Saturday, October 29, 2016

IFComp News: We broke Pogoman GO! for a long time

IFComp News: We broke Pogoman GO! for a long time

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Online play for Jack Welch and Ben Collins-Sussman’s Pogoman GO! has been unavailable for some time, probably more than two weeks, due to a bug we introduced into the web application back when we fixed the bug that made Detectiveland unplayable.

If you tried to play this game online and saw a plain-looking, static web page with some game-related links but not the game itself, we would ask you to please try it again. (If, on the other hand, you downloaded this game and played it offline, this problem will not have affected you.)

I apologize to the affected authors and judges for this error, and I pledge to improve the web software’s self-tests so that these flaws will never be re-introduced to the system after this year.

In the meantime, I have two requests of participants during this the back half of the judging period:

  • Authors: At your convenience, please make sure that the Play Online button work as you expect. (I have emailed all this year’s authors with this request, as well.)

  • Judges: If you attempt to play a game online through its Play Online button, and you see something that is clearly not a playable work, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers.





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October 29, 2016 at 01:21PM

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