The GANG Student/Apprentice contest is open to all GANG members who have not yet received compensation for any work in the game industry, which are usually our Student level or Apprentice level members. Prizes will include donated plugins, instrument libraries and SFX libraries, but these have not yet been confirmed (past prizes include Cinesamples, Nine Volt Audio, Boom Library, Propellerhead, Audiobro and more). They will be really cool though. If you are attending GDC you will be able to pick up your prize at the awards show. The rules and details…after the jump
STUDENT/APPRENTICE CONTEST
Submissions will be accepted from FEBRUARY 8th – FEBRUARY 22nd
Voting will open from FEBRUARY 25 – MARCH 2
Winners announced at the GANG Awards during GDC March 7-9 (date TBA)
The theme this year:
MUSIC: Write a 60 second theme that MUST loop seamlessly. The game is a social game based in a cheery castle from a mysterious era. As the player progresses, they learn more about these mysteries. Music must leave space for UI sounds for player feedback, so it shouldn’t be too busy. But it should have the endearing quality of all good looping game themes: it should not annoy the player in a way that they stop playing the game! Also, did I mention the theme should be 60 seconds. Ok, I thought so.
SOUND DESIGN: These sounds are for the same cheery castle social game as the music. Create these assets, in this order:
Short welcoming sound
Dialog popup
Click
Click
Click
Loot drop
Gain XP
Gain Coins
Gain Food
Dialog popup
Click
Build a wall
Gather wood
Shake a cat
Dialog popup
Greeted by friendly dragon
Click
Loot drop
Gain XP
Make the dragon happy!
Gain XP
Click
Dig hole for dragon food
Click
Click
Dialog popup
Build giant dragon outhouse
REWARD
Click
Click
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