One Small Step Games: Mission Viejo, California (November 25, 2014) – One Small Step Games and Ares Magazine extended the deadline and increased the grand prize for the GirlsGotGame Design Contest, a competition that focuses on game designs by women.
“Since we launched the contest last month, we’ve received a lot of support and encouragement from people in the industry,” says OSS Games owner Michael Anderson, who decided to increase the grand prize to $200 and extend the contest through the holidays and to the end of January in order to give more women a chance to enter.
The Ares team hopes to publish a game from the contest in the fourth issue of the magazine. “Our plan is to highlight a number of science fiction and fantasy fiction stories written by women in the fiction line up for that issue,” says Executive Editor Carmen Andres. “Wrapping the magazine around a challenging and exciting game designed by a woman would strengthen the package.” Designers receive $1000 if a game is chosen for publication.
Designers are free to use any format and components they choose, but Anderson notes that the purpose of the contests is to find games to publish in Ares. Extra credit will be given to designs that use the components of games that run in the magazine. The contest runs until midnight January 31, 2015. If more than eight designs are received, a runner up will be selected to receive $25. Entrants are limited to women.
Contest information, component guidelines, and the online entry form are on the website of Ares Magazine. To enter the contest, select Game Design Contest #2: Girls Got Game under the Ares Online menu.
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