Atari has launched a competition for independent developers. The company challenges the indie dev community from an iOS version of Pong. The creator of the best version will win $ 100,000 and a contract with Atari.
To the fortieth anniversary of the classic game Pong to celebrate wants to Atari the game to iOS. The company wants to indie game developers the chance to give the game. The winner of the competition wins $ 100,000 and a contract with Atari. The company will be the winning developer support in future projects. Also will the Pong version of the winner by Atari and is to be published in the Apple App Store, so you made Atari Tuesday known.
Developers who want to participate can register until 31 march to register via Atari’s official website. Participants in the first instance, only a design document in which they explain their idea. The developers who will then be selected for the semi-final should be a short playable demo and a promotional video of their game. The finalists will be deemed to be a full version of their game to Atari. A panel of judges, which also game-industriepionier Nolan Bushnell is a part, will be the finalist judge. Also the Atari community may vote on the finalists.
Not only the winner will be game in the Apple App Store appear, also the numbers two and three get that opportunity. They will also be a sum of money to win that, of course, lower than the $ 100,000 that the winning developer will get. The result of the contest will be on August 2, 2012 to be announced.
Update, 12:46: from detailed analysis of the rules of the game by Gamasutra shows that the winner of half the prize money given in the form of royalties. Wants to the maximum of $ 50,000 in royalties be achieved, then the app five million dollars turnover in the first year that this in the App Store to find. Gamasutra from further criticism of the contest and states that it is a bad step for independent developers would be to under these terms and conditions in the sea to go with Atari.