.exe game starting straight off DVD

.exe game starting straight off DVD

Postby EvanK » 17 Feb 2016, 21:37

Hi I'm just starting out as a game developer, I'm in highschool and
I'm doing a competition for TSA and one of the requirements is to make the game run in less than 60 seconds off a DVD
How can I do this? thanks
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Re: .exe game starting straight off DVD

Postby eugeneloza » 18 Feb 2016, 21:18

Well... maybe I get the question wrong... but what is the problem actually?
You don't need to install anything. Just make an executable and write the exe and dll-s,assets,etc if any to the same DVD in correct folders. Launch the exe and you're up.
You can even make an autorun.inf like all cool viruses do :)
If you need to store some data (like savegames or settings) just use the user's HDD, e.g. sort of "%userprofile%\documents"
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Re: .exe game starting straight off DVD

Postby rogerdv » 22 Feb 2016, 19:37

What means "runs in less than 60 seconds"? I think that anything can load from a DVD in less than 60 seconds, if you provide an autorun, or even manually running the executable file.
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