No time for 48 hour contests? Only a tiny bit of creativity in your brain? Just not enough stamina to stay up all night? Still drooling for a game contest?

Then you're in the right place!

From here on out I (or other members) will occasionally be hosting a "Petite" game competition. The prize? The prize is the fun! We have no date planned just yet, but I will post one soon. Please mention when you will be free for an hour (make it a solid hour) and we will schedule our very first competition.

The Rules
- Much like Mini LD, the rules will be up to the person "hosting" the petite competition.
- You have one hour only from start to finish.
- You must, if at all possible, get (a microphone && a Skype account) || (an ICQ account). You must be at the aforementioned virtual meeting place using said program 10 minutes before contest start. Only people who are in the virtual area the whole time will be eligible to win.
- There will (probably) be a provided framework you will need to use. Either way you are encouraged to use one so you don't spend all your time making one.

FAQ
Q: Why do I need to be in a virtual meeting area?
A: Because half the point of developing for an hour is the community blitzkrieg it creates.

Q: Why only 1 hour?
A: Because that's awesome.

Q: Do I have to use Java?
A: Maybe? No? Yes? Depends entirely on the host's rules.

Q: Is there any way I can help?
A: Yes - if you can contribute to a very simple but very effective game framework (sprite loading, simple entity's, game loop, loading up frame and all that) then that would be wonderful. Also, we're going to need someone to make code for voting and submitting games (PHP or something similar).

Questions? Comments? When are you available? Post it all here.

True true. So let's say not required, but provided if you want it. For people who don't have a framework.

Or we can just say use whatever the heck you want and let people use Slick or PulpCore or their own stuff etc. Probably we'll just do that.

Rumor says that in the last 1 hour competition, Markus Person created a MMORPG and got thousands of subscriptions .

Anyway ... what about this weekend ?

Ha, that's a cool little game. I think I'll leave the length up to each host to decide. But, seeing as I'll be hosting this one, I'm going to stick with one hour (probably).

This weekend sounds like a possibility - I might have some of it free. I'll let you guys know. For now, can you post days/times (GMT) that you will have an hour (or two) to spend this weekend?

Oo-er! An hour seems a bit too manic for me! A weekend was bad enough!

On a side note, I was wondering about an online version of Core Wars where competitors try to write competing viruses in a reduced set of assembly. Shouldn't be too hard to do... (famous last words!) All the entrants would need to submit is a text file.

Hmm... it'll be fun to watch! It's a good idea, but I think I'll probably sit this one out...

Hmm, all that it needs is a 'This Applet has been left blank intentionally' message, or is it meant to do more than just display white?

haha, I liek the idea, t'will be akward for the younger ppl, but oh well....

I have one question,

will it be teams? or just single ppl

Depends on the host's rules! I think for all of mine I will allow teams. If you can work well with someone in an hour then bravo to you.

It took me two hours to write Tetris.

It's got to be simple simple simple! Also this is a reason for you to have a framework.

Yeah, I can always just make an email chain to inform people of new compos, that's no real problem. Sorry you missed the last one.