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Crystal Space Contest

Posted by timothy on from the thousand-bucks-worth-of-waterford dept.

Anonymous Chris writes: "I was reading up at LinuxArtist.org and saw mention that Crystal Space is running a contest, with first, second, and third prizes of $500, $250, and $200. This is how the developers decided to distribute a $1000 grant from the Linux Fund. The deadline for your game/demo/tool is August 2002. At least there's still good news in some parts of the Linux Gaming front."

7 comments

  1. but what kind of contest is it? by tps12 · · Score: 1

    Okay, what's the deal? I read the rules. They are careful to mention the number of lines for submissions, the deadline, and the prizes. But what is the contest actually for? I mean, is there a theme, or is it just a general contest? Can I submit any old project? Wtf?

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    1. Re:but what kind of contest is it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I think it's just to get more people interested in doing 3D development using Crystal Space. I don't think there is a theme - I think it just has to be something interesting that's less than 5K lines of code.

    2. Re:but what kind of contest is it? by cyr · · Score: 1

      You need to be creative in 5K lines and use crystal space...

      Almost like a classic demo compo.

  2. Math by Prong_Thunder · · Score: 1

    Apologies for the pedantry, but 500+250+200!=1000. Who gets the other $50? You can send it to me if it won't be missed.

    1. Re:Math by Procyon101 · · Score: 1

      Bill Bohan wrote:

      > Jorrit Tyberghein wrote:

      > 500 + 250 + 200 = $950 and the judges will need $50 for beer and
      > pretzels. Sounds good to me. I figured Jorrit would come up with a
      > good use for the grant.

      :-)

      That $50 will stay on the account I created for it. It is a small reserver for later and also to pay for the costs of transfering money from USD to EURO and vice versa. BTW the $1000 is already slightly less due to the transferal on a EURO account.

      Greetings,

  3. along the same lines by krs-one · · Score: 2

    I am also running a contest (not using Crystal Space per say) at http://openglforums.com. Its all about OpenGL programming. Everyone is invited to come and try out. The contest has a Blade-centric theme!

    -Vic