next »

[Johan Peitz]

Sorry if this is considered spam, but I just got this in my mail box and thought it might be interesting for someone. If it is, good luck!  If it's not, well...

FuturePlay 2007 is asking for teams to submit games for their
competition this year. They are asking for games in the following
categories: Indie Games, Student Games and Serious Games.

Important dates: March 16, 2007 - deadline for a 1 or 2 page concept via
email; August 1, 2007 - deadline for winners of round 1 to submit a
fully working game; November 15-17 FuturePlay conference in Toronto,
Canada where winners will exhibit their games and collect their prizes.

Full details are available on www.futureplay.org/games

[Anthony Flack]

Oh! Insulting categories!

[Abadox]

Serious games?

[Cray]

Am I blind or does that not say what the prizes are?

[Data]

'Serious games', aka edutainment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_games

It's not to mean that other genres are less valid... calm down people.

[DrDerekDoctors]

Quite, if any genre is less valid it's that edutainment crap.

[Kornel Kisielewicz]

'Serious games', aka edutainment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serious_games

It's not to mean that other genres are less valid... calm down people.

Yeah, what really makes me giggle is the fact that "Serious games" are usualy a lot less serious then their "Silly" counterparts .

[progrium]

I don't really associate serious games with edutainment, but I guess they are. I associate serious games with realistic simulations, usually for the purpose of learning... but I guess this is getting a bit off topic?

[Bezzy]

I'm more concerned that a game could potentially fit into all three categories, simultaneously. Hint: That isn't a very good system of categorization.

[lowpoly]

it says you can check more than one if appropriate... in which case why even offer categories?

[Bezzy]

Indeed. Surely it should be things like "Best Audio Design", "Best Music", "Best Core GamePlay Design", "Best Political Commentary", "Best Art Direction", "Best Story", "Best Animation"... I mean, I could go on.