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Last 4E, IIRC, some company offered extra prizes for the top-scoring games that used their tech. If someone here wants to boost crossplatformism, that would be one useful way of putting up or shutting up.
another interesting idea! I'd be willing to put some into that, have a prize for "best cross platform" entry. I can't offer much but I'll offer a $75 Newegg.com gift certificate to the highest rated 4E6 entry that is fully cross-platform, rated on the judges ratings for 4E6, and how well it works on each major platform. (for the sake of simplicity, say, OSX, Linux Kernel 2.6.20 or higher, and Microsoft Windows XP SP2 or higher) With points for "ease of install/setup", having the same features on all platforms, and of course stability/speed. I think if myself and a few others would offer something like this, there may be a sizable prize for the winner.
thoughts?
That would be pretty cool. However before you get anyone on board to contribute to the prize fund, a formal description of what it means to be "cross-platform" would be good. And who provides the PCs to test it? If someone makes a game that runs on Windows, Dreamcast and J2ME for instance... is the winner just the highest ranked entry by the judges which happens to be multi-platform?
I'm personally considering if a web-based game might be fun to do, would this count as cross-platform?
I think this is a good way of adding a prize. If you iron things out on specifics, I would be willing to add to the pot. I do recommend you pick a specific Linux version and distribution (since that determines package format), a minimum version of Mac OS X, being that significant changes are between each of the 10.x stuff. I would also say the game has to playable on it, which would include web browser games and applets.
I'd also say the highest rated that that fulfills the conditions. I'd also limit it to the three operating systems we've been discussing: Windows, Mac, and Linux (in order of market share :P).
That is assuming that our all powerful judges are capable of testing said rules. :) If they can't, its a moot point.
