DavidRM
10-22-2004, 09:54 AM
I heard about this while at the Serious Games Summit, and wanted to pass it along.
MAKE THE GAME, MAKE $25,000.
Schooling a 7th grader has never been more fun.
Welcome to Hidden Agenda—a contest designed for the college student with a penchant for video games, a passion for innovation and a hankering for $25,000. If you think you’ve got the skills, pull together an ace design team and build a fabulous new video game. The winners will get it all—the fame, the fortune, bragging rights and maybe even a date with that hottie in economics. So what’s the hidden agenda? Well, you can’t build just any game for anybody. It has to be a genius game for a middle school crowd. So fun, in fact, that they don’t notice it ‘s also teaching them something. That’s the “stealth education” aspect. Shh! And let’s not forget about the perks. Last year’s finalists were hosted for dinner by celebrity judge Richard “Lord British” Garriott at his “haunted” mansion. Some students were even able to get college credit for their participation.
Questions can all be answered by visiting the all knowing and all powerful:
www.hiddenagenda.com
KEY DATES:
December 15, 2004: This is the last day to enter the contest.
May 2, 2005: The moment of truth - your game entry is due.
May 31, 2005: Finalists announced. Will you make the cut?
Additional Information
It's a game development contest for undergrads and grad students (in teams of up to 8 people) with a $25K prize
Entrants can build whatever kind of game they want. It'll be judged on how fun it is for middle school students and whether it "stealthily" teaches them a school subject.
Along with the money prize, students enjoy many other prizes, a great personal experience (including time with game celebrities like Richard Garriott, who gives all finalists a tour of his haunted mansion), and I've been able to work with some students to make sure that this project gets them college credit too (usually as "independent study"). Not to mention, at least 2 entrants from last year attributed their post-graduation jobs to the game they built for the contest!
MAKE THE GAME, MAKE $25,000.
Schooling a 7th grader has never been more fun.
Welcome to Hidden Agenda—a contest designed for the college student with a penchant for video games, a passion for innovation and a hankering for $25,000. If you think you’ve got the skills, pull together an ace design team and build a fabulous new video game. The winners will get it all—the fame, the fortune, bragging rights and maybe even a date with that hottie in economics. So what’s the hidden agenda? Well, you can’t build just any game for anybody. It has to be a genius game for a middle school crowd. So fun, in fact, that they don’t notice it ‘s also teaching them something. That’s the “stealth education” aspect. Shh! And let’s not forget about the perks. Last year’s finalists were hosted for dinner by celebrity judge Richard “Lord British” Garriott at his “haunted” mansion. Some students were even able to get college credit for their participation.
Questions can all be answered by visiting the all knowing and all powerful:
www.hiddenagenda.com
KEY DATES:
December 15, 2004: This is the last day to enter the contest.
May 2, 2005: The moment of truth - your game entry is due.
May 31, 2005: Finalists announced. Will you make the cut?
Additional Information
It's a game development contest for undergrads and grad students (in teams of up to 8 people) with a $25K prize
Entrants can build whatever kind of game they want. It'll be judged on how fun it is for middle school students and whether it "stealthily" teaches them a school subject.
Along with the money prize, students enjoy many other prizes, a great personal experience (including time with game celebrities like Richard Garriott, who gives all finalists a tour of his haunted mansion), and I've been able to work with some students to make sure that this project gets them college credit too (usually as "independent study"). Not to mention, at least 2 entrants from last year attributed their post-graduation jobs to the game they built for the contest!