PGD "Dog Fight" Game programming Competition 2005 - Final Results

[Dominique Louis]

On January 1st 2005, PGD ( http://www.pgd.netstarweb.com/ ) launched
it's inaugural competition. The theme was "Dog Fight" but rather than
force entrants to adhere to the traditional idea of 2 plane combatants,
we extended this to allow any 2 fighting entities from bacteria to solar
systems, as long as the fighting was intense. The other main
stipulations were that the main code for the game had to be written in
Pascal and that it had to be Open Source, so that others could learn
from the code.

On March 15th the competition was deemed closed and what you see below
are the impressive entries of those amazing teams and individuals who
decided to take part.

The entries were judged on the following criteria and were awarded a
points score between 1-10 in the following 5 categories with a maximum
of 50 possible points.
a ) GamePlay - How fun is the game?
b ) Usability - How easy is it to pick up and is it challenging enough?
c ) Quality - How polished is the game?
d ) Originality - How original an idea is it?
e ) Wow Factor - What makes it stand out, ( jaw dropping visuals,
attention to detail )?

Prizes were donated by :

Borland : http://www.borland.com

Caligari : http://www.caligari.com

3 impact : http://www.3impact.com

Nexus DB : http://www.nexusdb.com

I proudly present the final results ( more @
http://www.pgd.netstarweb.com/competitions/PGDCompetition2005.html )

[ 1st ] with 198 points

[ Air Blast ]

wins

Delphi 2005 Architect - value $3000 (US)
Donated by Borland

and

Game Programming Gems : v. 5 - value $70(US)

[ 2nd ] with 188 points

[ Jagdgeschwader ]

wins

gameSpace - value $300(US)
Donated by Caligari

and

3Impact Game Engine license - value $99 (US)
Donated by www.3impact.com

[ 3rd ] with 180 points

[ Sodoma lite ]

wins

gameSpace - value $300(US)
Donated by Caligari

and

Nexus Memory Manager - value $120 ( US )
Donated by www.nexusdb.com

[ Honarary Mention 1 ] with 176 points

[ Run A War ]

[ Honarary Mention 2 ] with 161 points

[ Dragon Duel ]
[ Honarary Mention 3 ] with 161 points

[ Space Cadet ]

To find out more detailed information about these entries and also about
the other entries that were not in the top 5, please visit the
competition results page (
http://www.pgd.netstarweb.com/competitions/PGDCompetition2005.html )and
find out what each judge had to say about each entry. We hope that more
developers will be able to take part in future competitions.

Dominique Louis.