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Pittsburgh Innovates Contest

Submitted by PittsburghIGDA on Mon, 2008/08/18 - 07:39

The Greater Oakland Keystone Innovation Zone (GO KIZ) is about to open up a contest called Pittsburgh Innovates. Jesse Schell along with folks from EA, Eutechynyx, Disney Imagineering, Venture capital, will be judging entries and giving out a cash prize of $20,000. The contest is open to individuals and teams wishing to submit a technological innovation with a direct connection to the Pittsburgh region. Entries may be in a wide range of electronic formats including YouTube videos, PDF documents, photos, Facebook applications, widgets, etc. In some cases like games, the submitter will enter the actual technology, but in others like robots they may choose to use a video or other format to present information about their innovation. The only limitation is GO KIZ must be able to display submissions as screenshots on the contest’s Web site. Submissions accepted starting on Aug. 26, 2008. Submissions and ranking by the public will occur simultaneously until Oct. 26, 2008. The most popular entry on the website will win a community choice award of $10,000.

Local Developer Impact Games opens Public Beta for "Play the News"

Submitted by PittsburghIGDA on Sun, 2008/04/13 - 09:05

Impact Games, a local games studio on the South Side, has recently opened their new game, "Play The News" to public beta.

"Play the News", in the tradition of Impact Games' well known PeaceMaker game, takes a unique approach to both games and social issues.

You can find the first partner created minigames for Play the News at ReadWriteWeb: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/play_the_news_google_app_engine.php

Check it out!

Local Game Symposiums

Submitted by PittsburghIGDA on Mon, 2008/03/24 - 12:37

Next week (March 31-April 4) there are two different conferences at CMU that PIGDA members might find interesting.

The first is the Art of Play symposium (Mon-Tues), that explores the relationship between games and art.
Read about it here: http://www.theartofplay.com/
Free to the public

The second is the Interactive Technologies for Peace conference, much of which centers on games. Info is here:
http://www.etc.cmu.edu/peace2008/
$75 registration fee