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GameDev.net Launches Four Elements Game Contest

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we-who-many-be-about-to-dev-salute-you dept.

Superpig writes "GameDev.net has just launched their annual Four Elements contest. Participants are given just under six months to make a game based around four elements: this year, it's Emotion, Economics, Emblem, and Europe. Any tools or middleware can be used, provided it's all legal. The prize pool looks a bit thin at the moment, but in past years they've had folks like ATI and SoftImage donating mid-contest, so it'll probably pick up as time goes on."

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  1. Prize Size? by imunfair · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I don't quite understand the prizes - looking at the previous year: http://www.gamedev.net/community/contest/4e4/

    The top winner didn't get much in the way of prizes. Softimage XSI, yeah I know it's expensive - but if the developer is already making games without it, it's questionable whether he needs it or not. The rest of the prizes are fairly small.

    So does winning this contest gain you a considerable amount of notoriety or am I missing something?