Show the world what you can do! Use both your design and coding skills to create amazing scenes that render on the fly using DX9 and Visual studio.
Get Free Software! (Everyone who competes)
Chance to go to Japan! (Finalists get a free trip)
1st place gets $8,000 (Maybe that’s you)
General Guidelines
Teams of up to 4 individuals
Theme: dissolving boundaries
Coolest real time rendering coded in DirectX9 and Visual Studio .NET
Up to 30 teams move on to second round
Winning team advances to awards ceremony in Japan
Deliverables
Round 1: Abstract and storyboard
Round 2: Real time rendering, project description and technical specification
Required Elements
Round 1: Abstract must be less than 500 words, in English. Storyboard must be less than 25 MB, in Microsoft PowerPoint or other standard image display format (jpeg, gif, etc)
Round 2: Submission package must be less than 150 MB, zipped. Documentation must be less than 5 pages in length, in English. Must use Visual Studio .NET and DirectX9
Judging Elements
Round 1: Review of Abstract/storyboard
50% Story idea (through abstract and storyboard)
50% Expressiveness/Artistry (storyboard)
Round 2: Review of rendering
30% Story idea
30% Impact of visual effects
20% Technical difficulty
20% Polish
Prize Amounts
First Place $8,000
Second Place $4,000
Third Place $3,000