Make a Rad Bug - CONTEST FINISHED. THANKS GUYS!

[The Destroyer of Worlds]

Congrats to our winners! Here is the final placement list!

• 1st: Bellmore
  2nd: Veruchai
  3rd: LockKirby2
  4th: Rednaxela
  5th: Mikkofier
  6th: me
  7th: djrk16
  8th: Clyceer
  9th: Willhart
  10th: Minnakht

Here is the full bug collection for those who want to experiment! Download






Current Submissions:

• Bellmoore
• castlepokemetroid
• Clyceer
• DarkJDL
• djrk16
• Drei
• Horikawa Otane
• Kevsoft
• Le Neveu de Rameau
• Lockirby2
• Metrosubwayandroid
• Mikkofier
• Minnakht
• NightSparrow
• Penguin Emperor
• raekuul
• raocow
• RedMageMike
• Rednaxela
• Rockythechao
• SnoruntPyro
• Sturg
• Truckeeben
• Veruchai
• Willhart
• Xirix
• Zyglrox Odyssey

I got raocow's permission to make this global - hope you don't mind!

For more detailed information, please watch my announcement video here

So as people may know, I'm currently hosting a contest based on competitive super Indie Games. I'm aiming to make this annual.

I want to give games that not many people know about a spotlight on the stage. This annual contest helps me do that.

This time around, I'm hosting the competition based on AI Wars: The Insect Mind. I've had generous donations from many indie devs - so there's over 280 dollars worth of games being offered to the victors.

Matches will be livestreamed on my Twitch and combatants who want to co-commentate will be welcome to come cheer on their bugs and talk about their programming choices! Both myself and raocow will be entering.

Bugs due June 12th at 11:59pm EST via PM or Horikawa.Otane@icloud.com.

Tutorials and a download are below as well as links to prizes.

Links

• Download
  Beginner's Tutorial
  Manual (check page 20 for a good sample bug)
  Command Guide

Prizes:

• Zachtronics Game of Choice (1st place)
  Cally's Caves 3 (5th place on up)
  Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight (2nd place on up)
  Momodora 3 (3rd place on up)
  Dead in Bermuda (2nd place on up)
  The Fall (1st place)
  Reveal the Deep (4th place on up)
  Armor Commander (5th place on up OR 10th place on up depending on entrant #'s)

...Marb.

[snoruntpyro]

i'll take hard names please

[Sorel]

I can't wait for the LP

[FrozenQuills]

gonna go with medium names again.
is lunalua allowed?
(this looks super rad)

[spittySynthyHands]

Well, this looks like fun.

[castlepokemetroid]

Oh man, compete against raocow? Do want.

[raekuul]

I know you stated what the tournament conditions would be in the video, but could you type them up and add them to the opening post? I'd like to test my creations under the same conditions that the tournament matches will have.

[Rednaxela]

I believe what was said was:

each round, 2 copies of each bug, no IFF codes, large arena, default settings, max 1500 ticks, winner is highest score (combined score of both copies) after 3 matches

top 5 go to: gigantic arena, 3 rounds of a 10 bug FFA

Now, there's a decent bit of ambiguity in terms of things like what "large" and "gigantic" mean, and also what the structure of the rounds are. Like are the initial rounds (prior to the top-5) also a larger FFA, or smaller battles in some of round robin?

In any case, this should be an interesting event.

[No Lynch]

So I'm going to be a stick in the mud here, but I can't help but wonder why this contest thread was placed in the gazebo instead of in the contest center.

[Le Neveu de Rameau]

Isn't your gazebo infested with beetles? If not, you're clearly doing something wrong.

[castlepokemetroid]

Isn't your gazebo infested with beetles? If not, you're clearly doing something wrong.

Actually, if your gazebo wasn't infested with some sort of bug, wouldn't that actually mean you're doing something right?

[Willhart]

I hope MaRB contest will get a lot of entrants. The streams should be fun to watch.

[Le Neveu de Rameau]

Isn't your gazebo infested with beetles? If not, you're clearly doing something wrong.

Actually, if your gazebo wasn't infested with some sort of bug, wouldn't that actually mean you're doing something right?

If hanging out with a bunch of bugs (also known as a "bugnch") doesn't sound like your idea of a good time, this may not be your sort of contest.

[The Destroyer of Worlds]

I believe what was said was:

each round, 2 copies of each bug, no IFF codes, large arena, default settings, max 1500 ticks, winner is highest score (combined score of both copies) after 3 matches

top 5 go to: gigantic arena, 3 rounds of a 10 bug FFA

Now, there's a decent bit of ambiguity in terms of things like what "large" and "gigantic" mean, and also what the structure of the rounds are. Like are the initial rounds (prior to the top-5) also a larger FFA, or smaller battles in some of round robin?

In any case, this should be an interesting event.

I'll be doing an update video this weekend.

[Willhart]

It's good to remind people about this from time to time.

[castlepokemetroid]

It's good to remind people about this from time to time.

About what? Was I supposed to remember something?

[Willhart]

It's good to remind people about this from time to time.

About what? Was I supposed to remember something?

About the contest. The submission time is quite long.

[Penguin Emperor]

Sooooo yeah, I made a super awesome bug! Sure, it hasn't won a single test match yet, but I'm sure it's saving it's energy for the real thing! I hope to just take out one other bug, to be honest. The programming seems to be easier than I thought it would be, but then again I could be missing something and/or lots of somethings. Either way, I'm really excited for this!

[raekuul]

/me makes a programming error and produces a brad bug instead.

EDIT: Have a bad rug.

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Mutiple Battle Total:
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1st  place   Cybug: #08 turtle1      Total score:  99689         Team: 99689
2nd  place   Cybug: #05 turtle1      Total score:  92662         Team: 92662
3rd  place   Cybug: #06 turtle1      Total score:  86639         Team: 86639
4th  place   Cybug: #07 turtle1      Total score:  80814         Team: 80814
5th  place   Cybug: #01 dumbot       Total score:  16091         Team: 16091
6th  place   Cybug: #02 dumbot       Total score:  14876         Team: 14876
7th  place   Cybug: #04 dumbot       Total score:  14410         Team: 14410
8th  place   Cybug: #03 dumbot       Total score:  13766         Team: 13766
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[Willhart]

I figured out how to make my bug do a thing. Mainly related to variables.

[Willhart]

Only like a week left now. Got to pick up the pase.

[Kevsoft]

Totally forget about that, whelp mine will be a dumb one. Maybe my KISS-Bug has a chance (Keep it short and simple)

[The Destroyer of Worlds]

There's still PLENTY of time - you got two days left! Making a bug will take less than an hour - and you'll learn programming!

I'd definitely personally appreciate if you participated peeps! <3

[MECHDRAGON777]

There's still PLENTY of time - you got two days left! Making a bug will take less than an hour - and you'll learn programming!

I'd definitely personally appreciate if you participated peeps! <3

How many people actually submitted?

Edit: All I need to do is come in 5th or higher. I hope not to many people submit... (I have my reasons).

[Willhart]

More people means more fun.