@CireCG

I tried the above. While I didn't get the 35 maps I did get one map and was able to fire the green crystal wand (I suppose that is what it is).

Looking forward to your updates . Btw I would recommend you to use a repo. rather than just giving a .tar.gz . That would make it easier both for you and others to track what is being changed and the diffs are also smaller.

Just a suggestion.

Disclaimer: Just a user not a judge :)

@ bluelightzero

Just having number of downloads would not be a good criteria. Just having number of downloads does not guarantee that it will be good. If I were a judging person I would say some 'good' guidelines are :-

a. Have a repo. :- People who make games and have a repo. going should be awarded. (say +5 points) rather than those who just dump a .tar.gz file somewhere.

b. Have a sane make system - If the game uses .configure,cmake,qmake,make or any of half-dozen easily available compilation tools (+5 points) for that. Maybe couple of points if your game is able to use a slightly older version of whatever build system you are using (so that more people can compile)

c. Have a readme and have all dependencies :- We all know that the GNU/Linux world is based on dependencies. If you have a readme which lists all the dependencies that should also attract (+5 points).

d. Does the game run (the more games are able to run/execute) on more systems (+5 points) to the developer.

e. Using common libraries :- The more common the libraries you use (which means the more a library is used/packaged in more platforms) it should be given more points.

f. Some basic QA :- If the developer does some basic QA (no memory leakage etc.) they should be given (+5) points.

So in short, the thing I guess is that our judges were lenient on all above. If they had made mandatory to follow the above guidelines it's possible more games would have been more easily built ( or at least that's my opinion/understanding etc.) than what u see today.

What could be done in the future is also to involve the users (i.e. we) to rate on the above. This should result in added incentive for the developers to take more care and can be a good influencer for games that at least get built and run. It might take a bit more code for Bart to enable this but once this is done, the above could be done transparently so that there is no vote-stacking or anything like that. 

Now just having a game built and run is half the game, the rest would be about game mechanics, atmosphere, immersion and maybe another half-a-dozen factors which I haven't gone into and which is/would perhaps be matter of taste etc.

I know it's easier to say that this would have been easier but then it would require bart and other devs. of OGA to contribute both time and code as well as bit of QA to see if it's feasible and renders well.

The good point is if something like above gets done, this could be also used for all and any future games (without the contest) and should give devs. at least some feedback they can understand.

Till l8er. 

@Bart and other devs. of the site, waiting for what u think of the above idea. I know it could be argued (at least for e. that it would kill innovation) but then that I guess would apply for everything as well.

Thanx. When I try to kill the bat or the one-eye monster I get this :-

$ love .
Error: luascripts/Bat.lua:196: attempt to call method 'show' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
    luascripts/Bat.lua:196: in function 'mousepressed'
    main.lua:147: in function 'mousepressed'
    [string "boot.lua"]:164: in function '?'
    [string "boot.lua"]:396: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:373>
    [C]: in function 'xpcall'

$ love .
Error: luascripts/Eyeball.lua:206: attempt to call method 'show' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
    luascripts/Eyeball.lua:206: in function 'mousepressed'
    main.lua:147: in function 'mousepressed'
    [string "boot.lua"]:164: in function '?'
    [string "boot.lua"]:396: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:373>
    [C]: in function 'xpcall'

Yup on Debian 64-bit wheezy ,

I gitted again and came across this now (not even starting) :-

$ love .
Error: Syntax error: itemscripts/HealthPotion.lua:35: function arguments expected near '+'

stack traceback:
    [C]: ?
    [C]: in function 'require'
    luascripts/Gui_inventoryScreen.lua:2: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    main.lua:11: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    [string "boot.lua"]:331: in function <[string "boot.lua"]:227>
    [C]: in function 'xpcall'