Contest Rules

The contest rules have been posted for the $10 000 Dream Games contest.

• Points awarded per weekly blog: 100 possible per week
• Points awarded per monthly game update blogs on GG site: 400 possible
• Points awarded for creation of game associated website: 2000 possible
• Points awarded for GUI design: 1500 possible
• Points awarded for Ingame Art: 2000 possible
• Points awarded for concept art: 1050 possible
• Points awarded for cross-site promotion and hype-building (fanbase/community): 1000 possible
• Points awarded for adherance to design in final result: 1000 possible
• Points awarded for launch process and response to player feedback from alpha phase: 1250 possible
• Points awarded for community response to the final result: 3000 possible
• Points awarded for game documentation: 1000 possible
• Points awarded for originality: 2000 possible
• Points awarded for sound design: 1000 possible
• Points awarded for technical merit: 1000 possible
• Free Points reserved by judges for valorious merit (ie to be used at our discretion): 2000 possible per project
• Points awarded for design document: 5000 possible (reminder these are due in within 30 days of registering, with a loss of 25 points per day thereafter until it’s in)

So how will I go with this criteria?

• Ok with the weekly blog, I tend to do a few posts a week, normally all at once when I’m in the mood.
• I still need to do my first GG post. I was waiting on some more to show, but I think that can wait until next month.
• Got a website for the game, but needs updating with more content. Here.
• I’m not sure how I’ll fare in gui design, given that I’m aiming for something very simple and minimalistic.
• In game art is promising. I’m aiming for a simple, but good looking style. More coming soon.
• Concept art I’ll prolly fall down on. I’m doing this mainly on my own, so I don’t use a lot of concept art, and I don’t have many game objects that need it.
• Promotion and community. This is really important to an MMO, but an area I need to get a lot more experience in.
• I still need to finish my design document and get it submitted.
• Launch Process? Still 2 months away, at least.
• Community Response? We shall see.
• I’m good at documentation, so this shouldn’t be too difficult. Especially since my game doesn’t have too much to document.
• Originality? Full points for game style, no points for story.
• Sound design? I knew I was forgetting something.
• Technical Merit. What I’m doing is quite simple, but I’m hoping to have it all work quite elegantly.
• Valorous Merit – Full marks for my fun, light, accessible game! I hope.
• More design document points. See Above.