Doritos is holding one of the coolest video game contests I've ever seen. Heck, one of the coolest contests period. It's Video Game Design 2.0. Contestants submit their game ideas and after a period of 6 months or so 5 finalists are chosen. The finalists then have their games made as playable betas with people voting on which game they should win. This winning game will then be turned into a full fledged Xbox Live Arcade game that will be available for 6 months.
Alongside having your idea being made into a real video game (made by real video game developers), you'll receive a big prize package including a home theater system with a 42" plasma, an Xbox 360 Elite, every Microsoft published game released in 2007, and the best thing of all 2000 Microsoft points!
Key dates
- Submissions start June 21st
- Submissions end June 29th
- Maximum of 3 submissions per person
- Finalists announced August 20th
- Playables made October 29th
- Overall winner announced November 19th
Links
Submission Guidelines
- Your submission must contain a written description of the game, in English, that's no more than 500 words long. (We want you to design a game, not write a book.)
- You may include up to five (5) media files total to bring your idea to life. This includes up to three (3) picture files (.jpeg, .gif format ONLY) and/or up to 2 video/audio files (.mpg, .mp4, .mov, .flv, .avi, .wmv, .mp3, .wav format ONLY) that are each no more than 3MB in size.
- Entries must be received by 11:59:59 pm CT on 7/29/07
- Contestant must be 18 and living in the United States
My note
I actually have a pretty good idea for a game, but I'm in Canada so I can't submit one. If anybody wants to use my idea just let me know (soon I'd imagine!) and I'll tell it to you. And keep in mind that I used to work for Electronic Arts, so I know a little about making games.
