Leadwerks Mass Physics Competition

I am pleased to announce the Leadwerks Mass Physics Competition starts today.

Rules
The winner will post the best mass physics video, using Leadwerks Engine. Submissions should be posted on YouTube and a link provided on the Leadwerks showcase forum. If your video is not recorded in real-time, you should provide notice of this at the beginning of the video. A winner will be chosen from submitted entries up to October 15, 2008, and announced November 1.

Criteria
Entries will be judged on the following:
-Creativity.
-Number of physics bodies in action.
-Production quality and soundtrack.

Here are some ideas to get you going:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFnaemzY0K0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4mk-z-Yjww
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaHS-y_mapQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0R9veCqr2U

Tips
To record a program at constant framerate, use the following code in your main loop:

UpdateWorld(1.0);

Then use the SaveBuffer() command to save the rendered image from the back buffer each loop.
I recommend using a low resolution when recording, like 640x480. The saved frames can be combined into an animation with an animation program like Jasc Animation Shop. Using a stepsize of 1.0 will record at 60 frames per second. If you want to record at 30 fps, you can use 2.0 as the stepsize instead. Saving frames to the TGA format will be the fastest.

The Grand Prize
The winner will receive an NVidia GX2 graphics card.

I take it you have to buy the engine to enter the demo, in which case wouldnt it be better to make a lite version.

Buy the engine.

I did. However, I am far too busy to enter the competition - so, this means someone else has a chance. Then again, I might decide to submit an 11th hour entry. However, I don't need the prize, therefore I might decide not to submit an 11th hour entry. This means that someone else could win that GX2. However, should my card break prior to the closing date, I may submit an entry. Having said that, if my 8800 GTX did break, then I'd rather just buy a better card. So, in short, I don't really have much use for the GX2 - so, in a nutshell, it's there for some one to win.

I would really hope that someone who has skills and talent and doesn't have a GeForce 8800 GTS or better yet, would win :)

Although, if I would win, I would make a 2nd contest with my GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB as grand prize!

the lego link is impressive, the last link is nice eye candy.

Whoah, is that what a graphics card looks like these days? I've seen smaller computers!

OT - makes you wonder if you can fit anything else in there :o)

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Could a moderator please be generous and make this thread sticky for the duration of the contest?

I agree with Warpy, that is a BFGC!