watzen Wrote:what the **** is wivo media center??
(i dont quite care about the contest, i hate contests koz i know it always ends up more like a rat race than a noble duel) [like those beatport contests] ......... And i am facing my worst night mare right now... That assignment sheet.... oh gosh... What's the point with topcoder studio? Some compagnies come and launch contests then some people work for prizes instead of getting hired directly? .. not bad!...( ? ) Yet... Its the most paying contest site i seen yet... since deviantart, beatport and jamglue... eh.. lol.... I'll probably take a few days thinking.. Wait.. Duh O_O Damn sucks it'll end like tomorrow, i dont even have the time to send the assignment form :S... What a waist of time....... Ok back to the forum search tab and try to get some serious xbmc skinning tutorials :S
Quote:Entries must be your original work, and must not infringe on the copyright or licenses of others. Stock art, clip art, templates and other design elements from other sources are prohibited unless specifically permitted here in the Contest Details.
Quote:Start Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008 at 20:00 ESTLike Jezz_X's said, no one will be able to make a skin for XBMC Media Center from scratch in just three days, those dates must be a mistake or the company who posted this contest can not have done any research into XBMC skinning what so ever. I personally doubt that three is even long enough to put together some decent concept mookups images of all those sections that is asked for, especially if all images must be the artists original work. Most existing skins for XBMC have hundreds and thousands of hours behind them from more than one person, and most skinners borrow/copy code from other skins instead of coding everything from scratch.
End Date: Friday, December 5, 2008 at 13:00 EST
Winner(s) Announced: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 at 18:00 EST
Jezz_X Wrote:lol you got to be kidding no one can make a skin in 3 days with all the code and graphics you will have zero winners unless you let people submit allready done XBMC skins
but then you have this so I guess not
Gamester17 Wrote:http://studio.topcoder.com/?module=ViewC...ls&ct=2438Like Jezz_X's said, no one will be able to make a skin for XBMC Media Center from scratch in just three days, those dates must be a mistake or the company who posted this contest can not have done any research into XBMC skinning what so ever. I personally doubt that three is even long enough to put together some decent concept mookups images of all those sections that is asked for, especially if all images must be the artists original work. Most existing skins for XBMC have hundreds and thousands of hours behind them from more than one person, and most skinners borrow/copy code from other skins instead of coding everything from scratch.
@messopotamia, is the the skin meant to be open source? If not then the skinners will not be able to base their skin on others existing open source skins, meaning they have to make everything from scratch.
@messopotamia, why would not not allow the use of royalty free images and others open source skin code?
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=110
messopotamia Wrote:This contest is just jpegs of what a skin could look like there will be follow on contests that actually implement the skins.
Quote:When the user is on the Cold Start page (Screen 1) they will be able to view available video thumbnails from four (4) Electronic Product Guide (EPG) categories.
1) Crowdsourced EPG
2) World/GEO EPG
3) Celebrity Playlist
4) User Persona
CHI3f Wrote:This contest is ridiculous. It is crazy to think that someone could make a skin under such circumstances. Mbezik and I made Containment in about 2 weeks, which I thought was pretty f'in fast. The people who came up with this contest have no idea what it is like making a skin. It is even hard when you are trying to base your skin off pre-esisting gui's. I hope these people have no contestants so they can realize how crazy they are.
