Retro Remakes Comp

Hi everyOne.

I would like your opinions about the compitition.

Basicaly, is it worth entering.
The prizes are things that if you wanted you would already have got, but does getting a prize give any prestege in the industry.
If I spent 3-4 Months writing a game, I doubt I could sell it for very much, but if I went Job hunting in the industry saying,
"Ive writen this, it sold this many",
It would carry a cetain amount of weight.
If on the other hand I said,
"Ive written this, it came 5th (For example) in Retro Remakes compition 2006",
Would that carry more weight?

You mean, no matter what you get ranked? That's pretty cool :)

I already entered actually. I never do contests like these, but this is just what I needed to start learning Max.

None of the prizes really interested me, but that's not why I'm entering. It'll be cool enough to just win something :)

Thats exactly why Im thinking of entering, Im learning Max, and its an excuse to simply "copy" somthing
(I am only assuming everyone gets ranked, cos from reading the rules they give everything a score)

It's a good learning experience and with a deadline it helps to start and complete a project. Remaking an old game can help to get a better understanding of what makes a fun game. I'm pretty sure everyone who enters a game is ranked, at least I was when I did it a year or two ago - did pretty poorly. There are some really good remakes usually at the top of the rankings. I don't know your experience level with this stuff but I found it is worth picking a really simple game to remake and polish it well if you want to get it finished in the time available.

However this statement is rather confusing, actually I looked at OneSwitch compo and I don't know how the judge is.

I was going to have a go at this. I almost entered in the last one but I wanted to remake Flicky and I discovered I had the skills of a 2 year old when it came to drawing birds.

I thought about entering, except a) i don't have enough time to get a whole game done in only a few months, and b) the prizes were not very interesting or desirable.

Well, assuming his first post was a question relating to A or B - the answer could be neither? It could be A if sales were sufficient? Or B depending on the status of the competition. However, if you were looking for a job in the industry it is still potentially neither as we would look at what you are capable of and how that would fit into a development team. You could be a very good coder of a particular style of game (to narrow this down to a conclusion), but you may have to hunt for a job that requires you as an individual not for what you are capable of. A or B possibly may have no effect on helping you but either one of them is better than nothing. However, remember that indie sales are not relational to your capability and winning a competition can be as fruitless as not even entering it.