Hellas online and Intralot are the main sponsors of the event, with the kind support of the Hellenic American Commercial Chamber of Commerce, the IEEE Student Branch of the University of Patras and Athens Plaython.
The objective of Gaming Forum 2012 is to show that gaming is an important pillar of research and development in Greece, bringing into contact everyone who is involved in the electronic games world, facilitating in parallel the development of entrepreneurial activity. The Gaming Forum fosters the creation of an 'ecosystem' which will facilitate business activity around all kinds of electronic games: educational, recreational, entrepreneurial, social, etc.
Gaming Forum 2012 consists of the and the .
The aim of the is to bring game lovers and game designers together to help create innovative and original games. The contest will run from and involves games for entertainment, social games (e.g. Facebook games), and even professional and educational games.
The consists of two categories:
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, where games compete in the early stage of development (prototype) |
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, where anybody can submit his or her idea for a game |
There is no participation fee. A panel of judges will choose three winners, while the audience will choose the winner of the Popular Game Award.
The winners will present themselves in public on during the Gaming Forum at HUB Events.
Prizes:
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- Hellas online award of Best Game: €3,000
- Runner up Award: €2,000
- Intralot Popular Game award: €1,000
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- Hellas online Best Idea Award: €800
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The latest trends in the gaming industry (e.g. serious games, games for good, etc.) and applications in areas such as education, social media, gaming marketing, strategy, branding etc will be presented at the .
Innovative business models based on public participation, game design areas (platforms, engineering and participation), and the well-known gamification will also be discussed. The speakers will come from the Greek and international gaming industry as well as from the academic and research community.
Gaming Forum 2012 is aimed at game creators, company executives related to gaming, new media practitioners, business people and investors and anyone generally interested in gaming.
