14
Aug
Flash Contests
The WiggiWorld (whoops, apparently it’s WoogiWorld now) contest is over, and the winners should be announced in the next couple of days. I think I’m still in with a chance to be in the top 7 and therefore winning $500, but there were a few good entries submitted in the last week which will drop me down a few places, I’m sure.
In retrospect I should have pushed the values they wanted a bit more; at the very least I should have put some ‘Did you know…’ type things between the levels to provide a bit more education. To tell the truth, I find that most of the entries are shoving the values down the kid’s throats, but I don’t know if my entry being more subtle will gain me any points.
I also think I should have gone with something more simple, especially as this was my first flash game; it seems that the games that are simpler and more polished are leading the way, such as Veggie-Matic and Wiggi Dance Academy.
The JayIsGames 4th Casual Game contest has started now as well, the theme is Ball Physics; I’ve had a couple of ideas, but haven’t really got started on prototyping anything yet. I’m hoping to do so tonight. Unfortunately the rules of the contest specify that the game can’t have been published anywhere else on the web, so I won’t be able to document the process very thoroughly, though perhaps I’ll do so anyway and just publish it after the contest is complete.
