Digital Game Design projects should include original content, design, and rules of an interactive game.
Students may use the software program of their choice in order to demonstrate creativity, originality, organization, and interactivity. Students should be able to explain to judges what inspired their game idea and how they programmed their game to achieve project goals
Software used may include, but is not limited to: Scratch, Hopscotch, Minecraft.
A list of suggested software for this category is located at the NEW Georgia Student Technology Competition website. https://gastc.org/digital-game-design/
You may have up to 2 people on a team. Teams and individuals will compete against each other within each grade grouping.
Regardless of the length of the project, the judge time is 15 minutes. Judges may only view a portion of the actual project.
Judges will use a category rubric as a guideline for exemplary characteristics of projects in this category. Students should use the rubric as a guide for what judges are looking for.
Game Design Rubric