Dragon Shmup Contest

By: Tim

On: August 14th, 2006

The latest Shmup-Dev competition results are out, but with very little to cheer for as most participants either dropped out of the contest or were disqualified.

Still, there are seven playable entries though many are not particularly striking either. Plus the innumerable delays had caused a loss of interest when the actual winners were announced.

I was also expecting to read different views for best graphics, sound and most unique category but we’re left with vanilla reviews which is slightly disappointing.

Could the uninspiring prizes be the reason for a lack of success this time around? Or the contest frequency itself? We can only wonder.

A round of applause goes out for of all the contestants. Finishing a game can be a rather daunting task and they deserve credit for the attempt.

Posted in Competitions, Freeware, Shoot-em-ups

Jos

The theme was the biggest problem imo. Drawing or modelling spaceships is way easier in comparsion. Going abstract also doesnt look all that feasible in this case.

I also dont know a single good shoot’em up which featured dragons. Well, there is Cyvern, but imo it sucks.
Matt McFarland

I believe it is the theme also. Well, Live and learn!! I am planning a more mass-people friendly contest for September 1st.. Stay tuned!
http://https://greyaliengames.wordpress.com/ Jake Birkett

I’ll be following the next contest with interest, go to it Matt!
DrPetter

Hmm… my AV proggy said the executable for Born Of Fire was contaminated with a trojan horse, can anyone confirm this?
If that’s the case then maybe Matt should get hold of a fresh version and replace the download.
anonymous

mine too! what the heck…
Matt McFarland

Ouch! Mine doesnt! I’m using Norton AV? What are you guys using? I may need to contact the developer.
DrPetter

AVG (www.grisoft.com)
Of course it could be a false positive, but that should be unlikely. Although I would expect Norton to be at least as good as AVG, seeing as it costs money and all that.