[Coco] A CoCo Coding Contest

[Aaron Wolfe]

Cool, and appreciated.  I plan to create a nice website with all the
usual stuff this weekend.

On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Bill Loguidice <bill at armchairarcade.com> wrote:
> If you have more formal details (who to contact, additional links, etc.), I
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> not attract additional interest or exposure, but it wouldn't hurt.
>
> -Bill
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> On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Some of you may remember I took a survey of interest in a CoCo
>> programming contest a few months ago.
>> The responses were encouraging if not overwhelming, with twelve people
>> saying "yes, i definitely want to enter" and four "maybe I will".
>>
>> Well.. the time has come, and the Angry Birds thread is a good reminder.
>>
>> I'm going to try to make it happen.  Based on survey responses,
>> comments, and discussions on IRC, here are the tentative details.
>> Please feel free to comment, suggest changes, etc on the list or to me
>> directly.  We can change anything now if needed, but I'd really like
>> to finalize this over the coming weekend.
>>
>> The rules are simple and few:
>>
>> 1. All entries must be programs that are executable on a Tandy Color
>> Computer.  Points may be awarded for compatibility with CoCo 1 or 2
>> and for making good use of resources, i.e. running in 16 or 4k.  Use
>> of add on hardware, upgrades, etc is allowed but discouraged unless
>> the project fundamentally requires them (this is to encourage entries
>> that the widest range of folks will be able to run on their own
>> systems).
>>
>> 2. All entries must be released under a “free beer” license.  A "free
>> speech" license such as GPL or compatible is very much encouraged so
>> that interested people can appreciate your entry in source form, but
>> binaries without source will be accepted provided the binaries are
>> licensed in such a way that all interested CoCoNuts can have a copy.
>>
>> 3. The results of judging will be announced at the 2013 CoCoFest! in
>> Chicago.  Entries should be in reviewable form one month prior to the
>> fest and must be demo-able during the Fest.   Fest attendance is
>> highly, highly recommended (because its fun!) but not in any way
>> required to participate in the contest.
>>
>> Review publication:
>> Each entry will be reviewed in depth by volunteers. The reviews will
>> be published in a Rainbow-like publication.  We will hopefully also
>> have some celebrity reviewers who offer insight on each program.
>>
>> Judging/prizes:
>> The judges may consider many factors, including some that are not
>> directly part of the program itself, such as the (in)experience level
>> of the programmer(s) involved or the quality of a blog detailing their
>> efforts along the way, etc.  There will be one "grand prize"/"best of
>> show" type award to the single entry the judges agree is most
>> outstanding, but there may be any number of additional awards given
>> for an unknown number of undisclosed reasons.  From offers already
>> made it seems there will be real prizes including CoCo gear and even
>> cash.
>>
>>
>> If you'd like to participate but something about these rules makes you
>> less interested, now is the time to see if we can't sort that out.
>> -Aaron
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