The MSXdev21 edition, running from January 2021 until September 2021, has resulted in 34 registered games. A record in MSXdev history! And now, the jury has come to a conclusion, so here are the results of MSXdev21.
First place, winner of MSXdev21, with a total score of 88 points is
“Alien Attack” by Marcos Daniel Blanco & Daniel Simon
Gentlemen, congratulations with this amazing piece of 8-bit entertainment!
The jury-panel was clearly on the same page with Alien Attack as it scored high on all categories. The game is praised by them for it’s fully featured and excellent gameplay, overall polishing, variety of tunes, impressive graphics and cut-scenes, and its originality. They said it is a fun, but challenging game to play. Well done.
We can’t really quote Highlander with “there can be only one”; if you ask us, all of you are winners! The totality and quality of the submitted MSXdev21 games is truly an amazing collection of work. Congratulations to you all.
Ranking list
From the jury panel, here’s the complete ranking list of the 34 published MSXdev21 games:
1 “Alien Attack” by Marcos Daniel Blanco, Daniel Simon (88/100)
2 “S.o.l.o.” by Roolandoo (81/100)
3 “PAC-01” by ARC8 (80/100)
4 “Raven” by Micha Mulder (79/100)
5 “Fantastic Football” by Zoran Majcenić, Daniel Simon (76/100)
6 “Blockbuster” by Robosoft (73,1/100)
7 “No Back Down” by SoCal (73/100)
8 “Make Them Jump” by Robosoft (70/100)
9 “Make Them Fall” by Robosoft (69/100)
10 “Do The Same” by Eric Mendel (Ricco59) (68/100)
11 “Tortilla Sunrise (Conexion Tortilla)” by Tortilla Yonkers (67/100)
12 “FlyGuy” by Robosoft (65/100)
13 “Open Wide!” by Hakogame (63/100)
14 “Where Is it? The Quest For the 10th Island” by Eric Mendel (Ricco59) (61/100)
15 “Step” by Uninteresting (57/100)
16 “Arya” by André Baptista (55/100)
17 “Pitman” by Under4Mhz (54,2/100)
18 “Mahjong Solitaire” by Under4Mhz (54,1/100)
19 “Klondike Solitaire” by Under4Mhz (54/100)
20 “XOR2021” by Timmy (52/100)
21 “Square Ball” by Ray2Day MSX Software (49/100)
22 “Heart Stealer 2” by Timmy (48,2/100)
23 “Pippo la scopa ficcanaso” by Gamecast Entertainment (48,1/100)
24 “Logic Remastered” by Plattysoft (48/100)
25 “PickinX” by Amaury Carvalho (44/100)
26 “Monster On The Run” by Paolo Borzini (Neurox66) (39/100)
27 “Reflexion” by Jipe (38/100)
28 “SD Sniper” by Kirem (37/100)
29 “Tool Blocks” by Ray2Day MSX (35/100)
30 “Market Master” by Amaury Carvalho (33/100)
31 “Arm Wrestler” by SKSOFT (25/100)
32 “Bookworm” by Z80 ASMer (24/100)
33 “Break Bomb” by Gamecast Entertainment (0/100) – disqualified
34 “Puzzybox” by Gamecast Entertainment (0/100) – disqualified
Jury Report
For the full report of the jurors, download the results document here.
The jury choose Alien Attack as the best overall game for this season, here’s the ranking per category:
- Gameplay: Alien Attack, Where Is it? The Quest For the 10th Island – both 18 points
- Graphics: PAC-01 – 18 points
- Sound: Alien Attack – 18 points
- Polishing: S.o.l.o – 17 points
- Originality: Raven, PAC-01 – both 20 points
There where a few tie-breakers needed to get the ranking unique. Points for that are mentioned in the report.
Prizes
During the MSXdev21 period, a total amount of € 1.207,71 has been donated. This donated prize money will be assigned as follows: (* prize money rounded down to € 1.200,00)
- 1st place winner 40% – € 480,00
- 2nd place winner 30% – € 360,00
- 3rd place winner 20% – € 240,00
- 4th place winner 10% – € 120,00
- leftover for winners loot box – € 7,71
Besides donated prize money, there are also sponsored items to collect. Every winner gets to choose an item of choice, starting with first place winner, then the runner up and so on. There is a total amount of 28 sponsored items. Further more, every participant received a free copy of “Blast Annual 2020 vol2” magazine (digital). The organization will be in contact with participants about their rewards.
The End
And with that, it’s a wrap! MSXdev21 is over. It’s been a fantastic year with lots of new MSX games as a result.
We would like to thank everyone that has been involved in this year’s dev compo – together we made it happen. All participants, all donators, all sponsors, the jurors and all who helped out to make it work: thank you!
Hope to see you all on the next edition, as MSXdev22 is free style!
