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Open Source Mac Game Programming Competition

Posted by michael on from the single-button-mouse-not-a-handicap dept.

Geert Poels writes "The uDevGame Mac Game Programming Contest was established by iDevGames in 2001 to energize game development on the Apple Macintosh platform. With the 2002 edition launched only two weeks ago, already 42 games have entered the competition. Most notable about this competition isn't the impressive collection of prizes worth $11,000 but rather the obligation for all participants to submit all source code. This kind of competition is groundbreaking for the Mac community in every way."

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  1. Re:Amazed by Winterblink · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I guess I should have asked for INTELLIGENT comments, not scathing and/or idiotic ones.

    If "good, solid" means "a fraction of a fraction of" then your statement holds. At any rate, I never stated there were NO games for the mac, just a very small amount, comparatively.

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  2. Chess by cscx · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Do you think they'll be porting chess, checkers, or solitaire to the Mac? I can't wait!

  3. "...already 42 games have entered the competition" by Snarfangel · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So this, what, doubles the number of games available for the Mac?

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  4. Re:Amazed by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    well, macs are pretty slow now compared to PC's, I mean alot of people who have them only have 500-700mhz processors and ati rage or geforce2 mx cards.. Honestly most macs just aren't FAST enough to run games.

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