comp.sys.sinclair Crap Games Competition (C.S.S.C.G.C. 2022) is here!

[uglifruit]

Welcome one and all!



I am proud to announce the opening of 2022's comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition, and unveil the motto of this year's event: "Cassette 50 levels of quality in the 40th year of the ZX Spectrum" (or "Cassette quinquaginta gradus qualitatis in XL anno ZX Imaginis " as they say in Latin).

Head on over to : http://crapgamescompetition2022.great-site.net

...to enjoy/endure the opening ceremony (and the zeroth review).

[R-Tape]

Oh dear. Punctual. Not a good start

Good luck Andy. I should have a few things to add to the pile.

[TMD2003]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeexcellent!

Right, prepare yourself, me old mucker, here comes an onslaught!

[TMD2003]

[mention]uglifruit[/mention]! Attention! I'm trying to get a submission in, but your all-new address is bouncing it back at me.

I've sent it to the address you used to send me games.

[1024MAK]

Right, prepare yourself, me old mucker, here comes an onslaught!

Red alert (no moaning Kryten, just change the smegging light bulb), Shields up! Close all blast doors. Dive, dive dive! Pull the blinds down. And now hide under the table…

Mark

[1024MAK]

@uglifruit! Attention! I'm trying to get a submission in, but your all-new address is bouncing it back at me.

Bouncing off the shields?

Mark

[TMD2003]

Hmmm. I am going to go all out on "Unnecessary Effort" for a lot of entries this year, seeing as it's what I've openly encouraged. But "Over-reach"? I have no idea what that is except when forces beyond my control are doing it.

But... whatever! My hosting days are done and I'm going to have a programming bonanza until the Grim Reaper stops me, and I don't mean Steve Grimmett, his metal leg and the rest of his band.

[TMD2003]

Dive, dive dive!

If you ever impersonate Bruce Dickinson again, be sure to not pick one of his most embarrassing misadventures.

[uglifruit]

@uglifruit! Attention! I'm trying to get a submission in, but your all-new address is bouncing it back at me.

Well yes, it was bouncing emails then. (Who knew you'd be *quite* that quick off the blocks). It's working now.

[Guesser]

Oh dear. Punctual. Not a good start

It doesn't count until it's been announced officially though

[TMD2003]

Who knew you'd be *quite* that quick off the blocks.

I knew, and [mention]Turrican[/mention] knew, having done exactly the same to me exactly a year ago. That's who!

By the way: don't forget to post the reviews on CSS. It may be deader than A-line flares with pockets in the knees, but it's a TRADITION!

[equinox]

You've managed to spell it "CCSCGC" in the biggest font ever

[catmeows]

Well, I always thought that CSSCGC is good opportunity for someone who wants to write text adventure on english level A0.

[Juan F. Ramirez]

"Not a safe connection"

My browser doesn't like me to enter... it's a sign!

[uglifruit]

You've managed to spell it "CCSCGC" in the biggest font ever

Highlighting I have exactly the level of finesse and care require to run this.

[PeterJ]

My browser doesn't like me to enter... it's a sign!

It's only because it's not Https secure

[TMD2003]

You've managed to spell it "CCSCGC" in the biggest font ever

Things I've done before... my "old website" had that acronym on display for the best part of nine years and I never noticed.

[1024MAK]

CCSCGC - what’s that? The Commodore comp.sys.Crap Games Competition?

Mark

PS the same mistake occurs throughout the site!

[uglifruit]

PS the same mistake occurs throughout the site!

You should prepare yourself for crap typos, and dreadful proofreading.

[Jbizzel]

Do you ever get a bit of remorse after submitting a crap game, and wish you'd made it just a little bit less crap? or is it just me.

[1024MAK]

Do you ever get a bit of remorse after submitting a crap game, and wish you'd made it just a little bit less crap? or is it just me.

Is that an admission?

Depends…

Technically, it’s often said that software is never finished… it’s not unusual for an idea on how to improve it occurs after it’s been ‘finished’.

Mark

[Jbizzel]

Do you ever get a bit of remorse after submitting a crap game, and wish you'd made it just a little bit less crap? or is it just me.

Is that an admission?

Depends…

Technically, it’s often said that software is never finished… it’s not unusual for an idea on how to improve it occurs after it’s been ‘finished’.

Mark

Well Chutney Explorer was probably a low point of mine from last year!

[firelord]

Technically, it’s often said that software is never finished… it’s not unusual for an idea on how to improve it occurs after it’s been ‘finished’.

Mark

This is official Microsoft Policy with the service packs. From the windows XP era...

[Jbizzel]

No man's sky felt like that on release. They had made an engine but forgot to put s game in there.

[uglifruit]

WEEK 1:

Do you remember way back in the distant past of 2021?
Jim Waterman was now hosting CSSCGC having been too-darned-uncrap in 2020. With most competitions there is a (probably unwritten) rule that the the judges can't enter themselves (matron). So Jim schemed and PLOTted and programmed and sent his first submission to the 2022 CCSCGC just after the stroke of midnight.

BEHOLD, the first entry: Big Clives Supergayrainbow Ulaplus Bear Flag Edition



And don't let deja vu get the better of you. This is different to his 2020 QL entry, this uses the ULAplus!

Review here