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By ActionScript.org Staff
Published on December 15, 2009
New Competition For 2010 Offers US$100k Prize Pool To Developers SYDNEY, Australia – 2 December 2009
3RD Sense, which operates the successful play platform Fizzy.com,
and develops games and online apps for consumers and innovative brands
worldwide, has today announced its ‘Biggest Game of 2010 Competition’
for Flash developers around the world, providing them with the chance
to share in a US$100k prize pool.
SYDNEY, Australia – 2 December 2009
3RD Sense, which operates the successful play platform Fizzy.com,
and develops games and online apps for consumers and innovative brands
worldwide, has today announced its ‘Biggest Game of 2010 Competition’
for Flash developers around the world, providing them with the chance
to share in a US$100k prize pool.
Fizzy.com will award a first prize of US$50k to the developer whose game generates the highest earnings through the new Fizzy Games Developer Network
(GDN) in 2010. In addition to the prize, the developer will also
keep all earnings from the game as part of the standard terms and
conditions of the GDN. Fizzy.com is also offering runner up and
quarterly prizes totalling a further US$50k.
The casual games
sector is one of the fastest growing areas of internet innovation as
well as revenue generation. The competition underscores the commercial
opportunities for developers in this sector available through
Fizzy.com’s GDN.
How will the winner be decided?
This Biggest Game of 2010 Competition will be judged according to
the earnings* generated by an individual game distributed through the
Fizzy GDN. The Fizzy GDN provides Flash game developers with a free
and easily accessible platform to distribute their games and earn
revenue from those games. Prizes will be awarded to the games that
generate the greatest earnings for their developers during the calendar
year of 2010. Games developed by 3RD Sense are excluded from the
competition.
INTERVIEW QUOTES / Colin Cardwell, CEO for Fizzy.com and 3RD Sense:
“Fizzy.com is offering developers the chance to compete for the
biggest cash prize ever offered for a Flash games developer
competition. We hope that developers enjoy the challenge and take up
the opportunity to be rewarded for their skill and passion.”
“3RD
Sense is committed to casual game play and creating an online
environment where developers can showcase their talent and earn decent
money for their work. The casual games industry is going from strength
to strength and we see this competition as a further investment in the
industry. The Fizzy GDN and the Biggest Game of 2010 Competition will
provide developers with the tools and inspiration to produce creative
and commercially successful Flash games.”
*
The earnings of the game are the total earnings made by the developer
from that one game from 01 January 2010 until 31 December 2010
inclusive. Earnings are the amount paid by Fizzy per 1000 plays on
Fizzy plus the percentage of earnings from any game sales on Fizzy.
Other standard terms of the Fizzy GDN apply, including:
1. The Prize money is in addition to any earnings generated through the Fizzy GDN.
2. The game developer retains all Intellectual Property Rights to their game(s).
3. This is a non-exclusive agreement; developers are free to
distribute their games through other means too and generate revenue
from additional sources.
ABOUT 3RD SENSE: 3RD
Sense creates casual and social games for its Fizzy.com website which
is aimed at consumers, advertisers and game developers. The success of
the site is reflected in the numbers with over 1 million visitors and
35 million ads served each month, plus a growing member base of over
414,000. Advertisers and game developers are drawn to Fizzy.com
because of the large and growing audience, their high levels of
engagement with the site and their wide demographic range. All 3RD
Sense casual games are available on Fizzy.com and some demo versions
are also distributed to a network of over 1000 additional gaming sites.
3RD Sense has a strong track record as an independent games
developer and has been behind the development of major Flash game
successes including the Swords and Sandals and Exmortis series,
Lightening Pool 2 and more. 3RD Sense also offers other game developers
the opportunity to distribute their games via its Games Developer
Network (GDN).
For corporate information, please visit www.3rdsense.com For games that tickle your nose, please visit www.fizzy.com