The games submitted to the Swedish Game Awards 2010 competition will be judged by the jury according to the following criteria:
- Fun – How fun is the game to play?
- Innovation – Does the game break any new ground or have any original ideas?
- Execution – Does the game have coherent graphics, theme and presentation?
- Market potential – Does the game have the potential to find an audience?
All games, regardless of genre or platform, will be judged according to these criteria. After playing the games the jury assigns every game a value on each axis. The resulting area forms the basis for deciding how well the game fares in the competition. The final nomination of the game depends on which axis it gravitates towards the most, with fun being the ultimate deciding factor.
There are three main prize categories in which each game competes, which are presented below.
Game of the Year
The jury’s favorite – A game that is well thought-out and a delivers solid and fun gameplay. Clever design and a good game concept should be intertwined, creating a unique whole. The game needs to be innovative, well executed, fun and possible to market.
Best Innovation
A game that is innovative in any way: an entirely new type of gameplay or a fresh take on an old one. But it still has to be fun, so just inventing new gameplay is not enough.
Best Execution
A well made product that is good looking, has tight gameplay and coherent graphics. The presentation is also important: there is a big difference between a demo and a proper game. The game also needs to be fun.
Web Games
A game that can be run in the most common Internet browsers can compete in this category. If you decide to compete in this category, you are still competing in the main categories for Swedish Game Awards.
Requirements
Can be played in one of the following Internet browsers
- FireFox
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Opera
- Safari
Mobile Games
A game That can be played on a mobile device like a smart phone. More Information will be available shortly.
Serious Games
Play your way into a better tomorrow. The power of fun and games has never been as great and with such a widespread reach as today. Through games one can learn and promote things other than the pure entertainment value, this is Serious Games. If you participate with a game like this in The Swedish Game Awards you are eligible for the Serious Game Award; Sweden’s first national indie award for Serious Game Development.
Here are the subcategories of Serious Games with examples for each category:
- Games for Health
- Cyber therapy, Exergaming, Inform about diseases.
- Advergames (Advertise Games)
- Drive a political or commercial message through gaming
- Games for Training
- Skill enhancement through gaming, product use, employee training.
- Games for Education
- Knowledge acquisition, learning
- Games for Science and Research
- Visualization, opinion research, data collection
- Games for Production
- Strategic and policy planning, manufacturing
To be eligible for this prize you must also submit a Serious Games Document with the game. More information about this document can be found under the resources section.
