iDevGames OMG Contest

anon_51268168 · October 11, 2005, 9:20pm

Mark October 18th on your calendar.

A 20 megabyte file size limit is well within the grasp of a Unity entry.

(There will be many more official announcements about the contest later.)

-Jon

anon_4846987 · October 11, 2005, 10:25pm

This is going to be an interesting contest, I’d put my money on projects made with Unity to take home the gold. Call me a little crazy and a little biased!

anon_51268168 · October 17, 2005, 7:46pm

Wow, quite the first place prize! (and others too)

Those aren’t finalized, but you get the drift.

-Jon

NicholasFrancis · October 17, 2005, 8:50pm

Nice…

Go get 'em…

anon_51268168 · October 20, 2005, 12:45am

iDevGames and Freeverse Software Announce the Start of the OMG Cup Contest

ZENTSUJI CITY, JAPAN – OCTOBER 18th, 2005 – iDevGames, the Macintosh game developer website, announced today the first “OMG Cup,” sponsored by Freeverse Software. Open to any and all game developers, the contest seeks to identify the best original Mac games (OMG). The OMG Cup is designed to help developers successfully release their games and to help the Mac game market evolve with innovative new game concepts. All qualifying entrants will receive a free game from Freeverse Software, and the top three finalists will be awarded cash prizes. The first place winner will also receive an option to turn their winning entry into a finished product – either as a shareware or retail product.

Ian Lynch Smith, President of Freeverse has said, “We’re very proud to be the sponsor of the first annual OMG Cup. Encouraging new Mac game development is more vital than ever, and no one has done more to foster that development in recent years than Carlos Camacho and the community at iDevGames.com.”

Any game that has not been released publicly prior to the official start of the OMG Cup contest, runs natively on Mac OS X, and that does not exceed 20MiB (20,971,520 bytes) after compression, may be entered before the entry deadline on November 28, 2005. Entries will be initially voted on by the public from December 1, 2005 to December 8, 2005. The top six games will be evaluated by a nominating committee with the three winners announced on December 12, 2005.

“This is an amazing opportunity for any Mac developer,” states Carlos Camacho, Editor-in-Chief of iDevGames. “It is difficult for both independent and small developers to break into the world of high profile casual game development. We have pulled together an amazing sponsor, Freeverse Software, to make this dream accessible for any developer. Building on the success of our annual uDevGames contest, we see this as a crucial evolutionary step in our grass-root effort to energize gaming on the Mac platform.”

The official rules and more information may be found at:
iDevGames

About iDevGames
Established in 1998, iDevGames’ mission is to educate, support, and enhance the Macintosh Game Developer community. We also hope to facilitate the exchange between developers and designers so that the Macintosh game market can expand and improve. iDevGames features articles, the latest industry news, tutorials, an active forum, downloads, and much more for Macintosh Game Developers.

About Freeverse
Freeverse Software is a leading developer and publisher of software for the Mac. Based in New York City, Freeverse titles have received numerous awards including Macworld Game Hall of Fame, MWSF Best of Show and three Apple Design Awards. Its original characters have appeared in TimeDigital, Wired, and Animation World magazines, as well as in national television commercials for Blockbuster Video.

Go Unity! Anyone here going to enter? (Please say “yes” )

-Jon

anon_23719403 · October 20, 2005, 12:51am

Me = to stupid to make a game yet hope someone enters. Jeff

DaveyJJ · October 20, 2005, 1:54am

If Ron and I only had the time … hmmm.

anon_51268168 · October 25, 2005, 1:52pm

I’m surprised no one has thought to simply take the racing tutorial, put in some new art, and add on to it for the contest.

That’d be so sweet…

-Jon

DaveyJJ · October 25, 2005, 3:28pm

I think contest rule #3 forbids it … ??

“Must not have been demonstrated, or released publicly prior to the official start of the Contest.”

Joachim_Ante_1 · October 25, 2005, 4:14pm

I am pretty sure that reusing source code does not apply to that.
The rule is about not releasing the same game before the competition.
So if you build your own artwork around the sample code it shouldn’t be an issue.

Also i think it would make a lot of sense to try tuning the car scripts in the tutorial if one was to make a game for OMG out of it.