So... here we go! This topic will contain all the info for Dream Team Contest #3.
1) Game choice
First, I'd like to thank everyone for the many suggestions for games that were sent in. Thanks!
And the game for this competition is...
Alien Hominid for GBA!
Get TASing, people!
Alien Hominid is a run and gun game, in the vein of Metal Slug and Contra. There are different weapons to choose from, grenades, a pretty large moveset, lots of bosses. The weapon drops are random, so there is some luck manipulation. There is some saucer flying, but don't worry, it's not auto-scrolling. Also, it is not too long. I think it has potential to result in varied and interesting movies.
ROM: Alien Hominid [E], sometimes numbered 2310
MD5: 18EF4EC828A4BF14B6FD241230BB349A
Rules:
* Hard difficulty.
* Use English mode.
* Death is allowed.
* There is one extra button press needed after killing the last boss. You need to get to the ending, not just kill the last boss.
I understand this might create some controversy. Here is for example what Atma said:
"oh hey, I got all these possibly awesome suggestions that I asked people for, but I'm going to go with one I chose before that anyway"
This was NOT the process used.
Some suggestions were great, some were not so great. I narrowed it down to a list of 5 games, test played, watched youtube playthroughs, read FAQs etc. Of the top two contender games I had, one was too long (70 minutes regular playthrough), one had desynch issues, and the other suggestions were not as varied and interesting.
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The emulator is: VBA!
Important info: there are some bug fixes in the pipeline. adelikat has promised to get a new release out before the competition starts, so that everyone will have the same tools available.
2) Team formation
Signup is closed. Please see below for teams.
This will work a bit differently from previously.
I will allow people to sign up both as teams and as single players.
There is no limit on the number of teams, but the team size will be limited to 4 when signing up as a team.
If you sign up as a team with less than 4 players, please specify if it's okay to have other random players in your team (open team) or if you'd rather keep to yourselves (closed team).
You can also say that you want to participate. You will then be randomized into either an open team or an all-random team. The team size might be 5-6 for these teams (depending on if we get unlucky with the number of players).
Signed up closed teams:
Team 1, Totally Awesome Syzygy) Xkeeper, alden, Acmlm, Kumquat
Team 2, Tortoise) DarkKobold, adelikat, Cardboard, Tompa
Team 3, If We Lose It's Erokky's Fault) Atma, erokky, kirkq, Nitrodon
Team 4, Tastards) Sonikkustar, MUGG, Aqfaq, Mukki
Signed up open teams:
none
Signed up random teams:
Team 5) FatRatKnight, micro500, NitroGenesis, pirate_sepiroth
Team 6) boct1584, Mitjitsu, Twisted Eye
3) Starting date
It was decided in the poll that the competition would run 3 weeks, 4 weekends.
Proposed timeline:
Friday 22 October, CET 22:00 (t= -1 week)
Signup closes.
Teams are announced.
Emulator is announced.
(This is because some people do not want to play some emulators. Also, people should have time to get used to a potentially new emulator.)
Friday 29 October, CET 06:30 (t=0)
Competition starts! I will update this post with the game, and other info if necessary (difficulty mode and other settings, what counts as beating the game).
Sunday 21 November, CET 22:00 (t= 3 weeks and 2 days)
Competition finishes.
Submissions must be sent to me before this.
Use either Microspace + Forum PM, or email (see my personal page).
You can send more than one movie file. Only the last movie file you send counts.
Late movie files are NOT accepted. I will check the post times.
4) Results
The results are in!
Team 1, Totally Awesome Syzygy) Xkeeper, alden, Acmlm, Kumquat
Clocking in at 61081 frames.
http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1555697375/Alien%20Hominid%20TAS%20by%20Team%20Totally%20Awesome%20Syzygy.vbm
As a bonus, team 1 also submitted a version which enters a name in the highscore table:
http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/36110321/Alien%20Hominid%20TAS%20by%20Team%20Totally%20Awesome%20Syzygy%20(+Name).vbm
Team 2, Tortoise) DarkKobold, adelikat, Cardboard, Tompa
Clocking in at 66516 frames.
http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/1523749886/AlienHominidTeamTortoise.vbm
Team 3, If We Lose It's Erokky's Fault) Atma, erokky, kirkq, Nitrodon
Did not finish, and chose not to send in their work in progress.
Team 4, Tastards) Sonikkustar, MUGG, Aqfaq, Mukki
Did not send a complete movie.
MUGG left the team halfway through, but was kind enough to let me have the latest version he had:
http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/839009667/sonik3%20-%20redo.vbm
I have been unable to contact any of the others.
Team 5) FatRatKnight, micro500, NitroGenesis, pirate_sepiroth
Clocking in at 56985 frames.
http://dehacked.2y.net/microstorage.php/info/432716846/AH_DTC3_T5_56985.vbm
Team 6) boct1584, Mitjitsu, Twisted Eye
Did not send a movie. I have been unable to contact any of them.
This means that the winners are...
Team 5! Big congratulations to FatRatKnight, micro500, NitroGenesis, pirate_sepiroth, the movie looks awesome.
In second place...
Team 1, Totally Awesome Syzygy
In third place...
Team 2, Tortoise
DNF:
Team 3, If We Lose It's Erokky's Fault
Team 4, Tastards
Team 6
I have put up a wiki page which will lists each section of the movies for comparison. It is here:
http://tasvideos.org/DreamTeamContest3.html
This is because the forum does not handle tables.
