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<p>iDevGames Kicks off uDevGame 2003 Mac Game Development Contest</p>
<p>Takamatsu City, Japan, August 4, 2003 - iDevGames, the leading website<br />
for Macintosh game development, announced the start of uDevGame 2003,<br />
the 3rd annual Macintosh game development contest today. The uDevGame<br />
Contest gives programmers, designers, artists, and musicians the chance<br />
to both improve the state of gaming on the Macintosh platform, and to<br />
contribute to the independent development community. More than $16,000<br />
of prizes are offered as incentives this year!</p>
<p>"iDevGames has received an immense amount of support in our efforts to<br />
make a difference at the grassroots level through the uDevGame Contest,<br />
and we are dedicated to highlighting the tremendous talent of<br />
independent game developers," said Carlos Camacho, Editor-in-Chief of<br />
iDevGames. "The uDevGame Contest provides developers with a unique<br />
opportunity to utilize their skills as well as improve Mac gaming."</p>
<p>iDevGames established the uDevGame Contest in 2001 to energize game<br />
development on the Apple Macintosh platform, encourage innovation in<br />
Mac games, and to garner recognition for the best Mac independent game<br />
developers. The uDevGame 2003 Contest is based on three fundemental<br />
principles: Creation of original Macintosh games, Education of the<br />
Macintosh development community, and Success of talented Macintosh<br />
programmers, artists, musicians, and designers.</p>
<p>The contest challenges entrants to create an original Mac OS X game in<br />
only three months. The games are then subjected to a period of public<br />
voting and rated in five categories: Game Play, Originality, Polish,<br />
Graphics, and Sound & Music. Prizes are awarded to the developers of<br />
the top three ranking games in each category, as well as the top three<br />
Best Overall Games. A complete list of prizes with descriptions can be<br />
found at: <a href="http://www.idevgames.com/content/contest.php?id=10&prizes=1" title="http://www.idevgames.com/content/contest.php?id=10&prizes=1">http://www.idevgames.com/content/contest.php?id=10&prizes=1</a></p>
<p>"uDevGame is the best thing to happen to Mac game development in a very<br />
long time," said Colin Lynch Smith, Vice President of Freeverse<br />
Software, "The encouragement and resources it provides to independent<br />
developers make titles like Rocco Bowling's 'Solace' possible.<br />
Freeverse is proud to be publishing such a terrific Mac-developed game."</p>
<p>Entries are limited to one per person or team, and must run natively in<br />
Mac OS X. Entries may be created with any Mac OS tool, but must be less<br />
than 10MB when compressed. The source code, or source files, for all<br />
entries must be submitted to iDevGames. The uDevGame Contest is open to<br />
all developers in any country.</p>
<p>More information about the competition and how to enter can be found at<br />
<p>Companies wishing to become official sponsors are still welcomed.<br />
Please read the editorial titled "uDevGame 2003: Calling Mac Software<br />
and Hardware Vendors"<br />
(<a href="http://www.idevgames.com/content/article.php?id=133" title="http://www.idevgames.com/content/article.php?id=133">http://www.idevgames.com/content/article.php?id=133</a>) to learn what the<br />
benefits of sponsorship entail, and for information on signing up.</p>
<p>About iDevGames<br />
Established in 1998, iDevGames' mission is to educate, support, and<br />
enhance the Macintosh Game Developer community. We also hope to<br />
facilitate the exchange between developers and designers so that the<br />
Macintosh game market can expand and improve. iDevGames features<br />
articles, the latest industry news, tutorials, an active forum,<br />
downloads, and much more for Macintosh Game Developers.</p>
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