SwinGame09

Imagine, Design and Create the Ultimate Arcade Game!

SwinGame 09 Winners!! Check this year's winners and their entries



What is the SwinGame 09 Competition?
SwinGame 09 is a games development competition for all Australian Secondary School students. It is your chance to win great prizes, gain real-world experience in software and games development and work on a fun creative project with your friends.

The SwinGame competition is an exciting opportunity for you to showcase your technical and design skills by creating a game using the SwinGame Software Development Kit. SwinGame 09 will have two categories; the main category being Arcade as well as an Open category as well. Students who enter in the Arcade category will automatically be entered into the Open category.

Who can enter?
The competition is open to all students from Secondary Schools in Australia. Entries can be for an individual or in teams of up to three members (all members must be from the same school).

What are the different Categories?
SwinGame is best used for the creation of Arcade style game so we would like to encourage entrants to design their games with this in mind. If however Arcade games are not your thing and you would like to enter a non-arcade style game there is an Open category to allow for this remembering that Arcade style games have a better chance of winning as all Arcade entries automatically are entered into the open category also.

Arcade Category

 * 1st prize is
 * $2,500 cash for the team or individual student
 * 2nd prize is
 * $1,000 cash for the team or individual student
 * 3rd prize is
 * $500 cash for the team or individual student

Open Category

 * 1st prize is
 * $1,000 cash for the team or individual student


 * Certificates of achievement will also be awarded for all high quality submissions

How do I enter the competition?
To enter the competition you need to do the following:
 * 1)  Fill in the on-line registration form
 * 2)  Imagine, Design and Create your game using the SwinGame SDK.
 * 3)  Submit the Deliverables by 5.30pm on Friday 7 August, 2009

How will it be judged?
A panel of industry and academic staff has been appointed to judge the competition. Your game will be judged on:
 * Functionality
 * General impression of the game execution.
 * Use of images, music and sound to create an immersive experience.
 * Software implementation that makes appropriate use of programming constructs.
 * Quality of project documentation.

When is the winner announced?
The winning teams or individuals will be announced at Swinburne’s Open Day on Sunday 16 August 2009.

SwinGame 08 - Check out last year's winners and their entries

Support
If you have any questions about the SwinGame competition or developing games with SwinGame please email or use the discussion forums. Also check out our Getting Started guide and our Tutorials.

Email: swingame@swin.edu.au