Nov 012016
 

We are moving forward to the final results (and the downloads :-)) of the CPCRetroDev 2016, so it is time to announce the nominees for the different categories:

PRO category

  • Hair Boy / Carlos Sevila
  • Virus Dog / CPC-Power
  • Outlaws / Retrobytes Productions
  • The Grenades Contest / SubXplosion
  • Hire Hare / CNGSoft
  • Dragon Attack / Bitplane Tecnomantes

BASIC category

  • El Reino del Color / Antonio Corpas

Gominolas Special Mention to the Best Music

  • Dragon Attack / Bitplane Tecnomantes
  • Ice-Slicer / EgoTrip
  • Outlaws / Retrobytes Productions

Jon Ritman Special Mention to Technical Development

  • Fitzroy and the Power Wells / awergh
  • Outlaws / Retrobytes Productions
  • Hire Hare / CNGSoft

Dinamic Special Mention to Innovative Playability

  • To be announced shortly

You can have a look at the trailers and gameplays on the previous posting.

Oct 292016
 

You might already have noticed it: the countdown timer for the CPCRetroDev 2016 on my page disappeared, so the deadline has passed and we can see how many entries we have this year. To make a long story short – 34 games are ready to be judged and while we have to wait for the final results and the downloads, you can have a look at the gameplay and the trailers for the games. Have fun!

May 192016
 

After the awesome success of the last CPCRetroDev last year it is time for a new game competition in 2016, isn’t it? This year there are even higher prices, which you can win with your game in different categories. As usual the competition is organised by the University of Alicante / Spain and aims to award the best and creative game developers, who create a game for an unmodified Amstrad CPC 464. The deadline for this years competition is the 26th October 2016, 23:59h (CEST), so don’t waste any time and start the development of your awesome game.
If you are not familiar with development for the Amstrad CPC, you can have a look at the CPCtelera game development kit, the great programming tutorials on CPCMania, the CPCrslib programming library or cpcitor’s development toolchain. There is also a category for Locomotive BASIC programs and you can find help in the CPCWiki forums.

You can achieve the following awards (all in all about 1.050 EUR!!!):

Special awards

  • 125€Gominolas to the best music
  • 125€Jon Ritman to technical development
  • 125€Dinamic to innovative playability

PRO category

  • 300€ – Best game
  • 150€ – Second best game
  • 75€ – Third best game

BASIC category

  • 100€ – Best BASIC game
  • 50€ – Second best BASIC game

…and there will also be a physical cassette edition with all 2016 games, too.

You can get more information about the competition rules and about the competition itself on the CPCRetroDev 2016 homepage. Be sure to participate and bring your creative game ideas to the Amstrad CPC.

Jun 232015
 

Do you want to develop a game for the Amstrad CPC? Yes? Then this is maybe the optimal time to start with it, because the CPCRetroDev 2015 contest has just started and it offers about 900 EURs in prices. It is organised by the University of Alicante / Spain and aims to award the best and creative game developers who developed a game for the Amstrad CPC 464. The deadline is friday, 23rd October 2015 – so you still have enough time to get into Amstrad CPC development either with the CPCtelera game development kit, the great programming tutorials on CPCMania, the CPCrslib programming library or cpcitor’s development toolchain.

The following awards can be achieved:

PRO Category

  • 300 € Best game
  • 150 € 2nd best game
  • 75 € 3rd best game

BASIC Category

  • 100 € Best game
  • 50 € 2nd best game

Special mentions from the jury

  • 125 € Special mention for best technical achievement
  • 100 € Special Devilish Games mention to the most original game

You can get more information about the competition rules and about the competition itself on the CPCGameDev 2015 homepage. Be sure to participate and bring your creative game ideas to the Amstrad CPC.

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