Tutorial Contest

[hallsofvallhalla]

I wanted to wait until I got confirmation on the judges and I finally did. Got some good ones too

Rules:
1. Tutorials can be on anything Game Development related. Examples: Tutorials on Blender, C++, How to upload a game to a website, How to mod Half-Life, ect....
2. Tutorials can be written or Video tutorials. Neither one is more valuable than the other.
3. Tutorials MUST be for beginners. They will be judged as a beginner reading them.
4. Written Tutorials cannot be more than 30 pages with pics. Videos cannot be longer than 1 hour. We are going for quick and easy so length will not get you any extra points.
5. All entries must have been created after January 20th
6. Entrants must be 18 or older (or have parental permission to participate), and must legally be able to participate in the contest.


Judges
We have 2 Guest of Honor Judges
1. Tony Richards - Creator and Developer of the Indie-Zen Game Studio!
2. Mike Leonard - Writer/Artist for Palladium Books(Rifts/Robotech/TMNT series)!!!
3. Hallsofvallhalla(not a guest of honor )
4. To be Announced
5. To be Announced

Prizes
First Place - license of the Elite Indie Game Engine + special title for IR forums + Indie-Resource Gold + prize worth $25 + copy of JuxtaWorlds MMORPG
Second Place - Pro Indie Game Engine license + Indie-Resource Gold.
Third Place - Pro Indie Game Engine license.
Top 10 runner-ups will also receive a Hobbyist license of the Indie Game Engine.



The prizes may change a bit but will be final on the 25th. I am discussing with Tony the prizes so keep an eye out on the prize update.

Judging Criteria
10 points Technicality - How well the subject of the tutorial was made easy for the beginner
15 points Clarity - How easy the tutorial was to understand
10 points Quality - The overall looks and professionalism of the tutorial
10 points Specialty - How useful the tutorials are
5 points Bonus- Any bonus for difficulty or extras

The Contest starts now and will continue until midnight CST Feb. 12th. No exceptions. All entries must be posted in the Contest entries topic at Indie-Resource.com forums and will be placed on the website.

JuxtaWorlds website for more info on prize http://www.brandngames.com/

Thanks to all the community for donating!

[Jackolantern]

Maybe second place could be a forum title.

You don't want to give too many people Gold for free lol

[hallsofvallhalla]

was thinking that but want to see if anyone was going to donate a prize like a model or something.

[Jackolantern]

Nice surprise guest judges, too

[Last Known Hero]

was thinking that but want to see if anyone was going to donate a prize like a model or something.

I would have if I had maybe a a weeks or so notice. Maybe for the next contest I will donate one.

[OldRod]

was thinking that but want to see if anyone was going to donate a prize like a model or something.

Well, if you're going to give models as the prize... I suggest Bar Rafaeli! That would make the contest popular

[hallsofvallhalla]

hahaha

Nice surprise guest judges, too

I agree, I am happy they are taking the time to judge this for us.

[Tony Richards]

I can throw in some additional prizes as well.

Possibly you don't know me, but I'm the primary developer for the Zen Engine game engine framework at IndieZen.org, and I'm also the CTO of IndieZen LLC which is the company behind the Indie Game Engine.

We have two versions of the Indie Game Engine that will be for sale in the near future, but following that we'll have the "elite" version available, which is the multi-user collaborative game development environment. Hero Engine is the closest to the elite version's capabilities and Hero Engine sells for $100k - $1.5m per title.

The Elite Indie Game Engine will likely be priced at $30k when it is complete.

My first place prize is a license of the Elite Indie Game Engine.
My second place prize and third place prize I can offer a Pro Indie Game Engine license.
The 4th place through 10th place will receive a Hobbyist license of the Indie Game Engine.

Thanks Halls for hosting this awesome contest!

Edit: Adjusted prizes a bit so we can host another one of these in the near future.
Edit2: After discussing with Halls, we've decided that it'll be best to save the cash prizes for the game creation contest.

[Last Known Hero]

daaaaamn, nice stuff. What do you want us to do for Parental permission? My parents aprove.

[Jackolantern]

Wow! Ok...time to get started on some tutorials!