Raising the Bar: Dream Game Contest now $10K
by Dave Young · 03/07/2007 (4:14 am) · 27 comments
In this blog we pre-announced the upcoming 1 year Dream Game contest.
Updates:
We've raised the bar with an additional sponsor, and the grand prize is now $10,000.
The contest entry date has also been moved to 4/1/2007. An odd day for a beginning, but it's no April Fool's.
NDAs will be signed by required parties to protect your intellectual property.
"Some people do not suffer fools gladly".
Also, a clarification that the contest will allow games built using (as a base) Torque game engines (TGE, TGB, TGEA, TorqueX) and the use of content packs is allowed, indeed encouraged as they significantly reduce development time. Products like ArcaneFX, Gryphon (previously known as MMO Enhancement Kit)/MMOKIT, and Titas will also greatly reduce the coding burden.
We will be hopefully announcing some new products by Dream Games soon which will also jumpstart your game development in a big big way!
Most of the points in the contest are awarded to get teams to adhere to good game design/team/project principles, so any team participating in this contest is going to learn quite a bit about getting the job done right.
It's time to show the world and your fellow Indies what you can do given the right tools and the motivation.
If you want to chat with us about the contest or come hang out with a great Torque community, come by IRC!
irc.mydreamrpg.com
#MyDreamRPG
Dream Games, Inc.
Updates:
We've raised the bar with an additional sponsor, and the grand prize is now $10,000.
The contest entry date has also been moved to 4/1/2007. An odd day for a beginning, but it's no April Fool's.
NDAs will be signed by required parties to protect your intellectual property.
"Some people do not suffer fools gladly".
Also, a clarification that the contest will allow games built using (as a base) Torque game engines (TGE, TGB, TGEA, TorqueX) and the use of content packs is allowed, indeed encouraged as they significantly reduce development time. Products like ArcaneFX, Gryphon (previously known as MMO Enhancement Kit)/MMOKIT, and Titas will also greatly reduce the coding burden.
We will be hopefully announcing some new products by Dream Games soon which will also jumpstart your game development in a big big way!
Most of the points in the contest are awarded to get teams to adhere to good game design/team/project principles, so any team participating in this contest is going to learn quite a bit about getting the job done right.
It's time to show the world and your fellow Indies what you can do given the right tools and the motivation.
If you want to chat with us about the contest or come hang out with a great Torque community, come by IRC!
irc.mydreamrpg.com
#MyDreamRPG
Dream Games, Inc.
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#22
Can we submit more than 1 game? After the Dream Build Play contest, we have an MMO, an RTS and an FPS all in the works along with a couple casual games here at Last Straw, so need to know how many I can submit or if I need to pick one.
03/14/2007 (2:25 pm)
This can be any game type? MMO/RPG/FPS/RTS?Can we submit more than 1 game? After the Dream Build Play contest, we have an MMO, an RTS and an FPS all in the works along with a couple casual games here at Last Straw, so need to know how many I can submit or if I need to pick one.
#23
You want to keep your IP at all costs. Just grant people such as Dreamer and co. the right to publicise (ize) the game.
@Dreamer and co - can we get started on preproduction yet? Drawings, maps, sketches etc?
03/14/2007 (3:43 pm)
There is this stated at the topQuote:NDAs will be signed by required parties to protect your intellectual property.
You want to keep your IP at all costs. Just grant people such as Dreamer and co. the right to publicise (ize) the game.
@Dreamer and co - can we get started on preproduction yet? Drawings, maps, sketches etc?
#24
(Also, Dreamer is not involved with Dream Games, Inc. anymore) www.mydreamrpg.com/community/showthread.php?t=1357
You can submit more than 1 game if it and the team meet the requirements of the contest.
03/14/2007 (6:25 pm)
The point about the NDA is to make sure you are protected, and us as well. There's nothing involving publishing the game :) (Also, Dreamer is not involved with Dream Games, Inc. anymore) www.mydreamrpg.com/community/showthread.php?t=1357
You can submit more than 1 game if it and the team meet the requirements of the contest.
#25
*rubs hands together* *cracks neck*
You stated it can't be a game that has won any contests, but can it have been submitted to another contest if the building hasn't even started and wont until after April 1st? We're building 2 games for Dream Build Play which has a much shorter timeline.
The other question I have is what if it doesn't take us a year? We can't really do updates each month if the game has finished before the end of the contest.
03/14/2007 (8:55 pm)
Quote:You can submit more than 1 game if it and the team meet the requirements of the contest.
*rubs hands together* *cracks neck*
You stated it can't be a game that has won any contests, but can it have been submitted to another contest if the building hasn't even started and wont until after April 1st? We're building 2 games for Dream Build Play which has a much shorter timeline.
The other question I have is what if it doesn't take us a year? We can't really do updates each month if the game has finished before the end of the contest.
#26
03/15/2007 (4:19 am)
If it's not built yet then it's quite OK... If it doesn't take a year that's completely up to the team of course, the length of time is meant to give ample opportunity to get the game into as finished a state as possible. The monthly updates earn points towards a final score, so again it's up to the team if they wish to participate in that aspect. The points are awarded for the kinds of activities that promote good team/game building!
#27
1 Year Game Contest
03/27/2007 (6:37 am)
We have posted an NDA and the official rules for the contest here:1 Year Game Contest
Torque Owner Norv Brooks
Norv