[game_edu] FW: Serious game contest

[S. Gold]

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From: <alvarez at irit.fr>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 16:09:44 +0100 (CET)
To: Susan Gold <goldfile at gmail.com>
Cc: Games Research Network <gamesnetwork at uta.fi>, <icec at listserver.tue.nl>
Subject: Serious game contest

Hello,

Whosegame by Orange launches its 1st international competition for Serious
Games. A challenge for anyone who wants to try their hand at devising and
creating Serious Games!

The Serious Games competition is open to students and individual
participants from all countries, and runs from December 8th 2008 to March
31st 2009.

How to enter?
1 - Choose one of three topics:
- Improving one's knowledge of telecommunications
- Being an eco-citizen with the help of telecommunication technologies
- Acting against isolation and exclusion thanks to telecommunications
2 - Register to the competition on the website www.whosegame.com
3 - Upload your thematic Serious Game in Flash format before midnight on
March 31st 2009

All the Serious Games will be put online as from April 1st 2009 on
www.whosegame.com. Until April 15th 2009, Internet users will get a chance
to vote for their favourite Serious Game in each category.
At the same time, the Whosegame jury will be selecting the 3 best Serious
Games.

What can you win?
- A prize (5 000, 2 500 or 1 000€ worth of gift checks in local currency
for the jury prizes, and 500€ for those that attracted the most votes from
Internet users)
- A visibility for your creation
- Becoming a member of Whosegame creators' community

For more details, go to the www.whosegame.com website where you'll find
the competition rules and additional information.

Regards,
Julian Alvarez


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