I've only just delved into actual Icehouse design so I'd love to try my hand at coming up with something under these design restrictions. I had a design outside of them that I wanted to enter, but maybe next time. On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Avri Klemer <avri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ditto . . . > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Spears" <spielboy@xxxxxxxxx> > To: "Icehouse Discussion List" <icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 9:15 PM > Subject: Re: [Icehouse] IGDC Winter 2009? > > >> Cool, I'll see what I can come up with. Thanks for organizing! >> >> 2009/3/16 David Artman <david.artman@xxxxxxxxx>: >>> >>> OK, so no Winter IGDC, lacking any real interest (if this list says, >>> "meh" >>> then we can be sure most of the world will, too). >>> >>> Perhaps we could shoot for a Spring contest, maybe with the hope of >>> alternating Spring and Autumn? I recall folks saying, long ago, that they >>> thought such a schedule would be more conducive to folks playing (school >>> groups, cons, etc). >>> >>> I'll go ahead and make it a Design Restricted contest, and we'll try >>> Dale's >>> better scoring method: "score voting with 'soft zeroes,'" whatever that >>> means (you volunteered, Dale!). Explanation to follow from Dale; wiki >>> rules >>> update after that. (Remind me offlist what the >>> IGDC.Coorrdiantor@xxxxxxxxx >>> PW is, too, please!) >>> >>> The Design Restriction is taken from Game Chef: >>> Choose three of the following terms and integrate them tightly into your >>> game design, be it by mechanics or theme: >>> Asteroid, Wreckage, Diamond, Team, Park, High >>> >>> I generated those words by clicking Random Article on Wikipedia and >>> ignoring >>> proper nouns or the utterly bizarre. >>> >>> Designs must be finalized by Friday, April 17th, 2009; judging to >>> conclude >>> by Monday, May 18th, 2009. That's one full month to design, and one month >>> to >>> judge. Judging deadline may be extended, at my discretion, if there are >>> too >>> few votes. >>> >>> GO DESIGN! >>> >>> Thanks in advance to folks who forward this to BGG and other, similar >>> sites! >>> David Artman >>> Spring 2009 IGDC Coordinator >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Icehouse mailing list >> Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse > -- Sam Zitin Director of Information Management Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity Office:317-876-1913 Cell: 317-710-0925