Matacus Contest #5 DEADLINE SUNDAY 18TH MARCH!!!

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Matacus Contest #5 DEADLINE SUNDAY 18TH MARCH!!!

Postby Nishimaster » Thu Feb 01, 2007 7:19 pm

Hello and welcome to the fifth Matacus competition. This is a design competition where the winner will be voted by everyone and anyone.

This time you have to design a level which has a free standing "robot" or whatever you want to call it that moves with legs. Due to the term leg being interpreted differently by different people, anything that remotely resembles a leg will do. No entries will be disqualified, so don't worry about your entry not resembling a leg very much :P

The winner will be voted for on the general coolness of t3h walking robot dude in their level.

The only rule is the robot has to carry the armadillo. Doesn't have to get into the portal, just needs to be carried. Oh, and the leg itself has to be moving. Don't do anything like that force powered car that Sean made a while back... and nothing like the attached file.

The deadline will be decided later.

send your stuff to nishimaster@hotmail.co.uk

and add me if you have msn :P
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Postby dudiobugtron » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:42 am

Is the number of legs important? :lol:
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Postby mouta » Fri Feb 02, 2007 4:47 pm

yeah right... is the number of legs important?
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Postby Nishimaster » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:12 pm

Nah any number of legs

A centipede would be interesting :D
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Postby ?rjan Flatseth » Sat Feb 10, 2007 1:29 pm

Hope there will be some amount of entries! Get to work, lazy geeks!
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Postby dudiobugtron » Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:49 am

?rjan Flatseth wrote:Hope there will be some amount of entries! Get to work, lazy geeks!


Thanks for the reminder - I forgot :cry:
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Postby ?rjan Flatseth » Mon Feb 12, 2007 2:03 pm

Dont think the time limit is even set? So you better start leg constructing! ( its not very easy is it? :shock: :wink:
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Postby NickyNick » Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:41 pm

I gonna participate too, have some ideas for this... Hope it will be very interesting :D
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Postby beejamin » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:00 am

Man - this is HARD! I'm struggling to even create a leg with joints in it which is self-supporting, let alone something strong enough to hold an engine too...

Anyone want to share any clues? I'm experimenting with both a very light leg construction with elastic 'tendons' and a heavy, strong leg (which I have no idea how to move yet!)

Is considering knee and ankle joints crazy? Anyone got it working, just to say 'yes, it's possible'?
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Postby ?rjan Flatseth » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:42 pm

I have made some very poor attempts. They could be considered as leg-supported but just rarely... :wink:
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when is the deadline?

Postby ?rjan Flatseth » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:31 pm

When is there gonna be a put a deadline?

Perhaps there should be a deadline for putting of deadlines? :roll:

Im hoping for a pinbal-based design-contest as next matacus!

here is a foretaste...
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Postby tomo » Mon Feb 26, 2007 2:48 pm

nice level!
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Postby ?rjan Flatseth » Mon Feb 26, 2007 3:44 pm

:wink:
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Postby MrDo » Tue Feb 27, 2007 8:55 pm

Awesome Pinball Orjan you have a style all your own. I watched it till it got stuck around 630ish (undo). The tracking view is neat.
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Postby ?rjan Flatseth » Tue Feb 27, 2007 10:47 pm

Thnx! :D

...I was planning making it last for ever - but it would take a while to check if it does... :shock:
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