May-June 2005
All of the entries were excellent this time around. There are four categories: Best Gameplay (Most fun), Best Idea, Best Implementation, and Best Humour.
The Entries
| Entry |
Screenshot/Download link |
| "Green Thingy", mike25025 |
 Binary |
| "You Can't Poop Here", Scott Hilbert |
 Binary Source |
| "BulletPong", Seroja |
 Binary |
| "ZORK 1D", Andrew Russell |
 Binary |
The Prizes
| Best
Gameplay: Winner "BulletPong" (Seroja) |
| An excellent entry by Seroja, this game is not only fun to
play, but challenging. The controls are well tuned and the game is
difficult but not impossible to win at. Runner Up: "You Can't Poop Here" by Scott Hilbert |
| Best
Idea: Winner "You Can't Poop Here" (Scott Hilbert) |
| It's a quiz show hosted by a cartoon piece of poop. In it,
you must decipher the riddles of each gradually revealed photograph to
deem if you can, in fact, poop there legally. I'm not entirely sure
many people can come up with a more original concept, but I encourage
them to try. Runner Up: "Green Thingy" by mike25025 |
| Best
Implementation: "Green Thingy" by mike25025 |
| This entry is gorgeous.
I am a huge fan of abstract Tron-like
graphics and this one delivered. Couple that with a smooth framerate,
responsive controls and a nice sense of speed, and you have a great
chunk of programming. Runner Up: "BulletPong" by Seroja |
| Best
Humour: "ZORK 1D" by AndrewRussell |
| It's not hard to beat, it's not particularly long or well
programmed, but it is funny. You'll chuckle at parodies of pop culture,
other text adventures and GameDev.net humour. Runner Up: "You Can't Poop Here" by Scott Hilbert |
Conclusion
These are all excellent games. If you have even a passing interest in independent game development, I ask you to take a look at the entries that were provided. I expected tons of simplistic arcade games like my single-button Space Invaders clone, but the games that were delivered were well-made, looked great and played smoothly and without fault.
Eventually I will patch up my 1W1B entry and push it back out here, but in the meantime the competitors should give themselves a pat on the back and start suggesting ideas for next year's contest. I'm thinking of doing a 1W1B contest next year with an actual theme; perhaps physics or old arcade games.