The Lucas Eckels Blog » ironcoder http://blog.lucaseckels.com Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:16:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Fuzzy Freddy http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2007/01/06/fuzzy-freddy/ http://blog.lucaseckels.com/2007/01/06/fuzzy-freddy/#comments Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:31:00 +0000 Lucas http://blog.lucaseckels.com/?p=11 Fuzzy FreddyIt has recently come to my attention that I failed to post here about my entry for Iron Coder 2, Fuzzy Freddy.

The API that time around was CoreGraphics, and the theme was Time.

Fuzzy Freddy is an action-packed game of adventure, romance, and hygiene. It is a Universal binary and is best viewed in at least 1280×1024.

I’m pretty happy about how it turned out.

Download Fuzzy Freddy (includes source)

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Here’s the description from the readme:

Close is an intense psychological thriller of a game, where the player must avoid getting their personal space invaded by coworkers in a highly detailed workplace environment.

Use your mental and physical abilities to your fullest to defend yourself against these intrusions.

Using Apple’s Core Image technology, Close provides a level of visual quality never before seen in a game of its kind.

Download Close 1.0

Edit: Okay, I’ve been caught. It’s a clone of Daleks. Enjoy the bonus level.

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Check it out.

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And now the next one has a date. Since my birthday is May 18, I thought a celebration was in order.

A celebration of caffeine and feverish. half-finished code.

On Friday, May 19, 6pm EST, an API will be announced.
On Saturday, May 20, 6pm EST, a theme will be announced.
On Sunday, May 21, 6pm EST, judging will begin.

The setup is the same as before. I’ll pick an API and a theme. It’s your job to come up with something cool to earn the title of Iron Coder.

Judging will be based on four criteria:

  • Style

  • Technical expertise

  • Use of API and theme

  • Cool factor

Some rules:

  • The programs must run in their own address space- so that rules out input managers and haxies. The program must also run without authentication.

  • Source code has to be included, and you’ve got to be ok with it being public.

  • New projects only! The idea is to try and cram all development into a 24hr period.

  • If it’s some sort of movie, or something that you have to sit through, it can’t be longer than 1:27 seconds.

  • Files must be under 5mb compressed (for uploading).

  • A quick little blurb on how to run your program, what it does, and how it ties into the theme is probably a good idea.

  • The app has to be totally self contained. We don’t want files littered all over the judge’s system.

  • The judge has to be able to compile the code.

  • Instant disqualification if judge is too scared to run the code.

  • You must be willing to be the next competition’s judge.

  • Unless somebody wants to buy the judge a new Intel Mac, it better run on PPC. Bonus points to anyone who sends the judge hardware.

See you there.

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Symphony is a useless little app that makes a lot of noise, Mardi Gras style. It abuses the secret ingredient API to determine when things happen on your computer — you start an application, move a window, type something. For each event, a sound is played. They all wash together and form a soundscape.

Since judging, I’ve fixed a few bugs, added a feature or two. Symphony now requires 10.3.9 with Quicktime 7 or Tiger. It is built universal.

Download Symphony 1.0 (3.27 meg)
Download Symphony 1.0 source (3.22 meg, BSD license)

[Update: Corrected link to source]

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