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Level Up 2010, Intel® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge
Official Rules
Contest Description
Level Up 2010, Intel® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge, is a worldwide competition providing developers greater exposure to the gaming community and a chance to win exciting prizes. There are two phases to the entry process in 2010—bringing more opportunities to win prizes and to show game ideas and demo versions of your applications to the wider gaming community, the renowned judges, and the Intel® Visual Adrenaline experts.
In the first phase, submissions in the form of “game concepts”, comprising a game description with optional screen shots and/or videos, will be accepted from professionals, hobbyists, and student game developers from March 29, 2010 through June 21, 2010. Pre-qualified finalists will be selected from the pool of game concept entries. All entrants, as well as the pre-qualified finalists, can submit demo versions of your gaming applications and abstracts to be considered for prizes in both main contest and Judge’s Choice categories.
• Professional/hobbyist game concepts will be judged bi-monthly by designated Intel Community Managers to select pre-qualified finalists. Pre-qualified finalists will be notified by July 11, 2010.
• Student game concepts will be selected as pre-qualified finalists in one random drawing per student block (see student block dates in these rules).
In the second phase, entrants submit demo versions of your gaming applications and abstracts by September 30, 2010 (Professional Entries)/October 15, 2010 (Student Entries) (revised from the original dates of August 31, 2010). These will be judged in three main contest categories: Best Game for a Desktop, Best Game for a Laptop, and Best Game for a Netbook. Additional prizes will be awarded for the following “Judge’s Choice” categories: (1) Best Art Design, (2) Best Graphics Performance, (3) Best Sound Design, and (4) Best Character Design.
Criteria
Level Up 2010, Intel® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge has prizes based on the utilization of the features of Intel®-based platforms. Intel Community Manager selections will determine the ten finalists in each of the following categories. For final judging, a panel of Intel and game industry judges will review finalists and grade them according to the criteria below.
Category Information
Best Game for a Desktop
Entries in the “Best Game for a Desktop” category will be scored based on frames per second, thread scaling, and use of available cores to enhance the user experience via physics, artificial intelligence, or perceptible improvements. Innovative uses of the extra processing cores will be rewarded. Entries competing in the Best Game for a Desktop category will have their frame rate speed-up measured from two- to four-cores when running at resolutions up to 1920x1200, with and without Intel® Hyper Threading Technology active. A minimum target of 30 frames per second is recommended.
Entries competing in the Best Threaded Game category must install and run on a Microsoft* Vista Ultimate 32-bit operating software and DirectX* 9.0c or DirectX* 10.1 software with:
• Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor QX9650 OR Intel® Core™ i7 processor
• Intel® X38 or X48 based Chipset
• 2GB DDR3-1333 memory in 2x1GB configuration
• ATI* Radeon HD3870 OR NVIDIA* 9800 GX2 graphic card
Best Game for a Laptop
Laptops provide special challenges and opportunities for games. Entries in this category will demonstrate features unique to the mobile gamer by leveraging the Intel Laptop Gaming TDK. Power and connectivity monitoring, platform changes, or peer-to-peer ad-hoc networking demonstrates a mobile-aware entry. Scores will be based on how well the mobile features are demonstrated. A minimum target of 15 to 20 frames per second is recommended. Entries competing in the Best Game for a Laptop category will be evaluated on a default Microsoft* Windows* XP operating system installation with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and DirectX* 9.0c software on a Lenovo* ThinkPad* T43 laptop with an ATI* Mobility Radeon* x300 graphics card. The Intel Laptop Gaming TDK version 2.1 will also be installed.
Best Game for a Netbook
The netbook form factor and the gaming habits of netbook users are unique within the gaming market. Entries in this category will demonstrate a compelling value proposition on a netbook. Innovative user interface; user experience designed for a mobile, always connected audience; uniqueness of application concept; quality; and visual appeal demonstrate a netbook-aware entry. Scores will be based on how well the netbook features are demonstrated.
Finalist entries competing in the Best Game for a Netbook category will be required to join the Intel® Atom Developer Program (at no cost to the contestant) and complete the validation process outlined in the Intel AppUp℠ center. Utilization of the Intel® Atom™ Developer Program Software Development Kit (SDK) will be required to submit a market-ready application for validation. The SDK currently supports C/C++ apps for Windows* and Moblin™-based operating systems. Entries completing the validation process will also be able to sell their applications in the Intel AppUp™ store after the winning entries are announced.
Judging Criteria
Judges will evaluate each finalist in the three categories (“Best Game for a Desktop, Best Game for a Laptop, Best Game for a Netbook) in the areas of:
• Achieving Category Requirements – requirements as noted in the category descriptions
• Game Play - consistency in game experience and user interface
• Originality - integration of new and unique game concepts
• Production Readiness – completeness of game elements for final production
Judge’s Choice Awards
Win recognition for the unique elements of your demo version of your gaming application. In addition to the three “Best Game for a …” categories described above, finalists will be asked to select one (1) Judge’s Choice category for additional prize consideration. The categories for additional consideration are the specialty areas of Best Art Design, Best Graphics Performance, Best Sound Design, and Best Character Design. Professional/hobbyist and student game developers who complete all submission requirements and are selected as finalists will be entered to win a Judge’s Choice prize. One professional/hobbyist and one student winner will be chosen in each Judge’s Choice category. Judge’s choice prizes will be awarded to a qualifying entry purely at the judging panel's discretion.
In addition to the Judge's Choice Awards, residents of India submitting contest entries will be eligible for these additional judge’s choice awards: Best Overall Game - India (Professional/Hobbyist), Best Overall Game - India (Student), Best Casual Game - India (Professional/Hobbyist), Best Art Design - India (Professional/Hobbyist), Best Social Networking Game - India (Professional/Hobbyist), and Best Content App Idea - India (Professional/Hobbyist). Judge’s choice prizes will be awarded to a qualifying entry purely at the judging panel's discretion.
Official rules and full details are available below.
To Enter
Entrants must complete the online web registration form including a game description (with optional screen shots and/or videos) and submit it electronically by 3:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) on June 21, 2010. During this phase, the contest will be open in English only. When a registration form is accepted, the entrant will receive a confirmation email.
Key contest deadlines are below. All deadlines will occur at 3:00 p.m. U.S. Pacific Standard Time (PST).
March 9, 2010 through June 21, 2010: Contest registration is open. Participants may submit game concept details, screenshots, and videos of their game demo during this time, otherwise their contribution will not be considered or judged.
• Professional/Hobbyist entries are judged bi-monthly by designated Intel Community Managers. Pre-qualified finalists are selected and notified no later than July 11, 2010
• Student entries are included in one random drawing per student block. Pre-qualified finalists are selected and notified no later than July 11, 2010. Student block dates are as follows:
o Student block #1: March 9, 2010 through March 31, 2010
o Student block #2: April 1, 2010 through April 21, 2010
o Student block #3: April 22, 2010 through May 11, 2010
o Student block #4: May 12, 2010 through May 31, 2010
o Student block #5: June 1, 2010 through June 21, 2010
June 21, 2010: Contest registration closes. By this time, all participants must have uploaded abstracts of their entry to the contest website. Screenshots and movies are optional elements to support their entry. All contributions must be submitted by 3:00 pm U.S. Pacific Standard Time (PST).
June 22, 2010 through August 20, 2010 (revised from original date of July 11, 2010): Judging takes place to identify up to ten finalists, including pre-qualified finalists, in each category. Judges may also evaluate screenshots and movies of all entries from each language-specific site combined. At the end of the judging period, the top ten scoring entries in each of the three categories will proceed as finalists for final judging. Intel reserves the right to pick alternate finalist entries if any of the chosen entries are deemed ineligible to compete for a category prize.
August 21, 2010 (revised from original date of July 11, 2010): Finalists will be notified by email.
August 25, 2010 (revised from original date of July 12, 2010): Finalists will be announced on the contest website. Finalists will be required to submit their game demo executable program as well as an abstract on their work. The abstract should be at least 2,500 words and address the following:
1. Please give a brief description of the game.
2. How long did your game development take?
3. Describe your development environment? Did you use Intel® tools? If so, which ones?
4. Please describe the mechanics behind the game. For instance, how did you handle states? Memory management? Did you use a game engine?
5. What challenges did you encounter in creating your game? How did you overcome them?
6. What are your next steps with the game?
September 30, 2010 (Professional Entries)/October 15, 2010 (Student Entries) (revised from original date of August 31, 2010 for all entries): Finalists’ game executable programs and abstracts are due and must be submitted by 3:00 pm PST.
October 1, 2010 through October 31, 2010 (Professional Entries)/October 16, 2010 through December 1, 2010 (Student Entries) (revised from original dates of September 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010): Final judging takes place.
November 5, 2010 (Professional Entries)/December 5, 2010 (Student Entries) (revised from original date of October 4, 2010): Winners will be notified by email. In order to claim a prize, winners will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and release that grants Intel the right to use their executable program and their name and likeness for advertising and promotion without further compensation.
November 15, 2010 (Professional Entries)/December 15, 2010 (Student Entries) (revised from the original date of October 10, 2010): Winning entries will be announced publicly in game developer media channels and on the contest website.
Submission
Participants may submit as many contributions as they wish. All contributions, including the gaming application the demo version is based on, must be participant’s original creation. The content of the contributions must not be subject to the rights of any third parties, other than Intel. The contributions may not be offensive or otherwise unsuitable for use, as determined in Intel’s sole discretion. Participants must comply with these Intel® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge Official Rules, the Intel Terms of Use, and the Intel Privacy Policy.
Prizes
Winners will receive prizes as outlined below. All winners and their contributions, including the demo version of the gaming application, may be featured on the Intel® Software Network website and/or on third party websites.
Grand Prize
Professional/hobbyist and student game developers who complete all submission requirements and are selected by contest judges and/or Intel Community Managers as finalists will be entered to win a grand prize. One professional/hobbyist and one student grand prize winner will be chosen.
Professional/Hobbyist Prize
One grand prize winner will receive:
• An all-expense paid trip not to exceed $4,500 USD including lodging, roundtrip airfare, $100 USD per diem, and admission to the Tokyo Game Show (http://tgs.cesa.or.jp/english/). Travel arrangements will be made by Intel or Intel’s contracted representative.
Student Prize
One grand prize winner will receive:
• A conference pass to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) to be held in San Francisco in 2011,
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials, and
• An agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,000)
Best Game for Desktop, Laptop, and Netbook Prizes
Professional/hobbyist and student game developers who complete all submission requirements and are selected by contest judges and/or Intel Community Managers as finalists will be entered to win prizes in three categories: Best Game for Desktop, Best Game for Laptop, and Best Game for Netbook. One professional/hobbyist will be chosen at first, second, and third prize levels in each of the three categories. One student winner will be chosen in each of the three categories.
Best Game for a Desktop: Professional/Hobbyist
First prize:
• $5,000 USD (five thousand U.S. dollars)
• Desktop machine with Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor; 9GB DDR3 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 1TB hard drive or comparable machine available locally up to $1,500 USD value
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Robust agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,500 USD)
Second prize:
• $2,500 USD (two thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Moderate agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,000 USD)
Third prize:
• $1,500 USD (one thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Best Game for a Desktop: Student
• $1,000 USD (one thousand U.S. dollars)
• Desktop machine with Intel® Core™ i5-650 processor; 8GB DDR3 memory; DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 1TB hard drive or comparable machine available locally up to $1,000 USD value
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Best Game for a Laptop: Professional/Hobbyist
First prize:
• $5,000 USD (five thousand U.S. dollars)
• Laptop machine with Intel® Core™ i7-720QM processor; 6GB DDR3 memory; 6-cell lithium-ion battery; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with Blu-ray Disc support; 18.4" widescreen; 500GB hard drive;
or comparable machine available locally up to $1,500 USD value
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Robust agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,500 USD)
Second prize:
• $2,500 USD (two thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Moderate agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,000 USD)
Third prize:
• $1,500 USD (one thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Best Game for a Laptop: Student
• $1,000 USD (one thousand U.S. dollars)
• Laptop machine with Intel® Core™ i5-430 processor; 4GB DDR3 memory; 6-cell lithium-ion battery; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 17.3" widescreen; 500GB hard drive
or comparable machine available locally up to $1,000 USD value
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Best Game for a Netbook: Professional/Hobbyist
First prize:
• $5,000 USD (five thousand U.S. dollars)
• Netbook machine with Intel® Atom™ processor N450; 1GB DDR2 memory; 6-cell lithium-ion battery; 10.1" widescreen; 250GB hard drive or comparable machine available locally up to $500 USD value
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials to help bring the game to market
• Robust agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,500 USD)
Second prize:
• $2,500 USD (two thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials to help bring the game to market
• Moderate agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,000 USD)
Third prize:
• $1,500 USD (one thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials to help bring the game to market
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Best Game for a Netbook: Student
• $1,000 USD (one thousand U.S. dollars)
• Netbook machine with Intel® Atom™ processor N450; 1GB DDR2 memory; 6-cell lithium-ion battery; 10.1" widescreen; 250GB hard drive or comparable machine available locally up to $500 USD value
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Judge’s Choice Prizes
Best Art Design: Professional/Hobbyist
• Wacom* Cintiq 21UX digital pen tablet or equivalent model. Up to $2,100 USD (two thousand one hundred US dollars) retail value.
Best Art Design: Student
• Wacom* Cintiq 12WX digital pen tablet or equivalent model. Up to $1,100 USD (one thousand one hundred US dollars) retail value.
Best Graphics Performance: Professional/Hobbyist
• One (1) Boxed Intel® Core™ i7-940 Processor (8M Cache, 2.93 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel® QPI) FC-LGA8 or equivalent model. Up to $1,000 USD (one thousand US dollars) retail value.
Best Graphics Performance: Student
• One (1) Boxed Intel® Core™ i7-940 Processor (8M Cache, 2.93 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel® QPI) FC-LGA8 or equivalent model. Up to $1,000 USD (one thousand US dollars) retail value.
Best Sound Design: Professional/Hobbyist
• Cakewalk SONAR 8.5 Studio software package. Up to $400 USD (four hundred US dollars) retail value.
Best Sound Design: Student
• Cakewalk* SONAR 8.5 Studio software package. Up to $400 USD (four hundred US dollars) retail value.
Best Character Design: Professional/Hobbyist
• Wacom* Intuos4 Extra-Large digital pen tablet or equivalent model. Up to $850 USD (eight hundred fifty US dollars) retail value.
Best Character Design: Student
• Wacom* Intuos4 Large digital pen tablet or equivalent model. Up to $600 USD (six hundred US dollars) retail value.
In addition to the above prizes, residents of India submitting contest entries will be eligible for these additional judge’s choice awards:
Best Overall Game - India: Professional/Hobbyist
• Dell™ Alienware M15x, Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Mobile Processor, Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit 4GB Dual-channel 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 x 2GB), 500GB 7200RPM SATA RAID 0 (2 x 250GB),
15.6” High Definition + WLED (1600x900) Display with TrueLife™, 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write capability, Integrated 2.0 mega pixel webcam,
AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard,Dell™ Wireless 370 Bluetooth Internal (2.0) mini-card,7-in-1 Memory card reader or comparable machine available locally up to $900 USD value
Best Overall Game - India: Student
• All expenses paid trip to Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2011, San Francisco not to exceed $2,500 USD including roundtrip airfare, lodging and admission to GDC (http://gdconf.com/). Travel arrangements
will be made by Intel or Intel’s contracted representative.
Best Casual Game - India: Professional/Hobbyist
• Dell™ Inspiron 14 New Laptop, Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache), Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic - 64bit, Intel® GM45 Chipset, 2GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2x1GB), 250GB 5400RPM SATA
Hard Drive, 14.0” High Definition (1366x768) LED Display with TrueLife™ Internal 10/100 Fast Ethernet, Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write
capability, Integrated speakers or comparable machine available locally up to $900 USD value
Best Art Design - India: Professional/Hobbyist
• Dell™ Inspiron 14 New Laptop, Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache), Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic - 64bit, Intel® GM45 Chipset, 2GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2x1GB), 250GB 5400RPM SATA
Hard Drive, 14.0” High Definition (1366x768) LED Display with TrueLife™ Internal 10/100 Fast Ethernet, Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write
capability, Integrated speakers or comparable machine available locally up to $900 USD value
Best Social Networking Game - India: Professional/Hobbyist
• Dell™ Inspiron 14 New Laptop, Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache), Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic - 64bit, Intel® GM45 Chipset, 2GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2x1GB), 250GB 5400RPM SATA
Hard Drive, 14.0” High Definition (1366x768) LED Display with TrueLife™ Internal 10/100 Fast Ethernet, Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write
capability, Integrated speakers or comparable machine available locally up to $900 USD value
Best Content App Idea - India: Professional/Hobbyist
• Netbook machine with Intel® Atom™ processor N450; 1GB DDR2 memory; 6-cell lithium-ion battery; 10.1" widescreen; 250GB hard drive or comparable machine available locally up to $500 USD value
Incentive Prizes
In addition to the contest and Judge’s Choice awards, bi-weekly prizes will be awarded to professional/hobbyist entrants determined by random drawings. Prizes consist of one $100 USD (100 U.S. dollars) gift card per entrant selected by random drawing every two weeks. Entrants may win multiple times by submitting new game descriptions (with optional screen shots and/or video). See dates above in the “key contest dates” section.
People’s Choice Awards
Awards based on voting by conference or event attendees or the public via online voting may be included in 2010. The prize will be one $500 USD (500 U.S. dollars) gift card for each winner and awarded to the entrant who receives the most votes in a pre-determined voting period.
Values of prizes for hardware and software products are based on the average retail prize in the U.S. at the time of the start of this contest. The value of the prizes may be higher or lower in the country of a winner’s residence and prize value may be adjusted accordingly. If a prize is not commercially available in the winner’s country of residence, Intel reserves the right to replace and substitute this prize in its sole discretion.
Please see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) or visit the contest forum for more information.
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Terms of Use
1. These rules (including the Intel Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use) govern the Level Up 2010, Intel® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge (the “contest”) and set out the terms and conditions between Intel Corporation and its affiliates (“Intel” or “us/we”) and each participant (“participant” or “you”).
2. You are eligible to participate in the contest if you have registered with the Intel® Software Network at www.intel.com/software or through the contest registration entry form. If you submit contributions for netbooks, you are eligible to participate in the contest if you have registered with the Intel® Atom™ Developer Program at http://appdeveloper.intel.com and/or if you have registered for the contest.
3. Contest participants must speak, read, and understand English and must be aged 18 years or over or must obtain the consent of their parents or legal guardians before participating in the contest. All participants, participants, and/or prize winners in the contest or the Intel® Software Network community or the Intel Atom Developer Program must accept these rules. Employees of Intel Corporation, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate families of each may not enter. This limitation is void where prohibited.
4. The contest is open to participants worldwide. All national and local laws and regulations of the resident’s country of residence apply. Residents of countries under U.S. embargo are not eligible to enter. The contest is void wherever else it is restricted or prohibited by law.
5. If you are submitting contributions on behalf of a team or a business entity, you represent that you have the rights to act as the sole representative for submitting the application and related entries and to accept any prizes.
6. If you submit contributions co-authored by someone else and both authors submit the same contribution or contributions relating the same game , we reserve the right to disqualify one entry.
7. Intel may refuse a contest entry or contribution for any reason, based on its own discretion.
8. Intel provides access to a variety of resources on Intel® Software Network and the Intel Atom Developer Program, including communication forums, documentation, download areas, code samples, videos, blogs, articles, and contests (the “resources”).
9. You agree to submit your demo version of the gaming application and all related entries (“your contribution”) to the contest under the following conditions:
a. Intel does not claim ownership of your contribution and any related entries to the contest in form of demo versions, sample code, content, videos, articles or any other contributions you submit.
b. By submitting your entry, you grant Intel and its affiliated companies the following worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, unconditional, fully paid-up license under all intellectual property rights:
(1) to publicly perform or display, import, broadcast, transmit the demo version of the gaming application and related entries, in whole or in part, for promotional and marketing purposes worldwide in any and all forms of media, whether now known or hereafter devised, and to distribute (directly or indirectly through multiple tiers) the demo version of the gaming application and related entries to Intel affiliates, its marketing agencies and to third parties for these purposes, and
(2) to publish your name or alias and your demo version of the gaming application and all related entries in connection with this contest for marketing and promotional purposes worldwide in any and all forms of media, whether now known or hereafter devised .
c. Your contribution to the contest will be available to Intel and other visitors to Intel websites. You warrant that:
• you own or otherwise have all rights necessary for you to provide the demo version of the gaming application and all related entries and you grant the rights described above and you do not disclose any information which would constitute a violation of a confidentiality obligation;
• all content that you post is accurate;
• you are at least 18 years old;
• use of the content you supply does not violate these terms and conditions and the Intel Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
d. You further agree and warrant that you shall not submit any contribution:
• that is known by you to be confidential, false, inaccurate or misleading;
• that shows another person but yourself or an image created by another person if you submit any photos;
• that infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
• that violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
• that is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
• your application or component and all related entries do not contain any viruses, worms, spy ware, or other components or instructions that are malicious, deceptive, or designed to limit or harm the functionality of a computer; and
• your application or component and all related entries are not subject to license terms that require any software or documentation incorporating or being derived from your entries to be licensed to others.
10. Apart from prizes offered as part of the contest, no monetary compensation will be paid for any contest contributions.
11. The application as such will not be made available for download by end-users as part of this contest. You will be able to register the application for netbooks with the Intel Atom Developer Program for that purpose. The demo version of the gaming application will be available for download on the contest website.
12. Intel is not responsible for contest entries not received due to lost, failed, delayed, or interrupted connections or miscommunications, or other electronic malfunctions. Intel is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by participant or any other persons or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest.
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Official Rules
Contest Description
Level Up 2010, Intel® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge, is a worldwide competition providing developers greater exposure to the gaming community and a chance to win exciting prizes. There are two phases to the entry process in 2010—bringing more opportunities to win prizes and to show game ideas and demo versions of your applications to the wider gaming community, the renowned judges, and the Intel® Visual Adrenaline experts.
In the first phase, submissions in the form of “game concepts”, comprising a game description with optional screen shots and/or videos, will be accepted from professionals, hobbyists, and student game developers from March 29, 2010 through June 21, 2010. Pre-qualified finalists will be selected from the pool of game concept entries. All entrants, as well as the pre-qualified finalists, can submit demo versions of your gaming applications and abstracts to be considered for prizes in both main contest and Judge’s Choice categories.
• Professional/hobbyist game concepts will be judged bi-monthly by designated Intel Community Managers to select pre-qualified finalists. Pre-qualified finalists will be notified by July 11, 2010.
• Student game concepts will be selected as pre-qualified finalists in one random drawing per student block (see student block dates in these rules).
In the second phase, entrants submit demo versions of your gaming applications and abstracts by September 30, 2010 (Professional Entries)/October 15, 2010 (Student Entries) (revised from the original dates of August 31, 2010). These will be judged in three main contest categories: Best Game for a Desktop, Best Game for a Laptop, and Best Game for a Netbook. Additional prizes will be awarded for the following “Judge’s Choice” categories: (1) Best Art Design, (2) Best Graphics Performance, (3) Best Sound Design, and (4) Best Character Design.
Criteria
Level Up 2010, Intel® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge has prizes based on the utilization of the features of Intel®-based platforms. Intel Community Manager selections will determine the ten finalists in each of the following categories. For final judging, a panel of Intel and game industry judges will review finalists and grade them according to the criteria below.
Category Information
Best Game for a Desktop
Entries in the “Best Game for a Desktop” category will be scored based on frames per second, thread scaling, and use of available cores to enhance the user experience via physics, artificial intelligence, or perceptible improvements. Innovative uses of the extra processing cores will be rewarded. Entries competing in the Best Game for a Desktop category will have their frame rate speed-up measured from two- to four-cores when running at resolutions up to 1920x1200, with and without Intel® Hyper Threading Technology active. A minimum target of 30 frames per second is recommended.
Entries competing in the Best Threaded Game category must install and run on a Microsoft* Vista Ultimate 32-bit operating software and DirectX* 9.0c or DirectX* 10.1 software with:
• Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor QX9650 OR Intel® Core™ i7 processor
• Intel® X38 or X48 based Chipset
• 2GB DDR3-1333 memory in 2x1GB configuration
• ATI* Radeon HD3870 OR NVIDIA* 9800 GX2 graphic card
Best Game for a Laptop
Laptops provide special challenges and opportunities for games. Entries in this category will demonstrate features unique to the mobile gamer by leveraging the Intel Laptop Gaming TDK. Power and connectivity monitoring, platform changes, or peer-to-peer ad-hoc networking demonstrates a mobile-aware entry. Scores will be based on how well the mobile features are demonstrated. A minimum target of 15 to 20 frames per second is recommended. Entries competing in the Best Game for a Laptop category will be evaluated on a default Microsoft* Windows* XP operating system installation with Service Pack 2 (SP2) and DirectX* 9.0c software on a Lenovo* ThinkPad* T43 laptop with an ATI* Mobility Radeon* x300 graphics card. The Intel Laptop Gaming TDK version 2.1 will also be installed.
Best Game for a Netbook
The netbook form factor and the gaming habits of netbook users are unique within the gaming market. Entries in this category will demonstrate a compelling value proposition on a netbook. Innovative user interface; user experience designed for a mobile, always connected audience; uniqueness of application concept; quality; and visual appeal demonstrate a netbook-aware entry. Scores will be based on how well the netbook features are demonstrated.
Finalist entries competing in the Best Game for a Netbook category will be required to join the Intel® Atom Developer Program (at no cost to the contestant) and complete the validation process outlined in the Intel AppUp℠ center. Utilization of the Intel® Atom™ Developer Program Software Development Kit (SDK) will be required to submit a market-ready application for validation. The SDK currently supports C/C++ apps for Windows* and Moblin™-based operating systems. Entries completing the validation process will also be able to sell their applications in the Intel AppUp™ store after the winning entries are announced.
Judging Criteria
Judges will evaluate each finalist in the three categories (“Best Game for a Desktop, Best Game for a Laptop, Best Game for a Netbook) in the areas of:
• Achieving Category Requirements – requirements as noted in the category descriptions
• Game Play - consistency in game experience and user interface
• Originality - integration of new and unique game concepts
• Production Readiness – completeness of game elements for final production
Judge’s Choice Awards
Win recognition for the unique elements of your demo version of your gaming application. In addition to the three “Best Game for a …” categories described above, finalists will be asked to select one (1) Judge’s Choice category for additional prize consideration. The categories for additional consideration are the specialty areas of Best Art Design, Best Graphics Performance, Best Sound Design, and Best Character Design. Professional/hobbyist and student game developers who complete all submission requirements and are selected as finalists will be entered to win a Judge’s Choice prize. One professional/hobbyist and one student winner will be chosen in each Judge’s Choice category. Judge’s choice prizes will be awarded to a qualifying entry purely at the judging panel's discretion.
In addition to the Judge's Choice Awards, residents of India submitting contest entries will be eligible for these additional judge’s choice awards: Best Overall Game - India (Professional/Hobbyist), Best Overall Game - India (Student), Best Casual Game - India (Professional/Hobbyist), Best Art Design - India (Professional/Hobbyist), Best Social Networking Game - India (Professional/Hobbyist), and Best Content App Idea - India (Professional/Hobbyist). Judge’s choice prizes will be awarded to a qualifying entry purely at the judging panel's discretion.
Official rules and full details are available below.
To Enter
Entrants must complete the online web registration form including a game description (with optional screen shots and/or videos) and submit it electronically by 3:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST) on June 21, 2010. During this phase, the contest will be open in English only. When a registration form is accepted, the entrant will receive a confirmation email.
Key contest deadlines are below. All deadlines will occur at 3:00 p.m. U.S. Pacific Standard Time (PST).
March 9, 2010 through June 21, 2010: Contest registration is open. Participants may submit game concept details, screenshots, and videos of their game demo during this time, otherwise their contribution will not be considered or judged.
• Professional/Hobbyist entries are judged bi-monthly by designated Intel Community Managers. Pre-qualified finalists are selected and notified no later than July 11, 2010
• Student entries are included in one random drawing per student block. Pre-qualified finalists are selected and notified no later than July 11, 2010. Student block dates are as follows:
o Student block #1: March 9, 2010 through March 31, 2010
o Student block #2: April 1, 2010 through April 21, 2010
o Student block #3: April 22, 2010 through May 11, 2010
o Student block #4: May 12, 2010 through May 31, 2010
o Student block #5: June 1, 2010 through June 21, 2010
June 21, 2010: Contest registration closes. By this time, all participants must have uploaded abstracts of their entry to the contest website. Screenshots and movies are optional elements to support their entry. All contributions must be submitted by 3:00 pm U.S. Pacific Standard Time (PST).
June 22, 2010 through August 20, 2010 (revised from original date of July 11, 2010): Judging takes place to identify up to ten finalists, including pre-qualified finalists, in each category. Judges may also evaluate screenshots and movies of all entries from each language-specific site combined. At the end of the judging period, the top ten scoring entries in each of the three categories will proceed as finalists for final judging. Intel reserves the right to pick alternate finalist entries if any of the chosen entries are deemed ineligible to compete for a category prize.
August 21, 2010 (revised from original date of July 11, 2010): Finalists will be notified by email.
August 25, 2010 (revised from original date of July 12, 2010): Finalists will be announced on the contest website. Finalists will be required to submit their game demo executable program as well as an abstract on their work. The abstract should be at least 2,500 words and address the following:
1. Please give a brief description of the game.
2. How long did your game development take?
3. Describe your development environment? Did you use Intel® tools? If so, which ones?
4. Please describe the mechanics behind the game. For instance, how did you handle states? Memory management? Did you use a game engine?
5. What challenges did you encounter in creating your game? How did you overcome them?
6. What are your next steps with the game?
September 30, 2010 (Professional Entries)/October 15, 2010 (Student Entries) (revised from original date of August 31, 2010 for all entries): Finalists’ game executable programs and abstracts are due and must be submitted by 3:00 pm PST.
October 1, 2010 through October 31, 2010 (Professional Entries)/October 16, 2010 through December 1, 2010 (Student Entries) (revised from original dates of September 1, 2010 through September 30, 2010): Final judging takes place.
November 5, 2010 (Professional Entries)/December 5, 2010 (Student Entries) (revised from original date of October 4, 2010): Winners will be notified by email. In order to claim a prize, winners will be required to sign an affidavit of eligibility and release that grants Intel the right to use their executable program and their name and likeness for advertising and promotion without further compensation.
November 15, 2010 (Professional Entries)/December 15, 2010 (Student Entries) (revised from the original date of October 10, 2010): Winning entries will be announced publicly in game developer media channels and on the contest website.
Submission
Participants may submit as many contributions as they wish. All contributions, including the gaming application the demo version is based on, must be participant’s original creation. The content of the contributions must not be subject to the rights of any third parties, other than Intel. The contributions may not be offensive or otherwise unsuitable for use, as determined in Intel’s sole discretion. Participants must comply with these Intel® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge Official Rules, the Intel Terms of Use, and the Intel Privacy Policy.
Prizes
Winners will receive prizes as outlined below. All winners and their contributions, including the demo version of the gaming application, may be featured on the Intel® Software Network website and/or on third party websites.
Grand Prize
Professional/hobbyist and student game developers who complete all submission requirements and are selected by contest judges and/or Intel Community Managers as finalists will be entered to win a grand prize. One professional/hobbyist and one student grand prize winner will be chosen.
Professional/Hobbyist Prize
One grand prize winner will receive:
• An all-expense paid trip not to exceed $4,500 USD including lodging, roundtrip airfare, $100 USD per diem, and admission to the Tokyo Game Show (http://tgs.cesa.or.jp/english/). Travel arrangements will be made by Intel or Intel’s contracted representative.
Student Prize
One grand prize winner will receive:
• A conference pass to the Game Developers Conference (GDC) to be held in San Francisco in 2011,
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials, and
• An agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,000)
Best Game for Desktop, Laptop, and Netbook Prizes
Professional/hobbyist and student game developers who complete all submission requirements and are selected by contest judges and/or Intel Community Managers as finalists will be entered to win prizes in three categories: Best Game for Desktop, Best Game for Laptop, and Best Game for Netbook. One professional/hobbyist will be chosen at first, second, and third prize levels in each of the three categories. One student winner will be chosen in each of the three categories.
Best Game for a Desktop: Professional/Hobbyist
First prize:
• $5,000 USD (five thousand U.S. dollars)
• Desktop machine with Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor; 9GB DDR3 SDRAM; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 1TB hard drive or comparable machine available locally up to $1,500 USD value
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Robust agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,500 USD)
Second prize:
• $2,500 USD (two thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Moderate agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,000 USD)
Third prize:
• $1,500 USD (one thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Best Game for a Desktop: Student
• $1,000 USD (one thousand U.S. dollars)
• Desktop machine with Intel® Core™ i5-650 processor; 8GB DDR3 memory; DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 1TB hard drive or comparable machine available locally up to $1,000 USD value
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Best Game for a Laptop: Professional/Hobbyist
First prize:
• $5,000 USD (five thousand U.S. dollars)
• Laptop machine with Intel® Core™ i7-720QM processor; 6GB DDR3 memory; 6-cell lithium-ion battery; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with Blu-ray Disc support; 18.4" widescreen; 500GB hard drive;
or comparable machine available locally up to $1,500 USD value
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Robust agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,500 USD)
Second prize:
• $2,500 USD (two thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Moderate agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,000 USD)
Third prize:
• $1,500 USD (one thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Best Game for a Laptop: Student
• $1,000 USD (one thousand U.S. dollars)
• Laptop machine with Intel® Core™ i5-430 processor; 4GB DDR3 memory; 6-cell lithium-ion battery; DL DVD±RW/CD-RW drive; 17.3" widescreen; 500GB hard drive
or comparable machine available locally up to $1,000 USD value
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Best Game for a Netbook: Professional/Hobbyist
First prize:
• $5,000 USD (five thousand U.S. dollars)
• Netbook machine with Intel® Atom™ processor N450; 1GB DDR2 memory; 6-cell lithium-ion battery; 10.1" widescreen; 250GB hard drive or comparable machine available locally up to $500 USD value
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials to help bring the game to market
• Robust agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,500 USD)
Second prize:
• $2,500 USD (two thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials to help bring the game to market
• Moderate agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $1,000 USD)
Third prize:
• $1,500 USD (one thousand and five hundred U.S. dollars)
• Intel® Software Partner Program co-marketing materials to help bring the game to market
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Best Game for a Netbook: Student
• $1,000 USD (one thousand U.S. dollars)
• Netbook machine with Intel® Atom™ processor N450; 1GB DDR2 memory; 6-cell lithium-ion battery; 10.1" widescreen; 250GB hard drive or comparable machine available locally up to $500 USD value
• Foundational agency engagement package to market and promote the game (value not to exceed $750 USD)
Judge’s Choice Prizes
Best Art Design: Professional/Hobbyist
• Wacom* Cintiq 21UX digital pen tablet or equivalent model. Up to $2,100 USD (two thousand one hundred US dollars) retail value.
Best Art Design: Student
• Wacom* Cintiq 12WX digital pen tablet or equivalent model. Up to $1,100 USD (one thousand one hundred US dollars) retail value.
Best Graphics Performance: Professional/Hobbyist
• One (1) Boxed Intel® Core™ i7-940 Processor (8M Cache, 2.93 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel® QPI) FC-LGA8 or equivalent model. Up to $1,000 USD (one thousand US dollars) retail value.
Best Graphics Performance: Student
• One (1) Boxed Intel® Core™ i7-940 Processor (8M Cache, 2.93 GHz, 4.80 GT/s Intel® QPI) FC-LGA8 or equivalent model. Up to $1,000 USD (one thousand US dollars) retail value.
Best Sound Design: Professional/Hobbyist
• Cakewalk SONAR 8.5 Studio software package. Up to $400 USD (four hundred US dollars) retail value.
Best Sound Design: Student
• Cakewalk* SONAR 8.5 Studio software package. Up to $400 USD (four hundred US dollars) retail value.
Best Character Design: Professional/Hobbyist
• Wacom* Intuos4 Extra-Large digital pen tablet or equivalent model. Up to $850 USD (eight hundred fifty US dollars) retail value.
Best Character Design: Student
• Wacom* Intuos4 Large digital pen tablet or equivalent model. Up to $600 USD (six hundred US dollars) retail value.
In addition to the above prizes, residents of India submitting contest entries will be eligible for these additional judge’s choice awards:
Best Overall Game - India: Professional/Hobbyist
• Dell™ Alienware M15x, Intel® Core™ i7-720QM Mobile Processor, Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit 4GB Dual-channel 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 x 2GB), 500GB 7200RPM SATA RAID 0 (2 x 250GB),
15.6” High Definition + WLED (1600x900) Display with TrueLife™, 1GB GDDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 260M, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write capability, Integrated 2.0 mega pixel webcam,
AlienFX® Illuminated Keyboard,Dell™ Wireless 370 Bluetooth Internal (2.0) mini-card,7-in-1 Memory card reader or comparable machine available locally up to $900 USD value
Best Overall Game - India: Student
• All expenses paid trip to Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2011, San Francisco not to exceed $2,500 USD including roundtrip airfare, lodging and admission to GDC (http://gdconf.com/). Travel arrangements
will be made by Intel or Intel’s contracted representative.
Best Casual Game - India: Professional/Hobbyist
• Dell™ Inspiron 14 New Laptop, Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache), Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic - 64bit, Intel® GM45 Chipset, 2GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2x1GB), 250GB 5400RPM SATA
Hard Drive, 14.0” High Definition (1366x768) LED Display with TrueLife™ Internal 10/100 Fast Ethernet, Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write
capability, Integrated speakers or comparable machine available locally up to $900 USD value
Best Art Design - India: Professional/Hobbyist
• Dell™ Inspiron 14 New Laptop, Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache), Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic - 64bit, Intel® GM45 Chipset, 2GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2x1GB), 250GB 5400RPM SATA
Hard Drive, 14.0” High Definition (1366x768) LED Display with TrueLife™ Internal 10/100 Fast Ethernet, Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write
capability, Integrated speakers or comparable machine available locally up to $900 USD value
Best Social Networking Game - India: Professional/Hobbyist
• Dell™ Inspiron 14 New Laptop, Intel® Core™ i3-330M (2.13Ghz, 4Threads, 3M cache), Genuine Windows® 7 Home Basic - 64bit, Intel® GM45 Chipset, 2GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2x1GB), 250GB 5400RPM SATA
Hard Drive, 14.0” High Definition (1366x768) LED Display with TrueLife™ Internal 10/100 Fast Ethernet, Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD, 8X DVD+/-RW Drive with DVD+R double layer write
capability, Integrated speakers or comparable machine available locally up to $900 USD value
Best Content App Idea - India: Professional/Hobbyist
• Netbook machine with Intel® Atom™ processor N450; 1GB DDR2 memory; 6-cell lithium-ion battery; 10.1" widescreen; 250GB hard drive or comparable machine available locally up to $500 USD value
Incentive Prizes
In addition to the contest and Judge’s Choice awards, bi-weekly prizes will be awarded to professional/hobbyist entrants determined by random drawings. Prizes consist of one $100 USD (100 U.S. dollars) gift card per entrant selected by random drawing every two weeks. Entrants may win multiple times by submitting new game descriptions (with optional screen shots and/or video). See dates above in the “key contest dates” section.
People’s Choice Awards
Awards based on voting by conference or event attendees or the public via online voting may be included in 2010. The prize will be one $500 USD (500 U.S. dollars) gift card for each winner and awarded to the entrant who receives the most votes in a pre-determined voting period.
Values of prizes for hardware and software products are based on the average retail prize in the U.S. at the time of the start of this contest. The value of the prizes may be higher or lower in the country of a winner’s residence and prize value may be adjusted accordingly. If a prize is not commercially available in the winner’s country of residence, Intel reserves the right to replace and substitute this prize in its sole discretion.
Please see our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) or visit the contest forum for more information.
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Terms of Use
1. These rules (including the Intel Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use) govern the Level Up 2010, Intel® Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge (the “contest”) and set out the terms and conditions between Intel Corporation and its affiliates (“Intel” or “us/we”) and each participant (“participant” or “you”).
2. You are eligible to participate in the contest if you have registered with the Intel® Software Network at www.intel.com/software or through the contest registration entry form. If you submit contributions for netbooks, you are eligible to participate in the contest if you have registered with the Intel® Atom™ Developer Program at http://appdeveloper.intel.com and/or if you have registered for the contest.
3. Contest participants must speak, read, and understand English and must be aged 18 years or over or must obtain the consent of their parents or legal guardians before participating in the contest. All participants, participants, and/or prize winners in the contest or the Intel® Software Network community or the Intel Atom Developer Program must accept these rules. Employees of Intel Corporation, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate families of each may not enter. This limitation is void where prohibited.
4. The contest is open to participants worldwide. All national and local laws and regulations of the resident’s country of residence apply. Residents of countries under U.S. embargo are not eligible to enter. The contest is void wherever else it is restricted or prohibited by law.
5. If you are submitting contributions on behalf of a team or a business entity, you represent that you have the rights to act as the sole representative for submitting the application and related entries and to accept any prizes.
6. If you submit contributions co-authored by someone else and both authors submit the same contribution or contributions relating the same game , we reserve the right to disqualify one entry.
7. Intel may refuse a contest entry or contribution for any reason, based on its own discretion.
8. Intel provides access to a variety of resources on Intel® Software Network and the Intel Atom Developer Program, including communication forums, documentation, download areas, code samples, videos, blogs, articles, and contests (the “resources”).
9. You agree to submit your demo version of the gaming application and all related entries (“your contribution”) to the contest under the following conditions:
a. Intel does not claim ownership of your contribution and any related entries to the contest in form of demo versions, sample code, content, videos, articles or any other contributions you submit.
b. By submitting your entry, you grant Intel and its affiliated companies the following worldwide, non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, unconditional, fully paid-up license under all intellectual property rights:
(1) to publicly perform or display, import, broadcast, transmit the demo version of the gaming application and related entries, in whole or in part, for promotional and marketing purposes worldwide in any and all forms of media, whether now known or hereafter devised, and to distribute (directly or indirectly through multiple tiers) the demo version of the gaming application and related entries to Intel affiliates, its marketing agencies and to third parties for these purposes, and
(2) to publish your name or alias and your demo version of the gaming application and all related entries in connection with this contest for marketing and promotional purposes worldwide in any and all forms of media, whether now known or hereafter devised .
c. Your contribution to the contest will be available to Intel and other visitors to Intel websites. You warrant that:
• you own or otherwise have all rights necessary for you to provide the demo version of the gaming application and all related entries and you grant the rights described above and you do not disclose any information which would constitute a violation of a confidentiality obligation;
• all content that you post is accurate;
• you are at least 18 years old;
• use of the content you supply does not violate these terms and conditions and the Intel Terms of Use and will not cause injury to any person or entity.
d. You further agree and warrant that you shall not submit any contribution:
• that is known by you to be confidential, false, inaccurate or misleading;
• that shows another person but yourself or an image created by another person if you submit any photos;
• that infringes any third party's copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret or other proprietary rights or rights of publicity or privacy;
• that violates any law, statute, ordinance or regulation (including, but not limited to, those governing export control, consumer protection, unfair competition, anti-discrimination or false advertising);
• that is, or may reasonably be considered to be, defamatory, libelous, hateful, racially or religiously biased or offensive, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing to any individual, partnership or corporation;
• your application or component and all related entries do not contain any viruses, worms, spy ware, or other components or instructions that are malicious, deceptive, or designed to limit or harm the functionality of a computer; and
• your application or component and all related entries are not subject to license terms that require any software or documentation incorporating or being derived from your entries to be licensed to others.
10. Apart from prizes offered as part of the contest, no monetary compensation will be paid for any contest contributions.
11. The application as such will not be made available for download by end-users as part of this contest. You will be able to register the application for netbooks with the Intel Atom Developer Program for that purpose. The demo version of the gaming application will be available for download on the contest website.
12. Intel is not responsible for contest entries not received due to lost, failed, delayed, or interrupted connections or miscommunications, or other electronic malfunctions. Intel is not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry information, whether caused by participant or any other persons or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the contest.
13. You agree to indemnify and hold Intel (and its officers, directors, agents, subsidiaries, joint ventures, employees and third-party service providers), harmless from all claims, demands, and damages (actual and consequential) of every kind and nature, known and unknown including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising out of a breach of your representations and warranties set forth above, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.
14. You may be required to sign and return releases of liability, declarations of eligibility, and where lawful, publicity consent and promotion agreements, within five (5) days of acknowledged notification. If a selected potential winner cannot be contacted, is ineligible (under these rules or due to a failure to comply with any of the other applicable policies, licenses, rules, and terms of service, fails to claim a prize, or fails to timely return the completed and executed releases/agreements as required), prizes may be forfeited and an alternate potential winner may, at Intel’s discretion, be selected. Physical prizes awarded for the winning entries will be sent to participants within twelve (12) weeks from the date of the notification email or confirmation of the winning participant’s physical address, whichever is later.
15. Prizes are personal to the participant submitting the winning contribution and cannot normally be transferred. All prizes are subject to availability and they may change at any time and Intel may award substitute prizes of equal or greater value. Except in those specified instances where USD cash is awarded, cash alternatives are not available.
16. The winner accepts responsibility for all federal, state and local taxes and fees in connection with the prizes. The winner shall be solely responsible to obtain all permissions and authorizations to collect and receive the prize in accordance with the laws of the participant’s country of residence. This contest is void where prohibited or restricted by law, and subject to applicable federal, state provincial and local laws. If the winner is a resident of a country in Latin America, cash prizes will be replaced by goods and/or services of equal value in Intel’s sole discretion.
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18. Intel may, on notifying participants, immediately suspend or terminate their rights, if there is a breach of these rules or if Intel reasonably believes, at its own discretion, that participants have submitted a contribution in violation of these rules.
19. Participants can withdraw their contribution at any time by notifying Intel. If a contribution is withdrawn all rights to win a prize in this contest are lost.
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