Rules

General

§1. Participation

To participate in the Warmup Competition you need to be a resident or citizen in either Sweden or Norway. You do not, however, need to be a student to participate. Participants may be associated with, but not sponsored by, a company in the games or entertainment industry. It should be clear that it is the participant and not the company that is behind the entry. This is to encourage both students and independent developers.

§2. Profile & Screenshots

To participate you need to have a 100% filled out profile on www.gameawards.se or www.gameawards.no. Additionally, you need to upload at least two in-game screenshots while the competition is open.

§3. Requirements

Games must follow the requirements specified below to be able to compete in the warmup competition. If a submitted game does not follow the requirements, it will be instantly disqualified and removed from the Game Awards Warmup website.

§4. Technology

Games may use any technology. The final submission must be a zip-file with either a standalone exe/installer or all files and folders needed to install the game. The game must run on the Windows XP operating system.

§5. Dates and Submission

The competition starts at 08:00 (CET) on the 9th of November 2009, at which time the theme and the requirements for competing games will be released. The deadline for submissions is 23:59:59 (CET) on the 15th of November.

§6. Disqualifications

Swedish Game Awards and Norwegian Game Awards reserve the right to disqualify any entry, no matter what reason.

Requirements

§1. Theme

In the light of recent events, such as global warming and large-scale pollution caused by humanity, Mother Nature has decided to strike back. Gone are the days of human superiority. Man will now face the massive forces of nature and the planet Earth itself.

Competing games must follow this theme. It is however open for interpretation.

§2. Controls

The game must be controlled by at most three buttons and directional devices (arrow keys on keyboard, joystick, mouse, etc).

§3. Limitations

The gameplay must be in 2D. There must be no text in the game, except for the name of the game, which may only be used in the menu. The game must have a menu and loading screen.

Judgement

§1. Warmup Judgement

The entries in the warmup competition will be judged by the professional jury by only one criteria – fun! Make sure you make the game as fun as possible.

§2. Judgement People’s Choice

Members of the Game Awards community will be able to vote for their favourite games in the competition, with the most voted-for game selected as winner of the People’s Choice award. Voting will open on November 16, 08:00 (CET) and be open until November 22, 23:59 (CET).