PAF GAME CONCEPT COMPETITION

Paf is innovative and knowledgeable money gaming company which independently or through partnerships develops and provides physical and digital money games in selected markets. A personal, customer oriented approach, high quality standards and long-lasting customer relationships are guiding forces in everything we do.

We constantly seek for new concepts and ways to entertain our customers and are sponsoring a game concept competition at Assembly09 to turn the best ideas for Internet based money games to reality.

The rules of the competition have been intentionally left as open as possible. The competition entry can be a totally new gaming concept or a variation of a proven one with a new twist on it. At minimum the competition entries must consist of a description of the concept, but would preferably also include a playable prototype.

A jury consisting of Paf representatives and external game industry professionals will select the winners. They will evaluate the entries based on the following factors:

• uniqueness
• ingenuity
• entertainment value
• meeting the target audience (casual and luck players over 18)

The competition will run until the end of August 2009 and until that time questions can be sent to assembly2009@paf.com. We will also be present at Assembly09 (Paf stand S11) and will gladly answer questions or give feedback to your ideas.

The competition is open only to persons at the age of 18 or over.

The rules / limitations for the competition entries:

1. The concept or prototype should relate with a theme. Alternative themes for the game are
   a) Pass it forward and
   b) Three times the same equals to something different
2. One game session can last up to 30 seconds which must be repeatable (if the player chooses to continue). The total gaming experience is built from a series of recurrent game sessions
3. Additionally the game can contain different levels, cut scenes and short animations, but the game must take place on one dedicated area on the screen
4. The concept must utilize at least one of the following adjectives: developing, flexible, high, changing
5. The game must be based on randomness but can contain some skill elements
6. The game can be designed for one or more players
7. Audiovisual style is free
8. The target audience is 18 years and up (must be stated in more detail in the documentation)

General competition rules

• Competition entries can be solo or group work
• Each contributor must be at the age of 18 or over
• Multiple competition entries from a person / a group of persons are allowed
• Deadline for submitting competition entries is Monday August 31st 2009 at 18:00 (EEST)
• The winners are announced no later than September 30th 2009 at 18:00 (EEST)
• The winners are selected by a jury consisting of Paf representatives and external game industry professionals; the jury’s decision is final
• All Games, Ideas, Art, Code and Concepts made for the competition are owned by the members of that team
• Paf employees are not entitled to participate in the competition

Competition prizes

The best competition entry will be rewarded by a prize of 1500 Euros. In addition, Paf will separately pay for the rights the use any of the competition entries or parts of them.
 

Guidelines for submitting the competition entries

• Each competition entry must be accompanied by a submission form (from Paf stand or download it from here)
• The competition entries must be in English and the documentation must include at minimum
  • synopsis
  • game type
  • target group (single or multiplayer, gender, age, etc)
  • game play and controls
  • instructions in a reasonable level of detail
  • draft graphics
  • (music/sounds files, detailed graphics, animations, prototype and other materials are not mandatory but are considered as benefits in the evaluation)
• All files (including the optional prototypes) must be in formats that can be opened by freely available software on Windows, Linux or Mac operating systems; only exception to this rule is Microsoft Office 2007
• All prototypes must include clear instructions on how to run them
• Competition entries smaller than 5MB can be delivered by email, the larger ones must be delivered by mail on a labeled digital media, e.g. CD, DVD, USB stick (will not be returned)
  • email address: assembly2009@paf.com
  • mail address:
    
    Paf / Assemby 2009 Competition
    Unioninkatu 24
    FI-00130 Helsinki
    Finland