Thanks for everyone who participated in the last challenge. We will post the video of the winners soon! In the mean time, here are the rules for the newest challenge!

Tower Defense:

- At least one map

- At least 3 Tower types

- At least 5 waves of creeps

- It may be developed for any platform

Prizes will be announced on the day of; however, please remember how awesome the prizes were last time :)! Plus you will be praised in the Game Dev and CS club for your awesomeness.

This may be judged by a vote or by a panel (not sure yet, Edgar and I both want to participate)

Grading Criteria:

- Mechanics

- Game Play

- Graphics/Audio

- Polish

Tentative Deadline: Monday, April 27th, 2009 at 5:00pm ( a little more than a month from now )

We will also have a speaker on that day! ( will be announced and confirmed soon )

Good Luck!

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Shmup of Death from SJSU Game Dev on Vimeo.

Intersecshmup from SJSU Game Dev on Vimeo.

Super Hostile Mega Uber Protector from SJSU Game Dev on Vimeo.

Shmup of Joy from SJSU Game Dev on Vimeo.

Nanoha Shooter! from SJSU Game Dev on Vimeo.

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The Shmup of Death by Alex Kerr (design) and Kristopher Windsor (programming) won first place in the Shmup Challenge. It is written in FreeBasic.

This is a simple, keyboard-controlled game of missile avoidance; there are no bonuses.
Despite the fact that the player’s ship is a solid green rectangle, this game has decent gameplay and requires quick button pressing. There are a few types of enemies, including a boss, who fires multiple missile patterns. The game plays increasingly hard levels until the player has died. The game is complete and fully playable.
Sound effects and music were provided by third parties (see the readme file).

The Shmup of Death (instant-play version)
The Shmup of Death (with source)
Author’s blog post (with a thorough description of the game)

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Hi Everyone,

The shmup challenge ends on monday. We will be presenting on Monday, March 16th at 5:00pm. Meet at the Computer Science Club MH 227 on Campus. Make sure to bring your laptops and the game. We will tell you the format of the presentation at the event. We are thinking winner may be decided by vote!

The winner will be announced at the AMD Tech Talk at 6:30pm. Prizes will be give out them.

Prizes will include gift cards and a copy of Halo Wars for Xbox 360! (Care of Mircosoft).
THERE WILL BE FOOD AT THE TECH TALK. Details on the flyer below! See you all on Monday!

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