a_bertrand Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Hi, To help you get familiarized with the engine, I propose a new mod development contest open to everyone (owners of licenses and not). First of all, as you don't need to buy anything, I released today a totally free version of the engine which is basically the same as the dev version without the license. The difference between the free version and the dev version is that with the free version you are limited to use it as pure internal development version and you don't have the right to sell any modules where with the dev version you are allowed to. The free version can be downloaded here: http://www.nw-engine.com/nwe_free.zip The contest: Develop an unique module Deadline: 10th June 2012 Submit the zip or the NWP (New World Engine Package) to: [email protected] You are not limited to any number of modules you submit. However quality over quantity will make the difference. Criteria: Uniqueness / coolness / usefulness factors Code quality (conformance to the engine, readability, etc...) Judges: To be defines yet, you will be informed before. Judges cannot participate to the contest, and cannot have private discussions about the contest during and before the results of the contest are public. Prizes: First prize: 50$ (paypal) and a full license of the engine Runner-up: a full license of the engine Cancellation: The contest could be cancelled if we receive less than 5 modules to review. You will remain sole owner / copyright owner of the module you develop, we will not use it otherwise that checking it for the contest. You may afterward sell or distribute for free any modules submitted during the contest. Further commercial (or non) development will afterward require a dev license, however the free license will remain for experimental and as "preview / test" of the engine. Of course you can use this thread to discuss ideas, ask / give suggestions and post your work in progress if you want to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sporto Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Wow... This is gonna be cool!!! Now to go dig my thinking cap out of the closet..... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauntedDawg Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Thanks for giving us the opportunity to develop modules as a contest. Also, how many module's allowed per user? Another note is that, I personally would prefer to be the runner-up, more in it for the developer. A good point in this would be to take all the potential modules, and allow the developer to sell them without the dev license. I mean, as far as i understand, your trying to build publicity. So a good point would be to allow the potential modifications to be sold, and only allow those one's to be sold. Then if they want to sell more, they would require the dev license. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_bertrand Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 HD: yes, leaving the modules developed during the contest open to the sale is a good idea will change now the rules. I simply don't want to let people use the free version to make money and therefore spoil those which supported the project by buying the dev or the full engine. The runner up will actually have the same price as the winner... minus the 50$ so why going for the runner up? I hardly see the point here. You are not limited to the number of modules you submit. However working on 100 different modules where you could invest your time on a couple well done is for me a bit of a shame. Also each module will be evaluated for itself (unless one module require another one) and doing many separated modules will not make you evaluated better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleMassacre Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 This is a pretty sweet deal even for us n00bies. I wanted to get this engine to tinker around and now that their is a free download I can check it out to see if I wanted to buy it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HauntedDawg Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 @Alain: Sorry i thought i read the First winner only get's $50 :P. Wanted to know about the multiple module's cause, i have couple idea's they small modules but potential :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominion Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 If we wish to enter, and already hold a license(dev or otherwise), could we add it to both the market and enter it or would you prefer them specifically created for the competition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_bertrand Posted May 10, 2012 Author Share Posted May 10, 2012 As stated, the idea was to create the module for the competition and then once it's over you can put it on the marketplace. However yes I will accept modules you develop from now on even if you publish them on the marketplace before the deadline. However the module should be a new (not published till yet) module not something already existing on the marketplace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djkanna Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Best of luck, to all participants. @Alain: Nice idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uridium Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Good Luck to everyone I've worked with this engine for quite a while now and the possabilities are endless. It will be very interesting to see how people approach their concepts for new mods and the ideas behind them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeB Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 (edited) Just so you know, when you create a new module it gives this error: Fatal error: Call to undefined function CleanHookCache() in C:\xampp\htdocs\nwe\modules\admin_create_module\content.php on line 79 maybe it's something i did wrong, EDIT: Also does this if i enable/disable a module. Edited May 11, 2012 by booher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_bertrand Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Ok don't worry, simply the dev engine is missing the function as there is no hook cache in it. You may fix yourself the problem by adding the following code in common.php: function CleanHookCache() { } I will release a new version today with the fix. Thanks for the report booher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_bertrand Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Ok should be fixed. Let me know if any of you discover other oddities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakeB Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Ok don't worry, simply the dev engine is missing the function as there is no hook cache in it. You may fix yourself the problem by adding the following code in common.php: function CleanHookCache() { } I will release a new version today with the fix. Thanks for the report booher. I had just removed all of the calls to that function in my copy ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_bertrand Posted May 30, 2012 Author Share Posted May 30, 2012 More or less 10 days remains! So hurry up and send over your mods! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zettieee Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 I'd like to know who won? And how many mods was sent in, in total. :) + if they wasn't many are you going to extend the contest time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Evans Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) best of luck to all who have a go at this and remember its not the winning that counts its the taking part . so to all who enter have fun and has a wise man once said something new is something to learn. Edited June 12, 2012 by Michael Evans typo 4:39 am no seep ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a_bertrand Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 There wasn't enough submissions, I will maybe retry it later on during this summer as many said they have exams currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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