As it looks like you're about to get knocked off the new page, I'll bite. I'm having a lot of fun working on my first entry. Thanks for organizing this. :)
1) There are a handful of references to potential for gaining or losing points on the site, but nothing specific. Is there any sort of formal guidelines for judging and if so, is that a secret?
2) Have you ever considered a written review process for submissions? 7drl does this. It's nice to have some guaranteed feedback, but very labor intensive when there are ~150 entries and they set a goal of 3 reviews each.
1. It's not a secret, but it's also not so strict. The game just have to impress the judges. Some will check the way you compress the code while others will just see how it works, if the graphics look ok or the gameplay is nice. The games that won were very complete, top games had something which was impressive and unique. It really depends on the game.
2. Yes, there was a plan to have something like this - every judge would add a comment (a sentence or two) about the entry beside voting with points, but yeah, that sounds very time-consuming. I'll try to suggest that for the judges and we'll see how it will work.
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1) There are a handful of references to potential for gaining or losing points on the site, but nothing specific. Is there any sort of formal guidelines for judging and if so, is that a secret?
2) Have you ever considered a written review process for submissions? 7drl does this. It's nice to have some guaranteed feedback, but very labor intensive when there are ~150 entries and they set a goal of 3 reviews each.
1. It's not a secret, but it's also not so strict. The game just have to impress the judges. Some will check the way you compress the code while others will just see how it works, if the graphics look ok or the gameplay is nice. The games that won were very complete, top games had something which was impressive and unique. It really depends on the game.
2. Yes, there was a plan to have something like this - every judge would add a comment (a sentence or two) about the entry beside voting with points, but yeah, that sounds very time-consuming. I'll try to suggest that for the judges and we'll see how it will work.