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Saturn Coding Contest page is up!

Daniel Eriksson - Mar 11, 2003

		Daniel Eriksson	Mar 11, 2003
		Saturn Coding Contest page is up! Sega Saturn Coding Contest... Tell me what you think, and dont foget to join!

		slinga	Mar 11, 2003
		How about changing the rules to having it runable on a real saturn only? Just because it works on the emu doesn't mean it will work on the saturn or vice-versa. The goal should be building code that works on a real saturn.

		TakaIsSilly	Mar 11, 2003
		I agree on that. As none of the emulators are fully usable at the moment, i say stuff should be penalized if it does not run on the real hardware (for example, on 2.7Ghz PC, SSF might run code _faster_ than a Saturn). I'll assist anyone who needs it's code running on the real thing, as soon as my Saturn is working again, if necessary ^^;

		Reinhart	Mar 12, 2003
		this is great news I will do my best to have an entry. I have already a litte idea for a demo but it is a bit early ...

		vreuzon	Mar 12, 2003
		Slinga and TakaIsSilly: yes, it should work on a real Saturn. And the demos should be open-source too (I think you all agree) for everyone to learn something. I'll will add an entry on the webpage soon. Good luck everybody.

		slinga	Mar 12, 2003
		Open source, and fully (read: heavily) commented programs. That we can learn from each other. Make that a requirement for the contest.

		antime	Mar 12, 2003
		Requiring the sources to be released is a bad idea. Sharing examples and helping should of course be encouraged, but the decision should be left for everyone to make for themselves.

		wonder_k	Mar 12, 2003
		Originally posted by antime@Mar 12, 2003 @ 03:28 PM Requiring the sources to be released is a bad idea. Sharing examples and helping should of course be encouraged, but the decision should be left for everyone to make for themselves. it's actually not a that bad idea since one could easily cut'n'paste his way through to a somehwat 'stunning' demo. anyhow, sugesstions are great but source is always better. take me as an example: i'd rather read the code that let someone explain me what's going on in our pretty much high-level communication aka speech. btw, my project will be released under GPL as soon as the contest ends.

		Daniel Eriksson	Mar 12, 2003
		The page is updated with some rules changes. I know the scripts arent the most proffesional, but I am learning. As for my own entry, I think I have a cool idea. I jsut have to realize it. Ive started, so well see...