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Title: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: Slash on February 27, 2008, 12:31:28 PM
So, everybody is jumping and making their 7DRL prior to the challenge, which is great, in no year before we had seen this hapening...

but I wonder, how many challengers will jump in this year, how many projects will be finished?

My bets go for 25 challengers, 15 finished.... what do you think?
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: I_Own_The_Letter_O on February 27, 2008, 01:57:32 PM
I'll have to wait until the 7DRL proper starts as my compiler fell over and went BOOM! mere hours after I announced that I would attempt my first 7DRL. Perhaps it was telling me to wait for the actual start date and to learn a little patience.

Is it against the rules to know what you're going to do for your 7DRL down to the smallest detail before the start date? (As much as that can be planned before the bugs destroy your plan.)
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: stu on February 27, 2008, 02:45:49 PM
Id love to do one this year but time is really non-existant. I'd get about 2 hours a week to work on in it so there is no way I could pull one off... Same old story for me. Id rather spend my time on working on other projects I have that are ongoing rather than new projects :)

I would think about 20 challengers.
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: Slash on February 27, 2008, 03:16:14 PM
@O: Fate sometime manifests in the oddest of ways...
I think doing what you say is needed, specially if you dont have 168 hours to work in your 7DRL, (I will have 20 hours at most this year)
Also, place your bets for challengers/finishers  :P

@stu: how many finished?
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: stu on February 27, 2008, 04:14:22 PM
12 finished I guess
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: Z on February 27, 2008, 06:21:52 PM
Is it OK to use Roguetemple instead of the newsgroup for 7DRL announcement? I am not planning to do a 7DRL myself (although these plans may change), but I think it makes sense.
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: Gamer_2k4 on February 28, 2008, 07:50:23 AM
Is it against the rules to know what you're going to do for your 7DRL down to the smallest detail before the start date? (As much as that can be planned before the bugs destroy your plan.)

I sure hope not...for me, the 168 hours is reserved solely for coding.
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: Slash on February 28, 2008, 12:51:24 PM
Is it OK to use Roguetemple instead of the newsgroup for 7DRL announcement? I am not planning to do a 7DRL myself (although these plans may change), but I think it makes sense.
Dunno... you can post both there and over rgrd. Official rules say you must post on rgrd, but if you dont have access, I think posting here is ok.
We will sure discuss each one of this years 7DRL here over the course of the next weeks :)
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: JoshuaSmyth on March 03, 2008, 03:54:15 AM
My guess is 10 finished :)

I'm not entering - I just spent 3 months full time coding a Roguelike and am a bit roguelike'd out at the moment. I would be very keen for next year however.
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: ido on March 04, 2008, 03:48:31 PM
We have 5(?) finished 7drl's already.
My bet is another 5 will finish during the challenge itself, putting us at a respectable 10 new games :)
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: Slash on March 04, 2008, 10:54:01 PM
You guys make me feel overoptimistic :P
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: corremn on March 04, 2008, 11:56:29 PM
I will have 20 hours at most this year)

Another snesrl perhaps? Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts RL?? :P
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: Krice on March 07, 2008, 07:29:56 AM
My bet is another 5 will finish during the challenge itself, putting us at a respectable 10 new games :)

Think I'm going to review those 7DRLs.
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: stu on March 26, 2008, 07:28:05 PM
12 finished and I picked 10! close. Joshua Smith wins with 10 a correct score :)
Title: Re: How many 7DRLs in the 7DRLC
Post by: Slash on March 26, 2008, 07:34:52 PM
The latest stat at http://roguebasin.roguelikedevelopment.org/index.php?title=7DRL_Contest_2008 shows 24 challengers and 10 winners at the date.

I was pretty close with my 25 challengers. Went overboard with the sucess rate of 15 though :P