Contest time?

[Momeka]

Yeah, November is better for me too.

[Donut]

And no hacking it with pictures and stuff, it has to be tiles and you have to use the default character movements. You need to be able to lose/win the game.

The contest should start soon, and while reviewing the thing I was wondering if we keep this part? Which would mean no pictures at all, right? Just to see what we are allowed to do or not, so we don't lose time on ideas that would require pictures. I'm asking because I got an idea last week that would fit nicely in the contest (I haven't developed it, waiting for it to start officially), and it might require some pictures for a HUD - but I won't be sure until I start the programmation.

[Momeka]

I think pictures should be allowed. More meant that pictures shouldn't be a way to get around the one map limit. Like oh only one map is allowed so I make shoot em up only using pictures, or like I make all my maps as pictures and then I just switch pics instead of maps.
But I feel it should be fine for huds, custom menus/systems etc.

[Donut]

That's what I thought you meant - it's always better to ask to make sure though

[Prpl_Mage]

I'm thinking, as long as the character is a charset and the map is a tileset then it's all good.

And even if I restricted you to like 3 pictures it would be really easy to get around in the steam version since the picture update

[drenrin2120]

Just gonna throw my 2 cents in and I like the one map restriction. Picture restriction could be fine but I don't see it necessary. I'm not sure much more restriction than that is necessary.