'Dr. Dobbs Defies All Challenges' - The Weblog
Want to keep up with the goings-on at Dobbs Challenge? This special community weblog will update you on the in-progress and submitted projects for the first ever Dobbs Challenge competition, including details on the teams, in-progress mods, and special information and interviews with winners and contestants.
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[05/15/08] |
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Things have been quiet (perhaps a little too quiet) here at The Dobbs Challenge and particularly in the forums, which makes us pretty sure that you're all too busy beavering away at your entries to talk! However, we'll still like to remind you all that time is now of the essence, with the contest to close in less than one month's time on June 13th. Categories still open for entry include Best Windows Game, with a $4,000 prize, and Best Windows Mobile Game, with a $2,000 prize, so there's still some serious scratch on offer!
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Read more... [One Month Left!]
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[04/22/08] |
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It is with great honor that we can announce to you the winner of the first prize on offer as part of The Dobbs Challenge – The Dobbs First Month Challenge. The $1000 prize was on offer for the best game entered within a month of the contest opening, and we were (as we said in the previous post) absolutely blown away by the quality of the entries after such a short amount of time. So without further ado, the winner is:
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Read more... [And The First Winner Is…]
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[04/17/08] |
 It would be an absolute understatement to say we've been blown away by the quality of the entrants to the Dobbs First Month Challenge. We thought that even with $1000 on the line to the best entrant with a mere month to develop a serviceable work-in progress it was just going to be too much work.
We were, happily, proven wrong and there's a strong crop of games now available up on the Critic's Choice download section for you to check out -- including a one button fighting game from Alexkr; Badly Drawn Robots, which can be best described as "Robotron Meets Castle Wolfenstien Meets Dr. Dobbs" and Dobbs Derby, possibly the most ambitious total conversion we've seen yet, which turns Dr Dobbs Challenge into a racing game!
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Read more... [First Month Challengers]
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[04/09/08] |
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The Dobbs First Month Challenge ends on April 14th at 11:59 p.m., so I hope you’ve been hard at work on your modification of Dr. Dobbs Challenge (either the Windows or the Windows Mobile version) to be in with a chance to win $1,000! If you haven’t had a chance to get started properly yet, however, remember that there’s still everything to play for -- submit your best attempt on April 14th and feel free to continue development on the project for the final deadline (for all prizes) on June 13th.
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Read more... [Time is Running Out For The First Month Challenge!]
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[03/24/08] |
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Well, we’re a little over a week into
The Dobbs Challenge and there’s already been a lot of activity on our forums,
with a lots of questions about how to participate and lots of progress on people’s
mods!
Most important so far is to make
sure everyone is aware that we’re happy for teams to enter the competition (as
long as one person is in charge of submission) and to make sure no one forgets
that there are now only three weeks left before the end of The Dobbs First
Month Challenge ($1,000!) -- so make sure to get cracking before April 14th!
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Read more... [Off To A Flying Start!]
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[03/13/08] |
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 We'd like to welcome interested participants to Dr. Dobb's Challenge, a special game modding competition in which you can win from a prize pool of $10,000!
You can do this by downloading our specially created "Dr. Dobb's Challenge'" game for either Windows and Windows Mobile and modifying it using a copy of Visual Studio 2008.
So, you want to take part in Dr. Dobb's Challenge? Here's a welcome FAQ on what you need to do:
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Read more... [The Dobbs Challenge - A Welcome FAQ]
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