MAKE YOUR GAMING EXPERIENCE COUNT: THE 08-09 CGEC

You've got the ideas. We've got the prizes. What are you waiting for?

The principals of Hughes Ventures, our funding sponsor, are counting on UT Dallas students to produce tomorrow's leading game designs. Get rewarded for game concepts and ideas that come with a strong business plan. Make something innovative, disruptive, highly original - and then make it fit a well-defined market.

First Prize: $10,000 in cash prizes
and $25,000 to further develop the winning game concept

Second Prize: $7,500 in cash prizes

Third Place: $5,000 in cash prizes

Hughes Ventures Award for Excellence in Innovation: $1,000

Registration - Friday Oct. 3, 5:30 PM, ATEC 1.606

All team members must attend registration to fill out paperwork and be briefed on the competition guidelines. There is no registration fee and no online registration. Teams must be comprised of 3-8 UTDallas full- or part-time students.

Still looking for a team? The UTD Student Game Developers Association is hosting a forum where teams and competitors can find each other, at utdgamedev.org.

Hughes Ventures, the Institute for Interactive Arts and Engineering, and the Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship are proud to sponsor the 2008-2009 UT Dallas Computer Gaming Entrepreneurship Competition.