This is the message sent at the start of the challenge. ----------------- THINGS HAVE CHANGED! 1. the uploading deadline has changed - check the rules and help file for info 2. the Skellington has been changed to better accommodate game compilations and py2exe 3. the pyweek-upload.py script has been changed too THE CHALLENGE HAS STARTED! W00T! Please read this message even if you've entered before, as some things are different this time around. 0. Uploading rules have CHANGED. Check the rules and help page. 1. Please read the help page which has advice for entrants regarding what to submit in your entry, and how to plan your week: http://media.pyweek.org/static/help.html 2. Please read the rules to make sure you're fully aware of what you're allowed to do in the week, what resources you're allowed to use and what you're expected to turn in at the end of the week. http://media.pyweek.org/static/rules.html 3. Please use the game skellington! It's there to make sure you package your game sanely and include everything you need to include so others can play your game! See the help page for the download link. 3. There is a tool to help with uploading your entries. Please download it from: http://media.pyweek.org/static/pyweek-upload.py Run the script with no args to get usage help. It is included in the game skellington. 4. In order to qualify for judging at the end of the challenge, you MUST upload your source and check the "Final Submission" checkbox. You may upload a "final" submission as many times as you like, and you may additionally upload a py2exe'ed version of your final submission if you like. The latter is purely optional and if it's giving you grief just don't use it. 5. Note that screenshots are automatically thumbnailed by the system, so if you upload "pyweek.jpg" then you can access both: http://media.pyweek.org/dl/2/richard/pyweek.jpg http://media.pyweek.org/dl/2/richard/pyweek.jpg-thumb.png Where "richard" is replaced with the short name of your entry. In diary entries, please use the source: 6. Don't forget to join the fun in irc.freenode.net channel #pyweek and blog your progress using your entry's diary (all members of a team may blog to their team's diary)