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Game Demo Contest Winners-Wow!
By Scott Crabtree (Intel) (9 posts) on August 30, 2007 at 11:10 am
Wow. This year's entries to the Intel Game Demo Contest are amazing. Of course, games in general are amazing: addictive, cool, interesting, beautiful, and most importantly fun. But typically they are made by very large teams of more than 30 people, working with a budget of more than $10,000,000. Not the entrants to this contest. While the contest is open to everyone, and the almost $100,000 worth of prizes are definitely valuable, this isn't the kind of contest that major developers will enter. We're proud to say the contest attracts independent developers, students, and hobbyists.When a small team, working with a small budget, produces something entertaining and polished, it's that much more amazing. Perhaps I shouldn't be so surprised. Some of the greatest art and culture ever produced was created by those who were poor, working with very little.
I've seen the entries, and I can't wait for everyone else to see them, too. Just a few more days (Sept 5th), and winners will be announced and shown off. Stay tuned to the official contest site. Thanks to everyone who entered for making our judging process fun and difficult. And early congratulations to our winners, even though you don't know who you are yet.
Categories: Game Development, Mobility, Parallel Programming
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Shmuel Gershon (Intel)
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There are video demos of many of the games in the contest page (you can find playable demos too!). All are creative ideas, but some of them left me jaw dropped with the great combination of graphics, controls and plot. They look fantastic.
From what I saw, I've got three favorites (!)... :)
Let's see if they match the judges criteria...
Now, let me get back to this addictive game demo... ;)