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[PixelBeard]

Hello to all flash developers here on TIGs ^_^

I was recently thinking that though there are lots of great resources out there to help flash developers develop, improve and monetize their games i do not know of anywhere that simple keeps an up to date listing of the many flash game competitions that come and go...

So, does anyone know of somewhere that does?

For those who don't know so of the great sites already out there;

http://www.flashrights.com/
http://www.flashgamesponsorship.com/
http://www.flashgamelicense.com/
http://www.mochiads.com/
http://www.mochibot.com/
http://www.freeactionscript.com/
http://kirupa.com/
http://actionscripts.org/

And some site I know of that hold competitions

http://www.whirled.com/#me-contests
http://www.come2play.com/
http://www.e4.com/grandmasterflash/
http://www.whosegame.com/games/
http://www.mochiads.com/contest/
http://armorgames.com/developers-corner
http://www.kongregate.com/contests
http://www.newgrounds.com/submit

If nothing else are there any flash devs here that would be willing to become co-authors of a simple blog where we post competitions as we hear about them. It would be important to me that if we went down this route the blog was for that purpose only - though side links etc would be fine - as my RSS reader is busy as it is.

[raiten]

A majority of the flash game competitions are best avoided, because they require exclusivity. The prizes can be so low even the winner won't really gain anything from winning, i.e. getting the game sponsored could have been more profitable.

[Μarkham]

Newgrounds has a nice monthly competition.  Simply upload the game, be one of the top five of the day or get front-paged, and it will be in the selection for the top five games of the month, voted on by the 2000 most active Newgrounds members.  The prize is $250 for each of the 5, and you don't loose any rights.

[PixelBeard]

A majority of the flash game competitions are best avoided, because they require exclusivity. The prizes can be so low even the winner won't really gain anything from winning, i.e. getting the game sponsored could have been more profitable.

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I totally agree. And the word needs to be spread - with informed developers competitions would be forced to become more realistic...

Using the blog model; if i could find a few contributors it wouldn't mean a large time commitment - more reporting on things you come across. If each posted competition could be given a small informed review - with particular relevance to its worth, license and terms.

Markham I think both Kongregate and Newsgrounds run a pretty similar competition (updating first post to include links)

[Craig Stern]

A majority of the flash game competitions are best avoided, because they require exclusivity. The prizes can be so low even the winner won't really gain anything from winning, i.e. getting the game sponsored could have been more profitable.

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True.

Now here's my question: are the self-identified "indie games" competitions hostile to Flash entries? I know that Closure did well in the PAX 10, so I have to wonder if Flash games would get serious consideration elsewhere as well (e.g. in the IGF).

[Edmund]

A majority of the flash game competitions are best avoided, because they require exclusivity. The prizes can be so low even the winner won't really gain anything from winning, i.e. getting the game sponsored could have been more profitable.

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True.

Now here's my question: are the self-identified "indie games" competitions hostile to Flash entries? I know that Closure did well in the PAX 10, so I have to wonder if Flash games would get serious consideration elsewhere as well (e.g. in the IGF).

There have been flash finalists in the igf for years
Triachnid, Coil, you have to burn the rope and iron dukes are just a few of the recent ones.

there are quite a few flash finalists in indiecade as well as pax... im sure we will see a few in the indegames challenge finals as well.

[Glaiel-Gamer]

Newgrounds has a nice monthly competition.  Simply upload the game, be one of the top five of the day or get front-paged, and it will be in the selection for the top five games of the month, voted on by the 2000 most active Newgrounds members.  The prize is $250 for each of the 5, and you don't loose any rights.

correction: they got rid of the $250 bit when they added rev share. you get a tshirt (store credit) and certificate if you win now

[Craig Stern]

There have been flash finalists in the igf for years
Triachnid, Coil, you have to burn the rope and iron dukes are just a few of the recent ones.

there are quite a few flash finalists in indiecade as well as pax... im sure we will see a few in the indegames challenge finals as well.

Okay, good to know.

[esc]

I was interested in compiling a list of general competitions, including the igf, sense of wonder night, tigsource compos.

Just to give people an impression on how many opportunities there are these days to get your game seen and played.

I actually want to do this just to keep my own motivation up, not really targeting a specific competition, but making a game and seeing what competitions I could enter, how many reasons there are for finishing the game.

[PixelBeard]

Esquar that sounds good.

Would you be interested in co-authoring a blog style system? I've be approached by one other tigs member who seems keen to contribute. I think that would be enough to get the ball rolling.

I think it would be best to critically review each competition under a set number of aspects - keeping developers as informed as possible. It would be great to hear what aspect people think should be included?