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Addicting Games contest for indies
by Ian Bogost October 29, 2006
categories: General

AddictingGames, which has been publishing our "Arcade Wire" series of newsgames, has announced a new contest for independent developers. The stakes are pretty high, with cash prizes totaling $20,000 available.

The games have to be written in Flash and they have to be new, but anyone can enter, even kids as young as 13. Read the complete contest announcement and rules here.

Comments (1)

Its a good deal if you're one guy or a small team with some free-time, but if you're producing a casual game for commercial distribution you effectively lose all copyrights just by entering. In other words, you can lose your copyrights without even getting compensation in prize money. Gotta read that fine print. :P