Hi Scott,
This is exactly what I had planned on doing, though perhaps I wasn't clear
enough in my original post. Here's a short quote:
"The public would then vote on a few aspects of each game such as sound
quality, stability, playability, innovation, etc. All of these scores would
be added up to form the final score for each game, and the one with the
highest over-all score would win. The contestants would of course be able to
vote as well, on anything other than their own creation."
I haven't decided on the exact criteria yet, but certainly the ones listed
above plus perhaps one or two more.
Kind regards,
Philip Bennefall
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottcheswo...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 5:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] BGT competition - any interest?
Whether there'd be enough interest (or indeed time in Philip's
schedule) to justify such a framework is debatable, but how about
this.
People vote by rating games out of 10 on different aspects, as in a
score of 10 is "this is killer", a score of 5 is "it ticks the boxes"
and a score of 1 is "meh, not so much". A few categories that would
apply across the board to most genre of games I can think of would be
originality, replayability, sound design, stability (you'd need a
catchier title for that one), and perhaps round it off with a very
generalised "overall, how awesome is this game" question. That way,
the categories combine to make it fairer. A Bop IT clone might recieve
low marks from most people for originality, but there's room for an
inovative genius to step up to the mark with a Bop IT clone that turns
out to be totally addictive and they'll get the credit they deserve
for replayability. Similarly, games that are great can shine even with
bad sound design, or awesome sound design can still stand out as what
it is even if the gaming experience ends up being a bit drab. I
suggested the overall awesomeness category because, for me at least,
there have been games I've loved or gone back to time and again but I
can't always explain why.
It'd be a balancing act, but with the scores being made public, I
think there could be a fair system here.
Scott
On 12/28/11, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Chris,
That was basically my concern as well. How do you judge between say a
new clone of BopIt and say a modern remake of Castlevania or something
like that. The games are so completely different in design, different
genres, etc that there needs to be some criteria here for submissions
I think.
Cheers!
On 12/28/11, Christopher Bartlett <themusicalbre...@gmail.com> wrote:
I am likely to participate, but I have two concerns.
1. The free version does not allow for mouse control, which is one of
the
current innovation tools we are seeing in games such as RailRacer and
Swamp.
I'm not willing to spend $99 to participate in a contest more effectively
by
having access to these controls.
2. I think it will be difficult to judge different game types against
one
another. What criteria will you use? How will you define innovative,
and
how will completely different game genres be comparable?
Chris Bartlett
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