{"assets":[{"original":"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/thumb\/8e947460171bb786c8c05a8c6fb8bce4.jpg","local":"\/data\/posts\/2013\/09\/62431e6dc122d6f0e64ef26a8f60eea8.jpg"}],"author_link":"author\/eggdestroyer\/","author_name":"EggDestroyer","cat":"LD #27","categories":["LD #27"],"comments":[],"epoch":1378774740,"event":"LD27","likes":5,"metadata":{"p_key":"81261","p_author":"EggDestroyer","p_authorkey":"0","p_urlkey":"290378","p_title":"Is my game eligible for compo, and how to rate graphics & audio ?","p_cat":"LD #27","p_event":"LD27","p_time":"1378774740","p_likes":"5","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":null,"us_name":null,"us_username":null,"event_start":"1377216000","event_key":"18","event_name":"LD27"},"source_url":"2013\/09\/10\/is-my-game-eligible-for-compo-and-how-to-rate-graphics-audio\/","text":"

So, here\u2019s my LD27 game, EBDS : http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/ludum-dare-27\/?action=preview&uid=9406.<\/a> This topic isn\u2019t about my particular game tho : it\u2019s just used as an exemple.<\/p>\n

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Lots of assets come from the Internet.<\/p><\/div>\n

I made it in less in 48h. I was alone, I designed it myself and I coded it from scratch with Game Maker : Studio, so I logically put it in \u201cCompo\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, I made my graphics assets by taking some CC0 pictures from Google Images (mostly redirecting to Wikimedia), and my sounds \u2013 except the music \u2013 come from the website freesound.org.<\/p>\n

I reworked both so they could fit in the game (color mask and filters for graphics, various cuts and mix effects for sounds), but after some comments, I asked my self two things :<\/p>\n

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* As I didn\u2019t actually CREATE (meaning : taking the original basis) most assets, is my game still eligible for Compo ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

* Which criteria could be used to rate graphics & audio ?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Maybe one of the issues here is the border between \u201cfrom scratch\u201d and \u201cnot creating anything\u201d. Is the use of internet-assets in another category than the use of a game engine which you didn\u2019t wholly create ? In the other hand, isn\u2019t it the only way to \u201creward\u201d people creating their own material over people barely copying ? Is this objective something to consider in the frame of the Ludum Dare ?<\/p>\n

Discuss !<\/p>\n

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EDIT : Just a small note to clarify my intentions \":)\" I don\u2019t want to complain, to justify myself or to say why-I-should-be-in-compo. Maybe I shouldn\u2019t at all, and I\u2019m perfectly okey with Jam, plus I had a lot of fun to make the game, and this counts the most.<\/p>\n

The idea is rather to discuss about the rules, which I\u2019m not really sure to completly understand despite reading them, mostly this one :<\/p>\n

\u201cPhotos and recordings you make of people or things are acceptable content, just you must acquire them during the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

-> Does \u201cacquire\u201d imply \u201ctaking pictures by yourself\u201d, or is \u201csearching CC0 pictures in Google\u201d acceptable ? This may sound like a rhetorical question to justify oneself\u2019s mistakes, but I assure you this is not my intention. \":)\"<\/p>","time":"September 10th, 2013 12:59 am","title":"Is my game eligible for compo, and how to rate graphics & audio ?","title_was_empty":false}