Adultery August 3, 2011 Share August 3, 2011 PROUDLY SPONSORED BY: This year, some of the GameEx staff decided that it would be cool to put together a theme competition to spark some interest in theme creation. It's still in it's infancy, but it would be good to get the ball rolling in case anyone here would like to enter. .:THE PRIZES:. There's over $1500 worth of prizes to be won! Here's the breakdown: 1st prize: $100 from EmuMovies $100 Gift Card for Amazon from GameEx/Spesoft $100 from Aussie Arcade 2 ActLab CRT Light Guns courtesy of DreamAuthentics 2 UltraStik 360s with Restrictor Kits courtesy of Ultimarc 1 iPac2 courtesy of Ultimarc 1 Arcade Coin Door With Quarter Acceptor courtesy of X-Gaming 1 Lifetime License of GameEx 1 Lifetime Membership to EmuMovies That's a total value of over $950! 2nd prize: 1 X-Arcade Dual Joystick from X-Gaming $75 Credit for any print job courtesy of Game on Grafix $50 Gift Card for Amazon from the GameEx Team 1 set of custom made removable decals courtesy of DreamAuthentics 2 Year License of GameEx 1 Year Membership to EmuMovies That's a total value of over $350! 3rd Prize: 2 Illuminated Joysticks courtesy of Retro Arcades 1 LED-Wiz USB Lighting and Output Controller courtesy of Groovy Game Gear 1 copy of the book "Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine" autographed by the author John St. Clair courtesy of ArcadeControls 1 Year License of GameEx 1 Month Membership to EmuMovies That's a total value of over $185! 4th Prize: 1 Full Version of Xpadder with Lifetime Updates 1 Wired XBOX 360 controller courtesy of the GameEx Staff 1 Year License of GameEx 1 Month Membership to Emumovies That's a total value of over $75! More prizes may be added, it really depends on the number of entries we get. .:THE RULES:. You can submit as many themes as you like, but only one prize per author will be awarded. The entries will be judged by the GameEx staff on accessibility, overall design, and integrated features/placement.Judging will be done by myself, Tom Spiers, Headkaze, Frequency, and Circo. Theme user feedback will also be taken into consideration by the judges. Your theme must be a new theme, not a rehash of an existing theme. Your entry can be submitted anytime between June, 2011 and June, of 2012. Prizes will be awarded on July 15th, 2012. .:SUBMISSIONS:. Please submit your themes to the submission thread located here. This topic will be updated with all theme submissions, and the previously mentioned thread will be the place for users to comment on the entry or offer suggestions. If you make any changes to your theme, please PM me so I can make the adjustments in the contest thread. All submissions will be considered final on June 30th, 2012, so you may make as many changes and/or updates to your submission before then. When you are ready to submit your theme, please follow these guidelines: Fill in the ENTRY POST worksheet located below. (Copy & Paste the sheet into your post and fill in the blanks). Add either 3 snapshots of your theme, or a YouTube video of your theme, to the post. Upload your theme to GameEx directly, or to a public download site such as MediaFire or MegaUpload. (Please, no RapidShare links!) Easy right? If you have questions, feel free to post them here. I will be updating this topic as need arises. Of course, the rules and prizes may be changed periodically without notice. Any changes will be made in writing, and an update will be posted in the submissions thread. Happy themeing everyone! -GameEx Staff EXAMPLE ENTRY POST:Theme Title: _______________________________Theme Type: _______________________________Theme Version: _______________________________Theme Resolution: _______________________________[snap1] [snap2] [snap3] -or- [YouTube Video]Theme Description: ______________________________Theme Features: ______________________________Date Submitted: _______________________________Download URL: _______________________________ (No RapidShare Links Please!!!)Download Size: _______________________________Additional Notes: _______________________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circo August 4, 2011 Share August 4, 2011 Now that's a contest! EmuMovies is proud to be a sponsor and hope this generates some great themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery August 4, 2011 Author Share August 4, 2011 Thanks for the donation Circo! Your awesome prizes will certainly bring some great underground themers out of the wood work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery August 4, 2011 Author Share August 4, 2011 UPDATE:Added an LED Wiz USB Lighting and Output Controller courtesy of Groovy Game Gear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery August 4, 2011 Author Share August 4, 2011 UPDATE: Added "Project Arcade: Build Your Own Arcade Machine" book autographed by John St. Clair to the prize pool courtesy of ArcadeControls.comAdded full copy of Xpadder with lifetime updates! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery August 7, 2011 Author Share August 7, 2011 UPDATE: Added 2 UltraStik 360s with restrictor kits and an iPac2 courtesy of Ultimarc!Added 1 wired XBOX 360 controller courtesy of the GameEx Staff!Re-balanced the prize levels and added a 4th place tier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery August 9, 2011 Author Share August 9, 2011 UPDATE:Added an Arcade Coin Door with Quarter Acceptor courtesy of X-Gaming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nologic August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 Hell almost interesting enough to get me to bite...however I'm sure you'll fair far better with those that are much less reluctant to do stuff for GX.Course I think Tom still has failed to add proper PNG transparency so folks can do drop shadows and glows and such. Plus Pure and near pure blacks go completely transparent....yuck....it was needed back in the day...but now...it just jacks stuff up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circo August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 Hell almost interesting enough to get me to bite...however I'm sure you'll fair far better with those that are much less reluctant to do stuff for GX.Course I think Tom still has failed to add proper PNG transparency so folks can do drop shadows and glows and such. Plus Pure and near pure blacks go completely transparent....yuck....it was needed back in the day...but now...it just jacks stuff up.When I saw you replied to this thread I almost choked! I for one do not have the time for theming but one of the main goals is to modernize it up a bit and improve the engine based on feedback. And we are giving away about $1000 worth of swag to achieve it. Can't wait to see what folks come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nologic August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 LOL easy there big guy. As I said almost...but there are big hurdles in the way even if I did want to tackle such a competition. Proper PNG & MNG support,, for starters...and cleaning up the black mess. Then supporting object paths, and object emitters, object events, object effects...plus probably another half dozen things not coming to mind right now...and that is just basic 2D stuff. GX really needs to be altered to allow ether a WPF or SilverLight canvas...then let objects on that canvas fetch data from the GX frame work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Circo August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 LOL easy there big guy. As I said almost...but there are big hurdles in the way even if I did want to tackle such a competition. Proper PNG & MNG support,, for starters...and cleaning up the black mess. Then supporting object paths, and object emitters, object events, object effects...plus probably another half dozen things not coming to mind right now...and that is just basic 2D stuff. GX really needs to be altered to allow ether a WPF or SilverLight canvas...then let objects on that canvas fetch data from the GX frame work. Yeah, what he said Is it wrong that I can barely understand what all that means but it sounds important and I am all for it lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 Nologic and I could work on a theme together, but I have no art skills at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tspeirs August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 Just to correct a fact - PNG transparency is supported. We moved to Direct3D from DirectDraw over a year ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nologic August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 Incorrect you still don't support proper png transparency...hell I even filed a bug report when you went D3D....if a PNG has a drop shadow...it's not rendered...simple test...simple fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tspeirs August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 You just need to turn the feature on. Its not on by default to keep compatibility with older themes. I would know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nologic August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 Never seen the option...and not sure why it would be off for compatibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tspeirs August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 Fair enough but its there and it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tspeirs August 11, 2011 Share August 11, 2011 hmm maybe I've been reading into things a little wrong...but is this a pissing match?So does that mean that MNG's are now fully supported as well?Take this how you want, hopefully in a good way but I really don't want to engage with you as it normally does not work out well. We have done a good job of not making our paths cross up until now.Hope your happy and healthy though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery August 18, 2011 Author Share August 18, 2011 ::UPDATE::Added 2 ActLabs CRT Lightguns courtesy of DreamAuthentics! This prize is valued at more than $300!!!!! WOW!!!Added custom printed removable decals courtesy of DreamAuthentics!Added 2 illuminated joysticks courtesy of RetroArcade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adultery August 31, 2011 Author Share August 31, 2011 ::UPDATE::Added $100 to 1st place courtesy of Aussie ArcadeAdded $75 printing credit courtesy of Game On Grafix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John84h February 2, 2013 Share February 2, 2013 Wow those are some great prizes! Have the winners been announced yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaceyrayclare February 3, 2013 Share February 3, 2013 Hey, Here is the announcement http://www.gameex.info/forums/topic/12289-news-winners-of-the-2012-theme-competition/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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