Second Life Game Developer's Competition

Linden Labs, the makers of the virtual world Second Life, is sponsoring a new 2L Game Developer's Competition. The contest invites users to create quests, races, brain teasers, combat games, or anything designed to get Second Life citizens together. First prize is $500 per team member, a year's subscription to 2L, and 8 acres of Second Life land to do with as you please. From the contest page: "Linden Lab will select up to eight teams of 2 to 4 members each to participate in the competition. Each selected team will receive, for a period of up to three months, free temporary accounts for team members, free use of the Second Life development tools, and free use of approximately 3 acres of land in Second Life for the purpose of creating its proposed game and offering it for play by Second Life residents."

Comments

Doesn't seem worth it.

[MatthewNewberg]

If you really put effort into this it doesn't really seem worth it. Consider the time it takes for a few people to make models, textures, write code, play test,, $500 dollars is a drop in the bucket compared to how much there time is worth. They really need to raise the prize amount if they want to attract outside people.

This thing does sound really cool for people already into Second Life though.

Re:Ownership? Copyright?

[QuantumG]

Some people who have spent a long time in Second Life should really offer a tour guide service. I'm sure there's heaps to see, but the majority of "trial" users just wonder around, see rundown shops with no attendants and leave despondant over the whole experiment.