names of the winners will be known on October 26
Today launched the “Open Game” Armenian Open Championship of Developers of Computer and Mobile Games, organized already for the 3rd time by the Union of Information Technology Enterprises (UITE) and “Orange Armenia” CJSC. The objective of this championship is to develop the market of computer and mobile games in Armenia. It will help to reveal and motivate young talents to build their future by developing computer/mobile games.
“The quality of the projects submitted during last year’s championship exceeded our expectations. We saw excellent solutions that were ready to go on the market. We are happy to announce the start of the third championship. We expect that in the future part of the participants will create a private business and the other part will integrate the Armenian companies already involved in game development” said Karen Vardanyan, UITE Executive Director.
“We are happy to cooperate with the UITE for the 3rd year already, thus supporting and bringing to life many new and interesting ideas. Last year the number of participants doubled vs. previous year, meaning that the market of computer and mobile games is, indeed, a dynamically developing market with a great potential in Armenia. We are convinced that this year we will witness much more interesting and diverse games,” said Francis Gelibter, CEO of Orange Armenia.
“Open Game” Championship of Developers of Computer and Mobile Games will be held in 4 stages. Stage by stage the participants will develop their projects with the help of the Jury and ready-made games will be presented to visitors during the Game Expo.
The Jury of the contest is composed of professional game developers, programmers and designers, who will help the participants with their professional advice during the contest. The contest is supported by the Plexonic, Triada, MicroSoft-RA, Sourcio, Zoom Graphics companies and Tumo Center for Creative Technologies, with the representatives of these companies composing the Jury of the championship.
The participants of the contest will compete in 9 nomination categories, such as, Best Game, Best Mobile Game, Best Game Play, Innovation, Best Design, Best Character, Best 3D Solution, Junior Championship and Popularity Prize. Prize fund of the contest makes 1,700,000 AMD to be distributed as per each nomination category.
“Open Game” Championship does not discriminate on the basis of age or project types and technical capacities. Those who wish to participate will need to register by visiting www.opengame.am and filling the online application or download the application and after filling to send it by [email protected] email address with “Open Game” contest application in the Subject line.
Registration is open until September 30, 2013. Those who will register by June 10 will have the chance to benefit from the consultancy of the Jury members, as well as to the Digitec Business Forum to take place in June.
The first “Open Game” Championship took place in 2011 with 25 game projects. In 2012, 40 projects participated in the contest, out of which 19 reached the final stage and 7 were awarded with monetary prizes. Within 1 month after the contest some of the participants received business offers, notably from Jury members.
