RPGGO AI Text Game Jam

Official Rules of Quest Design Challenge

By participating in the Game Jam, you agree (i) to be unconditionally bound by the Official Rules and (ii) that all decisions related to the Game Jam that are made pursuant to these Official Rules are final and binding, and that all such decisions are at the sole discretion of RPGGO. If you don’t agree to be bound by the Official Rules, you may not participate in the Game Jam.

NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. A PURCHASE OR PAYMENT WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING.

SUBMISSION OF ANY ENTRY CONSTITUTES AGREEMENT TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AS A CONTRACT BETWEEN ENTRANT (AND EACH INDIVIDUAL MEMBER OF ENTRANT), AND RPGGO.

1. Dates and Timing

Registration Period: March 22, 2024 - April 5, 2024 (“Registration Period”).

Submission Period: March 26, 2024 - April 19, 2024 (“Submission Period”).

Judging Period: April 20–21, 2024 (“Judging Period”).

Winners Announced: On or around April 22, 2024 (5:00pm PST).

2. Sponsor and Administrator

Sponsor: RPGGO

Administrator: RPGGO

3. How To Enter

Entrants may enter by visiting RPGGO(“Official Website”) and following the below steps:

1/ Register for a user account on creator.rpggo.ai

2/ Entrants will obtain access to the required AI game engine and complete a Quest Design described below in Requirements.

3/ Build a game that meets the requirements of one of the below descriptions (each a “Track”), to be eligible for the relevant prize (each a “Track Prize”).

4/ You must make your game “published” and save your game link

a. Keep the ‘published’ button on so that your game can be played by everyone

b. Click on ‘Play’ and get your game link

5/ Post your game link on Discord -> Game Lobby

6/ Share your game and drop a few comments on one of the following social media platforms: Twitter, Reddit, or TikTok

7/ IMPORTANT!!! Submit your game via this form.🍄

✨Final results will be announced in official discord, join and check out your progress here.

4.Requirements

Submissions to the Game Jam must meet the following requirements:

1/ Must be a finished and reasonably polished one shot quest text game; a small game you can play from beginning to end.

2/ Submit a game for one of the given tracks. You are not required to incorporate all themes into your game but you must at least incorporate one of them in a clear and visible way.

3/Be the original work of the submitter, be solely owned by the submitter, and not violate the IP rights of any other person or entity.

4/ Multiple Submissions: An Entrant may not submit more than one Submission.

Language Requirements

All Submission materials must be in English or, if not in English, the Entrant must provide an English translation of the text description, and testing instructions as well as all other materials submitted.

5. Judges & Criteria.

Eligible submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the Sponsor (the “Judges”). Judges may be employees of the sponsor or third parties, may or may not be listed individually on the Official Website, and may change before or during the Judging Period. Judging may take place in one or more rounds with one or more panels of Judges, at the discretion of the sponsor.

Stage One) The first stage will determine via pass/fail whether the game meet a baseline level of viability, in that the project reasonably fits the theme and reasonably applies the required AI tool featured by RPGGO.

Stage Two) All submissions that pass Stage One will be evaluated in Stage Two based on the following equally weighted criteria (the “Judging Criteria”):

Entries will be judged on the following equally weighted criteria, and according to the sole and absolute discretion of the judges:

1. Creativity (30%): The originality and innovation demonstrated in the creation of the quest game, including unique settings, characters, and plot twists.
2. Engagement (25%): How effectively the quest immerses players in session and keeps them engaged throughout the experience.
3. Playability (20%): The coherence of the adventure’s design, including clear objectives, logical progression, and balanced challenges.
4. Writing Quality (15%): The clarity, coherence, and style of the writing within the quest, including descriptions, dialogue, and narrative flow.
5. Technical Proficiency (10%): How well the participant utilizes the features and capabilities of our AI game engine to enhance the game.

The scores from the Judges will determine the potential winners of the applicable prizes. The Entrant(s) that are eligible for a Prize, and whose Submissions earn the highest overall scores based on the applicable Judging Criteria, will become potential winners of that Prize.

6. Eligibility

A. The Game Jam IS open to:

• In-person as well as on-line participants working on projects during the Submission Period;
• Individuals who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry (“Eligible Individuals”);
• Teams of Eligible Individuals (“Teams”); and
• Organizations (including corporations, not-for-profit corporations and other nonprofit organizations, limited liability companies, partnerships, and other legal entities) that exist and have been organized or incorporated at the time of entry.

(the above are collectively, “Entrants”)

B. The Game Jam IS NOT open to:

• Individuals who are residents of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province or territory where Swiss law or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Game Jam (Including but not limited to: Afghanistan, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, China, Crimea, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, Laos, Nicaragua, North Korea, Palestine, Russia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, Yemen, and Zimbabwe or an entity or person restricted by United States and Swiss law export controls and sanctions)
• Organizations involved with the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the Game Jam, including the Sponsor and Administrator (“Promotion Entities”).
• Employees, representatives and agents** of such Promotion Entities, and all members of their immediate family or household*
• Any other individual involved with the design, production, promotion, execution, or distribution of the Game Jam, and each member of their immediate family or household*
• Any Judge (defined below), or company or individual that employs a Judge
• Any parent company, subsidiary, or other affiliate*** of any organization described above
• Any other individual or organization whose participation in the Game Jam would create, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor and/or Administrator, a real or apparent conflict of interest

*Agents include individuals or organizations that in creating a Submission to the Game Jam, are acting on behalf of, and at the direction of, a Promotion Entity through a contractual or similar relationship.

**An affiliate is: (a) an organization that is under common control, sharing a common majority or controlling owner, or common management; or (b) an organization that has a substantial ownership in, or is substantially owned by the other organization.

7. Intellectual Property Rights.

All submissions remain the intellectual property of the individuals or organizations that developed them. By submitting an entry, entrants agree that the sponsor will have a fully paid, non-exclusive license to use such entry for judging the entry. Entrants agree that RPGGO shall have the right to promote the submission and use the name, likeness, voice and image of all individuals contributing to a submission, in any materials promoting or publicizing the Game Jam and its results, during the Game Jam Period and for three years thereafter. Some Submission components may be displayed to the public. Other Submission materials may be viewed by RPGGO, and judges for screening and evaluation. By submitting an entry or accepting any prize, entrants represent and warrant that (a) submitted content is not copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless entrant is the owner of such rights or has permission from their rightful owner to post the content; and (b) the content submitted does not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware or other disabling devices or harmful or malicious code.

8. Prizes

$1000 in prizes

Bounty 1

Best AI game: $250 x1

Bounty 2

Best dnd quest: $100 x1

Bounty 3

Best creative quest: $100 x1

Bounty 4

Best fantasy quest: $100 x1

Bounty 5

Best cyberpunk quest: $100 x1

Bounty 6

Marketing content: $200 to the top five submissions that create a blog, Twitter thread, or 3 minute Youtube video about RPGGO AI Game Engine, targeting game devs and creators.

Bounty 7

Active Participants: $150 to the top five participants who actively engage in the Discord community and participate in discussions throughout the game jam.

IMPORTANT NOTES ON MULTIPLE PRIZE ELIGIBILITY:

A project can win up to one prize.

A. Substitutions & Changes: Prizes are non-transferable by the winner. Sponsor in its sole discretion has the right to make a prize substitution of equivalent or greater value. Sponsor will not award a prize if there are no eligible submissions entered in the Game Jam, or if there are no eligible Entrants or submissions for a specific prize.

B. Verification Requirement: THE AWARD OF A PRIZE TO A POTENTIAL WINNER IS SUBJECT TO KNOW-YOUR-CUSTOMER VERIFICATION OF THE IDENTITY, RESIDENCE, QUALIFICATIONS AND ROLE OF THE POTENTIAL WINNER IN THE CREATION OF THE SUBMISSION. No submission or submitter shall be deemed a winning submission or winner until their post-competition prize affidavits have been completed and verified, even if prospective winners have been announced verbally or on the competition website. The final decision to designate a winner shall be made by the Sponsor and/or Administrator.

C. Prize Delivery: Prizes will be payable to the Entrant, if an individual; to the Entrant’s Representative, if a Team; or to the Organization, if the Entrant is an Organization. It will be the responsibility of the winning Entrant’s Representative to allocate the Prize among their Team or Organization’s participating members, as the Representative deems appropriate. A monetary Prize will be sent electronically to the winning Entrant’s PayPal, only after receipt of the completed winner affidavit and other required forms (collectively the “Required Forms”), if applicable. Failure to provide correct information on the Required Forms, or other correct information required for the delivery of a Prize, may result in delayed Prize delivery, disqualification of the Entrant, or forfeiture of a Prize. Prizes will be delivered within 60 days of RPGGO’s receipt of the completed Required Forms.