There are a number of contests associated with SIEGE. These include:

“The Experiment” Do you have what it takes to design games. Want to prove it? Want to show something completely innovative? Now is your chance. Put together a team and show us what you are made of!

This year’s theme is “The Experiment.” An experiment in a lab has gone awry. Follow this theme and show us something new, something innovative, something we have not seen before. This contest is about quality, not quantity, and our judges look for how you show off your imagination. Don’t try for something epic; just demo the working concept. Programmers, perhaps you have some innovative game play up your sleeves? Designers, ready to move games in a new direction? Artists, got a new art style to show off? Musicians, get with a team and show us a new way of looking at music.

Who is Eligible: Any team, of any size, attending this year’s convention.

Equipment: You must provide your own equipment / systems for the demo. You may use any engine and any existing assets. You must have a sheet available that details what you created and what you re-used from existing assets / code / effects.

Judging: Set up will be Sunday at 3 pm in the Pavillion; judging and prizes take place at 4 pm at the Town Hall meeting. Entries must be available and running on your computer, as well as provided on CD. The document detailing what you created must also be on the CD. Entries will be judged on ingenuity in concept, implementation, art, and audio. Only working entries will be accepted. Winners will be announced on Sunday

Participants agree that all content provided as part of the content is original, or that credit has been given to the original developers of the content. Participants agree that they have rights to all software and content used as part of this contest, and are utilizing it in a manner consistent with the appropriate Terms of Agreement.

Participants retain all copyrights to Participants' material presented at the Program Event, but grants a non-exclusive license to the GGDA to duplicate Participants' material presented at the Program Event in print, cassette, CD, DVD, MP3, or other form before, during and after the Program Event, for promotional purposes of SIEGE and GGDA only.

Participants warrant that materials furnished by Participant will not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party and Participant will be solely responsible for any such infringement.

Who is Eligible: Anyone attending this year’s convention.

Requirements: You must provide both a printed hard copy of your art/design and a digital version on CD. You must bring your own equipment/software for design/art creation.

Submissions must be made at SIEGE registration no later than Saturday, October 4th at 6 PM.

Cover: Cover art should be 8.5”x11” at 300 dpi (printed versions may be scaled down to fit on the page). Acceptable file formats include PDF, TIFF, ESP, PSD and AI. Your work should work well as both color and black & white versions. (Submitting printed versions in both color and black and white is highly recommended.)

Tee Shirt Design: Designs must be 2-color front (4”x4”) and back (12”x12”) at 300 dpi (printed versions may be scaled down to fit on the page). Acceptable file formats include PDF, TIFF, ESP, PSD and AI. Your design must work on a black or white tee shirt.

SIEGE Logo: Your art/design must include the SIEGE 2009 logo. An EPS file of the SIEGE 2009 logo may be down loaded at www.siegecon.net

Judging: Submissions must be made at SIEGE registration no later than Saturday, October 4th at 6 PM..

Participant retains all copyrights to Participant’s material presented at the Program Event, but grants a non-exclusive license to GGDA to duplicate and sell Participant’s material presented at the Program Event in print, cassette, CD, DVD, MP3, or other form before, during and after the Program Event. Sales benefit GGDA, and help offset costs incurred by GGDA for the Program Event.

Participant warrants that materials furnished by Participant will not infringe the intellectual property rights of any third party and Participant will be solely responsible for any such infringement.