Just a reminder to all who would like to participate. I'm definitely going to take part, unless the rule turns out to be something brain-dead like basing the gameplay on the shape of California (without any means to actually use an image, so you have to somehow conjure up California with code only).

So, how many participants should we expect today?

And a question to CGamesPlay - are you going to implement the possibility of rating the rules. That would allow us to weed out rules like the one above.

Well, everyone has their tastes. That's why rating the rules by a whole bunch of people (and not rating them according to my, or anyone else's, personal opinion) is a good idea .

I'm wondering, how would you like this example rule: "The game must be strongly based on the shape of People's Republic of Congo"?

Anyway, I hope there are more people in today's MH than there are in this thread.

Well, it's not as original, and the Democratic Republic of Congo isn't as funnily-shaped.

Either way, rule rating is in the to-do list. It's just very slow progress.

Ugh, looks like I will have reduced time to work on the project, and potentially even none.

#include <allegro.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
  allegro_init();
  install_keyboard();
  set_color_depth(16);
  set_gfx_mode(GFX_AUTODETECT_WINDOWED, 640, 480, 0, 0);
  readkey();
}
END_OF_MAIN()

As if familial obligations weren't enough, this program doesn't respond to keyboard input on my machine.

[append]
Rebuilding Allegro fixed

55 minutes and it's working. As a bonus, I used the TimeSnapper program CGamesPlay linked to in the other thread to document my progress - so expect a video of my mighty struggles shortly .

It's called "Poisoned Water" and it's a simple mini-game like all my MinorHack entries, I think.

EDIT:

Oh man, I really like my entry.

Leaky Ceiling

In a time when ceiling integrity has collapsed, one bucket stands against a torrential downpour. One badass bucket. This bucket... is you.

Controls: A/D or Left/Right.
Collect the droplets of water.
Don't drown.

Ack, completely forgot about this one!

There's always next time ...

Kibiz0r: you need to learn how to handle pointers. After applying this patch, your entry actually didn't crash:

My ranking, in order:

keriostar: Good game, simple and easy to play. Has good difficulty and advancement.

Jakub Wasilewski: Very cool game, good graphics.

Kibiz0r: After fixing it, it was a good game. It would have been nice if you had made more raindrops fall at once instead of increasing the speed. It starts to feel like someone is actually shooting water at me Also the water level rises quite slowly.

graue_: Cool game, but you have it backwards! The water makes it easier to "win". If it worked where you had to jump up the tower that scrolled down, despite the rain, it would be really cool. Maybe you will work on it more?

Victor Williams Stafusa da Silva: Good game but the bubbles move very slowly, and even more so I move slowly, so it's boring fast.

It was tough ranking the entries. All of the entries (except mine) are very high quality. I'm extremely pleased with the turn out this time

My ranking:

1st - Jakub: Nice idea!
2nd - keriostar: Not bad. Exciting.
3rd - Kibiz0r: Good idea, but it takes toooooo long to drown.
4th - graue_: Can i win? Can i lose?
5th - CGamesPlay: I thought it should be a game...

Okay, so I hacked together the video I promised. It just looks so neat to see the code unravel itself on the screen. Other than that, it's totally dull, but a promise is a promise, right?

My ranking:

keriostar - a solid idea and good execution. I had a tough time judging this, because Kibiz0r's game was practically the same thing, and it had better graphics (if we can talk about graphics in a 1-hour game). But keriostar's game had the superior gameplay, with the inertia and the floating all adding to create a more satisfying experience.
Victor Williams Stafusa da Silva - best graphics of all the entries, simple as they may be. Fun for a while, and fortunately it usually kills you off before you get bored.
Kibiz0r - nice graphics, solid idea, but not really an original one - so it could only work with perfect execution. My main beef with this entry is that it's way too easy in the beginning, and then it quickly becomes nearly impossible.
graue_ - nice rain. Well, it's something.
CGamesPlay - well, it does feature water .

Now, who are you, keriostar and graue_? I don't think I've seen you before .

_{* the video is the first thing I did with mencoder, which has a kajillion options, so if you can't watch it, well, tough luck.}