iDevGames, the leading website for Macintosh game development, announced the start of the "uDevGames 2004 - Macintosh Game Development Contest" today.
August 16, 2004 (Press Release) --
Takamatsu City, Japan, August 16, 2004 - iDevGames, the leading website for Macintosh game development, announced the start of the "uDevGames 2004 - Macintosh Game Development Contest" today.
"The uDevGames contest has promoted the creation of many fantastic games over the years, helped to encourage the growth of publicly available source code, and has brought many independent Mac developers to the limelight", said iDevGames Sponsorship Manager, Rocco Bowling, "Awarding prizes to developers who participate in uDevGames confirms one of iDevGames' core values that 'motivation' is the key to turning game coders into game developers".
Serving as a showcase for creative and fun games that are created within a three-month development period, the uDevGames Contest is the premiere annual event in the Mac game development scene, for both developers and enthusiasts alike. This year's contest features many new improvements, including a new category to determine "Best Story" in a game, judging by noted industry professionals to determine "Best Polish" — or the level of professionalism and finish displayed in a game, as well as the adherence to OSI (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/) approved licenses for all source code released in uDevGames 2004.
"I feel that the requirement of submitting the source code of each game under an OSI approved license starting this year will help bind our contestants to a larger family, making uDevGames the largest Open Source game programming contest, as well as highlighting the Macintosh as a great platform to the Open Source community," explained iDevGames Editor-in-Chief Carlos Camacho.
uDevGames 2004 provides entrants with three months to design, develop, and finish a game — including all coding, graphics, and sound — which will be subject to a voting in the categories of Gameplay, Graphics, Audio, Originality, Story, and Polish. Prizes will be distributed to the developers or teams for the top three entries in each category. Awards are also offered for the special categories of Best Overall Game, Best Newcomer, and an Editor's Choice Prize.
uDevGames 2004 will be the fourth iteration of the contest, and since the first year, over $50,000 in prizes have been awarded to winning entrants to help energize Macintosh gaming. The Official Rules, and Registration for uDevGames can be found at http://www.udevgames.com.
The generous support of the following businesses and organizations have made uDevGames 2004 possible: Apple Developer Connection, AlphaOmega Software, Arizona Software, Aspyr Media, Bare Bones Software, Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., GroundZero Software, Inventive, Inc., KB Productions, MacTech X Magazine, Manning Publications Co., Macworld Magazine, Martin Wengenmayer, New Riders Games, Over the Edge, ProRattaFactor, Inc., Pyrogon, Inc., REAL Software, Inc., STAZ Software, The Sound Guy, Inc., Stone Design, and Wordware Publishing, Inc. More sponsors to be confirmed.
iDevGames is still accepting sponsorship for the uDevGames 2004 contest. Any company interested in becoming an Official uDevGames 2004 Sponsor should visit the sponsorship page of the uDevGames site.
"The uDevGames contest has promoted the creation of many fantastic games over the years, helped to encourage the growth of publicly available source code, and has brought many independent Mac developers to the limelight", said iDevGames Sponsorship Manager, Rocco Bowling, "Awarding prizes to developers who participate in uDevGames confirms one of iDevGames' core values that 'motivation' is the key to turning game coders into game developers".
Serving as a showcase for creative and fun games that are created within a three-month development period, the uDevGames Contest is the premiere annual event in the Mac game development scene, for both developers and enthusiasts alike. This year's contest features many new improvements, including a new category to determine "Best Story" in a game, judging by noted industry professionals to determine "Best Polish" — or the level of professionalism and finish displayed in a game, as well as the adherence to OSI (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/) approved licenses for all source code released in uDevGames 2004.
"I feel that the requirement of submitting the source code of each game under an OSI approved license starting this year will help bind our contestants to a larger family, making uDevGames the largest Open Source game programming contest, as well as highlighting the Macintosh as a great platform to the Open Source community," explained iDevGames Editor-in-Chief Carlos Camacho.
uDevGames 2004 provides entrants with three months to design, develop, and finish a game — including all coding, graphics, and sound — which will be subject to a voting in the categories of Gameplay, Graphics, Audio, Originality, Story, and Polish. Prizes will be distributed to the developers or teams for the top three entries in each category. Awards are also offered for the special categories of Best Overall Game, Best Newcomer, and an Editor's Choice Prize.
uDevGames 2004 will be the fourth iteration of the contest, and since the first year, over $50,000 in prizes have been awarded to winning entrants to help energize Macintosh gaming. The Official Rules, and Registration for uDevGames can be found at http://www.udevgames.com.
The generous support of the following businesses and organizations have made uDevGames 2004 possible: Apple Developer Connection, AlphaOmega Software, Arizona Software, Aspyr Media, Bare Bones Software, Big Nerd Ranch, Inc., GroundZero Software, Inventive, Inc., KB Productions, MacTech X Magazine, Manning Publications Co., Macworld Magazine, Martin Wengenmayer, New Riders Games, Over the Edge, ProRattaFactor, Inc., Pyrogon, Inc., REAL Software, Inc., STAZ Software, The Sound Guy, Inc., Stone Design, and Wordware Publishing, Inc. More sponsors to be confirmed.
iDevGames is still accepting sponsorship for the uDevGames 2004 contest. Any company interested in becoming an Official uDevGames 2004 Sponsor should visit the sponsorship page of the uDevGames site.
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