Game Development Competition Begins
The first "Game Development Competition," sponsored by MyGMGame.com and GreatGamesExperiment.com, has begun as of July 18th. The theme is "Comedy," chosen because it seems so lacking in major commercial games these days (ever since graphical adventure games were no longer in vogue, IMO).

The game must be made specifically for the competition. No registering a game you've already been working on for a year. That gives you only 2 months to make the game, so work quickly! All game making tools are allowed, including GameMaker. Major game development studios are forbidden - indies only! Full rules are available on the site, but I found them to be extremely open-ended.

A panel of judges will select the ten finalists in September, after which the winners will be chosen by public vote. This looks to be a regular event, which is - in a word - AWESOME.

The Game Development Competition

Labels: Indie Evangelism, programming

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