Bridge Construction Set Contest

GameSetWatch is reporting that ChronicLogic (developer of goo-game Gish) is holding a Bridge Construction Set contest to see who can come up with an original 'cool-looking' bridge. Winners will be treated to a full copies of the company's games. The client to participate is free to download and futz with, so if you've an interest there is no excuse not to participate.

Actually..

[mkavanagh2]

They're giving away 2 games in a lottery and 2 games split between the winners of the "Normal" and "Expert" category. The winner of the "Artistic" category doesn't win any games.

Wow, I'm just so eager to go and enter that.

Re:Actually..

[wyldeone]

Uh...no. And I quote:

Chronic Logic give away four full versions of any Chronic Logic game to the winners.

Apparently you didn't read that paragraph very carefully.

Re:Actually..

[mkavanagh2]

Chronic Logic give away four full versions of any Chronic Logic game (e.g. Bridge Construction Set, Gish) to the winners. One game will be awarded to the architects of the cheapest working NORMAL and EXPERT bridges. Additionally, you can win two games that will be given away by a lottery.

Game, set, match, and fuck off.

Re:Actually..

[shawb]

It's called building hype over a demo. A demo to a game which the publishers think will get you to purchase the full game, which is actually pretty fun. Especially if you're at all mechanically inclined.

Re:Actually..

[default luser]

Yup, this is nothing but hype. But what do you expect from a small gaming house fighting to keep their head above water. I mean, Chronic Logic had an impressive web hype-backed launch after their free Bridge Builder program made the rounds. Pontifex was their first product, and I'm willing to bet that it and BCS are two of their best sellers.

Fast-forward to today: they havn't released a new iteration of the Pontifex 2 / BCS product in three years, and obviously they're not selling well anymore. In fact,

No excuse

[amling]

Except for that whole not-running-random-binaries issue.

Re:No excuse

[avalys]

The parent post brought to you by the United Association of Morons Who Think Excessive Paranoia is Cool.

Re:No excuse

[amling]

As opposed to the United Association of Morons Who Think Running Random Binaries is Safe (common beneficiaries of Gator/Claria).

Re:No excuse

[Lehk228]

well, you have no reason to trust me but i can vouch for cronic logic and their bridge games. spent all of yesterday playing bridge builder ( a 2D precursor to pontifex and BCS )

Re:No excuse

[MBraynard]

...psssst.... I put floride in your drinking water....

Direct links for the downloads.

[MBraynard]

Click to the submitters blog. Click to a friggin message board. Then maybe click to the Chronic logic site. Whatever.

Here you go:

Winblows Version [chroniclogic.com]
Anti-social elitist nerd version [chroniclogic.com]

The bi-curious version (OSX) is labeled as 'cumming soon.' Sorry.

Re:Direct links for the downloads.

[MBraynard]

bingo.

sorry there wasn't a mac version, bro.

My excuse

[droleary]

if you've an interest there is no excuse not to participate

I have a Mac, and they don't offer a Mac app. They hint that fixing a broken Mac might result in one, but never say we'd get the deadline extended accordingly. I guess my business with Chronic Logic stops with Gish. Sad, but I guess they think their resources are better spent on that huge Linux desktop market.

Re:My excuse

[Tom]

"They" is essentially one person. If we were talking about EA, it might be a matter of priorities or market share. With one dud, it's more likely a matter of deciding which things he'll likely get done in time and which not, always provided his cat doesn't eat the power cable and there's no traffic accident in the family.

Why did they rename it?

[KDR_11k]

According to the URL Bridge Construction Set is just a different name for Pontifex 2. What forced them to change the name like that?

Re:Why did they rename it?

[Teddy Beartuzzi]

Bill Budge?

Re:Why did they rename it?

[KDR_11k]

What's that?

Re:Why did they rename it?

[mahdi13]

Google me this Batman [google.com]

Bill Budge was the Apple II graphics guru. By the time he wrote a library for creating 3-D wireframe games and a game using that library ("Tranquility Base") in 1981, he had already authored three other Apple II games. He's also the original king of computer pinball, a title that seems to exchange hands monthly these days.

Re:Why did they rename it?

[Teddy Beartuzzi]

And more specifically, pretty much invented the "construction set" genre.

A couple of questions:

[drsquare]

1. How do you stop the bridge falling into the river? The bits connected to the riverbed seem to just sink down.

2. Why does my game look nothing like the screenshots? There's no detail, it's ugly and slow as well.

Re:A couple of questions:

[MBraynard]

1) Experiment. The third demo took me a long time to just get a structure to support but it works.

2) Your graphics card either sucks or doesn't work well with the game. Graphic options can be adjusted in game.

Re:A couple of questions:

[mahdi13]

My guess on the slowness is that you are not using 3d accel drivers (or don't have any) for your video card.

A Better Contest

[superultra]

Like this contest, you design a bridge no one will ever use. All you have to do is suck up to a politican. The prize is $2b [csmonitor.com].