Unveiling: The Dr. Dobbs Bobblehead! Print E-mail

You may have noticed across the site we repeatedly mention "Dr. Dobbs Bobbleheads" as one of the prizes you can win for creating the best level.

Well, we're getting ready to select the first best level winners so it's time to unveil the Dr. Dobbs Bobbleheads!

You can see the first sneak peak here, but full images follow after the jump!

 

 


And here he is! you can win one of these beauties simply by saving a level in our in-browser editor. On a regular basis we'll be picking the best levels and awarding them one of these bobbleheads.

 


 

 And don't forget! If your level is especially good it may win the monthly $500 best level prize - so there's a lot of reasons to get creating levels!

 


[Update: It's worth noting that these wonderful Bobbleheads are being provided by The Bobblehead.]

 
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Welcome to Dr. Dobb's Challenge Deuce, a special game competition brought to you in association with the world-renowned Dr. Dobb's for software developers and Microsoft Visual Studio.

Use Dr. Dobbs and his team of friends to play the game and collect Visual Studio power-ups -- or team up with your own friends to develop your own games and levels!

You can win from a prize pool of $10,000 in two ways:

1. Use the "Create" option to make new in-game levels in the Silverlight application itself, and be automatically entered into a 'best level' competition, with Dr. Dobbs Bobblehead doll prizes given out weekly, plus monthly 'best level' prizes of $500!

2. If you really want to flex your creative muscle, download the Silverlight sample application and modify the code and art in a free trial version of Visual Studio to make your own completely custom game, then get it showcased on the Dr. Dobbs Challenge Deuce site. Intimidated by coding? There are a full set of tutorials on the site to walk you through your first steps to creating your masterpiece!

Use your creative side to make fiendish and cool new games -- change the mechanics, add new levels, even change the entire game genre and win thousands of dollars doing it! Here's all you need to know to participate.

Latest Updates

Dr. Dobbs FINAL Best Level Picks!
he Dr. Dobbs modding competition ended on June 12th, and as of then we ended our contest to win Dr. Dobbs Bobbleheads for creating the best level every week. Of course, we still have two best level winners to award with Dr. Dobbs Bobbleheads, and one final $500 best level of the month prize to award.

But please don't stop creating levels just because there are no more prizes on offer! You can still share levels with your friends and enjoy the levels currently on offer, and discuss them on our forum!
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Announcement: The Dr. Dobbs Challenge Deuce Challenge Winners!
Entries for Dr. Dobbs Challenge Deuce closed on June 12th, and now we're able to announce the cream of the crop, announcing our winners of Best Game, Best One-Button Game, Best Total Conversion and Best Game Starring Dr. Dobbs and the Defy all Challenges Crew.

If you missed out on it, we previously announced the winner of The Dobbs Race-to-the-Finish Challenge here, so be sure to check that out too!
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Reminder: Less Than One Week Left To Enter The Dobbs Challenge Deuce
The Dr. Dobbs Challenge Deuce ends at midnight on June 12th, leaving you just five more days to compete for our prize pool!

This date marks the end of the competition’s main challenge -- to use Microsoft Visual Studio to code a mod of the Silverlight-based Dr. Dobbs Challenge game -- but also the final chance for users to win the monthly $500 best level prize, awarded to players who create levels using the web browser-based in-game level editor.
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