Homebrew Bounty 2011: Results & Winners

[PsyBlade]

What I missed in this competition is criticism.
My app got last place, yet no one lost word a about why.

Maybe offer some way to do it anonymously next time.
Eg ask them to write a ~1-10 word judgement and publish the most meaningful alongside the results.

Even though I expected to be placed in the lower regions the single point dampened my motivation to continue. I think knowing what might need improvement makes this a lot easier in most cases.

Personally I would have even preferred "I think its useless" (well it IS to most people) to silence.

 

[thegame07]

What I missed in this competition is criticism.
My app got last place, yet no one lost word a about why.

Maybe offer some way to do it anonymously next time.
Eg ask them to write a ~1-10 word judgement and publish the most meaningful alongside the results.

Even though I expected to be placed in the lower regions the single point dampened my motivation to continue. I think knowing what might need improvement makes this a lot easier in most cases.

Personally I would have even preferred "I think its useless" (well it IS to most people) to silence.

I can see the point your making about having no feedback. That would be much better. I wouldn't be to hard on yourself for coming last though look at all the competition you where up against. Good luck if you ever enter future homebrew competitions.


Whoops! How the hell Did I end up in here from the front page? I thought this was a new post. Sorry for the necro bump! It seems I got here from Another worlds post about the 2012 bounty! I should head to bed, lol .

 

[DarkMuha]

i think it would be better if we wait till the 3DS/PSV get hacked.

 

[The Catboy]

i think it would be better if we wait till the 3DS/PSV get hacked.

For what?

 

[DarkMuha]

i think it would be better if we wait till the 3DS/PSV get hacked.

For what?

fpor the next homebrew bounty. when there is a new one i would develop nice stuff too.

 

[SLiV3R]

The GBAtemp 2011 Homebrew Bounty has come to a glorious end. We have finished calculating the rankings and the results can be found further below. This has been a major success:

• Nearly 60 projects were submitted in this edition, either new projects or major updates
• There was nearly $5,500 up for grabs in multiple categories
• A selection of about 30 judges cast their votes. Judges were selected among the members and staff. Full list disclosed further below.

Without further ado, here are the results you are all waiting for!

Nintendo DSi Homebrew. $2,785 in donations!

First prize: DSx86 by Pate $1,500

Second prize: A7800DS emulator by alekmaul $750

Third prize: Atari 5200 emulator by alekmaul $300

Fourth prize: StellaDS by alekmaul $150

Fifth prize: GBA emulator for DS/DSi by ichichfly $85

Spoiler: Full details

1. DSx86 (DSi Entry) (25 points)
2. A7800DS emulator (DSi Entry) (19 points)
3. Atari 5200 Emulator (DSi Entry) (16 points)
4. StellaDS V1.2 (DSi Entry) (12 points)
5. GBA emulator for DS(i) (DSi Entry) (7 points)
6. Project Legends DS (DSi Entry) (4 points)
7. DSi Homebrew Channel (requires sudokuhax) (DSi Entry) (4 points)
8. Sandbox Engine DS-DSi (DSi Entry) (2 points)

Supercard DSTWO Homebrew. $300 in donations!

First prize: BAGPlug by BassAceGold $150

Second prize: DS2x86 by Pate $100

Third prize: A7800DS2 by alekmaul $50

Spoiler: Full details

1. BAGPlug (SCDS2 Entry) (68 points)
2. DS2x86 (SCDS2 Entry) (67 points)
3. A7800DS2 emulator (DSTWO entry) (44 points)
4. iMenu (SCDS2 Entry) (40 points)
5. libBAG (SCDS2 Entry -- Coding Library) (15 points)
6. Nyan Cat for DSTwo (SCDS2 Entry) (5 points)

Nintendo DS Homebrew. $1,235 in donations!

First prize: Space Impakto DS by relminator $700

Second prize: Arsenal by smealum $375

Third prize: Fireworlds by Dirbaio $160

Spoiler: Full details

1. Space Impakto DS (DS Entry) (60 points)
2. Arsenal (DS Entry) (57 points)
3. Fireworlds - A DS platformer/puzzle game. (DS Entry) (51 points)
4. Mind Maze (W.I.P) (DS Entry) (32 points)
5. Chronoclon (WIP) (DS entry) (30 points)
6. RedTemple (DS Entry) (25 points)
7. EarthShakerDS (DS Entry) (18 points)
8. NCIS "Around The World" (DS Entry) (13 points)
9. MIDIControl DS v2 (DS Entry) (13 points)
10. devkitARM (DS Entry -- Development) (11 points)
11. Super Smash Bros Crash! DS Demo 9 Version (WIP) (DS Entry) (9 points)
12. Boondoggle (DS Entry) (8 points)
13. Back From Ashes WIP (DS Entry) (8 points)
14. Mr.Robot and his robot factory (DS Entry) (8 points)
15. Robot Unicorn Attack DS (DS Entry) (7 points)
16. DS App Studio (DS Entry -- PC Software) (6 points)
17. DSLiero (DS Entry) (3 points)
18. MCinfoDS (DS entry) (3 points)
19. Bible for NDS (3 points)
20. TanksDS (WIP) (DS Entry) (3 points)
21. Gaia DS (WIP) (DS Entry) (3 points)
22. homebrew nyan (DS Entry) (2 points)
23. Cherophobe (DS Entry), First Person Shooter (1 points)
24. ChatMe (DS Entry) (1 points)

Nintendo Wii Homebrew. $533 in donations!

First prize: ModMii for Windows by XFlak $311

Second prize: Descent by tueidj $161

Third prize: Toy Wars Wii by davidgf $61

Spoiler: Full details

1. ModMii for Windows (Wii Entry -- PC Software) (23 points)
2. DESCENT (Wii Entry) (22 points)
3. Toy Wars Wii Version (Wii Entry) (19 points)
4. SpaceShip Omega (Wii entry) (18 points)
5. Mr. Sitwell in Turbo WC Magical Adventure (Wii Entry) (15 points)
6. Project Panic! (Wii Entry) (13 points)
7. CorsixTH (Wii Entry) (12 points)
8. ohneswanzenegger (Wii Entry -- PC Software) (8 points)
9. Piirates (Wii Entry) (7 points)
10. arCard+WII (Wii Entry) (6 points)
11. SmashStack PAL/KOR (Wii Entry) (6 points)
12. nandExtract (Wii Entry -- PC Software) (5 points)
13. Cherophobe (Wii Entry) (4 points)
14. PadSend for DS/Wii (PC Application) (2 points)
15. wbfs2fat (Wii Entry -- PC Software) (2 points)

GBAtemp Special Prize. $543 in donations

Special Prize: Wood R4/RPG by ywg $543

The winner of the GBAtemp Special Prize has been selected through a discussion with members of the GBAtemp community staff. There were multiple projects suggested for this prize and it was particularly difficult to choose. We eventually selected the Wood project by YWG in spite of the excellent quality of competitors. Congratulations to everyone for making this a hard pick!


All winners are invited to communicate their PayPal address to me by PM. Payments will be sent immediately.

We would like to address our thanks once again to everyone for their contribution to the bounty!

• First, congratulations to all homebrew developers for the fantastic projects that have been created or updated for this competition. Without you none of this would even be possible in the first place!
• A big round of applause for everyone that donated to the bounty! That includes us GBAtemp (over $2,500), 0ShippingZone.com ($200), Realhotstuff.com, Spikey and his wife Mikki ($25), Cyan ($100), DSCartShop.com ($200), Funem ($15), Ryukouki ($5), 431unknown ($50), Rydian ($10), Danny600kill ($5), Evo.lve ($10), Team Cyclops ($2,000!), jlf278 ($25), and CannonFoddr ($100).
• Finally, many thanks to all our judges, it's taken them quite a bit of time to test out all those projects on various systems! Kudos to A Gay Little Catboy, Another World, Antoligy, Bladexdsl, Chanser, Cid2mizard, Cyan, Dragonlord, FAST6191, GH0ST, Guild McCommunist, Jakob95, Joe88, jurassicplayer, Linkiboy, luke_c, Minox_IX, phoenixgoddess27, raulpica, Rockstar, Rydian, Schlupi, Tanveer, thegame07, thieves like us, tinymonkeyt, tj_cool, Tonitonichopchop, Tux', Urza, VatoLoco, wiiman123, ywg, and [M]artin.

And of course thank YOU for reading and supporting us. This was probably the last Homebrew Bounty that GBAtemp ever holds... unless homebrew becomes possible on future platforms! Stay tuned!

Yeah! What an amazing time! So many different people involved with this. And so much donations!

I think it's time for a new Homebrew Bounty. This time with 3ds homebrew

What do you think?