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Die Casual Game­play Design Com­pe­ti­tion ist ein Wett­be­werb für Spie­le­de­si­gner, der seit 2006 exis­tiert und sich vor allem dadurch her­vor­tut, dass er Indie­spie­le­ent­wick­lern eine Platt­form bie­tet ihre Werke zu prä­sen­tie­ren. Auf Ars Tech­nica gibt es jetzt einen schö­nen Arti­kel mit dem Macher des CGDC Jay Bibby.

Es folgt ein Zitat:

“The idea was inspi­red by Click Drag Type, a collec­tion of sim­ple yet chal­len­ging puz­zle games made in Flash by And­rew Van­Heu­klon,” Bibby told Ars. “The crea­ti­vity in those puz­zles got me thin­king about offe­ring a Flash puz­zle game design com­pe­ti­tion with win­ning ent­ries to get packa­ged up into a simi­lar collec­tion. That was in August of 2006, and four weeks later we had 21 fan­tas­tic ent­ries that excee­ded our expec­ta­ti­ons in terms of qua­lity and quan­tity. It see­med we had struck a chord with the Flash game deve­lop­ment com­mu­nity, and so we have con­ti­nued to offer them whe­ne­ver we can.”

Since that time the CGDC has attrac­ted a wide range of aspi­ring game crea­tors, from inde­pen­dent deve­l­o­pers to ama­teurs. In fact, many of the ent­ries come from crea­tors who have never publi­cly released a game before.

“One of the par­ti­ci­pants in our last com­pe­ti­tion told me that he almost didn’t send in his entry out of fear that no one would like or play his game,” Bibby explai­ned. “Small Worlds not only took first place, but it was also voted Best of 2009 in its cate­gory by our com­mu­nity. This is a recur­ring theme that we have heard throug­hout the CGDCs: small, inde­pen­dent deve­l­o­pers get­ting reco­gnized and making a big splash on the Web.”

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