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Hello! The 37th game that does not appear in the ranking is AMSTRED. It is an amazing game that probably would have scored well, but sadly, it has broken several important rules of the contest due to lack of time. 

Ronaldo explains the reasons in detail in this post. 

We are very sorry, but that's why it had to be disqualified. There was no other option.

Although, of course, KrakenDev is invited to participate in next year's edition. He is clearly a great dev and we would love to see him continue contribuing content to CPC!

Thanks for noticing, awergh. It was all due to an error converting the time to UTC when configuring the jam page. It's fixed now. 

Sorry for the inconvenience to all contestants.

Now there are a few more hours :D

Hello GracHeer and welcome to the CPCRetroDev. 

As awergh told you (thank you, awergh), the CPCRetroDev is not a jam as it.

This contest consists of developing a video game for an Amstrad CPC 464, a computer from the eighties!

That's why there is no theme as such, I guess it's already enough with this to add more difficulty hahaha

However, every year we like to dedicate the contest to a well-known game that turns 30 years old on this computer, as is the case of Rainbow Islands. So it is rewarded if you make a small Easter Egg to the game or any representative element. 

If you want to participate you are still on time, we will be happy to receive you! And if you don't know how to develop for this machine, I recommend you to check out cpctelera, a very useful little framework for Amstrad development. It even allows you to port your game to Android platforms!

If all this catches your attention, but you think you're not in time, we'll be back next year with the tenth edition! Come on, join us!

Hi etoile!

Could you tell us why you think the contest could be about scam? Like you, someone else may think so, and we would like to try to avoid giving that image.

I would like to tell you, for the sake of clarification, that this is the 9th time the contest is being held. Although it is the first time that we are doing it through itch.io. To give more details, it is hosted by a recognized entity such as the University of Alicante. The official contest rules signed by the university are here https://www.boua.ua.es/Acuerdos/DescargarAcuerdo/16921.

Here is a video where you can take a look at the awards ceremony of last year's contest so you can get to know the contest a little bit better. https://youtu.be/znL7Yfbv94E

Also check out the official twitter account of the contest where we put all the information and the hashtag #CPCRetroDev where people upload images of the games they are making. I'm sure you'll be surprised by the quality they have for 8-bit games.

#CPCRetroDev was born as an educational project, where students can learn to code in assembly language.  The current assembly and Amstrad's are not so different, so it is a very useful space to learn. Also, competing with professional game devs for prizes motivates students to make better games and prepares them for the professional working world.

For more information, you can check our website, where you will find all the information about the contest and all the games submitted in the previous editions. And of course you are invited to participate in the #CPCRetroDev, create a game and learn a lot from the Amstrad Scene, because this is an amazing world!