1),Ans
If not(Ans
ClrHome
Disp Ans
If not(Ans
Return
End

Golfscript (55): 0:a;{.96>32 0if-}/]"CODE"{1$?.a+:a\@>}/;]..$=*.{n*}0if

There's no clear-cut winner. :P
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Snektron on June 23, 2015, 04:34:53 PM
But some languages are just cheating <_<
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: DarkestEx on June 23, 2015, 09:10:32 PM
Quote from: Unicorn on June 18, 2015, 09:40:56 PM
I was thinking more like 70% Judging and 30% Voting, because some people may not be able to see how good an entry is, for example, I couldn't try out Nspire Entries.
I voted, but I did not try any of the color calculator entries out nor the Android one.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: JWinslow23 on June 24, 2015, 02:38:16 PM
Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on June 23, 2015, 04:34:53 PM
But some languages are just cheating <_<
Well, languages like HQ9+ are disallowed trivially :P
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on July 01, 2015, 12:52:22 PM
I like how there is a language with "golf" in the name, designed specifically for Code Golf contests. If using it is not cheating, then I don't know what it is. :P
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Snektron on July 01, 2015, 03:45:49 PM
do they add features on the fly? like 'a' is solve one contest, 'b' the next etc? :P
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: JWinslow23 on July 01, 2015, 04:41:59 PM
Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on July 01, 2015, 03:45:49 PM
do they add features on the fly? like 'a' is solve one contest, 'b' the next etc? :P
No. They just do complicated functions in a low amount of bytes.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on July 05, 2015, 03:37:17 AM
Such as CallOfDuty(), GTA5(), StarcraftII() and Crysis(), which are basically each of those games into 1 byte token of interpreted code? :trollface:
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Strontium on July 05, 2015, 03:44:48 AM
Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on July 05, 2015, 03:37:17 AM
Such as CallOfDuty(), GTA5(), StarcraftII() and Crysis(), which are basically each of those games into 1 byte token of interpreted code? :trollface:

GOLFSCRIPT 1.1 CHANGELOG:
Added CallOfDuty()
Added GTA5()
Added StarcraftII()
Added Crysis()

COMING SOON IN VERSION 1000:
Flowers()
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Unicorn on July 06, 2015, 09:39:54 PM
Don't forget Waka() :P
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: alexgt on July 07, 2015, 03:31:23 PM
Don't forget WinContest() :P
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Unicorn on July 07, 2015, 09:41:14 PM
Quote from: alexgt on July 07, 2015, 03:31:23 PM
Don't forget WinContest() :P

So that automatically wins the contest for you?
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on July 09, 2015, 04:26:57 AM
But then everyone would use the same command. :P

By the way, I think I had another contest idea. I can't tell, though, and of course it won't be immediately so we have extra time to raise money for larger prizes.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Unicorn on July 09, 2015, 02:09:25 PM
Ooo... Everyone donate all their money to CW so the contest can happen :P
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Dream of Omnimaga on July 09, 2015, 09:55:09 PM
Lol. I also need to make sure the contest won't happen at the same time as a Cemetech contest (unless said contest is educational and doesn't involve anything close to a game). TI-Planet no longer do any game-related contest and Omnimaga doesn't appear to do any contest anymore so I guess Cemetech is the only site we might be at risk of budging on their thunder and dilluting the amount of entries.
Title: Re: (Results out!) The 4x3 contest comes to an end!
Post by: Unicorn on July 09, 2015, 10:32:18 PM
Yeah, it would become hard to do two contests at once. I think I would try though :P