Show us Your Game -- win cash, high-end gaming PCs, software, and more!

Your game demo could earn you serious cash, a high-end Gateway gaming PC, software tools, and great exposure. Just for entering the contest, we'll give you access to Intel's powerful software development tools. Keep reading for all the details including important eligibility requirements and restrictions.

The contest has prizes in categories based on features of Intel® platforms. An initial round of public voting and judges' selections will determine ten finalists in each category. For final judging, a panel of Intel and game industry judges will review finalists and grade them according to both general criteria and category-specific criteria. The sum of these grades will compose an overall score. The entry with the highest score in each category will win the category prize.

Your entry entry must run noticeably better on an Intel® Core 2 Extreme PC when run with four cores enabled vs. only one core enabled*. Your program will need at least two threads running substantial amounts of code in parallel in order to win this category. Entries will be scored based on quantitative (frames per second) and qualitative (extra features, user experience) improvements when run on multi-core. 1 to 10 points awarded. 

Laptops provide special challenges and opportunities for games. Entries will be scored based on how well they support the laptop gaming experience with unique mobile features. Examples of unique mobile features are power monitoring, power consumption, displaying network connectivity, dealing with interrupted networking, and handling standby mode. 1 to 10 points awarded.

In addition to the category-specific criteria, each entry will be graded on the general criteria of:
• Gameplay: Is your game fun to play? 1 to 10 points awarded.
• Graphics: How visually appealing is your game? 1 to 10 points awarded.

Please see our FAQ or visit our Discussion Forum for more information.

Each category has first through fifth place winners, who will all receive regular single user licenses of Intel® Thread Checker, Intel® Thread Profiler, Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer, and Intel® Threading Building Blocks, as well as one-year memberships to the Independent Game Developers Association. First place winners will receive $10,000. Second place winners will receive $5,000. Third place winners will receive $3,000. Fourth and fifth place winners will receive $1,000. Each of the top five winners in each category will also receive an indie license to Garage Games' Torque Game Engine Advanced, valued at $295.

Top three winners in both categories will receive a Giga Pass to Game Developers Conference 2008, valued at $1850, courtesy of CMP Game Group. The GDC Giga Pass is an all-access pass that will get you into everything at GDC 2008 except for the GDC Mobile conference.

First place winners will receive a high-end gaming PC from Gateway, valued at over $3,000. The specific prize PC will be identified September 1st, 2007 as the highest-performing gaming PC available from Gateway at that time.

First place winners will receive a conference pass for the Austin Game Developer Conference, held in Austin, Texas on September 5th through 7th, 2007. At Austin GDC, Intel will publicly announce the winners of the contest and showcase winning entries in the Intel booth. First place winners will also be invited to meet with an executive from Garage Games, makers of the Torque Game Engine.

First place winners will receive $5,000 worth of custom art to be delivered by Rockettree LLC and applied to artistic improvements to their winning entry. This will amount to approximately 80 hours of custom artwork, to be used over a period of at least one month and completed within 3 months of the contests conclusion.

In addition to the category prizes, there are special Judge's Choice Awards which will be awarded to qualifying entries, purely at the judge's discretion.

Intel® Threading Building Blocks is a threading library designed for high-performance scalable applications on multi-core processors. An evaluation version of Intel Threading Building Blocks is available for all contestants to try out. This Judge's Choice Award will be given to the entry that makes the best use of this library in a game.

Intel Corporation is pleased to have the support of Gateway in this contest. Gateway is searching for high quality entries to bundle with their new line of gaming PCs. This Judge's Choice Award will be given to entries that Gateway would like to consider for a bundling deal.

Intel Corporation is fortunate to have the participation of Garage Games as one of our game demo contest sponsors. Garage Games is interested in seeing creative entries which use Torque Game Engine and/or Torque Game Builder. This Judge’s Choice Award of Game Engine Content Packs and Tools is valued at over $450.

Cash gift cards for $100 USD will be awarded on a bi-weekly schedule based on greatest number of positive votes from the community. These “bonus” prizes will be awarded throughout the demo proposal and demo submission periods. Limit of one bonus prize per entry.

By enterin g the contest, you agree to be bound by the judging criteria. See Prizes for more information.

The contest is open to individuals and companies worldwide. Individuals must be 18 or older to enter. Residents and companies of countries under U.S. embargo, including Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria are not eligible to enter. Employees of Intel Corporation, its affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and the immediate families of each may not enter. Companies with an existing technology enabling account with Intel Corporation are not eligible to enter. Void where prohibited.

Your entry must install and run on a default Windows XP* installation with Service Pack 2 and DirectX* 9.0c on a computer with an Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme processor with 1GB of RAM, and an ATI X1900XTX graphics card. Entries competing in the Best Threaded Game category will have their performance speedup measured from one core to four cores when running at 1024 x 768 resolution. Entries competing in the Best Game on the Go category will also be evaluated on a default Windows XP installation with Service Pack 2 and DirectX 9.0c on an IBM ThinkPad* T43 with an ATI Mobility Radeon* x300 graphics card.

You must have legal right to commercially distribute your entry in order to be eligible. Your entry can use third-party libraries, as long as the legal distribution requirements are met. Intel Corporation maintains the highest standards of quality and positive relationships with our customers -- at our sole discretion we will disqualify any entry which we feel would not represent Intel well in the global marketplace.

To enter, you must complete the on-line web registration form, detailing your demo abstract, and submit it electronically or via mail, by July 1st, 2007. When your registration form is accepted, you will receive information on submission deadlines and procedures. If you choose to make your demo abstract publicly visible, your entry will be eligible for community-voted "bonus" prizes. Bonus prizes will begin being awarded based on popularity starting April 10th and every 2 weeks through August 8th.

All entrants will also be given a limited-duration license for the following Intel® software:

Intel® C++ Compiler 9.1
Intel® VTune™ Performance Analyzer 8.0
Intel® Thread Checker 3.0
Intel® Thread Profiler 3.0
Intel® Threading Building Blocks 1.0
Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives 5.1

Licenses are valid from March 1st, 2007 to August 15th, 2007. These tools will be especially useful for the Best Threaded Game category. Use Intel® Thread Checker and Intel® Thread Profiler to correctly thread your game demo for maximum performance.

All contestants can upload screenshots and movies of their demo to the contest website beginning May 1. These screenshots and movies will be made available for public view after July 1st. From July 1st to August 1st, community judging of entries will take place on the contest website. Visitors to the site can vote on the screenshots and movies. Judges will also evaluate screenshots and movies of all entri es. At the end of the community judging period, the top ten scoring entries in each category 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.

The top movies in each category will be chosen and finalists notified by e-mail on August 3rd. Contestants with finalist entries will receive instructions for submitting their entries (the executable programs) by August 15th for final Intel judging. Winners will be notified by mail, and winning entries will be announced publicly at the Intel booth at the Austin Game Developers Conference on September 5th. 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.

Contest begins March 5th, 2007. Registration Forms must be received by July 1st, 3:00pm PST 2007. Community judging to determine finalists will begin July 1st, 3:00pm PST 2007 and run until August 1st, 3:00pm PST 2007. Executables of finalists must be received by August 15th, 3:00pm PST 2007. Winners will be announced at Austin Game Developer Conference on September 5th, 2007, and published on the contest website the same day.

Intel Corporation ((the "Sponsor") is not responsible for executable programs (an "entry"), movies, entry forms, or CDs not received due to lost, failed, delayed or interrupted connections or miscommunications, or other electronic malfunctions, or due to lost, late, mutilated, illegible, incomplete, postage due or misdirected mail. Any material received by the Sponsor will not be returned. Sponsor not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate entry form information, whether caused by persons entered at the web site or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or used in the contest or by any human error which may occur in the processing of the entries in this contest.

Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to cancel or suspend this contest should a virus, bug or other causes beyond the control of the Sponsor corrupt the administration, security or proper operation of the contest.

Winners will be notified by mail, e-mail, or phone within 7 days. Winners must complete and return an affidavit of eligibility and release within 5 days by return prepaid Federal Express overnight notification or prize may be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner. Winners agree that all prizes are being provided "as is".

Sponsor makes no representation or warranty regarding any prize. Winners must look solely to the manufacturer for any such warranty or guarantee. Prize is not transferable and no cash alternative or prize substitution is available, except that the Sponsor reserves the right to substitute cash or a similar prize of equal or greater value should the prize be generally unavailable at contest end.

All federal, state, and local taxes on prize are the sole responsibility of the winner. Winners who are not citizens of the United States are responsible for reporting the prize or income as required by the applicable government. Acceptance of prize constitute s permission to use winner’s executable program, name and/or likeness for advertising/trade purposes without further compensation, except where prohibited.

By supplying your screenshot, movie, and/or executable entry to the contest, you are giving the Sponsor a non-exclusive, non-binding right to distribute your entry materials in any ways the Sponsor sees fit, without any additional compensation to you. You also grant the Sponsor the right to use material from your entry for promotional purposes. Prize winners may not publicize their victory in the contest except as mutually agreed with the Sponsor.

Void where prohibited. This contest is governed under U.S. law. All federal, state and local laws and regulations apply.

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