What Is The Game Of The Future?
Over at Gamasutra, they're holding a contest tasking participants to pull a Nostradamus and come up with the best game ideas of the year 2020.
We know the kind of break-out games that are popular in 2009, from World Of Goo to LittleBigPlanet and beyond. But how about in 2020? Can you predict what kind of games will be smash hits, how they will be delivered, and how we will consume games as an entertainment medium?As you may know, there are people called futurists who get awarded to talk about what hasn't happened yet. So that's what we're letting competition entrants be for this test, with the winners being showcased in a special Gamasutra feature.
Keep in mind they want specifics, so not just "an RPG that perfects the sad, floppy haired protagonist algorithm," or "I want a game where Chris Redfield holds me in his arms until I feel safe." If you think you've got your finger on the pulse of the future, take a look at the full rules and come up with a proposal, entry is open to everyone. Winners will receive one of twenty all access passes to GDC, each worth around $2,000. The prizes are being provided by Mountain Dew's Green Label Gaming, which has also donated an additional $10,000 to the top prize at this year's Independent Games Festival, bringing it up to $30,000.
Of course, if you do have an idea that's truly 11 years ahead of its time, you may want to keep it to yourself to sell to the highest bidder, but it's up to you. As a lark I looked at the list of games from 1998, and it was a pretty impressive year. Half Life, Starcraft, Ocarina of Time, Grim Fandango, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, and many more. Do you think when you were playing those games you could have imagined something like Wii Fit, Rock Band, Flower, or Noby Noby Boy? Actually scratch that last one - I'm pretty sure I still can't imagine Noby Noby Boy, and I've been playing it for a week. But if you answered yes to the other three, you may want to think about entering.
Competion: Imagine the Games of 2020 [Gamasutra]
Dawdle
Posted to Video Games on 28 February 2009
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