Xprize Connect launches game-making challenge for kids and teens
Xprize Connect launches game-making challenge for kids and teens
Xprize Connect launches game-making challenge for kids and teens
By Dean Takashi
May 20, 2020
Summary
The Xprize nonprofit foundation is announcing Xprize Connect, a new learning initiative where students will compete to make video games.
The first major competition in the Xprize Connect initiative is Code Games: A Global Game-Making Challenge.
Entrants could win one of multiple $1,000 prizes when taking the challenge to design and develop an original game about any topic made with a variety of freely available creation tools.
"We're really excited to be working with Endless Network and XPrize on Code Games and can't wait to see the innovative games that come in from around the world as kids are inspired to shape the technology in the world versus being shaped by it," said Alan Gershenfeld, president of E-Line Media, in an email to GamesBeat.
A global collection of partners have joined the Code Games mission to motivate the next generation to spread the word and learn critical skills for the future, including the TGR Foundation, Games for Change, Global Game Jam, BuildBox, Internet of Elephants, LA County Alliance for Boys & Girls Clubs, Teach the World Foundation, University of Texas, Dallas, Dreams Uncorporated, Internews, and FilmAid.
Code Games is inspired by a roster of past and current global incentivized competitions from Xprize that have accelerated breakthroughs across the industries of private space travel, ocean health, global education, and more.
"I'm a parent myself and my kids are younger, but so many parents, particularly those with older kids, are worried because our kids are playing so many games during this lockdown," Church said.
In addition to Code Games, Xprize Connect will provide year-round opportunities for learners to create and experience an equitable, sustainable, and positive future through challenges, resources, and experiences.
Entrants can win a prize package featuring one of multiple $1,000 cash prizes when taking on the challenge to design and develop an original video game about any topic made with a variety of freely available creation tools as well as written game designs.
The entrants can submit a playable game made using any tool provided that tool is consistent with the requirements of the guidelines.
Reference
Takahashi, D. (2020, May 20). Xprize Connect launches game-making challenge for kids and teens. Retrieved May 22, 2020, from https://venturebeat.com/2020/05/20/xprize-connect-launches-game-making-challenge-for-kids-and-teens/