Next challenge dates

richard on 2015/02/25 03:43

Hi folks. The start of April right through to the end of May are looking at bring ridiculously busy for me, so I'm not going to try to run PyWeek then.

Any suggestions for when to run it after May are welcome.

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starheap on 2015/02/25 18:04:

After may meaning after the start of may or after the end of may?

Cosmologicon on 2015/02/25 19:41:

I can't wait for the next PyWeek, so I say early June. :)

blakeohare on 2015/02/25 20:17:

Would the last day of May (which happens to be a Sunday) be close enough to qualify as "after May"?

assertivist on 2015/02/26 21:51:

Early June +1! ASAP!

knowledge on 2015/03/25 21:45:

For me personally 6th - 13th June is best.

Cosmologicon on 2015/04/08 14:18:

If you're still taking votes, I can't make it the week of June 13-20, so I vote against that.

richard on 2015/04/18 23:29:

Thanks for the feedback folks!

knowledge on 2015/05/10 12:09:

@Cosmologicon I can't either, but how do you like 6 - 13th June?

mit-mit on 2015/05/15 03:49:

any updates on potential dates? I'm keen for asap, anytime June/July +1 my vote.

richard on 2015/05/15 19:29:

I'm swamped, so the likely date is slipping into late June / early July at the moment. I have some other things I'd like to do this next PyWeek, to mix it up a little.

gizmo_thunder on 2015/06/09 06:47:

Awesome.. eagerly waiting for the next pyweek!

cyhawk on 2015/06/18 11:21:

If it slips enough the spring and autumn events could merge into a single 2-week special PyWeek this year. Just imagine the polish you could add to a game in one extra week! Full voice acting, full motion capture, stereoscopic 3D, support for every platform, absolutely no bugs, multiplayer matchmaking...

andarms on 2015/06/18 22:11:

Good idea @cyhawk, i like it, we can do something special this year

Master47 on 2015/06/19 13:37:

I like the idea aswell @cyhawk!

assertivist on 2015/06/22 17:57:

I vote against making the challenge longer--I feel it would remove a sense of urgency that is crucial to a game jam

But I'd be fine with it! I just want there to be a date to look forward to! Not knowing when the next pyweek is going to be--it hurts

starheap on 2015/06/23 16:52:

@cyhawk nice idea, i like it :D

blakeohare on 2015/06/23 17:06:

I agree with assertivist. 2 weeks is sort of that magic number where the brain goes "oh, I have plenty of time". Although a PyFortnight would encourage a lot more ambitious projects at the start, I have a feeling ultimately we'll see a lot more DNF entries.

starheap on 2015/06/24 18:57:

Ok then maybe not a 2 week contest, but how about a contest that inclues 2 full weekends, So it would start at the beginning of one weekend (early on a Saturday, or late on Friday) then ends at the end of the next (early Monday morning, or late Sunday) 9 days instead of 7?

Tee on 2015/07/01 00:38:

Richard: any update on the dates?

starheap on 2015/07/01 17:55:

@Tee There was some discussion in the irc not to long ago. http://pastebin.com/8TAyQWVt

knowledge on 2015/07/10 12:05:

So when is next PyWeek. If you need volunteer for running PyWeek I might help you.

gcewing on 2015/07/16 21:42:

I like the idea of two full weekends. Although we might need to rename it to the PyNonodiem or something.

blakeohare on 2015/07/17 06:05:

Since it's getting awfully close to the early end of the acceptable range to run the next autumn PyWeek, I went on IRC and poked Richard, and, well, this happened: http://pastebin.com/yj6weYgu

How would you guys feel about an August PyWeek? Either August 8th through 15th, the week before, or the week after? Basically I have 3 concerns...

  • Doing it too late: college and school age pyweekers starting up classes again.
  • Doing it too late pt 2: When the next PyWeek rolls around without sufficient gap, people are less likely to participate.
  • Too early: Not enough time to get the message out and letting people plan around it.

Thoughts? Either way, a date should probably get hammered down soon if we don't want 2015 to forever be known as The Year of The Lone PyWeek. In a few days, after people have voiced concerns about which week to use, I'll start announcing in the various channels.

knowledge on 2015/07/17 11:21:

August 8th sounds great, August 15th also.

School and collage won't start yet.

Problem with that days might be that some people are on vacation and might not have Internet access, but almost every PyWeek someone can't participate.

Because of that August 15th might be better choice (I think less people are on vacation then) but it would almost overlap with Ludum Dare (I'm not sure what's hour PyWeek starts so it may even overlap few hours) and that would be terrible.

About me: I'm going on vacation tomorrow and I'll probably return 27th July so ; I'll also participate in Ludum Dare (which will begin 21st August) so 15th is bit too late for me; I'm also going on one Jam on the end of August so I'll be on 3 Jams in one month.

knowledge on 2015/07/17 11:25:

Oh, I wanted to write: I'm going on vacation tomorrow and I'll probably return 27th July so I won't be somewhere without Internet on August 8th nor August 15th

Master47 on 2015/07/18 08:07:

August 8th sounds very good to me =).

blakeohare on 2015/07/19 02:04:

Also, the week of the 15th will overlap with Ludum Dare and also first day of classes of some US colleges on the semester system, so if there's no major objections, I'm going to start pushing the boulder down the hill in that direction.

blakeohare on 2015/07/19 02:07:

Also, as a person in the Western hemisphere, I tend to think of PyWeek running from Saturday to Saturday, so by "August 8th" what I really meant to say is 12AM GMT August 9th to 12AM GMT August 16th.

Cosmologicon on 2015/07/19 14:43:

Another vote for preferring August 8th to the 15th, because of Ludum Dare.

assertivist on 2015/07/19 19:39:

+1 for 9th-16th, sounds good to me! Woohoo!

Tee on 2015/07/20 02:25:

9th to 16th sounds good to me. :)

blakeohare on 2015/07/20 02:45:

Still waiting for Richard to toggle the admin bit so I can update the site and make it look a little more official, but consider the dates officially announced!

On a side note, I took the liberty of registering a PyWeek twitter account. Since this is going to be an uphill battle to promote on somewhat shorter notice, please re-tweet to your heart's content.

starheap on 2015/07/20 22:43:

Date looks decent good for me as well. (The week after i start moving for a job)

starheap on 2015/07/20 22:46:

Only issue is since libraries need to be released at least month before, if you have some code you would like to use this less than a months notice until pyweek.. :(

blakeohare on 2015/07/23 20:21:

People are complaining about that on the newsgroup as well. How would you guys feel, given the late notice, about bending the rule from 30 days to "before theme candidates are announced"? Unfortunately this doesn't give as much of an opportunity for others to use your library, but at the same time, it doesn't give people an unfair advantage to target their library for a specific kind of game they have in mind for specific themes.

Cosmologicon on 2015/07/24 00:47:

I think that's a good idea.

daftspaniel on 2015/07/24 21:11:

Dates are about as good as they are going to get :-) Probably a mini-game from me this time around.

starheap on 2015/07/24 21:18:

Sounds good to me.

bitcraft on 2015/07/27 21:10:

Can't make it. Maybe next year, I guess.

wezu on 2015/08/02 20:07:

I'll be out of internet range at the tournament date, but I've got someone to send me the theme (via smoke signals and messenger pigeons). I should be able to upload the game (if I make it) within the extra 24h for uploading. No chance for a dev-diary this year :(