The resources section is here to guide and help you when competing in Swedish Game Awards. Here we describe what and how you need to do things. Find walkthroughs, examples, links, and other helpful content.

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What is the Concept Document

A concept document is a short document that explains your game in less than one page. When writing a concept document it’s important to describe mainly game play while story makes up a very small portion of this document or none at all. Graphic feel and layout are best presented as appendixes. There are no limits to the amount of concept art as appendixes.

It can be quite advantageous to cover the following in your concept document.

• Platform

• Genre

• Game mechanics

• Goal of the game

• What is new with this game why is it unique

• What elements make the game fun

• What is the target group for this game

Tips

Keep it simple.

Examples

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What is the Serious Game Document

To compete for the Serious Game prize you need to present a Serious Game Document as described below.

There are a many subcategories of serious games but to compete in the serious games category one must motivate how the games matches and fulfills the intended goals. Serious Games have additional goals than just to entertain and this concept document shall present the overall idea on how the serious game should be used (setting, audience, procedures etc).

The Serious Games Document for Swedish Game Awards should not exceed one page. Appendixes may hold graphs and references. The Serious Games Document should cover these points:

• What subcategories the proposed serious game addresses
• How does the game mechanics further the intended goals
• What research is it based on, if any
• Present the procedure of using the game and the target audience
• Motivate why the game efficiently reaches the intended goals Make a difference, change the world; through games.