about 12 years ago
Project Anarchy Mobile Game Dev Challenge Judges Announced!
Hey Everyone!
We are excited to announce our panel of judges for the Project Anarchy Mobile Game Dev Challenge!
The panel consists of a diverse group of industry veterans from Rare, Double Fine, Funomena, Nyamyam, Harmonix and Uber Entertainment who will select the best games built using Project Anarchy, Havok’s free end-to-end mobile game engine.
The contest judging panel represents a variety of disciplines from art and design to programming and business and includes the following industry experts:
- Chandana Ekanayake (Eka): Art Director at Uber Entertainment
- Robin Hunicke: CEO of Funomena
- Phil Tossell: Founder, Game Creator at Nyamyam, Ltd.
- Anna Kipnis: Senior Gameplay Programmer at Double Fine; Creator of the “Molyjam” game development event
- Louise O’Connor: Art Director at Rare, Ltd.
- Zak McClendon: Design Director at Harmonix
Entries will be judged using several criteria including entertainment value, visual design and originality. The final Project Anarchy Game Dev Challenge Winner will receive a grand prize cash reward of $100,000. In addition, Havok will be issuing a $25,000 cash reward for second place, and a $15,000 cash reward for third place. Each winner will also receive a license to export their game to PC.
The list of dates and deadlines for the event is as follows:
- Final Submission Deadline: May 31, 2014 @ 12:00pm PT
- Final Judging Period: June 2, 2014 @ 12:00pm PT through June 13, 2014 @ 12:00pm PT
- Finalists Announced: June 16, 2014 @ 12:00pm PT
- Winners Announced: On or around June 24, 2014 @12:00pm PT
“We’re looking forward to how the community responds to having such an accomplished roster of talent judging the Project Anarchy Game Dev Challenge,” said Ross O’Dwyer, Head of Developer Relations at Havok. “Project Anarchy gives developers the toolsets necessary to create incredible and compelling titles, and with the keen eye of our judging panel, we expect the very best titles to shine. We can’t wait to see what these mobile developers have to offer, and to award one lucky developer or team with the grand prize of $100,000.”
Project Anarchy includes Havok’s Vision Engine together with access to Havok’s industry-leading suite of Physics, Animation and AI tools as used in cutting-edge franchises such as Skyrim™, Halo, Assassin’s Creed®, and Uncharted. With features like an extensible C++ architecture, a flexible asset management system, advanced Lua debugging, rapid prototyping with the vSceneViewer functionality, full integration with fmod® and Autodesk Scaleform and Beast, and customizable game samples and tutorials, Project Anarchy offers game developers the ability to quickly iterate on their ideas and create incredible gaming experiences.
For the full listing of the contest rules, please visit: http://projectanarchy.challengepost.com/rules.
For more information on Project Anarchy, developers can visit www.projectanarchy.com and www.havok.com.
Reminder: We are 42 days away from the Final Submission Deadline! Please remember you will need to submit your game, obtain approval from the relevant App Store, and the Game must be made available to the public via Google Play or iTunes! We look forward to seeing the games created with Project Anarchy! Good luck!
Please let us know if there are any questions!
-The Project Anarchy Team