Re: [pygame] Pyggy Awards are Go, Almost

["Charlie Nolan" <funnyman3595@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greg, the rules on the site
(http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/pyggy/) seem to
forbid games older than the previous PyWeek.  Are there any plans for
a special edition or some such that would allow older PyWeek games?

-FM

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Richard and I have been working on setting up a web site
> for the Pyggy Awards, and it's very nearly ready to go!
>
> In case you've forgotten, the Pyggy Awards is going to be
> a showcase event for games based on a previous PyWeek entry.
> If you want to polish one of your PyWeek games and have
> somewhere to show off the result, this is it.
>
> The Pyggy Awards will be run in a very similar way to
> the PyWeek competition, with the following differences:
>
> * You can start working immediately, or even in the past,
> i.e. any further work you've already done on an existing
> PyWeek entry is eligible.
>
> * Any library code can be used, as long as it's open
> source.
>
> The only thing remaining to be decided is the dates for
> the judging period. The possibilities are:
>
> a) Early December, probably the first 2 weeks.
>
> b) Some time in February or March next year.
>
> Option (b) obviously allows more coding time, but the
> next PyWeek is going to be in early April, so it wouldn't
> leave much time for people to recover their energy.
>
> So I'm asking for feedback on this -- what would you
> prefer? More time, or more breathing space before the
> next PyWeek?
>
> --
> Greg
>